Treasure Kists!

Sometimes being a historian is just plain fun…

See ‘Armada chests and legal documents: Anderson Strathern‘ by Professor John W. Cairns the Edinburgh Legal History blog for a recent adventure featuring locked treasure chests, legal documents, and getting covered in the dust of ages.

I was delighted to be invited along to the ceremonial opening of two mysterious chests currently being investigated by Euan McCall at Edinburgh law firm Anderson Strathern. We had no idea what was inside them…