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the east end of the refectory, Mr Eoss is satisfied was merely 

 an ambry recess. The account of the priory in the Eccles. Arch, 

 of Scotland, vol. i., pp. 437-448, is well illustrated by drawings 

 made on the spot by Mr Eoss. Views of the church are also 

 given in Ancient Towers and Doorways. 



The impression of the fine Seal of the priory now figured 

 (Plate I.) by the kind permission of the owner Mr Craw, 

 West Foulden, is believed to be unique. There is no impression 

 to be found among the Coldingham documents preserved at 

 Durham, and that described by Laing (Catalogue of Scottish 

 Seals, vol. i., No. 995), seems to present some slight differences 

 in the inscription. 



CEANSHAWS.— It appears from the Eeport by Sir William 

 Purves on the Eevenues and Patrimony of the Scottish Crown, 

 prepared in 1681 and published in 1897 by Mr Murray Eose, 

 that the Crown had certain patrimonial rights in this parish, a 

 fact which no doubt accounts for the existence in the parish church 

 of the sculptured panel bearing the Eoyal arms. One regrets 

 to displace the picturesque but improbable tradition which has 

 been associated with this stone, but magna est Veritas. 



DUNS. — I have been fortunate enough to discover among 

 the papers of the late Mr Charles Watson, Duns, a pencil 

 sketch of the old parish church, taken down about 1790, 

 which is here reproduced. (Plate II.) The sketch has pro- 

 bably been drawn from memory, the water-mark on the paper 

 bearing the date 1822. 



My conjectural identification of Chapel with the "Bona 

 hospitalis de Duns," {Eist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1890-91, p. 122) 

 has recently received unexpected confirmation. In the lately 

 published Calendar of Entries in the Papal Register relating to 

 Great Britain and Ireland, vol. i, p. 617, the following entry occurs: 

 "Anno 1394, 1 Benedict XIII. Antipope. (Petition of) 

 Thomas Young fjuvenisj bachelor of canon law, priest. For 

 a benefice value 60 marks in the gift of the bishop, prior and 

 chapter of St. Andrews, notwithstanding that he has the 

 hospital of Duns, with the annexed church of EUam, in the 

 same diocese. Granted." 



Now, it is significant that the lands of Birkenside and 

 Kidcleugh, now forming part of the estate of Duns Castle, 



