Historical and genealogical essay upon the family and surname of Buchanan

FAMILY OF LENNY. 245
of the English army, being more than quadruple
the number of theirs, suddenly a silver box, which
was in a coffer in the tent, gave a very great clink ;
whereupon the king's chaplain ran to the box, and
finding St. Fillan's hand therein, being ordinarily
kept in that box, however, cried there was a great
miracle wrought, in regard he had left the hand in
the king's palace in Dunfermline, having taken only
with him the empty box, lest that precious relic
should by some misadventui'e be lost, and that at
that instant the hand had miraculously of its own
accord come, and inclosed itself in the box, which,
in his opinion, presaged good success to king Ro-
bert and his army in the ensuing battle. This
miracle, though invented by the read}' wit of the
chaplain, being divulged through the army, added
no less courage than hope to them of the prosper-
ous event of the approaching engagement.
The first son of the laird of Buchanan I find
upon record, who married the heiress of Lenny,
was Allan, second son to Gilbert, laird of Buchan-
an, in the reign of king Alexander III. There is
no charter, or other document in Lenny's hands,
that any manner does testify this first marriage ;
any discovery I obtained thereof, being collected
from an ancient manuscript register of the earl of
Lennox's, and his vassal's charters, among the re-
cords of Dunbartonshire, in which I found a char-
ter by Malcolm, earl of Lennox, upon resignation
of Allan of Lenny, in the earl's hands of the lands
of Drumquhassil, in favour of John, son to the said
Allan, for payment of four pennies of blench-duty
if demanded. This charter (as do divers other old
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