Hello, Love a challenge. My interpretation would be "clothing" and sumptuous would be those clothes of fine silk, etc. as referenced in the book on-line below: http://books.google.com/books?id=lqYuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA245&lpg=PA245&dq=sumptuou s+cleithing&source=web&ots=M2eApRKu3p&sig=jPAnl5Ad_iGSxUv8GLaSLxtzFtE You learn something new every day! Gail -----Original Message----- From: sct-wigtownshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sct-wigtownshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Crawford MacKeand Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 8:25 PM To: Malcolm Lockerbie Cc: SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WIG LIST] Why Pies? Why providing? > forbidden to all under the rank of baron. In 1457 (temp. James II.) an act > was passed against " sumptuous cleithing." A Scottish sumptuary law of 1621 > was the last of the kind in Great Britain.... > > The wonders of Google!! Cannot find what 'cleithing' is however, any > academics out there?? No claim to be an academic, but my two cents would say that it's a variant of "claithing" which Warrack's Scots dictionary says is clothing. Crawford. ------------------------------- == Scottish History == A Scottish law of 1433 prohibited provision of pies to anyone under the rank of baron. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message