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CATALOGUE
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BY
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ASSISTANT IN THE DEPT. OF MSS.
VOLUME II.
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NOTICE.
THE present volume continues the series of English and
Welsh seals. The descriptions are arranged under the
headings Local, Princes of Wales, Equestrian, Noble and
other Ladies, and Heraldic the last class being carried only
to the end of letter F.
The Catalogue is the work of Mr. Walter de Gray Birch,
1st Class Assistant in the Department.
EDWARD SCOTT.
DEPT. OF MSS.,
20th August, 1892.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
SEALS OF ENGLAND AND WALES (continued).
PAGE
Local .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. i
Wales, Princes of .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 220
Equestrian .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 235
Noble and other Ladies .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 374
Heraldic, A F .' 405
LIST OF PLATES.
Plates I. ill. Local Seals.
IV. vill. Seals of Wales and Chester.
IX. x. Equestrian Seals.
XI. Equestrian Seals and Seals of Ladies.
XII. Heraldic Seals.
CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
ENGLAND.
LOCAL SEALS.
ABINGDON, co. Berks.
4579. [A.D. 1605.] Recent impression in red sealing-wax
from the silver matrix, i-| in. [xxxvii. 53.]
A shield of arms : a cross patonce betw. four crosses
pattees, BOROUGH OF ABINGDON.
S * MAIORIS * BALLIVORV ET *
BVRGENS * ABENDONIE * * * $
At the end of the legend a butterfly.
Cf. S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 3, for a different seal with same
arms.
ALBEMARLE. (Lands of the Earldom in Yorkshire
and Lincolnshire^)
Bailiff of the Honour.
4580. [A.D. 1412.] Red : fine. -ffin. [Slo. ch. xxxiii. 58.]
The Bailiff of the Honour, standing turned to the 1. ; in the
r. h. by a strap, a shield of arms : a fess betw. two chevrons ;
in the 1. h. a staff. Field diapered lozengy.
S' BALL' HONORIS ALBIMARLC.
The letters OR in honoris, and AR in Albimarle are con-
joined.
ALDBOROUGH, or ALDEBURGH, co. Suffolk.
4581. [A.D. 1708.] Red : en placard. x 4 in. [Add.
ch. 13,640.]
Oval : a three-masted ship of war, with mainsail set, sailing
on the sea to the 1.
B . ALDBURGHE . ~ . IN . ~ . SVFF.
Cf. S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 16, for a different seal with
similar design and variant legend.
VOL. II. B
CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
ALNWICK, co. Northumberland.
4582. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2| in.
[Ixx. i.]
Michael the Archangel, with expanded wings, in the 1. h.
a shield of arms charged with an ornamental cross, in the r. h.
a long cross, held obliquely, with which he is piercing the
head of a Dragon under his feet. The Dragon is set on a
carved mount or corbel.
8 S' COMVN BURGI D ALNEWIK6 4
The letters UR of Burgi are conjoined.
Beaded borders.
ALVERSTOKE LIBERTY, co. Southampton.
4583. [ 1 3th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2 T V in.
[xxxvi. 185.]
St. Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, seated on a carved
throne, slightly turned to the r., with mitre, in the r. h. a
pastoral staff curved outwards, in the 1. h. a book. Feet on a
projecting foot-board. Field replenished with pierced roses
and cinquefoils.
ft SIGILL' COMVNG : HOMINVM PRIORIS :
SCI 8WITHVNI D6 ALWAR6STOK6.
The letters N are reversed : the letters PR and OR in
prioris, TH and UN in Swithuni, DE in de, and AL and OK
in Alwarestoke, are respectively conjoined.
Beaded borders.
The living of this parish is a rectory in the peculiar juris-
diction of the Bishop of Winchester. See LYDD.
Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc., vol. xlii., 1886, p. 130 ; Arch. Journ.
vol. Winchester, 1846,9. in.
AND OVER, co. Southampton.
4584. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-rV X
i-J- in. [IxiiL 78.]
Oval : on a mount a lion of ENGLAND statant guardant
beneath a tree.
ft SIGILL'. COMMVNE VILLE DE ANDEVER.
Beaded borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 34.
LOCAL SEALS.
Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors.
4585. [i8th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. ij- x
if in. [Ixiii. 79.]
Rectangular with rounded corners : on a mount a lion
statant guardant with tail extended, beneath a tree.
MAYOR ALDERMEN & COUNCILLORS OF THE BOROUGH
OF ANDOVER.
Uncertain Seal
4586. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression.
1 1 in. [Ixiii. 80.]
A shield of arms : three fusils in fess. Crest on a helmet
and mantling, on a wreath two maces in saltire.
Carved border.
APPLEBY, co. Westmorland.
Corporation.
4587. [i3th cent] Sulph. casts from the matrix. 2-1 in.
[D. C, F. 631, 632.]
0. On an elaborately carved symmetrical apple-tree of
seven branches laden with fruit, a shield of Royal Arms of
ENGLAND for Henry III., who established here a Court of
Exchequer.
SIGILLVM : COMMVNITATIS : BVRGII : DE : APPILBI.
R. The Martyrdom of St. Lawrence, on a gridiron over
burning coals, betw. two executioners, at the head and feet
Overhead a banner-flag, charged with the Royal Arms of
ENGLAND, and a demi-angel, issuing from clouds on the r.,
with expanded wings, carrying up the soul of the Saint in a
cloth. In the field under the banner-flag three estoiles, and
over the head of the executioner on the 1. an apple, slipped.
HIC IACET : LAVRENCIVS IN CRATICVLA : POSITVS /
Beaded borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 37.
Grammar School, A.D. 1574.
4588. Sulph. cast from the matrix, tinted red. 2 in.
[xxxv. 1 20.]
B 3
CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
A stag tripping or at speed, on a plinth bearing the names of
the principal benefactors : LANGTON SPENSER for Robert
Langton, and Dr. Miles Spencer. The field replenished with
elegant and conventional foliage and flowers.
B SIGILLVM * APPELBIAN/E $ SCHOLXE * HARTLEY.
The name Hartley is in reference to Rainold Hartley,
benefactor, A.D. 1589.
4589. Another, [xlvii. 739.]
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. ii., p. 694 ; Laing's MS.
Catal., No. 299.
ARUNDEL, co. Sussex.
Burgesses.
4590. [i/th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2 in.
[Ixxii. 73.]
On a fleur-de-lis, slipped on a spiral stem issuing from the
base, a swallow, or hirondelle, (by way of rebus on the name
of the town,) rising, contourne, with wings expanded, arms
of ARUNDEL. Across the face of the seal, which appears to
have been cracked, the date "8th September 1835," in a
running hand.
ft + # SIGILLVM ii BVRGENSIVM ft BVRGI a DE ft ARVNDEL.
Beaded borders.
Dallaway, History of Western Sussex, vol. ii., p. i ; and New Add.,
p. 207.
ASHBORNE, co. Derby.
Grammar School, A.D. 1585.
4591. Sulph. cast from the matrix ; tinted red. 34 X 2f
in. [xxxv. 121.]
Pointed oval : in the upper part, on an embroidered dais,
Qu. Elizabeth, enthroned, with crown, sceptre and orb,
overhead a curtained baldachin. At her side a deputation
of the founders kneeling. In base, a view of the interior of
the school, with a body of teachers and scholars.
SIGILLV- LIBERAE SCHOLAE- GRAMATICALIS ELIZABETHAE
REGINAE ANGLIAE IN VILLA DE ASHBVRNE IN
COMITATV DERBIAE.
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. i., p. 206.
4592. Another, [xlvii. 741.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 274.
LOCAL SEALS. 5
ASHBURTON, co. Devon.
Provost or Portreeve and Corporation.
4593. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast from fine but imperfect
impression, if in. [Ixi. 50.]
A church-like edifice, with central spire. In the field, on
the r. h. a saltire cross of St. Andrew, patron saint of the
parish church ; on the 1. a tree of three branches. In the
field over the church, on the 1. an estoile of six points wavy,
on the r. a crescent.
.... [PJR6POSITI T COMM . AYSHBT
Cf. S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 46, for a seal of different type.
Borough.
4594. [i7th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in.
[Ixi. 5 1.]
An imitation of the older seal, No. 4593. The tree on the
1. resembles a corn-plant with three wheat ears.
SIGILLVM BVRGI * DE AYSHEBERTON *
Inner border beaded, outer border carved with the egg and
tongue pattern.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 46.
ASKRIGG, co. York.
4595. [i/th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2 in.
[Ixxiv. 12.]
A cross of Calvary on three steps ; betw. two floral scrolls.
Legend in two concentric rings :
(i.) SIGILLVM COMMUNE INHABITANTIUM
(2.) VILUE DE ASKRIGG V
ATHERSTONE, co. Warwick.
Free Grammar School, A.D. 1608.
4596. Sulph. cast from the matrix, tinted red. i in.
[xxxv. 122.]
A rectangular stone slab, about it seven adders, forming a
rebus on the name of the town. In the field above, the date
1608.
QIC SIGIL' SCHOL/E ADDERSTONIEN
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. ii., p. 615.
4597. Another, [xlvii. 742.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 294. - ' :
CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
AXBRIDGE, co. Somerset.
First Corporation Seal.
4598. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression,
chipped, i in. [Ixxi. 47.]
An Agnus Dei, contourne, reguardant
S 1 COMMVNITATIS BVRGI D AX6BRVG6.
Modern Seal.
4599. Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in. [Ixxi. 48.]
An Agnus Dei, on a mount, with nimbus.
S # COMMVNITATIS BURGI DE AXBRIDGE.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 67.
BANBURY, co. Oxon.
Corporation.
4600. [i6th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. i in.
[Ixx. 64.]
A carved ornamental shield of arms : a sun in radiance, on
a field or, TOWN OF BANBURY.
Legend on a riband :
SIGILLVM BVRGI DE BANBVRI DOMINVS NOBIS SOL &
SCVTVM.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 78.
Another Seal.
4601. [i6th cent] Faded red : injured by pressure. i-f-
in. [xxxvi. 45.]
A rose-tree with three branches, with flowers on a stand.
In base the letters S.A.
* THYS YS THE SEALE OF THE TOWNE OF
BANBVREY.
Mayor.
4602. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. -| in.
[Ixx. 65.]
A carved ornamental shield of arms : as before, No. 4600.
fc SIGILLVM MAIORiS DE BANBVRY.
BARNARD-CASTLE, co. Durham.
4603. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast 2\ in. [Ixii. 83.]
A cross pattee, betw. a crescent on the 1. and an estoile of
seven points wavy on the r.
ASIGILL COMMVN6 BVRGENSIVM DE CASTRO BARNARD.
The letters MM in commune are conjoined.
LOCAL SEALS.
BARN STAPLE, or BARUM, co. Devon.
Corporation.
4604. [i3th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2 in.
[Ixi. 52.]
An eagle, rising with expanded wings, contourne.
# SIGILLVM : COMMVN6 : BVRGI : BARNASTAPOLI6.
Mayor.
4605. [A.D. 1571.] Red: indistinct. | in. [Add. ch.
13,087.]
A triple-towered embattled castle, with round-headed door-
way, TOWN OF BARNSTAPLE.
& S' MAIORIS BARNSTAPVI_ie.
4606. [i7th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in.
[Ixi. 54.]
On a mount a triple-towered embattled castle, with round-
headed doorway and quatrefoiled windows, TOWN OF BARN-
STAPLE. Within a beaded and engrailed border.
* SIGILLVM AD ARMA PRO MAIORE ET CORPORACIONE
VILLE BARVM.
The letters MA in arma and Maiore, and NE in corporacione,
are conjoined.
Cf. S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 88, for variant seal of arms.
Bridge Seal.
4607. [i5th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2f in.
(Ixi. 53.]
A bridge of six arches, over waves, for the river Taw.
Above the bridge an eagle displayed, betw. a chapel or
church with spire topped with a cross on the 1., and a cross
of Calvary on four steps on the r., from which a long pennon,
charged with a cross, floats over the field.
* SIGILLUM : LONGI : PONTIS : UILLE : BARNESTAPOLIE :
IN COMIT DEUONIE.
Cabled borders.
Royal Court of Sessions.
4608. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if X -&
in. [Ixi. 55.]
Oval : a shield of the ROYAL ARMS OF GREAT BRITAIN
as borne by K. JAMES I., ensigned with a royal crown.
Legend on a scroll :
SIGIL' + REGAL + CVR + BARVM.
CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Court of the Recorder.
4609. [i8th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-f X i
in. [Ixi. 56.]
Oval : a shield of the ROYAL ARMS OF GREAT BRITAIN
as borne by Qu. ANNE before the Union in A.D. 1707, en-
signed with a royal crown.
SIGIL : CVR : RECORDOR CORP BARVM.
BASINGSTOKE, co. Southampton.
4610. [i 5th cent] Sulph. cast, from the matrix, i-f- in.
[xxxvii. 14.]
The Combat of St. Michael the Archangel with the Dragon.
SIGILLVM * COE * VILLE * DE * BASINGSTOKE * : +.
Cf. engraving of a later seal in S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 95.
BATH, co. Somerset.
Corporation.
4611. [ 1 3th cent] Red: imperfect 2-^g- in. Enclosed in
a tin box. [xlviii. 20.]
An embattled precinct or enclosure, straight in front,circular
in the rear, with masoned walls, enclosing a small building,
perhaps intended for the building on the site of the bath.
+ SIGILLVM i CIVIVM i VRBIS \ BATHONIE
4612. Sulph. cast from the matrix. [Ixxi. 52.]
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 100 ; Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc.,
vol. xxxi., p. 317.
Mayor.
4613. [A.D. 1363.] Dark-green: a fragment. About i^
in. when perfect. [Eg. ch. 336.]
Portion of an embattled castle or doorway.
SIGILL' M
Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc., vol. xxxi., p. 317, pi. fig. i.
Later Seal.
4614. [i7th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. \\ in.
[Ixxi. 53-]
A castle gateway, with portcullis, side-towers, and em-
battled walls. Above, in the field the letter I)'.
* SIGILLVM * MAIORIS * DE * BATOMA (*).
Cf. Journ. Brit, Arch. Assoc., I.e., fig. 2.
LOCAL SEALS.
BECCLES, co. Suffolk.
The new Incorporation for the Fen, A.D. 1584.
4615. Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in. [Ixxii. 22.]
An octagonal enclosure of hurdles, within it a horse, an ass,
and an ox, standing on fen-ground. In the background a
house. In the field the date 15-84.
Legend on a riband :
SIGILLU ,-f COE + MOVE + INCORPORACOlS + BECCLES
FFENE.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 116. Qu. Elizabeth's Charter to the
Corporation of Beccles was issued in A.D. 1584.
BEDFORD, co. Bedford.
Corporation.
4616. [i 5th cent] Sulph. cast from the brass matrix. 2f
in. [Iviii. 26.]
A towered castle of three storeys, masoned and embattled,
with portcullis in round-headed portal. All upon an eagle
displayed, head to the 1., crowned.
* SIGILLU AK COMUNTATIS (fc) *< VILLE * BEDEFOR # DIE *
Cabled border.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 113.
Mayor's First Seal.
4617. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from an impression, indis-
tinct and injured in places, if in. [Iviii. 27.]
An embattled castle, with tall centre tower, and a smaller
turret at each side. In the field on each side a wyvern,
holding a sprig of foliage in the jaws, tail nowed.
8 S' MAYORITATIS VILL6 B6DFORDI.
Later Seal.
4618. Sulph. cast from the brass matrix, i-i- in. [Iviii.
28.]
This is a badly designed and blundered copy of No. 4617.
8 S' IMAVOMTIITT VILL6B IIIFOIRT *< fc
BEDWYN, GREAT, co. Wilts.
Corporation.
4619. [i7th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i^ in.
[Ixxiii. 69.]
An ornamental shield of arms : a tower, domed, masoned
10 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
and embattled, TOWN OF GREAT BEDWYN. Crest on a
helmet, mantling, and wreath, a griffin.
: SJ : THE COMMON SEALE OF THE CORPORATION
OF GREAT BEDWIN.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 118.
BENYNGTON,* co. Surrey.
Seal of the Parish " ad Causas"
4620. [A.D. 1372.] Green: chipped. About -f- in. when
perfect. [Add. ch. 23,136.]
Across the field in two lines the final word of the legend :
+ StIGJILLVM AD CAV-SAS.
BERKSHIRE,
ANTHONY BRIDGES, Sheriff.
4621. [A.D. 1575.] Dark-green: much injured by com-
pression. About i-i in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 13,653.]
A triple-towered castle, the central tower domed, the side
towers pinnacled ; betw. the initials of the name of the sheriff,
A. B.
BERWICK-UPON-TWEED, co. Berwick.
Mayoralty, with counterseal of GEORGE MORTON, Mayor.
4622. [A.D. 1569.] Dark-green: fine. i-rV m - [Add. ch.
19,882.]
0. In a carved gothic panel, on a mount, a bear passant,
beneath a tree of three branches, betw. two shields of arms :
quarterly, i, 4, FRANCE (MODERN), 2, 3, ENGLAND. Above,
in a small carved niche with ogee-arched canopy, betw. two
carved circular openings, our Lord, seated, lifting up the r. h.
in benediction, in the 1. h. an orb with long cross.
Fourteenth century style of work.
SIGILLU : MAIORATUS : VILLA : BERWICI : SUPER : TWEDAM :*
ft. A smaller counterseal. in. A monogram or merchant's
mark ; incorporating the initial letter G. Within a cusped or
denticulated bordure.
4623. Sulph. cast from an impression injured in places.
[Ixx. 4.]
Cf. S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 133, for drawing of the arms,
which resembles the design of this seal.
* Perhaps Beddington, in the hundred of Wallington, with which this
seal may be connected. For other seals of hundreds, etc., with legends
across the field, see Bindon, Flaxwell, South Erpingham, Staplehou, and
Wangford. Cf. Arch. Journ. x. 12 ; xi. 31.
LOCAL SEALS. II
Royal Seal for the Chamberlain within the Town.
4624. [A.D. 1565.] Uncoloured : very indistinct. 3^- in.
[Add. ch. 983.]
0. Within a cusped gothic six-foil, carved and trefoiled, a
shield of the ROYAL ARMS used from HENRY v. down to
Qu. ELIZABETH ; above it a royal crown.
+ HENRICU8 : DEI : GRACIA : REX : ANGLIE : ET : FRANCIE :
ET : DOM1IMUS : HIBERNIE :
BL Resembles the rev. of No. 753. The legend probably
adapted, but too indistinct to be read.
For other seals of this class, see Nos. 750-754.
BEVERLEY, co. York.
Corporation.
4625. [A.D. 1425.] Red : fine, edge chipped. 2-fa in.
[Add. ch. 15,888.]
St. John of Beverley, Archbishop of York, seated on a
carved throne, somewhat resembling that on the great seal of
K. Edward I. (see No. 132), with mitre and pall, lifting up
the r. h. in benediction, in the 1. h. a crozier, his feet on a
projecting footboard, and under his feet a fox. In the field,
on each side a tree, and overhead on the 1. a crescent, on the
r. an estoile. Thirteenth century style of work.
+ SIGILLVM : COMMVNITATIS : BVRGC6NCIVJM : BGV6RLACI *<
4625 *. Sulph. cast from fine but chipped impression.
[Ixxiv. 13.]
+ . . GILL ATI VRGeiMCIUM : B6 . . . R ACI.
G. Poulson, B ever lac, London, 410., 1829, pi., p. 771.
A nother state of the Seal, A.D. 1 501-1 507.
4626. Sulph. cast from indistinct impression. 2^ in.
[B.C., E. 32.]
Generally resembles the preceding seal, with addition of a
shield of arms in the field on each side ; 1. an eagle displayed ;
r., per pale, dex., SEE OF YORK, sin., a pale lozengy, for
THOMAS SAVAGE, Archbishop of York, A.D. 1501-1507.
$ SIGILLVM : COMMVNITATIS : BVRGENCIUM : B6UGRLACI *<
Drake, Eboracum, pi. ci., appendix, fig. xxv.
Mayor's First Seal.
4627. [A.D. 1648.] Red, covered with paper before im-
pression. 2\ in. [Add. ch. 5820.]
12 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
A carved shield of arms : three bars wavy, on a chief a
beaver, for TOWN OF BEVERLEY. Background of foliage.
8 SIGIL' MAIOR' GVBERNAT ET BVRGENS' VILL/E DE
.... ERLA.
4628. [A.D. 1656-7.] Red : fine, but fragmentary. [Add.
ch. 5823.]
. . . . L' MAIOR 1 GVBERNAT EN ... VILLXE -DE
Second Seal.
4629. [late I7th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2\
in. [Ixxiv. 1 6.]
A copy of the preceding seal, No. 4627.
* SIGIL' MAIOR GVBERNAT ET BVRGENS VILL/E DE
BEVERLA'.
Inner border beaded, outer border carved.
Town Seal.
4630. [i8th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i^ in.
[Ixxiv. 17.]
A shield of arms of the TOWN OF BEVERLEY as in No. 4627.
THE SEALE OF THE TOWN OF BEVERLEY.
Signet.
4631. [i$th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i in.
[Ixxiv. 14.]
A shield of arms : three bars wavy, on a chief a peacock in
his pride, betw. on the dex. a fleur-de-lis, on the sin. a lion
passant, a variant form of the arms of the TOWN OF BEVERLEY.
Another Signet.
4632. [i7th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. in.
[Ixxiv. 15.]
A shield of arms of the TOWN OF BEVERLEY, as in No. 4627.
fc BEVERLEY.
Official of the Provost Court.
4633. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression,
if X i in. [Ixxiv. 18.]
Pointed oval : St. John of Beverley, Archbishop of York,
seated in a carved and canopied niche, with mitre, lifting up
the r. h. in benediction, in the 1. h. a crozier. In base under an
arch, an official kneeling in prayer to the r.
S' OFFICIALITAT' PPOSITVR B6V6RLACI
LOCAL SEALS. 13
Seal of uncertain use.
4634. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. i| X i
in. [Ixxiv. 19.]
Oval : the front of a castle, with two round-towers, each
domed and bearing a flag, round-headed doorway with port-
cullis down, curtain-wall masoned and embattled, and having
two quatrefoiled windows. Over the battlements, on a wreath
a dexter hand couped at the wrist, grasping an olive branch.
This type resembles the seals used by sheriffs.
BEWDLEY, co. Worcester.
Corporation.
4635. [i/th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-f in.
[Ixxiii. 89.]
An anchor, ringed, over all a fetterlock containing on the
dex. a sword erect, on the sin. a rose, TOWN OF BEWDLEY.
SIGILLVM a LIBERTATIS fc BVRGI DE BEWDLEY.
Inner border cabled, outer border carved.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 139.
Official Seal.
4636. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, -f- in.
[Ixxiii. 90.]
Device of the armorial charges of the TOWN OF BEWDLEY,
as in No. 4635.
if. SIGILLVM OFFICIALS DE BEWDLEY.
BIDEFORD, co. Devon.
Corporation.
4637. [isth cent] Sulph. cast 24. in. [D.C., G. 271.]
On a bridge of four round-headed arches, with a river (the
Torridge) flowing in base ; on the 1. a chapel with bell-cote
and bell ; on the r. a chapel with tall spire ; in the centre, on a
cross pattee standing on a tall stem, the Virgin and Child,
the Virgin being Patron Saint of the parish. Field diapered
with foliage and flowers.
SIGILLUM * VILLA * DE BYDEFORD t* IN # COM *?
DEVON *<
Inner border cabled.
14 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Common Seal, A.D. 1577.
4638. Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-^ in. [Ixi. 63.]
A bridge of one whole and two demi-arches, masoned and
with parapet, over the river Torridge, with a ship of one
mast passing under the central arch.
+ SIGILLVM COMVNE DE BEDIIFORDE. 1577.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 143.
Bridge Estate.
4639. [i7th cent] Sulph. cast. % in. [Ixi. 64.]
A reduced design derived from that described in No, 4637.
BRIDGE TRUST BIDEFORD.
BINDON LIBERTY, co. Dorset.
Seal for Labourers' Passes.
4640. [i5th cent] Recent impression in red sealing-wax,
from the matrix, i in.
The inscription BYNEDON, across the field, betw. two parallel
lines, with a fascicle of sprigs above, and another below.
fc COMITATUS ** * DORS' *
Beaded border.
BIRMINGHAM, co. Warwick, A.D. 1838.
4641. [i9th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2 in.
[Ixxiii. 2.]
An ornamental shield of arms: quarterly, I, 4, az. five
lozenges in bend sinister, or, BURMICHAME ; 2, 3, per pale
indented, arg. and sa., BERMINGHAM. Motto on a scroll
below : FORWARD- All encircled with a branch of myrtle or
laurel on the 1., and a branch of oak on the r. fructed ; inter-
laced with a ribbon inscribed: INCORPORATED BY ROYAL
CHARTER, 1838.
Legend on a buckled strap :
COMMON SEAL OF THE MAYOR ALDERMEN & BURGESSES OF
THE BOROUGH OF BIRMINGHAM.
For a variant form of the arms, cf. S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i.,
p. 154.
LOCAL SEALS. 15
Free Grammar School.
First Seal, A.D. 1552.
4642. Sulph. cast from the mafcrix, tinted red. !- in.
[xxxv. 123.]
Five persons seated at a rectangular board or table ; the
three who are in the front have the arms based and extended
to the table.
S : COMVNE : LIBERE : SCOLE : EDWARDI : VI : IH :
BIRMIMGHM.
Beaded borders.
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. ii., p. 620.
4643. Another, [xlvii. 748.]
Laing's MS, Catal, No. 295.
Second Seal, A.D. 1685.
4644. Sulph. cast from the matrix, tinted red. 2\ in.
[xxxv. 124.]
K. Edward VI., Royal Founder, seated in majesty on a
canopied throne ; on each side two persons kneeling, the two
nearest to the king holding books. In the field two royal
badges, 1. a fleur-de-lis ; r. a rose en soleil.
SIGILLVM s* 6 < COE ** & # G P & LIBERE SCOLE 6
EDWARDI A VI A IN * & BRIMICHAM.
G. P. appears to stand for Gubernatorum possessionum.
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. ii., p. 628.
4645. Another, [xlvii. 746.]
Laing's MS. Catal, No. 296.
BISHOP'S CASTLE, co. Salop, A.D. 1609.
4646. Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-^x I in. [Ixxi. 12.]
Oval : the front of a castle, with two round towers, each
domed and bearing a flag, round-headed doorway with
portcullis half-down ; curtain-wall masoned and embattled,
and having a dome of four segments, topped with a flag on a
staff, between the initial letters i. R. for Jacobus Rex. In
base the date of the confirmation by K. James I. of the
Royal Charter granted to the inhabitants by Qu. Elizabeth,
A.D. 1609.
Cabled border.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 159.
1 6 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
BLANDPORD-PORUM, co. Dorset.
Corporation.
4647. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. if in.
[Ixxii. 25.]
A carved shield of arms : ENGLAND with a label of three
points, for the DUCHY OF LANCASTER. The carved work of
the shield at each side includes, by way of supporter, an
ostrich feather of the DUCHY. In the field at the sides the
initial letters D. L. (Ducatus Lancastrian*.)
* SIGILLVM J5r BVRGENTIVM a VILLAE DE ft
BLANFORD FORVM.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 169.
Mayor.
4648. [i8th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. I x| in.
[Ixii. 26.]
Oval : a shield of arms : DUCHY OF LANCASTER, as in No.
4647, hanging from a riband tied in a double bow-knot.
BLYTHING HUNDRED, co. Suffolk.
Bailiff.
4649. [i7th cent] Sulph. cast, tinted brownish-red, from
an impression belonging to the Earl of Leicester, -ff m -
[Ixxvi. 35.]
A castle, with round-headed doorway, portcullis half-down,
and two round side-towers, with domes and flags. In base
the inscription :
BLITH.
The letters TH are conjoined.
BODMIN, co. Cornwall.
First Common Seal.
4650. [i4th cent.] Sulph. cast from fine impression.
i Xi* in. [B.C., G. 56.]
Pointed oval : a king, perhaps Ethelred, or Edward the
Elder, seated on a throne under a canopy, resembling a triple-
towered castle, supported on slender columns, in the r. h. a
sceptre fleury. Field hatched or diapered lozengy.
S' COMVN6 : BVRG6NCIVM : BODMINIG.
LOCAL SEALS. I/
Second Seal.
4651. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-g-xi-f-
in. [Ixi. 4.]
Pointed oval : a king, seated on a throne under a canopy,
resembling a triple-towered castle, with crown, in the r. h. a
sceptre fleury.
SIGILL. COMVNE BVRGENSIVM BODMINIE.
Cabled borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Did., vol. i., p. 178.
BOLT ON, co. Lancaster.
Corporation.
4652. [ipth cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix 2\ in.
[Ixvi. 23.]
A carved shield of arms : on a mount an elephant with an
embattled tower on its back, TOWN OF BOLTON. Encircled
with a branch of oak on the 1., and a branch of myrtle or
laurel on the r., fructed, tied with a riband.
Legend on a buckled strap :
SEAL OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE
BOROUGH OF BOLTON.
For the arms, cf. S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 183.
Mayor.
4653. [i9th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. i-f- x H in.
[Ixvi. 24,]
A shield of arms of the TOWN OF BOLTON, as in No. 4652 ;
encircled with the branches as before.
BOROUGH OF BOLTON.
MAYOR'S SEAL.
BOSSINEY with TREVENA, in the Parish 0/TINTAGEL,
co. Cornwall.
4654. [i6th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. ii in.
[Ixi. 6.]
K. Arthur's castle, with three towers, the principal one
domed, and embattled walls, set upon the sea, with a flight of
four steps leading down from the central doorway into the
water.
* SIGILLVM MAIORIS ET BVRGIENSIV BVRGI
DE TINTAIOEL
Cabled borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 190.
VOL. II. c
1 8 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
BOSTON, co. Lincoln.
Mayor and Burgesses.
4655. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in,
[Ixvi. 83.]
A shield of arms : three crowns in pale, TOWN OF BOSTON.
Betw. three ornamental branches of foliage. In the field on
the 1. the letter B, on the r. a tun, by way of rebus.
ft SIGlL COE MAIOR ET BVRGEN BVRGI DE
BOSTON IN COM LINCOLN.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 192.
Mayor of the New Borough.
4656. [i6th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. I in.
[Ixvi. 84.]
An ornamental shield of arms : TOWN OF BOSTON, as in
No. 4655.
6 SIGILLV ft MAIORS ft NOVI * BVRGI ft DE ft BOSTON.
Inner border beaded.
Admiralty Court, A.D. 1573.
4657. Sulph. cast from impression, chipped. if in.
[D.C, H. 176.]
A three-masted ship on the sea ; the mainsail set and
charged with a shield of arms of the TOWN OF BOSTON.
SIGILL7 CONCERN' CAVSAS MARINAS . MAIORATVS
BVRGI DE BOSTON 1573.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 191.
Wool Staple.
4658. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression.
li in. [Ixvi. 85.]
In a carved gothic panel, St. Botulph, standing, in the r. h.
a pastoral staff, in the 1. h. a book. Before him a wool-pack.
SIGIL' ft STAPULE ft DE ft SANCTO ft BOTULFO-
4659. Another. [D.C., F. 45.]
BOXFORD. co. Suffolk.
Queen Elisabeth's Free Grammar School.
4660. Sulph. cast i^ in. [Ixxii. 19.]
LOCAL SEALS. 19
A shield of arms : three dexter hands, issuing from clouds
at the dexter, sinister and base, grasping a closed book.
B SIG : LIBERE : SCH : GRAM : REGI : ELIZ : IN : BOXFORD :
IN COM SVFF.
Cabled borders.
BRACKLEY, co. Nortliampton.
4661. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in.
[Ixx. 44.]
A shield of arms : quarterly, i, 4, a lion rampant between
three pheons, EGERTON, EARL OF BRIDGWATER, for TOWN
OF BRACKLEY ; 2, 3, on a bend, three buck's heads cabossed,
bend-wise, STANLEY. Crests, (i.) on a wreath a lion rampant
holding an arrow ; (2.) on a chapeau turned up erm. an eagle
preying on an infant swaddled, STANLEY.
Legend on a riband :
SIGILLVM BVRGI DE BRACKLEY.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 202.
BRENTWOOD, co. Essex.
Free Grammar School, A.D. 1557.
4662. Sulph. casts from the silver matrix, i-i in. [xxxv.
125. A, B.]
0. An ornamental shield of arms : the Trinity. Back-
ground replenished with elegant arabesque design of foliage.
R. An ornamental shield of arms, shaped as in the obv.\
per pale, dex., a chevron betw. three lions' gambs erect and
erased within a bordure, on a chief an eagle displayed, armed
and crowned, a fleur-de-lis for difference, SIR ANTHONY
BROWNE, knt., founder ; sin., quarterly, i. 4, [on] a chevron
betw. three leopards' faces [as many bombs, fired], FARRING-
TON ; 2, three cinquefoils, two and one, FARRINGTON ; 4. a
cross engrailed between four roundles, CLAYTON. Back-
ground as in obv.
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. i., p. 408.
4663. Another, [xlvii. 753, 754.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 279.
C 2
2O CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
BRIDGNORTH, co. Salop.
4664. [i2th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression. 2-i- in.
[Ixxi. 13.]
A triple-towered castle, embattled wall and turrets, round-
headed doorway, three flat-headed and two circular windows.
* SIGILLVM COMVNE VILL/E DE BRIDGNORTH.
Cabled borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 227 ; cf. a variant seal, somewhat
resembling the above, in Arch&ologia, vol. xv., p. 380.
4665. [A.D. 1724.] Red wax, covered with paper before
impression. [Add. ch. 19,411.]
In the body of this document the seal is called that of the
Bailiffs' office, cf. No. 4666.
Bailiffs of the Liberty.
4666. [i$th cent.] Sulph. cast from fine impression. 2 in.
[D.C, G. 275.]
On a rocky mount replenished with flowers, an embattled
castle, with central turret and two round towers, and round-
headed doorway, with portcullis half-down. In the field two
shields of arms: 1. a cross of St. George; r., quarterly, 1,4
FRANCE (MODERN), 2, 3, ENGLAND. Inner edge of the field
engrailed.
Ss SIGILLUM : OFFICIJ : BALLIUOR : LIBERTATIS : VILLE :
DE : BRUGES.
Cabled borders.
Archaologia, vol. xv., pp. 380, 400, 401.
4667. Another, [xlvii. 755.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 378.
Municipal Council of the Borough.
4668. Red sealing-wax from the matrix. 2 in. [xliv.
227.]
Modern copy of preceding seal of the Bailiffs' office with
legend substituted.
* SEAL : OF : THE : MUNICIPAL : COVNCIL : OF : THE :
BOROVGH : OF : BRIDGNORTH.
Cabled borders.
LOCAL SEALS. 21
B RID G WATER, co. Somerset.
4669. [A.D. 1398.] Red: fine; very imperfect. About
2 in. when perfect. [Cott. ch. xv. 17.]
On a bridge of four round-headed arches, over the river
Parret, a castle, with three tiers or storeys of walling, masoned
and embattled, and with round-headed doorway. Twelfth
century style of work.
ft SIGILL : COM GE WA
4670. Sulph. cast of No. 4669, before it had been so much
injured. [D.C., F. 634.]
4671. Another. [Ixxi. 54.]
Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgesses.
4672. [i5th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2| in.
[Ixxi. 55.]
On a bridge of five pointed arches over the river, a castle
with three tiers or storeys of walling, masoned and embattled,
and at each side a round tower or turret, with round-headed
doorway, portcullis half-down, below it a head. In the field
above on the 1. an estoile, on the r. a fleur-de-lis. This
design forms the charges on the shield of arms of the TOWN
OF BRIDGWATER.
* SIGILLUM * MAIORIS BALLIUOR * ET BVRGENC' *
WILLE * DE BRIGEWATER
Cabled borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 230.
BRIDPORT, co. Dorset.
First Common Seal.
4673. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in.
[D.C., H. 1 86.]
A castle, standing on water (the River Bride), masoned
and embattled, with a round tower at each side, over each a
fleur-de-lis of FRANCE. In the field betw. the towers a lion
passant guardant of ENGLAND, crowned. In the round-
headed doorway three stanchions. This design forms the
charges on the shield of arms of the TOWN OF BRIDPORT.
<> SIGILLVM * COMVNE * VILLXE DE * BRYDEPORTE.
Inner border cabled.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 232.
22 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Later Common Seal, A.D. 1836.
4674. Red sealing-wax, recent impression from the
matrix. 2 in. [xxxvi. 196.]
An ornamental carved shield of arms with the heraldic
colours indicated : gu., a castle with two side towers, arg.,
over each a fleur-de-lis, or, in chief a lion passant guardant,
crowned of the last, the base barry wavy of eight, arg. and az.,
TOWN OF BRIDPORT.
SIGILLVM COMVNE VILL/E DE BRYDEPORTE
+ 1836 +
Mayor, A.D. 1836.
4675. Recent impression in red sealing-wax from the
matrix, i^- in. [xxxvi. 197.]
A shield of arms of the TOWN OF BRIDPORT, as in No.
4674.
SEAL OF THE MAYOR OF BRIDPORT
1836
Mayor's Signet.
4676. [i7th cent] Sulph. cast from matrix, -f- in. [Ixii.
27.]
On a wreath a castle, embattled and masoned, with two
round side-towers, domed ; betw. them a: lion passant.
Beaded border.
Bailiff's Signet.
4677. [i7th-i8th cent] Sulph. cast from matrix. |. in.
[Ixii. 29.]
A castle, embattled and masoned, with two round side-
towers, domed ; betw. them, on a wreath, a hand and arm in
armour grasping a sword in bend.
BRIGHTFORD HUNDRED, co. Sussex, in the Rape
of Bramber.
4678. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression.
2 X if in. [Ixxii. 80.]
Shield-shaped : a shield of arms : a fess betw. a lion rampant
in chief, and in base a griffin's head erased.
+ SVSSEX R BRAMBOR + HVMDRED DE + BYRTFORD'.
LOCAL SEALS. 23
BRISTOL, cos. Gloucester and Somerset.
First Common Seal.
4679. [i4th cent] Recent impressions in red sealing-wax
from the matrix. 2|- in., shewing marks of the pins employed
in the matrix to steady it. [xlv. 18, 19.]
0. View of Bristol Castle, an elaborately designed edifice
on waves, with outer bailey and walls embattled and
masoned, round-headed windows and doorway, lofty tower
on the r., somewhat lower tower on the 1., with a watchman
on it, half-length, to the r., blowing a long trumpet ; at each
side a smaller tower.
+ SIG1LLVM : COMMVNG : BVRGENSIVM : BRISTOLLI6 :
R. On the r. a one-masted ship, with mainsail set, steered
over the waves by a mariner holding a rudder or sweep over
the side, towards a round-headed archway at the corner of a
building on the 1. ; on the embattled summit of the building
the head and r. h. of a watchman who is pointing out the
way to the steersman. In the foreground on the beach a
large conger-eel to the 1.
Legend in two rhyming hexameters :
+ SeCRGTl CLAVIS SV PORT' NAVITA NAVIS
PORTA CVSTODIT PORT' VIGIL INDIC6<PDIT.
The letters OR in portam are conjoined.
Beaded borders.
Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc., vol. xxxi., pp. 180-183 ; cf. Ducange,
Glossarium, s.v. " Clavis," a place closed by a key, hence a " key " or
" quay," in which signification the word is probably here employed.
4680. Plaster cast, tinted red, of the rev. only. [xlv. 20.]
4681. [A.D. 1496.] Bronze-green : fine, chipped at the
edges. [Add. ch. 26,476.]
4682. [A.D. 1553.] Red: fine, imperfect. [Add. ch.
26,500.]
Second Common Seal, A.D. 1569.
4683. Sulph. cast from the matrix in possession of the
Corporation. 34- in. [Ixiii. 42, 43.]
0. On a mount replenished with tufts of herbage a shield
of arms : on the sin., on a mount, a castle, with two towers,
domed, on each a pennon : the dex. base barry wavy, thereon
a three-masted ship sailing from behind the castle, the fore
and main masts in sight, on the first a sail, CITY OF BRISTOL.
Crest upon a helmet mantling and wreath, two arms em-
bowed, and interlaced in saltire, issuing from clouds, in the
dex. a snake, in the sin. a balance. Supporters, two unicorns
sejant.
24 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
* : SIGILLVM : * : COMMVN * MAIORIS : * ET + +
COMMVNITATIS + * + CIVITATIS + + BRISTOLLIAE &
A.o + DOMINI 1569.
R. A copy of the rev. of the first seal, No. 4679.
* : NISI * * ft DOMINVS : * : CVSTODIERIT * CIVITATEM fc
* & FRVSTRA % * & VIGILAT : * ! QVI ft ft ft CVSTODIT :
& : EAM & 1569 : Psalm cxxvi. i.)
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 240.
4684. [A.D. 1616.] Bronze-green: indistinct and injured
by pressure. About 34 in. [Harl. ch. 58 E. 15.]
4685. [A.D. 1620.] Bronze-green : very imperfect and in-
distinct. [Harl. ch. 58 E. 21.]
Seal of A rms.
4686. [i7th cent.] Recent impression in red sealing-wax,
from matrix, ifx i-pg- in. [xlv. 23.]
Oval : a shield of arms of the ClTY OF BRISTOL, crest, and
supporters, as described in No. 4683.
Cabled border.
Mayoralty.
First Seal.
4687. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression.
i-i- inch. [Ixiii. 49.]
On the 1. a view of Bristol castle, with four embattled
towers. The secret quay, see No. 4679, is open, and a ship is
sailing out, bearing a flag of the ROYAL ARMS, ENGLAND
only. Betw. the flag and the ship, in the field the letter B.
ft SIGILLVM MAIORITATIS VILL6 BRISTOLLIG.
Second Seal.
4688. [i4th cent.] Recent impression in red sealing-wax,
from matrix, if in. [xlv. 21.]
On the 1. a view of Bristol castle, with three storeys of
embattled masonry, on one of the corner towers a watchman,
half-length to the L, blowing a horn, on the battlements a
flag charged with a cross, on another turret another watch-
man blowing^ horn. The secret quay, see No. 4679, is open,
and a ship is sailing out from behind the castle, with high
forecastle and flag of the ROYAL ARMS OF ENGLAND, as
used by EDWARD III., viz., quarterly, i, 4, five fleurs-de-lis,
lor FRANCE, 2, 3, ENGLAND. In the field over the forecastle
the initial letter B.
& SIGILU MAIORITATIS VILLE BRISTOLLIE :
tourn. Brit. Arch. Assoc., vol. xxxi., p. 180.
LOCAL SEALS. 2$
4689. Red: fine, cut from a charter dated A.D. 1340.
[xxxvi. 43.]
4690. Red : fine, cut from a charter, [xxxvi. 222.]
4691. [A.D. 1414.] Red : fine. [Add. ch. 26,469.]
4692. Sulph. cast from fine impression of obv. only. [D.C.,
G. 270.]
With counter seal of ]QWl STANLEY, Mayor.
4693. [A.D. 1444.] Red: fine. [Add. ch. 26,471.]
0. As before, No. 4688.
R. A small oval signet, 4- X in., from a ring. On a shield
a merchant's mark, betw. the initial letters, I. s.
Cabled border.
4694. [A.D. 1/144.] R d : fine, with the counterseal as
above. [Add. ch. 26,472.]
With counterseal of WILLIAM CANYNGES, Mayor.
4695. [A.D. 1449.] Red : the edge injured. [Harl. ch. 112
D. 40.]
0. As before, No. 4688.
R. A small round signet, -i- in., from a chased ring. A
wing ? In the field an indistinct word . . NYN . . Perhaps
the name of the mayor.
Cabled border.
With counterseal of PHILIP MEEDE, Mayor.
4696. [A.D. 1459.] Red. [Add. ch. 26,474.]
0. As before, No. 4688.
R. A small round signet, in., from a chased ring. An
eagle rising with expanded wings, cf. crest of MEADE, an
eagle displayed with two heads. Betw. two indistinct initial
letters in black letter.
The Jurats.
4697. [A.D. 1536.] Red: fine, injured, in. [Harl. ch.
76 H. 24.]
A lion passant guardant of ENGLAND, in the fore paw a
sword erect. In the field a crown of three points. Fourteenth
century style of work.
8 S' IVRAT . . ISTOLL6.
26 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
A dmiralty and Maritime Affairs.
4698. [i6th cent. ?] Recent impression in red sealing-wax,
from a worn leaden matrix? 2 in. [xlv. 22.]
A one-masted ship on waves ; with mainmast, shrouds,
mainsail set and charged with foliage and devices now
obliterated, crenellated poop, and prow, on the one a flag
charged with a cross, on the other a flag of the ROYAL ARMS
OF ENGLAND, coarsely and erroneously engraved. Field
replenished with sprigs of foliage.
4699. Sulph. cast. [Ixiii. 44.]
Mayor of the Staple.
4700. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression. [D.C.,
E.7I3-]
A lion's face, enraged, within a cordon of eight fleurs-de-lis.
+ S' MAIOR : STAPVLG : B'RSTOLL'.
Beaded borders.
Seal "pro recognitione debitorum" see Nos. 1066-1068.
BEUTON, or BREWTON, co. Somerset.
Free Grammar School, A.D. 1520.
4701. Sulph. cast from the matrix, tinted red. i^ in.
[xxxv. 126.]
A tun, with branches of vine and grapes springing there-
from ; forming a rebus on the name of the town in conjunction
with the legend.
J THE ft SEALLE ft OF ft THE ft SKOLLE ft OF ft BREW
Outer border carved.
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. ii., p. 412.
4702. Another, [xlvii. 756.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 289.
BUCKINGHAM, co. Buckingham.
4703. [i7th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in.
[lix. 78.]
A carved shield of arms : per pale, a swan with wings ex-
panded, ducally gorged and chained, TOWN OF BUCKINGHAM.
SS SIGIL' : COMVN : BALLI : ET : BVRGENS : DE : BVCK.
Carved border.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet,, vol. i., p. 265.
LOCAL SEALS. 2/
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.
PETER DE SALFORD, Sheriff.
4704. [A.D. 1365.] Brown: injured by pressure. in.
[Harl. ch. 86 D. 44.]
A stag's head cabossed, with the initial letter B betw.
the attires.
S' VIC' B' T B'.
(Sigillum Vicecomitis Bedfordie et Buckinghamie.)
BURPORD, co. Oxon.
4705. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2X i^ in.
[Ixxi. 6.]
Pointed oval : a lion rampant guardant contourne.
+ SIGILL'COMMVNe BVRG6NSIVM De BVR6FORD.
Beaded border.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 275.
A Counterseal.
4706. Sulph. cast from matrix. in. [Ixxi. 7.]
A lion rampant.
BURY ST. EDMUND'S, co. Suffolk.
Free Grammar School.
4707. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2-i in.
[Ixxi. 98.]
Our Lord, three-quarters length, with nimbus of radiant
lines, before a group of the disciples, blessing a child, whose
head only is shown. In base, an ornamentally carved
entablature inscribed :
+ SINITE + PARVVLOS 8 VENIRE AD ME .
Marc. x. 14.
SIGIL COE GVBER LIBERE SCHOL/E GRAM REGIS
EDWARDI VI BVRIXE.
CASTRUM LEONIS (CAERLEON, CASTELL-LLEON, or
HOLT), co. Denbigh.
Exchequer.
(Duke of Norfolk, Edward Neville, Edmund Lentall.)
4708. [A.D. 1450.] Red : fine, but imperfect About i^ in.
when perfect [Add. ch. 8640.]
Within a finely carved gothic trefoil or trilobe of tracery, a
shield of arms : chequy, WARREN, borne by the HOWARDS,
DUKES OF NORFOLK. '
28 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
fc SIGILLU DUG' NORFF EDWARDI NEVYLL' EDMUNDI
LENTALL'.
Carved border.
4709. [A.D. 1450.] Red : fine, chipped and injured. [Add.
ch. 8639.]
& SIGILLU : EVYLL' EDMVNDI LENTALL'.
4710. [A.D. 1451.] Red: fine, but fragmentary. [Harl. ch.
58 F. 36.]
I NEVY
4711. [A.D. 1456.] Red : injured by pressure. [Add.
ch. 8641.]
SIGILLU D WARDI NEVYLL' EDMUNDI LENTALL'.
4712. [A.D. 14/0.] Red : fine, but very imperfect. [Add.
ch. 8636.]
ILLU DU 6DMUNDI LENT ....
First Seal of Henry VIIL
4713. [A.D. 1520.] Red: fine, if in. [Add. ch. 8647.]
A lion passant, over it an open crown of three fleurs-de-lis.
Inner border partly engrailed. Poor style of art.
+ SIGILLU D~NI REGIS SCCII CASTRILEONU.
4714. [A.D. 1530.] Red: fine, chipped. [Add. ch. 8648.]
Second Seal.
4715. [A.D. 1546.] Red: fine, the sides broken off. 2|- in.
[Add. ch. 8649.]
On a mount, a lion passant. Over it a jewelled coronet
of three crosses pattees, and two fleurs-de-lis. Inner border
partly engrailed.
S' HENR R DNI HIB ET CASTELL
V FIL TAL.
The letters HE in Henr are conjoined.
CAERLEON, co. Monmouth.
Mayoralty.
4716. [i4th-i5th cent.] Sulph. cast from imperfect im-
pression, i \ in. [Ixvii. 51.]
A triple-towered castle, masoned and embattled, round-
headed doorway. On a field or, background seme-de-lis.
: MAIORITA E : KAIRLION *
Inner border beaded.
LOCAL SEALS. 29
CAMBRIDGE, co. Cambridge.
First Corporation Seal.
4717. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast from indistinct impression.
if in. [Ix. 5.]
On a bridge of four complete and two incomplete arches,
embattled, with the R. Cam flowing in base, a shield of arms :
quarterly, I, 4, FRANCE (MODERN), 2, 3, ENGLAND, supported
by two kneeling angels.
Legend on a riband :
S' : COMMUNITATIS : VILLE : CANTEBRIGE *
Second Seal.
4718. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2-i- in.
[Ix. 6.]
An ornamental shield of arms : on a fess three towers
arched, masoned and embattled, in chief a fleur-de-lis betw.
two roses, in base a river, thereon three ships, each with one
mast and yard, TOWN OF CAMBRIDGE. Crest on a helmet,
mantling, and narrow wreath, on a mount a quadrangular
castle, with five (for four) domed towers, in front two portals.
Supporters two seahorses. In base a riband not inscribed.
* SIGILLVM COMMVNITATIS VILLXE CANTABRIGI/E.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 308.
Mayoralty.
4719. [i;th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if x if in.
[Ix. 9.]
Oval : a shield of arms : TOWN OF CAMBRIDGE, as before,
differently treated.
Legend on a band :
SEAL OF THE MAYORALTY OF THE BOROUGH OF
CAMBRIDGE.
Carved border,
Mayor.
4720. [i 7th cent] Sulph. cast. iJ- X if in. [Ix. 7.]
Oval : a shield of arms, TOWN OF CAMBRIDGE.
Another Seal.
4721. [i 7th cent.] Sulph. cast. H X i-jV in. [Ix. 8.]
Oval : a shield of arms, TOWN OF CAMBRIDGE, a variant.
30 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.
First Seal.
4722. \c. A.D. 1261.] Sulph. cast from fine impression,
chipped at the edge. 2-f- X i-f in. [Ix. 10.]
Pointed oval : the Chancellor, seated on a throne or chair,
with flat cap and academical gown, holding a book, betw.
two scholars, standing, in disputation. All in a niche, with
carved church-like canopy above it, on the 1. an estoile of six
points, on the r. a crescent. In base, over the R. Cam, a
bridge with sloping sides, on four carved pointed arches ; in
the water three fish naiant, two and one.
SIGILLVM [ VNIJV6RSITATIS CANTGBRIGI6 .
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., 1885, pt. III., pp. 226, 229.
Second Seal.
4723. [c. A.D. 1410.] Sulph. cast from fine impression.
24- X if in. [Ix. 15.]
Pointed oval : in three carved niches, with canopies pin-
nacled and crocketed, the Chancellor, seated, with fur-tippet,
hood and cap, holding in the 1. h. a book, betw. two scholars,
standing, in disputation, each with gown and hood. The
background of the niches, and field outside, diapered with
wavy sprigs of foliage. In base, over the R. Cam, a border
of three pointed arches, with masoned walls at the sides,
and crenellated parapet ; in the water two fish naiant in fess.
SIGILLUM I VNIUERSITATIS t CANTEBRIGGIE .
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., 1885, pt. III., pp. 227, 229.
Third Seal, A.D. 1580.
4724. Sulph. cast from the silver matrix. 33. X 2-i- in.
[Ix. 13.]
Pointed oval : the Chancellor, seated on a canopied chair,
with shell-shaped back and fluted pilasters of the style of the
Renaissance, wearing gown, fur-tippet, and hood, betw. two
masters-of-arts, wearing gown and hood, the one on the 1.
carrying a chained book of the Statutes of the University,
the other an open book. These are probably the proctors.
Over the chair the trilingual name of the Almighty : nirp
0EOZ DEVS, in three lines, surrounded by a radiant glory.
