46 A PICTURE OF THE IRON TRADE. 



at Renishaw, unless this was intended for the concealment of 

 arms in the Civil War, or of title deeds. This chest is evi- 

 dently later in date than 1600, because it is an insertion between 

 the joists of the floor, and not part of the original design. It 

 is clamped together and to the joists on either side by strong 

 bands of iron fastened by very ancient nails, and was probably 

 covered by a sliding board. I have sent a short account and 

 measurements of it to the Reliquary. 



