Note 665 — Chapter II · SUMMARY.

The year before the Queen’s miners arrived, there-was “gold of the mine” in James V.’s treasury, according to the following entry,—“Delivered by the King’s command 36 crowns of weight, 4 ounces to mix with gold of the mynd ‘to make jantylwoman’s chaffrons with.’—Royal Compotus, April, 1539.” Chevrons were ornaments similar to the fronts of Anne Boleyn caps. It is probable that the successful execution of the gold frontlets gave the Queen the idea of obtaining sufficient Scotch gold for a new crown.