At each side of this, a shield of the ROYAL ARMS OF
ENGLAND as used by Qu. ELIZABETH. In base, a shield
of arms : on a cross ermine, cantoned with four lions of
LOCAL SEALS. 31
ENGLAND, a book clasped and garnished, UNIVERSITY OF
CAMBRIDGE. The shield is placed betw. branches of flowers
and foliage, and the date 15-80. Over the shield on a
riband, the inscription :
* MARS ft MVSAS *
V SIGILLVM %_COE * CANCELLARII * MROR # ET *
SCHOLAR1V # VNIVERSITAT * CANT6BRIGIE.
Proc. Soc. Antig., 2nd series, vol. x., 1885 ; pt. III., p. 227. Where
the back of the matrix is said to bear the following inscription :
GVILIELMVS ft FARRAND ft PROCVRATOR ft
DEDIT ft MATERIAM .
MATTH/EVS ft STOKIS ^ BEDELLVS ft DEDIT ft
FORMAM ft 1580 ft
4725. [A.D. 1630.] Light brown : fine fragments. [Add.
ch. 5523.]
VERSITAT ft CANTEB
4726. [A.D. 1661.] Red : fine fragments. [Add. ch. 6035.]
VNIVERSITAT ft CANTEBR
4727. [A.D. 1670.] Red: injured by pressure; app. by
pink and green silk ribands. [Add. MS. 8129 B.]
Chancellor.
4728. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression, the
edge chipped. 2X1^ in. [Ix. 12.]
Pointed oval : bust of the Chancellor, to the r., wearing a
flat cap, betw. two flowering branches, on a masoned bridge of
four carved pointed arches, over the R. Cam. In the* water
two fishes embowed and addorsed. All within an elegantly
carved and pointed double quatrefoil.
ft S' CANC6LLARII VNIVRSITATIS CANTGBRIGie
Proc. Soc. Antig., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 228.
4729. [A.D. 1316.] Dark-green: originally fine, now
fragmentary. [Harl. ch. ill C. 25.]
VNIveRSIT
Official Seal of the Chancellor, A.D. 1580.
4730. Sulph. cast from fine impression, chipped at the
edge. 2-f- X i -|- in. [Ix. 14.]
Pointed oval: the Chancellor, with gown, fur-tippet with
hanging tails, and flat square cap, holding a book; in a
carved pulpit on a reeded corbel, betw. two branches of laurel.
From his mouth a label issues, inscribed: ft ft DOMINVS ft
PROPE EST ft ft Philipp. iv. 5. Over head a crowned shield
32 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
of the ROYAL ARMS OF ENGLAND as used by Qu.
ELIZABETH. In base, a carved shield of arms : UNIVERSITY
OF CAMBRIDGE, betw. the date 1 5-80.
& SIGILLVM s OFFICII * CANCELLARII & ALM/E XS
VNIVERSITATIS * CANTEBRIGIE *
Proc. Soc. Antig., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 228, where the back
of the matrix is said to bear the following inscription :
: EX : DONO : D : EDW : LEEDYS : IVRIS :: CIVILIS :
DOCTORIS :
and in the centre, M. S. f r Matthew Stokis, Bedell, see No. 4724.
Official Seal of the Vice- Chancellor, A.D. 1580.
4731. Sulph. cast from the gold signet ring, i x in.
[lix. ii.]
Oval : a carved shield of arms : UNIVERSITY OF CAM-
BRIDGE, see No. 4724.
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 229, where the ring is
said to bear inside the initials of Matthew Stokis, Bedell, see No.
4724.
Michael- House,
or House of the Scholars of St. Michael ', A.D. 1324 ;
afterwards incorporated into Trinity College, A.D. 1546.
4732. Sulph. cast from fine impression, edge chipped.
14 in. [lx. 51.]
St. Michael the Archangel, with expanded wings, in the
1. h. a shield of early form charged with a cross, trampling
on the dragon, and piercing his head with a long cross held
in the r. h.
6 S' : MAORI T : SCOLARIV DOM' : SCI : MICH'IS : CANT6BR'.
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 232.
Kings Hall, A.D. 1337;
afterwards incorporated into Trinity College, A.D. 1546.
4733. Sulph. cast from fine impression, chipped at the
edge. 2-L in. [lx. 32.]
On a low carved pedestal in a carved and canopied gothic
niche with open sides, K. Edward III., founder, seated with
crown, holding in the 1. h. a model of a church, with the r. h.
presenting foundation-charter to the Master, kneeling on
the 1., outside the pale of the niche. In base, under five
LOCAL SEALS. 33
carved arches of a pent-house, three three-quarter-length, and
two half-length suppliants with upraised hands. On each
side, on a mount, an oak-tree, on which is suspended a shield
of arms : 1., ENGLAND ; r., quarterly i, 4, FRANCE (ANCIENT),
2, 3, ENGLAND, for Edward III.
: SIGILLU : COMUNE : CUSTODIS ET SCOLA[RI]UM AULE :
REGIS : CANTEBRIGGIE *</*<
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 232.
Clare Hall,
now Clare College, A.D. 1326.*
First Seal.
4734. Sulph. cast from the silver matrix. 2|x i-f- in. [Ix.
1 8.]
Pointed oval : in a carved gothic niche, with triple canopy,
the Lady Elizabeth [de Burgh], sister and co-heir of Gilbert,
Earl of Clare, foundress, standing, turned to the L, a book of
Statutes in the 1. h., and with the r. h. presenting the charter of
foundation to a body of nine kneeling representatives of the
foundation and scholars. Background of the niche replenished
with large roses. Overhead, in three small canopied niches,
three-quarter-length effigies of the Virgin and Child betw. St.
John Baptist with the Agnus Dei on the 1., and St. John the
Evangelist ? with an eagle and a palm branch on the r. On
the tabernacle work at each side of the principal niche a shield
of arms : 1., ENGLAND ; r., quarterly, CASTILE and LEON, for
K. EDWARD I., and Qu. ELEANOR of CASTILE, maternal
grandparents of the foundress. In base, betw. two slipped
flowers a shield of arms : per pale, dex., three chevrons, CLARE,
sin., a cross, BURGH, within a bordure [guttee ?], CLARE
COLLEGE. For remarks on this bordure, which has been
conjectured to be guttee, but is very indistinct, and at one
part seems to bear a castle, rather than a goutte, see Proc.
Soc. Antiq. 1. c., p. 233.
AULA CLARG PIA RGE SEMPER VIRGO MARIA.
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 233.
Second Seal.
4735. [i8th cent] Sulph. cast from the silver matrix.
2-L|- x 2| in. [Ix. 19.]
Oval : a copy, badly proportioned, of the preceding seal,
No. 4734.
Beaded border.
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 234.
* Or A.D. 1338-9, Proc. Soc. Antiq. I. c.
VOL. II. D
34 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Master, A.D. 1742.
4736. Sulph. cast from the matrix. i-^X I in. [Ix. 20.]
Oval : an elegantly carved shield of arms, CLARE COLLEGE,
see No. 4734.
Pembroke, or Valence-Mary Hall,
now College, A.D. 1347.
First Seal.
4737. Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2-\ X i-J- in. [Ix.
35-]
Pointed oval : on a mount replenished with flowers, Aymer
de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, on the 1., and Mary de St. Paul,
his Countess, on the r., standing side by side, each one holding
up the interior hand to a church or college-building overhead,
on the roof of which is a seated figure of Our Lord with
cruciform nimbus lifting up the hands in benediction betw.
two cinquefoils in the field. On each side of the mount a
forked tree, on which is slung by the strap a shield of arms :
1., eight barrulets (for barry of ten), an orle of nine martlets,
VALENCE ; r., per pale, dex., VALENCE (as in the other shield),
sin., three pales vair, on a chief a label of three points, each
dimidiated, ST. PAUL, PEMBROKE COLLEGE. Background
faintly hatched.
tt S'. CVSTODIS : ET : SCOLARIV : DOMVS : D : VALGNC6 :
MARI6 : IN : CANT6BRIG'.
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 234.
Secretum or Privy Seal, A.D. 1347.
4738. Sulph. cast from fine impression, edge chipped,
i in. [Ix. 38.]
The Trinity, in a finely traced gothic panel.
SECRETV AVLE VALENCE MARIE CANTABRIG.
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 235.
Seal of A rms, A.D. 1 649.
4739. Sulph. cast from the silver matrix. i| x I in. [Ix.
37-]
Oval : a shield of arms, PEMBROKE COLLEGE, see No. 4737.
SIGILL : AVL/E PEMBROCHIXE CANTABR1GI/E.
Inner border beaded, outer border carved.
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 235.
LOCAL SEALS. 35
Later Seal of Arms, A.D. 1844.
4740. Sulph. cast from the steel matrix, i-i X -f-. [Ix.
36.]
Oval : a shield of arms, PEMBROKE COLLEGE, see No. 4737,
suspended by a strap from a tree.
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 235.
Gonville Hall,
or Hall of the A nnunciation of the Virgin Mary,
A.D. 1348 ; afterwards refounded as Gonville and
Caius College, A.D. 1558.
4741. Sulph. cast from fine impression, chipped at the
edges. 24 X if in. [Ix. 52.]
Pointed oval : the Annunciation of the Virgin in a carved
niche, with elegantly carved triple arched canopy pinnacled and
crocketed. In base, a bishop, (for William Bateman, Bishop
of Norwich, A.D. 1344-1354, who established the College for
the founder, Edmund de Gonville, rector of Terrington and
Rushworth) with mitre and pastoral staff, kneeling in ador-
ation to the r., betw. six other kneeling personages.
S' COE . AVLE . ANVCIACOIS : BE : MARIE . CANT6BRI . . .
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 237.
Gonville and Caius College, A.D. 1558-
4742. Sulph. cast from the silver matrix. 2| X i-f- in.
[Ix. 1 6.]
Pointed oval : the Annunciation of the Virgin, under an
elegantly carved arch of the Italian style, supported on slender
shafts. In base an oval shield with carved work, and having
indistinct charges ; between the letter B on the 1. and a
mitre on the r., for William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich,
A.D. 1344-1354. See No. 4741.
SIGILL' COLLEG . DE . GONEVIL ET CAIVS . FVND ."?". HO .
AN . B . MA . VIR ."?". VNTTE CATA [B.I
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 250.
Trinity Hall,
or Hall of the Holy Trinity of Norwich, A.D. 1350.
First Seal.
4743. Sulph. cast from the silver matrix. 2\ in. [Ix. 43.]
The Trinity in a heavily canopied niche. At each side a
D 2
36 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
wavy branch or sprig enclosing ten small heads, full-face, to
represent the host of heaven. In base, a small shield of arms :
a crescent ermine within a bordure engrailed, WILLIAM
BATEMAN, Bishop of Norwich, A.D. 1344-1354, founder; the
arms are borne by TRINITY HALL.
# S' COLLEGII : SCOLARIV : AULE : SCE : TRINITATIS : DE :
NORWICO : IN : VNIUERSITATE . CANTEBR :
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 237.
4744. [ 1 8th cent] Sulph. cast from a matrix, -j^-in. [Ix.
46.]
A shield of arms, TRINITY HALL, (Sa. field).
TRIM : AVL : CANT;
Master, A.D. 1350.
4745. Sulph. cast from the silver matrix, if X | in. [Ix. 44.]
Pointed oval : the Trinity in a canopied niche with taber-
nacle work at the sides. In base a shield of arms, TRINITY
HALL, see No. 4743.
SIGILLU CUSTODIS COLLEGII SCE TRINITAT' CANTEBRIG'.
Cabled borders.
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 238.
STEPHEN GARDINER, Master. A.D. 1525-1549, 1553-1555.
(Bishop of Winchester, A.D. 1531-1550, 1553-1555.)
4746. Sulph. cast from the brass matrix, f in. [Ix. 45.]
A shield of arms : TRINITY HALL, see No. 4743.
SIGILLUM * STEPHANI * MAKSAY >*
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 238, where the name
at the end of the legend is read, M.A.TR.CAN. (i.e., Magister Aulae
Trinitatis Cantebrigie).
HENRY HERVYE, or HARVEY, LL.D., Master.
4747. [A.D. 1580.] Light-brown: fine. -^- in. [Add.
ch. 15,009.]
The monogram HI, for H. H., initials of the master. In
the field the motto : a OS MENS MANVS.
Beaded border.
Corfins Chris ti College, A.D. 1352.
4748. [Late I4th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix.
f X 14- in. [D.C., F. 62.]
LOCAL SEALS. 37
Pointed oval : in a carved niche, with canopy pinnacled
and crocketed, the Coronation of the Virgin. Below this
the shields of arms : 1., the ARMS OF THE TRINITY ; r., the
symbols of the Passion, for JESUS CHRIST. In base, two
figures representing the two gilds which founded the College,
holding up a model church, betw. three half-length wor-
shippers.
S' COE DOMUS CORPORIS XPI Z BE MARIE
CANTEBRIGGIE.
4749. Another. [Ix. 21.]
4750. Recent impression in red sealing-wax from the
matrix, [xxxv. 62.]
4751. [A.D. 1567.] Red : app. by a plaited cord, green
and white, and enclosed in a tin-box. [Add. ch. 26,723.]
4752. Light-brown : fine, but imperfect at the edge,
[xl. 9 .]
0. As before, No. 4748.
R. A small round counterseal, from a signet-ring. in.
A shield of arms : quarterly, I, 4, a pelican in her piety,
2, 3, three lilies, slipped, two and one, CORPUS CHRISTI
COLLEGE.
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 239.
God's House, A.D. 1442.
4753. Sulph. cast from imperfect impression. i in.
[Ix. 47-]
The field divided by a horizontal line ; in the upper part
the Ascension of our Lord, in the lower part the Nativity.
SIGILLUM /* [COMMUNE *< COLLEGII * DE **] CODES
HOUS * CCANTEBRIGIJE *
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 239.
Seal ad Causas.
See Monastic Seals, No. 2826.
King's College, A.D. 1441.
Second state [A.D. 1449] of the seal of the Refoundation, A.D. 1443.
4754. [i$th cent] Sulph. cast from the silver matrix.
21 in. [D.C, G. 31.]
The Assumption of the Virgin, in a vesica of clouds, upheld
by the Almighty and four angels at the top, and two angels
below ; in a heavily canopied niche. On each side, in a
CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
smaller niche similarly canopied, on the 1., on a pedestal, a
bishop, St. Nicholas, full-length with mitre, lifting up the r. h.
in benediction, in the 1. h. a pastoral staff curved outwards :
on the r., on a pedestal, Henry VI. with crown, hands elevated
in prayer. Outside these, on each side a small pent-house, in
which is an angel or shield-bearer, holding in front a shield of
arms : 1., FRANCE (MODERN), for Henry VI. as King de facto,
r., quarterly, I, 4, FRANCE (MODERN), 2, 3, ENGLAND, for
Henry VI. In base, under a depressed arch, with carved and
arcaded corbel table behind and at the sides, a shield of arms :
three roses, two and one, on a chief per pale a fleur-de-lis on
the dex., and a lion passant guardant on the sin., KING'S
COLLEGE. _
SIGILLU : COE PREPOSITI Z SCOLARIUM : COLLEGII :
REGALIS BE MARIE Z SCI NICHOLAI DE CANTEBR
4755. Another. [Ix. 31.]
4756. Yellow or uncoloured : fine but imperfect, [xxxv.
250
RIUM : CO LIS BE MARIE Z SCI NICHO
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., pp. 240, 241 ; where a
notice is given of the shield of arms found in the first state of this seal.
JAMES FLETEWOOD, S.T.P., Provost.
4757. [A.D. 1664.] Red : injured by pressure. in.
[Harl. ch. in G. 16.]
A shield of arms, KING'S COLLEGE, as in No. 4754.
Above it the date 1588.
Cabled border.
Queens College,
of SS. Margaret and Bernard, A.D. 1448.
4758. Sulph. cast from fine, but chipped impression.
2f in. [Ix. 39.]
In two canopied niches, full-length figures of St. Margaret
holding a book and trampling on a Dragon, whose head she
is piercing with a long cross, on the 1. ; and St. Bernard with
pastoral staff and book on the r. At each side a small open
pent-house, on a bracket, containing a kneeling angel. In
base, betw. the President, kneeling in adoration on the r. and
four kneeling fellows of the College on the 1., a shield of arms
of six quarterings : I, Barry of eight (for six), HUNGARY ;
2, seme-de-lis, a label of three points, NAPLES ; 3, a cross
potent betw. four crosses crosslet or potent, JERUSALEM ;
4, seme-de-lis, within a bordure, ANJOU ; 5, Crusily fitchy,
two barrs or barbel fishes addorsed, BAR ; 6, on a bend three
eaglets, LORRAINE. MARGARET OF ANJOU, (for QUEENS'
COLLEGE.)
LOCAL SEALS. 39
SIQILLU COE PSIDENT' Z SOCIOR : COLLEGII REGINALIS
SCE MARGARETE Z SCI BERNAREDI DE CANTEBRIG'.]
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 242.
Later Seal, A.D. 1675.
4759. Sulph. cast 2 x 2 in. [D.C., H. 59.]
Pointed oval : Qu. Margaret, wife of K. Henry VI., first
foundress, or Qu. Elizabeth, wife of K. Edward IV., second
foundress, standing on a bracket, with crown, turned to the 1.,
in her r. h. a sceptre, in the 1. h. an orb.
ft SIGILLVM COLLEGII i REGINALIS
CANTABRIG i 1675.
Carved border.
4760. Another. [Ix. 41.]
4761. Cast in lead. [Slo. xxxiv. 70.]
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 244.
Seal of Arms, A.D. 1575.
4762. Sulph. cast from the matrix. I X -|- in. [Ix. 40.]
Oval : a shield of arms, MARGARET OF ANJOU, see No.
4758, within a bordure, QUEENS' COLLEGE, granted by
Rob. Cooke, A.D. 1575. Above the shield the initial letters,
Q. C.
Beaded border.
Proc. Soc. Antiq. , 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 244.
St. Catharines Hall or College, A.D. 1473.
4763. Sulph. cast from the silver matrix. 2-Jg- x i^ in.
[Ix. 29.]
Pointed oval : St. Catharine standing in a canopied niche,
with tabernacle work at the sides, and carved bracket in base,
with crown, in the r. h. a sword, in the 1. h. a Catharine
wheel.
SIGILL' COlE A* COLLEGIJ SIUE AULE SCE KATERINE
VIRGIS DE CATEBREGIA.
Cabled borders.
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. Ill,, p. 244.
Masters Seal.
4764. Sulph. cast from the silver matrix, i X -J in.
[Ix. 30-]
40 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Oval : a shield of arms : gu. a Catharine wheel, ST. CATHA-
RINE'S COLLEGE OR HALL.
Cabled border.
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 244.
Jesus College, A.D. 1496.
From the Benedictine Priory of St. Radegund.
Priory Seal.
4765. [i2th cent] Sulph. cast from a fine impression.
2| X if in. [lx..48.]
Pointed oval : St. Radegund, standing, head turned to the
r., with staff, wallet and book. Archaic style.
&SIGILLVM SAMCT6 RAD6GVNDIS.
A nother.
4766. Sulph. cast from fine impression. 2-f- x if m -
[Ix. 49.]
This very closely resembles the previous seal, No. 4765, but
is not from the same matrix.
Common Seal, A.D. 1496.
4767. Sulph. cast from the silver matrix. 2-| X if in.
[Ix. 23.]
Pointed oval : in three heavily canopied niches, Our Lord,
standing on a pedestal, with cruciform nimbus, lifting up the
r. h. in benediction, in the 1. h. an orb topped with a long
cross, betw. the Virgin, with crown and nimbus, hands in
prayer, on the 1. ; and St. John the Evangelist, with nimbus,
in the r. h. a chalice, in the 1. h. a palm-branch, on the r. In
base, under an arch with sides of masonry, an angel support-
ing in front a shield of arms : the five wounds of Our Lord,
viz., a human heart betw. two hands and two feet in saltire,
gouttee de sang, for JESUS CHRIST.
SIGILLUM : COLLEGIJ : IHU : MARIE : ET : JOHIS : EVAG' :
CANTEBR'.
Proc. Soc. Antig., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 245.
Seal ad Causas, A.D. 1586.
4768. Sulph. cast from the silver matrix. 2\ X if in.
[Ix. 24.]
Oval : a shield of arms : a fess betw. three cock's heads
erased, all within a bordure charged with ten crowns, for John
LOCAL SEALS. 41
ALCOCK, Bishop of Ely, and JESUS COLLEGE. Above in
radiant clouds the Hebrew inscription 3* probably intended
for nirv In base, on a carved ante-fixal ornament or
tablet, the date 1586.
$ SIGILLVM COLLEGII * IHESV CANTABRIG * QVO * AD *
CAVSAS A*
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 245.
Master.
4769. [i7th cent] Sulph. cast from the silver matrix.
I X | in. [lx. 25.]
Oval : a carved shield of arms, JESUS COLLEGE, see No.
4768. (Eight crowns only.)
Chris fs College, A.D. 1505.
Master.
4770. Sulph. cast from the silver matrix, if in.
[lx. 17.]
An heraldic antelope lodged, on a mount. The field re-
plenished with the royal badges, the rose and portcullis, for
MARGARET BEAUFORT, Countess of Richmond and Derby,
mother of K. Henry VII., and foundress.
+ SIGILLU + CUSTODIS + COLLEGIJ + CRISTI + CANTIBRIGIE.
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 246. Cf. the seal of
Countess Margaret in Sandford, Geneal. Hist., p. 246.
St. Johns College, A.D. 1511.
4771. Sulph. cast from fine but imperfect impression. 2-i
in. [lx. 26.]
St. John the Evangelist, seated to the 1., in a canopied
chair writing his gospel on a desk, over which hangs a roll.
In the field, on the 1. an eagle with nimbus, rising with ex-
panded wings, and a quatrefoil flower, slipped and leaved ;
on the r. a portcullis, ringed and chained, an heraldic antelope,
(see No. 4773), and a marguerite-flower.
* * : CGLLEGY * A I0HAN[I$ EV]ANGELI$TE [ Z
MAJRGARETAM [RICH3EM0TSS
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x. pt. III., pp. 246, 247.
4772. [A.D. 1568.] Light-brown or uncoloured: very
imperfect and indistinct. [Harl. ch. 79 A. 33.]
MAR
42 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
4773. [A.D. 1649.] Light brownish-red : fine, very imper-
fect and indistinct [Add. ch. 15,685.]
This impression shews the portcullis and antelope, wanting
in the previous seal, No. 4772.
.... HANIS EVtANGlELISTE Z MA . . .
Another Seal?
4774. Sulph. cast from imperfect impression. About 2^- X
Ji in. when perfect. [Ix. 27.]
Pointed oval : an eagle of St. John the Evangelist, rising
reguardant with expanded wings, in a carved border or frame.
* IN : AK PRINCIPIO : *< ERAT : * [VERB]UM : * Joh. i. i.
Signet, or Master s Seal.
4775. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast from the silver matrix.
M X If in. [Ix. 28.]
Oval : a portcullis, ringed and chained, surmounted by a
crown.
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 247.
Magdalene College, A.D. 1519.
4776. [i7th cent] Sulph. cast from the silver matrix,
li x H in. [Ix. 33.]
Oval : a carved shield of arms : quarterly per pale in-
dented, on a bend betw. two eagles displayed a fret betw.
two martlets, for THOMAS AUDLEY, (afterwards ist Baron
Audley), founder, and MAGDALENE COLLEGE. On a label
above the shield the motto : GARDE TA FOY.
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., part. III., p. 248.
A nother.
4777. [i8th cent] Sulph. cast from the silver matrix.
1 1 in. [Ix. 34.]
A carved shield of arms, as in No. 4776, wreathed and
garlanded. In the carving over the shield a cherub's head.
In the field above, the motto as in No. 4776.
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 248.
Trinity College, A.D. 1546.
4778, Light-brown, uncoloured : fine, but imperfect.
in. when perfect, [xl. II.]
LOCAL SEALS. 43
0. The Baptism of Our Lord ; a dove with nimbus and
expanded wings descending from rays of light in the upper
part. Over the dove, on a scroll, the inscription :
[HIC EST FILIVSl MEVS DELECT' [F IPSVM AVDITE.l
* SMGILLVM : COLLEGII : TRINITATIS : CANTABRIGIAE :
FVNDATORE : HENRICO : OCTAVO.]
BL K. Henry VIII., seated, with royal robes, sceptre, orb,
and crown ; in a niche of debased style, with round-headed
canopy and carved scroll-work at the sides. [Field diapered
with a rose in each space, in two of which, one on each side
of the king, the initial letters R. H. are substituted for the
roses.]
: SEtRVIRE : * : DEO : * : REGNARE : * : EST : * : FAC1TVM : fc :
[ANNO : * : GRACIE : * : 1546 : HENRICI : 8 : 3]8.
This rev. and legend has much in common with rev. of the
seal of Christ Church, Oxford, made in the same year. See
No. 2139.
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 249, where the copper-
gilt matrix is described. The engraver has erroneously substituted the
words " ipsum audite," from the passage relating to the Transfiguration,
for the words " quo mihi complacui," of the Baptism.
Emmanuel College, A.D. 1584.
Master.
4779. Sulph. cast from the silver matrix, i x | in. [Ix.
22.]
Oval : on a wreath, a lion rampant, (crest of SlR WALTER
MlLDMAY, Kt, founder,) holding a chaplet, out of the mouth
a scroll inscribed : EMMANOYHA. This is the bearing of the
shield of arms of EMMANUEL COLLEGE.
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series., vol. x., pt. III., p. 250.
Sidney Sussex College, A.D. 1598.
Master.
4780. Sulph. cast from the silver matrix, i in. [Ix. 42.]
A lozenge-shaped shield of arms : quarterly of eight pieces,
for LADY FRANCES SYDNEY, widow of Thomas Ratcliffe, 3rd
Earl of Sussex, ob. A.D. 1569. Ensigned with a coronet of
five pearls. In the field around, the motto :
D CALVMNIEZ DIEV ME GARDE.
Proc. Soc. Antiq., 2nd series, vol. x., pt. III., p. 251.
44 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
CAMELPORD, co. Cornwall.
4781. [i7th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix, !- in.
[Ixi. 7.]
A camel passing a ford, to the 1., forming a rebus on the
name of the town.
fc SIGILLVM S VILL : DE W CAMILLFORD.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 333.
CANTERBURY, co. Kent.
First Corporation Seal, A.D. 1318.
4782. [A.D. 1357.] Red: fine. 34- in. [Cott. ch.
xxi. 10.]
0. An elaborately designed castle, with three embattled
towers, each of two stories, with windows, masoned walls, and
inclined causeway. In base, a shield of arms of ENGLAND ;
within a finely carved and cusped gothic rosette of eight
points, with a lion of ENGLAND in each spandril. Field
diapered lozengy, with a small quatrefoil in each space,
and with five cinquefoils, one in each of the five uppermost
cusps.
8 J ISTVD \ ST \ SIGILLVM t COMMVN6 S CIVIVM X
CIVITATIS t CANTVARI6.
R. A section of the Cathedral, elegantly carved, showing in
a large central niche, with ogee-arch, Becket's martyrdom.
In a smaller niche on each side, a king, with crown and
sceptre. In base, under a carved gothic arcade, the middle
arch of ogee shape, Our Lord, half-length, lifting up the r. h.
in benediction, in the 1. h. an orb. Field hatched ; over the
roof, on the 1. a crescent, on the r. a cinquefoil.
Legend in two rhyming hexameter verses :
ICTIBVS : INMEMS : THOMAS : QVI : CORRVIT : CMS :
TVTOR : AB : OFF6NS : VRBIS : SIT : CANTVRI6NS.
Beaded border.
Legend on the rim of the seal, in two rhyming hexameter
verses :
B ANNO : MILLNO : XPI : D6CAS : OCTO : TRICGNO :
RGIS : Z VND6NO : FIT HOC 6DWARDI S . . M6NLO J
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 340, engraves the obv., and the new
rev. adapted from the above rev. by substituting a shield of arms of the
City in the place of the Martyrdom, and removing the legend, which is
replaced by a coarsely carved border.
LOCAL SEALS. 45
Seal of arms.
4783. [i$th cent.] Sulph. cast from the ivory matrix.
If in. [Ixv. 8.]
A shield of arms : three Cornish choughs, on a chief a lion
passant guardant, CITY OF CANTERBURY. Foliage above,
and at the sides of the shield.
B CIVITAS CANTVAR.
Inner border cabled.
Mayor.
4784. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast from the silver matrix.
i-H-in. [B.C., F. 627.]
A triple-towered castle, masoned and embattled, at each
side a small tower. Within a trefoil, with a lion of ENGLAND
in each spandril.
B SIGILLVM : MAIORIS : CIVITATIS : CANTVARI6.
The word Maioris has been engraved in the matrix over
the word Ballivorum, erased.
Signet.
4785. [i7th-i8th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, -ff-
in. [Ixv. 9.]
A shield of arms, CITY OF CANTERBURY, see No. 4783.
SIGILU MAIOR CIVIT CANT'
The new silver matrix, made in 1832, superseded this signet, which it
closely resembles.
Chamberlain.
4786. [ 1 7th- 1 8th cent] Sulph. cast from the silver matrix,
ff in. [Ixv. 10.]
A shield of arms, CITY OF CANTERBURY, see No. 4783.
SIGILU CAMBR' CIVIT CANT.
St. A ugustine's Lathe and the Eastern Division.
4787. [ 1 8th- 1 9th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix.
i x T m - D xv - JI -]
Oval : on an estrade, St. Augustine standing, with mitre
and cloak, to the 1., lifting up the r. h. in benediction, in the
1. h. a pastoral staff
ST AVSTINS LTH & EASTRN DIVISN.
Seal "pro recognitione debitorum," see No. 1069.
46 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
CARDIFF, co. Glamorgan.
Chancery.
(Seal of HENRY VII. as Lord of Glamorgan and Morgan?)
4788. [A.D. 1 503.] Light-brown : fine, but imperfect.
About 34- in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 75 E. 19.]
0. On a rocky mount replenished with herbage, the King,
armed cap-a-pie, with a shield of arms slung over the r.
shoulder, riding to the r. on a caparisoned horse with a plume
of three ostrich feathers on its head. The armorial bearings
of the shield and caparisons are : quarterly, I, 4, FRANCE
(MODERN), 2, 3, ENGLAND. Background replenished with
sprigs of foliage and flowers. Compare rev. of the great
seals of Edward IV., Edward V, Richard III., and Henry
VII., Nos. 300-324.
SIGI [RE1GIS : HENRICI [HIB]ERNIE CD3OMINCI
DE] GLAMORCGAN] . . . [M1ORGAEN] ....
R. A shield of the ROYAL ARMS OF ENGLAND, as in the
obv., betw. three sprigs of foliage, encircled with a garter
inscribed with the motto of the order. Crest, on a helmet and
ornamental mantling of foliage, on a chapeau a lion statant
guardant, ENGLAND.
SIGCILL' C1ANCELLARI
NOK.
4789. Creamy-white : cracked and imperfect, [xxxvi. 8.]
4790. Sulph. cast of the rev. only of the preceding seal,
No. 4788. [B.C., A. in*.]
Corporation.
4791. [ 1 4th cent] Red: l^ in. [xxxvi. 44.]
On a pyramidal mount, or cairn of stones, two lions rampant
combatant, supporting aloft a shield of arms : three chevrons,
TOWN OF CARDIFF.
Legend in ornamental letters :
S' COMVN6 D K6RDIF.
Beaded borders.
Cf. Add. MS. 6,331, f. 15.
CARLISLE, co. Cumberland.
4792. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 3 in.
[Ixi. 31, 32.]
0. The Virgin, with nimbus and crown, seated on a throne,
in the r. h. an ornamental fleur-de-lis, and supporting with
the 1. h. on her knee the Child, with cruciform nimbus, lifting
up the r. h. in benediction, in the 1. h. a book.
LOCAL SEALS. 47
Legend in two concentric circles within beaded annuli.
Inner circle : AVG MARIA : GRACIA PLGNA.
Outer circle : S S' COMMVNIS : CIVIVM : KARLIOL6NSIS-
R. A cross, slightly pattee, charged with a six-foil rose at
the crossing of the arms, and cantoned with four similar
roses.
<& S' COMMVNIS : CIVIVM : KARLIOL6NSIS 6
Beaded borders.
4793. [A.D. 1415.] White: fine, very imperfect ; r. h. side
wanting. [Harl. ch. 83 D. 20.]
. AV MARIA : GR ........ ,
$ ..... V ... KARLIOL6NSIS . .
& S' COMMVNIS : CIVIVM ......
4794. Sulph. cast of the obv. only of No. 4793. [B.C., G. 14.]
CARMARTHEN, co. Carmarthen.
4795. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression or the
matrix. 2-|- in. [D.C., G. 272.]
A triple-towered castle, masoned and embattled, with
ornamental carving, tall narrow windows, round-headed door-
way with a flight of steps and portcullis. On each of the side
towers an eagle. In the field, on each side an ostrich feather,
labelled. In base, a lion passant reguardant contourne.
# : SIGILLVM : COMMVNITATIS : VILLE : DE : KERMERDYNN :
Inner border beaded.
CASTLE-RISING, co. Norfolk.
4796. [i7th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in.
[Ixix. 13.]
A castle, with three domed towers, each topped with a flag ;
round-headed doorway with portcullis down.
# THE 8 BOROVGH OF CASTLE RYDING #
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 358.
CHARD, or CHERDE, co. Somerset.
4797. [A.D. 1400.] Green : fine, but imperfect. About
24. x i -I- in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 49 A. 18.]
Pointed oval : an ornamental flowering tree, on it two
eagles.
* S' CO RGI DG S6RDA *<
Beaded borders.
48 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
CHESTER, County.
RICHARD, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, and
Earl of Chester, afterwards Richard II.
(Seal of his Chester Exchequer?)
4798. [A.D. 1377.] Uncoloured, opaque: fine, the edge
chipped, i-f in. [Add. ch. 6103.]
Within an elaborately carved gothic trefoiled panel, a
shield of arms : quarterly, i, 4, FRANCE (ANCIENT), 2, 3,
ENGLAND, over all a label of three points, RICHARD, PRINCE
OF WALES.
fc * : SIGILLUM : RICARDI : * COMITlS : * CESTRIE : *
COUNTY PALATINE OP CHESTER.
EDWARD IV., A.D. 1461-1483.
4799. Sulph. cast, tinted greenish-brown, from fine but
imperfect impression. 3^- in. [Ixvi, 92, 93.]
0. The king, armed cap-a-pie, with plate armour, helmet
closed, chapeau and crest, a lion statant guardant crowned,
the tail extended ; sword held aloft in the r. h., in the 1. h. a
shield of arms slung with a strap over the r. shoulder ; riding
to the r. on a caparisoned horse, galloping on a mount re-
plenished with herbage and flowers. The armorial bearings
of the shield and caparisons are the ROYAL ARMS OF
ENGLAND as borne by EDWARD iv. The background is
replenished with wavy branches of foliage.
SIGILLVM : EDWARDI : DEI : GRA NGLIE Z FRANCIE :
DNI : HIBERNIE Z COMITlS : CESTRIE.
Beaded border.
ft. A shield of arms : per pale, dex., ROYAL ARMS as in
the obv. ; sin., three garbs, two and one, CHESTER. Ensigned
with an open jewelled coronet of five fleurs-de-lis and four
trefoil leaves disposed alternately. Supporters : dex., a lion ;
sin., a bull. The background is replenished with wavy
branches of foliage.
SIGILLVM I EDWARDI S DEI I GRACIA I REGIS X ANGLIE
. . . OMINI * HIBERNIE * ET I COMITlS J CESTRIE I
Inner border carved and ornamented with quatrefoils or
ball-flowers.
HENRY VIL, A.D. 1485-1509.
4800. Sulph. casts, tinted dark-green, from fine but
cracked impression, with the edge chipped. 3^- in. [Ixxvi.
94, 95-]
LOCAL SEALS. 49
0. The king, armed cap-a-pie, with plate armour, helmet
closed, chapeau and crest, a lion statant guardant crowned,
the tail extended ; sword held aloft in the r. h., in the 1. h. a
shield of arms slung with a strap over the r. shoulder ; riding
to the r. on a caparisoned horse, galloping on a mount re-
plenished with herbage and flowers, resembling that used on
the rev. of the Great Seal of the king, see No. 324. The ar-
morial bearings of the shield and caparisons are : per pale, dex.,
the ROYAL ARMS OF ENGLAND, as borne by HENRY VII. ;
sin., three garbs, two and one, CHESTER. The background
is replenished with branches of foliage elegantly designed.
SIGILLU : HENRICI : DEI : GRACIA : REGIS : ANG . . . . Z :
FRANCIE : DNI : HIBERNIE : Z COMITIS : CESTRIE.
ft. A shield of arms, as in the preceding seal of
Edward IV., ensigned as before, and placed betw. two ostrich
feathers, with the quill stuck through a label.
6 SIGILLU : HENRICI : DEI : GRACIA : REGIS : ANGLIE Z
FRANCIE : DNI : HIBERNIE Z COMITIS : CESTRIE : *?
Inner border carved and ornamented with quatrefoils or
ball-flowers, and having a cusp of tracery on each side of the
base of the shield below the feather.
4801. Sulph. casts from chipped impression, somewhat
indistinct in places. [Ixxvi. 96, 97.]
HENRY VIII., A.D. 1509-1547.
4802. Sulph. casts, tinted red, from fine impression, indis-
tinct in places. 3^ in. [Ixxvi. 98, 99.]
0. The king, armed cap-a-pie, as in the preceding seal of
Henry VII., riding to the r. on a caparisoned horse, with
plume of three feathers on the head, galloping to the r. The
armorial bearings of the shield and caparisons are the ROYAL
ARMS OF ENGLAND as borne by HENRY VIII., with a label
of three points. The background of the seal is composed of
a very elegant diaper lozengy, the knot or intersection in
each case being covered with a fleur-de-lis of France ; in each
space an ostrich feather.
SIGj^ HENR^ DEI : GRA : REGIS : ANGL : ET : FRANC : Z :
DNI : HIBN : COMITATVS : PALATINI : SVI : CESTRIE.
ft. A shield of arms : per pale, dex., as in the o bv. ; sin.,
three garbs, two and one, CHESTER. Ensigned with a covered
crown of five roses and four fleurs-de-lis alternately disposed.
Supporters, two dragons or wyverns sejant addorsed, each
supporting an ostrich feather with label inscribed: ICH DIEN.
SIGILL : HENRICI : DEI : GRA : REGIS : ANGL : Z : FRANC : Z :
DNI : HIB'NIE : COMITATVS : PALAT' : SVI : CESTRIE.
VOL. II. E
5O CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Inner border carved and ornamented with quatrefoils or
ball-flowers.
4803. Sulph. casts, tinted green from very fine im-
pression, with the edge chipped off. [Ixxvi. 100, 101.]
EDWARD VI., A.D. 1547-1553.
4804. Yellow : fine, imperfect at the bottom. 3-^- in.
[xxxvi. 33.]
0. The king, armed cap-d-pie, with plate armour, helmet
closed, chapeau, and crest, a lion statant guardant crowned,
the tail extended ; sword held aloft in the r. h., in the 1. h. a
shield of arms slung with a strap over the r. shoulder ; riding
to the r. on a caparisoned and armoured horse, with a plume
of three ostrich feathers on the head. The armorial bearings
of the shield and caparisons are : ROYAL ARMS OF ENG-
LAND, as borne by EDWARD VI., with a label of three points
for PRINCE OF WALES. The background of the seal is
composed of a very elegant diaper lozengy, the knot or
intersection in each disc being covered with a fleur-de-lis of
FRANCE ; in each space an ostrich feather, either straight or
curling to the dex. or sin., WALES.
SIGILLV : EDOARDI : DEI : GRA : AGL' : FRA : Z : H
S . . : ET : IN : TERRIS : * : * :
R. A shield of arms : per pale, dex., quarterly, 1,4, FRANCE
(MODERN), 2, 3, ENGLAND ; sin., three garbs, two and one,
CHESTER. Ensigned with a crown of five roses and four fleurs-
de-lis, alternately disposed. Supporters, two dragons or
wyverns sejant addorsed, each supporting an ostrich feather,
with label inscribed : ICH DIEN.
Legend following from obv. :
ECCLESIE : * : ANGLICANE : * : ET : * H . . . CE : * :
SVPREMI : * : CAPIT' : * : <P : * : COM : * :
PALATINI * SVI * CESTRE .
Carved borders.
COUNTY PALATINE OP CHESTER AND
COUNTY OP FLINT.
ELIZABETH, A.D. 1558-1603.
4805. Light-brown opaque, uncoloured : fine, showing
marks of the studs or pins used to steady the matrix. 3-!- in.
[xxvii. 68.]
0. On a mount replenished with herbage and flowers, the
Queen, in embroidered attire, with crown and sceptre, riding
LOCAL SEALS. 51
to the 1., on a pacing horse with embroidered reins, breast-
band and saddle-cloth. The saddle-cloth is diapered lozengy,
with a fleur-de-lis or a rose in alternate spaces. Back-ground
enriched with a diaper lozengy, with a fleur-de-lis on each
knot of the reticulation and a labelled ostrich feather in each
space.
SIGILLUM : * : ELIZABETHE : : DEI : * : GRA : * :
ANGLIE : : FRANCIE : * : ET : * : HIBERNIE : *
FIDEI : * : DEFENSOR .
5L A shield of arms : per pale, dex., quarterly, I, 4, FRANCE
(MODERN), 2, 3, ENGLAND, with a label of three points for
PRINCE OF WALES ; sin., three garbs, two and one, CHESTER,
ensigned with a royal crown. Supporters, two dragons
sejant addorsed, each holding up an ostrich feather with a
label inscribed : ICH DIEN. In the field above, the initial
letters E. R.
COMITATVS : PALANTINI : * SVI : * : CESTRIE : * :
ET : COMITATVS : * : SVI : * FLINT.
4806. Light-brown, opaque, uncoloured : fine, showing
marks of the studs or pins used to steady the matrix ;
originally applied to a charter by black and white silk ribbons
plaited together, [xxxvii. 69.]
4807. Casts in sulph., tinted green. [Ixxvi. 57, 58.]
JAMES I., A.D, 1603.
4808. Light yellowish-brown, opaque, uncoloured : fine,
showing marks of the studs or pins used to steady the matrix.
3|- in. [xxxvii. 61.]
0. On a mount replenished with herbage and flowers, the
king, armed cap-a-pie in plate armour, with cuirass, helmet,
crown, plume of five ostrich feathers, and sword ; riding to
the 1. on a caparisoned and armoured horse, with ostrich plume
and aigrette. The caparisons are diapered lozengy, with an
ostrich feather in each space, and border of various badges.
SIGILLVM IACOBI * DEI * GRACIA * ANGLI/E *
SCOTIXE * FRANCI/E * ET * HIBERNI/E
* REGIS * FIDEI * DEF :
R. A shield of arms : per pale, dex., ROYAL ARMS OF K.
JAMES I., see No. 522, with label of three points for PRINCE
OF WALES ; sin., three garbs, two and one, CHESTER. En-
signed with a royal crown, jewelled, with three crosses pattees
and two fleurs-de-lis. Supporters, two dragons sejant
addorsed, each holding an ostrich feather.
COMITATVS * PALATINI * SVI * CESTRIXE * ET * COMITATVS *
SVI * FLINT * AO * DNI 1603.
Carved borders.
E 2
52 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
CHARLES, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and York,
Earl of Chester, etc., A.D. 1616, afterwards Charles I.
4809. Light yellowish-brown, opaque, uncoloured : fine,
showing marks of the studs or pins used to steady the matrix.
3f in. [xxxvii. 62.]
0. A copy, with variant details, of the obv. of the preceding
seal of James I., No. 4808. On the helmet an open coronet, in
the 1. h. a shield of arms : three garbs, two and one, CHESTER.
The devices in the diaper-work are garbs, ostrich feathers and
fleurs-de-lis.
4 SIGILLVM * CAROLI * PRINCIPIS * WALLI/E * DVCIS *
CORNVBI/E * ET * EBORVM * ET # COMITIS * CESTRI/E.
R. A shield of arms, CHESTER, see obv. Ensigned with
a jewelled coronet of four fleurs-de-lis, and five pearls on
rays. Supporters as in the preceding seal, No. 4808.
COMITATVS * PALATINI * SVI * CESTRI/E * ET * FLINT *
ANNO 1616.
Carved borders.
COMMONWEALTH, A.D. 1648.
4810. Sulph. casts from the obv. and rev. of a fine impres-
sion. 34 in. [Ix. 67, 68.]
0. An elaborately detailed representation of Chester Castle,
with an ornamental shield of arms on each of the side round-
towers, dex., ENGLAND (COMMONWEALTH), sin., IRELAND.
Overhead, clouds ; in base, water.
THE * ORIGINALL * SEALE * FOR * THE * COVNTY *
PALATINE * OF * CHESTER * AND * FLINT * 1648.
R. A representation of the interior of the House of
Commons during session. In base, an ornamentally carved
shield of arms, couche, ENGLAND (COMMONWEALTH) ; cf.
No. 598.
* IN THE FIRST * YEARE * O[F * F]REEDOME * BY *
GODS * BLESSING * RESTORED # 1648.
CHESTER, co. Chester.
4811. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the silver matrix.
2-1 in. [Ix. 70.]
An elaborate representation of a castle, walls masoned and
embattled, six towers, portal with folding doors closed and
portcullis half-down. In the field over it, a lion of ENGLAND
betw. two garbs of CHESTER.
SIGILLVM COMVNE MAIORIS ET CIVIVM CIVITATIS CESTRIE.
LOCAL SEALS. 53
Inner border beaded, outer border carved.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 399.
Privy Seal of the Mayor.
4812. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, or from
fine impression. i-f- in. [Ix. 71.]
A shield of arms, ENGLAND, with a label of five points.
Suspended by a strap from a loop ; with a garb of CHESTER
on each side.
9 SIGILLVM : SECR6TI : MAIORIS : C6STRI6.
Beaded borders.
Chamberlain or Sheriff.
4813. [A.D. 1280.] Light-green or uncoloured : the edge
chipped, i-i- in. [Add. ch. 20,484.]
A shield of arms, ENGLAND, within a finely carved gothic
rosette of eight points, with a countersunk trefoil in each
cusp.
ANGL' C6STR.
(? Sigillum Regis Anglice )
Seal " pro recognitione debitorum," see No. 1070.
CHESTERFIELD, co. Derby.
4814. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-i- in.
[D.C., H. 152.]
An ornamental shield of arms : on a fess a lozenge.
fc BVRG DE CHESTERFIELD.
Carved borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 403.
Smaller Seal.
4815. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 4 in.
[Ixi. 38.]
Shield of arms, and legend as before, No. 4814.
CHEVELEY, co. Cambridge.
Free Grammar School.
4816. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast if X if in. [Ix. 54.]
Oval: a book, with ornamental cover and clasps. Field
replenished with sprigs of wavy foliage.
# SIGILLVM COMVNE PRO SCHOLA IOH1S RAY IN
CHEVELEY #
54 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
CHICHESTER, co. Sussex.
First Corporation Seal.
4817. [i3th cent] Recent impression in red sealing-wax,
from the matrix. 2 X i-^ in. [xxxvi. 191.]
Pointed oval : an eagle, rising reguardant contourne, hold-
ing in the beak a fleur-de-lis. In the field, an estoile of eight
points wavy.
tt SIGILLVM CIVIVM CIC6STRIE.
Beaded borders.
Later Corporation Seal.
4818. [i/th cent] Recent impression in red wax, from
the matrix. 34- in. [xxxvi. 192.]
A triple-towered castle, embattled and masoned, the
crenellations of the wall charged alternately with a cross, rose,
fleur-de-lis, and lion's face, and similar devices are placed on
the face of the wall, and crenellations of the towers. Portal
with embattled wall, and portcullis down, surmounted with a
large shield of arms : guttee de poix, on a chief a lion of
England, CITY OF CHICHESTER.
# 5 SIGILLVM 8*8 COMMVNE 8*8 CIVITATIS 8*8
CICESTRI/E.
Carved border.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 408.
Seal of Arms.
4819. [ i /th cent] Recent impression in red sealing-wax,
from the matrix. i-f- X i-J- in. [xxxvi. 193.]
Oval ; a shield of arms, CITY OF CHICHESTER, see No.
4818.
: * : SIGILLVM * CIVITATIS * CICESTRI/E.
Carved border.
CHIPPENHAM, co. Wilts.
4820. Sulph. cast from the matrix. ii in. [Ixxiii. 47.]
A tree of three branches, eradicated, betw. two suspended
shields of arms : 1. ten billets in pile, four, three, two, and one,
in chief a label of five points ; r. three human legs couped at
the thigh in bend, two and one.
+ BVRGI + DE + CHIPPENHAM.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 416.
LOCAL SEALS.
55
CHIRBURY CASTLE, co. Salop.
4821. Sulph. cast from fine impression on the matrix. 2
in. [B.C., A. 107*.]
A portcullis, the royal badge of HENRY VIIL, barbed,
studded, chained and ringed. Ensigned with a royal crown,
jewelled, of three crosses pattees and two fleurs-de-lis.
S HENR VIII DEI GRA R6G ANGL FRA Z DNI HIBE
DEI GRA
CASTELL'
R6G ANGL
DOMI SVE
FRA Z
CHIR.
l -nr
in.
CLITHEROE, co. Lancaster.
4822. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i
[Ixvi. 29.]
A triple-towered castle, embattled and masoned. The
towers are circular, domed, each topped with a flag. Round-
headed portal, with portcullis half-down.
SIGILLVM BVRGI DE CLIDEROWE IN COM : LANG.
Beaded borders,
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 446.
Signet.
4823. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast, from the matrix. i| in.
[Ixvi. 30.]
A double cinquefoiled rose, en soleil, barbed and seeded.
8 S1GUVM DE CLITHEROW IH LAMCAS.
COCKERMOUTH, co. Cumberland.
4824. [i8th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-^ x
-I in. [Ixi. 33.]
Oval : on an oval shield enriched with carved scrolls and
festoons, the cypher C. L. C, repeated in reverse. Over the
shield a basket of flowers.
COLCHESTER, co. Essex.
First Corporation Seal.
4825. [i3th cent.] Casts in red composition from fine
but imperfect impression. About 3f in. when perfect. From
a deed dated A,D. 1379. [Ixxv. 95, 96.]
$6 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
0. A triple-towered castle, masoned and embattled. The
round-headed doorway with valve-doors, with ornamental
hinges, being opened by the porter. In base, a bridge of
three arches over a stream, with a fish naiant under each
arch. Background coarsely diapered lozengy, with a leaf or
pellet in each space. Peculiar and coarse style of work.
. OLCGSTRGNSIS : S . . . : BV . . Gl : C
BL St. Helena the Empress, a native of this town, with
crown, seated on a carved throne, under a canopy supported
on architectural buttresses, in the r. h. a long cross, her
emblem, in the 1. h. some indistinct emblems. Background
diapered as in the obv.
8 : QVAM : CRVX : INSIGNIT : HGL6NAM : COLECESTRIA GIJGNIT .
Proc. Soc. Antig., 1885, vol. x., pp. 344, 345.
4826. Casts in red composition, of a suggested restoration
of the seal. [Ixxv. 95*, 96*.]
0. 8 : COLCGSTRGNSIS : SVM : BVRGI : COMMVN6 :
SIGILLVM :
R. * : QVAM : CRVX : INSIGNIT : HGL6NAM : COLCESTRIA :
GIGNIT.
Second Seal.
4827. [i5th cent] Sulph. cast, tinted grey, from fine
impression. 3| in. [xlvii. 758, 759.]
0. St. Helena, with crown, holding the cross, seated on a
throne, in a heavily canopied niche, with Our Lord, half-length
in a small niche overhead. On each side, a similar niche,
smaller, with canopy and turret of two storeys ; in each niche,
on a balcony, an angel with expanded wings holding a shield
of arms : 1. a cross ; r. quarterly, I, 4, FRANCE (MODERN),
2, 3, ENGLAND ; outside these, on each side, a penthouse. In
base, under a flat arch, a shield of arms : a cross raguly betw.
three crowns, the one in base enfiling the cross, TOWN OF
COLCHESTER. Supported by two lions.
ft 8 SIGILLU * COMMUNE 8 BALLIUORU t Z 8 COMMUNITATIS *
VILLE I DOMINI 8 REGIS Z COLCESTRIE +
IjL An elaborately detailed representation of a castle, or
castellated town, with a flight of steps leading from the
round-headed doorway over water in base. On each side, a
lion statant, and in the field a wavy branch of flowers and
foliage.
8 INTRAU1T I IHC I INI8 QUODDAM 8 CASTELLUM 8 ET 8
MULIER 8 QUEDAM 8 EXCEPIT 8 ILLUM #
Luc. x. 38.
LOCAL SEALS. 57
Carved borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 458 ; Laing's MS. Catal., Nos. 379,
380.
4828. Sulph. casts. [B.C., G. 8, 9.]
4829. Red : very fine, but imperfect, cracked, and chipped,
[xxxvii. 83.]
Bailiffs' Office.
4830. [iSth cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2^ in.
[Ixiii. 6.]
A castle, masoned and embattled, the central tower
hexagonal, the side towers circular and topped with flags.
In the central tower in a carved round-headed niche,
St. Helena the Empress, standing, with crown, in the r. h. a
book, in the 1. h. a long cross. The round-headed portal has
the portcullis half down, and is flanked with two small circular
towers, on each a head.
