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Crail (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
Crail
in
Fife
was a
royal burgh
that returned one
commissioner
to the
Parliament of Scotland
and to the
Convention of Estates
.
After the
Acts of Union 1707
, Crail,
Anstruther Easter
,
Anstruther Wester
,
Kilrenny
and
Pittenweem
formed the
Anstruther
Easter
district of burghs
, returning one member between them to the
House of Commons of Great Britain
.
List of
burgh commissioners
1661–63:
James Moncreiff
, bailie
1665
convention
,
1667
convention:
John Daw
, bailie
1678 convention, 1681–82:
George Moncrieff
, portioner of Sauchop, bailie
1685–86:
John Preston
1689 convention, 1689–1701, 1702–07: George Moncrieff of Sanchope