The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club-- Vol1-35 (1908-1985) ; (1991)- . THE VENTNTBIi. VIB-W liOOKING ;S. THE FLODDEN WALL OF EDINBURGH 67 two months afterwards, the five presidents once more tookoffice, and on 17th March of the following year, with consentof the Crown, they levied on the citizens a sum of £500 Scotsfor the furnesing and defens, and, according to the rubric, the walling of the town. The debts, escheats, and finesdue to the burgh were also devoted to this purpose. TheTown Council, however, already possessed the power undertwo charters ^—one granted by James
The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club-- Vol1-35 (1908-1985) ; (1991)- . THE VENTNTBIi. VIB-W liOOKING ;S. THE FLODDEN WALL OF EDINBURGH 67 two months afterwards, the five presidents once more tookoffice, and on 17th March of the following year, with consentof the Crown, they levied on the citizens a sum of £500 Scotsfor the furnesing and defens, and, according to the rubric, the walling of the town. The debts, escheats, and finesdue to the burgh were also devoted to this purpose. TheTown Council, however, already possessed the power undertwo charters ^—one granted by James ii. in 1450, and theother in 1472 by James ill.—to fosse, wall, tower, turret, andotherwise strengthen the burgh in case their old enemies ofEngland addressed them to invade the same. In the 1472Charter the magistrates were authorised to assess residentsas well as non-residents according to the value of their rents,lands, annuals, and goods. On 24th May 1514 the newprovost, Alexander, Lord Home, Great Chamberlain of Scot-land, interposed his authority for payment of
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