K SIGILLVM : OFFICII : BALLIUORUM : VILLE : COLCESTRIE : *<
Outside the legend a broad border of fourteen cinquefoil
roses alternately disposed with vesical frames, foliated, each
enclosing a fleur-de-lis.
Warden of the Gate.
4831. [A.D. 1348.] Red: fine, edge chipped. 2 in.
[L.F.C., xxiii. 14.]
An eagle of St. John the Evangelist, to the r.
P&SJIGILL' CVSTOO PORT COCU6CEST . : . . .
4832. Sulph. cast from No. 4831. [Ixiii. 15.]
Castle.
4833. [A.D. 1441.] Red : injured by pressure. -|- in.
[Add. ch. 24,671.]
A triple towered castle, with round-headed doorway-
Early 1 4th cent, style of work.
s CASTRVM COL6C6STR'.
Another Seal.
4834. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression. -|- in.
[Ixiii. 7.]
A shield of arms : a chevron gules betw. three billets. Over
the shield a triple-towered castle, masoned, with round-
headed doorway.
S 1 CASTRI COLCSTR'.
58 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
CONGLETON, co. Chester.
4835. [i5th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. i|- in.
[Ix. 88.]
On waves a tun or barrel betw. two conger eels erect,
forming a rebus on the name of the town. Above the tun a
lion of ENGLAND.
fc : SIGILLVM *. COMUNE k VILLE : * : DE : * CONGULTON * :
Beaded borders, the inner one also partly engrailed.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 473.
CORE RIDGE or CORFBRIDGE, co. Northumberland.
4836. [i2th cent] Sulph. cast from imperfect and injured
impression. i|- in. [Ixx. 10.]
A cross of ornamental design, cantoned with four human
heads erased.
+ SIGILL' COMMVNE CORFBRIGIE.
CORPE-CASTLE, co. Dorset.
4837. [iSth cent.] Sulph. cast from fine but chipped
impression. 2-i in. [Ixii. 32.]
On a mount a triple towered castle, embattled and
masoned, in each round tower a square window of four lights ;
round-headed doorway with portcullis half down, below it a
corve or corbeau, by way of rebus on the name of the town.
On each of the towers an ostrich feather. The field diapered
lozengy, with each space charged with a fleur-de-lis and
martlet or corbeau, alternately.
it SIGILL' MAIORIS : ET : BARON U * VILLE DE * CORFF *
CASTELL'. # :
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 478 (very incorrect).
CON WAY, co. Carnarvon.
Provostship.
4838. [Hth cent.] Red : fine, if in. [xxxvii. 76.]
On waves, a triple-towered castle, masoned and embattled,
pointed doorway.
+ S' : PROV6STRI6 : D : CON6W6Y.
LOCAL SEALS. 59
CORNWALL.
Subsidy of Cornwall and Plymouth, co. Devon.
4839. [i 5th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression, if in.
[Ixi. i oo.]
A shield of arms : ENGLAND. Inner border engrailed,
with a pellet in each cusp.
: SIGILLUM * SUBS * CORNUBY * ET * PLYMOUTH' *
Corporation of " Stannators " of the Stannaries.
4840. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression, edge
chipped. 2 in. [Ixi. i.]
On a platform two miners, to the 1., working ; the one on
the r. has a spade with triangular blade and single shoulder,
the other on the 1. a mattock. In the centre a lion's face,
the tongue protruded. Background diapered lozengy, with a
rose in each space.
fc S' COMVNITATIS STANGNATORVM . CORNVBI6.
SIR WALTER RALEGH, KNT.
Warden of the Stannaries of Cornwall and Devon, Captain
of the Royal Guard, and Governor of the Island of Jersey.
c. A.D. 1600.
4841. Sulph. cast. i in. [D.C., H. 82.]
The Warden, in plate armour, with plumed helmet, sword,
and shield of arms, riding to the 1. on a galloping horse,
caparisoned and plumed. The armorial bearings of the
shield and caparisons are : five lozenges in bend, RALEGH.
Border of two concentric circles beaded.
Legend in two concentric circles :
(i.) ft SIGILL DNI WALTERI : RALEGH : MILITIS : GARDIAN :
STANNAR : CORNVB : ET : DEVON :
(2.) 9 CAPITAN : GARD : REG : ET : GVBERNATOR : INSVL/E :
DE : IERSEY : *
Outer border beaded.
Gent. Mag., vol. Ivii., p. 459.
DUCHY OF CORNWALL.
Cokett Seal.
4842. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. i-^V in.
[Ixi. 3.]
60 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Bust of a king, with crown of three points fleury, drapery
fastened on the breast with a fibula betw. two sprigs of
foliage.
fc SIGILLU DE COKETT DUCAT' CORNUB'.
Cabled borders.
Office of the Cokett.
.SVtf/ <?/ HENRY, PRINCE OF WALES, Duke of Cornwall,
and Earl of Chester, afterwards Henry V.
4843. \c. A.D. 1399-1413.] Sulph. cast from the matrix.
2| in. [Ixi. 2.]
In a quadrilobe, a shield of arms : quarterly, I, 4, FRANCE
(MODERN), 2, 3, ENGLAND, over all a label of three points,
each indistinctly charged, HENRY PRINCE OF WALES.
Betw. two ostrich feathers labelled ; over the shield a swan
rising.
A S' HENRIC' PRINCIPIS WALL' DUG' CORNUB' Z COMIT'
CESTR' DE OFFICIO COKETTI DUCATUS CORNUBI6 #
Cabled borders.
4844. Another. [D.C., G. 137.]
Letter Seal of ALBERT EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES, K.G.
4845. [A.D. 1842.] Red sealing-wax, impression from a
letter. I X & in. [xlix. 41.]
Rectangular with rounded corners : an oval shield of the
ROYAL ARMS OF GREAT BRITAIN, with an escutcheon of
SAXONY and label of three points for difference, PRINCE OF
WALES. The shield is encircled with a Garter, inscribed
with the motto of the Order, and ensigned with a prince's
crown and plume of three ostrich feathers. Supporters of
GREAT BRITAIN, each with a label as above, and placed on
carved scrolls. In base a riband bearing the motto : ICH
DIEN. The whole within a bordure bezantee, for CORNWALL,
inscribed in base :
DUCHY OF COCRNWALL].
Secretary's Letter Seal.
4846. [A.D. 1842.] Red sealing-wax, impression from a
letter. I X % in. [xlix. 42.]
Oval : an oval shield of the arms described in No. 4845,
encircled with a Garter inscribed with the motto of the Order,
and ensigned with a crown as before. Supporters of GREAT
BRITAIN, each with a label, and placed on a riband bearing
LOCAL SEALS. 6 1
the motto: ICH DIEN. entwined with the rose, thistle and
shamrock.
Inscription in the field above :
DUCHY OF CORNWALL.
Below, on a plinth,
SECRETARY.
COVENTRY, *?. Warwick.
Mayoralty.
4847. [From a charter dated A.D. 1618.] Light brown :
injured by pressure and slipped when being made. About
2 in. [xxxvi. 46.]
On a mount replenished with foliage, and betw. two trees,
an elephant, bearing on his back a triple-towered castle,
topped with a flag [bearing three scimitars in fess, handles
downward.]
* SIGICLLUM MAIOJRATUS CIUITATIS COUENTRIE.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 497.
Seal "pro recognitione debitorum," see No. 1071.
CREDITON, co. Devon.
Free Grammar School, A.D. 1674.
4848. Sulph. cast, tinted red. i-f- in. [xxxv. 127.]
The Almighty, standing, slightly turned to the 1., with
radiant nimbus, lifting up the r. h. in benediction, in the 1. h.
an orb topped with a cross.
ft SIG XII GVBER : BONOR ECLE S CRVCIS DE
CREDITON : 1674.
Inner border beaded, outer border carved.
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. i., p. 254.
4849. Another, [xlvii. 761.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 275.
CUMBERLAND.
A Sheriff's Seal?
4850. [A.D. 1668.3 R d : imperfect, en placard. About
in. when perfect [Add. ch. 17,178.]
62 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
A portcullis, ringed and chained. In the field below, the
inscription :
CVMBR
4851. [A.D. 1668.] Another. [Add. ch. 17,181.]
Legend wanting.
DARTMOUTH, or CLIFTON-DARTMOUTH,
co. Devon.
4852. [Late I3th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix.
2i in. [Ixi. 67.]
A ship on waves, containing the full-face bust of a king,
crowned, betw. two lions passant guardant of ENGLAND.
In the field overhead, on the 1. a crescent, on the r. an
estoile of six points.
9 SIGILLVM : COMMVNG : D CLIFTON6 : DGRTeMYTHG.
Cf. S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 9.
Later Seal, A.D. 1836.
4853. Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2^ in. [Ixii. 20.]
Resembles the preceding seal in design, but very inferior in
execution. The king has a fur-tippet and collar.
Legend in two concentric circles :
Outer circle. ft THE COMMON SEAL OF THE
MAYOR ALDERMEN AND BURGESSES.
Inner circle. OF THE BOROUGH OF CLIFTON
DARTMOUTH HARDNESS.
< 1836 * .
Cabled borders.
Signet.
4854. Sulph. cast from the matrix. -J in. [Ixii. 21.]
In a warship without masts, on waves, the king, half-length,
with crown and fur-tippet, in the r. h. a sceptre fleury.
Beaded border.
Mayor.
4855. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast. i| in. [Ixi. 68.]
A ship with embattled castles, but without masts, on waves,
therein a king, full-face, half-length, with crown, in the 1. h. a
sceptre fleury. In the field on the 1., a crescent.
# S' + MAIORIS + DG + CLIFTON6 + D6RTMVTHe + H'.
The letter H, at the end of the legend, probably stands for
Hardness, the third town included in the corporation. See
No. 4853-
LOCAL SEALS. 63
Steward.
4856. [i 5th cent] Sulph. cast, if in. [1x1.69.]
Three piles, meeting in base, enfiled with a horn garnished.
This device is probably in allusion to the arms of BRYAN,
three piles, and to the crest of the same, on a chapeau or
bugle-horn sans strings.
ft PRO OFFICIO SENESCALLI DE DERTEMUTH'
CLIFT' H.
Port.
4857. [i/th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in.
[Ixi. 70.]
An oval shield of the ROYAL ARMS OF GREAT BRITAIN,
as used by JAMES I.
fc SIGILLVM : OFFICI : PORTVS : DARTMOVTH :
Carved border.
DAVENTRY, co. Northampton.
4858. Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in. [Ixix. 70.]
A Dane or woodman, standing, holding an axe, on the 1., a
tree on the r., by way of rebus on the name of the town.
Across the field the date 15-95.
B SIGILLVM COMVNE BVRGI DE DANETRE N S.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. n.
Smaller Seal.
4859. Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-^ in. [Ixix. 71.]
Same design and legend as in No. 4858.
Cabled borders.
DEAL, co. Kent.
Corporation, A.D. 1699.
4860. Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2^ in. [Ixv. 38.]
The field contains the charges of the shield of arms of the
ClNQUEPORTS ; per pale, three demi-lions passant guardant,
each united to a demi-hulk, in pale.
* SIGILL : MAIOR : IVRAT : ET : COlAT : VILL : ET BVRG :
DE DEAL IN COM : KANC :
Inner border beaded, outer border carved with a chain pattern.
64 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Mayor, A.D. 1699.
4861. Sulph. cast from the matrix, i^ in. [Ixv. 39.]
A three-masted ship of war, with flags at stem and stern,
sailing on waves to the 1. In base on a mount, two castles or
round towers embattled.
Legend commences with an escallop :
: SIGILL : MAIORIS : DE DEAL : 1699 :
Inner border beaded, outer border carved.
DEPTPORD-STROND, co. Kent.
Corporation of the Master, Wardens and Assistants of the
Trinity House, A.D. 1513.
4862. [A.D. 1727.] Paper impression : very indistinct.
2i in. [Add. ch. 26,398.]
A shield of arms : a cross betw. four ships of three masts
[each under full sail]. Crest, on a helmet, mantling, and
wreath, a demi-lion rampant guardant regally crowned,
holding in the dexter paw a sword erect.
Legend indistinct.
DERBY, co. Derby.
4863. Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in. [Ixi. 40.]
A deer, lodged, in a park or by, enclosed in a double cordon
of foliage and berries.
& SIGILLUM * COMUNE *< * WILLE * * DE * *
DERBI /* .
Beaded borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet,, vol. ii., p. 24.
4864. Sulph. cast from impression injured in parts by
pressure. [D.C., G. 277.]
DEVIZES, *?. Wilts.
4865. Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2 in. [Ixxiii. 49.]
A castle, with embattled and masoned walls, two round-
towers, each domed and topped with a flag, at the corners,
central tower or keep, and round-headed doorway. On the
LOCAL SEALS. 65
interior side of the wall, at the sides of the central tower, two
estoiles of six points wavy. In base the date 1608.
6 SIG' COMVNG MAIORIS T . BURGENSr BVRGI DNI'
REGIS DE DEVIZES IN COM' WILT.
Inner border beaded, outer border carved.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 35.
Another Seal.
4866. Sulph. cast from cracked impression. 2|- in.
[Ixxiii. 51.]
A castle, resembling in general design that described in No.
4865 ; the round towers are finished with a knob instead of a
flag, portcullis in doorway half-down, and a ladder or grating
across.
B * SIG1LLUM # COMMUNE # BURGEINSI1UM # DNI #
REGIS *< DIUISAR*
Beaded borders.
Mayor.
4867. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-f- in.
[Ixxiii. 50.]
A castle, resembling in general design that described in
No. 4865 ; the round towers are finished with a knob instead
of a flag, and the estoiles are not wavy ; no windows ; portcullis
in doorway.
SIGILL Ss OFFICII & MAIOR * BVRGI $ ONE * RGI
DIVISAR.
DEVONSHIRE.
Seal for the Stannaries.
4868. [ 1 6th cent] Sulph. cast, i^ in. [Ixi. 71.]
A shield of arms with a carved scroll at each side : fifteen
bezants in pile, five, four, three, two, and one, COUNTY OF
CORNWALL. Above the shield a duke's coronet of five
strawberry leaves.
PRO STANNARIIS IN COMITAT DEVO.
Beaded border.
DODPORD MANOR, co. Northampton.
HENRY BENSON, Lord of the Manor, ob. A.D. 1725.
4869. Sulph. cast \\ in. [Ixix. 72.]
VOL. II. F
66 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
A shield of- arms : on a chevron, betw. three goats' heads,
erased, as many escallops, BENSON.
In base the legend :
DODFORD.
Baker, Hist, of Northamptonshire, vol. i., p. 361.
DORCHESTER, co. Dorset.
First Corporation Seal.
4870. [Hth cent] Sulph. casts from the matrix, !- in.
[Ixii. 33, 34.]
0. A shield of the ROYAL ARMS OF ENGLAND for
EDWARD II., betw. three wavy sprigs of berries.
* S' COMMVNITATIS BVRGI DORCSTRie.
R. Bust of EDWARD II., full-face, couped at the neck,
crowned ; in a quatrefoil with a small trefoiled sprig in each
spandril.
K CAPVT DOMINI GDWARDI R6GIS ANGLI6.
Beaded borders.
4871. Recent impression in red sealing-wax, of the obv. of
No. 4870. [xlix. 46.]
4872. Recent impression in red sealing-wax, of the rev.
of No. 4870. [Ixxvi. 36.]
Second Corporation Seal.
4873. [i7th cent] Sulph. cast from impression with
edge chipped, if in. [Ixii. 36.]
On a mount a triple-towered castle of two storeys, masoned
and embattled, on the curtain wall a shield of the ROYAL
ARMS OF GREAT BRITAIN as used by JAMES I. This design
forms the bearings of the shield of arms of the town.
& SIG : MAIOR BAL : ALD : ET- BVRGI : DE
DORCHESTER C' DORSET.
Carved borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 56.
Third Corporation Seal, A.D. 1836.
4874. Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in. [Ixii. 40.]
A copy of the preceding seal, No. 4873.
THE MAYOR ALDERMEN & BURGESSES OF DORCHESTER
DORS6T 1836.
Carved borders.
LOCAL SEALS. 6/
Mayor.
4875. Sulph. cast from the matrix. I in. [Ixii. 37.]
A shield of arms, TOWN OF DORCHESTER, see No. 4873.
The edge of the shield hidden in places by the inner annulus
of the legend.
SIG. MAIORIS DE DORCHESTER.
Beaded borders.
Bailiffs.
4876. [A.D. 1368.] Green: edge indistinct. -|-in. [Harl.
ch. 85 D. 28.]
A shield of arms : a lion passant guardant crowned.
Within a carved and pointed gothic quatrefoil of tracery.
# S'. BALLIWORVM DORCESTR'.
4877. Sulph. cast of No. 4876. [B.C., F. 461.]
Second Seal.
4878. [Late I4th or early I5th cent] Sulph. cast from
the matrix, i-j- in. [Ixii. 35.]
A triple -towered castle, masoned and embattled, no
windows ; on the curtain-wall, a shield of the ROYAL ARMS
OF ENGLAND as borne by K. EDWARD III., viz., quarterly r, 4,
FRANCE (ANCIENT), 2, 3, ENGLAND.
SIGILLVM : BALLIVORVM : DORC6STR6.
Beaded borders.
Another Seal or Signet.
4879. [ 1 7th cent] Sulph. cast. fin. [Ixii. 38.]
A cinquefoil rose, en soleil, barbed and seeded.
J BALL DG DORCHESTER.
Beaded border.
Bailiffs and Burgesses.
4880. [i7th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2-^-X
24- in. [Ixii. 39.]
Oval : on a rocky mount a triple-towered castle, masoned
and embattled. The towers domed, and each having a flag
charged with a cross ; round-headed and embattled portal
with portcullis half-down ; round windows with gratings in
the wall, quatrefoil opening in the two side round towers ; in
the upper tower a round-headed door or window with portcullis
half-down.
* SIGILLVM BALLIORVM GT BVRGENSIVM BVRGI D -
DORCHESTER IN COMITATV DORSET,
The letters TE in Dorchester are conjoined.
Carved borders.
F 2
68 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
DORSETSHIRE.
JOHN DE LA HALE, late Sheriff.
4881. [A.D. 1365.] Red : small fragment, about % in. when
perfect. [Harl. ch. 51 B. 36.]
An embattled tower or castle. Beneath it an eagle
displayed ; and in base, the initial letter I.
Legend destroyed.
DOUGLAS, Isle of Man.
High Bailiff, A.D. 1777.
4882. Recent impression in red sealing-wax from the
matrix, i-i- in. [xxxvi. 178.]
A cusped shield of arms of nine points, or (for gules) three
legs conjoined in the fess point, in armour, garnished and
spurred, ISLE OF MAN.
* HIGH BAILIFF DOUGLAS 1777
DOVER, co. Kent.
Corporation Seal, A.D. 1305.
4883. Sulph. casts, chipped, from the brass matrix. 3 in.
[D.C.. F. 628, 629.]
0. A one-masted ship on the waves ; mainsail furled,
embattled crow's nest, flag and triple pendant ; on the em-
battled and arcaded forecastle, a banner flag of ENGLAND ;
on a similar castle at the stern, two mariners standing, each
blowing a long trumpet ; in the ship on the left two mariners,
one hauling in the bowsprit, the other coiling a rope ; on the
r. two other mariners, one climbing the rigging, the other
managing a sweep or side rudder.
SIGILLVM COMMVN6 BARONVM : D DOVORIA.
R. St. Martin, with nimbus, seated on a horse walking to
the 1., and dividing by his sword his cloak with a beggar
standing under the doorway of a triple-towered castle, em-
battled and with pointed windows, embattled walls, and
portcullis half-door in the gate. The inner edge of the field
on the 1. h. side is elegantly cusped or engrailed. Below the
horse a platform or plinth ornamented with three quatrefoiled
openings, and resting on an arcade.
LOCAL SEALS. 69
In place of legend the annulus bears a cordon of twelve
lions passant guardant of ENGLAND, arranged in six pairs
counter-passant.
W. Boys, History of Sandwich, vol. ii., p. 797, fig. I ; S. Lewis, Topogr.
Diet., vol. ii., p. 67.
4884. Sulph. casts. [Ixv. 42, 43.]
Mayoralty of the Port.
4885. Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in. [Ixv. 44.]
St. Martin, with nimbus, seated on a horse walking to the
1., and dividing by the sword his cloak with a beggar half-
length on the r. On the 1., in the field a man's head. In a
carved and trefoiled gothic quatrefoil of tracery, with a demi-
lion passant guardant conjoined to a demi-hulk (the charge
in the shield of arms of the ClNQUE-PoRTS) in each spandril.
& SIGILLVM MAIORATVS PORTVS DOVORI6
W. Boys, History of Sandwich, vol. ii., p. 797 ; fig. 4.
Second Seal, A.D. 1572.
4886. Sulph. cast from the matrix. [D.C., H. 46.]
St. Martin, with nimbus, seated on a horse walking to the
1. on an ornamented geometrical pavement ; and dividing his
cloak with a wooden-legged beggar on the r. Field re-
plenished with a cinquefoil, slipped trefoils, and small flowers.
SIGILLVM MAIORATVS PORTVS DOVORI>E 1572 :
With a man's face after the first, and a lion's face after the
second and third words.
Beaded borders.
Third Seal, A.D. 1748.
4887. Sulph. cast from the steel matrix. i^ X I in.
[D.C, H. 61.]
Oval : on a mount, St. Martin with plumed helmet, seated
on a horse, to the 1., dividing his cloak with a beggar.
* SIGILLUM MAIORATUS PORTUS DOVORI/E.
Boys, History of Sandwich, vol. ii., p. 797, ng. 2.
Signet, A.D. 1749.
4888. Sulph. cast from matrix. 1-pV X I in. [D.C.,
H. 62.]
7 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Oval : on a mount, St. Martin with plumed helmet, seated
on a horse springing to the r. On the r. a beggar, standing,
holding out the r. h., in the 1! h. a crutch.
In the field overhead : ST. MARTIN. In base: 1749.
Harbour Seal, A.D. 1646.
4889. Sulph. cast, chipped, from the matrix. 2-f X 2-^
in. [D.C., H. 149.]
Oval : a shield of arms : ClNQUE-PORTS, see No. 4885.
* DOVOR * HARBOVR AND * DOM * 1646.
Inner border beaded, outer border carved.
4890. Sulph. cast. [Ixv. 45.]
Boys, History of Sandwich, vol. ii., p. 797, fig. 8 ; S. Lewis, Tofiogr,
Diet., vol. ii., p. 64.
Great Seal of the Castle and Courts of the Cinque-Ports.
4891. [i8th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2| in.
[Ixv. 46.]
On the 1. Dover castle on a rock, with a flag charged with
a cross and saltire united ; in the foreground the town ; on
the r. a three-masted ship of war under sail to the r., flags
charged with a cross.
Legend on a riband with wavy ends :
MAG SIGILL CASTR DOVER ET CVRIARVM CANCELL ET
ADMIR QVINQ PORT.
Carved border.
W. Boys, History of Sandwich, vol. ii., p. 797, fig. 6.
A seal or badge.
4892. Sulph. cast from the matrix or a die. 2f in.
[Ixvi. 21.]
St. Martin, on a horse walking to the 1. on a mount re-
plenished with foliage. On the r. a beggar with wooden leg,
and behind him the church of St. Mary and two trees. In
the field overhead a riband inscribed : DOVOR.
In place of the legend a carved border.
DROITWICH, co. Worcester.
4893. [i 5th cent] Sulph. cast. 2\ in. [Ixxiii. 95.]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex., a sword of state palewise,
handle in chief, surmounted of two lions passant in pale, sin.
LOCAL SEALS. Jl
quarterly, i, 4, chequy, 2, 3, two barrows palewise in fess,
TOWN OF DROITWICH. Inner edge of the field engrailed.
+ SIGILLUM ** COMMUNE *< VILLE # WYCHIE *
Beaded borders.
Later Seal.
4894. Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2 in. [Ixxiii. 96.]
A shield of arms : TOWN OF DROITWICH, see No. 4893.
~ + ~ SIGILLVM + ~ COMMVNE + ~ VILLE ~ + ~ WYTCHIE.
The letters IE, of Wytchie, appear to have been filled up
in the matrix.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 75.
Small Seal.
4895. Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in. [Ixxiii. 97.]
A shield of arms : TOWN OF DROITWICH, as in No. 4894,
- + ~ SIGILLVM - + ~ COMMVNE - + ~ VILLE - + ~ WYTCH.
DUNWICH, co. Suffolk.
Corporation Seal.
4896. [I2th-I3th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 3
X 2-^ in. [Ixxi. 107.]
Lozenge-shaped : a one-masted ship on the sea, in which are
five fishes ; mainsail furled by a mariner on board ; embattled
crow's nest, topped with a lance-flag, charged with three demi-
lions (?) ; at each end an embattled castle, ornamented with a
fret-work and topped with a lance-flag, that on the 1. charged
with two chevrons, that on the r. indistinct ; in each castle a
mariner ; at the side four port-holes, closed, and on the 1. a
side-rudder. In the field above, on the 1., a crescent, on the
r. a radiant sun or roundle with eight rays.
SIGILL' BVRGI 1 D i DON6WIZ.
Bailiffs.
4897. [A.D. 1688.] Red : covered with paper before im-
pression ; very indistinct. 2 in. [Add. ch. 10,445.]
Lozenge-shaped : bust of a king, full-face, with crown, in a
boat on the waves. In the field on each side an estoile,
1 4th cent, style of work.
* SIGILLUM # BALLIUORUM t* DE # DONEWICO /'
72 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Another Seal.
4898. Sulph. cast from fine impression. [Ixxi. 108..]
Lozenge-shaped : resembles the preceding seal, No. 4897,
but is not from the same matrix.
$ SIGILLUM * BALLIUORUM * # DE # DONEWICO.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 87 ; Add. MS. 5,524, ff. 76 b, 121.
DURHAM, co. Durham.
4899. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2\ in.
[B.C., H. 54.]
A bishop with mitre, standing in a niche with trefoiled arch
supported on slender shafts ; the canopy resembles a church
with tall spire. Lifting up the r. h. in benediction, in the 1. h.
a pastoral staff held obliquely. In the field, over the canopy
on the 1. an estoile of six points, on the r. a crescent. At each
side in the field a shield of arms : ENGLAND, surmounted by
a mitre. In base a shield of arms : a cross fimbriated, perhaps
for Bishop SKIRLAW. See No. 2469.
* : S' : COMVNE : CIVITAT : DVN6LMIE : #
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 90.
ELY, co. Cambridge.
Governors for the Townland.
4900. [i8th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. i-L in.
[lx. 57-]
A shield of arms : a chevron betw. three crowns, ClTY OF
ELY, derived from the arms of THE SEE, viz. three crowns.
THE SEAL OF THE GOVERNORS FOR THE TOWNLAND OF ELY.
The word the, which occurs three times, is a monogram.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 131.
Clerk of the Crown and A ssizes within the Isle of Ely.
4901. [Late i6th cent.] Red : recent impression. 2-f in.
[xxxv. 359.]
A shield of arms : SEE OF ELY, betw. the initial letters
I. G. and three ornamental sprigs of foliage.
S' OFFICI CLERICI \ CORON/E ET i ASSISAR i ETC i INFRA
INSVLAM i ELIEN i IN COM CANTEBRIGIXE.
Official Seal of the Liberty.
4902. [i6th cent.] Red sealing-wax, from the matrix.
1 1 in. [xxxv. 63.]
LOCAL SEALS. 73
The Trinity, represented with three faces, one full, two in
profile, with radiant nimbus and mound, and wearing a pall,
lifting up the r. h. in benediction. In the field, two wings
erect.
+ SIGIL ICII LIBERTAT ELIENS.
Beaded borders.
ERPINGHAM, SOUTH, HUNDRED, co. Norfolk.
4903. [i 5th cent.] Recent impression in red sealing-wax,
from the matrix, i-i in. [xxxv. 361.]
Across the field the inscription in three lines :
HUNDR DE - SOUTHERPYN - GHAM.
Ensigned with an open crown of three points, fleury.
Within a border of three slightly raised cusped points.
S : REGIS : IN : COMIT : NORFF
The letters DE in de, and HE in Southerpyngham, are
conjoined.
ESSEX.
SIR MAURICE BRUYN, Sheriff.
4904. [A.D. 1436.] Green : fine, but imperfect. I in.
[Harl. ch. 55 E. 7.]
A tower or castle masoned, with round-headed doorway
and portcullis. In the field over the central tower the initial
letter M, and on each side a wing erect.
4905. Sulph. cast from No. 4904. [D.C., G. 283.]
ETON, co. Buckingham.
Royal College of St. Mary, A.D. 1440.
First Seal.
4906. [A.D. 1446.] Red : impression blurred in many
places by the matrix shifting during use. 24 in. [Add. ch.
7210.]
The Coronation of the Virgin, who is standing supported
by three angels, with expanded wings, on each side. Over-
head the Almighty, with nimbus, placing a crown on the
Virgin's head with the 1. h., the r. h. lifted up in benediction,
the crown supported by two angels. On each side an angel
standing with expanded wings, holding a shield of arms : 1.
FRANCE (MODERN) ; r., quarterly, i, 4, FRANCE (MODERN)
74 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
2, 3, ENGLAND, for HENRY VI., Founder. Below the Virgin's
feet, a shield of arms : three lilies slipped and leaved, two and
one, a chief per pale, on the dex. side a fleur-de-lis, on the sin.
a lion passant guardant, ETON COLLEGE. On the 1. a queen,
on the r. an altar.
Legend on a scroll :
SIGILLU COMMUNE PREPOSITI COLLEGII REGALIS
BEATE MARIE DE ETON.
Carved borders.
4907. Sulph. cast from No. 4906. [lix. 54.]
Second Seal.
4908. [i6th cent] Red : fine, edge chipped, and the 1.
side imperfect. 2 4- in. [Add. ch. 15,571.]
The Assumption of the Virgin Mary, standing crowned,
with hands in prayer, surrounded by a band of angels in
radiance within a bordure or cordon of clouds. At her feet a
shield of the ROYAL ARMS, as described in No. 4906,
supported by two lions sejant guardant.
[SIGILLU : COMMVNE] PREPOSITI ET COLLEGII : REGALIS
BEATE MARIE DE ETON.
Beaded borders.
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. i., p. 48.
4909. Sulph. cast, tinted red, from fine impression, [xxxv.
128.]
4910. Another, [xlvii. 792.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 271.
4911. Sulph. cast from fine impression, [lix. 83.]
4912. [A.D. 1716.] Red: covered with paper before im-
pression. [Add. ch. 1 5,572.]
4913. [A.D. 1740.] Red: en placard, covered with paper
before impression. [Add. ch. 15,573.]
Provost.
4914. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast, tinted red, from cracked
impression. 2\ x H in. [xxxv. 129.]
Oval : an ornamental shield of arms : ETON COLLEGE, see
No. 4906, betw. the initial letters E. C.
* SIGILLVM PRAEPOSITI COLLEGII REGALIS ETONIENSIS.
Cf. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. i., p. 90.
4915. Another, [xlvii. 794.]
Laing's MS. Catal, No. 272.
LOCAL SEALS. 75
ETON, or NUN-EATON, co. Warwick.
Free Grammar School, A.D. 1553.
4916. Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2\ x i^ in. [xlvii.
793-]
Pointed oval: a cross springing from a leafy ornament.
Above, the date 1553. Below, a skull.
& SEGILLVM SCOLA DE ETOME.
Cabled borders.
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 297 ; N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools,
vol. ii., p. 655.
4917. Another, [xxxv. 145.]
EVE SHAM, co. Worcester.
4918. [A.D. 1604.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2 in.
[Ixxiii. 98, 99.]
0. A shield of arms : a prince's coronet betw. in chief two
ostrich feathers jewelled, and in base a garb, within a bordure
bezantee, BOROUGH OF EvESHAM.
* SIGILLVM * BVRGI * EVESHAMIENSIS I + <*
ft. A town, with round domed tower in the centre, two
embattled towers with tall spires, houses, embattled doorway,
and round domed towers at the sides. In base, on a label
with scroll-ends, the inscription EVESHAM, with a palm-branch
on the r. and a laurel branch on the 1. In the field above a
radiant sun ; in base a rose, slipped and leaved.
LIBER AB -ft- HENRICO FACTVS # SVM -ft-
PRINCIPE BVRGVS fc 1604. *
Inner border beaded, outer border carved.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 148.
EXETER, co. Devon.
4919. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2-^ in.
[Ixi. 74.]
An elaborate building of two storeys with pent roof and
two flags, placed betw. two circular embattled towers enriched
with numerous string-courses and two arcades of round-
headed arches. The towers are united at the base with an
embattlement, and outside the towers two small arcades or
double doorways, with flory ironwork hinges, also embattled.
In the field, over the building, a sun, betw. an estoile of ten
CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
points on the 1. and a crescent on the r. ; at the sides two
keys, handles downwards ; in base a fleur-de-lis, betw. two
wyverns with their tails flory.
Legend in ornamental letters :
$ SIGILLVM : CIVITATIS : GXONIG * .
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 154.
Mayoralty.
4920. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. i-L x i^-
in. [D.C., E. 48.]
Pointed oval : an archbishop or bishop ? with crown and
mitre, half-length, in a canopied niche of elegant design, with
trefoiled arch, crocketed, and tabernacle work at the sides ; in
the r. h. a model of a church, in the 1. h. a crozier. Below
him a wall with round-headed doorway, doors opened. In
base, under an arch, a lion's face, crowned. In the field out-
side the niche, on the r. the keys of St. Peter, on the 1. the
sword of St. Paul, patron saints of the city.
# S' MAIORATVS : CIVITATIS : GXONIE * .
4921. Another. [Ixi. 75.]
Mayor of the Staple.
4922. [Hth cent] Sulph. cast i^ in. [Ixi. 77.]
A triple-towered and embattled castle ; in the doorway,
under a portcullis, a lion sejant guardant, the r. paw raised,
collared and lined ; in base a small fleur-de-lis. Background
hatched or reticulated.
x S' MAIORIS STAPVL CIVITATIS 6XON'.
Provosts.
4923. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression. i
in. [Ixi. 75.]
Octagonal : an embattled tower of two storeys, with round-
headed doorway and trefoiled opening betw. the round-headed
windows of the upper storey. On the battlements a lion
passant contourne betw. two flags. On each side a wall,
masoned and embattled, and above it an estoile wavy of
eight points. In base two lions passant addorsed.
$> S' PRGPOSITORVM CIVITATIS D6 GXONIA.
Seal " pro recognitione debitorum," see No. 1072.
Seal of the Free Grammar School. See Hospital of St.
John the Baptist, Exeter, Nos. 3129-3136.
LOCAL SEALS. 77
EYE, co. Suffolk.
4924. [isth cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 14. in.
[Ixxi. no.]
The name EYE in black letter, ensigned with a crown,
within a cordon of pellets.
* SIGILLVM & COMVNE & BVRGI & DE EYE.
Cabled borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 160.
Smaller Seal.
4925. Sulph. cast from the matrix, i in. [Ixxi. in.]
Similar in design to, but smaller than, the previous seal,
No. 4924.
Burgesses.
4926. [iSth cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. I in.
[Ixxiii. 37.]
The name EYE with the initial E, of larger dimensions than
the rest of the lettering, ensigned with a crown of three
points fleury. This is to be read as the last word of the
legend
9 SIGILLO + COME * BURGENCIAR DE .
FAVERSHAM, or FEVERSHAM, co. Kent.
4927. [i2th cent] Sulph. cast from fine, but imperfect,
impression. 2-f in. [Ixv. 55.]
A one-masted ship on the sea, with sails furled, stern and
forecastle embattled.
+ SI SHAM.
Cf. Add. MS. 6,331, f. 127.
Later Seal.
4928. [i3th cent] Sulph. casts from the matrix. 24. in.
[Ixv. 56, 57.]
0. A ship of war, with one mast, on the sea ; two sailors
sitting on the yard furling the mainsail, a mariner in the
embattled crow's nest, five soldiers, with weapons, and a
captain in the body of the vessel, two trumpeters in the
embattled stern-castle, with a flag charged with three
chevronels. In the embattled forecastle a flag with a cross
of St. George. In the upper part of the field a large rose
en soleil.
* SIGILLVM BARONVM : DG : FAV6RSHAM.
78 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
R. A large shield of arms of ENGLAND, betw. three
wyverns, tails fleury.
8 RGGIS : VT : ARMA : RGGO : LIBRA : PORTVS : 6GO.
Beaded borders.
Jacob, History of Faversham, p. 17, pi. iii. ; Add. MS. 6,331, f. 128 ;
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 175.
4929. Sulph. cast of the rev. only. [B.C., E. 340.]
Mayoralty.
First Seal.
4930. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-i- in.
[xlvii. 796.]
The Virgin, with crown, seated on a carved throne, in a
niche with trefoiled canopy and tabernacle work at the sides,
on her 1. knee the Child, in her r. h. a fleur-de-lis. In base, a
shield of arms, ClNQUE-PORTS, see No. 4885. Background
diapered lozengy.
s SIGILLVM MAIORATVS VILL6 D6 FAVGRSHAM.
Jacob, History of Faversham, p. 17, pi. iii. ; Add. MS., 6,331, f. 128 ;
Laing, MS. CataL, No. 381.
4931. Another. [Ixv. 58.]
Second Seal.
4932. [A.D. 1573.] Red: injured by pressure. i in.
[Harl. ch. 85 D. 39.]
A copy of the previous seal, with details differently treated.
SIGILLU MAIORATVS VILLE DE FEUERSHAM.
4933. Sulph. cast of No. 4932. [B.C., H. 47.]
Court of the Portmote.
4934. [i6th cent.] Sulph. cast. i| in. [xlvii. 797.]
A demi-lion passant guardant conjoined to the hulk of a
ship, one of the charges in the shield of arms of the ClNQUE-
PORTS.
SIGILLVM : CVR PORTMOT DG FFEVERSHAM.
Jacob, History of Faversham, p. 17, pi. iii., f. 3 ; Laing, MS. Catal.,
No. 382.
LOCAL SEALS. 79
PL AX WELL, co. Lincoln.
Seal of the Wapentake for Passes, or "Pro Servis."
4935. [iSth cent] Recent impression in black wax, from
the matrix, i^- in. [Ixxvi. 31.]
Across the field, in two lines, the word : FLAX-WELL
with a sprig of foliage above, and another below.
* SIGILL' COM LINCOL'N <P S'VIS.
4936. Impression in green wax, from a block. [Ixxvi.
32.]
Thompson, History of Boston, fol. ed., p. 302 ; Journ. Brit. Arch.
Assoc., vol. xxxii., p. 120.
FOLKESTONE, co. Kent.
4937. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. \\\ in.
[xlvii. 799.]
A one-masted ship of war, on the waves, mainsail furled,
embattled crow's nest, and fore- and stern-castles, with a
mariner's head in each castle. In the body of the vessel a
mariner's head and hand ; in the stern another mariner
steering.
SIGILL' BARONVM FOLKESTANI6.
W. Boys, History of Sandwich, p. 8n ; S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii.,
p. 190; Laing, MS. CataL, No. 621.
4938. Another. [Ixv. 63.]
Mayoralty.
4939. [i 5th cent] Sulph. cast if in. [xlvii. 800.]
The Abbess and Patron Saint Eanswitha, standing
crowned, in the r. h. a book, in the 1. h. a pastoral staff
richly ornamented, and curved outwards, betw. two fishes
hauriant embowed. Field replenished with small cinque-
foils.
5* SIGILLU * OFFICIJ * MAIORATUS * FOLKESTANIE .
Inner border cabled.
W. Boys, History of Sandwich, p. 811 ; Laing, MS. Catal.^ No. 622.
4940. Another. [Ixv. 64.]
8O CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
FOLSTON or FOLKESTONE HUNDRED, co. Kent.
4941. [A.D. 1540.] Red. -- in. [Harl. ch. 78 G. 29.]
The initial letters I. B., perhaps of John Boys, one of the
parties in the charter.
HUNDERD OF FOLSTO .
The letters DE of Hunderd are conjoined.
FORDWICH, co. Kent.
4942. [i2th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2\ in.
[Ixv. 66.]
A one-masted ship, with mainsail furled, on waves.
+ SIGILLVM BARONVM DE FORWIZ.
W. Boys, History of Sandwich, pp. 806, 816.
Another Seal.
4943. [i2th cent.] Sulph. cast from imperfect impression.
2 in. [Ixv. 67.]
Same design as the preceding seal, No. 4942, but with
details differently proportioned.
. . . ILLVM : BARON DE WIZ.
Mayor.
4944. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. \\ in.
[xlvii. 801.]
A lion passant guardant of ENGLAND, on an oval enclosure
set with an antique oval intaglio gem, bearing a fish naiant on
a wave.
8 8' MAIORIS : DG : FORDWICO.
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 623.
FRAMLINGHAM CASTLE, co. Suffolk.
4945. [ 1 5th cent] Sulph. cast. I in. [Ixxi. 113.]
A triple-towered castle, masoned and embattled, with
square-headed doorways, betw. the initial letters w. B.
FRANCHEWILLE, or NEWTOWN, Isle of Wight,
co. Southampton.
4946. [i3th cent.] Recent impression in red sealing-wax
from the matrix. i in. [xxxvii. 77.]
LOCAL SEALS. 8 1
A one-masted ship on the waves, mainsail furled, embattled
stern- and fore-castles. Behind the mast in the field a lion
passant guardant of ENGLAND. On the r. a shield of arms : a
cross. Overhead, on the 1. an estoile of six points, on the r.
a crescent.
tt S' COlTATIS : D6 : FRANCH6WILL6 : D : LIL6 : D : WYHT fc
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 375.
4947. Sulph. cast. [Ixiii. 95.]
GATE SHE AD, co. Durham.
4948. [i6th cent.] Sulph. cast. 14. in. [Ixii. 86.]
An embattled gateway or tower with three doors, that in
the centre round-headed.
SIGILLVM BVRGI DE GATESHEAD.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 216.
GLOUCESTER, co. Gloucester.
Mayoralty.
4949. [A.D. 1492.] Red : fine, but fragmentary. About
14- in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 23,845.]
A shield of arms : a sword in bend, hilt downwards, betw.
six horseshoes and ten horse-nails.
Legend broken away.
Cf. Burke, General Armory, s. v.; Fosbrooke, History of Gloucester,
p. 203 ; cf. also Add. ch. 19,564.
Bailiffs.
4950. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from a matrix. i in.
[B.C., G. 276.]
A triple-towered castle, masoned, with round-headed door-
way, side towers embattled, central tower with pent-roof,
flying buttresses, and quatrefoiled window. In base wavy
lines representing the River Severn. In the field above the
towers, two estoiles of six points.
# SIGILL' : BALLIVOR' : GLOVC6STRI6.
Beaded borders.
S. Lewis. Topogr. Diet., vol. ii , p. 230.
Seals, "pro recognitione debitorum," see Nos. 1073, 1074,
VOL. II. G
82 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
GODMANCHESTER, co. Huntingdon.
Free Grammar School, A.D. 1580.
4951. Sulph. cast, tinted red. if in. [xxxv. 131.]
An ornamental fleur-de-lis, seeded.
i COMMVN6 SIGILLVM GVM6C6STRG.
Beaded borders.
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. i., p. 555 ; Gent. Mag.,
vol. Ixviii., p. 293 j S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 241.
4952. Another, [xlvii. 808.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 281.
GRAMPOUND, co. Cornwall.
4953. Sulph. cast from the matrix. i-f- in. [Ixi. 10.]
A bridge, masoned, of two arches, over a torrent. On the
r. a tree. On the wall a shield of arms : a lion rampant
within a bordure charged with eleven roundles, JOHN
PLANTAGENET of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall.
* SIGILLVM : MAIORIS & BVRGENSIVM : BVRGE DE
GRANDPONT ALS : PONSMVR.
S, Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 249.
GRANTHAM, co. Lincoln.
4954. Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2f in. [Ixvi. 98.]
A shield of arms : chequy, on a bordure eleven trefoils
slipped, TOWN OF GRANTHAM.
* SIGILLVM # BVRGENCIVM * ET * COMMVNITATIS fc VILLE #
DE fc GRANTHAM.
Carved borders.
Cf. S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 250.
Another Seal.
4955. Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2f in. [Ixvi. 99.]
An ornamental estoile or rosette of six leaves enclosed in
a cusped sixfoil panel, with fleury points. The spandrils
carved with foliage.
* SIGILL' Ss BVRGENSIVMIERR (fc) fc CAMERARI fc DE GRAHAM.
Carved borders.
LOCAL SEALS. 83
Seal of the Office of the Sake, used by the Free
Grammar School, A.D. 1528.
4956. Sulph. cast, tinted red. I in. [xxxv* 132.]
A shield of arms : chequy, a bordure charged with eight
trefoils slipped, TOWN OF GRANTHAM.
.& SIGILLVM OFFICII GRANTHAMIE CVM SOCA.
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. i., p. 804 ; S. Lewis,
Topogr, Diet., vol. ii., p. 250.
4957. Another, [xlvii. 809.]
Laing's MS. Catal, No. 284.
GRIM SB Y, co. Lincoln.
4958. [ 1 3th cent] Recent impression in red sealing-wax
from the matrix. 2 in. [xxxv. 79.]
The merchant Gryem, with sword and shield, to the n,
with a hand of blessing over his head, betw. Habloc holding
an axe on the 1. and Goldesburch on the r. crowned, holding
a sceptre fleury. Below, the hat of Gryem. In the field the
names & GRY6M-HABLOC-GOLD6SBVRCH.
# SIGILLVM : COMMVNITATIS : GRIMGBY6.
Beaded borders.
Oliver, History of Great Grimsby ; British Topographer ; S. Lewis,
Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 264 ; Sir Frederic Madden, Introduction to
Legend of Hav clock (Roxburgh Club).
4959. Sulph. cast from matrix, [xlvii. 810.]
Laing's MS. Catal, No. 479.
4960. Another. [B.C., E. 294.]
Mayoralty.
4961. [I4th cent] Recent impression in red sealing-wax
from the matrix, i-i- in. [xxxv. 80.]
A boar-hunt, the boar running to the r. pursued by a
huntsman blowing a horn, and dog ; in background a forked
tree with an eagle on the foliage.
fc SIGILLVM : MAIORITATIS : D : GRIMSBY.
Oliver, History of Great Grimsby, p. 13, pi- 1 1., fig. 2 ; Gent. Mag.,
1828, p. 401.
G 2
84 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
GUERNSEY, Island of.
Royal Seal for the Bailiwick.
Seal used by HENRY SPIGOURNEL, Justice in Eyre.
4962. [A.D. 1323.] Dark-green : fine, the edge chipped.
1 1 in. [Add. ch. 19,809.]
A shield of arms : ENGLAND. Upon a branch of foliage.
[* S' B]ALL[IVI] ICNSVU6 DE GeRN6SY.
Beaded borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 268.
EDWARD III.
Seal used by PIERREZ de BEAUN, Bailiff.
4963. [A.D. 1347.] Dark-green : fine, the edge chipped,
if in. [Add. ch. 19,811.]
A shield of arms : ENGLAND. Upon a branch of foliage.
WO S' BALLIVI6 INSVL6 DG GCR]N6SY6.
Perhaps from the same matrix as No. 4962, the preceding
seal, but the beaded borders and other details are worn out in
the matrix from which this impression was derived.
HENRY VIII.
Seal used by JOHAN HARYVEL ? Bailiff.
4964. [A.D. 1 548.] Dark-green : imperfect at the upper
part. [Add. ch. 19,812.]
Same as No. 4963, the preceding seal.
16 INSVL6 D G6RN6S
JAMES I.
Seal used by AMICE DE CARTERET, Esquire, Bailiff.
4965. [A.D. 1612.] Dark-green: only fragment of the
centre. [Add. ch. 19,814.]
The shield of arms only. Legend wanting, Apparently
from the same matrix as the preceding seal, No. 4964.
LOCAL SEALS. 85
Official Seal of DENIS LE MARCHANT, Seneschal of the
Court of the " Priourtey " of St. Michael du Valle.
4966. [A.D. 1439.] Green : indistinct. i| in. [Add. ch.
19,810.]
Michael the Archangel, in combat with a horned devil, and
piercing him with a long cross.
. * SCEAU * DU * UILLE .
HALIFAX, co. York.
4967. [A.D. 1662.] Recent impression in red sealing-wax
from the matrix. i-| in. [xlix. 136.]
On a mount a tree of three branches ; on the r. a man
standing, with flat hat, holding a fruit in the r. h. ; on the 1.
a woman hanging by the neck from a branch. This is
probably designed to represent the " Gibbet Law " of the
Forest of Hardwick, a district co-extensive with the Parish
of Halifax.
9 SIGILL' CORP APVD HALLIF 1662.
Outer border carved.
Cf. Lewis, Topogr. Diet,, vol. ii., p. 295.
Later Seal.
4968. [i9th cent.] Recent impression in gutta percha,
tinted red, from the matrix. 2-f in. [xxxvi. 223.]
The Head of St. John Baptist with three gouttes dropping
from the neck, and encircled with an ornamental nimbus
with five cusps, betw. the words HALIG-FAX. Background
diapered lozengy with a reticulated pattern. All within
an elegantly carved gothic panel of tracery, enriched with
quatrefoils, over which, on each side, a label inscribed, 1. :
WARREN, r. : LEWYS.
The legend commences with a lamb sejant for initial
stop :
SIGILLUM COMMUNITATIS BURGENSIUM D HALIFAX.
Free Grammar School, A.D. 1585.
4969.' Sulph. cast, tinted red. 2 X if in- [xxxv. 133.]
86 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Pointed oval: an open book inscribed: QUI MlHi
DISC1PULUS PUER ES SAPIS ATQ3. Above, a cinquefoiled rose,
en soleil, betw. the date 15-97 > m base a portcullis.
SIGIL LIBE GRAM : SCHOL . R GLIZ VICARIAT
HALIFAX.
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. ii., p. 808.
- 4970. Another, [xlvii. 815.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 303.
HARLECH, co. Merioneth.
Corporation, A.D. 1286.
4973. [A.D. 1529.] Bronze-green : fine, but imperfect. i
in. [Add. ch. 8486.]
A triple-towered castle, masoned and embattled, round-
headed doorway. Field at the sides, diapered lozengy.
SIJGILLV : COMMVN6: DE : HAR
HARROW-ON-THE-HILL, co. Middlesex.
Free Grammar School.
4971. \c. A.D. 1590.] Sulph. cast, tinted red. i-f- x i^-in.
[xxxv. 134.]
Oval: a lion rampant, being a rebus on the name of the
founder, John Lyon.
: DONORVM DEI DISPENSATIO FIDELIS.
Carved border.
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. ii., p. 125.
4972. Another, [xlvii. 816.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 287.
HARTLEBURY, co. Worcester.
Free Grammar School, A.D. 1558.
4974. Sulph. cast, tinted red. 2-i-Xi-l-in. [xxxv. 135.]
Pointed oval : the Virgin and Child, under a dome-shaped
canopy with curtains, of the style of the Renaissance, on carved
pillars.
LOCAL SEALS. 87
In base a flowering branch.
SIGILLV : GVBERNATORV LIBERE : SCOLE : IN
HARTILBVRY Ao. 1558.
Inner border beaded.
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. ii., p. 757.
4975. Another, [xlvii. 817.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 301,
HARTLEPOOL, co. Durham.
4976. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2 in.
[Ixii. 87.]
In a pool, a hart at gaze to the r., on its haunches a deer-
hound. In the field on the r. a wavy sprig of foliage.
& S' COMMVNITATIS : DG : H6RT6RPOL. /*
Beaded borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 327.
Counterseal.
4977. [i3th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2 in.
[Ixii. 88.]
For description of this seal, see vol. i., p. 806, No. 4328,
where another example is attributed, erroneously, to the
Benedictine abbey of SS. Peter and Hilda of Whitby, co.
York.
SVBVGNIAT FAMVL 1 NOBIL' : HILDA SVIS.
Beaded borders.
4977#. Sulph. cast from a fine impression, or the matrix,
see No. 4977. [B.C., E. 39.]
Mayor.
4978. [i3th cent.} Sulph. cast from the matrix. if in.
[Ixii. 89.]
On a stag lodged, and beneath three canopies supported on
slender shafts, St. Hilda, standing with a book in the r. h.
and a pastoral staff curved outwards in the 1. h., betw. two
bishops, each lifting up the r. h. in benediction, a pastoral staff
in the 1. h. Tabernacle-work at the sides.
S 1 OFFICII MAIORIS * # * DG H6RTILPOL.
VOL II.
88 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
HASTINGS, co. Sussex.
4979. [i3th cent] Sulph. casts from the matrix. 3^- in.
[Ixxii. 84, 85.]
0. A one-masted ship of war, sailing on the waves, main-
sail set by a mariner with coif of mail. In the stern, under
an arch with crenellated ridge, a mariner with similar coif,
steering the rudder ; over the ridge a banner flag charged
with the arms of ENGLAND. On the prow a banner flag
charged with the arms of the ClNQUE-PoRTS, see No. 4885.
This vessel is ramming another of similar shape without
banner flags, which is cut down to the edge of the water.
In the waves in base, the head of a man with similar coif
overboard.
