A limited number of members attended a socially distanced service in the medieval Church of the Holy Rude in Stirling. After the service Deacon of the Hammermen Andrew McEwan took part in the wreath laying ceremony at the Cenotaph on their behalf.
The power to grant incorporated status to trades rested with the magistrates of royal burghs. An incorporated trade was granted the right to monopolise and control their trade within the burgh. Trade Incorporations were usually constituted by a seal of cause granted by the magistrates but some were constituted by use and consuetude. A strict monopoly was enforced within the burgh and non-members of an incorporation were not allowed to trade within the bounds of the town.
Skinners
Hammermen
Tailors
Shoemaker/Cordiner
Fleshers
Weavers
Baxters
Seven Incorporated Trades of Stirling 
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