Magic Chest (KQGS)

In the first chapter, there is very little information on the whereabouts of the magic chest at the time of Graham's tournament. It's not confirmed to have been stolen, its not even confirmed if Edward even owned at all. Its not even indicated to have been a target of Graham's quest to find the "Magic Mirror". It does exist however, as it can be seen in Graham's bedroom late in his life.

Maya Blackstone implies that Daventry was running out of money, and can't afford her... But others suggest that Edward is only spending money on keeping up the army (hence the frivolous yearly Knight's Tournament), isn't bothering to help with the upkeep of the kingdom. It is not clear where this money is coming from.

It is possible that at least by the time Graham's entered the tournament that it hadn't yet been stolen. But then again there is no indication it was ever stolen, as Graham's mission was only to find the Magic Mirror, which had clearly been stolen.

It seems at least in part that the town is not getting money or paid because the bridges are out (on strike). In fact Graham even mentions that after he became a knight that business started picking up again in Daventry (people could start affording supplies to the shop again because the bridges were no longer on strike). Which indicates that money again began to flow in Daventry. Again the question being where did the bulk of this money come from?[3] We do know that at least two bridges had to be crossed from the castle to the to the crossroads leading to town. Plus a dangerous dark forest in between. All of these may have had been restricting money from the Castle.

If this was stolen from Edward, based on comments in Chapter 2 it was stolen some point after the tournament and before the Chapter 1 prologue, and was recovered before the magic mirror.

In chapter 3 there no direct reference to the chest, however there is reference to kingdoms budgets and the treasury. This creates an interesting conundrum (one also created in the novel See No Weevil, see Chest of Gold) of why would Daventry need to budget if it has unlimited gold (Companion and Hoyle I nods to this same question).