204 The Market Cross of Dumfries. 



fault, xvi sh. for the secand fait, and escheting of the guids 

 apprehendit furth of the said mercat steds for the thrid fault. "^ 



The Fish Cross was at the end of Lochmabengate or English 

 Street, the " Bakraw " of the 16th century, now Queensberry 

 Street, being described as "extending to the fische croce."^ In 

 the Act of July, 1693, ordaining its removal it is described as 

 " 1} ing very inconveniantly upon the mouth of Lochmabengate 

 Streit."'' It appears then to have been placed further west 

 above St. Michael Street, where it stood until a new cross was 

 built below the Midsteeple. Other markets were the " stra 

 gyrss and meill mercat," for which a building was erected in 

 1662 to the south of the New Wark on the site, apparently, of 

 the open market, for " the Burgh and Shirreffdome of Drum- 

 freis have been greatly damnified throw the opennes of the meil- 

 market being vncovered to the great disadvantage of buyer and 

 seller and spoiling of the meill in wet and raine weather. "^ 



There was also the " flesch mercat, which was in that place 

 called the land mercat at the back of the New Wark,"^ "the 

 back " here meaning the north-east. i° The flesh market was 

 " to be keipit fra setturdav in the mornying quhill mononday at 

 evin Sonday except and geif that ony persone or persones bees 

 fund sleane ony flesche on the Sonday In that caiss the Dene sail 

 tak viii sh for the first fait, xvi sh the nist fait, and swa furth 

 dowbland."^^ "As," says another Act, "the commonwell of 

 this burght and haill cuntrie about thereto adjacent is verray ser 

 hurt 1)6 regrators for fait of ane common man to keip the 

 marcat,"i2 James Rig was appointed to that office on the 17th 

 May, 1575. 



, The Market Cross. 



No explanation has yet been given as to how the Market 

 Cross of Dumfries should have entirely disappeared and its place 



5. Op. cit., 18, i., 1575. 



6. Op. cit., 19, i., 1535; 26, ii., 1578. 



7. Town Council Minutes, vii., 1693. 



8. Extract Act of Parliament, 7, viii., 1662. Burgh Charter 

 Koom. 



9. Town Council Minutes, 2, vi., 1687. 



10. Burgh Court Books, 8, ii., 1578. 



11. Op. cit., 3, X., 1576. 



12. Op. cit., 17, v., 1575. 



