16 selkirk common riding 2011 Incorporation of Fleshers


prospering out in India, he commisioned a flag to be made by Indian craftsmen and sent it home to be carried by the Incorporation of Fleshers at the front of their procession. Although still plying their trade through the ages, the Craft Guild disappeared from the Common Riding Morn, but after an exploratory meeting in 1980 the Incorporation was revived. Due to lack of funds, the first year the appointed Standard Bearer Lindsay Grieve, carried the old flag, which was housed in St. Mary’s Mill, but was unable to cast in the ancient Market Place until the following year. Since that year the Incorporation has grown. In the year 2001 the Craft made a decision to open the Craft to friends of the Fleshers who were willing to support and keep the traditions of the Incorporation alive. The Craft now has 46 members and continues to safeguard the existence of the Craft their forefathers fought to keep alive all those years ago..


The Incorporation of Fleshers was granted their seal of cause in 1679 by the then King. Although granted the royal charter in this year, the Craft was very much a professional body in the town of Selkirk long before this date. In 1776 Captain John Henderson joined the Army in India. Being the son of a Deacon of the Fleshers,


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