SIGILLVM : COMMVN6 BARONVM : D HASTINGGIS.
The legend ends with a bird holding a wavy branch in its
beak.
ft. Michael the Archangel, with nimbus and round shield
charged with a cross betw. twelve pellets, three in each canton,
turned slightly to the 1., trampling on a Dragon and piercing
his head with a long cross held in the r. h.
fc : DRACO : CRVD6LIS : T6 VINC6T : VIS : MICA6LIS.
The legend ends with a bird and branch as in the obv.
Beaded borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 336.
4980. [A.D. 1361.] Green: fine, but imperfect. [Add. ch.
15,872.]
0. NVM : D HASTINGGI . .
R. . . . . O : CRVD6LI .... VINC6
Mayor.
4981. [i/th cent.] Sulph. cast, from the matrix. i in.
[Ixxii. 86.]
A shield of arms with carved scrolls of foliage at top and
sides : CiNQUE-PORTS ; with the variation that the lion in
the centre is not dimidiated with a hulk but entire.
B SIGILLVM OFFICU MAIORIS DE HASTING.
Inner border beaded.
HAVERING-ATTE-BOWER MANOR, co. Essex.
4982. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast from indistinct impression.
i and i-i- in. [D.C., H. 163.]
Pointed oval : a triple-towered castle, centre tower domed,
embattled, and topped with a cross ; side towers pinnacled,
LOCAL SEALS. 89
portcullis in the round-headed doorway. In base a ring, or
annulet.
& SIGILLVM MANERII DE HAVERING ATTE BOWRE.
The letters TT in atte are conjoined.
Ogbourne, History of Essex, p. 186.
Another Seal.
4983. Sulph. cast from indistinct impression. i x IT in-
[B.C., H. 164.]
Copy of the preceding seal, No. 4982, but the details
slightly larger in some parts.
HEDON, co, York.
4984. [A.D. 1598.] Sulph. cast, i in. [Ixxiv. 54.]
A one-masted ship, with mainsail and maintopsail set,
sailing to the r., on the poop a mariner standing turned to
the 1.
H CAMERA : REGISS : 1598.
Beaded border.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 352.
Later Seal.
4985. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. if in.
[Ixxiv. 55.]
A decked-boat with one mast and two sails set, on board
two mariners, at the stern a flag charged with a cross.
# SIG : VIL : DE : HEDON : CAMERA : REGIS *
HELSTON or HELLESTON, co. Cornwall.
4986. [i $th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2 in. [Ixi. 8.]
On an embattled arcade, betw. two embattled octagon
towers, with domed roofs, Michael the Archangel, with
expanded wings and nimbus, in the 1. h. a shield of arms of
ENGLAND ; trampling on a dragon and piercing his head with
a long spear. In the field on each side, a cinquefoil.
* SIGILLUM : COMUNITATIS : UILLE : DE : HELLESTONE :
BURGTH.
Beaded border.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 356.
90 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Later Seal.
4987. [l/th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix.
A late copy of the preceding seal, No. 4986, poorly designed.
THE SEAL OF THE BOROUGH OF HELLESTON.
HEMEL-HEMPSTEAD, co. Hertford.
4988. [i6th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i^ X
i| in. [Ixiv. 63.]
Oval: bust of Henry VIIL, in whose reign the town was
incorporated, in flat cap and ermine tippet, with gold collar
and breast ; the face turned slightly to the r.
SIGIL CORP HEMEL HEMPSTEAD.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 358.
HEMSWORTH, co. York.
Hospital or Free Grammar School, 1637.
4989. Sulph. cast, tinted red, from the silver matrix. 3-!- X
2\ in. [xxxv. 136.]
Pointed oval : two keys with ornamental wards and handles
in saltire, handles downwards, betw. two crosses crosslets
fitchees in allusion to the arms of the SEE OF YORK, the school
having been founded by Archbishop Holgate, A.D. 1545-1554,
and the date 16-37. In chief, rays of light descending from
clouds ; in base, a mount replenished with flowers.
$ SI COME HOSTLIS ROBTI HOLGATE QVOD ARCHI
EBOR IN HIMSWORTH-
C EB-
(Sigillum Commune Hospitalis Roberti Holgate quondam
Archiepiscopi Eboracensis in Himsworth, co. Ebor.}
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. ii., p. 821.
4990. Another, [xlvii. 818.]
Laing, MS. Catal. y No. 304.
HENLEY-IN-ARDEN, co. Warwick.
4991. [i5th cent] Sulph. cast from impression chipped
at the edge. i-| in. [Ixxiii. 13.]
LOCAL SEALS. 9 1
The Trinity in a niche with trefoiled canopy, pinnacled
and crocketed : on each side in a smaller niche a saint ; 1.
St. John Baptist with Agnus Dei ; r. St. John the Evangelist
with book and eagle on the r. h., and in the 1. h. a palm-
branch. In the field on each side, a branch of foliage.
to. : SIGILLUM ^ : A* BURGEN US : AK DE A* HENLEYE : A*
HENLEY-UPON-THAMES, co. Oxon.
4992. [ i /th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-^ in.
[Ixxi. 8.]
A lion rampant.
SIGILLVM : COMVNE : VILL/E : DE : HENLEE.
Beaded borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 361.
HEREFORD, co. Hereford.
4993. [i2th cent] Sulph. cast from fine, but chipped,
impression. 2^ in. [Ixiv. 42.]
A shield of arms of early form : three lions passant
guardant in pale, enftling a banner-flag.
B SIGILL' COMVNE : CIVIVM : HeRGFOREl.
Beaded borders.
Later Seal.
4994. [i8th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2| in.
[Ixiv. 43.]
A shield of arms : three lions passant guardant in pale
within a bordure charged with ten saltires, CITY OF HERE-
FORD. Crest, on a helmet, mantling, and wreath, a lion
statant guardant, in the dexter paw a sword erect Sup-
porters two lions rampant guardant, each gorged with a
collar charged with three buckles. In base, on a riband the
inscription : INVICT/E FIDELITATIS PRCEMIVM.
Beaded and carved borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 365.
4995. Recent impression in red sealing-wax, [xxxiv. 63. ]
Bailiffs.
4996. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. I T V in.
[D.C., F. 338.]
92 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
A shield of arms : three lions passant guardant in pale,
ENGLAND, or perhaps CITY or HEREFORD, cf. No. 4994,
betw. three pierced cinquefoils. Within a finely carved and
traced gothic sexfoil.
ft S' BALLIUORVM : CIUITATIS : HRFORDI :
Staple.
4997. [i8th cent] Sulph. cast from cracked impression.
i in. [Ixiv. 44.]
A shield of arms as in the preceding seal, No. 4996.
SIGILL' : CIVIT : HEREF' :
Seal " pro recognitione debitorum," see No. 1075.
HERTFORD, co. Hertford.
4998. Sulph. cast from the matrix. i-i in. [Ixiv. 64.]
A rose en soleil, or rosette of five double leaves, barbed and
seeded, within a loosely cabled bordure.
B BVRGVS ft DE HERTFORD 1608.
The letters TF in Hertford are conjoined.
Later Seal.
4999. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2| in.
[Ixiv. 65.]
A hart standing in zford, forming a rebus on the name of
the town, betw. its antlers a long cross pattee fitchee. On the
further bank, on the r. h. a triple-towered castle, each tower
domed, embattled and topped by a cross, portcullis half-down
in the round-headed doorway ; on the 1. a tree.
* R D G THE SEALE OF THE BOROVGHE TOWNE
OF HARTFORDE #*
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 375.
Small Seal.
5000. Sulph. cast from the matrix. - in. [Ixiv. 66.]
A copy of the preceding seal, No. 4999, with details
differently proportioned.
BOROUGH OF HERTFORD.
LOCAL SEALS.
93
HIGHGATE, co. Middlesex.
Free Grammar School, A.D. 1600.
5001. Recent impression in red sealing-wax from the
matrix. 2| in. [xxxvi. 181.]
A shield of arms : a sword in fess betw. in chief a helmet
in base a griffin's head erased, HlGHGATE SCHOOL. In
allusion to the arms of SIR ROGER CHOLMELEY, Knt.
founder, whose shield bears two garbs in place of the griffin's
head. Over the shield the date 1600.
SIGILL' : LIBE : SCOLXE : GRAM' : ROGER : CHOLMLEY : MIL' :
IN HIGAT IN : COM' : MID.
HOLDERNESS WAPENTAKE, co. York.
5002. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. % in.
[Ixxiv. 58.]
A shield of arms : barry of six ensigned with an open
coronet (a viscount's) of seven pearls, and betw. the initials
R D with a small crosslet above and a cinquefoil below each
letter.
j!r WAPENTAG DE HOLDERNES.
HOLT, co. Denbigh. (See CASTRUM LEONIS, Caerleon.}
HONITON, co. Devon.
5003. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if x i^-
in. [Ixi. 91.]
Oval : on the 1. h. side the upper part of a human body,
the trunk erased, over it a hand of blessing ; below it a flowering
branch, on the r. h. side a man draped in profile to the 1.
praying.
* SIGILLVM : COMMVNE : DE : BVRGO : DE : HONITON : CO :
DEVOI.
Inner border beaded, outer border carved.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 409.
HUNTINGDON, co. Huntingdon.
5004. [A.D. 1628.] Sulph. cast from chipped impression.
2| in. [Ixiv. 8 1.]
On a rocky mount, with a large branching tree in the fore-
ground, and with a bird on a low branch, a bowman blowing
a horn, cheering on two dogs at a stag at speed to the 1.
B SIGILLVM COMMVNITATIS DE HVNTIRISOVNE (fc) . 18
94 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Cabled borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 436.
Small Seal, A.D. 1634.
5005. Sulph. cast from indistinct impression. I -^ in.
[Ixiv. 82.]
Same design as the previous seal, No. 5004.
Legend indistinct, but apparently same as in No. 5004, with
date altered to 1634.
HYTHE, co. Kent.
5006. [ 1 2th- 1 3th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 3^
in. [Ixv. 69.]
A one-masted ship on waves in which are seven fishes.
Two mariners on the yard furling up the mainsail. Embattled
castles at each end. On board, a trumpeter on the 1., and a
steersman on the r. In the field four small quatrefoils, two
at each end of the ship.
^SIGILLVM I SI COMMVN6 181 BARONVM III DG HGTHG 181
Beaded borders.
W. Boys, History of Sandwich, p. 8n ; S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet.,
vol. ii., p. 446.
Jurats.
5007. [i5th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in.
[Ixv. 70.]
An eagle rising with expanded wings, contourn6, in the
beak a long riband inscribed : s*es*AKCx<C!.A*e$*jiK
S' IURATORO VILLE HEDE.
Customs.
5008. [Late I4th, or I5th cent] Recent impression in red
sealing-wax from the matrix, found at Goudhurst, Kent, in
1868. ii in. [xliii. 31.]
On waves in base, a demi-lion passant guardant conjoined
to a hulk, from the arms of the ClNQUE-PORTS ; ensigned
with a crown fleury of three points. All within a cordon of
fleurs-de-lis.
& S SIGILLU S CUSTUM' 1 DE I HETH
Archceologia Cantiana, vol. vii., p. 342, (i{
LOCAL SEALS. 95
ILCHESTER, or IVELCHESTER, co. Somerset.
5009. [i3th cent.] Sulph. cast from chipped and imperfect
impression. i-| in. [Ixxi. 64.]
A crescent enclosing an estoile of eight points wavy.
B S' BVRG6N Gl . IV6LC6STRI6.
Cf. S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii. p. 450.
Later Seal,
5010. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. i-| in
[Ixxi. 65.]
A crescent enclosing an estoile of sixteen points alternately
wavy and plain.
:: SIGILLUM : BURGI : DE : IVELCHESTER.
Beaded borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 450.
ILMINSTER, co. Somerset.
Free Grammar School, A.D. 1550.
5011. Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2-i in. [xxxv. 137.]
An open book encircled with a radiant aureole, and in-
scribed : LEAR-NINGE-GAY-NETH-HO-NOR.
& SIGILLVM + SCHOLE + ILMINSTERII +
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. ii., p. 427.
5012. Another, [xlvii. 819.]
Laing, MS. Catal., No. 305.
IPSWICH, co. Suffolk.
5013. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2-f- in.
[Ixxi. 1 1 8, 119.]
0. A one-masted ship on the waves, mainsail furled, flag
charged with a cross, and having a pennon of three streamers,
embattled stern, and rudder of large dimensions on the 1.,
octagon castle on the r., two mariners on board hauling at
ropes.
Legend commences with an estoile wavy of eight points.
S' COMVNITATIS VILL6 : GYPGWICI :
96" CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
R. A church, with central spire topped with a cross, round-
headed doorway in the middle, two smaller doorways with
folding doors at the sides. In the pediments over the doors
a trefoiled opening in the middle, at each side a quatrefoil. In
the clerestory three windows each with three lights, and with
a trefoiled opening in the pediment over each window. On the
1. h. wall a wavy estoile of eight points ; on the r. a quatrefoil
opening. Background and base replenished with foliage in
an elegant arabesque pattern.
The space for legend is also replenished with a similar
pattern of foliage.
Beaded borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 459.
5014. [A.D. 1349.] Dark-green: fine, but very imperfect,
only central part remaining. [Add. ch. 10,130.]
5015. [A.D. 1599.] Red: much injured by pressure. [Add.
ch. 10,241.]
ELIAS, son of TURSTIN of IPSWICH.
Called a Seal of the Town.
5016. [i2th cent.] Sulph. cast from indistinct impression.
i in. [Ixxi. 116.]
A one-masted ship with mainsail furled, mainmast topped
with a cross. In the ship a mariner on each side.
& SIGILL' LI FIL' TVRSTINI DE GIP6WICH'.
Another Seal.
5017. [A.D. 1332.] Bronze-green: fine, but imperfect.
About I -f- X 1 1 in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 9952.]
Pointed oval : a one-masted ship on waves, mainsail furled,
flag and streamers. In the field on the 1. two keys, on the r.
a key and sword ; emblems of SS. Peter and Paul, Patrons of
the town.
.... GILLVM BAL GIP6
Bailiffs.
5018. [i4th-i5th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression.
1$ in. [Ixxi. 117.]
A one-masted ship on the waves, mainsail furled, crow's nest,
and at the top of the mast a cross and pennon with three
streamers. In the field on each side a mullet, and below it a
key for St. Peter ; on the r. side also a sword for St. Paul.
SIGIrLUM * OFFICII # BALLIUOR * UILLE # GIPPOICII. (tit)
LOCAL SEALS. 97
Another Seal.
5019. [A.D. 1432.] Red : fine, but imperfect. [Add. ch.
10,143.]
Resembles the preceding seal, No. 5018, but is from a
different matrix.
. . . GILLUM * OFFICII * BALLI
Cabled borders.
Mayor of the Staple.
5020. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in.
[Ixxi. 20.]
A lion sejant guardant crowned, pierced through the neck
with an arrow fess-wise. Within a carved gothic panel of
three round cusps and one ogee cusp at the top, ornamented
with tracery in the spandrils, and ball-flowers.
# : SIGILLUM : MAIORATUS : STAPULE : GIPPEWICI : *
5021. Recent impression in red sealing-wax, much injured
by the melting of the wax. [xxxv. 65.]
Seal of Arms, A.D. 1561.
5022. [ 1 7th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. i-i-X-g-in.
[Ixxii. i.]
Oval : a shield of arms : per pale, dex., a lion rampant
guardant ; sin., three demi-hulks of ships in pale, joined to
the impaled line, TOWN OF IPSWICH. Crest, on a helmet,
mantling, and wreath a demi-lion rampant, in his gamb a ship
of three masts, sails furled, [round the top of the third, on the
maintopmast head, a pennon.]
Port of Ipswich.
5023. [i7th cent] Sulph. cast from cracked impression.
if in. [Ixxii. 2.]
Three lions rampant, two and one.
tt SIGIL a OFFICII PORTVS & IPSWICH :
Inner border beaded, outer border cabled.
JERSEY, Island of.
Royal Seal for the Bailiwick.
EDWARD I., A.D. 1279.
5024. Recent impression in red sealing-wax from the
matrix, if in. [xxxix. 51.]
A shield of arms, ENGLAND.
* S' BALLIVie : INSVLE : D : l6RSYe.
VOL. II. H
CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
With a transcript of the Grant of this seal by K. Edward I.
A.D. 1279, the date of this matrix, and of that described in
No. 4962, for Guernsey.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 472.
ELIZABETH.
Seal used by GEORGE POULET, Bailly.
5025. [A.D. 1601.] Green: imperfect. [Add. ch. 11,203.]
0. A shield of arms, ENGLAND, as before, No. 5024.
.... BAL ............... Y . .
B:. A small oval counterseal. % x -| in. An ornamentally
carved shield of arms : three swords in pile, points meeting in
base, in chief two mullets, POULET. Betw. the initial letters
Q. P.
CHARLES II.
Sea! used by EDWARD CARTERET, Bailly.
5026. [A.D. 1670.] Green : indistinct. [Add. ch. 18,101.]
0. A shield of arms, ENGLAND, as before, No. 5024.
S'BALLIVIE ....... IR ......
BL A small oval counterseal. x -i- in. An oval shield of
arms : four fusils in fess, CARTERET. Crest on a helmet,
wreath and mantling, a squirrel. Supporters, two stags. In
base, an indistinct motto.
KENDAL, co. Westmorland.
5027. [A.D. 1576.] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in.
[Ixxiii. 41.]
A view of the town, churches and houses having flags and
crosses. In the background a triple-towered castle in a moat.
In the field five birds. In base the initial letters, K. K., for
KIRKBY KENDAL, betw. the date 15-74.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 478.
Later Seal.
5028. Sulph. cast from the matrix, i^- in. [Ixxiii. 42.]
A half-length figure of K. Charles I., with crown, and royal
LOCAL SEALS. 99
vestments, turned slightly to the 1. In the r. h. a drawn
sword, in the 1. h. an orb or rnound.
THE SEALE OF THE TOWNE OF KIRKBY KENDALL.
Carved border.
KIDDERMINSTER, co. Worcester.
Free Grammar School, A.D. 1619.
5029. Sulph. cast, tinted red, from fine impression or the
matrix, i-^ in. [xxxv. 138.]
A symmetrical mark or monogram Sj, betw. in chief the
date 1619, at each side a sword, point downwards, in base a
kid couchant, by way of rebus on the name of the town.
SIGLVM FRATERNITATIS FIDEI : COMIS "EIE LVDI
LIBERI DE KIDDERMINSTER.
The letters TE, in Fraternitatis, and Kidderminster ; ID in
fidei, and IN in Kidderminster, are conjoined ; COMIS T2IE is
probably a blunder for COMISARIE.
Carved border.
5030. Another, [xlvii. 831.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 302.
KINGSTON-UPON-HULL, co. York.
5031. [Temp. Edw. I.] Sulph. cast from the matrix.
2 -r6 m - [Ixxiv. 60.]
K. Edward I. standing with crown and long mantle, in the
hands a sceptre fleury, topped by a dove. Under his feet a
lion couchant guardant. In the field on each side a lion
passant guardant of ENGLAND.
SIGILLVM : COMVN6 : D * KYNGISTON SVP6R HVLL'.
The letters ER of super are conjoined.
Beaded borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr, Diet., vol. ii., p. 516.
Mayoralty.
5032. [Late I4th, or I5th cent] Sulph. cast from fine,
but chipped, impression. i-f- in. [Ixxiv. 61.]
A shield of arms : three crowns or coronets in pale, TOWN
OF KlNGSTON-UPON-HuLL. Within a cusped and pointed
H 2
100 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
quatrefoil enriched with carved ball-flower ornamentation.
Field replenished with sprigs of foliage.
S' OFFICII S MAIORATUS t VILLE I DEE I] . . . . GSTON I SUPER
HULL**
Cf. S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 512.
Mayor or Bailiffs, A.D. 1685-1688.
5033. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-i x i
in. [Ixxiv. 62.]
An oval carved shield of arms, TOWN OF KlNGSTON-
UPON-HULL, as in No. 5032.
* SIG VILLXE KINGSTON SVPER HULL.
A nother Seal or Signet.
5034. Sulph. cast from the matrix. x in. [Ixxiv.
64.]
Oval : a shield of arms, TOWN OF KiNGSTON-UPON-HuLL,
as in No. 5032. Betw. a palm-branch on the 1., and a laurel
branch on the r. tied in base.
Another Seal.
5035. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. i^- x
A castle with embattled wall and side-towers : round-
headed doorway closed. Above in the field, the three crowns,
in pale, of the arms of the Town, see No. 5032.
* * KINGSTON ft SV.R fc HVLL A* *
Admiralty.
5036. [i$th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression or the
matrix, i-fi in. [Ixxiv. 65.]
A one-masted ship on waves, mainsail charged with a
shield of arms, TOWN OF KiNGSTON-UPON-HuLL, as in
No. 5032. Crow's nest, pennon at the mast-head, high poop
and prow.
S' OFFICIJ * ADMIRALLITATIS * UILLE * ......... H . . LL'
Cabled borders.
KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES, co. Surrey.
5037. Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2 in. [D.C., F. 337.]
A shield of arms : three salmons naiant in pale, in base
LOCAL SEALS. ioi
the initial letter K, TOWN OF KlNGSTON-UPON-THAMES.
(Burke, General Armory, and Papworth, Ordinary of British
Armorials, state that the salmons are hauriant, in error.)
Betw. three lions rampant guardant of ENGLAND, within
a cusped and pointed gothic quatrefoil with carved spandrils.
fc S' COMVNITATIS VILL DG KYNGG6STON6 : SVPER :
TAMICIAM -J2
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 518.
5038. [A.D. 1549.] Red: imperfect and indistinct. [Add.
ch. 5628.]
S 1 TON TAMICIAM
5039. [A.D. 1613.] Red : chipped and indistinct in parts.
[Add. ch. 5636.]
J S' COMVNITATIS VILL6 D6 GSTON6 : SVP6R :
TAM .
KIRKBY-IN-LONSDALE, co. Westmorland.
Free Grammar School \ A.D. 1591.
5040. Sulph. cast from the "matrix, tinted red. i-^ in.
[xxxv. 139.]
A schoolmaster, seated on a chair, turned to the r., with cap
and robes, instructing two pupils from an open book.
Legend, an elegiac distich, in two concentric annuli :
(I.) * STET ft SCHOLA ft DE ft KIRKBY ft IN ft LONSDAL ft
DEVS ft ET ft PIA ft PRINCEPS : ft :
(2.) DY ft FAVEANT ft PVERIS ft ELISABETA ft SCOLIS : ft :
5041. Another, [xlvii. 837.]
Laing, MS. Catal., No. 300.
KIRKBY KENDAL, co. Westmorland, see KENDAL.
KIRKBY-R A YENS WORTH, co. York.
Almshouse of St. John Baptist and Free Grammar
School, A.D. 1555.
5042. Sulph. cast from the matrix, tinted red. 2 T 3 7 x
in. [xxxv. 140.]
Oval : St. John Baptist in the wilderness, standing with
IO2 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
nimbus and cloak, in the r. h., holding the Agnus Dei on a
plaque, and pointing to it with the 1. h. In base the date 1555.
* + S + ELEMOSINARIE + S + IOHANNIS BABTISTE DE
KIRKBI RAVESWATH.
5043. Another, [xlvii. 838.]
Laing, MS. Catal., No. 307.
LANCASTER, County of.
NICHOLAS TOWNLEY, Sheriff, A.D. 1632.
5044. Sulph. cast from the matrix, i^ in. [Ixvi. 39.]
A castle gateway, with two domed towers, on each a flag,
round-headed portal with portcullis ; over the doorway an
estoile of eight points ; over the battlements, on a helmet
and wreath a hawk, in allusion to the crest of TOWNLEY, viz.,
on a perch a hawk belled, round the perch a riband. At the
sides the initial letters M. T. Below each, a circular mark in
matrix. In base the word LAMC.
Carved border.
Cf. Add. MS. 26,741, f. 521.
LANCASTER, co. Lancaster.
5045. [i5th cent] Recent impression in red sealing-wax
from the matrix, i^-in. [xlviii. 10.]
A triple-towered castle of coarse design, with two storeys,
embattled and masoned. In base, on the 1. a lion passant
guardant (with tail extended and fourchee) of ENGLAND, on
the r. a fleur-de-lis of FRANCE, (see next seal, No. 5047). Rude
workmanship. The King mentioned in the legend is probably
Henry IV.
$ S' H6NR : D G * R6 * ANGLE : Z : FRANCE * DNS : HIB.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 21.
5046. Sulph. cast. [Ixvi. 36.]
Burgesses, or Borough.
5047. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-^ in.
[Ixvi. 37-]
A shield of arms : in chief a fleur-de-lis of FRANCE ; in
base a lion rampant guardant of ENGLAND, TOWN OF
LANCASTER.
* SIGILLVM COMVNE BVRG' SIVE VILL LANCASTRIE.
LOCAL SEALS. 103
LANGPORT-EAST-OVER, co. Somerset.
5048. [A.D. 1617.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. i-f x
ii in. [B.C., H. 181.]
Oval : a blackamoor's head to the left, filleted, the bust
draped with a laced collar.
SIG' : PREPOS ET : COMVNI : BVRGI DE LANG' E8TO
Carved border.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. Hi., p. 28.
5049. Another. [Ixi. 12.]
LEACH, NORTH, co. Gloucester.
Free Grammar School, A.D. 1559.
5050. Sulph. cast from the matrix, tinted red. i-|- in.
[xlvii. 847.]
A shield of arms ornamentally carved with flowers and
fruits : three estoiles or mullets of six points, a canton ermine,
WESTWOOD, founder.
SIGILLVM HVGO WESTWOOD IN COM GLOC.
Beaded borders.
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. i.., p. 454 ; Laing's MS.
Catal., No. 280.
LEEDS, co. York.
First Corporation Seal, A.D. 1626.
5051. Sulph. cast from the matrix. iJ- in. [Ixxiv. 75.]
On a mount a shield of arms : a fleece, suspended by strap
and chain. Crest a chaplet. Supporters two owls crowned,
TOWN OF LEEDS.
SIGILLVM BVRGI : DE LEEDES. 1626.
Inner border cabled, outer border carved.
Second Corporation Seal, A.D. 1662.
5052. Sulph. cast from the matrix. I-&- in. [Ixxiv. 76.]
An ornamental shield of arms : a fleece (see No. 5051) in a
chief three mullets, TOWN OF LEEDS.
3 SIGILLVM . BVRGI . DE . LEEDES . 1662.
Carved border.
104 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Another, A.D. 1662.
5053. Sulph. cast from the matrix. ii in. [Ixxiv. 77.]
An oval shield of arms, ornamentally carved, TOWN OF
LEEDS, as in the preceding seal No. 5052.
ft SIGILLVM ft BVRGI ft DE ft LEEDS ft 1662.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 46.
Third Corporation Seal, A.D. 1836.
5054. Sulph. cast from the matrix. i-j%- in. [Ixxiv. 78.]
An ornamental shield of arms, TOWN OF LEEDS, as in
No. 5052. Crest, on a wreath, an owl. Supporters, two owls,
crowned, standing on carved scrolls with a leopard's head in
base.
SIGILLVM BVRGI DE LEEDS 1836
LEWES, co. Sussex.
5055. [i5th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. i in.
[Ixxii. 92.]
A shield of arms : chequy in the sinister chief on a canton
a lion rampant betw. eight crosses crosslets, TOWN OF LEWES.
Betw. three palm branches.
fc 5* SIGILLUM : # : COMVNE # : BURGI : * : DE :
LEWYS * :
Inner border carved and enriched with ball-flowers, outer
border beaded.
Another.
5056. [i5th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 1-^5- in.
X I in. [Ixxii. 93.]
A copy, but smaller, of the design of the preceding seal,
No. 5055.
* SIGILLVM * S BVRGI DE * LEWYS X + *
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 67.
LEICESTER, co. Leicester.
Mayor.
5057. [i7th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i^ in.
[Ixvi. 59-]
The Virgin, crowned, seated in a canopied niche with
tabernacle-work at the sides, the Child on the 1. arm, in the
LOCAL SEALS. 105
r. h. a sceptre. In base, under an imperfect arch with
masonry at the sides, a shield of arms : a cinquefoil, TOWN
OF LEICESTER.
SIGILL STAT MAIO BVRGI LEICESTRI.
LEOMINSTER, co. Hereford.
5058. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. i| x
i in. [Ixiv. 54.]
Pointed oval : St. Peter, one of the Patron Saints of the
parish, standing, in the r. h. two keys, in the 1. h. a book.
The figure perhaps has been copied from an earlier seal.
$ SIGILLVM : COMMVM6 : L6OM1MSTRI6.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 63.
LICHPIELD, co. Stafford.
5059. [A.D. 1688.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2f in.
[Ixxii. 50.]
A battle-field strewn with three dead bodies and weapons,
a flag, and a crown, in allusion to the name of the town Lich-
(i.e. lie, Anglo-Sax., a
SIGILLVM COMMVNE CIVITATIS DE LICHFEILD +
+ AN : D' : 1688.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 72.
LINCOLNSHIRE.
G W , Sheriff.
5060. Sulph. cast from the matrix. i in. [Ixvii. 13.]
A castle with two side towers, domed and topped by a
flag ; round-headed portal with portcullis down. Betw. the
tower, over the battlements, on a wreath a demi-eagle. In
the field the initials G. W. In base the word : LING'.
Carved border.
P G , Sheriff.
5061. Sulph. cast. i| X I in. [Ixvii. 14.]
Oval : a castle with two side towers domed, and topped by
a flag, roundheaded portal. Betw. the towers, over the battle-
ments, on a wreath a lion's head erased. In the field the
initials P. G. In base the word : LING.
IO6 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
LINCOLN, co. Lincoln.
First Corporation Seal.
5062. [A.D. 1511.] Red: fine, chipped and imperfect on
the r. side. About 3^- in. when perfect. (Stowe Collection :
Burton charters.)
A castle of elaborate design in three storeys, curtain wall
diapered lozengy, five towers, with short spires topped with
weather vanes, and quatrefoiled openings ; round-headed
portal closed, portcullis one-third down. On the curtain-wall
a shield of arms : on a cross a fleur-de-lis, ClTY OF LINCOLN.
At each side a wall, shown obliquely, with crenellated ridge,
over it on the 1., a fleur-de-lis ; the corresponding device on
the r. is wanting.
SIG UNE # CIVITATIS # LINCOLNIE *
Second Corporation Seal, c. A.D. 1628.
5063. Recent impression in red sealing-wax from the
matrix. 2-jj- in. [1. 23.]
A copy of the design of the preceding seal with details
differently treated. On each side of the portal a circular
opening ; over the portal a shield of arms, ClTY OF LINCOLN,
see No. 5061. In the field over the towers four fleurs-de-lis ;
on each side another.
THE COMMON SEALE OF THE CIT : LINCOLNE.
Carved borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 80.
Mayoralty.
5064. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in-
[Ixvii. ii.]
The Virgin, standing on a carved corbel under a trefoiled
arch crocketed and supported on architectural piers ; with
crown, the Child with nimbus on the 1. arm, in the r. h. a ball.
In the field on each side a lion passant guardant of ENGLAND.
SIGILL' MAIORITATIS LINCOLNI6.
Beaded borders.
Wool Staple.
5065. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. I T 3 7 in.
[Ixvii. 12.]
The Virgin, with crown, standing on a wool-sack, in a
canopied niche with tabernacle work at the sides ; the Child
on the r. arm.
LOCAL SEALS. 107
S' I OFFICII I STAPVL6 t CIVITAT' + LINCOLN'
Beaded borders.
Seal for delivery of Wool and Hides, see No. 1159.
Seals "pro recognitione debitorum," see Nos. 1076-1079.
LISKEARD, co. Cornwall.
5066. [i7th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2 x
if in. [Ixi. 15.]
Pointed oval : a fleur-de-lis of elegant design (by way of
rebus) ; thereon two birds. In the field on each side an
annulet and an ostrich feather; probably in reference to
RICHARD PLANTAGENET, Earl of Cornwall, who enfranchised
the Borough in A.D. 1240, and to Q. Elizabeth.
* SIGILLVM COMMVNE BVRGI DE LISKEARD.
Carved border.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 94.
LIVERPOOL, co. Lancaster.
5067. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2| x
ii in. [Ixvi. 35.]
Pointed oval : an eagle, rising contourne with expanded
wings, holding in its beak a trefoiled sprig. On the foot a
scroll inscribed: lOH'IS. In the field a crescent enclosing
an estoile of six points.
* SIGILL' COMMVN6 & BORGSIV~D LEVE -B.
Beaded borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 105 ; Picton, Memorials of Liverpool,
vol. i., pp. 17, 1 8.
LONDON, co. Middlesex.
5068. [i3th cent.] Sulph. casts from fine, but chipped,
impression. 2-f- in. [Ixviii. 18, 19.]
0. St. Paul, Patron Saint of the City, with nimbus, in the
r. h. a drawn sword erect, in the 1. h. a banner-flag, charged with
the arms of ENGLAND (reversed); standing on the tower of
St. Paul's Cathedral, over a gateway in the embattled wall of
the city. Within the enceinte of the wall is a view of the city
with several tall spires of churches, and at each side two
108 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
square-towered churches. In front of the wall, the R. Thames.
The round-headed doorway is filled up with the heraldic
device of, quarterly, in the fess point a pierced mullet.
SIGILLVM : BARONVM : LONDONIARVM.
R. St. Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, with mitre and
pall, lifting up the r. h. in benediction, in the 1. h. a long crozier
held obliquely, seated on a carved throne, betw. two groups of
worshippers, those on the r. h. side, with hoods, are probably
monks or clergy, those on the 1. h. side, laymen. Across the
field the inscription : scs THOM AR. In base, under a
semicircular arch of large span, a representation of the City of
London with St. Paul's Cathedral in the middle, tall pointed
spires on each side and at the end, on each side a church
with square embattled tower, all enclosed within an embattled
wall with gateway and towers.
Legend, a rhyming verse :
M QV ". . . . MA : TV
Later Seal.
5069. [A.D. 1670.] Red : covered with paper before im-
pression. 2-fg- in. [Add. ch. 1683.]
0. A copy of the obv. of the preceding seal, No. 5068. The
armorial charges in the doorway are here replaced by the
line or rabbet of the folding doors with a rose, boss, or knocker
in the centre.
SIGILLVM : BARONVM : LONDONIARVM.
Ifc. A shield of arms, coucht : a cross quarterly, in the dexter
chief a sword hilt downwards, ClTY OF LONDON. Crest, on a
helmet, tasselled mantling, and wreath, a cross betw. two
dragons' wings.
LONDINI DEFENDG TVOS DEVS OPTIM6 * CIV6S *
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. Hi., p. 136.
5070. [A.D. 1791.] Another, [xliii. 177.]
5071. Rev. only, on a wafer covered with paper before im-
pression en placard. Cut from a parchment deed, [xliii. 158.]
5072. Another rev. similar to the preceding, [xliii. 159.]
Corporation for the Poor of the City.
5073. [A.D. 1699.] Red: fine, imperfect in places. Covered
with paper before impression, en placard, on a label. 2\ in.
[Add. ch. 19,740.]
LOCAL SEALS. 109
0. A shield of arms : a cross, in the dexter chief a sword,
hilt downward, ClTY OF LONDON. The shield richly carved
with scroll-work, foliage and flowers.
[THE SEAL OF ] THE CORPORATION FOR THE
POOR OF [THE CITY OF LONDON.]
EL An emblematical shield of arms : a field of ripe corn, on
a chief seme of bees a beehive. Crest on a helmet, mantling
of foliage, and wreath, a lamb sejant or couchant. Supporters,
dex., a boy ; sin., a girl, each on a mount.
* GOD * GIVES * PEACE " . . Y (? and plenty} # TO
* INDUSTRY.
Carved borders.
Mayoralty.
First Seal.
5074. [i4th cent] Red : fine. Cut from a charter bearing
date A.D. 1544. 2^-in. [xxxvi. 41.]
This design appears to have been the work of the goldsmith
who executed some of the great seals of Edward III. and
Richard II. See Nos. 231, etc. Stow, Survey of London
(Candlewick Ward), p. 237, ed. 1933, states that this seal
was made in A.D. 1380.
In a central niche of three bays (the two side bays richly
canopied, the middle bay groined and supporting a smaller
niche in the upper part), on the 1. St. Thomas, Archbishop of
Canterbury, with mitre and pall, seated on a bench, lifting up
the r. h. in benediction, in the 1. h. a long crozier ; on the r.
St. Paul, holding in the r. h. a drawn sword, in the 1. h. a book,
similarly seated on a bench, beneath his feet a prostrate
figure of Elymas the sorcerer. In the smaller niche overhead,
the Virgin, crowned, seated, holding the Child standing
on her 1. knee, in her r. h. a book. On each side of this
central niche a canopied niche, containing in a balcony a
half-length man-at-arms with low cap, holding a mace or club.
Above, on each side on a pedestal or bracket, an angel
kneeling, with wings expanded, hands in prayer. In base, in
a compartment with flat head, a shield of arms : CITY OF
LONDON, as in No. 5073, supported by two demi-lions,
rampant guardant, each under a round-headed arch. At the
sides outside all, tabernacle work.
SIGILL' . MAIORATUS : CIUITATIS : LONDON :
Arch. Journ., vol. iii., p. 74, fig. 2.
5075. Sulph. cast from imperfect and indistinct impression.
[B.C., R 56-]
. . . ITATIS : LONDON :
1 10 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
5076. [A.D. 1389.] Red : very fine, very imperfect. [Add.
ch. 6046.]
CIUITATIS : LONDON :
5077. [A.D. 1449.] Red : fine, very imperfect, only central
part remaining. [Add. ch. 22,642.]
5078. [A.D. 1452.] Red : good, but imperfect, the edge
very much injured. [Stowe Collection : Burton Charters.]
Second state of the First Seal.
5079. Sulph. cast from the matrix. [Ixvii. 20.]
This is from the same matrix as the preceding seal, No.
5074, but shows the greatly worn condition of the matrix,
which appears in some places to have been retouched by the
goldsmith.
Later Seal, or
Design for a new Seal.
5080. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2\ in.
[Ixviii. 21.]
This is a design which owes its origin to the previous seal,
No. 5075, but has been executed with a view to supersede the
Gothic architecture by substituting the Italian style. In the
centre in a niche with three round-headed arches, on the 1.
St. Thomas the Archbishop seated with mitre and long cross
or crozier, on the r. a king seated, crowned, with drawn sword
in the r. h., and orb and cross in the 1. h., betw. the two
figures a vase. Above, in smaller niche, with double arch, the
Virgin and Child ; smaller niche on each side, and an angel
on each side outside the niches. At each side of the central
niche, a niche with round-headed arch containing a man-at-
arms, half-length. In base, a shield of arms as before,
supported by two sea-lions, crowned, each in a niche with
round-headed arch. Under the men-at-arms on each side a
shield of arms : 1., two lions passant guardant in pale, perhaps
for one of the Mayors, or for NORMANDY ; r., ENGLAND.
SIGILL' MAIORATUS CIVITATIS LONDON.
Archaol. Journ. vol. Hi.) p. 74.
ELIAS, Town Clerk.
5081. [ 1 2th cent.] Sulph. cast from fine impression, i^ X
in. [Ivii. 6.]
Pointed oval : the clerk, seated on a carved chair with
scroll-shaped back, to the r., reading a book on a lectern.
8' LIE LONDONIARV. CL'ICI.
Beaded border.
5082. Another. [D.C., E 303.]
LOCAL SEALS. Ill
Chamberlain, A.D. 1589.
5083. Red : fine, i^- x | in. [Harl. ch. 56 E. 20.]
Oval : on the 1. a sword of St. Paul, handle downward, on
the r. two keys interlinked at the handles, of St. Peter. Across
the field the date : 1-5-8-9. Above, an open jewelled crown
of three points fleury and two pearls ; below, a lion passant
guardant of ENGLAND.
S' CAMERE LONDONIAR'.
5083*. Sulph. cast of No. 5083. [B.C., H. 180.]
5084. Red : a fragment, detached from its charter. [Box
with Harl. ch. 47 D. 50.]
Another Seal, A.D. 1589.
5085. Sulph. cast from the matrix or fine impression.
| X I- in. [Ixviii. 96.]
Oval : same design as the previous seal, No. 5083, but
smaller.
S CAMERXE LONDINI.
Later Seal, A.D. 1720.
5086. Sulph. cast from the matrix, i^- in. [Ixviii. 62.]
Same design as the previous seal, No. 5083, but larger.
Across the field the date : 1-7-2-0.
SIG CAMER/E LONDINI.
Seal "pro recognitione debitorum," see No. 1080.
Seal of the Port of London, see No. 1157.
Seal of the Collectors of the subsidy for rebuilding London
Bridge, see No. 1167.
Heralds College or College of Arms.
5087. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2-^- in.
[Ixviii. 66.]
On a mount with herbage, a shield of arms : a cross betw.
four doves, the wings expanded and inverted, HERALDS'
COLLEGE. Crest, on a helmet and mantling, in a ducal
coronet a dove rising. Supporters, two lions rampant guar-
dant ducally gorged.
>&> SIGILLVM * COMVNE * CORPORACIONIS OFFICII *
ARMORVM
112 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Kings of Arms.
SIR EDWARD WALKER, Garter.
5088. [A.D. 1660.] Red : fine, app. by plaited strands of
blue and yellow silk, and enclosed in a tinned iron box of
contemporary make. 2 in. [Wol. ch. iv. 67.]
A shield of arms, of ornamental design, with carved scrolls
and festoons of flowers and fruit : per pale, dex. St. George's
Cross, on a chief a coronet or open crown within the Garter of
the order, betw. a lion of ENGLAND and a fleur-de-lis of
FRANCE, OFFICE OF GARTER KING OF ARMS ; sin., on a
chevron ringed at the point, betw. three crescents, a crescent
for difference, WALKER.
O SIG DNI EDI WALKER EQVITIS AV GARTERII
PRINCIPALS REGIS ARMOR ANGLI.
Carved borders.
M. Noble, History of the College of Arms, p. 278.
SIR HENRY ST. GEORGE, Garter.
5089. [A.D. 1711.] Red: fine, app. by ribands of blue
and white silk, and enclosed in a tinned iron box of contem-
porary make. 2| in. [Add. ch. 16,284.]
A shield of arms of ornamental design, as in No. 5088, with
a lion's face over it. The armorial bearings are : per pale,
dex., OFFICE OF GARTER KING OF ARMS, see No. 5088 ;
sin., a chief, over all a lion rampant, on an escutcheon three
ducal coronets, two and one, ST. GEORGE.
+ SIG DNI HEN SAINT GEORGE MIL GARTER PRINC
REGIS ARMORVM ANGL.
Carved borders.
Official Seal used by
JOHN ANST1S, Garter.
5090. [A.D. 1741.] Red : fine, app. by ribands of green
and yellow silk, and enclosed in a tinned iron box of con-
temporary make. 2| in. [Add. ch. 27,004.]
A shield of arms of ornamental design, as in No. 5088,
OFFICE OF GARTER KING OF ARMS.
+ SIGILL OFFICII GARTERII PRINCIPALS REGIS
ARMORVM ANGLICORVM.
Carved borders.
LOCAL SEALS. 113
ROBERT COOKE, Clarenceux.
5091. [A.D. 1 563.] ^ Red : cracked, enclosed in a turned
wooden box. I-f- in. ' [Add. ch. 15,557.]
A shield of arms : arg. St. George's cross. In the dexter
chief a fleur-de-lis of FRANCE, on a chief gu. a lion of
ENGLAND, crowned with an open crown, OFFICE OF CLAR-
ENCEUX KING OF ARMS. Betw. two crosses crosslet fitch6es,
and over it a lion rampant.
S' : OFFICII : CLARENCIEVLX : REGIS : ARMORVM : ETC :
AVSTRAL' :
6092. [A.D. 1577.] Red : fine, injured in places ; enclosed
in a turned wooden box. [Add. ch. 13,612.]
5093. [A.D. 1577.] Red : fine, enclosed in a turned wooden
box. [Wol. ch. xi. 88.]
5094. [A.D. 1 592.] Red : fine, enclosed in a turned wooden
box. [Harl. ch. 1 1 1 C. 9.]
5095. Sulph. cast from an indistinct impression. [D.C.,
H. 128.]
SIR JOHN VANBRUGH, Clarencenx.
5096. [A.D. 1711.] Red: fine; app. by ribands of blue and
white silk, and enclosed in a tinned iron box of contemporary
make. 2 in. [Add. ch. 16,284.]
An ornamental shield of arms : per pale, dex., OFFICE OF
CLARENCEUX KING OF ARMS, as in No. 5092, sin,, quarterly,
i, 4, on a fess three barrulets, in chief a demi-lion rampant
issuing, VANBRUGH ; 2, 3, on a bend three mascles,
CARLETON.
S> SIGILL' : IOHAN : VANBRUGH : ARM : CLARENCEUX : REGIS :
ARMORUM.
Carved border.
M. Noble, History of the College of Arms, p. 355 ; the official arms ;
described on p. 62, do not agree altogether with those on this seal.
KNOX WARD, Clarenceux,
5097. [A.D. 1741.] Red: fine; app. by ribands of green
and yellow silk, and enclosed in a tinned iron box of contem-
porary make. 2^ in. [Add. ch. 27,004.]
A shield of arms of ornamental design : with carved scrolls
and festoons of flowers and fruit : dex., OFFICE OF CLAR-
ENCEUX KING OF ARMS, as in No. 5091, but without the
fleur-de-lis in the dexter chief; sin., erm. a cross flory can-
VOL. II. I
114 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
toned with four annulets, WARD. Over the shield an open
crown of five leaves.
: SIGILL : KNOX WARD ARM : CLARENCEUX REGIS ARMORUM.
Carved border.
PETER, " Rex Hyraudorum citra aquam de Trente
ex parte boriali? Norroy.
6098. [A.D. 1276.] Green: only a fine fragment About
i in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 54 G. 44.]
A shield of arms : three crowns, two and one.
VRV
SIR JOHN BOROUGH, Norroy.
6099. [A.D. 1625.] Red: cracked; app. by ribands of
faded red silk, and enclosed in an ornamented tinned iron
box of contemporary make, i-g- in. [Harl. ch. in C. 10.]
A shield of arms : St. George's cross, on a chief, per pale,
a lion passant guardant of ENGLAND, betw. a fleur-de-lis of
FRANCE, and a key, OFFICE OF NORROY KING OF ARMS.
S S OFFICII NORROY REGIS ARMORVM BOREALIS.
The letters US of Borealis are in the field over the shield.
M. Noble, History of the College of Arms, p. 62.
6100. Sulph. cast from No. 5099. [B.C., H. 139.]
PETER LE NEVE, Norroy.
5101. [A.D. 1711.] Red: fine ; app. by ribands of blue and
white silk, and enclosed in a tinned iron box of contemporary
make. 2 in. [Add. ch. 16,284.]
An ornamental shield of arms : per pale, dex. t OFFICE OF
NORROY KING OF ARMS, as in No. 5099 ; sin., on a cross
five fleurs-de-lis, LE NEVE, in dexter chief a crescent for
difference.
SIGILL PETRI LE NEVE ARMIG NORROY REGIS
ARMORUM.
Carved borders.
LOCAL SEALS. 115
Royal Mint.
Warden and Workmen.
5102. [i8th cent] Recent impression in red sealing-wax
from the matrix. 2-f in. [xxxv. 349.]
On a mount an embattled fortress of elaborate design, with
central tower having dome and side turrets, betw. two shields
of arms : 1., ENGLAND; r., quarterly i, 4, quarterly i., iv.,
ENGLAND, ii., iii., SCOTLAND, 2, FRANCE (MODERN), 3,
IRELAND. Below the shields the Royal initials G. R.
SIGIL : COR : CVSTODIS : CAMB : OPERAT : ET :
AL1ORVM : MINIST.
Carved border.
Ruding, Annals of the English Coinage, vols. i., p. 40 n. j vi., map.
The Royal Society, A.D. 1663.
5103. Leaden impression, very much oxidised. [Slo.
xxxiv. 40.]
Too much defaced to be described.
Engr. in Vertue, Simons'* Works, pi. xxxi.
The Royal College of Physicians of London, A.D. 1523.
5104. [i8th cent] Proof impression in red sealing-wax
from the matrix : enclosed in a box. 2\ in. [Slo. xxxiv. 39.]
St. Luke, with nimbus, seated in a chair to the 1., at a
round table, writing in a book. In a hall, paved, panelled,
and ornamented with festoons of flowers. At the r. h. side
a curtain looped up. Above, an ornamentally carved shield
of arms with an escallop at the top and a lion's face
at the bottom, and a palm branch on each side. The
armorial bearings are : a dexter hand issuing out of clouds in
chief rayonne*s, feeling the pulse of a dexter hand and arm
in fess issuing from the sin. side of the shield, vested : in
base a pomegranate slashed and seeded, slipped and leaved ;
all within five demi-fleurs-de-lis bordering the edge of the
shield, (field hatched with crossing lines for sable), ROYAL
COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON.
Legend on a scroll :
SIGILLUM COMMUNE COL . REG . MEDICORUM LONDIN.
Carved border.
Small Seal.
5105. [i8th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. | X in.
[Ixviii. 94.]
I 2
Il6 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Oval : an ornamental shield of arms as in No. 5104, with a
bordure, ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON.
Legend on a scroll :
O BIOC BPAXYC H AE TEXNH MAKPH.
British Museum, A.D. 1753.
5106. Recent proof impression in red sealing-wax from
the matrix. 3i in. [xxxv. 57.]
An Ionic edifice or temple, tetrastyle, approached by a
flight of three steps, and having a triangular pediment, in
which is a radiant head, and a doorway with panelled folding-
doors and pediment above them. Over the doorway a plain
blank oval, with festoons over it. Betw. the two 1. h. pillars,
RHEA or CYBELE, standing with mural or crenellated crown, a
pine cone slipped, in the r. h., a sickle in the 1. h., at her feet
two lions crouching. On the 1., in a corresponding position,
MINERVA, helmeted, in the r. h. a scroll, in the 1. h. a long
spear ; at her feet, on the 1. an owl, on the r. an oval shield
charged with Medusa's head and snakes. In the exergue the
motto :
BONARVM ARTIVM
CVLTORIBVS.
# SIGILLVM CVRATORVM MVSEI BRITANNICI EX 8ENATVS
CONSVLTO CONDITI A D MDCCLIII.
Carved border.
Museum Minerva.
A Literary Institution founded by Sir Francis Kynaston, Knt.,
Esquire of the Body to Charles I., in Covent Garden, London.
5107. [A.D. 1632-1642.] Recent impression in red sealing-
wax. i-|-xi|in. [xlix. 47.]
Oval : Sir Francis Kynaston, knt, founder, half-length, to
the 1., with an armoured cuirass of damascened work, and
collar. On his 1. arm a shield of arms, ENGLAND, ensigned
with a royal crown. In the exergue the letters T. R:, for
Thomas Rawlins, Engraver to the Mint in 1643, see Grueber,
Medallic Illustrations, vol. ii., p. 736.
FRA KINASTON EQV AVRAT REGII CORP ARG.
Chalmers, Biogr. Diet., vol. xix., p. 435.
LOCAL SEALS. 1 1/
Christ's Hospital, A.D. 1553.
5108. Sulph. cast, tinted red,' from the matrix, f X 4 in.
[xxxv. 141.]
Oval : an ornamental shield of arms with carved scrolls
and flowers ; a cross quarterly, in the dexter chief a sword
erect, on a chief a rose of five leaves, barbed and seeded betw.
two fleurs-de-lis, CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.
5109. Another, [xlvii. 851.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 286.
The Foundling Hospital.
5110. Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2 in. [Ixviii. 95.]
An ornamental shield of arms : [per fess] in chief a crescent
betw. two estoiles or mullets of six points, in base an infant
exposed, recumbent, stretching upwards the r. h., FOUNDLING
HOSPITAL. Crest, on a wreath, a lamb statant [holding in
the mouth a sprig of laurel]. Supporters, two emblematical
figures, dex., NATURE, sin., WISDOM according to Burke,
Gen. Armory, s.v., but somewhat doubtful, if rightly depicted
in this seal. Motto on a carved scroll in base : HELP.
Carved border.
Brewers' Company.
5111. [ 1 5th cent] Sulph. cast 2% in. [B.C., G. 51.]
The Assumption of the Virgin, standing, crowned, hands in
prayer, surrounded by radiance, upheld by three demi-angels
with expanded wings on each side, and one, with arms ex-
tended, in base. Overhead in clouds the head of the Almighty.
All within a carved panel of circular form with cusped lobe
at the top.
SIGILLUM : COMMUNITATIS : MISTERII : BRACIATORUM :
LONDINI. t*
At the end of the legend a long sprig with four ears of
barley.
Drapers' Company ', A.D. 1439.
5112. [iSth cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression. 34
in. [Ixviii. 6l.]
The Virgin, with triple crown or tiara, three-quarters-length,
in the r. h. a sceptre, in the 1. h. a palm-branch, on each side
a group of persons sheltered under her cloak, surrounded by
Il8 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
radiance and supported by four angels with expanded wings.
Over her head the Almighty, half-length, lifting up the r. h.
in benediction, with the 1. h. placing the crown on the Virgin's
head ; above him the Dove of the Spirit In base, a shield
of arms : three clouds, radiated in base, each surmounted with
a triple crown, DRAPERS' COMPANY OF LONDON.
