The Dumfries Sillar Gun
History, Parish History, Recent, Recent (Social), Antiquarian
TDGNHAS Series III, 75 (2001), 177(1.92 MB)
Abstract
A revised assessment of the status of the Dumfries Sillar Gun which was gifted to the Dumfries Incorporated Trades in 1617 by James VI. The Trades held a royal injunction to assemble in military array and shoot for the trophy once a year and to encourage