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<p>A <b>burgh of regality</b> is a type of Scottish town.</p>

<p>They were distinct from <a href="page.php?w=royal_burgh">royal burgh</a>s as they were granted to "<a href="page.php?w=Lords_of_Regality">lords of regality</a>", leading noblemen. (In distinction, <a href="page.php?w=burgh_of_barony">burghs of barony</a> were granted to a tenant-in-chief, a landowner who held his estates directly from the crown, and had fewer civil and criminal law powers). They were created between 1450 and 1707, and conferred upon the landowner varying trading rights,</p><p>
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