SIGILLU A* COMUNE * FRATERNITAT? # BE <* MARIE *
MISTERE PANNARIO&* LONDON'.
Carved borders.
Noorthouck, History of London , pi. I., p. 888.
Girdlers Company, A.D. 1449.
5113. [A.D. 1509.] Red : fine, imperfect on the lower part
of the 1. h. side. ii in. [Harl. ch. 45 C. 23.]
A shield of arms, couch6 : per fess, a pale counterchanged,
three gridirons, GIRDLERS' COMPANY OF LONDON. Crest,
on a helmet, and ornamental mantling, a demi-man, represent-
ing St. Lawrence, with nimbus, issuing out of clouds, girt
round the body with a girdle, holding in the r. h. a gridiron
and in the 1. h. a book.
Legend on a riband :
S' COlE ARTIS ZONARIOR ATIS LONDON
For arms see Noorthouck, Hist, of London, pi. II.
5114. Sulph. cast from No. 5113. [D.C., H. 86.]
Glovers' Company, A.D. 1638.
5115. Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-ff x li in. [Ixviii.
64.]
Oval : a shield of arms : per fess, a pale counterchanged,
three rams salient, two and one, GLOVERS' COMPANY OF
LONDON. Crest on a helmet, ornamental mantling and wreath,
a ram's head issuing from a basket, betw. a pair of wings.
a SIGILLVM ft CHIROTHECAREORVM ft LONDON ft
Beaded border.
Noorthouck, History of London, pi. I., p. 888.
Leathersellers Company, A.D. 1442.
5116. Sulph. cast from imperfect and indistinct impression.
2| in. [D.C., G. 50.]
LOCAL SEALS. H9
The Assumption of the Virgin, with crown, hands in prayer,
surrounded by radiance, upheld by two demi-angels, with
expanded wings, issuing from clouds, on each side. Above,
two half-length figures of the Father and the Son, crowned,
in clouds, placing the crown on the Virgin's head ; over her
head the Dove of the Spirit. In base, a shield of arms : three
stags, tripping, reguardant, LEATHERSELLERS' COMPANY OF
LONDON. Supporters, two angels, kneeling, very indistinct.
SIGILLUM : COE : ART : SIUE : MISTERIJ : DE : LETHER-
SELLARS LONDON.
Noorthouck, History of London, pi. II.
Mercers Company, A.D. 1393.
5117. Sulph. cast from fine impression, injured in places.
i-iV in. [Ixviii. 63.]
Bust of the Virgin, full-face, with a crown of five points
fleury, the charge in the shield of arms of the MERCERS'
COMPANY OF LONDON.
Legend on a riband or scroll, with curled ends :
SIGILLUM : COITATIS : MYSTERE : MERCERIE : LONDON' (?)
Cf. the arms in Noorthouck, History of London , pi. I., p. 888.
Merchant-Taylors* Company, A.D. 1466.
5118. Pale-red : fine. 2| in. [xxxv. 258.]
St. John Baptist, with nimbus, holding the Agnus Dei in the
1. h. and pointing with the r. h. to it ; standing on a mount in a
wilderness, with two trees on each side, a lion on the r. and
an unicorn on the 1. In base a shield of arms : per chief, (or
a chief, over all) a royal tent betw. two parliament robes, in
chief an Agnus Dei in a glory, ancient arms of the MERCHANT
TAYLORS' COMPANY OF LONDON. Background diapered
lozengy with a fleur-de-lis or rose in each space.
S' COG MCATOR SCISSOR FRATNlTAT? SCI
BAPT6 LODON.
Cf. the modern arms in Noorthouck, History of Lo'ndon, pi. I.
5119. Sulph. cast. [Ixviii. 65.]
Skinners Company, A.D. 1327.
5120. [A.D. 1327.] Light-brown : cut from a deed.
[xxxvi. 47.]
120 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
An ornamental shield of arms : ermine, on a chief three
princes' crowns, of crosses pattees and fleurs-de-lis, with
tasselled caps, SKINNERS' COMPANY OF LONDON. Crest, on
a helmet, ornamental mantling and wreath, an heraldic lizard
wreathed round the neck with laurel leaves purfled. Sup-
porters, dex., a lizard of Norway, rampant guardant, sin., a
martin, each gorged with a laurel wreath, purfled.
On a scroll in base the inscription : /R' I III R. (? Anno
regni I Edw. III. Regis.)
Noorthouck, History of London, pi. I.
Staple Merchants.
5121. [i4th cent.] Red : fine, much injured. About I in.
when perfect, [xl. 21.]
A shield of arms : barry nebule'e of four or six (?) on a
chief a lion passant guardant, STAPLE MERCHANTS OF
LONDON.
SIQILL TA
Tallow- Chandlers Company, A.D. 1463.
5122. Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-i- in. [B.C., G. 252.]
A shield of arms, couch6 : per fess, a pale counterchanged,
three doves, in the beak of each an olive branch, TALLOW
CHANDLERS' COMPANY OF LONDON. Crest, on a helmet,
ornamental mantling and wreath, a demi-angel issuing from
clouds, vested, wings expanded, and crined, on his head a cap
surmounted by a cross pattee, holding a circular dish contain-
ing the head of St. John Baptist.
Legend on a scroll or riband curled and waved :
SIGILLU + COE + C6TTATIS + MISTERE * TALOUGH +
CHANDLERS + COTAT? + LONDONIARUM.
Cf. Noorthouck, History of London, pi. III., p. 888.
Wax-Chandlers Company, A.D. 1483 (?)
5123. Sulph. cast from imperfect and indistinct impression.
I-L in. [Ixviii. 30.]
Our Lord, full-length, with nimbus, lifting up the r. h. in
benediction, in the 1. h. an orb topped with a long cross ;
surrounded with radiance. Overhead, the Almighty Father,
LOCAL SEALS. 121
half-length, with nimbus, hands uplifted in benediction. At
the sides two angels ? half-length, issuing from clouds. Below
these, three saints, each with nimbus.
Legend on a scroll :
SIGILLUM : COMUNE : MISTERII NDELERS :
CIUITAT' : LONDO.
Society of Mineral and Battery Works, A.D. 1568.
5124. Cast in red earth or composition : chipped. ii in.
[xxxv. 54.]
A shield of arms : on a mount a brazen pillar supported
on the dex. side by a lion rampant reguardant, on the sin.
side by a griffin or dragon segreant, on the pillar a coil of
wire tied betw. a bezant and a plate in chief, THE SOCIETY.
Crest on a helmet, wreath, and ornamental mantling of
foliage, two arms embowed, vested at the shoulder, the hands
holding up a calamine stone. Supporters, dex., SCIENCE as
a female figure vested, in her r. h. a pair of compasses, on
her head a crescent ; sin., LABOUR, as an old man, vested,
in his 1. h. a hammer, on his head a crescent
SIGIL MINERARIOR ET METALL CVSOR IN ANGLIA
DO . TER- HIBERNIAQ ANO NA.
Cf. the arms in Noorthouck's History of London, pi. III.
New-River Company, A.D. 1612.
5125. [A.D. 1678.] Red : each side covered with paper
before impression. 2-f in. [Harl. ch. 77 D. 28.]
0. View of the city of London, with St. Paul's Cathedral
and other churches ; in the foreground an embattled tower
and wall. Above it a dexter hand issuing from the clouds,
and scattering rain on the city.
ET PLVI SVPER VNAM CIVITATEM & .
Amos iv. 7.
Inner border beaded, outer border carved.
BL A fleur-de-lis surrounded by the legend given below, in
three concentric circles.
Outer circle. * THE SEALE OF THE COM PAN IE OF THE
NEW RIVER.
Second circle. d BROVGHT FROM CHADWEL AND AM-
Inner circle. A WELL TO LONDON.
Beaded border.
5126. [A.D. 1697.] Another. [Lansd. ch. 662.]
122 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Company for Making Hollow Sword-Blades in
England.
5127. [A.D. 1704.] Wafer: covered with paper before
impression. i-| in. [Add. ch. 24,474.]
A carved shield of arms ornamented with scrolls and
festoons of flowers and fruit : BRITANNIA seated before an
altar on which are two " hollow sword-blades " in saltire, and
holding over them with the r. h. a royal erown.
THE SEALE OF THE GOVERNER & COMPANY FOR
MAKING HOLLOW SWORD BLADES IN ENGLAND.
Carved border.
LOOE, EAST, co, Cornwall.
5128. [i3th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. I in.
[Ixi. 1 6.]
A one-masted ship, with embattled castles at stern and
prow, two mariners on board. Over the side three similar
shields of arms : three bends.
S' COMMVN6TATIS : DE : LOO.
t S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 165.
LOOE, WEST, PORT PIGHAM, or PORT VICHAN,
co. Cornwall.
5129. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if x
I-L in. [Ivi. 17.]
Oval : an archer, standing, full-face, in the r. h. a bow, in
the 1. h. an arrow ; in his belt a sword. 10 .
FOR <* TV * AM * OTHER # WY3 * CALLED * WESTLO.
The letters HE in other conjoined.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 166.
LOSTWITHIEL, and PENKNETH or PENKNIGHT,
co. Cornwall.
5130. [A.D. 1732.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2| in.
[Ixi. 1 8.]
A shield of arms : on the sea, in which are two fishes naiant
in fess, a castle of three round towers, each masoned and
LOCAL SEALS. 12.3
having three tall turrets, betw. two thistle trees, slipped and
leaved, LOSTWITHIEL BOROUGH. Over the shield the date
1732.
SIGILLVM BVRGI DE LOSTWITHYEL ET PENKNIGHT IN
CORNVBIA.
Cabled borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr, Diet., vol. iii., p. 167.
Small Seal of A rms.
5131. Sulph. cast from the matrix. -. in. [Ixi. 19.]
A shield of arms of the BOROUGH OF LOSTWITHIEL, etc.,
as in No. 5130. The fishes are naiant contournes in fess.
SIG' BVRGI DE LOSTWITHYELL.
Beaded border.
Mayoralty.
5132. [A.D. 1427.] Red : fine, injured by pressure at the
sides. ii in. [Add. ch. 13,046.]
On the sea, in which is a large fish naiant contourne, a
triple-towered castle, betw. two trees. This design was
afterwards adopted as the charge on the shield of arms of
the Borough, see Nos. 5130, 5131.
M D MA . . . . LOS . . TGGL.
5133. [A.D. 1441.] Red : chipped and the edge injured.
[Add. ch. 19,512.]
SIGL'M DG LOS . . TL.
idOJ * 3:> * JJJIV * tJ
LOUTH PARK, or DE PARCO LUDE, co. Lincoln.
Common Seal of the Abbat and Convent ttsed by the
Grammar School.
5134. [i4th cent.] Sulph. cast from imperfect impression,
if in. [Ixvii. 20.]
The Virgin, standing, with crown, in a carved niche with
trefoiled canopy, crocketed, the Child on the 1. arm. Back-
ground hatched, and replenished with sprigs of foliage. On
each side a tree, representing the park.
S' COMMVN6 ABBIS T CONV D PARCO
LVD.
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. i., p. 835.
124 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
LOWESTOFT, co. Suffolk.
5135. [i7th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression.
14 in. [Ixxii. 7.]
A saint, half-length, with nimbus and cloak, holding in
front an ornamental shield of arms : a rose, en soleil, ensigned
with a crown.
& VILLA fc LOWISTOFT ft SOFFOCHE ft ft.
Beaded border.
LUDLOW, co. Salop.
5136. [i 5th cent.] Sulph. cast from fine impression. 2 in.
[Ixxi. 20.]
A shield of arms: a lion couchant guardant betw. three
double heraldic roses, TOWN OF LUDLOW. Inner border
of the field indented.
Legend on a scroll :
* SIGILLUM * BURGENTIUM A* VILLXE * DE * LUDLOW A*.
Another Seal.
5137. [ 1 5th cent.] Sulph. cast from fine impression. i| in.
[Ixxi. 21.]
Same design as the preceding seal, No. 5136, but from a
different matrix. The field of the shield powdered for or.
Legend on a scroll :
*LSIGILLUM * BURGENSIBUS # VILLE * DE * LUDELOW **
Small Seal.
5138. [i6th cent.] Sulph. cast from fine impression,
i^ in. [Ixxi. 23.]
A double heraldic cinquefoiled rose en soleil, barbed and
seeded.
SIGILLVM : BVRGENS : VILLXE : DE : LVDLOW.
Beaded borders.
Bailiffs, Burgesses, and Commonalty.
5139. [Late i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix.
i| in. [Ixxi. 22.]
An ornamental shield of arms of the TOWN OF LUDLOW,
as in No. 5 1 36, carved with scrolls and festoons of flowers and
LOCAL SEALS. 12$
fruit. The field of the shield lined horizontally for as., which
is the right tincture for the arms.
THE SEAL OF THE BAYLIFFS BURGESSES &
COMONALTY OF LUDLOW.
Bailiffs and Burgesses.
5140. [i7th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i^ in.
[Ixxi. 24.]
An ornamental shield of arms of the TOWN OF LUDLOW,
as in the preceding seal, No. 5139, carved with scrolls. In
base the word : LUDLOW.
* SIGL' BALLIVORUM ET BURGENSIUM.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 176.
Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses, A.D. 1836.
5141. Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-^g- in. [Ixxi. 26.]
An ornamental shield of arms of the TOWN OF LUDLOW,
carved with scrolls. In base the word : LUDLOW.
MAYOR ALDERMEN AND BURGESSES 1836
Court of Record.
5142. [i6th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2 in.
[Ixxi. 25.]
A shield of arms of the TOWN OF LUDLOW, field powdered.
The shield surrounded with carved scrolls and foliage.
SIGILL 1 : EXEMPLIFIC' CVIIE : DE-I RECCOrD VILLE
DE : LVDLOW : *
Beaded border.
LYDD, co. Kent.
5143. [i3th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2| in.
[Ixv. 80.]
On the sea in base, on the 1. a church with tall spire topped
with a cross and flag, on the r. a one-masted ship of war,
issuing from behind the church, mainsail furled, crow's nest
and flag on the mast-head, trumpeter standing on the em-
battled forecastle ; in the field over the church, and suspended
by the strap from a hook, a shield of arms : quarterly, four
lions rampant.
S' : COMVNC : BARONV : DOMINI : REGIS : ANGLI :
D6 : LYDE * *
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 185 ; W. Boys, History of Sandwich,
pi. p. 806, and p. 821.
126 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Bailiffs.
5144. [i5th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in.
[Ixv. 8 1.]
A shield of arms reversed : ClNQUE-PoRTS, see No. 4885 ;
ensigned with a crown. Supporters, dex., a lion, sin., a fox,
their tails looped together in base.
SIGILLO OFFICIJ * - BALIVI DE LED'.
W. Boys, History of Sandwich, pp. 806 and 82 r .
Free Tenants of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
6145. [i$th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 14^ in.
[Ixv. 82.]
In a rudely carved bilobe, a mitre labelled.
8 8' FRAUNCETENENTIB' : VILLE : DE : LYDE : IN
ARC HE PISCOPATV CANTUARE.
The living of this Parish is a Vicarage in the Peculiar
Jurisdiction and Patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
See ALVERSTOKE, No. 4583.
W. Boys, History of Sandwich, p. 806.
LYME-REGIS, co. Dorset.
5146. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2 in.
[B.C., F. 641.]
On the sea, a one-masted ship, mainyard lowered and
mainsail furled. On the r. a banner flag charged with the
armorial bearings of ENGLAND, on the 1. a similar banner,
charged with the armorial bearings of CASTILE and LEON,
quarterly ; for EDWARD I. and his Queen, ELEANOR OF
CASTILE, by whom the incorporation was granted. The
flag at the masthead is charged with a cross, and has three
streamers. The ship has a figure-head of a dragon's head, at
each end. In the field over the ship ; on the r. Our Lord on
the cross, betw. St. John the Evangelist on the r., and the
Virgin Mary on the 1. ; on the r. Michael the Archangel the
Patron Saint of the town and parish, with expanded wings,
in the 1. h. a shield charged with a cross, in the r. h. a long
cross held obliquely with which he is piercing the head of a
Dragon under his feet Overhead on the 1. an estoile or sun
of six points wavy, on the r. a crescent enclosing an estoile.
J SIGILLVM : COMVN6 : D6 LIM K
LOCAL SEALS. I2/
Beaded borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 188.
5147. [A.D. 1398.] Red: fine, very fragmentary. [Harl.
ch. 47 D. 5.]
LYMINGTON, co. Southampton.
5148. [Late I5th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression,
chipped and cracked. i|- in. [xxxvii. 13.]
On the sea, a one-masted ship, mainsail furled ; from the
mast a shield of arms slung from a rope : three torteaux, in
chief a label of as many points, COURTENAY, perhaps for
PETER COURTENAY, Bishop of Winchester, A.D. 1487-1492.
SIGILLVM : BVRGI : DE : LYMINGTON ::
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 189.
LYNN REGIS, or KING'S LYNN, co. Norfolk.
5149. [i3th cent] Dark-bronze green: fine, chipped and
rubbed in places ; cut from a charter. 2-f- in. [xxxv. 254.]
0. The Eagle of St. John the Evangelist, rising reguardant
contourne, with beaded nimbus, and grasping in its talons a
scroll inscribed with the commencing words of the Gospel of
St. John: IN PRINCIPIO RAT. Within a cusped panel or
compartment of eight points, with a countersunk trefoil in
each spandril.
B : SIGILLUM : COMMVNITATIS : L6NNI6 :
R. St. Margaret, the Patron Saint of the town and parish,
standing, in the 1. h. a book, in the r. h. a long cross, with
which she is piercing the head of a Dragon under her feet, its
tail also bearing a head. Under an elaborately carved trefoiled
arch, crocketed, supported on two richly carved towers, with
three storeys of windows, pinnacled and crocketed.
SUB MARGARGTA : TRITUR : DRACO : STAT :
CRVGE : L6TA.
Beaded borders.
Blomefield, History of Norfolk, vol. viii., p. 476.
5150. Sulph. casts of the obv. and rev. from the matrix.
[Ixix. 52, 53.]
5151. Red, covered with paper before impression : very
imperfect, [xliii. 146.]
128 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Privy Seal of the Mayoralty.
5152. [Early I5th cent] Red: fine, chipped and rubbed in
places. 2 in. [xxxv. 255.]
St. Margaret, with crown and nimbus, standing, in the 1. h.
a book, in the r. h. a long cross, with which she is piercing the
head of a Dragon under her feet. Under an elaborately carved
canopy, supported on two richly carved side towers of taber-
nacle work. The base is semi-octagonal, and on the masonry
is a shield of arms : three conger eels' heads erased and erect,
in the mouth of each a cross crosslet fitchde, TOWN OF
LYNN REGIS. Inside edge of field engrailed.
X SIGILLUM M * *. MAIORATUS A* LENNIE #
Cabled border.
Second state of the Seal.
5153. Sulph. cast from chipped impression. 2 in. [D.C.,
G. 44.]
This appears to be an impression from the same matrix as
the preceding seal, No. 5152, after having been worn down
very considerably by use, and retouched and some lines
deeply cut by an engraver.
I SIGILLUM ** SECRETUM ** . MAIORATUS * LENNIE *
5154. Another. [Ixix. 36.]
Seal for the delivery of wool and hides, see No. 1 160.
Guardians of the Poor.
5155. Sulph. cast from chipped impression. i X i in.
[Ixix. 33.]
Oval : a man, bearded, three-quarters-length, in the r. h. a
long staff, in the 1. h. a shield of arms, TOWN OF LYNN
REGIS, as in No. 5152.
GARDIAN PAVP * fc LENN> REGIS.
Beaded border.
MACCLESFIELD, co. Chester.
5156. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in.
[Ix. 89.]
A lion rampant, in its forepaws a garb of CHESTER.
SIGILLUM BVRGI DE MACCL6SFIELD.
Beaded borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 196.
LOCAL SEALS. 1 29
Smaller Seal.
5157. [i/th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. in.
[Ix. 90.]
Design similar to that of the preceding seal, No. 5156.
No legend.
Free Grammar School, A.D. 1552.
5158. Sulph. cast from the matrix, tinted red. About i-^-
Xf in. [xxxv. 142.]
Pointed oval : a pedagogue, with birch-rod held aloft in the
r. h., an open book in the 1. h., seated on a bench. In the
field overhead the letters E. R. (Edwardus Rex:}, and in base
the royal badge, a rose of five leaves en soleil.
&SIGILLUM * LIBERE * SCOLE # DE * MACCLEFFELD.
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. i., p. 117.
5159. Another, [xlvii. 852.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 273.
MAIDENHEAD, co. Berks.
5160. Sulph. cast from the brass matrix, i-i. x I in.
[lix. 68.]
Pointed oval : a maiden's head, in allusion, by way of rebus,
to the name of the borough, full-face, couped at the neck,
long hair, nimbus ; overhead a small estoile of six points.
+ S' lOH'IS GODAYHCARTHI6RR. ?
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 200.
MAIDSTONE, co. Kent.
5161. [i6th cent] Sulph. casts of obv. and rev. from
chipped impression. 2J- in. [Ixv. 83, 84.]
0. A view of the town, with churches and houses, on a
river, with a bridge of two round-headed arches.
8 : SIGILU . COM R6GIS : D6 : MAYDSTON :
ft. A shield of arms : a fess wavy, betw. three roundles ;
on a chief a lion passant guardant of ENGLAND, TOWN OF
MAIDSTONE.
* : SIGILL' : COM : VILLE : REGIS : DE : MAYDSTON.
Rev. only engraved in S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 202.
VOL. II. K-
130 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Seal of A rms.
5162. [ 1 6th cent] Sulph. cast. 2^x1^ in. [Ixv. 85.]
Shield-shaped : a shield of arms ; as in the previous seal
No. 5161.
No legend.
Mayoralty, A.D. 1567 [8].
5163. Sulph. cast from the matrix. \\ in. [Ixv. 86.]
A maid undraped, standing on an orb or stone, in allusion,
by way of rebus, to the name of the Town ; in the r. h. an orb
or stone, in the 1. h. a branch of foliage.
* SIGILLVM MAIORAT VILLE DE MAYDSTONE MVTATVM *
and across the field in two horizontal lines the continuation of
the legend :
20 DIE FEBR ANO 1567.
MALDON, co. Essex.
5164. [A.D. 1562.] Red: fine fragment of the obv. and rev.
[Harl. ch. 58 F. 3.]
0. On the waves a one-masted ship, mainsail furled, with
embattled castle at poop and at prow.
Legend wanting.
R. A shield of arms : three lions passant guardant in pale,
ENGLAND, and TOWN OF MALDON.
Legend wanting.
5165. Sulph. cast of the obv. only of the preceding seal,
No. 5164. [D.C., H. 174.]
Second Seal.
5166. [i7th cent.] Sulph. casts of the obv. and rev. from
the matrix. 2| in, [Ixiii. 22, 23.]
0. On the sea, a one-masted ship, mainsail furled, embattled
castle on the r. with a banner-flag charged with the arms of
ENGLAND, or MALDON.
6 . SIGILLVM : COMMVNE . : CORP ! YILL/E ! 'DE
: MALDON
1$. A shield of arms : three lions passant reguardant in
pale.
* SIGILLVM ; COMMVNE ! CORP ': VILLVE . : DE
: MALDON :
Carved borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 206.
LOCAL SEALS. 131
MALMESBURY, co. Wilts.
5167. [Late i/th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix.
If in. [Ixxiii. 65.]
On a mount a triple-towered castle, masoned and em-
battled, with central tower domed and topped with a flag,
round-headed doorway with portcullis half-down. On each
side a corn plant with three ears of corn. In base the sea,
indicated by a heraldic representation of barry wavy of six.
In the field on the 1. an estoile of six points, on the r. an in-
crescent. There are also three pellets placed irregularly in
the field.
s SIGIL COM ALDRI ET BVRGEN BVRGI DE
MALMESBVRY IN COM WILTS.
Beaded border.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 208, engraves a seal, of similar
design but different legend, bearing date A.D. 1615.
Smaller Seal,
5168. Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-^g- in. [Ixxiii. 66.]
This is similar in design to the preceding seal, No. 5 167, but
smaller. The position of the pellets is reversed.
SIGIL COM ALDRI ET CAPITAL BVRGEN BVRGI DE
MALMESBVRY.
Inner border cabled, outer border beaded.
MAN, ISLE OP.
5169. [i8th cent] Recent impression in red sealing-wax,
from the matrix, if X i-fV in. [xxxvi. 177.]
Oval : an ornamental shield of arms : three legs conjoined
in the fess point in armour, garnished and spurred, ISLE OF
MAN.
*QUOCUNCjUE IECERIS STABIT.
Carved borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 213.
MANSFIELD, co. Nottingham.
Free Grammar School, A.D. 1561 ; and Corporation,
A.D. 1556.
5170. Sulph. cast, tinted red, from the matrix. !- in.
[xxxv. 143.]
K 2
132 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
St. Peter, with nimbus, holding a book and key, seated on
the 1., and St. Paul, with nimbus, holding a sword and book,
seated on the r.
$ SIGILL' & COMME * DE A MANNYSFEL.
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. ii., p. 261.
5171. Another, [xlvii. 854.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No 288.
5172. [A.D. 1785.] Red : en placard, edge imperfect.
[Add. ch. 13,940.]
MARAZION, co. Cornwall.
Mayor.
5173. [? 1 2th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i^ in.
[Ixi. 20.]
A triple-towered castle, domed, the side towers topped
with a flag. Coarse work.
SIGILL' MAIORIS VILLE ET BOROV DE MARGHASION.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 250.
MARKET-BOSWORTH, co. Leicester.
Free Grammar School, A.D. 1593.
5174. Sulph. cast, tinted red, from the matrix. \^ in.
[xxxv. 144.]
On a wreath a leopard sejant, ducally gorged. Crest of Sir
WOLSTAN DIXIE, Knt, founder.
ft SIG' SCHOLXE GRAM : WOLSTANI DIXIE MIL'
DE MARKET BOSWORTH.
Carved borders.
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. i., p. 753.
5175. Another, [xlvii. 750.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 283.
5176. Sulph, cast [Ixvi. 45.]
MARLBOROUGH, co. Wilts.
5177. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from fine, but very im-
perfect, impression. if in. [Ixiii. 41.]
LOCAL SEALS. 133
A triple-towered castle, embattled and masoned, long round-
headed windows, round-headed doorway with hinged door
closed.
. . . IG . . . L' ARLGB6RG ....
5178. Another. [B.C., F. 633.]
5179. [A.D. 1532.] Red: very imperfect and injured by
pressure. [Add. ch. 5695.]
* S MVN . . . 6 : MARL6B6RG6 :
5180. [A.D. 1532.] Red : cracked and injured by pressure.
[Add. ch. 5696.]
B SIGILL' COMMVNe : D6 : MARLGBRG :
Later Seal, A.D. 1714.
5181. Sulph. cast from the matrix. i-J in. [Ixxiii. 67.]
A shield of arms : per saltire, gu. and az., in chief a bull
passant, in fess two cocks or capons, in base three grey-
hounds courant in pale, on a chief or, a tower betw. two roses
of five leaves barbed and seeded, TOWN OF MARYBOROUGH.
According to Burke, Gen. Armory, the tower is on a pale.
Crest, on a helmet and ornamental mantling, a tower.
SIGILLVM MAIORIS & BURGENS BURGI & VILLXE DE
MARLEBERG 1714.
Carved border.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. Hi., p. 257.
Mayor.
5182. Sulph. cast from the matrix, i^ in. [Ixxiii. 68.]
A shield of arms as in the preceding seal, No. 5181.
* SIGILLVM MAIORIS BURGI DE MARLEBERG.
MELCOMBE-REGIS, see WEYMOUTH, co. Dorset.
MIDDLETON, co. Lancaster.
Free Grammar School, A.D. 1572.
5183. Sulph. cast from the matrix. 3 X 2 in. [D.C., H.68.]
Pointed oval : Qu. Elizabeth, in royal robes, with crown,
sceptre fleur-de-lize and orb, seated under a rectangular tester
canopy with embroidered back, on a pavement ornamented
with geometrical diaper, each space enclosing alternately a
134 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
small cinquefoil or pellet. Over the canopy a carved entab-
lature, hanging from a ring, and bearing the inscription :
REG ELIZABETH
At each side an elegantly designed scroll of foliage. In
base, on an arcade of round-headed arches, and betw. two
trefoils, a shield of arms : a brazen-nose, in allusion to
BRASENOSE COLLEGE, Oxford.
E SIGILL ft COLL ft REG ft DE ft BRASEN ft NOSE ft IN ft OXON ft
GVBERNATOR ft LIBERXE ft SCHOLXE ft IN MIDLETON.
SOUTH MOLTON LIBERTY, co. Devon.
5184. [i/th century.] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in.
[Ixi. 93.]
A fleece, betw. a royal crown, (for Charles II.), in chief, and
a stringed and jewelled mitre (for the Bishop of Exeter) in
base. Below the mitre, a label inscribed : FIAT IVSTITIA.
LIBERTAS ft DE ft SOVTH MOLTON.
Inner border beaded, outer border carved.
S Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 314.
Another Seal.
5185. [i/th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-^ in.
[Ixi. 94.]
A royal crown.
LIBERTY OF SOUTH MOLTON.
Inner border beaded, outer border carved.
MONMOUTH, co. Monmouth.
5186. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from a fine impression,
chipped and indistinct in places, if in. [B.C., E. 628.]
An ancient ship, with one mast, flag and streamers, each
end of the ship having the figure head of an animal.
B CONMVN6 SIGILL' MON6MVT6.
Cf. S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 317, for a later seal.
NEWARK-UPON-TRENT, co. Nottingham.
5187. [A.D. 1723.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2| in.
[Ixx. 63.]
LOCAL SEALS, 135
An ornamentally carved shield of arms : barry wavy of six,
on a chief wavy a peacock in his pride betw. a fleur-de-lis and
a lion passant guardant, TOWN OF NEWARK-UPON-TRENT.
Crest on a helmet, mantling, and wreath, a martlet holding a
snake in its beak. Supporters, two bears.
4 SIGILLUM <8> COMMUNE <S> BURG! <g> DE <S> NEWARKE <3>
SUPER <8> TRENT 8> 1723.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 346.
NEWBOROUGH, co. Anglesey.
5188. [A.D. 1426.] Red: injured by pressure, and the edge
imperfect. i-L in. [Add. ch. 8642.]
On the sea a ship with one mast, mainsail set, high at each
end, castles, crow's nest, and split flag at the masthead.
SIGILLU : COMUNITATIS : DE : NEUBURGH :
Beaded borders.
NEWBURY, co. Berks.
5189. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 4- x 4- in.
[lix. 69.]
Oval : a castle, masoned and embattled, central tower
domed.
BURROUGH OF NEWBURY.
Carved border.
Cf. S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 351.
NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, co. Stafford.
5190. [i3th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in.
[Ixxii. 51.]
On waves, a low embattled wall, enclosing an edifice with
two gable-ends at each side, on the central embattled tower a
banner flag betw. a man-at-arms holding a battleaxe on the
1., and a man-at-arms blowing a horn on the r. On the
frieze below the battlements three shields of arms : I. a lion
rampant contourne within a bordure charged with roundles,
probably for EDMUND, EARL of CORNWALL ; 2. ENGLAND ?
3. CHESTER ?
SIGILL' : COMVNG : BVRGNSIVM : NOVI : CAST6LLI.
Beaded borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 353
136 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Small Seal.
5191. [Modern.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 1 in.
[Ixxii. 52.]
Design copied from that on the preceding seal, No. 5190.
Legend in black letter capitals :
# NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME.
Another Seal.
5192. [i7th cent] Sulph. cast from a fine impression.
I-L in. [Ixxii. 53.]
An embattled castle.
* NEWCASTLE * VNDER * LYNE
Carved borders.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, co. Northumberland.
5193. [ 1 3th cent.] Sulph. cast from fine impression. 2 in.
[Ixx. 20.]
An embattled castle, the wall ornamented with a lozengy
pattern, central doorway round-headed, with closed doors ;
on the tower two shields of early form.
ft COMMVNG : SIGILL' : MOVI : CASTRI SV-P TIMAM.
Brand, History of Newcastle, vol. ii., pi. i, f. 13.
With Counterseal of NICHOLAS LESCOT, Mayor.
5194. [A.D. 1321.] Dark green : fine, but very imperfect.
[Add.ch. 20,535.]
0. As before, No. 5193.
VI CAST
R. A small round counterseal of the Mayor. About \ in.
when perfect. A shield of arms : a chevron (fretty ?) betw.
three escallops.
B SIGILL'V NICHO T.
Later Seal.
5195. [i8th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2f in.
[Ixx. 21.]
A shield of arms of ornamental shape : three castles or
towers, two and one, TOWN OF NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.
Crest, on a helmet, ornamental mantling, and wreath, a
tower, thereon a demi-lion issuing rampant reguardant, holding
LOCAL SEALS. 137
a split banner ensigned with the arms of St. George. Sup-
porters, two sea-horses. In base, on a riband, the motto :
FORTITER DEFENDIT TRIUMPHANS.
tt COMMUNE SIGILLUM VILLE NOVICASTRI SUPER
TINAM.
Brand, History of Newcastle, vol. ii., pi. i, f. 8; S. Lewis, Topogr.
Diet., vol. iii., p. 354.
Privy Seal.
5196. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast from fine, but chipped, im-
pression. i-| in. [Ixx. 22.]
On waves, a triple-towered castle, masoned and embattled.
In the doorway, the portcullis partly down, on the threshold
a lion passant guardant of ENGLAND. In the field on each
side a fleur-de-lis of FRANCE. Inner border of the field
enriched with small quatrefoils or ball-flowers.
fc SIGILLV SE . VILLG . . OVI : CASTRI SV-P TYNA.
Mayoralty.
First Seal, or Seal ad Causas.
5197. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression,
if in. [Ixx. 23.]
On an embattled bridge with two ogee arches over a river,
a triple-towered castle, with embattled parapets, quatrefoil
windows, and closed doorway, betw. two supporting lions,
that on the 1. passant guardant, that on the r. passant Back-
ground faintly hatched.
# S' : MAIORAT : VILL6 : NOVI : CAST' : SV-P : TINAM : AD :
CAVSAS.
Brand, History of Newcastle, vol. ii., pi. II., f. 2.
Second Seal.
5198. [i7th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression,
i-lin. [B.C., H. 153.]
A shield of arms, TOWN OF NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.
Over the shield two carved scrolls of conventional foliage.
Supporters, two lions rampant guardant. In base a riband,
not inscribed.
SIGIL : MAIORALITAT : VILL/E : NOVICASTR' SVP TINA.
Another Seal.
5199. [i8th cent] Sulph. cast, chipped, from the matrix.
2 in. [D.C., H. 162.]
138 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
A shield of arms : gu, three castles or towers triple-towered,
two and one, TOWN OF NEWCASTLE-UPON-TvNE. .Crest on
a helmet, ornamental mantling, and wreath, a tower as in the
shield, thereon a demi-lion issuant rampant guardant holding a
split banner ensigned with arms of St. George. Supporters, two
sea-horses, crined and finned. In base a riband, not inscribed.
B LSIGMLLUM MAIORALITATIS VILLE NOVICASTRI SUPER
TINAM.
Cf. S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 354, where a seal resembling this,
but with variant legend, is engraved.
5200. Another, in better preservation. [Ixx. 24.]
Another Seal.
5201. [i8th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2 in.
[Ixx. 25.]
Resembles the preceding seal, No. 5199, but is cut in lower
relief.
Fraternity of the Ostmen.
5202. [i8th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2 in.
[Ixx. 26.]
On a geometrical pavement, the Master of the Ostmen with
long furred coat, on the 1., receiving an " oste " on the r., with
their r. hands clasped : each holds a low crowned hat. On a
scroll proceeding from the mouth of the Master the in-
scription : WELCOME MY OSTE. The letters ME in
welcome are conjoined.
fc THE SEALE OF THE FRETERNITY OF THE OSTMEN
OF THE TOWNE OF NEWCASTLE VPON TINE.
Several pairs of letters are conjoined.
Inner border cabled, outer border carved.
See Brand, History of Newcastle, vol. ii., p. 269.
5203. Another. [B.C., H. 73.]
Statute-MercJiant.
5204. [A.D. 1650.] Red: imperfect and indistinct if in.
[Eg. ch. 307.]
A shield of arms, TOWN OF NEWCASTLE-UPON-TvNE.
Above it, a royal crown betw. the initials E-R, each crowned.
On the 1. the royal badge a rose, crowned ; on the r. a port-
cullis, crowned. Sixteenth century work.
g SIGILL MERCAT .... NOV . . CASTR : SVP TINAM.
Trinity House, A.D. 1584.
5205. Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2| x i-J in. [D.C.,
H. 154-]
LOCAL SEALS. 139
Oval : a shield of arms : on the sea a three-masted ship of
war, sailing under full sail to the 1., the flag at each mast-
head charged with a cross. Crest on a helmet, ornamental
mantling and wreath, an eagle displayed.
* THIS IS THE SEALE OF THE TRINITIE HOVSE IN
NEWCASTLE VPON TINE.
The letters N E in Tine are conjoined.
Inner border beaded, outer border carved.
Antiquarian Society, A.D. 1813.
5206. Red : fine, cracked, enclosed in a turned wooden
box. 2 in. [Add. ch. 7085.]
On an estrade, a figure of MlNERVA or ANTIQUITY (?),
to the r., seated on the capital of an Ionic column, and
draped in classical style, writing on an opened scroll. Before
her a wine jar, and an altar with a lamp on it and
inscribed in incised characters: LAMMS TRIE VS. In the
exergue the motto : SCRIPTA MANENT. The base of the
altar bears the engraver's name : T. WYON.
SIGILLVM SOCIETATIS ANTIQVARIORVM PONTIS XELII
MDCCCXIII.
NEWPORT, Isle of Wight, co. Southampton.
5207. [i$th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression.
i-|- in. [xxxvii. 15.]
On the sea, a one-masted ship with mainsail set, flag with
cross of St. George and streamers, embattled forecastle, small
flag and cross at the stern.
SIGILLUM : COMUNE : UILLE : DE : NEUPORT : IN :
INSULA : DE : WIGHT.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 371.
Later Seal.
5208. [i8th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-i in.
[Ixiii. 94.]
A three-masted ship of war, sails set, embattled round-tops,
high deck at poop and prow ; on the mainsail a lion passant
guardant of ENGLAND.
SIGILLVM COMVNE VILL/E DE NEWPORT IN INSVLA VECTIS.
The letters IN in insula are conjoined.
Beaded border.
140 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Small Seal.
5209. [ 1 8th cent] Sulph. cast. I in. [xxxvii. 22.]
Somewhat resembles the previous seal, No. 5208, but with
different details.
SIGILLVM COMVNE VILLE DE NEVPORT IN INSVLA VECTIS-
The letters NE in commune are conjoined.
Beaded border.
Seal of the Statute Merchant, see No. 1093.
NEWPORT, co. Monmouth.
5210. [i8th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. i| in.
[Ixxi. 27.]
Three fishes naiant in pale, or, not on a shield. Back-
ground wavy.
+ . * . NOVA . . * . BVRGA ..<-.
Inner border beaded, outer border carved.
An uncertain seal.
NEWTOWN, Isle of Wight, co. Southampton, see
FRANCHEWILLE.
NORFOLK.
THOMAS DE MORIEUX, or MORYEUX, Sheriff.
5211. [A.D. 1355.] Brown. -J in. [Cotton ch. xxvii. 152.]
A triple-towered castle, betw. the initial letters T. M., and
four small quatrefoils.
In place of a legend a wavy scroll of foliage.
GUYDO DE SEYNTCLER, Sheriff.
5212. [A.D. 1357.] Brown. | in. [Add. ch. 14,972.]
Oval : a shield of arms : a lion rampant, tail nowed and
fourchee, ST. CLERE. Ensigned with the barbican of a
castle, and between two crosses patte. Background dia-
pered.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.
JOHN CARNELL, Late Stieriff.
5213. [A.D. 1378.] Green: very imperfect | in. [Add,
ch. 21,791.]
LOCAL SEALS. 14!
A triple-towered castle.
Legend destroyed.
JOHN MALORRE, Sheriff,
5214. [A.D. 1393.] Red. -f- in. [Add. ch. 6047.]
Octagonal : a triple-towered castle, in the doorway an
ermine spot.
Beaded border.
5215. Sulph. cast from No. 5205. [Ixix. 81.]
SIR WILLIAM PARR, Sheriff.
5216. [A.D. 1522.] Green, -f- in. [Add. ch. 22,416.]
An embattled castle of two storeys.
NORTHAMPTON, co. Northampton.
5217. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression.
i-f- in. [Ixix. 78.]
An embattled tower with closed portal, the walls and
battlements charged with fourteen quatrefoils. Over the
battlements the head of a knight, to the 1., who is holding a
cross-bow and a banner-flag. In the field a sprig and leaves
of foliage.
SIGILLVM : COMMVNG : NORHAMPTON6 :
Beaded borders.
5218. [A.D. 1683.] Red : en plaque, on a label. [Add. ch.
6132.]
Mayoralty.
5219. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-f- in.
[Ixix. 79.]
A triple-towered castle, walls masoned and embattled :
doors open. Supported by two lions passant guardant of
ENGLAND. In the field above, a reticulated pattern.
$ S' MAIORITATIS VILL6 NORHAMTONI6.
Beaded borders.
5220. [A.D. 1337.] Dark-green : fine, but very imperfect.
[Add. ch. 729.]
LL AMTO . .
5221. [A.D. 1390.] Dark-green: fine, but imperfect.
[Add. ch. 22,368.]
MAIORITATIS VILL6 N
5222. [A.D. 1402.] Dark-green : fine, but very imperfect
[Add. ch. 22,371.]
. MAIORITATIS VIL .
142 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
5223. [A.D. 1406.] Brown : cracked and chipped. [Add.
ch. 730.]
& S' MAIORITATIS VILLG NORHAMTONIG.
5224. [A.D. 1406.] Green : fine, chipped and imperfect.
[Add. ch. 731.]
. . . ITATIS .... NOR .A ...
5225. [A.D. 1410.] Red : fine fragment [Add. ch. 21,816.]
. . . AIORITATIS . . ,
5226. [A.D. 1440.] Red : fine, injured by pressure in
places. [Add. ch. 732.]
8 S' MAIORITATIS VILL6 NORHAMTONI6.
5227. [A.D. 1444.] Red : cracked and injured. [Add. ch.
.... RITATIS VI .... HAM . .
Seal " pro recognitione debitorum," see Nos. 1081, 1082.
NORTHUMBERLAND.
JOHN DE COUPLAND, Escheator.
5228. [A.D. 1355.] Dark-brown: much injured. [Harl.
ch. 48 I. 20.]
Oval : a triple-towered castle, embattled.
NORWICH, co. Norfolk.
5229. [A.D. 1559.] Red: very fragmentary. [Add. ch.
14,230.]
For description see following seal, No. 5230, which repre-
sents the second or altered state of the matrix, which had
originally on the rev. (here only indicated by portions of
drapery) a representation of the Trinity, removed in A.D.
1573, and the inscribed entablature engraved instead over it.
Blomefield, Hist, of Norfolk, vol. iv., plan at end, Nos. 174, 175 ; see
also p. 574.
Second State of the Seal, A.D. 1753.
5230. Sulph. cast of the obv. and rev., from fine, but
chipped, impression. 24- in. [Ixix. 38.]
0. A castle, with outer walls and keep embattled and
masoned, round-headed portal and portcullis half-down.
Below it a lion passant guardant of ENGLAND. In base a
cinquefoiled flower, slipped and leaved, on each side a branch
LOCAL SEALS. 143
of flowers and foliage. The castle and lion are now the
armorial charges of the shield of arms of the CITY OF
NORWICH.
SIGILLUM * [C]OMUN * CIUITATIS NORWICI #.
R. A niche with elaborate canopy of two stages or tiers,
pinnacled and crocketed, containing an ornamentally carved
entablature, inscribed in four lines: IM-MA-NV-EL On a
semi-hexagonal plinth in base the date 1573.* On each side,
in a pent-house, on a corbel of masonry, a demi-angel with
wings expanded, leaning forward to the central subject, (see
previous seal, No. 5229), and holding in front a shield of
arms : 1., ROYAL ARMS of K. HENRY IV., who extended the
constitution of the city in A.D. 1403 : r., diapre, a cross.
Legend as in obv.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 423 ; Blomefield, History of Norfolk,
vol. iv., p. 574.
5231. Red : fair, chipped and indistinct in places, [xxxv.
244.]
and R. SIGILLUM * COMUNE * CIVITATIS # NORWICI *<
5232. Red : fine, chipped and injured in places by
pressure, [xxxv. 245.]
Castle.
5233. [A.D. 1356.] Dark-green: fine, cracked and im-
perfect. i| in. [Add. ch. 27,370.]
A triple-towered castle, masoned and embattled ; round-
headed doorway. In the field, on each side a wavy sprig of
flowers.
I^SIJGILLVM CASTRI NORWYCI.
Bailiffs, A.D. 1223-1403.
5234. [AD. 1226.] Dark mottled-green : fine, chipped at
the edge. Cut from a dated charter. 2\ in. [xxxv. 241.]
A representation of Norwich Castle, showing the large
keep, with two tiers of windows, battlements, side towers, and
embattled outer wall with round-headed doorway. In the
doorway a man half-length to the 1. In base, a river.
ft SIGILLVM : BALLIVORVM : [NORWICJ1 I
Beaded borders.
Blomefield, History of Norfolk, vol. iv., plan at end, No. 171 ; see also
P- 574-
* Blomefield, Hist, of Norf. iv. 574, states that the alteration was effected
in A.D. 1686.
144 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Second State of the Seal.
5235. [i4th cent] Red : fine, chipped and imperfect,
[xxxv. 242.]
0. As before, No. 5234, but appears to have been retouched
in some of the lines of the masonry, and the mullions of the
lower arcaded window of keep.
$ S LLVM : BALLIVORVM : NORWICI #
R. On a mount, a lion passant guardant of ENGLAND,
designed in a bold and spirited manner. The lion was
granted, as an addition to the city arms, by Edward III.
<8 CVM SC ..NO NOEV1UM TIBI SUM NORWYC6 (?)
SIGILLUM.
The M of cum has a bar through its second upright stroke.
The legend is deciphered by Blomefield, vol. iv., p. 574, to
read : " Cum isto sigVio novum tibi sum Norwyce sigillum."
Blomefield, History of Norfolk, vol. iv., plan at end, Nos. 171, 172.
Mayoralty, A.D. 1403.
5236. Red : fine, edge much chipped. 2 in. [xxxv. 245.]
The Trinity, on a semi-hexagonal masoned plinth, in a
carved niche with elegant canopy, on which is a shield of the
ROYAL ARMS of K. Henry IV. At each side on tabernacle-
work a shield of arms : 1. CITY OF NORWICH, see No. 5230 ;
r. a cross.
tt SIGILLUM * OFFICII # CMAIORATU1S # CCIlVITATtlS \
N]ORWICI #
This seal was altered at the Reformation by substituting a
representation of the Resurrection of Our Lord in the place of
the Trinity. See Blomefield, History of Norfolk, vol. iv.,
p. 574 ; plan at end, No. 176.
Sheriffs, A.D. 1403.
5237. Sulph. cast from chipped impression. I in.
[Ixix. 39.]
On a castle with walls masoned and embattled, round-
headed doorway, with portcullis and a fleur-de-lis of FRANCE,
a lion passant guardant of ENGLAND.
tt SIGILL' OFFICII VICECOMIT CIVITATIS NEORWICIL
Blomefield, History of Norfolk, vol. iv., plan at end, No. 178, and see
P- 575-
LOCAL SEALS. 145
Chamberlain, A.D. 1448.
5238. Red : fine. ii x I in. [xxxv. 247.]
Oval : a triple-towered castle, in base a lion passant
guardant of ENGLAND. The armorial bearings of the CITY
OF NORWICH. On the side towers the initials , t. r (?)
Si S' : OFFICII : CAMERAR' CIVITATIS NORWICI.
Cabled borders.
Blomefield, History of Norfolk, vol. iv., plan at end, No. 179 ; p. 595.
Second State.
5239. Sulph. cast from fine impression. [Ixix. 40.]
Similar to the preceding No. 5238, with addition of a small
fleur-de-lis under the portcullis of the castle.
Seal "pro recognitione debitorum," see Nos. 1083, 1084.
Seal for delivery of wool and hides, see Nos. 1161, 1162.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.
SIR JOHN PORTER, Sheriff, A.D. 1554.
5240. Sulph. cast from fine impression, -ff in. [Ixx. 49.]
A shield of arms : three bells, and a canton erm., PORTER.
Crest on a helmet and ornamental mantling, a portcullis
chained.
. . VIC . . NOTT . .
Cf. Harl. MS. 259, f. 57.
NOTTINGHAM, co. Nottingham.
5241. [i5th cent] Recent impression in red sealing-wax,
from the matrix. 2-f- in. [xl. 24.]
A castle, of four round towers embattled, domed, and topped
with a knob. Ogee arched doorway, with portcullis half
down. In the field above, on the 1. a crescent, on the r. an
estoile of seven points wavy. Background diapered with
foliage.
$ SIGILLN A CVMMVNE *< WILLE # NOTINGHAMIG. *<
Thoroton, History of Nottinghamshire, vol. ii., p. 148 ; S. Lewis,
Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 430.
5242. Sulph. cast from the matrix. [Ixx. 48.]
Seal "pro recognitione debitorum," see No. 1085.
NUNEATON, see ETON.
VOL. II.
CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
OAKHAMPTON, co. Devon.
5243. [i8th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. i| in.
[Ixi. 95.]
An oval shield of arms, enriched with carved scrolls and
branches of flowers and foliage : chequy or and az., two bars,
TOWN OF OAKHAMPTON. Crest, on a wreath an embattled
tower.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 442.
ORFORD, co. Suffolk.
Mayor, A.D. 1579.
5244. Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-f in. [Ixxii. n.]
On a mount an embattled tower, masoned, round-headed
doorway, portcullis half down. In base on the mount, the
date 1579.
$> SIGILLVM OFFICII MAIORIS BVRGI OREFORD.
ORLINGBURY, or ORLIBERE HUNDRED,
co. Northampton.
5245. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast from cracked impression.
i in. [Ixix. 93.]
HVNDREDE OF ORLIBERE-
NORTH-AMTVN'
The letter R , with open top, resembles K. The last word
in two lines across the field.
Cf. seal of the Wapentake of Flaxwell, No. 4935.
OSWESTRY, co. Salop.
5246. [i3th cent.] Sulph. cast from fine impression.
2 in. [Ixxi. 28.]
St. Oswald, King and Martyr, Patron Saint of the town,
with crown, seated on a carved throne, in the r. h. a drawn
sword erect ; in the 1. h. he grasps a tree, on the r. The whole
forms a rebus on the name of the town. Background on the
1. h. side diapered lozengy with a leaf or small device in each
space.
# SIGILLVM COMMVNE DE OSWALDESTRE B
Beaded border.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 458.
LOCAL SEALS. 147
OUNDLE, co. Northampton.
Hospital for Poor Widows.
5247. [A.D. 1601.] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i^ x i-jV
in. [Ixix. 86.]
Oval : an eagle preying on a child wrapped in swaddling-
clothes. Crest of Rev. NICHOLAS LATHAM, founder. In the
field above, the date : 1601 ; in base the initial letters of the
founder's name : N. L.
tt THE WIDOWES MITE.
Second Seal.
5248. [A.D. 1611.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. \\ x
1-rV in. [Ixix. 87.]
Oval : design similar to that of the preceding seal, No.
5247 ; from a different matrix. In the field above, the date
1611; in base the initial letters of the founder's name as
before : N. L.
QVOD DEDI ACCEPI.
i Chron. xxix. 14.
OXFORD, co. Oxon.
5249. [A.D. 1812.] Wafer, covered with paper before
impression. About 2-i- in. [Add. ch. 6313.]
0. A shield of arms : an ox, passing a ford of water in base,
CITY OF OXFORD. Crest, a helmet, mantling and wreath, a
demi-lion rampant guardant, holding betw. his paws a rose
charged with another. Supporters, dex., an elephant, col-
lared and lined, sin., a beaver, ducally collared and lined. In
base on a scroll the motto : FORTIS EST VERITAS.
R. A smaller round counterseal. i-fc in. The armorial
bearings of the shield as in the obv. In the field above, an
uncertain inscription.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 469 (obv. only).
5250. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression.
if in. [Ixx. 85.]
An ox passing a ford of water, the armorial bearings of the
CITY OF OXFORD, by way of rebus on the name of the city.
In the background an oak-tree. On the r., in the field, a
shield of arms : a cross. Background replenished with sprigs
of foliage.
+ SIGILLUM * MAIORIS * OXONIE #
Cabled borders.
L 2
148 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
5251. Sulph. cast from chipped and imperfect impression.
[B.C., F. 677.]
+ SIGILLUM * + MAIOR XONIE
5252. Another. [Ixx. 86.]
Seal " pro recognitione debitorum," see Nos. 1086, 1091, 1092.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY.
Chancellor.
5253. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from matrix or fine im-
pression. 3 T y x if in. [B.C., E. 47.]
