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or, Northern Notes and Queries. 79
the ist was crowned anno 1024).' The MS. is in a legal hand, but on the
margins are notes believed to be in the handwriting of the compiler. One
of these, which occurs opposite to the above extract, reads, '
There is a
curious box in Craignishes Charter-chest said to be the strong box of the
said Sir Paul.' The box, which is of oak, is ornamented and strengthened
with bands of brass, and evidently at a later period has been repaired with
copper wire and copper nails. The key is of iron. The measurements of
the box are length 13 inches, breadth 6J inches, depth 5^ inches, thickness
of wood J inch. It has suffered much from the attacks of wood-boring