\paperw5085 \margr0\margl0\ATXph16380 \plain \fs20 \f1 \fs22 In 1401 a great emerald, the glory of St CuthbertÆs shrine at Durham, was valued together with five rings and silver
chains at ú3336.13s.4d. Not surprisingly, the stone was the principal object of the onslaught on the shrine in 1537.