BROTHERING
Admission to the Craft. Cunningham's Diary, the diary and general expenditure book of William Cunningham of Craigends, edited by the Reverend James Dodd, D.D., 1887, and published by the Scottish Historical Society., has the following entries:
June 17, 1676. To my mai1 to pay his trave1ing. . . . . . . . . 01 2 0 June 26, 1677. To Andrew Greg his servant in part of his fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … . . . . . . 02 0 0 To him to pay his Brothering with. . . . . . . . 01 4 0
Glossary at end of book explains that Brothering means admission to the Craft Fellowship.