Pointed oval : the Chancellor, in academical dress, seated
on a bench, with his feet on a platform, under a trefoiled
arch, with church-like canopy of pinnacled turrets, and
holding a book : on each side, three scholars in academical
dress, seated on a chair-like bench, under a pointed arch,
with pinnacled canopy. In base, six other scholars seated on
similar benches, in two tiers, the two scholars on the lower
tier hold an open book betw. them. Background partially
hatched.
SIGILL' CANC6LLARII : 6T : UNIUERSITATIS :
OXONIGNS AM
Beaded borders.
Vetusta Momtmenta, vol. i., pi. 62.
Official or Smaller Seal.
5254. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from fine, but chipped,
impression. 2 X IT in. [Ixx. 84.]
Pointed oval : the Chancellor, seated on a bench under a
carved cinquefoiled arch, betw. two scholars, each holding a
book, facing to centre. In base under the platform an ox
passing z.ford, the armorial bearings of the shield of arms of
the CITY OF OXFORD.
SIGILLVM : OFFICII : CANCELUARI]! : VNIVERSITATIS :
OXONIE O.
Later Seal.
5255. [i 5th cent] Sulph. cast from fine, but very imperfect,
impression. About 3^ X 2 in. when perfect [B.C., F. 59.]
Pointed oval : the Chancellor in academical dress, seated
in a canopied niche, holding a book. In a smaller canopied
niche overhead a shield of arms : an open book, betw. three
crowns, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. On each side in similar,
LOCAL SEALS. 149
but smaller niches, two scholars seated, in academical dress,
the one on the 1. with an open book on his knees ; overhead,
on each side, in a similar, but smaller niche, a proctor or
bedell, three-quarters length, holding a wand or staff of
office. In base, under a carved round-headed arch, with a
wall of masonry and arcaded screenwork on each side, a
shield of arms, CITY OF OXFORD, see No. 5249.
Legend wanting, except the imperfect word :
UNIUERS
Another Seal.
5256. [i5th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression.
3^ X 24- in. [Ixx. 91.]
A close copy of the preceding seal, No. 5255.
: SIGILLUM : OFFICII : CANCELLARIATUS K : STUDIJ [?]
: UNIUERSITATIS >fc OXONIE : A*
Signet.
5257. [i/th cent.] Red: en placard, covered with paper
before impression. I in. [Cott. ch. iv. 49.]
A shield of arms, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, see No. 5255.
VERITAS REGNABIT VERITAS LIBERABIT (?)
Seal of the Proctors.
5258. [i8th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. {-- in.
[Ixx. 87.]
K. Alfred, founder, with crown and sceptre, seated in a
canopied niche. On each side in a smaller niche a scholar,
three-quarters length. Below, under a round-headed arch, a
female, half-length, with three children ; on each side, under
smaller arches, a scholar as before. Outside, tabernacle-
work.
SIG PROC COLL MAG AUL UNIV OXON.
University College, A.D. 1249.
Durham Hall, afterwards University College.
5259. [i3th cent.] Sulph. cast from fine impression.
2-L x H in. [Ixx. 94.]
Pointed oval : St. Cuthbert the Bishop, seated on a throne
consisting of two lions statant guardant, with mitre, lifting up
15 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
the r. h. in benediction, in the 1. h. the crowned head of St.
Oswald, king and martyr, and a pastoral staff held obliquely.
In the lower part, under two round-headed cinquefoiled
arches, with three countersunk trefoils in the spandrils, the
founder, William, Archdeacon of Durham, turned to the r.,
three-quarters length, a book in the r. h., the 1. h. raised,
in converse with a group of four scholars on the r.
W 3' COMMVN SCOLARIVM ATRI
WILL'I D DVNLMIA STVD6NCIV OXON.
The N'S are reversed.
6V. Edmund, or Canterbury Hal, t. Hen. III.
5260. [i4th cent.] Sulph. cast from fine, but very im-
perfect, impression. About 2 in. when perfect, [xlvii. 862.]
Becket's Martyrdom, within a border enriched with roses ;
in allusion to St. Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury,
A.D. 1234, founder.
LE CANTUARI
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 374.
Balliol College, A.D. 1260.
5261. Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2| X i-j-f- in.
[xlvii. 860.]
Pointed oval : the Virgin, crowned, seated on a throne
under a trefoiled arch, with church-like canopy elaborately
detailed ; holding on her 1. knee the Child, with nimbus, in
her r. h. a ball or orb. On each side, on the shaft which
supports the trefoiled arch, a shield of arms ; 1. three garbs,
r. two piles meeting towards the base. Below, two kneeling
figures, that on the r. John Balliol, of Barnard Castle, founder,
in armour, with a shield of arms : an orb, BALLIOL ; that on
the 1. his wife, the lady Devorguilla, holding by the 1. h. a
shield of arms : a lion rampant, GALLOWAY. Each of these
figures is holding up the hand, supporting a model of the
Collegiate buildings (thereby indicated to be dedicated to the
Virgin), which has a bold trefoiled arch for its base, two tiers
of upright beams or timber work, and over the roof, along
the ridge, a frieze or entablature inscribed :
DOM'S SCOLARIV D' BALL'O.
The letters AR in Scolarium and AL in BalVo are respec-
tively conjoined. Background behind the figure of the
LOCAL SEALS.
Virgin, hatched lozengy. In the lower half of the seal, and
over the canopy, the background is replenished with sprigs
of foliage.
S' 9G ! D' I BALL' : SCVTA : NOTAT : * ST
PIA : VGO : DOMV t DATS
i.e. ; Sigillum Commune de Balliolo.
Scuta notant stantes, pia Virgo, domum tibi dantes.
The letters AL in BalV are conjoined.
Laing's MS. CataL, No. 468.
Seal ad Causas.
5262. [i 5th cent] Recent impression in red sealing-wax
from the matrix, i-f- X \\ in. [xlvii. 86 1.]
Pointed oval : St. Katharine, with crown, standing in a
niche, with carved canopy, pinnacled and crocketed, in her
r. h. a Katharine wheel, in the 1. h. a palm branch. Taber-
nacle-work at sides ; carved corbel. Background replenished
with sprigs of foliage.
s SIGILLUM * AD * ft CAUSAS * * AULE # *
BALIOLI # * OXON * * *
Laing's MS. CataL, No. 469.
Merton College, A.D. 1264.
Seal of the Scholars ad Causas.
5263. Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2 X 1 in. [Ixx. 95.]
Pointed oval : the Virgin seated on an elegantly orna-
mented throne, the Child, with nimbus, on the 1. knee.
Overhead a trefoiled roof or canopy. At the 1. corner of the
throne a wavy branch of foliage, perhaps a vine ; on the
r. a fleur-de-lis on a short stem. In base, under a round-
headed arch with arcade work at the sides, -a man kneeling in
prayer to the 1.
S' SCOLARIVM D' M6RTONA AD CAS.
Beaded borders.
5264. Another. [B.C., E. 143.]
Later Seal.
5265. [i/th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-^- in.
[Ixx. 96.]
Our Lord, seated, with nimbus, his feet on a platform or
footboard, holding up a cloth containing five half-length figures,
I5 2 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
representative of the Resurrection ; the cloth or napkin is
inscribed with an indistinct legend :
DNI GST ASSVMTIO NRA.
Psal. Ixxxviii. 19.
SIGILLVM SCHOLARIVM DE MERTON.
Beaded border.
5266. Another. [D.C., G. 38.]
Stapledon Hall (afterwards removed to Exeter
College), A.D. 1314.
5267. [i8th cent] Sulph. cast, tinted red. 2f x H in.
xlvii. 863.]
Pointed oval : in the upper part, the Virgin with crown and
nimbus of rays, seated in a canopied niche, the Child on the
1. knee. Below, a bishop, for Walter Stapleton, or Stapledon,
Bishop of Exeter, A.D. 1308-1326, founder, with mitre and
pastoral staff, kneeling to the r. in adoration ; betw. the two
keys of St. Peter on the 1., and the sword of St. Paul on the
r., cf. No. 1554 (rev.). These emblems are in allusion to the
shield of arms of the See of Exeter, viz., a sword in pale,
point towards the chief, surmounted of two keys in saltire.
In base, a shield of arms : two bands wavy or nebuly, STAPLE-
TON, and EXETER COLLEGE.
Bedford (Blazon of Episcopacy, p. 44), refers to two variant coats of
arms attributed to Bishop Stapledon.
S RECTORIS ET SCOLARIUM DE STAPELDON
HAL OXON.
Inner border beaded, outer border carved.
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 373.
Oriel College, A.D. 1326.
5268. Sulph. cast, from fine impression, chipped at the
edge. 2| x H i n - [ lxx - 97-1
Pointed oval : the Annunciation of the Virgin ; in the
centre a large jar with one handle, out of which springs a
fleur-de-lis, slipped on a long stem and leaved ; on the r. the
Virgin lifting up the r. h., in her 1. h. a book ; on the 1. the
Archangel Gabriel with expanded wings, holding a scroll in-
scribed (in reverse order of lettering) : AV M'. Within a
niche, with a canopy of two trefoiled arches, pinnacled and
crocketed. Over the canopy on each side, a small bird ; on the
LOCAL SEALS. 153
1. an estoile of six points, on the r. a crescent. In base, under
a round-headed cinquefoiled arch, with a demi-arch on each
side, and countersunk trefoil in each spandril, the founder and
first Provost, Adam de Brome, Almoner of K. Edward II.,
in gown and hood, kneeling in prayer to the 1. The frieze
over his head is inscribed : ADAM DE BROM.
* + S' COMMVN6 DOMVS SCOLARIVM BeAT
MARI6 OXONI . . . *
5269. Another. [D.C., F. 14.]
Later Seal of arms.
5270. [i5th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. I in.
[Ixx. 98.]
A shield of arms, ENGLAND, for EDWARD III., benefactor,
within a bordure invecked, ORIEL COLLEGE. Betw. three
small trefoils, slipped from the inner edge of the field.
Beaded border.
Queens College, A.D. 1340.
5271. Recent impression in red sealing-wax from the
matrix. i-|- in. [xxxv. 164.]
Qu. Philippa of Hainault, wife of K. Edward III., Patroness,
standing, with crown and sceptre fleur-de-lize, in a carved
niche with ogee-arched canopy, pinnacled and crocketed, the
inner border enriched with ball-flower ornamentation, and
the field replenished with roses. On elegant tabernacle-work
of similar character, on each side, a shield of arms ; r.,
quarterly, i, 4, FRANCE (ANCIENT), 2, 3, ENGLAND, for
EDWARD III. ; 1., quarterly, i, 4, ENGLAND, 2, 3, four lions
rampant, HAINAULT, see No. 80 1. In base a shield of arms :
three eagles displayed, two and one, ROBERT DE EGLESFIELD
or EGGLESFIELD (rector of Brough, co. Westmorland, and
confessor to Qu. Philippa), and QUEEN'S COLLEGE.
S' COMVN6 PR6POSITI 6T SCOLARIV AVL
ReGIN D OXONIA.
Beaded borders.
5272. Sulph. cast. [B.C., F. 47.]
Second Seal,
after the establishment by Qu. Elizabeth.
5273. Sulph. cast, from fine impression, chipped and bent.
l-f- in. [Ixxi. 5.]
154 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.'
Qu. Elizabeth, standing, turned to the 1., in embroidered
dress, with crown and ruff, in the r. h. a sceptre fleur-de-lize,
in the 1. h. an orb. In the field on each side an eagle dis-
played, and over it the royal Tudor badge a rose. In base
an ornamental shield of arms, EGLESFIELD, as in No. 5271.
S' PREP' ET SCHOL' COL' REGINAU DE : OXON'
STABILIT' PER REGIN' ELIZAB'.
Carved border.
New College, A.D. 1386.
5274. [Before A.D. 1542.] Bright red: fine, injured by
pressure, and bent at the top. 2-i- in. [xxxvi. 48.]
0. For description see next seal, No. 5275.
BL A small round counterseal, about - in. when perfect.
A shield of arms, NEW COLLEGE, see No. 5275. Above the
shield a sprig of foliage ; at the sides the initials i. L. for
JOHN LONDON, J. C. D., Canon of Windsor, York, and Lincoln,
Warden of the college, A.D. 1526-1542.
+ MANNER + MAKYTH + MAN +
5275. Sulph. cast of the obv., from the matrix. [Ixx. 99.]
In two niches with canopies, on the r. a bishop with mitre
and pastoral staff, lifting up the r. h. in benediction, for St.
Swithun ; on the 1. a bishop with mitre and pastoral staff,
kneeling in adoration, for William of Wykeham, Bishop of
Winchester, A.D. 1367, founder. Over these, in a niche with
ogee-arched and arcaded canopy, the Annunciation of the
Virgin, with a lily flower growing in a pot betw. the Virgin on
the r., and the Archangel Gabriel on the L, holding a scroll
inscribed: AUE MARIA. On each side, in a canopied niche,
with tabernacle-work outside, a saint standing ; 1. St. Peter
with a key, r. St. Paul with a sword. The plinth or string-
course below these niches is inscribed: WYKHAM : EPS :
FUDATOR. In base, betw. two small roses, a shield of arms :
two chevronels betw. three roses, Bishop WILLIAM OF WYKE-
HAM, and NEW COLLEGE. Supporters, two lions sejant
guardant.
SIGILLUM : COMUNE : COLLEGII : SCE : MARE : OF :
WYNCHESTRE : IN : OXONIA.
Beaded borders.
5276. Sulph. cast, from an impression injured in places.
[B.C., F. 76.]
Journ. Brit. Archcsol. Assoc., vol. xii., p. 18. Cf. the seal of Winchester
College of St. Mary, co. Southampton. [D.C., F. 77.]
LOCAL SEALS. 155
Lincoln College , A.D. 1427.
Seal ad Causas.
5277. Sulph. cast from the matrix, if X I in. [D.C.,
G. 28.]
Pointed oval : St. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, standing in a
canopied niche, with mitre and pastoral staff held obliquely,
lifting up the r. h. in benediction. On the corbel the in-
scription : s HUGO.
SIGILLU COLLEGIJ LYNCOLNIE IN OXONIA AD CAUSAS.
Inner border beaded and engrailed, outer border beaded.
All Souls College, A.D. 1437.
5278. Sulph. cast, from fine impression, injured by pressure
in places. 2^ in. [Ixx. 92.]
Our Lord, seated in a carved niche with trefoiled arch and
heavy canopy, with cruciform nimbus, lifting up the hands to
enter into Judgment. On each side, in a canopied niche a
number of personages, including a king crowned, kneeling, a
pope with tiara and patriarchal cross, an archbishop with
mitre and crozier, on the 1. ; a cardinal and bishops on the r.
Outside these, tabernacle-work. In base, a number of souls
rising from their graves at the Day of Judgment, betw. two
shields of arms: 1., quarterly, i, 4, FRANCE (MODERN), 2, 3,
ENGLAND, for K. HENRY VI., co-founder ; r., per pale, dex.,
SEE OF CANTERBURY, sin., a chevron betw. three cinquefoils,
Archbishop HENRY CHICHELEY, A.D. 1414-1443, founder,
see No. 1241, et seq.
B SIGILLU : COMUNE COLLEGII ANIMAR OlM FIDELIUM
DEFUNCTORUM DE OXONIA.
Brasenose College, A.D. 1509.
5279. Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2% X i-f in. [B.C.,
H. 6.]
Pointed oval : in three canopied niches of late gothic style,
supported on four twisted columns, the Trinity, betw. a sainted
bishop with mitre, pall, pastoral staff, and book on the L, and
another ; with mitre, pall, and pastoral staff, feeding a swan,
on the r., probably for St. Chad of Lichfield, and St. Hugh of
Lincoln. In base, betw. two carved scrolls of foliage, a shield
156 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
of arms : a chevron betw. three roses, for WILLIAM SMITH
(Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry A.D. 1491, and of Lincoln
A.D. 1496-1514) and BRASENOSE COLLEGE.
SIGILLU COIE COLEGII REGALIS # DE BRASIN
NOSE IN OXONIA
Christ Church, A.D. 1547.
5280. Sulph. cast, from fine, but chipped, impression. 4 in.
[Ixx. 93.]
The Trinity in a round-headed niche of the style of the
Renaissance. The figure of the Almighty is enveloped in a
large cloak, within the folds of which are three personages on
each side, among them a king, an archbishop, and a cardinal.
Cf. No. 5278.
On each side a smaller niche, containing on the 1. the
Virgin, standing, with crown and nimbus, the Child with
nimbus on the 1. arm ; on the r. a saint with crown and
nimbus, in the r. h. a pastoral staff, in the 1. h. a book, at the
feet an ox couchant. The columns are enriched with capitals
of carved foliage ; over the small niche on each side a
dolphin. In base, under the platform, which is supported by
four carved corbels, an ornamental shield of arms : THOMAS
WOLSEY, Cardinal Archbishop of York, as in No. 2338. Sup-
porters two griffins, each holding a baton.
SIGILL^- CO"E~- COLLEGII THOME WVLCY CARDINAL
EBOR -T-"JtGLIA A LATERE LEGATI.
Vetusta Monumenta, vol. i., pi. LIX., f. I.
Deans and Canons.
5281. Sulph. cast, from chipped and indistinct impression.
2-2. in. [Ixx. 90.]
The Trinity in a round-headed niche of the style of the
Renaissance. On each side a lamp or torch, on a stand. In
base, a shield of ROYAL ARMS of HENRY VIIL, crowned.
Supporters, dex., a griffin, sin., a greyhound collared and
lined.
S' COMMVNE DECANI ET CANONICORVM COLLEGII
R[EGIS HENRDICI OCTAVI IN OXONIA.
For common seal of the DEAN AND CHAPTER see Ecclesi-
astical Seals, Nos. 2138, 2139.
LOCAL SEALS. 157
PEMBROKESHIRE.
Chancery.
WILLIAM DE BEAUCHAMP, Knt., Custos of the
County of Pembroke.
5282. [A.D. 1387.] Creamy-white : fine, but very imperfect,
only the centre part remaining. About 2-1- in. when perfect.
[Sio. ch. xxxi. 19.]
0. The Custos of the County, in armour, with hauberk,
surcoat, broad sword in r. h. chained to wrist, shield of arms
slung over the r. shoulder and held in 1. h., riding to the r. on
a caparisoned horse. The armorial bearings of the shield and
caparisons are : on a fess betw. three crosses crosslets, a
crescent for difference, BEAUCHAMP.
Legend wanting.
R. Within a finely carved and traced gothic trefoil, a
shield of arms as in obv. Background replenished with
sprigs of foliage.
Legend wanting.
HUMPHREY PLANTAGENET, youngest son of K. Henry IV.,
Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Pembroke, Chamberlain of
England.
5283. [A.D. 1424.] Light brown, opaque : fine, but im-
perfect, wanting in several places. About 3f in. when perfect.
[Slo. ch. xxxi. 9.]
0. On a mount, replenished with herbage and flowers,
the Earl, armed cap-a-pie, with hauberk, helmet with chapeau
and crest, a lion of ENGLAND, broad-sword in the r. h.,
shield of arms slung over the r. shoulder by a strap and
held in the 1. h., riding to the r. on a caparisoned and
armoured horse with panache plume. The armorial bearings
of the shield and caparisons are as described below for the
rev. Background replenished with sprigs of the broom-plant
for PLANTAGENET.
S' HCOFRIDI : DIE : LACASTRI : FILM : Zj FR[AT]RIS : RJEGCU :
A]NGL : Z : FRANE : CAM'AR : ANG : Z : DNI : PEN.
R. A demi-angel issuing from clouds, and with expanded
wings, the hands in prayer, round the neck a beaded strap
supporting a large shield of arms which occupies the centre
of the seal: quarterly, I, 4, FRANCE (MODERN), 2, 3,
ENGLAND, within a bordure, HUMPHREY, DUKE OF
GLOUCESTER. On each side (that on the left wanting),
158 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
a curved ostrich feather, the shaft labelled, and charged
along the quill with twenty-one fleurs-de-lis. Background
replenished as on the obv.
CS'] HUFRIDI : DE : LACASTRI : FILM : Z: FRATRIS : [RE]GU :
AN . . . : Z : FRANE CAM .....
Carved borders.
5284. [A.D. 1426.] Light-brown, opaque : fine originally,
edge now very imperfect. [Add. ch. 6,000.]
0. This side shows more distinctly than the former seal,
No. 5283 the details of the flowers, the armorials, and the
peculiar form of the horse's plume and head-gear.
....... REGU : ANGL' : Z : FRANE : CAM'AR : ANGL .........
ft. This shows the 1. h. ostrich feather which is wanting in
the former seal.
.... LACASTRI : FILII : Z : FRATRIS : REGU :
ANGL ............
WILLIAM DE LA POLE, I st Marquess and tfh Earl of
Suffolk, Earl of Pembroke, and Great Chamberlain of
England.
5285. [A.D. 1448.] Creamy-white : fine, very imperfect,
only the centre part remaining. About 3^ in. when perfect.
[Slo. ch. xxxii. 5.]
0. The Earl, armed cap-a-pie, with hauberk, surcoat with
open sleeves, helmet, [sword,] and shield of arms slung over
the r. shoulder, riding to the r. on a caparisoned horse with
plume on head. The armorial bearings of the shield and
caparisons are as described below for the rev. Background
replenished with sprigs of foliage and flowers.
Legend wanting.
R. On an ornamental tree of conventional foliage, and with
a central flower, a shield of arms : quarterly, I, 4, a fess
betw. three leopards' heads, DE LA POLE, 2, 3, a chief, and
over all a lion rampant queue fourch^e, CHAUCER. Supporters,
two wild boars collared.
Legend wanting.
PENRITH, co. Cumberland.
5286. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from imperfect and injured
impression. 2 in. [D.C., D. 297.]
LOCAL SEALS. 159
A saltire cross of St. Andrew, Patron Saint of the parish
and town, betw. a carved trefoil in chief and base, and an
ornamental double quatrefoil at each side.
SIGILLVM : COMMVN6 : VILLG : D : P6NR6TH.
Cabled borders.
PENRYN, co. Cornwall.
5287. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. i-| in.
[Ixi. 21.]
A shield of arms : a laureated bust in profile to the 1.,
draped and filleted.
B PENRYN BVRGVS.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. Hi., p. 520.
PENZANCE, co. Cornwall.
5288. [A.D. 1614.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 14 in.
[Ixi. 22.]
In an oval dish of vesical form, the head of St. John Baptist,
in allusion to the annual and customary Midsummer-eve
ceremonies and Midsummer-day fair carried on in the town.
Legend on a riband :
* & * PENSANS ANNO DOMINI 16-14.
The date is placed across the field.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Did., vol. iii., p. 522.
PETERSFIELD, co. Southampton.
5289. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast 14. in. [xxxvii. 18.]
Within a rudely invecked border, a pointed quatrefoil or
quadrilobe containing a shield of arms : an annulet betw.
three pellets, TOWN OF PETERSFIELD. The correct arms
are : on a rose of six leaves, barbed, an escutcheon charged
with an annulet betw. four pellets in saltire.
PETERSFELD.
Betw. the letters are devices of annulets, pellets, trefoils, etc.
Cf. S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 527.
160 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
PEVENSEY, co. Sussex.
5290. [i3th cent] Sulph. casts from the matrix. 24- in.
[Ixxii. 94, 95.]
0. On the sea, a one-masted ship, with flag and streamers
at the main-top, main-sail furled, a mariner clinging to the
ropes, four mariners on deck, two and two, hauling ropes, on
embattled castle at the stern two trumpeters, and below,
under an arch, a half-length knight ; embattled forecastle with
fleur-de-lis and banner flag, side rudder or sweep. In the
field overhead : on the 1. a crescent, on the r. an estoile of six
points ; and below the mainsail a shield of arms, ENGLAND.
SIGLL'V : BARONVM DOMINI RGIS ANGLI6 D6 P6VGN6S'
Cabled borders.
R. On the waves, two ships of one-mast each, with sails
furled and the clew-lines hanging down loosely, the mainmast
topped with flag, streamers and cross. In the ship on the 1.,
which appears to be in collision with the other, St. Nicholas,
patron saint of the town and parish, with mitre and pastoral
staff, lifting up the r. h. in benediction. In the field overhead,
on the 1. a crescent.
see NicoLAe DVC NOS SPONTG TRAHG ; pev.
The N's reversed in the two legends.
Beaded borders ; outside, a wavy scroll of foliage.
Obv. only, in W. Boys, History of Sandwich, p. 811; cf. Sussex
Archaol. Collections, vol. i., p. 21.
Customs Seal of the Port.
5291. [Late I4th cent] Sulph. cast i-i- in. [Ixxii. 96.]
Two ostrich feathers in fess, ensigned with an open
crown of three fleurs-de-lis. Background faintly diapered
with sprigs of foliage.
S' * THE CUSTUM : SELLE OF THE PORTE OF PEMSE.
Sussex Archceol. Collections, vol. i., p. 21 ; Archceologia Cantiana,
vol. vii., 342.
PLYMOUTH, co. Devon.
5292. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2-f- in.
[Ixi. ioi.]
St. Andrew the Apostle, Patron Saint of the town and
parish, seated in a heavily-canopied niche, with nimbus,
in the r. h. a saltire cross, in the 1. h. a book and orb. On
each side, in a smaller but similar niche, with tabernacle-
LOCAL SEALS. l6l
work outside, an angel, with expanded wings, a diadem of
pearls, and a large cloak, holding in front a shield of arms : 1.,
the UNION CROSS as on the ROYAL FLAG ; r. quarterly, I, 4,
FRANCE (MODERN), 2, 3, ENGLAND. In base, on a mount, a
shield of arms : a St. Andrew's cross betw. four castles, TOWN
OF PLYMOUTH. Supporters, two lions passant guardant.
THE : COMEN : SELLE : OF : THE : BOROVGH : Z :
COMENALTE : OF : YE KYNGS : TOWNE : OF : PLYMOTHE.
Beaded borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 544.
Mayoralty.
5293. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in.
[Ixi. 102.]
Within a carved trefoil, a shield of arms : TOWN OF
PLYMOUTH, as in No. 5292 ensigned with an open crown of
five large, and four small fleurs-de-lis.
S' OFFICIJ MAIORATUS BURGI UILLE* DE .
PLYMOUTH.
Carved border.
Privy Seal of the Mayor, A.D. 1595.
5294. Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-i- x i-jV in. [Ixi.
103-]
Slightly oval, a shield of arms, TOWN OF PLYMOUTH, as
in No. 5292. Over the shield the date 1595.
Beaded border.
New Seal of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses, A.D. 1835.
5295. Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2-i- in. [Ixi. 104.]
This is a device combining the ancient and modern arms of
the TOWN OF PLYMOUTH, viz., on the sea, a ship with
embattled gunwale, flag with cross of St. George at the prow,
three masts each with a round-top, the centre one having
also a fire-beacon. This portion of the device is in reference
to the ANCIENT ARMS, viz., a ship with three masts without
sails and yard-arms, on the round-top a fire-beacon, the base
of the shield barry wavy of six. In the centre of the field
on a carved scroll or bracket, a shield of arms, MODERN
PLYMOUTH, as in No. 5292 ensigned with a coronet from which
* An erased word here. D . . . G . .
VOL. II. M
162 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
springs a sheaf of flags, three on each side, each charged with
the modern arms.
Legend in two concentric circles :
Inner circle: sa, *? TURRIS FORTISSIMA * EST *
NOMEN JEHOVA *
Cf. Prov. xviii. 10.
Outer circle: COMMON SEAL OF THE MAYOR ALDERMEN
& BURGESSES OF THE BOROUGH OF PLYMOUTH 1835 *
PLYMPTON, EARL'S, co. Devon.
5296. Sulph. cast from the matrix, i x i in. [Ixii. I.]
Oval : an eagle rising.
4 SIGILL 1 : BVRG : DE : PLYMPT : COMIT.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 545.
POCKLINGTON, co. York.
Free Grammar School, bef. A.D. 1526.
5297. Sulph. cast, tinted red, from the matrix. 2-i- in.
[xxxv. 146.]
On a geometrical pavement, a scene or tableau, representing
John Doweman, Archdeacon of Suffolk, founder of the school,
kneeling in prayer at a desk, before which, on a lozenge, is a
shield charged with a monogram composed of the initials of
his name : I. D. Before him are three carved brackets or
corbels, each containing a standing figure on it. In the
centre, Our Lord, as a child with cruciform nimbus, and
naked, lifting up the hands in benediction ; on the 1., the
Virgin crowned, the Child on the r. arm ; on the r., St.
Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, with mitre, in the r. h. a pastoral
staff, the 1. h. lifted up in benediction, at his 1. side three
youths in a tub, one of the emblems of the saint. In the
field, which is replenished with triform tongues of fire, the
holy name { I) repeated five times.
$ SIGILLU i CO"I_E + FRATEE + NOlS + IHU + BTE + MARIE +
SCI + NICHI + DE POKLINGTON.
Several pairs of letters are conjoined.
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. ii., p. 863.
5298. Another, [xlvii. 869.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 305.
LOCAL SEALS. 163
PONTEPRACT, co. York.
5299. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2| in.
[D.C., F. 626.]
On a mount a triple-towered castle, embattled, masonry of
an ornamental character with wide joints and an annulet in
each square block, tall round-headed windows, pointed door-
way with portcullis half down. At side a small wing or gable.
In the field over the side towers the initial letters P.P.
Background partly hatched.
SIGILLVM : COMMVNG : BVRG6NCIVM : PONTISFRACTI.
Beaded borders.
S. Lewis. Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 549.
5300. Another. [Ixxiv. 93.]
Mayoralty.
5301. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i^ in.
[D.C., H. 1 88.]
The field divided by a cross quarterly : I, in the first quarter
a triple-towered castle, of the corporation seal, No. 5299,
2, a bridge of three piers in allusion to the name of the town,
or perhaps an heraldic label of three points, in allusion to"
[St.] Thomas, the canonised Earl of Lancaster, lord of the
castle, temp. Edw. II. ; 3, 4, the initial letters V. P. the outer
border of these two quarters enriched with foliage.
S> SIGILL : OFFIC : MAIORAL : VILL PONT :
5302. Another. [Ixxiv. 94.]
Smaller Seal of the Mayoralty.
5303. Sulph. cast from the matrix, i^ in. [Ixxiv. 95.]
A copy of the preceding seal, No. 5301 in a carved circular
panel.
SIGILL'. OFFIC. MAIORAL. VILL. PONT.
POOLE, co. Dorset.
Common seal ; used for the Admiralty Court.
5304. [i3th cent.] Sulph. cast from fine impression or
the matrix. 2\ in. [B.C., F. 640.]
In a quatrefoil or quadrilobe, with carved trefoils in the
spandrils, on the sea, a one-masted ship, mainsail furled,
anchor and bowsprit on the r., an arcaded and embattled
M 2
1 64 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
castle at each end, with a course of roses or quatrefoils in
panels below the battlements. On the mast a flag or
embattled crow's nest. In the field betw. the mast and the
stern a shield of arms : a sword in pale, hilt downward, for
WILLIAM LONGESPEE, lord of the Manor of Canford, of which
Poole formed part, temp. Ric. I.
SIGILLVM * COMMVN6 D6 : LAPOL6 *
Beaded borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 553.
Mayoralty.
5305. [i4th-i5th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression.
iin. [D.C., H. 1 10.]
Within an engrailed border, a shield of arms : barry wavy
a dolphin embowed naiant, on a chief wavy in chief three
escallops, TOWN OF POOLE.
: SIGILLU : MAIORITATIS : WILLE I DE : POLE.
Staple.
5306. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast from fine, but chipped,
impression. % in. [Ixii. 44.]
A lion's face, enraged, betw. three fleurs-de-lis ; within a
quadrilobe.
& SIGILU 8TAPULE IN PORTU DE POLE.
The letters DE of de are conjoined.
Comptroller.
5307. [I4th-I5th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression.
.LI in. [Ixii. 43.]
A lion statant guardant enraged, the tail reflexed betw. the
hind legs.
Legend on a riband.
S 1 : CONTRAR * DE * POOL *
Beaded border.
Corporation Seal of A rms.
5308. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression,
chipped. H in. [D.C., H. 120.]
A shield of arms, TOWN OF POOLE, see No. 5305. Over
the shield a wavy line.
AD- MOREM VILLXE DE POOLE.
LOCAL SEALS. 165
Later Seal of Arms.
5309. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i ,V in.
[Ixii. 45.]
An ornamental shield of arms, TOWN OF POOLE, see No.
5305. The barry wavy here becomes three bars wavy. Crest,
on a helmet and ornamental mantling, a mermaid holding in
the r. h. an anchor in pale, cabled, without a beam, the 1. h.
extended holding a ball.
In base the legend :
AD MOREM VILL/E DE POOLE.
Mayor.
5310. [iSth-igth cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix.
I \ in. [Ixii. 46.]
An ornamental shield of arms of TOWN OF POOLE as in
the preceding seal No. 539- Crest on a helmet and orna-
mental mantling as before.
BOROUGH OF POOLE . MAYOR.
Beaded border.
Sheriff.
5311. [ 1 8th- 1 Qth cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i
X i in. [Ixii. 47.]
Oval : an ornamental shield of arms, helmet, mantling and
crest, as before.
SHERIFF OF POOLE.
Beaded border.
Town Clerk's office.
5312. [i8th-i9th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix.
% in. [Ixii. 48.]
An ornamental shield of arms, helmet, mantling and crest
as before.
Legend on a riband, above : TOWN CLERKS OFFICE.
Below, in field : POOLE.
PORTSMOUTH, co. Southampton.
5313. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 3 in.
[Ixiii. 96, 97.]
0. On the sea, a one-masted ship, two mariners on the
yard furling the mainsail, in the embattled forecastle two
1 66 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
trumpeters, an embattled castle at the stern, in the hold two
mariners hauling up the anchor.
SIGILLVM g COMMVNG & D6 * PORTMVTHA.
R. In a church-like building of elegant architectural
details, with pointed arches, pinnacled and crocketed, the
Virgin, standing, crowned, the Child on the 1. arm ; under
similar but smaller arches in perspective at the sides, on the
1. St. Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, with mitre, lifting
up the r. h. in benediction, on the r. St. Nicholas, with mitre
and pastoral staff, lifting up the r. h. in benediction.
PORTVM : VIRGO : IVVA NICHOLA6 : FOV6 :
ROGE (fie) [i.e. Rege] : THOMA.
The letters OR of Portum are conjoined.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 561.
Provost.
5314. Sulph. cast from chipped impression. i| in.
[xxxvii. 19.]
A crescent enclosing an estoile of seven points wavy, the
armorial bearings of the TOWN OF PORTSMOUTH.
8' PR6POSITI D6 PORT6SMVE.
Beaded border.
Cf. S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 559.
PRESTON, co. Lancaster.
5315. [A.D. 1376.] Bronze-green: fine, the edge chipped,
2^- in. [Add. ch. 20,519.]
An Agnus Dei, statant reguardant, with banner-flag ; on
its shoulder a shield of arms couche : ENGLAND, with a label
of three points for DUCHY OF LANCASTER.
Legend on a raised rim, carved on the inside edge with
small quatrefoils or ball-flowers :
ft SIGILL' COMVN6 BVRG6NCIVM D PR6STON.
Later Seal.
5316. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-j^- in.
[xlvii. 871.]
A shield of arms : an Agnus Dei, with nimbus, statant
reguardant, with banner-flag of shield shape, TOWN OF
LOCAL SEALS. l6/
PRESTON. The shield betw. two tied branches of laurel,
leaved and fructed.
No legend.
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 484.
5317. Another. [Ixvi. 40.]
Another Seal.
5318. [i/th-iSth cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix,
l-j^- in. [xlvii. 870.]
A shield of arms : an Agnus Dei, with nimbus, couchant,
and with banner-flag, a variant form of the arms of the TOWN
OF PRESTON.
J5r SIGILLVM COMVNE VILL/E DE PRESTON.
Laing's MS. Catal. , No. 483 ; S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 567.
READING, co. Berks.
5319. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if x if
in. [lix. 70.]
Pointed oval : a crowned head with long hair, couped at
the neck, betw. four heads with long hair, couped at the neck,
turned three-quarters to the centre. The shield of arms
granted in 1566 to the town is derived from the device on
this seal, and bears also the letters R. E., for Rex Edwardus,
at the sides of the crowned head. See S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet.,
vol. iii., p. 590, Burke, Gen. Arm., s. v.
+ S' : COMMVNITATIS : RADINGI6.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 592.
RETPORD, EAST, co. Nottingham.
5320. [I3th-I4th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression
or the matrix. i-f- in. [Ixx. 61.]
Two eagles with expanded wings, combatant
* ISTVT : SIGILLV D i 6ST6 i RTTFVRTH.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 600.
Signet.
5321. [Modern.] Sulph. cast from the matrix, -f- x 4 in.
[Ixx. 62.]
1 68 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Oblate octagonal : an ornamental shield of arms : two
eagles with expanded wings, combatant, TOWN OF EAST
RETFORD.
Legend on a garter :
EAST RETFORD.
RICHMOND HONOUR, co. York.
WILLIAM DE LA POLE, ^th Earl of Suffolk,
Lord of the Honour.
[A.D. 1415-1444.]
5322. Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-f- in. [D.C., G. 210.]
A shield of arms : chequy, a canton erm., and bordure
charged with lions ? or other indistinct devices, RICHMOND.
The shield placed upon a pedestal or dwarfed column, and
supported by the royal supporters, dex., an antelope, sin., a
lion. Background faintly diapered lozengy. All within a
border ornamented with carved quatrefoils or ball-flowers, and
engrailed at the upper part, over the shield of arms.
SIGILL' WILL'MI COMITIS : SUFFOLCHIE:
Z DNS (sic for DNI) HONORIS RICHMOD.
Carved border.
Cf. Clarkson, History of Richmond, p. 21.
SIR THOMAS STANLEY, Second Lord Stanley,
(First Earl of Derby in A.D. 1485), ob. A.D. 1504, and
Lady MARGARET, his wife, daughter of John
Beaufort, Duke of Somerset.
Lord and Lady of the Liberty of the Honour.
5323. Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in. [xlvii. 1801.]
A shield of arms, couche : per pale, dex., per fess, in chief,
MAN, see No. 4882 ; in base quarterly, i, 4, on a bend three
stags' heads cabossed, STANLEY of Stanley ; 2, 3, on a chief
indented three annulets, (for roundles) LATHOM of Lathom :
sin., quarterly, I, 4, FRANCE (MODERN) 2, 3, ENGLAND,
within a bordure compony, BEAUFORT. Crest, on a helmet,
mantling, and wreath, an eagle in its nest, preying on an
infant in swaddling clothes, STANLEY. Field replenished
with branches of cinquefoil roses, slipped and leaved.
Legend on scroll :
SIGILLU : DNl : Z : ONE : L1BTAT' HONORIS
RICHMOUNDI.
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 318.
LOCAL SEALS. 169
RICHMOND, co. York.
5324. [A.D. 1531.] Red: very imperfect and indistinct.
[Eg. ch. 279.]
For description see next seal, No. 5325.
5325. Sulph. cast from fine impression or the matrix.
I in. [Ixxiv. 98.]
The Trinity, on a carved corbel in a canopied niche ; at
each side, under a similar but smaller canopy, a shield of
arms : 1., quarterly I, 4, FRANCE (MODERN), 2, 3, ENGLAND ;
r., chequy, a canton erm., RICHMOND. Below each shield a
sprig of foliage.
SIGILLVM * COE * BVRGENSIV *
VILLG * RICHEMOND'.
Beaded border.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 605 ; Clarkson, History of Richmond,
p. 1 10 ; Add. MS. 28,017, f. "5.
Signet, or Minor Seal, A.D. 1 603.
5326. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. I in.
[Ixxxiv. 99.]
A double cinquefoil rose, barbed and seeded, for union of
the white and red roses of York and Lancaster by Henry VII.
as explained by the elegiac distich :
" Nostra nee albescit rubicunda, nee alba rubescit,
Facta sed ex gemino nostra colore rosa est."
+ SIGILLVM BVRGI RICHMONDII.
Beaded border.
Clarkson, History of Richmond, pp. no, in ; Add. MS. 28,017, f. 115.
Royal Seal for Recognisances within the Borough, temp.
WILLIAM WETWANG, ist Mayor, A.D. 1668.
5327. Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2-f- X 2\ in. [Ixxv.
60.]
Pointed oval : an ornamentally carved shield of arms : an
orle, over all on a bend, five ermine spots bendwise, TOWN
OF RICHMOND. Over the shield, impressed by a small
matrix, introduced into the face of the other, and of the shape
of an inverted shield, by way of a crest, a double cinquefoil
I/O CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
rose en soldi, ensigned with a royal crown. This movable
portion could be used separately by the Town Clerk.
A S 1 DNI R AD CAP RECO : INFRA BVRG :
RICHM' CONCS : TEMP : WIL' : WETWANG PRI :
MAIR IBM.
Inner border beaded, outer border carved.
Clarkson, History of Richmond, p. no, cf. p. 84; Add. MS. 28,017,
f.iiS-
Free Grammar School, A.D. 1 567.
5328. [i6th cent.] Sulph. cast, from cracked impression.
2^ X ii in. [Ixxiv. 100.]
Pointed oval : St. James the Greater, the apostle, in
pilgrim's habit, barefoot, to the r., with round hat (on which is
an escallop), cloak, wallet, and staff, holding in the 1. h. a
small water barrel (?) and a rosary. In the field on each
side, an ornamental shield of arms : quarterly, i, 4, FRANCE,
(MODERN), 2, 3, ENGLAND. In the field also are three small
fleurs-de-lis of FRANCE and two lions passant guardant of
ENGLAND.
K SIGILLVM COMVNE LIBERE SCOLE BVRGENSIVM
DE RICHMOND.
The letters NE in comune, and HM and ND of Richmond,
are conjoined.
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. ii., p. 875 ; Clarkson,
History of Richmond, pp. no, 193 ; Add. MS. 28,017, US-
RIVINGTON, co. Lancaster.
Free Grammar School, A.D. 1566, 1586.
5329. Sulph. cast, tinted red, from the matrix. 3 x 21 in.
[xxxv. 1 47-]
Oval : a rudely carved shield of arms : per pale, dex. SEE
OF DURHAM, see No. 2475, sin., a cross patonce voided, on a
chief three suns in fesse radiated, JAMES PlLKlNGTON, Bishop
of Durham, founder. Over the shield a scroll or riband
inscribed : s TV I RO El . T . Above this, a peda-
gogue, or perhaps the founder, half-length, with cap and gown,
in the r. h. a birch-rod, in the 1. h. an open book inscribed
with an indistinct legend, and near it the date 1566. In the
field overhead the date 1586, and at the sides the initial
letters I. D. for JACOBUS DUNELMENSIS, There is also an
imperfect cordon of pellets round the field.
LOCAL SEALS. 171
Legend engraved in reverse :
. : . SIGILLVM B SCHOLARCHARVM /. DE /. RIVIGTON.
Inner border beaded.
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. i., p. 714.
5330. Another, [xlvii. 877.]
Lamg's MS. CataL, No. 282.
ROCHESTER, co. Kent.
5331. [i3th cent] Sulph. casts of the obv. and rev. from
the matrix. 3 in. [Ixv. 92, 93.]
0. On waves, for the R. Medway, Rochester castle, with a
banner-flag of ENGLAND over the entrance to the keep, on the
r. a gateway with two round towers embattled, on the 1. h.
side tower a trumpeter.
SIGILLVM * CIVIVM * ROF6NSIS.
R. The crucifixion of St. Andrew, treated in an artistic
manner.
# SIGILLVM COMMVNe : CIVITATIS ROFENSIS.
Beaded borders ; the annulus of the legend replenished
with groups of small pellets disposed irregularly.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 620 ; Archaologia, vol. xlix., pt. I.,
(appendix).
5332. Plaster casts of the obv. and rev., tinted red. [Ixxii.
23, 24.]
Mayoralty.
5333. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-f- in.
[Ixv. 94.]
An ornamentally carved shield of arms : on a cross, the
text letter t ; on a chief a lion passant guardant of ENGLAND,
CITY OF ROCHESTER.
X- SIGILL OFF X MAIORATVS : CIVITAT : X : ROFFEN.
Inner border beaded, outer border carved.
Castle.
5334. [i$th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. i-|- in.
[xlvii. 878.]
172 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
On a mount, an embattled castle of two storeys, with four
turrets on the lower wall, round-headed portal with portcullis
half-down.
SIG : CASTRI . ROFFENSIS.
Beaded borders.
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 384 ; Gent. Mag., 1772.
5335. Another. [D.C., G. 284.] 1
Bridge Wardens.
5336. [iSth cent.] Sulph. cast from fine, chipped, im-
pression. 1 1 in. [Ixv. 98.]
On a bridge of seven pointed arches, through which flows
the R. Medway, a carved and canopied niche with ogee
arch, crocketed, containing the Trinity ; tabernacle-work at
the sides.
SIGILLU : GARDIANORU : COMUNITATIS : PONTIS : ROFFENSIS.
Later Seal, A.D. 1576.
5337. Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2 in. [Ixv. 97.]
On an embattled bridge of six round-headed arches, with
draw-bridge in the middle, a view of the cathedral tower, and
other details of the City of Rochester. In base the river. In
the field above, the date 1576.
: * : SIGILVM * COMVNE * PONTIS * ROFFENSIS.
The N's in comune and Roffensis are reversed.
Beaded border.
Admiralty, A.D. 1606.
5338. Sulph. cast from fine, but cracked, impression, i^ in.
[Ixv. 95.]
On the waves, a three-masted ship of war, sailing to the r.,
flag at mizen-top charged with the cross of St. George, guns
run out from the portholes.
SIGILL ADMIRAL CIVITAT ROFFEN 1606.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 620.
Fishery, A.D. 1606.
5339. Sulph. cast from the matrix. | in. [Ixv. 96.]
A pike-fish^ embowed. In the field below, the inscrip-
tion :
s c
ROFFEN
1606.
LOCAL SEALS. 173
ROMNEY, co. Kent, A.D. 1558.
5340. Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2i in. [xlvii. 879.]
On the sea, a one-masted ship, with mainsail furled on the
yard, which is furnished with a large ring where it meets the
mast. The centre of the seal has a slight circular depression,
about i in. wide. In the field the date A 15-58, in reference
to the year 1558, when a new charter was granted by
Q. Elizabeth. The figure 5 is in both cases badly cut.
SIGILLVM BARONVM DE RONEM6Y *
Beaded borders.
Laing's MS, CataL, No. 620 ; S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 627.
Another Seal.
5341. Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2-f in. [Ixv. 99.]
This is a coarsely executed copy of the preceding seal, No.
5340, with legend wrongly copied.
SIGILLVM BARONVM DE RONEMEV /*
Cabled borders.
W. Boys, History of Sandwich, p. 806, for suggested date of A.D. 1358 ;
and pi. fig. 2.
Another Seal.
5342. Proof impression on red paper. 2f in. [xliv.
221.]
A copy of the first seal, the main-sail furled, but without
the ring on the yard. There are nine oar-holes in the side of
the ship.
~ SIGILLVM BARONVM DE ROMEMEY -
Inner border beaded, outer border cabled.
Mayoralty.
5343. [i7th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-f- in.
[Ixvi. i.]
Three lions passant guardant in pale, not on a shield. The
armorial bearings of the TOWN OF NEW ROMNEY.
$ SIGILLVM OF : MAIORATVS : PORTVS DE ROMENE .
Beaded borders.
W. Boys, History of Sandwich, pi. p. 808.
Another Seal.
5344. [i7th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 14 in.
[Ixvi. 2.]
1/4 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Same design as the preceding seal, No. 5343, but different
matrix.
2IGILLVM OF : MAIORATV3 PORTV3 DE
Inner border beaded.
Signet ?
5345. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. i-Jg- in.
[Ixv. loo.]
A double cinquefoil rose en soleil, barbed and seeded.
ft VILLA ft DE ft NOVA ft ROMNEY.
Beaded border.
ROMNEY-MARSH, co. Kent.
Bailiff, Jurats, and Commonalty of the Liberty, A.D. 1560.
5346. [A.D. 1622.] Red : very indistinct and imperfect.
About if in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 75 D. 50.]
A church, with tall spire, crosses at the gable-ends, and
round-headed doorway. Over it the date 15-60. In base
a shield of the ROYAL ARMS of Qu. ELIZABETH. Supporters,
two angels, each with a nimbus.
tt SIGILLVM CO DE RVMNE .
Small Seal
5347. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. \\ in.
[Ixvi. 3.]
A church-like building, as in No. 5346. In base a small
plain shield.
ROMNEY MARSH.
W. Boys, History of Sandwich, p. 806.
Common Seal, A.D. 1665.
5348. Recent impression in red sealing-wax, from the
matrix. 2\ in. [xliv. I.]
A view of the " Marsh," with a church having embattled
tower, spire surmounted by a cross, and a cross at the gable
end of the nave. In the background the sea, with a three-
masted ship of war, with high quarter-deck, sails furled, flags
at each masthead and at the bow, charged with a cross of
St. George.
tt SIGILLVM COMMVNE DE RVMNEY MARSHE : AN : 1665.
LOCAL SEALS. 175
The letters NE in commune and in Rumney, and HE in
marshe, are conjoined.
W. Boys, History of Sandwich, p. 806, pi. fig. i.
ROMSEY INFRA, co. Southampton. [A.D. 1578.]
5349. Sulph. cast from the matrix. \\ in. [xxxvii. 21.]
A portcullis, chained and ringed, over it the date, 1578.
ft SIGILLVM DE ROMSEY INFRA.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 628.
RUGBY, co. Warwick.
Free Grammar School, A.D. 1567.
5350. [i8th cent] Sulph. cast, tinted red, from the
matrix. \\ in. [xxxv. 148.]
An ornamental shield of arms, with sprigs and festoons of
flowers and foliage at the sides : on a fess betw. three
griffins' heads erased, a fleur-de-lis betw. two cinquefoils,
LAWRENCE SHERIFF, founder. Crest on a wreath, a lion's
gamb erect and erased, holding a date branch.
Legend in two concentric circles :
Outer circle : * THE TRUSTEES OF THE RUGBY
CHARITY.
Inner circle : FOUNDED BY LAWRENCE SHERIFF.
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. iii., p. 662.
5351. Another, [xlvii. 844.]
Laing's MS. Catat., No. 298.
RYE, co. Sussex.
5352. [i$th cent] Sulph. casts from the obv. and rev. of
the matrix. 2| in. [Ixxii. 101, 102.]
0. On the waves, a one-masted ship, square mainsail set,
sailing to L, with three rows of reef-points, embattled crow's-
nest and flag with a cross of St. George and streamers on the
mast, embattled forecastle, with banner flag of St. George,
and larger embattled poop or stern-castle, with a standard-
bearer wearing a cuirass or jupon, camail, and bascinet, and
1/6 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
holding a similar banner flag. In the hold a mariner half-
length.
SIGILLUM : /* * : BARONUM : A* s* : DE : w ^ : RYA : >*
R. An elevation of a church, probably St. Mary's, Rye,
with embattled and masoned wall, spire topped with a cross,
two side pinnacles crocketed, arcaded clerestory, six-pointed
windows, each gable topped with a cross. In the centre on a
carved corbel a canopied niche with the sides ornamented
with ball-flowers, the Virgin, standing, the Child on the 1.
arm, in the r. h. a flowering branch. In the field overhead,
on the 1. a radiant sun or estoile of twelve points, on the r.
a crescent, each accompanied by seven stars.
: AVE : MARIA : GRACIA : PLENA: DNS : TECUM : BENEDICTA :
TU : IN : MULIERIBVS : *<
Cabled borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iii., p. 650 ; Sussex Archaol. Collections,
vol. i., p. 16 (with date, temp. Henry V., suggested.)
5353. Sulph. cast of the rev. only, indistinct, [xlvii. 729.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 655.
Mayor.
First Seal, now used by Deputy Mayor.
5354. [i5th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-f- in.
[Ixxii. 103.]
A shield of arms, ClNQUE-PORTS, see No. 4885, betw. three
wyverns.
tt : SIGILLUM : OFFICII : MAIORIS : VILLE : DE : RYA :
W. Boys, History of Sandwich, p. 782, pi. fig. 4 ; and p. 814.
5355. [A.D. 1450.] Red : fine, but very imperfect. [Add.
ch. 973.]
: SI CM : MA ILLE : DE : RYA :
Later Seal, A.D. 1574.
5356. Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in. [Ixxii. 104.]
A copy of the preceding seal, No. 5354. The wyverns
obscurely designed.
$ SIGILLVM OFFICII MAIORIS $ VILLE $ DE S RYA 9 #
Sussex Archaol. Collections, vol. i., p. 19, and pi. f. 7 ; W. Boys,
History of Sandwich, p. 782, pi. fig. i, and p. 814.
LOCAL SEALS. 1 77
SAPPRON-WALDEN, co. Essex.
Mayor and Aldermen.
5357. [i7th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in.
[Ixiii. 34].
A castle frontage, with two round side-towers, masoned
and embattled, and embattled enceinte, or surrounding wall,
with two similar round towers. In the enclosed area, three
saffron plants in flower, walled in : by way of a rebus on the
name of the town.
8 COMMIE : SIGILL : MAIORIS ET ALDERMAND VILLE
DE SAFFRON WALDEN IN COND : ESSEX.
