Archaeology Notes
Event ID 740375
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/740375
NS56NE 94 59 65
King William granted to the bishop of Glasgow in 1175 x 1178 a burgh at Glasgow with a weekly market and all the liberties of a king's burgh. Glasgow was erected a burgh of regality in 1587, and became legally a royal burgh in 1611. (Cf burghs of Anderston, Pollokshaws and Rutherglen, NS56NE 95, NS56SE 91 and NS66SW 69 respectively).
G S Pryde 1965.