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Poser 337 - Privy Council papers, 1620

This week's poser is taken from Privy Council papers (National Records of Scotland, PC10/12/35/XII), and consists of the signatures of five baillies of the burgh of Anstruther in 1620.

Image of the signatures of five baillies of the burgh of Anstruther in 1620, (National Records of Scotland, PC10/12/35/XII).

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This week's question: what are the names of the five baillies of Anstruther? The last name is particularly difficult because a blemish on the page interferes with the first two letters of the surname.

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