. The "Red and white" book of ate than 1500. The outer walls of Castle Menzies are from6 feet to 7 feet thick ; some of the inner walls being from 4 to 8 feet thick, andhave small secret rooms within them where valuables could be kept safely. Themany documents in the Charter Room of Castle Menzies, which belong to variousperiods before the fire, were never affected by it; although, no doubt, any loosepapers, documents, or titles not in the secret place for such, perished in theflames. The reader will have observed that the charters given in this work, andstill in the Charter Room o
. The "Red and white" book of ate than 1500. The outer walls of Castle Menzies are from6 feet to 7 feet thick ; some of the inner walls being from 4 to 8 feet thick, andhave small secret rooms within them where valuables could be kept safely. Themany documents in the Charter Room of Castle Menzies, which belong to variousperiods before the fire, were never affected by it; although, no doubt, any loosepapers, documents, or titles not in the secret place for such, perished in theflames. The reader will have observed that the charters given in this work, andstill in the Charter Room of Castle Menzies, date as far back as the reign ofKing Alexander III. and Robert the Bruce, as also in the reign of King David,his son, from about 1332 to 1350, and with many transumpts of other chartersprior to 1439, when there was a duplicate set compiled for reference. This set oftransumpts, which is very complete, is still preserved in the Charter Room ofCastle Menzies, being untouched by the fire ; this, therefore, confirms what has. O .Sfl 1510.] THE VENERABLE CHIEF. 145 been said, that only part of the woodwork of the castle was burned. It isfurther confirmed by the charter granted by King James IV. to Sir RobertMenzies erecting his whole possessions into the one free Barony of Menzies, whichcharter says the temporary or partial burning of Weem. We give a translationof this charter, which was granted 2nd October 1510, and is as follows :— At Edinburgh, 2nd October 1510, James IV. The king grants to RobertMenzies of Menzies, Knight, the whole lands and barony of Ennoch, with the fishingsof its waters, castle, buildings, &c., with the patronage of the chapel and the altar ofthe blessed Virgin Mary, with the ecclesiastical church and parish of Durrisderein the shire of Dumfreis, with the whole moore, pasture lands and game, &c., withthe right of patronage to gift and donations of the Church of Culter in the shireof Lanark. Also the whole lands and barony of Weme, viz
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