Excerpt from The Register of Apprentices of the City of Edinburgh: 1583-1666The books bear to contain the names of all persons received as Apprentices to a merchant or craftsman with the duty of their entry silver, conform to decreet-arbitral set forth by the King's Majesty (james VI.) upon all differences between the merchants and craftsmen, conform to the Act and Statute of the Burgh. The portion of the decreet-arbitral bearing upon Apprentices and their entry silver is engrossed at the beginning of Volume I.The dates are those at which the indenture was booked, but when another date is given in brackets, it is that of the indenture itself.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.