Carved border.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 364.
,boqqirb Jr/cf ,onfi moil
ST. ALB AN S, co. Hertford.
5358. [i7th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. i T 3 F in.
[Ixiv. 57.]
An ornamental shield of arms : a saltire, TOWN OF ST.
ALBANS.
# S COMVNE VILLE SANCTI ALBANI :
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 12.
ST. IVES, co. Cornwall.
5359. [A.D. 1690.] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in.
[Ixi. 25.]
An ornamentally carved shield of arms : an ivy branch
overspreading the whole field, TOWN OF ST. IVES.
fcSIGILLVM BVRGI ST IVES IN COM CORNVB : 1690.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 469.
5360. Another. [D.C., H. 194.]
SALISBURY,^. Wilts.
5361. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from a fine, but chipped,
impression. 2\ in. [Ixxiii. 71.]
The Virgin, with crown, in the r. h. a sceptre fleur-de-lize,
on the 1. arm the Child, with nimbus ; seated on a castle with
two embattled side-towers, on each a bird, two round turrets
VOL. II, N
1 78 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
with pointed roofs behind, each topped with cross and knop.
In the field above, a crescent on each side, and an estoile also
on the r. In base, under a trefoiled arch, a bishop, half-length,
with mitre, and pastoral staff held obliquely, lifting up the
r. h. in benediction.
B SIGILL' NOVe : CIVITATIS : SAReSBVRIC :
5362. Sulph. cast from imperfect impression. [D.C., E.
B SIGILL' N CIVITATIS : SAR6SBVRI6 :
5363. [A.D. 1397.] Red: fine, but very imperfect. [Add.
ch. 17,424-]
3S .". a . i . . ATIS : SAR6SBVR . .
Mayor.
5364. [i3th cent.] Sulph. cast from fine, but chipped,
impression. ! X !$ in. [Ixxiii. 72.]
Pointed oval : the Annunciation of the Virgin, under a
trefoiled arch with church-like canopy. In base, under a
round-headed arch, the mayor, kneeling in prayer to the r.
8 S' MAIORIS SARRVM #
Second Seal.
5365. [Hth cent] Sulph. cast from fine, but chipped,
impression, i-^- in. [Ixxiii. 73.]
The Annunciation of the Virgin, in a niche with two pointed
arches, pinnacled and crocketed. In base, under a carved
round-headed arch, the mayor, half-length, in prayer to the r.
SIGILLU MAIORIS * SARRVM *
Third Seal.
5366. [A.D. 1416.] Red : fine, chipped on the 1. h. side.
if in. [L.F.C., viii. 8.]
The Annunciation of the Virgin : with a lily flower of three
sprays growing out of a pot, betw. the Virgin with nimbus,
holding up the hands on the r., and the Archangel Gabriel
holding a scroll inscribed :-AVE MAR', on the 1., in a niche with
two carved canopies, having a crocketed finial betw. them,
and tabernacle-work at the sides. In base, under a round-
headed arch, betw. two half arches, the mayor, half-length, in
prayer.
SIGILLUM : MAIORIS : NOVE : SA
5367. [A.D. 1421.] Red: fine, injured by a plaited rush
Jiaving been pressed over it when newly made. [L.F.C.,
viii. 9.]
Legend indistinct
LOCAL SEALS. 179
With Counterseal of }WN HALLE, Mayor.
5368. [A.D. 1465.] Red: fine, slightly chipped. [Harl.
ch. 78 I. 55.]
0. SIGILLUM : MAIORIS : MOVE : SARUM : #
R. A small oval counterseal, or signet, from a ring. About
|- X -f- in. Impression of an antique oval intaglio gem of
the Gnostic period. St. John Baptist, with camel's hair
coat, and nimbus, holding in the r. h. towards his breast the
Agnus Dei, and lifting up the 1. h. in benediction ; under his
feet, an indistinct object perhaps an asp.
# SIGILLUM IOHANYS & HALLA.
5369. Sulph. cast of the third seal as in No. 5366. [D.C.,
G. 70.]
Seal "pro recognitione debitorum," see No. 1087.
R : gfrnB lo bfoirie n ,;>Jf
New Corporation of the City of New Sarum,
A.D. 1658.
5370. Sulph. cast from the matrix. if in. [D.C., H.
158.]
An ornamentally carved shield of arms : four bars, CITY
OF NEW SARUM. (Visitation, 1565.)
THE : CITIE : OF : NEW : SARVM : 1-6-5-8 : /* .
Carved borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 74.
Smaller Seal of Arms.
5371. [i7th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. I in.
[Ixxxiii. 74.]
An ornamentally carved shield of arms : barry of six, er-
roneously for four bars, CITY OF NEW SARUM.
g CIVITAS : NOVE : SARVM.
Another Seal.
5372. [i7th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. i in,
[Ixxiii. 75.]
A shield of arms : barry of eight, erroneously for four bars,
CITY OF NEW SARUM ; suspended by a riband from a festoon
of flowers and foliage. Supporters, on brackets, two double-
headed eagles displayed, gorged with coronets. In base,
two palm-branches, tied.
+ CIVITAS NOVXE SARUM.
N 2
180 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Weavers Company.
5373. [i7th cent] Sulph. cast from cracked impression.
2 in. [D.C., H. 165.]
A lion's head, affrontee, crowned with the coronet of seven
points, with six pearls alternately disposed, in the mouth a
shuttle (?).
8 SIGILLVM O TEXTORVM O CIV1TATIS O NOVE O SARVM.
The letters TE in textorum, and VE in nove are conjoined.
Beaded borders.
SALTASH, co. Cornwall.
5374. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-^- in.
[Ixi. 23.]
Within a cusped border of six points, a shield of arms : a
lion rampant, within a bordure charged with thirteen
roundles, for the EARLS OF CORNWALL, and TOWN OF
SALTASH. Over the shield an open crown of three points ;
at each side an ostrich feather labelled, and a sprig of foliage ;
in base, wavy lines representing the sea.
* SIGILLVM : SALTASCH6 : IN : CORNWAILG.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 7.
SANDWICH, co. Kent.
5375. [i3th cent] Sulph. casts of the obv. and rev., from
the matrix. 2^ in. [B.C., E. 626, 627.]
0. On the sea, in which are several fishes, a one-masted
ship with three guns in the hull, mainsail being furled by two
mariners sitting on the yard, embattled crow's nest, forecastle
and stern-castle, streamer at the masthead, flag at the fore-
castle, and two flags at the stern ; in the hold two half-length
mariners, one holding an axe, the other a flag charged with
two estoiles of six points. There is also a small boat on
board at the foot of the mast. In the stern the head of the
steersman is seen, and near him a boat-hook, erect.
SIGILL' * CONSILII fc BARONVM s D6 fc SANDWICO 8
R. A lion passant guardant crowned. The field filled with
two trees of elegant design, with trefoiled leaves and of con-
ventional character.
$ QVI * S6RVAR6 ft GR6GGM & CGLI SOL6T * INDIGO Xs
R6G6M 8
LOCAL SEALS. 181
Beaded borders.
W. Boys, History of Sandwich, pp. 769, 789 ; S. Lewis, Tofiogr. Diet.,
vol. iv., p. 14.
Mayoralty.
5376. [isth cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. u in.
[Ixvi. 5.]
Within an engrailed border, the three demi-lions passant
guardant conjoined to as many hulks, in pale, which form the
armorial bearings on the shield of arms of the ClNQUE-
PORTS.
fc SIGILLU * COMMUE * MAIORAT * UILLE ** SANDUICH *
Another Seal.
5377. [i5th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. i in.
[Ixvi. d]
Within a cusped or engrailed border a similar design to
that of the preceding seal, No. 5376.
I SIGILLUM Z OFFICII I MAIORATUS X * AK #? VILLE *
SANDEWICI I AS | A*
The space betw. the third and fourth words appears to have
contained a word now erased in the matrix.
W. Boys, Hist, of Sandwich, p. 844.
Comptroller of the Port.
5378. [temp. Car. I.] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-^- in.
[Ixvi. 7.]
The Royal Badge of a double cinquefoiled rose, barbed and
seeded. Above it a royal crown. In the field the initial
letters C. R. and six fleurs-de-lis.
& S' OFF : CONTRAROT : PORTVS SANDWICH
Inner border beaded, outer border carved.
Free Grammar School, A.D. 1563.
5379. Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2-f in. [Ixvi. n.]
Our Lord, with a nimbus or corona of rays, seated under a
round-headed arch of masonry, with book on his lap and 1. h.
extended, teaching. On the 1. a group of five disciples ; at
his feet an infant ; on the r. a pedagogue, under a smaller
arch, and five children, two of them carrying books under the
arm. In base, under the plinth or platform a shield of arms ;
1 82 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
two pales engrailed, on a chief a demi-lion rampant issuing, a
crescent for difference, ROGER MANWOOD, founder. On a
looped riband at each side of the shield the inscription :
* /* AD ME VENIRE SINITE PARVVLOS * *
Marc. x. 14.
* SIGILLVM * COE * GVBNAT * LIBE * SCOLE * GRAMATICE *
ROGERI * MANWOOD IN * SANDWICO.
The letters ND in Sandwico are conjoined.
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. i., p. 594 ; W. Boys,
History of Sandwich, pp. 244, 790.
SCARBOROUGH, co. York.
6380. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2\ in.
[Ixxv. 6 1.]
An embattled castle of two storeys, with masoned walls,
round-headed portal, the doors closed, two narrow round-
headed windows and two circular windows in the lower storey,
two quatrefoiled windows in the upper storey, over the battle-
ments the helmeted head of a castellan. At the back and 1.
h. side of the castle the sea. On the 1. a one-masted ship
with embattled crow's nest, and the heads of two mariners on
board. In the field overhead an estoile of eight points wavy,
SIGILLVM : COMVN6 : BVRGNSIV : D : SCARDBVRG.
The letters AR of Scardeburg are conjoined.
Beaded borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 21.
Later Seal.
5381. [i8th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. ' i^ in.
[Ixxv. 7.]
On the sea, a ship of war, with a beacon of three points on
the mast, betw. two embattled round-towers, each bearing a
flag charged with the cross of St. George, the hull containing
two rows of circular port-holes.
* * SIGILLVM & VILLE * DE & SCARDEBROVGH W
\
Beaded border.
SEAFORD, co. Sussex.
5382. [i6th cent] Sulph. casts from the obv. and rev. of
the matrix, i-g- in. [Ixxii. 106, 107.]
LOCAL SEALS. 183
0. An eagle, rising reguardant with expanded wings.
$i SIQILLVM BVRGENSIVM : D SAFFORDIA.
The s's reversed.
R. On the sea, a three-masted ship of war of antique
shape, with mainsail set, fore and mizen sails furled, a circular
crow's nest and flag on each mast
WITH SVTONII ft ft ET ft CHVNGTON.
W. Boys, History of Sandwich, p. 814 ; S. Lewis, Topogr. Did., vol. iv.,
p. 29.
Bailiff.
5383. [i$th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i in.
[Ixxii. 105.]
An eagle displayed.
8 SIGILLVM 8 BALLIVI 8 DE 8 SEFORDE.
Cabled borders.
SEVEN OAKS, co. Kent.
Free Grammar School, A.D. 1 560.
5384. Sulph. cast from the matrix. 3f X 3 in. [Ixvi. 12.]
Pointed oval : beneath a reeded baldachin, topped with a
cross, and supported by two turned columns each topped
with a similar cross, the pedagogue, with academical cap and
gown, seated in a carved chair with two similar columns at
the sides, in the r. h. a birch-rod, in the 1. h. an open book.
At each side a scholar, the one on the left holding a book.
In the field the letters R. B. for Sir Ralph Bosville, knt, bene-
factor. On the flagged pavement in the foreground six
scholars, four with books. In base, in three lines, the
inscription :
ft SERVIRE ft DEO REGNARI ft ft EST.
For this motto, cf. No. 2139.
SIGILLVM ft COMMVNE ft SCOLE GRAMATICALIS tf
DE ft SEVENOK ft IN ft COM ft KANCE.
The N's reversed.
SHAFTS SBURY, co. Dorset.
Mayoralty.
5385. [A.D. 1434.] Red: fine but very fragmentary.
About i| in. when perfect [Harl. ch. 80 D. 51.]
1 84 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
A shield of arms: a cross betw. in the ist and 4th quarters
a fleur-de-lis, in the 2nd and 3rd, a lion's face, TOWN OF
SHAFTESBURY. Inner border carved and enriched with ball-
flowers.
SIG
Second Seal, A.D. 1570.
5386. [i7th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in.
[Ixii. 51.]
A carved shield of arms : a cross quarterly, betw. in the ist
and 4th quarters a fleur-de-lis, in the 2nd and 3rd quarters a
lion's face, TOWN OF SHAFTESBURY. Over the shield the
date 1570 . .
E SIGILLVM + OFFICII + MAIORATVS + BVRGI SHASTON.
Cabled borders.
Court of Record, A.D. 1570.
5387. Sulph. cast from the matrix. in. [Ixii. 52.]
A shield of arms : a tree eradicated, the lower branches
pruned and sprouting afresh, in the branches a bird, on the
dex. a lion leaping up towards the bird. Betw. the initial
letters B. 8. Over the shield the date, 1570.
SHEFFIELD, co. York.
5388. [A.D. 1554.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2 in.
[D.C., H. 172.]
A sheaf 'of fifteen arrows arranged saltire-wise, tied with a
tasselled cord, betw. two pheons.
* : SIGILLVM : : VILLA : : DE : : SHEFFELDE : :
ANNO : : 1554 :
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 48.
Free Grammar School, A.D. 1603 or 1604.
5389. Sulph. cast from the matrix, varnished. 2^ X i-f- in.
[D.C., H. 70.]
Pointed oval : on a mount a scholar standing, an open
book in the r. h. The background or field replenished with a
sheaf of twelve arrows radiating from the centre, points in
base.
g LVCERNA PE DIBVS MEIS * VERBVM TVVM.
Psalm cxviii. 105.
LOCAL SEALS. 185
5390. Sulph. cast, tinted red. [xxxv. 149.]
5391. Sulph. cast, tinted red. [xlvii. 905.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 306 ; N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools,
vol. ii., p. 896.
SHORE HAM, co. Sussex.
Seal for delivery of Wool and Hides, see No. 1163.
SHREWSBURY, co. Salop.
Bailiffs.
5392. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression, if
in. [Ixxi. 32.]
A shield of arms : ENGLAND. Betw. three oak-trees.
# SIGILLVM : BALLIVORV : SALOPIE.
Beaded borders.
Corporation, A.D. 1425.
5393. Sulph. cast from the matrix. 3 in. [D.C., G. 264.]
A view of the town, with houses, churches, and a large
church of cruciform plan with tall spire topped with a cross
in the middle, within an embattled wall with four round
towers embattled, and a central round-headed doorway and
two similar side doorways leading to bridges over the R.
Severn. Over the central doorway a shield of arms:
ENGLAND ; on the walls on each side a shield of arms : 1.
diapre, a cross of St. George ; r. three leopards' heads, two
and one, TOWN OF SHREWSBURY.
SIGILLU + COMUNE + LIBERTATIS + VILLE + SALOPESBURIE +
FACTU + ANO + GRE + M + CCCC + XXV.
Beaded border.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 72 ; [Hugh Owen], Some Account
of . . . Shrewsbury, i^cfc, frontispiece.
5394. Another, fine. [Ixxi. 30.]
Seal of Arms.
5395. [i/th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. i\ in.
[Ixxi. 33.]
An ornamental shield of arms : TOWN OF SHREWSBURY,
as in No. 5393. In base, on a scroll the legend :
VILLA SALOPI/E.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 69.
1 86 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Manor of Foregate Monachorum belonging to
Shrewsbury Abbey.
5396. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix or a fine
impression. 2\ x 1-rV in. [D.C., E. 690.]
Pointed oval : a baton, with the ends and centre beaded
and ringed, betw. on the 1. a dexter hand and vested arm,
holding a jewelled pastoral staff in pale, on the r. a dexter
hand and arm vested with a hauberk-sleeve of ring-mail,
holding a drawn broad-sword in pale. In the field two six-
foils, a smaller one, and a quatrefoil.
8 S' COMMVN6 D6 FFORYAT6 MONACHORVM.
Beaded borders.
[Hugh Owen], Some Account of . . , Shrewsbury, 1808, p. 135 ;
Dugdale, Mon. AngL, vol. iii., p. 516.
Drapers' Company,
6397. [i5th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. i| in.
[Ixxi. 36.]
The Almighty Father, with nimbus and radiant lines round
the head, seated, lifting up the hands in benediction ; on the
lap a staff set obliquely ; across the breast, the word oeus.
Behind, the field replenished with tongues of fire or rays, set
horizontally. The legend following is connected by a line at
the end with the mouth of the Father.
B PATER : DE CELIS : FILI :_REDEMPTOR : MVD1 : SPIRITUS :
SCI (**) : SCA : T'NITAS : VN'.
Cabled borders.
Smaller Seal or Counterseal.
5398. Sulph. cast from the matrix. i in. [Ixxi. 37.]
The Almighty as in the preceding seal, No. 5397, without
the staff and the name on the breast.
S 1 FRAT'NITATIS PANNARIOR D SGNOPIA .
The letters OR in pannariorum, and DE in de are con-
.
Free Grammar School, A.D. 1798.
5399. Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2% in. [xxxv. 150.]
In a hall, with geometrical pavement, two low pointed
arches on clustered shafts, and an ogee-arched window of
five lights, on the I, K. EDWARD VI. presenting the founda-
LOCAL SEALS. l8/
tion charter of A.D. 1552 to the promoters, Hugh Edwards
and Richard Whitacre.
In base, the inscription in three lines: FUN DAT 1552.
AUCT AB ELIZABETH 1571.-REPARAT 1798 .
In the exergue, on the r., w. BOWLEY F .
SIGILL GVBERNATORVM ET FIDE COMM LIBERAE
SCHOLAE GRAMM R EDWARDI VI SALOP.
At the commencement of the legend a shield of arms :
three leopards' heads, TOWN OF SHREWSBURY, see No. 5393.
5400. Another, [xlvii. 906.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 290 ; N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools,
vol. ii., p. 377.
SOUTHAMPTON, County of.
JOHN UVEDALE, Sheriff, A.D. 1387-1388.
5401. Red sealing-wax, from fine impression. in.
[xliii. 5.]
A shield of arms : a cross moline, UVEDALE, ensigned
with a castle as used in sheriffs' seals. In the field on the r.,
in base the initial letter R. All within a finely carved and
traced gothic panel.
r ', "i
JOHN GIFFORD, Sheriff, A.D. 1494-5.
5402. Sulph. cast from fine impression. I in. [Ixiv. u.]
A triple-towered castle, embattled walls masoned, on the
portal a shield of arms, couche" : ten torteaux, four, three,
two, and one, in pile, GlFFORD. Betw. the initial letters i. G.
Cabled border.
SIR JOHN BRUYN or BRUNE, Sheriff, A.D. 1554-5.
5403. Sulph. cast from imperfect impression, i in.
[Ixiv. 9.]
A triple-towered castle, embattled, narrow round-headed
windows, round-headed portal with portcullis half-down. On
the portal a shield of arms, couche : quarterly, i, 4, a cross
moline, (cf. No. 5401), 2, 3, lozengy, BRUNE. At the sides two
branches of foliage ; above, two cusps and two leaves slipped.
Another Seal, or a Counterseal
5404. Sulph. cast. % X -f- in. [Ixiv. 10.]
Oval : upon a triple-towered castle, embattled and with
walls masoned, a shield of arms, couche, lozengy, BRUNE.
1 88 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Royal Seal of Henry V. (?)for the Subsidy on Cloth in
co. Southampton.
5405. Sulph. cast, i^ in. [Ixiv. 12.]
The king's head, full face, crowned, and collared, betw.
two ostrich feathers labelled.
8 : SVBSIDIVM : PANNORVM : SVTHT.
Coarse style. For other seals of this class, see Nos. 1060-
1063.
SOUTHAMPTON, co. Southampton.
5406. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression. 2\
in. [Ixiv. 4.]
On the sea, a one-masted ship, triangular sail set and
charged with two crosses pattdes, embattled stern-castle, side
sweep or rudder, flag and streamers at the mast-head.
SIGILLVM VILL6 SVTHAMTONI6.
Second Seal.
5407. [i3th cent.] Sulph. cast of the obv. only. 3| in.
[B.C., F. 639.]
On the sea a one-masted ship, mainsail furled, embattled
crow's nest, and castles, in the hold a mariner holding a spar
and lifting up the r. h., in the castle at the stern two trumpeters,
flag at the mast-head. In the field a crescent and two
estoiles.
SIGILLVM * COMVNITATIS * SVTHAMTONE : C & .
Cf. S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 119, for a seal very similar, but
with variant details and legend.
5408. Sulph. cast of the rev. only. 3^ in. [Ixiv. 3.]
Three carved gothic niches, with ogee arched canopies,
pinnacled and crocketed, containing the Virgin, crowned,
the Child on the 1. arm, betw. two angels turned towards her,
with expanded wings, swinging censers, tabernacle-work at
the sides. Background coarsely hatched with diagonal lines.
In base, under a string-course ornamented with ball-flowers,
an arcade of eight round-headed arches containing two lions'
faces, as many fleurs-de-lis, and as many roundles or roses.
O MAT6R * VIRGO D6I TV 9 MIS6R6R6 * NOBIS RJ
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. ii., p. 119.
Later Seal.
5409. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 3^ in.
[Ixiv. 6.]
LOCAL SEALS. 189
On the sea, a three-masted ship of war, two decks of guns,
fully rigged, sailing to the 1., on the mainsail an ornamental
shield of arms : per fess, three cinquefoil roses, barbed and
seeded, TOWN OF SOUTHAMPTON. Foremast and mainmast
heads carry on the flag the cross of St. George.
:; 6 :: SIGILLVM : COMMVNE : VILL/E : SOVTHAMTONIXE .
Seal of Arms.
5410. [i?th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. in.
[Ixiv. 5.]
An ornamental shield of arms : a fess or barrulet betw.
three cinquefoil roses barbed and seeded, for per fess three
roses, TOWN OF SOUTHAMPTON.
K VILLA SVTHAMPTON.
Beaded border.
Official Seal.
5411. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast from chipped impression,
i-i- in. [Ixiv. 8.]
A castle gateway, with two round towers, masoned and
embattled, round-headed portal with portcullis half-down.
In the field above, a rose of five points, from the arms of the
TOWN OF SOUTHAMPTON. In base the legend : SOVTHTON-
Beaded border.
Mayoralty.
5412. [iSth cent.] Sulph. cast from fine, but slightly
chipped, impression, i^- in. [Ixiv. 7.]
On the sea, a one-masted ship, with mainsail furled, em-
battled castles at each end. In the field on the r. an
estoile of six points.
: * SIG' : MAIORITATIS : VILLE : DE : SUTHAMPTON . *, :
Another Seal.
5413. [i$th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression,
chipped. 2 in. [D.C., G. 263.]
On the sea, a one-masted ship of peculiar style, mainsail
furled, embattled castles at each end ; flag at the bowsprit,
charged with the cross of St. George and with streamers. In
the field over the deck a cinquefoil rose, barbed and seeded,
as in the arms of the TOWN OF SOUTHAMPTON ; on the r. a
crescent ; on the 1. an estoile of six points.
: *< SIGILLVM : MAIORATUS : VILLE : SUTHAMl'TONE BENES (0
190 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
5414. [A.D. 1545.] Red : fine fragments. [Add. ch. 7219.]
Legend wanting.
Bailiffs.
5415. [i3th cent.] Sulph. cast from fine impression.
1 4- X i in. [Ixiv. 13.]
Pointed oval : on the sea a one-masted ship with mainsail
furled, rudder at the starboard side.
S' BALLIVOR SVTAMTONI6.
Another Seal.
5416. [i3th cent.] Sulph. cast from fine impression,
i-i x i in. [Ixiv. 14.]
Pointed oval : apparently a copy of the preceding seal,
No. 5415. In the field on the 1. an estoile of six points.
S' BALLIVORVM SVTHAMTONI6.
The letters AM in Suthamtonie are conjoined.
Provostry.
5417. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression,
chipped at the edge. I-*- x i$ in. [Ixiv. 15.]
Pointed oval : on the sea a one-masted ship, with mainsail
furled, a cross at the mast-head, rudder at the starboard side.
This appears to be a similar design to that on the seal of the
Bailiffs, No. 5415.
8 S' PRPO[SI]TVR6 : SVTHAMTON'.
Another Seal.
5418. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression,
slightly chipped. i| X l\ in. [Ixiv. 16.]
Pointed oval : this is a copy of the preceding seal, No. 5417,
with the additions in the field of an estoile of six points wavy
on the 1., and a crescent on the r. over the deck.
tt S' . PR6POSITVR6 : SVTHAMTON6.
Another Seal.
5419. [i3th cent.] Sulph. cast from fine impression,
slightly chipped. i-f- X i| in. [Ixiv. 17.]
Pointed oval : a copy of the designs of the two previous seals,
Nos. 5417, 5418, with larger castles at stern and stem. The
position of the estoile and crescent in the field is transposed.
# S' : PR6POSITVRG : SVTHAMTON6 :
LOCAL SEALS. IQI
Staple.
5420. [I3th-I4th cent.] Sulph. cast from fine impression.
ii in. [B.C., F. 688.]
Within a finely traced and carved gothic rosette of four
pointed and two semicircular lobes, a leopard's face, enraged,
between two fleurs-de-lis at the sides, and four small roses.
FFICIJ I STAPULLE
SUTHAMPTONIJ I
Seal "pro recognitione debitorum," see No. 1088.
Free Grammar School, A.D. 1584?
5421. Red : fine originally, now chipped and injured.
i in. [xxxv. 260.]
Qu. Elizabeth, standing, in royal robes, slightly turned to
the L, in the r. h. an orb, in the 1. h. a sceptre. In the field
on each side, a shield of the ROYAL ARMS of the Queen,
couche, suspended by a looped riband. In base an orna-
mental shield of arms : three eagles displayed, two and one.
Legend on a scroll :
8 IN VILLA SOVTH' ....... [STA]BILIT f
PER ELIZAB' BEGIN'. 1584 (?)
5422. Sulph. cast. [Iviii. 25.]
5423. Another. [Ixiv. 23.]
SOUTHWARD co. Surrey.
St. Olave's Free Grammar School, A.D. 1570.
5424. Sulph. cast from the matrix, 14. in. [B.C., H. 177.]
A view of the interior of the school, with master seated on
a chair before a table on which is a birch-rod and open book,
before him five scholars. The pavement is flagged with
lozenge-shaped slabs ; the window is of five lights, below it
on a string-course the date : * : i 576 . .
tt THE SEALE OF YE FREE SCHOOLE OF YE PARISHIONERS
OF ST OLAVES SOVTHW FOVNDED BY Q. ELZ.
*]''
Carved borders.
St. Mary Overeys or St. Saviour s Free Grammar
School, A.D. 1573.
5425. Sulph. cast from the matrix, tinted red. i in.
[xxxv. 151.]
CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
In a niche of the style of the Renaissance, with carved
plinth, columns with spiral fluting, and triangular pediment or
canopy with ornamental back, the master, seated on a chair,
to the r., instructing a class of scholars on the r. Background
partly diapered lozengy. At the sides the initials T. C., for
Thomas Cure, one of the co-founders. In base, a birch-rod.
J3r SIGILLVM SCOLLAE SANT/E (sic) SALVATORIS 1573 #
The letters TM in santcs are conjoined.
Beaded borders.
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. ii., p. 582.
5426. Sulph. cast, [xlvii. 903.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 293.
5427. Another. [Ixxii. 69.]
SPALDING, co. Lincoln.
Portreeve.
5428. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. I T 5 ^ in.
[B.C., H. 187.]
A portcullis, chained and ringed ; over it the initial letters
c. R. [Carolus Rex.]
t SIGIL : OFFICII : PORT : SPALDEN.
Cabled borders.
Free Grammar School, A.D. 1668.
5429. Sulph. cast from the matrix, tinted red. i-J- in.
[xxxv. 152.]
A shield of arms : on a chief three mallets, a coat founded
on that of three mallets, JOHN GAMLYN or GAMBLYN, one of
the co-founders.
$ SIG LIB SCHO GRA IN : SPALDING IN COM LINO.
Beaded borders.
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. i., p. 843.
5430. Another, [xlvii. 907.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 285.
5431. Sulph. cast. [Ixvii. 31.]
LOCAL SEALS. 193
STAFFORD, co. Stafford.
First Corporation Sea/, also used by the Free Grammar School,
5432. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast, cracked, from fine im-
pression; tinted red. 2 in. [xxxv. 153]
A triple-towered castle, masoned and embattled, quatrefoiled
windows, doors thrown back, in the portal a portcullis half-
down. In the field on each side, two lions passant guardant
of ENGLAND in pale ; in base, in water a fish naiant con-
tourne. All within a carved sixfoil, with trefoiled tracery in
the spandrils, and a trefoil slipped and leaved, attached to the
cusp betw. the lions on each side ; the inner edge ornamented
with ball-flowers.
& SIGILLVM COMUNITATIS ft VILL6 STAFFORDI6.
Beaded border.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 144; Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc.,
vol. xii., pi. 32, fig. 4 ; N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. ii.,
p. 491.
5433. Sulph. cast, tinted red, from fine impression,
[xlvii. 908.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 292.
5434. Sulph. cast from cracked impression. [Ixxii. 39.]
5435. Another. [D.C., F. 630.]
Later Seal, A.D. 1826.
5436. Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2 in. [Ixxii. 40.]
A modern copy of the preceding seal.
* SIGILLVM COMMUNITATIS VILL/E STAFFORDI/E # 1826.
5437. Another. [B.C., H. 197.]
STAMFORD, co. Lincoln.
5438. [i4th cent] Red sealing-wax, from the matrix.
2| in. [xliii. 137.]
The Virgin, with crown, seated in a finely carved niche with
ogee-arched canopy, pinnacled and crocketed, supported on
two side-towers of tabernacle-work enriched with cinquefoil
roses, the Child on the 1. arm. Background at sides diapered
lozengy, with a small cinquefoil in each space. In base, under
a carved ogee-arch with a trefoiled opening in each spandril,
an ecclesiastic kneeling in prayer to the 1.
3TAVNFORD * BVRGGNSeS * VIRGO FVNDVNT * TIBI PR6C6S.
VOL. II.
,194 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
The N's reversed.
Beaded borders.
Cf. Peck, History of Stamford, vol. iii., p. 33.
5439. Sulph. cast, [xlvii. 909.]
Laing's MS. Catal, No. 385.
5440. Another. [D.C., F. 34.]
Later Seal.
5441. [i?th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2 in.
[Ixvii. 36.]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex., ENGLAND, sin., chequy,
WARREN, Over the shield two oak-leaves, at each side a
wyvern with a peacock's tail.
SIGILLUM COMMUNE BURGI STAMFORDI/E.
Cf. S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 157.
STAPELHOU HUNDRED, co. Cambridge.
5442. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast. i| in. [Ix. 59.]
Across the field in two lines, the inscription : STAP-YLHO
with a sprig of foliage above, and another below it.
S : COM : CANT6BRYGG :
STOCKPORT, co. Chester.
5443. [i9th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2\ in.
[Ix. 93.]
On a mount replenished with foliage and flowers an orna-
mental shield of arms : three lozenges betw. nine crosses
crosslet, TOWN OF STOCKPORT. Lewis describes the crosslets
as fitch^es. Over the shield a riband ensigned with a mural
crown, and inscribed .... CORPORATE . . . FOR .. 185 ...
THE COMMON SEAL OF THE BOROUGH OF STOCKPORT
S. Lewis, Tofiogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 182.
STOCKTON-ON-TEES, co. Durham.
Corporation.
5444. [i8th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 14 in.
[Ixii. 93-]
LOCAL SEALS 195
An anchor, lined, surmounted by a castle, embattled and
masoned.
* SIG' : CORP : DE STOCKTON IN COM : PAL : DUNELM.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 185.
STOKE-COURCY, co. Somerset.
5445. [i2th-i3th cent.] Sulph. cast from fine impression.
2 in. [Ixxi. 71.]
An embattled tower of four diminishing storeys, walls
masoned, a round tower at each angle, portal with valve
doors closed.
# SIGILL' COMMVNG : BVRG6NSIVM : D : STOKGS CVRCI :
SUFFOLK, County of.
SIR SYMONDS D'EWES, Bart., Sheriff, A.D. 1640.
5446. Red: fragmentary. [Harl. ch. 49 F. I.]
Oval : a triple-towered castle, masoned and embattled. In
the field above, portion of the base of a shield of arms : three
quatrefoils, two and one, D'EWES.
EDMUND TYRELL, Sheriff, A.D. 1774.
5447. Red : very indistinct ; en placard on a broad riband
of yellow silk, -f- in. [Add. ch. 10,518.]
Oval : a triple-towered castle, masoned and embattled, on
each side-tower a dome topped with a flag. At the sides the
initial letters : E. T. In base the legend : SUFF.
JOHN WENYEVE, Sheriff, A.D. 1784.
5448. Red : fine impression, edge imperfect ; en placard on
a tape. i in. [Add. ch. 10,519.]
Oval : a triple-towered castle, masoned and embattled, on
each side-tower a dome topped with a flag. Above, on a
wreath, on a mount a bird rising, with a sprig of foliage in its
beak, Crest of WENYEVE ? At the sides the initial letters :
I. w. In base the legend : SUFF.
SURREY, County of.
Coroner.
5449. [Modern.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. i x t in.
[Ixxii. 71.]
O 2
196 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Oval : a rose, slipped and leaved, ensigned with a royal
crown.
SIGILLVM CORONATOR COM SVRRY.
SUTTON-COLDFIELD, co. Warwick.
Seal of the separate jurisdiction.
5450. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2\ in.
[Ixxiii. 36.]
A double cinquefoiled rose, en soleil, barbed and seeded :
one of the royal badges of K. Henry VIII.
S <H SIGILLV fc GARDIANI I C I SOCIETAT' S DE S
SVTTON * # COLFYLD.
Cabled border.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 250.
TAMWOETH, cos. Warwick and Stafford.
5451. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2^ in.
[Ixxii. 54.]
A fleur-de-lis, diapered.
Legend on a riband with wavy ends :
SIQ BVRGI DE TAMWORTH IN COMITAT WARWIC
ET STAR
Carved border.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 264.
TAUNTON, co. Somerset.
5452. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression. 2-J-
in. [Ixxi. 72.]
A castle of peculiar and elaborate style, having a house of
two storeys, in the middle two flags on the roof, two round
side-towers, each topped with a fleur-de-lis ; outside these, on
an embattled wall, with round-headed arches, on each side a
pastoral staff. In base, a fleur-de-lis betw. two birds. The
field contains several groups of pellets arranged three by three
in clusters.
tt : SIGILLVM : COMMVN6 : BVRGI : TANTONI6.
Beaded borders.
Cf. the seal of Exeter, No. 4919.
LOCAL SEALS. 197
TAVISTOCK LIBERTY, co. Devon.
5453. Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-i x in. [Ixii. 5.]
Oval : a shield of arms : a lion rampant, on a chief three
escallops, RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford. Ensigned with an
earl's coronet of five pearls.
K ARMA DNI : LIBERT' DE TAVISTOCKE.
Carved border.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 273.
TENTERDEN TOWN AND HUNDRED, co. Kent.
5454. [i5th cent] Sulph. casts of the obv. and rev. from
the matrix. 2f in. [Ixvi. 15, 16.]
0. On the waves, a one-masted ship of war, mainsail
charged with the armorial bearings of the shield of arms of
the CiNQUE-PoRTS, flag of St. George on the castle at the
stern, round crow's nest. In the field on the 1. a crescent, on
the r. an estoile of eight points. Inner border of the field
partially engrailed.
* SIGILLUM * COMUNE *< VILLE *< ET * HUNDREDE *
DE * TENTERDEN : *
R. St. Mildred, Patroness of the Church and Town,
crowned, in the r. h. a book, in the 1. h. a pastoral staff,
standing in a carved niche with octagon plan, and with
heavy canopy, and tabernacle-work at the sides ; background
diapered with vertical stripes enclosing rows of quatrefoils ;
on the plinth, or string-course below, the inscription i : SCA. : I: :
MILDREDA : I #. In base, under a depressed arch, carved, with
masonry at the sides, a shield of arms : on a bend betw. four
lions' heads erased, enraged, three estoiles, PlLLESDEN ?
* ORA : PRO NOBIS : BA MILDREDA # YT DIGNt
EFFICIA -rPMISCOIBS : XPI :
W. Boys, History of Sandwich, p. 814 ; S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol.
ii., p. 278.
5455. [A.D. 1479.] Red : a fragment. [Add. ch. 16,328.]
Mayor.
5456. [i7th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i^ in.
[Ixvi. 17.]
On the sea, a one-masted ship of war, the mainsail
charged with the armorial bearings described on the shield
in the previous seal, No. 5454-
SIGILV OFFICII MAIOR VILLE HVNDREDE DE
TENTERDEN.
198 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Later Seal of the Mayoralty.
5457. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2 in.
[Ixvi. 1 8.]
On the sea, a three-masted ship of war in full sail to the 1.
ft : S' OFFICII MAIORATVS VIL : ET HVND : DE
TENTERDEN :
Carved border.
THETFORD, co. Norfolk.
5458. [A.D. 1313.] Mottled-green: originally fine, edge
chipped away. About 2|- in. when perfect. [Add. ch.
17,207.]
An embattled castle of elaborate design, the walls diapered
lozengy in a rough manner, keep triple-towered [with a flag
on the topmost tower], on a small side tower on the 1. a
knight with shield of arms and sword, on a similar tower on
the r. [a trumpeter]. Thirteenth century style of work.
Legend wanting.
Cf. Blomefield, History of Norfolk, vol. ii., p. 134; Add. MS. 23,014,
f. 706. ' . .jc
Second state.
5459. Sulph. cast from the matrix, which has been re-
touched with deep outlines. 2f in. [Ixix. 46.]
This shows many details of the architecture wanting in the
previous seal. The shield of the knight is ornamented with a
fretty device.
SIGILLVM COMMVN6 BVRG6NCIVM DE THEFORD \^ .
Beaded borders.
Cf. S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 287.
Second Seal.
5460. [A.D. 1 66 1.] Red : cracked and imperfect. | in.
[Add. ch. 24,245.]
A triple-towered castle, charged with a shield of arms : per
pale, dex., three lions passant guardant in pale, in chief a
label of three points, THETFORD OF BATISIIALL, sin., chequy,
THETFORD CANONS.
SIGILLVM B THETFORD.
LOCAL SEALS. 199
TONBRIDGE, co. Kent.
A Doubtful Seal or Counterseal.
5461. Sulph. cast. \ in. [Ixii. 94.]
A rebus, consisting of a tun surmounted by the letter T,
and below it the word BRVGE. In the field, a sprig and two
slipped leaves.
Free Grammar School, A.D. 1552.
5462. Sulph. cast from bent impression, if in. [Ixvi.
19.]
A shield of arms : a fess raguly betw. three boars' heads
couped, SIR ANDREW JUDDE, knt, founder.
SIGILLVM GVBER LIBER/E SCOLXE ANDRE/E JVDDE
MIL'.
Carved border.
TOREINGTON, or CHIPPING TORRINGTON,
co. Devon.
5463. [Early i$th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix.
I T V in. [Ixii. ii.]
On waves, a fleur-de-lis of elegant proportions, betw. two
small text letters F, and two very small crosslets. The upper
part of the border of the field is cusped or engrailed with ten
points, eight of which are enriched with clusters of three
pellets each.
: SIGILLU : COE DE CHIPYNGTORITON : COM : DEVON.
The legend is preceded by a leopard's face, enraged. The
letters DE, in de and Devon, are conjoined
Cabled borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 324.
Borough.
5464. Sulph. cast from the matrix, in. [Ixii. 12.]
Design similar to that of the preceding seal. Two large
and two small crosslets in the field.
BOROUGH * OF GREAT TORRINGTON.
TOTNES, co. Devon.
5465. Sulph. cast from fine, but cracked, impression. 2| in.
[Ixii. 1 8.]
2OO CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
A triple-towered castle, masoned and domed, the side-
towers topped with a knob, portcullis half-down. In the field
on each side, a key. Background diapered with foliage.
SIGILLUM * COMUNITAT' * MAGNE * TOTTONIE #
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 326.
Mayor.
5466. [i$th cent] Sulph. cast from chipped and indistinct
impression, i-i- in. [Ixii. 17.]
On a mount, a castle, with embattled tower and walls,
round-headed doorway with portcullis up, side towers spired ;
in the field on each side, a beacon.
SIGILLUM : OFFICIJ : MAIORATUS . TOTTONIE.
TRELLECK, co. Monmouth.
5467. [i3thcent] Sulph. cast from fine impression, i^ in.
[Ixii. 19.]
A shield of arms : three chevrons, CLARE. Above the
shield a trefoiled sprig, on the 1. a crescent, on the r. a mullet
with wavy points.
# S' : COMMVNITATIS : BVRGI D TRILL'.
Inner border beaded.
5468. Another. [D.C., F. 340.]
TRURO, co. Cornwall.
5469. [i8th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. I in.
[Ixi. 26.]
An ornamentally carved shield of arms : the base wavy,
thereon a ship of three masts under sail, on each top-mast a
banner of St. George, on the waves in base two fishes naiant
in pale, TOWN OF TRURO.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 336.
TUTBURY HONOUR, cos. Stafford, Derby, etc.
5470. [A.D. 173-] Red : en placard on a label. i|
X i in. [Wol. ch. xi. 60.]
Oval : on a torse or wreath a hunting-horn of the Honour
stringed and garnished, Crest of AGARD ; surmounted by a
LOCAL SEALS. 2OI
shield of arms : per pale, dex., i, 4. FRANCE (MODERN), 2, 3,
ENGLAND, for HENRY IV. ; sin., vair or vaire", FERRARS.
Motto in the field above : EFFIGIS CORNY.
For a description of the horn and shield of arms, see Shaw, History of
Staffordshire, vol. i., p. 44.
TWYNHAM, co. Southampton.
5471. [Late I3th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix.
2 in. [Ixiv. 30.]
Our Lord, with cruciform nimbus, seated on a throne in a
carved niche, with cinquefoiled arch crocketed and tabernacle-
work of two orders at the sides ; lifting up the r. h. in
benediction, in the 1. h. a book. The base masoned ; field at
the sides diapered lozengy.
S' : COMVN : VILL6 : XPI : CCL'I6 : D : TWYNHAM.
Beaded borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. i., p. 421.
Another Seal.
5472. Sulph. cast from a matrix. [Ixiv. 31.]
This appears to be an unfinished copy of the previous seal,
No. 5471, with slight variations.
No legend.
WALLINGFORD, co. Berks.
5473. [iSth cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix in
possession of the corporation. 2f in. [Iviii. 55.]
A king, (perhaps intended to represent Edward the
Confessor, in whose reign Wallingford became a royal
prescriptive borough,) in plate armour with helmet, chapeau ;
crest a lion of ENGLAND statant guardant crowned, the tail
extended ; sword chained to neck, shield of arms : quarterly
i, 4, FRANCE (MODERN), 2, 3, ENGLAND ; riding a caparisoned
horse at full speed to the r. over a ford, in allusion to the
name of the town. In the field, over the horse's neck, the
letter , under the neck, the letter J).
SIGILLUM sAs**(8i*</9s& COMUNE * * DE
/*!!*.*i* WALLINGFORD ^ # *
Cabled borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 368.
202 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Later Seal.
5474. [i 8th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if x i
in. [lix. 71.]
Oval : an oval shield of arms elegantly carved : a portcullis,
chained and ringed.
* THE SEAL OF THE BOROUGH OF WALLINGFORD.
TIT AT OAT T O,, JT J
WALSALL, co. Stafford.
5475. [Late 1 5th cent] Sulph. cast from a fine impression,
or the matrix, i-f- in. [Ixxii. 55.]
A shield of arms : quarterly, I, 4, FRANCE (MODERN), 2, 3,
ENGLAND, for Henry V. or VI. ? ensigned with an open coro-
net of five fleurs-de-lis. Supporters, two lions sejant guardant
tails flory interlinked in base.
S' COE MAIORIS Z COMUNITATIS VILLE DNI REG' DE WALSAL.
Carved border.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 372.
WANQFORD, or WAYNPORD HUNDRED, co. Suffolk.
5476. [i 5th cent] Sulph. cast I in. [Ixxii. 21.]
Across the field in two lines the legend HUNDR DE
WAYNFORD. Over the legend a crown fleury of three points
with a cusp in the field on each side. Below the legend a
third cusp from which spring two slipped trefoils.
S : REGIS : IN : COMIT' . SUFF .
Archaol. Journ., vol. xi., 31.
WANTAGE, or WANTING, co. Berks.
Seal of the Town Lands for the Free Grammar
School, A.D. 1598.
5477. Sulph. cast, tinted red, from the matrix, ij- in.
[xxxv. 154.]
On the r. a man, standing turned to the 1., with hat and
tunic, giving a coin to a beggar, kneeling, and holding out his
hat to receive it ; on a mount replenished with herbage and
flowers.
LOCAL SEALS. 203
Legend in two concentric circles :
Outer circle: * THE + SEALE + OF + THE + TOWNE +
LANDES + OF + WANTING.
Inner circle : B ARKS. The letters alternating with a
Bourchier knot, above and below, and a water-bouget on each
side.
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. i., p. 43 ; W. N. Clarke,
Paroch. Topogr, of the Hund. of Wanting, 1824, p. 184.
5478. Another, [xlvii. 915.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 270.
WAREHAM. co. Dorset.
5479. [i8th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. i| in.
[Ixii. 58.]
An ornamental shield of arms : a crescent enclosing an
estoile of six points betw. three fleurs-de-lis reversed, TOWN
OF WAREHAM.
@ SIGILLVM : VILL/E : & : BVRGI : DE WAREHAM.
Carved border.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 386.
WARWICK, co. Warwick.
5480. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression, of
the matrix. 2\ in. [Ixxiii. 35.]
A castle, with masoned and embattled wall, round sider
towers with tall round-headed windows and battlements, and
circular wall masoned and embattled in base. The central
tower or keep is of peculiar form, and is charged with a shield
of arms : a bar, betw. in chief three crosslets, in base chequy
a chevron. This is a compound coat, the chief referring to
BEAUCHAMP, and the base to GUY, EARL OF WARWICK.
On each side of the central tower a spire topped with a cross.
On each of the side-towers a watchman, half-length, blowing
a horn ; that on the 1. has the appearance of being double.
The doorway has a pointed arch. In the field on the 1. an
estoile of six points, on the r. a crescent, each betw. two small
pierced sixfoils in pale.
SIGILLVM COMMVNITATIS WARWYCHIG *
,
At the end of the legend, on the sprig a small bird.
Carved borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 396.
204 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
WELLS, co, Somerset.
5481. [i3th cent.] Recent impressions in red sealing-wax
from the matrix. 2| in. With marks of the studs used for
steadying the two sides, [xxxv. 364 A. B.]
0. The city of Wells represented by a bridge of three
round-headed arches and with houses upon it ; behind are
five niches with round-headed arches, the two outside niches
containing doors, the central one, a man standing ; over them
four towers. Over these Our Lord, half-length, with cruciform
nimbus, issuing from clouds, betw. the sun as a human head,
full-face, surrounded by an invecked nimbus, on the 1., and the
crescent moon, as a head in profile, on the r.
SIGILLUM COMMVN6 i BVRGI : WGLLIG
R. In base, a well or fountain with water issuing thereout,
in which is a pike or lucy naiant to the r. and a crane
pecking it on the r. Over the well, on a mount a tree of
elaborate design with twisted branches and large trefoiled
leaves. On the foliage and in the field are eight birds of
varying sizes.
* ANDR6A : FAMVLOS : MOR : TVR : TVOS S&/
Beaded borders.
Small Seal.
5482. [i8th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. I ,V X I
in. [Ixxi. 75.]
Oval : an ornamentally carved shield of arms : per fess in
base three wells two and one, masoned, in chief a tree issuant
from the fess line, CITY OF WELLS.
HOC FONTE DERIVATA COPIA IN PATRIAM POPULUMQUE RUIT.
Cf. Herat. Carm. iii., 6, 19.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 418.
Steward's Office.
5483. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. \\ in.
[Ixxi. 74.]
A tree with five small birds on the branches. In base, a
well with a pike naiant, and two birds pecking at it.
J S' OFFICII S6NESCALLI' COMVNITATIS BVRGI W6LLI6.
Inner border carved.
LOCAL SEALS. 205
WENLOCK, co. Salop.
5484. [i5th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 1-3- in.
[Ixxi. 38.]
In three niches with carved canopies, the Trinity, betw. on
the 1., St. Milburga, Patroness of the town and abbey,
standing crowned, in the r. h. a book, in the 1. an ornamental
pastoral staff, at her feet a lion or other animal sejant ; on
the r., St. Michael the Archangel, with expanded wings, shield
charged with a cross, and sword, in combat with the Dragon.
In base, on herbage under three round-headed arches, as
many shields of arms : centre, a lion rampant, ROGER DE
MONTGOMERY, benefactor; 1., a stag tripping; r., a chevron
betw. three blackamoors' heads, WENLOCK. In the field
outside the niches, on the 1., a stag's head erased and the
legend ROG', on the r., a crutch or bracket and the legend
HO LA.
* SIGILLUM : COMUNE : BURGI : DE : WENLOK :
Cabled borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 425.
WESTBURY, co. Wilts.
5485. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if X if
in. [Ixxiii. 87.]
Oval : a shield of arms : quarterly, a cross, alternately
fleury and patonce, within a bordure charged with twenty
lioncels rampant, all counterchanged, TOWN OF WESTBURY.
Background coarsely hatched.
* S1GILLVM & MAIORIS % ET % BVRGEN % DE % WESTBVRIE.
Carved border, with four flowers in cross.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet,, vol. iv., p. 428.
WESTMINSTER, co. Middlesex.
Seals of the Statute Staple, see Nos. 1095-1 106.
WEYMOUTH, including MELCOMBE-REGIS,
co. Dorset.
Common Seal of Melcombe Regis.
5486. [Early I4th cent.] Sulph. cast from fine impression,
or the matrix, i-g- in. [Ixii. 59.]
206 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
An ancient ship, with starboard rudder on the r., single
mast with embattled crow's nest and two castles, at each
end a fir-tree or sprig. In the field on each side of the
mast a shield of arms : quarterly, i, 4, a lion rampant, LEON,
2, 3, a triple-towered castle, CASTILE, in reference to King
Edward II., in whose time the town attained importance.
$1 SIGILLVM : COMVNI6 : D6 M6LCOMA :
Mayoralty of Melcombe- Regis.
5487. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-^ in.
[Ixii. 60.]
A shield of arms of ENGLAND, suspended by a hanked
strap betw. two floral devices.
tt SIGILL' MAIORATVS VILL' D' MLCOVB REG'.
. Town of Weymouth and Melcombe- Regis.
5488. [i7th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2^ in.
[Ixii. 6 1.]
A shield of arms : on the waves of the sea in base, a ship
of three masts tackled and rigged, on the fore and mizen
masts two square banners, on the first three lions passant
guardant, in pale, ENGLAND ; on the second, quarterly, I, (4),
a lion rampant, 2, (3), a castle, (the 3rd and 4th left blank),
for Edward II., see the preceding seal, No. 5486. On the
hull of the vessel an escutcheon, per fess, in chief three
chevrons, in base as many lions passant guardant in pale,
UNITED TOWNS OF WEYMOUTH AND MELCOMBE-REGIS.
$ SIGILLVM ft WILLE ft DE ft WAYMOTH ft ET ft
MELCOMBE ft REGIS.
Beaded borders.
* ''*- Ea r~iA '-i\'T~l r>*"^
Mayor of Weymouth and Melcombe- Regis.
5489. [i 7th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2| "in.
[Ixii. 64.]
An ornamental shield of arms : a bridge of three arches,
masoned and double embattled, standing in the sea, in chief
an escutcheon bearing in chief three chevronels, in base as
many lions passant guardant in pale, cf. No. 5488.
$ SIGILLVM # MAYIOR (**0 * DE * WAYMOTH * ET &
MELCOMBE S$ REGIS.
Beaded borders.
Another Seal.
5490. [i 7th cent.] Sulph. cast from fine impression. '2 1|.
in. [Ixii. 62.]
LOCAL SEALS. 2O/
An ornamental shield of arms : a bridge of three arches,
faintly masoned and double embattled, standing in the sea,
in chief an escutcheon bearing three lions passant guardant
in pale.
# WAYMOVTH * AND * MELCOMBE * REGIS *
Carved borders.
Cf. S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 444.
Another Seal.
5491. [i7th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 14- in.
[Ixii. 63.]
A shield of arms as in the preceding seal, No. 5490. Betw.
three cherubim.
* WAYMOVTH AND MELCOMB REGIS.
Carved border.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 444.
Admiralty of Melcombe- Regis.
First Seal.
5492. [i6th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression.
Him. [B.C., H. 175.]
A three-masted rigged ship of war on the sea, yards set
obliquely, sails furled, beacon or crow's nest on the maintop, on
the foremast a flag charged with the cross of St. George, the
other masts bear each a plain flag. On the mainmast a shield
of arms, as described in No. 5488.
