Fifteenth Century
1400: Henry IV attempts to storm castle when Robert III refuses homage.
1403: The earliest burgh record mentions the "Pretorio burgi" - the Old Tolbooth
1414: Edinburgh is granted further lands at Leith by Sir Robert Logan
1427: King's Wall first recorded
1437: The murder of James I at Perth leads to Edinburgh becoming the capital of Scotland
1438: The Old Tolbooth is used by the Estates of Parliament for the first time
1440: The Earl of Douglas and his brother are murdered at the castle by Chancellor Crichton
1440s: Edinburgh has 47% of Scottish wool trade
1450: James II grants charter permitting the building of town wall defences
1451: Skinners craft is incorporated
1455–1458: Greyfriars (Franciscan) friary is founded
1457: The 20in (508mm) siege gun "Mons Meg" is received at the castle; there are goldsmiths in the city
1458: Edinburgh has one of three supreme courts in the country
1460: Trinity College Kirk and Hospital founded by Mary of Guelders
1467–1469: St Giles' gains collegiate status, a provost and fourteen prebendaries are established
1474: Furriers and Tailors crafts become incorporations
1475: Websters, Wrights and Masons crafts incorporated
1477: Charter of James III ratifying and confirming the location of markets within the burgh; The Hammermen (smiths) are incorporated
1479: A hospital is set up in Leith Wynd; Cordiners second Seal of Cause (a charter of privileges) granted
1482: James III awards the trained bands of Edinburgh's craftsmen the flag known as the 'Blue Blanket'
1485: Oppressive rules against dealings with inhabitants of Leith; stone tenements appear in the city
1488: Seal of Cause granted to the Incorporation of Fleshers
1490: The Franciscan friary closes
1492: Goldsmiths, originally part of Incorporation of Hammermen, form their own incorporation; Baxters incorporated
1497: Outbreak of the "grandgore" (syphilis); infected persons are quarantined at the King's command on the island of Inchkeith in the Firth of Forth
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