No legend.
Carved border.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 442.
fliiw {iJ^noMIfcii .OTip'il o!r.!!ioi c ,obi?. j:\> JL- V'.K ._. : i.jiw
Later Seal for Wey mouth and Melcombe-Regis.
5493. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2^ in.
[Ixii. 65.]
A three-masted rigged ship of war on the sea, fore and
mizen yards set obliquely and sails furled, main-sail set,
charged with the armorial bearings described in the previous
seal, No. 5489. Each mast topped with a cross and flag,
and having a round-top garnished with handspikes. The
anchor is hanging over the bows. Figure-head, a dragon's
head.
SIGILLVM 4> ADMIRALIS & DE WAYMOUTH A ET A
MELCOMBE & REGIS.
Inner border cabled, outer border beaded.
208 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
WIG AN, co. Lancaster.
5494. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. i| in.
[Ixvi. 43.]
A church-like building, perhaps a town hall, with central
spire topped with a cross, betw. two trees.
# SIGILLUM : D : WYGAN.
Cf. S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 468.
Later Seal.
5495. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from cracked impression.
2 X li in. [Ixvi. 44.]
Oval : a church-like building, with square windows, bell-
tower in centre, and at the gables, on the 1. a knob, on the r.
a flag ; set on an arcade of three round-headed arches, with
a half-arch on each side. In foreground a cross on four
steps.
: # : SIQILLVM . COMVNE VILL/E ET BVRGI DE WIGAN.
Cabled borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 468.
WILTON, o>. Wilts.
5496. [Late I4th cent] Recent impression in red sealing-
wax, from the matrix, i^ x i-fi in. [xxxix. 52.]
Pointed oval : a shrine, elegantly ornamented, in a canopied
shrine. Above it an angel, swinging a censer, and a shield of
arms of ENGLAND. Background replenished with sprigs of
foliage and flowers. In base, under a round-headed arch
with masonry at the side, a female figure, half-length, with
cap and mantle, praying. Inner border of the field en-
grailed.
# SIGILLU # COMUNE # BURGENS' DE A* WILTON *
Cabled borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., voL iv., p. 479.
5497. Sulph. cast from injured impression, [xlvii. 919.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 387.
Mayoralty.
5498. [Late I4th cent.] Recent impression in red wax,
from the matrix. if in. [xxxiv. 53.]
LOCAL SEALS. 209
The coronation of the Virgin, in a carved niche with triple
canopy and tabernacle-work at the side. Over the canopy a
shield of arms : ENGLAND.
S : MAIORITATIS : BURG DE WILTON.
The letters DE, of de, are conjoined.
5500. Sulph. cast from fine impression. [Ixxiii. 88.]
WILTSHIRE.
ROBERT DYNLEY, Sheriff, A.D. 1392.
5501. Brown : very imperfect, and injured by pressure.
| in. [Harl. ch. 49 G. 13.]
A shield of arms, couche to the left : a fess (or two bars),
in chief two mullets, DYNELEY, surmounted by a triple-
towered castle, betw. the initial letters : R. D. On each side
of the shield a small sprig of foliage.
Seal for the subsidy on cloth, see No. 1062.
WINCHELSEA, co. Sussex.
5502. [Late I3th cent.] Pale-brown wax, varnished a
dark-brown colour : chipped. 3-|- in. [Egert. ch. 396.]
0. On waves, a one-masted ship, with mainsail furled on
the yard, a mariner climbing up the rigging, castle at the fore
and stern embattled ; in the forecastle, which is on the r., a flag,
on the castle at the stern two trumpeters, and below them,
under a pointed arch, the steersman directing the side rudder,
three mariners on board hauling ropes. In the field a shield
of arms : ENGLAND ; above the yard on the 1. a crescent, on
the r. an estoile.
SIGILLVM : BARONVM : DOMINI : RGGIS :
ANGLI6: D :WINCHLLES6 :
R. An elaborate design representing on waves in base a
tower of two storeys. In the lower storey, the pointed arched
doorway is open and contains an ecclesiastic, seated, to the r.
and a suppliant, with hands uplifted in prayer before him, on
the r. This subject appears to have been impressed deeply by
a moveable and separate part of the matrix. Above, in the
second storey, a narrow rectangular window, also apparently
impressed by a moveable matrix, a saint standing full-length,
holding a palm-branch. Over this, an angular embattled
tower, on which is a banner-flag charged with three chevrons,
and also a watchman, half-length to the 1., holding a lantern.
VOL. II. P
210 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Before him, on the 1. in the field a shield of arms of ENGLAND.
On each side of this tower, in base, are houses representing
the town of Winchelsea. On the 1. h. side of the tower two
gothic niches with pointed arches, canopies pinnacled and
crocketed, on that on the 1. a bird, behind the other a tall
spire, pinnacled and crocketed, and topped with a cross.
The two niches contain on the r. St. GILES, seated to the 1.,
with a fawn leaping up to him, and a tree, on the 1. a
huntsman with a bow in the 1. and a horn in the r. h., and a
tree, from moveable matrices. On the r. h. side of the tower
three gothic niches with pointed arches, canopies pinnacled
and crocketed, and behind the middle niche a tall spire.
These three niches contain a representation of THOMAS
BECKET'S martyrdom. This also appears to be from a moveable
matrix. Cf. Nos. 1373, 1374 and 1377 in Vol. I., Plate ix. ;
2688, 2799, and 4061.
Legend on a bevelled edge indistinct in places, but, when
perfect, it reads in two rhyming hexameter verses :
& GGIDIO : THOM6 : LAVDVM : PLBS : CANTICA :
NG : SIT : IN : ANGARIA : GREX : SVVS : AMN : VIA.
Beaded borders.
W. Boys, History of Sandwich, pp. 814, 815.
5503. [A.D. 1329.] Green: fine fragments. [Add. ch.
20,166.]
5504. [A.D. 1342.] Green: fine fragment. [Add. ch.
20,174.]
Second Seal.
5505. [i4th cent.] Green : fine originally, now cracked
and chipped, and drilled with a large hole at the top for
suspension. [L. ii.]
0. As before.
ft. A close copy of the rev. of the preceding seal with some
slight differences of measurement. The figures in the move-
able parts of the central tower are differently designed, and
on the 1., in the place of the huntsman, the figures of St.
Giles and the fawn have been repeated. The depths of the
parts which are from moveable matrices in the first seal, here
are much less, and the designs are probably not separable.
W. Boys, History of Sandwich, pi. p. 782, p. 815 ; Add. MS. 6331,
f. 142, fig. 6 ; S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 493.
5506. Recent impression in red sealing-wax from the
" brass matrix in possession of Mr. Dean, I Upper Wimpole
Street, nth April, 1832." [xxxv. 92.]
5507. Sulph. cast. [Ixxii. 112",]
LOCAL SEALS. 211
Mayoralty.
5508. [i5th cent] Sulph cast from the matrix, i-i in.
[Ixxii. too.]
A shield of arms : ClNQUE PORTS, see No. 4885. Betw.
three wyverns.
ft : SIGILLUM : * : MAIORATUS : : VILLE : * : DE : * :
WYNCHELSE :
W. Boys, History of Sandwich, pi. p. 772, fig. 7.
Seal of the Ports of Winchelsea, Rye, and .
5509. [A.D. 1366.] Green: fine, but very imperfect.
About i in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 20,189.]
A shield of arms : field diapered lozengy, a fleur-de-lis.
Betw. three sprigs of foliage.
,eO. . . . . [P]ORTVBJ D6 WYNCHILSE RY .
WINCHESTER, co. Southampton.
Mayoralty.
5510. [i7th cent.] Sulph. cast from chipped impression.
I in. [xxxvii. 20.]
A triple-towered castle, masoned and embattled, round-
headed doorway, out of each side tower a demi-lion rampant,
with the paw placed on a central pinnacle topped with a
cross.
SIGILLVM MAIORATUS WINTONIE.
Seal " pro recognitione debitorum," see No. 1089.
Seal for delivery of wool and hides, see No. 1164.
Winchester College of St. Mary, A.D. 1387.
5511. Sulph. cast from the matrix. 3 in. [D.C., F. 77.]
Pointed oval : in two niches with canopies, on the r. St.
Paul, seated with sword and book, on the 1. St. Peter with
key and book. Over these, in a niche with pinnacled and
crocketed canopy betw. two carved and lower canopies, the
Annunciation of the Virgin, with a lily-flower growing in a pot
betw. the Virgin on the r., standing, and the archangel Gabriel,
with wings expanded, kneeling, on the 1., holding a scroll in-
scribed : AUE MARIA. On the tabernacle-work at the sides,
two shields of arms : two chevronels betw. three roses, Bishop
WILLIAM OF WYKEHAM. The plinth or string-course, below
the niche, is inscribed : wiKEH'M EPS FUDATOR. In base
P 2
212 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
under a carved round-headed arch, the bishop-founder, half-
length, with mitre and pastoral staff, in prayer. On each
side, in a round-headed window, a half-length figure in
prayer, with nimbus. Outside, on each side a slipped rose.
SIG' : COE : COLLEGII : VOCATI : SCE : MARIE : COLLEGIE OF
WYNCHESTRE : <PPE : WYNTON.
Cf. the seal of New College, Oxford, No. 5275.
WINDSOR, co. Berks.
5512. [Late I3th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix.
2-1- in. [Iviii. 57.]
A triple-towered castle, masoned and embattled. In the
field on each side a shield of arms : 1., ENGLAND for EDWARD
I. ; r. per pale, dex., ENGLAND dimidiated, sin., per fess, in
chief LEON, in base CASTILE, for Qu. ELEANOR OF CASTILE,
being a dimidiation of her whole shield of quarterly LEON and
CASTILE.
S' COMMVN6 I BVRG6NSIVM i WYND'LSORIG.
Beaded borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 513.
Mayor of the Borough of New Windsor.
5513. [i$th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-f- in.
[Iviii. 58.]
A castle in base, embattled and surmounted by three
towers, the middle tower or keep of two storeys. In the
centre over the castle a stag's head cabossed, and having betw.
the antlers a shield of arms : quarterly, i, 4, FRANCE,
(MODERN), 2, 3, ENGLAND ; on the 1. in the field, the letter
W, on the r., B. Background replenished with sprigs of
foliage.
SIGILLU MAIORIS BURGI DE NOVA WYNDESORE.
Beaded borders. .
S. Lewis, To^ogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 507.
Windsor Castle.
5514. [i5th cent] Plaster cast from mould. i^ in.
[xxxvi. 175.]
A stag's head cabossed, having betw. the antlers a triple-
towered castle, masoned and embattled, with round-headed
portal. Inner edge cusped.
SIGILLVM : CASTRI : DE : WYNDESORE.
LOCAL SEALS. 213
College Seal, ad causas.
5515. [i5th cent.] Sulph. cast from somewhat indistinct
impression. 2\ X H in. [lix. 73.]
Pointed oval : within a cusped border a shield of arms : a
cross of St. George. Encircled by a garter inscribed with the
motto of the Order.
HONY SOIT QE MAL I PENSE.
The whole upheld by an angel descending from clouds,
with expanded wings. Above the angel an uncertain design,
perhaps an Agnus Dei.
M, SIGILLVM : COLLEGII : DE : WYNDESORES : AD : CAUSAS.
WIRKSWORTH, co. Derby.
Free Grammar School, c. A.D. 1565.
5516. Sulph. cast tinted red, from a cracked mould made
from the matrix. 2f X if in. [xxxv. 155.]
Oval : the founder, Anthony Gell of Hopton, Esq., standing
with the r. h. raised, in the 1. h. a glove, and wearing flat cap,
academical gown, and ruff collar. In base, a carved shield of
arms : three mullets in bend, (pierced and counterchanged),
GELL. Crest, on a wreath a greyhound statant.
Legend on a raised band :
* : IMAGO : ANTHONII : GELL : ft & : DE : HOPTON : ARMIGERI.
N. Carlisle, Endowed Grammar Schools, vol. i., p. 239.
5517. Another, [xlvii. 916.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 276.
5518. Sulph. cast. [B.C., H. 74.]
WISBECH, co. Cambridge.
5519. [i6th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 1-f- in.
[xlvii. 920.]
In a double niche of late style, with triangular pediments
and turned columns, full-length figures of St. Peter with
nimbus, book, and key on the 1., and St. Paul with nimbus,
sword, and book on the r. The background of the seal
replenished with wavy sprigs of foliage.
$ SIGILLVM COMMVNE 9 INHABITANCIVM 9 VILLE 9
DE 9 WISBECHE.
Laing's MS. Catal, No. 386 ; S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 523.
214 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
6520. Another, fine. [Ix. 61.]
5521. Another, from an impression injured in parts by
pressure. [D.C., H. 48.]
Mayor, A.D. 1740.
5522. Sulph. cast from the matrix. \\ in. [Ix. 62.]
Two keys with ornamental handles, in saltire, wards in
chief; betw. the figures of the date 174, in chief, o in base.
Beaded border.
Privy Seal of the Mayor.
5523. Sulph. cast from the matrix. -J- in. [Ix. 63.]
Two keys in saltire, as in the preceding seal.
Town Clerk.
5524. Sulph. cast from the matrix. X in. [Ix. 64.]
Oval : on a carved shield, two keys in saltire, as before.
Legend on a buckled strap :
BOROUGH OF WISBECH.
Castle.
Used by Sir John Colvile, Governor ; A.D. 1409.
5525. Recent impression in red sealing-wax, (from the
matrix belonging to C. R. Colvile, Esq., 1860.) I in. [xxxix.
58.]
A castle with two side towers and a keep of three towers,
masoned and embattled, the windows of a peculiar quatrefoiled
shape.
# SIGILLVM *< /* CASTRI /* DE * WISEBECH *
Beaded borders.
WOEINQHAM, co. Berks.
5526. [i7th cent.] Sulph. cast. | in. [lix. 74.]
An acorn, slipped and leaved.
WOKINGHAM.
Carved border.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 535.
WOLVERHAMPTON, co. Stafford.
5527. [Modern.] Recent proof impression in red sealing-
wax from the matrix. 24- in. [xliv. 155.]
LOCAL SEALS. 215
Within a carved quatrefoil, and on a back-ground re-
plenished with sprigs of trefoiled foliage, an allegorical shield
of arms : on a chevron, betw. two cressets in chief and the
" Wolverhampton cross " in base, an escutcheon charged with a
saltire, on a canton a cross charged with a key. Behind the
shield a mace and sword in saltire surmounted with a mural
crown, and over them a Stafford knot. In base, two keys of
St. Peter, patron saint of the town, with handles interlinked,
upright in fess, on a scroll inscribed: E TENEBRIS ORITUR
LUX. On each side a shield of arms : 1., EDWARD THE CON-
FESSOR, ensigned with an antique crown of five points ; r.
quarterly I, 4, barry of eight, a cross flory, GOWER, 2, 3, three
leaves, LEVESON, ensigned with a coronet of five leaves. The
heraldic colours on the three shields are indicated in the usual
manner.
THE : SEAL : OF : THE : MAYOR : ALDERMEN : AND :
BURGESSES : OF : THE : BOROUGH : OF : WOLVERHAMPTON.
WORCESTER, co. Worcester.
5528. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix ; chipped.
2^ in. [B.C., F. 635.]
A peculiar and irregular view of the cathedral, with central
spire topped with an orb and cross, round-headed doorway
with hinged folding doors closed, two spires with large crosses,
two with small crosses and three storeys of arcaded work. In
base a round wall, embattled and masoned.
SIGILLVM : COMMVH6 : CIVIVM : WIGORNI6 *
Beaded borders.
Valentine Green, History of Worcester, vol. ii., p. 113 ; S. Lewis,
Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 563.
5529. Another, fine. [Ixxiv. 4.]
Seal of the Statute Merchant, see No. 1094.
WYCOMBE, HIGH-WYCOMBE, or CHIPPING-
WYCOMBE, co. Buckingham.
5530. [i6th cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix, if in.
[lix. 8 S .]
A swan rising, with expanded wings, ducally gorged,
chained and ringed, BUCKINGHAM.
BVRGVS DE CHEPINGE WICOMBE IN COM
BVCK *-.**
Carved borders.
2l6 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Another Seal.
5531. Sulph. cast from the matrix, i-f- x i^- in.
Oval : a swan, as before.
& BVRGVS DE CHEPPING WYCOMBE IN COM BVCK.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 584.
YARMOUTH, I. of Wight, co. Southampton.
5532. [i8th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix, i^ in.
[Ixiv. 35-]
On the sea, a three-masted ship of war, sails furled.
9 S . COMMV : HG I D6 : 6R : MV6 AS AS
Beaded border.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Did., vol. iv., p. 591.
YARMOUTH, co. Norfolk.
5533. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from the obv. only of the
matrix, which appears to be very much worn. 2-Lf- in. [Ixix.
61.]
0. On the waves, with three fishes (herrings ?) naiant, two
and one, a ship of one mast, with embattled crow's-nest, and
castle, two sailors on the yard, furling the main-sail, trumpeter
in the castle on the r., and below him the steersman governing
the rudder, one mariner on board hauling a rope.
SIGILLVM : COMVNITATIS : D6 : G6RNMVTHA :
5534. Sulph. cast of the rev. only. [D.C., E. 50.]
B. St. Nicholas, the Archbishop, patron sain? of the town
and parish, seated on a carved bench, with mitre, lifting up
the r. h. in benediction, in the 1. h. a pastoral staff. Feet on
a projecting foot-board. On each side a flying angel, with
flowing drapery and expanded wings, swinging a censer.
$i O : PASTOR : V6RG : f IBI : SVBI6CTIS : MISGRGRG AS AS
W. Boys, History of Sandwich, vol. il, p. 774, fig. i; S. Lewis, Topogr.
Diet., vol. iv., p. 593.
Bailiffs.
5535. [iSth cent.] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2-^ in.
[Ixix. 62.]
On the sea, a one-masted ship of war, round-top and
pennon, flag at the peak, charged with a cross of ST.
LOCAL SEALS. 2I/
GEORGE, flag at stern with arms of the ClNQUEPORTS, main-
sail set, charged with the ROYAL ARMS OF ENGLAND used in
the fifteenth century, viz., quarterly, I, 4, FRANCE (MODERN),
2, 3, ENGLAND. Anchor hanging over the side. The field
replenished with flowers and foliage, wheatears, etc.
IHC *< SIGILLUM ? OFFICIJ * BALLIUOR * 9
VILLE # 9 MAGNE * * JERNEMUTH *< 9
Coloured drawing in Add. MS. 23,023, f. 159 b (Blomefield's Norfolk).
5536. [A.D. 1522.] Red: only a fragment of the central
part. [Add. ch. 14,967.]
VILL
Comptroller, or the Herring Chamber.
5537. [i 5th cent] Recent impression in red sealing-wax
from the matrix. I in. [xxxv. 177.]
A shield of arms : a herring hauriant in pale, contourne\
Within a pointed trefoil.
S' OFIC : COT' ROTULAT ~\ : NAUE : ZERNMUTH.
Cabled borders.
Coloured drawing in Add. MS. 23,023, f. 131 (Blomefield's Norfolk}.
YEOVIL, co. Somerset.
5538. [iSth cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. 2-^5- in.
[B.C., G. 43-]
In a carved niche, of late style, with trefoiled canopy
pinnacled and crocketed, St. John Baptist, patron saint of
the church and town, standing on a corbel, the Agnus Dei
on a plaque in the 1. h., and pointing to it with the r. h. In
the field on each side, a conventional tree.
8 SIGILLUM : COMUNITATIS + UILLE_+ DE +_YEUELE +
FACTUM + IN + HONORE + SCI + IOHIS.
Beaded borders.
S. Lewis, Topogr. Diet., vol. iv., p. 597.
5539. Another. [Ixxi. 79.]
YORK, County of.
RICHARD HASTYNGES, Sheriff, A.D. 1426.
5540. Dark-green : imperfect and indistinct About in.
when perfect [Add. ch. 16,911.]
2l8 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
A shield of arms, coucht : a maunch, HASTINGS. Over the
shield, a castle or gateway betw. two side towers. In the
field on each side, a sprig.
Cabled border.
ROBERT CONSTABLE, Sheriff, A.D. 1461.
5541. Dark-green : a fragment. About in. when perfect.
[Add. ch. 16,952.]
A triple-towered castle, embattled, round-headed portal,
portcullis half-down. In the field on each side an initial, that
on the r. wanting, on the 1. I).
YORK, co. York.
5542. [A.D. 1 100-1108.] Dark-green: fine, cracked and
imperfect at the edges. 2\ in. App. by closely woven bobbin,
faded colours. [Add. ch. 10,636.]
0. A triple-towered castle of peculiar and archaic design,
the wall diapered lozengy with embattled parapet, the towers
embattled, each of the two at the sides having an arcade and
gallery under the parapet, and being attached to the central
tower by a flying buttress also embattled ; the central tower
is enriched with lattice work or carved work in small squares
betw. the battlements and the arcade, and below its arcade
down to the base.
Si [SI1GILLVM : CL' : SANCCTI : PET1RI : CAT . 3 <*3
6BORAC
R. St. Peter, patron of the cathedral and city, standing
with nimbus, in the r. h. two keys over the shoulder, in the
1. h. a long cross and banner flag.
& SIGILLVM CIVIVM 6BORACI FIDGLCS RCGGHS.
Figured from this impression, when not so imperfect as it now is, in
Drake, Eboracum, appendix, pi. p. ci., fig. xxiii. ; cf. also ib., p. 313, and
pi. p. 381, fig. i.
Second Seal,
5543. [i3th cent.] Sulph. cast of the obv. and rev. from
fine impression. 2| in. [Ixxv. 22, 23.]
0. A triple-towered castle of elaborate design, with em-
battled keep masoned and embattled ; the towers with
pointed roofs, ornamental tiles or shingles, and each side
tower topped with a flag split into three streamers, round-
headed doorway in each tower, at each side a projecting
stage, or bracket, also embattled.
<< : SIGILLVM : CIVIVM : 6BORACI
LOCAL SEALS. 2 19
R. St. Peter, standing on a carved bracket, in the r. h. two
long keys with interlinked handles, over the shoulder, in the
1. h. a banner flag, with three streamers, topped with a cross.
On each side, on a bracket, an angel standing with expanded
wings, and nimbus, holding a tall candle in a candlestick.
Each of the brackets is united to the central one by a round-
headed arch on which is a double fleur-de-lis.
& . : S' BTl I PETRI i PRINCIPIS : APOSTOLOR'.
Beaded borders.
Drake, Eboracum, pi., p. 381, fig. I.
Privy Seal of the City.
6544. [iSth cent] Sulph. cast from imperfect impression.
i -|- in. [Ixxv. 26.]
A triple-towered castle, masoned and embattled, round-
headed doorway with a key of St. Peter in it. Background
diapered lozengy with a reticulated pattern. On each side a
lion's face.
# S 6 CIVITATIS BO[R]ACI.
Beaded border.
Privy Seal of t/ie Mayoralty.
5545. [iSth cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression or
the matrix. 2 in. [D.C., G. 231.]
A shield of arms : diapre, on a cross five lioncels passant
guardant, ClTY of YORK. Ensigned with an open coronet of
three fleurs-de-lis and two triplets of pearls. Supporters, two
ostrich feathers labelled.
SIGIL * LUM SECRETUM : OFFICI : MAIORATUS : CIUITAT :
EBORACI.
Cabled borders.
Drake, Eboracum, pi., p. 381, fig. 3.
Seal of the Sessions.
5546. [i/th cent] Sulph. cast from the matrix. i|
X i in. [Ixxv. 27.]
Oval : a carved shield of arms : ClTY OF YORK. As in
No. 5545, but field plain.
ft SIGNACVLVM 6 EBORACENSIVM.
Cabled border.
Drake, Eboracum, pi., p. 381, fig. 4-
Seal " pro recognitione debitorum," see No. 1090.
Seal for customs, see No. 1 166.
IV ALES.
PRINCES.
(including Princes and Principality of North
Wales)
LLEWELLYN, Prince of North Wales.
5547. \circ. A.D. 1222.] Creamy- white : fine, but very im-
perfect. About 34- in. when perfect. [Cott. ch. xxiv. 17.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, round helmet,
broad sword in r. h., and scabbard at the waist, shield slung
by a strap over the r. shoulder. Horse galloping with saddle,
breast-band, and reins.
8 SIG LI6.
Jfc A small oval counterseal. With mark of the handle.
l^ X I in. Impression of an antique oval intaglio gem. A
boar passant to the r. under a tree.
SIGILLUM SECR6TVM LEWLINI.
5548. Sulph. casts of obv. and rev. of the preceding No.
5547. [D.C., D. 119, 120.]
EDWARD, Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester, Count of
Ponthieu and Montreuil, eldest son of King Edward I. ;
afterwards King of England.
5549. Plaster casts, from fine, but chipped, impression. 3!
in. [Ixxx. 48, 49.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, flowing surcoat,
helmet with vizor closed, fan plume, sword, shield of arms
slung by a strap over the r. shoulder. Horse galloping,
caparisoned and plumed. Arms : ENGLAND, with a label of
three points for difference.
eDWARDVS ILLVSTRIS R6GIS ANGLIC FILIVS.
SEALS OF WALES. 221
R. Within a carved rosette of eight semicircular cusps, with
a sunken trefoil in each spandril, and suspended by the strap
or guige from an oak-tree between two slipped branches of
the same, a shield of arms : ENGLAND, with a label of five
points.
[D]WARDVS PRINCePS + WALLI6 COM6S C6STRI6 6T
PONT . . 1VI . .
Sandford, GeneaL Hist., p. 122.
5550. [A.D. 1305.] Light-brown: fine, very imperfect.
About 3-1 in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 43 D. 12.]
Lie vs.
PRI .
EDWARD, Prince of Aquitaineand Wales, Duke of Cornwall,
and Earl of Chester : " The Black Prince"
A.D. 1343-1376.
Great Seal.
5551. Plaster casts from fine impression. 34 in. [Ixxx.
52, 530
0. The Prince, seated, with bordered robe, mantle, and
sceptre, under an elaborately carved canopy with tabernacle
work at the sides, enriched with pinnacles and crocketings.
In the field on each side an ostrich feather labelled, over them
the initial letters e. p.
S' . 6DVARDI : PRIMOGNITI : RGGIS : ANGL' : P'NCIPIS :
AOVITANNI6 : T : WALLI6 : DVCIS : CORNVBI6 : T : COMITIS :
cesTRie.
R. To the 1. In armour : coat of arms, helmet with chapeau
and crest of England (the tail of the lion extended), sword,
shield of arms. Horse, armorially caparisoned, galloping over
broken ground. Arms : quarterly, FRANCE (ANCIENT), and
ENGLAND, [a label of three points].
S'. 6DVARDI : PRIMOG6NITI : RGGIS : ANGL 1 : P'NCIPIS :
AOVITANNI6 : T : WALLI6 : DVCIS : CORNVBI6 : 6T : COMITIS :
CGSTRI6
Sandford, GeneaL Hist., p. 125, figs, i, 2.
Another Seal.
5552. [A.D. 1360.] Sulph. cast, from fine impression. 2 in.
[xlvii. 50.]
A shield of arms, as before, couch t ; crest on a helmet, and
chapeau turned up ermine, a lion of ENGLAND as before ;
222 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
betw. two tall ostrich feathers, their tips bent outwards. All
within a very elaborately carved gothic panel enriched with
cusped tracery, and with ball-flowers along the edge.
: & : 3EBtoarBi $mogemtt ifcegis Jtogl' ^ncipts Wallie
' : z (oif . t(t'.
5553. Plaster cast, from chipped impression. [Ixxx. 51.]
Seal of Arms.
5554. [A.D. 1350.] Plaster cast, from fine impression.
2 in. [Ixxx. 71.]
A shield of arms coucht ; quarterly, FRANCE (ANCIENT),
and ENGLAND, with a label of three points, for PRINCE
EDWARD, crest on a helmet, damascened, and chapeau, turned-
up ermine, a lion of ENGLAND, statant guardant crowned,
the tail extended ; supported by two ostrich feathers labelled,
their tips bent slightly outwards. All within a very
elaborately carved gothic panel enriched with cusped tracery,
and with ball-flowers along the edge.
[&'] . e&toartJt : primogemtt : regta : angl' : z :
frant' : prmctjuji : toall' : Butts : comtti)':
2 : comtf : tostf.
Beaded borders.
Sandford, Geneal. Hist., p. 125, fig. 3.
Another Seal.
5555. [A.D. 1360.] Red : very fine, edge chipped and
imperfect, i-f- in. [Add. ch. 1 1,308.]
Within an elaborately carved gothic quatrefoiled panel,
with tracery in the spandrils, and ball-flower ornamentation
on the edge, a shield of arms : quarterly, I, 4, FRANCE
(ANCIENT), 2, 3, ENGLAND, over all a label of three points,
EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES. The shield upheld by a
demi-angel, draped, and with expanded wings, under a carved
canopy of three arches, pinnacled and crocketed. In the field
on each side of the shield an ostrich feather.
5556. Plaster cast, from fine impression, chipped at edge.
[Ixxx. 73.]
SEALS OF WALES. 223
Another Seal.
5557. [A.D. 1361.] Plaster cast, from fine impression.
1 1- in. [Ixxx. 72.]
A shield of arms, as before, coucht ' ; helmet, chapeau, and
crest as before, within a very finely carved gothic panel, with
flowers and foliage branching out into the field.
S>' lE&toarBt pmogettt regts anjjl' z jFra
Buds Cormtb' z (Kotf <HW.
/ ^7 7
Another Seal.
5558. Plaster cast, from fine impression, i-i- in. [Ixxx.
A shield of arms as before ; above it a small lion rampant ;
at the sides two oak branches. All within a finely carved
gothic panel of eight cusps, traced, and enriched with ball-
flower ornaments.
lEBtoar&t ^'mogeitt i&egts &ngl' z Jfranc'
Hhttts &ormtfc' z Count'
HENRY IV VII.
Seal for the Principality of North Wales.
5559. Uncoloured, opaque, somewhat darkened : fine, the
lower part chipped. With marks of the four pins used to
steady the matrices during the making of the impression.
34- in. [xxxvii. 66.]
0. To the r. on a field diapered lozengy with a reticulated
pattern, enriched with a fleur-de-lis at each point of inter-
section, and with an ostrich feather labelled in each space
(some of those at the sides truncated). The Prince, in armour
cap-a-pie, hauberk, cuirass, elbow and knee-plates ; helmet
closed, with the Crest of England, a lion statant guardant,
crowned, tail extended ; spurs, broad-sword brandished aloft
in r. h., shield of arms slung by a strap over r. shoulder.
Horse caparisoned with plate armour on neck and face,
plume of three ostrich feathers on head, and ornamental
breast-band and reins. Arms : three lions passant reguardant
in pale, tails placed betw. the hind legs and then up over the
back, NORTH WALES.
* Sift : ijenrict : Bet : g?a : regfe : angl' : z : franc' :
z : Dm : ijifm]u : principaUtat' : sut : nortijtoalte.
224 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
R. A shield of arms, as described in obv., ensigned with
cap-shaped coronet of five cinque-foiled roses, alternated,
disposed with four fleurs-de-lis on nine engrailings or cusps.
Supporters : in the field, on each side of the shield, a dragon,
sejant addorsed, tail nowy, holding up an ostrich feather,
labelled.
&tg : i)fnra': toi : gra : regfe : angl' :
a : Uttt : ijrtimr : prmcipalttaf : sat : novttjtoaUtc.
Inner borders carved and enriched with ball-flower orna-
mentation, with an inner beaded ring.
5560. Creamy-white : fine, but imperfect, the 1. h. side
wanting, [xlviii. 148.]
Legend indistinct in places.
5561. Creamy-white : fine, but imperfect, the lower part
wanting, [xliii. 149.]
5562. Uncoloured, opaque : very imperfect, the lower part
wanting. [Detached in box, Add. ch. 22,617 22,670.]
EDWARD, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, and
Earl of Chester, eldest son of King Edward IV. ;
afterwards King Edward V.
Seal for the Principality of North Wales.
5563. [A.D. 1476.] Light-brown : fine, much injured and
very imperfect, edge and legend flaked away. About 3^- in.
when perfect. [Add. ch. 8526.]
0. A copy of the obv. of preceding seal, with variations of
detail, viz. roses in place of fleurs-de-lis on the diaper work,
and one feather instead of three on the horse's head.
toar&t : pri
R. A copy of rev. of preceding seal, with lions guardant
with tail between the hind legs, in place of dragons, supporting
the shield.
Legend wanting.
JAMES L, King of England.
Seal for Wales. A.D. 1603-1610.
5564. Reddish-brown : fine, the rev. only. About 3 in.
when perfect, [xlviii. 155.]
A shield of the ROYAL ARMS of ENGLAND as used by
James I., see No. 522, ensigned with a jewelled crown with
coronet of three crosses pattees and two fleurs-de-lis, betw.
SEALS OF WALES. 225
the initial letters, I. R. In base on a mount replenished with
herbage, the supporters, two lions sejant guardant, tail between
the legs as in No. 5559, holding up an ostrich feather. The
sinister supporter wanting.
IA G * FRA FIDEI & DEtFENSORjM.
Carved borders.
CHARLES, Prince of Wales,
Duke of York, Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Chester, &c.,
afterwards Charles I.
Great Seal.
5565. [A.D. 1616-1625.] Bronze-green : fine, injured in
places, lower part of edge chipped. 4f in. [xlv. 15.]
0. To the r. on a mount replenished with herbage and
flowering plants. In plate armour cap-a-pie with cuirass,
elbow and knee plates, glove, helmet open, coronet of five
crosses pattees, (or perhaps three crosses and two fleurs-de-lis
as below), broadsword brandished aloft in the r. h., shield of arms
held in front over breast. Horse caparisoned with plate armour
on neck and face, plume of three ostrich feathers on head,
sharp-pointed spur-like projections on forehead and back, and
ornamental breast-band and reins. Arms : quarterly, four lions
passant guardant, counterchanged, LLEWELLYN AP GRIFFITH,
last PRINCE OF NORTH-WALES. The caparisons and harness,
embroidered with a bordering of roses, bear, on the flank, a
shield of arms : three garbs, CHESTER, over it a cordeliere
knot. On the withers a shield of arms : fifteen bezants, five,
four, three, two, and one in pile, CORNWALL. In the field on
the 1., over the horse, a shield of the ROYAL ARMS OF
ENGLAND, as borne by K. JAMES I., with a label of three
points, PRINCE CHARLES, ensigned with a jewelled coronet of
three crosses pattees and two fleurs-de-lis.
No legend, but a thick carved border.
R. On a mount replenished with herbage and flowering
plants, a shield of arms, as described in the obv. for PRINCE
CHARLES, ensigned as before. Royal supporters : dex., a lion
rampant guardant crowned, sin., a wyvern or dragon, tail
nowy, each with a label of three points for difference. In
base, on the mount, a plume of three ostrich feathers, within
a coronet as above, and tied below with a scroll or label
charged with an indistinct motto.
MAGNVM SIGILLVM CAROLI PRINCIPIS WALLI . . .
EBORVM ET COMITIS
CESTRI/E er C'.
Carved borders.
VOL. in. >
226 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
CHARLES II.
Seal for the Council of the Marches.
5566. [A.D. 1660-1685.] Sulph. cast from fine impression.
i|- in. [D.C., A. 144.]
An oval shield of the ROYAL ARMS OF GREAT BRITAIN as
used by Charles II., encircled with a Garter inscribed with
the motto of the Order, over it a royal crown and the three
ostrich feathers of the PRINCE OF WALES, between the initials
C.R. In base, on a scroll or label the inscription : CON-
CILIVM MARCHIAR :
CAROLVS II D G MAG BRIT FRA ET HIB REX F- D-
Carved border.
FREDERIC LOUIS of Brunswick-Lunenburgh, Duke of
Gloucester, Edinburgh, etc., Prince of Wales and
Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall and
Rothsay, K.G., son of K. George II.
Seal for the Council.
5567. [A.D. 1729-1751.] Recent impression in red
sealing-wax from the matrix. i-|- in. [xxxvii. 35.]
The three ostrich-feathers of the PRINCE OF WALES, within
an open jewelled coronet of three crosses pattees and two
fleurs-de-lis, and a scroll or label inscribed with the motto :
ICH DIEN. All within a border of thirty-two rays alternately
wavy and plain.
B PRO CONSILIO FREDCRICI PRINCIPIS WALLIXE ET C .
GEORGE AUGUSTUS FREDERIC, Prince of Wales
and Earl of Chester, A.D. 1762, Duke of Cornwall and
Rothsay, K.G., afterwards George IV.
5568. [A.D. 1790.] Red : imperfect and injured by pressure,
en placard on a red silk riband. I x in. [Egert.
ch. 337-]
Oval : an oval shield of the ROYAL ARMS OF GREAT
BRITAIN used by K. GEORGE III. before the Union, with a
label of three points, for PRINCE GEORGE ; encircled with a
Garter inscribed with the motto of the order, and ensigned
with a cap-shaped coronet of three crosses pattees and two
fleurs-de-lis. Royal supporters : dex., a lion rampant guardant
SEALS OF WALES. 22/
crowned, sin., an unicorn, gorged with a coronet, each differ-
enced with a label of three points. In base, a scroll or label
inscribed with the motto : ICH DIEN.
Another Seal.
5569. [A.D. 1801-1820.] i x -g- in. [xliv. 23.]
Oval : an oval shield of the RoYALARMS OF GREAT BRITAIN,
used by K. GEORGE III. after the Union with Ireland and
discarding the arms of France in the second quarter, with a
label of three points for PRINCE GEORGE, encircled with a
Garter inscribed with the motto of the Order, and ensigned
with a cap-shaped coronet as before. Royal supporters as in
No. 5568, each differenced as above. In base a scroll or label
inscribed with the usual motto.
ROYAL JUDICIAL SEAL FOR THE
COUNTIES OF BRECKNOCK, RADNOR,
AND GLAMORGAN.
JAMES I., A.D. 1603-1625.
5570. [A.D. 1606.] Bronze-green : imperfect and indistinct.
[Add. ch. 26,508.]
For description see next seal, No. 5571.
5571. Bronze-green : fine, edge injured in places by
pressure. About 34 in. when perfect, [xliii. 10.]
0. To the 1., on a mount replenished with herbage and
flowers. In plate armour cap-a-pie with crown, holding aloft
a sword in the r. h. Horse with plume of three ostrich
feathers on the head, embroidered caparisons, and armour-
plates on head and neck, the tail bound with two tassels. In
the field on the r., over the tail of the horse, the royal badge,
a portcullis, chained and ringed, and ensigned with the crown
6 IACOBVS * DEI * GRATIA * ANGLI/E * SCOTIXE * FRANCI/E *
ET * HIBERNI/E * REX * FIDEI * DEFENSOR *
R. A shield of the ROYAL ARMS OF ENGLAND as borne
by K. JAMES I., see No. 522, ensigned with a royal crown.
Supporters : dex., a greyhound collared and ringed, sin., an
antelope, collared and chained. In base the PRINCE OF
WALES' plume and crest of three ostrich feathers, labelled;
the label inscribed, ICH DIEN.
* SIGILLVM * IVDICIALE * PRO * COMITATIBVS * BREKNOK*
RADNOR * ET * GLAMORGAN. *
Carved borders.
Q 2
228 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
ROYAL JUDICIAL SEAL, ETC., FOR
THE COUNTIES OF CARMARTHEN,
CARDIGAN, AND PEMBROKE.
EDWARD II.
Seal for livery of wool and hides at Carmarthen.
5572. Red sealing-wax impressions from the matrix in
Dept. of British and Mediaeval Antiquities, i-g- in. [Ixii. 79,
80.]
0. A shield of arms : ENGLAND, suspended by a strap
from a hook, and betw. two wavy rose-branches.
& SIGILL' 6DWARDI * RGGIS * ANGL' * APVD KRMRDYN *
R. Three lions passant guardant in pale, the charges in
the armorial bearings of ENGLAND, not on a shield.
tt PRO LANIS 9 6T * CORGIS * LIBERANDIS.
Beaded borders.
For other seals of this 'class, see Nos. 1159, et seq.
HENRY, Prince of Wales, Duke of Aquitaine, Lancaster,
and Cornwall, Earl of Chester, and Lord of Carmarthen,
afterwards K. Henry V.
5573. Sulph. cast of obv. only, from a fine impression or
the matrix. 2| in. [D.C., 3 G. 82.]
To the r., on a hummocky or rocky mount. In armour, cap-a-
pie, hauberk, helmet, with chapeau, and crest a lion of England,
crowned, sword in the r. h., shield of arms, slung over the r.
shoulder by a strap, and held in the 1. h. Horse caparisoned
and armoured, with fan plume, and ridge down the nose
of peculiar shape. Arms : the later ROYAL ARMS OF
ENGLAND, as borne by HENRY IV. with the fleurs-de-lis
of FRANCE in the second and third quarters reduced to three,
a change which took place between A.D. 1406 and 1409, with
a label of three points for PRINCE HENRY. Background
replenished with sprigs of the broom-plant of PLANTAGENET.
' . fjcnr' . gnrtnctpfe . toall' . Btw\ acquit' . lancastr' . ? .
conwfc' . cornea . cctr . Uc : Umto . DC . feermerHgne .
Carved borders.
5574. Plaster cast. [Ixxx. 50.]
ELIZABETH.
5575. Sulph. casts, tinted green, from a cracked impression.
2f in. [Ixxvi. 90, 91.]
SEALS OF WALES. 229
0. Queen, with sceptre, on a horse pacing to the 1., on a
mount with herbage. In the field on the r. the royal badge, a
portcullis, ensigned with a royal crown, chained and ringed.
4 ELIZABETH DEI GRACIA ANGLIE FRANCIE ET
HIBERNIE R6GINA FIDEI DEFENSOR A
R. A shield of the ROYAL ARMS OF ENGLAND as used by
the Queen, see No. 442, ensigned with a jewelled crown.
Supporters : dex., a dragon, tail recurved betw. the hind legs,
sin., an heraldic antelope. (?) In base, under the shield the
plume of three ostrich feathers within a scroll or label, with
split ends, inscribed: ICH DIEN, for the PRINCE OF WALES.
S IVDICIALE : DOMINE : REGIN6 : PRO : COMITATIBVS :
CARMERDEN : CARDIGAN : Z : PEMBROK'.
JAMES I.
5576. [A.D. 1613.] Bronze-green : fine, cracked, portions of
the edge wanting. 34 in. [Add. ch. 979.]
0. To the 1., on a mount replenished with herbage and
flowers. Armed cap-a-pie, in plate armour : helmet with
crest of England, and ostrich feathers of the Prince of Wales,
scabbard at side. Horse caparisoned and partly armoured,
with plume of four ostrich feathers and aigrette, the
caparisons diapered lozengy, and enriched with crosslets at
the knots, and little bells in the spaces of the reticulation, the
border being ornamented with the fleur-de-lis, portcullis in a
quatrefoil, etc. ; embroidered reins.
6 IACOBVS * DEI * GRACIA * ANGLI/E & SCOTI/E *
FRANCI/E * ET * HIBERNIXE & REX & FIDEI *
D[EFENS]OR.
DL A shield of the ROYAL ARMS OF ENGLAND, as used
by JAMES I., see No. 522, ensigned with a royal jewelled
crown. Supporters : dex., a dragon, tail nowy, sin., a goat.
In base, under the shield the plume of three ostrich feathers,
within a scroll or label inscribed : ICH DIEN, for the PRINCE
OF WALES..
SIGICLLVMl * IVDICIALE * PRO * COMITATIBVS *
CARMERTHEN CARDIGAN * ET * PEMBROCK *
Carved border.
CHARLES II.
Chancery Seal.
5577. Recent impressions in red sealing-wax from obv. and
rev. of matrix. 4 in. [xxxvi. 183, 184.]
0. To the 1., on a mount replenished with herbage and
flowers, with a dwarfed oak-tree in the background. Armed
230 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
cap-a-pie, round cap-shaped helmet, with peak and ostrich
plume, long fringed sash, streaming out to the 1., sword in
r. h. held over the head, carved oval shield of the ROYAL
ARMS OF ENGLAND, see No. 522, in 1. h. Horse prancing,
without caparisons.
$ CAROLVS II DEI GRACIA MAG : BRITTANI/E FRANCIXE
ET HIBERNIXE REX FIDEI DEFENSOR :*::::*:
ft. A poorly executed copy of rev. of Judicial Seal of
James I. for these counties ; see preceding seal, No. 5576.
* - SIG * PRO * CANCELLARIA PRO COMITATIBVS *
CARMERTHEN CARDIGAN * ET 4 PEMBROCK .
Carved borders.
ROYAL JUDICIAL SEAL FOR THE
COUNTIES OF CARNARVON,
MERIONETH AND ANGLESEA.
EDWARD VI.
5578. Dark bronze-green : indistinct in several places.
2% in. [xxxvii. 60.]
0. To the r., on a mount replenished with herbage and
flowers. Armed cap-a-pie, helmet, crown, crest of ENGLAND,
sword, shield of the ROYAL ARMS OF ENGLAND, as in No.
407. Horse prancing, caparisoned and armoured, with
ostrich plume and frontal spike, ornamental reins, and a knob
on the back. Arms on the caparisons as above, reversed.
* EDWARD? Vl' DEI GRA ANGL' FRANC' ET HIB'NIE
REX FIDEI DEFENSOR ET IN T'RA /ECCL'I/E
ANGL' .... NO ... .SVPM CAPVT.
R. A shield of the ROYAL ARMS OF ENGLAND as above,
ensigned with a royal crown. Supporters : dex., a greyhound,
sin., a stag. In base, the plume of three ostrich feathers,
within a scroll or label inscribed : ICH DIEN, for the PRINCE
OF WALES.
SIGILLVM IVDICIALE DOMINI REGIS PRO COMITATIBVS
C'NARVN MERION ET ANGLESER 4
CHARLES I.
5579. Bronze-green : fine, showing the marks made by the
studs or pins used to steady the matrix. 3f in. [xxxvii. 73.]
0. To the 1., on a mount replenished with herbage and
flowers, with a greyhound coursing a hare in the foreground.
SEALS OF WALES.
Armed cap-a-pie, helmet, crown, plume of five ostrich feathers,
with aigrette, sword. Horse, prancing, plumed, caparisoned
and armoured ; the ornamentation of the caparisons includes
fleurs-de-lis, roses, cushions, and pairs of annulets.
4 CAROLVS * DEI * GRACIA * MAGNI/E (sic) * BRITANIXE
FRANCI/E ET * HIBERNI/E & REX & FIDEI *
DEFENSOR * & c .
R. A shield of the ROYAL ARMS OF GREAT BRITAIN, as
first used by JAMES I. see No. 522. Ensigned with a royal
crown. Supporters : dex., a greyhound, sin., a stag. In base,
the plume of three ostrich feathers, within a scroll or label
inscribed : ICH DIEN, for the PRINCE OF WALES.
*? & SIGILL * IVDICIALE * PRO * COMITATIBVS *
CARNARVAN * MERIONETH * ET * ANGLESEA.
Carved borders.
COMMONWEALTH. A.D. 1648.
5580. Bronze-green : fine, showing the marks made by
the studs or pins used to steady the matrix. $-|- in. [xxxvii.
75-]
0. Map of British Isles ; in the seas several ships. At the
top a carved shield of arms : cross of St. George, for ENGLAND.
In base a similar shield of arms of IRELAND.
SIGILLVM & IVDICIALE * PRO & COMITATIBVS *
CARNARVAN * MERIONETH & ET *
ANGLESEA * 1648.
R. Representation of interior of House of Commons during
Session.
IN * THE * FIRST * YEARE * OF * FREEDOME * BY *
GODS * BLESSING * RESTORED * 1648.
Carved borders.
For Royal Seals for the County Palatine of Chester and
County of Flint, see CHESTER, Nos. 4805-4810.
ROYAL JUDICIAL SEAL FOR THE
COUNTIES OF DENBIGH,
MONTGOMERY, AND FLINT.
HENRY VIII.
5581. [A.D. 1545.] Bronze-green: fine, showing marks of the
studs or pins used to steady the matrix. 2|- in. [Add. ch. 8650.]
232 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
0. To the r., on a mount replenished with herbage and
flowers. Armed cap-a-pie, in plate armour, helmet, coronet,
crest of England, a lion statant guardant crowned, the tail
extended ; in the r. h. a long sword, in the 1. h. a shield of
arms. Horse caparisoned and armoured, with plume of three
ostrich feathers, frontal spike, and knob on back. Arms :
quarterly FRANCE (MODERN) and ENGLAND, those on the
caparispns being reversed.
6 HENRIC' VIII DEI G&A ANGLIE FRAC Z
HIBNE REX FIDEI DEFES' ET IN
T'RA ECCL AGL (?) Z HHBNICE SVPR6MT CAPVT.
Some words in legend indistinct and uncertain. Some
pairs of letters conjoined.
ft. A shield of the ROYAL ARMS, as above, ensigned with a
royal crown, of three crosses pattees and two fleurs-de-lis
alternately disposed, with points of three pearls each betw.
each. Supporters: dex., a lion rampant guardant crowned,
sin., a stag gorged with a coronet and chained, the tails flory
and between the legs. In base, the plume of three ostrich
feathers with label inscribed : ICH DIEN.
S + IVDICIALE + D~ftl + REGIS + PRO COMITATICBVS +
DEN1BIGHE + MONTGOMERI + ET + FLINT.
EDWARD VI.
5582. [A.D. 1551.] Bronze-green : fine and sharp, showing
marks of the studs or pins used to steady the matrix. 2-f- in.
[Add. ch. 8528.]
0. Resembles obv. of preceding seal of Henry VIII., No.
5581.
* EDWARD' VI Di GRA, etc., as in No. 5581.
EL As in No. 5581.
5583. Casts in dark-green wax from No. 5582. [Ixxvi.
55, 56.]
ELIZABETH.
5584. Bronze-green : fine, indistinct in places, with marks
of the studs or pins used to steady the matrix. 2f in.
[xxxvii. 70.]
0. To the r., on a mount replenished with herbage and
flowers. In plate armour, helmet, crown, crest of England, sword,
shield. Horse caparisoned and armoured, plume of ostrich
feathers on head. Arms : quarterly, i, 4, FRANCE (MODERN),
2, 3, ENGLAND, those on the caparisons being reversed.
* ELIZABETH DEI * GRA ANGLIE FRANCME * ET *
HIBERNIE * REGINA * FIDEI * DEFENS.
SEALS OF WALES. 233
R. A shield of arms, crown, supporters, and plume, as in
the seal of Henry VIII., No. 5581, but not from the same
matrix.
AS* IVDICIALE * ONE & REGINE * PRO * COMTIB? *
DENBIGHE & MOVNGOM'I * Z * FLIT.
5585. [A.D. 1597.] Bronze-green: indistinct in places,
with marks of the studs as before. [Add. ch. 8534.]
5586. [A.D. 1600.] Bronze-green : indistinct in places,
marks of the studs as before. [Add. ch. 8656.]
5587. Bronze-green : fine, edge injured by pressure in
places, [xxxvii. 59.]
JAMES I. A.D. 1603.
5588. [A.D. 1619.] Bronze-green : fine, edge slightly im-
perfect. 3-1- in. [Add. ch. 8657.]
0. Resembles the obv. of James I.'s seal for the County
Palatine of Chester and County of Flint, No. 4808, but
with variation of small details in foliage, diaper and other
parts.
IACOBVS * DEI * GRACIA * ANGLI/E * SCOTIXE * FRANCIXE *
ET * HIBERNI/e * REX & FIDEI & DEFENSOR *
R. A shield of the ROYAL ARMS OF ENGLAND as used by
James I. Ensigned with a royal crown ; supporters, dex. t
a lion rampant guardant crowned, sin., an heraldic antelope,
gorged with a coronet, chained and ringed. In base, the
plume of three ostrich feathers within a scroll or label
inscribed : i CH DIEN.
SIGILLVM * IVDICIALE * PRO * COMITATIBVS * DENBIQH *
MONTGOMERI * ET * FLINT * 1603 *
Carved borders.
5589. [A.D. 1619.] Bronze-green : fine, edge imperfect in
places, showing marks of the studs or pins used to steady the
matrix. [Add. ch. 8658.]
5590. Bronze-green, speckled : fine, cracked, and im-
perfect in places, [xxxvii. 71.]
5591. Bronze-green : imperfect on the r. h. side, and
injured in parts, [xxxvii. 72.]
CHARLES I. A.D. 1626.
5592. Bronze-green : injured in parts by pressure. 3| in.
[xxxvii. 74.]
234 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
0. To the 1., on a mount replenished with herbage and
flowers. In plate armour, helmet, crown, plume of five
ostrich feathers, sword, scabbard, etc. Horse caparisoned
and armoured, with plume of ostrich feathers and aigrette.
The caparisons diapered with arabesques and bordered.
A CAROLVS * DEI * GRACIA $ MAGN/E * BRITANNI/E *
FRANCI/E & ET HIBERNI/E * REX * FIDEI * DEFENSOR.
R. A shield of the ROYAL ARMS OF GREAT BRITAIN, as
used by CHARLES I., ensigned with a royal crown betw. the
initial letters C. R. Supporters and plume in base, as in the
preceding seal of James L, No. 5588.
SIGILLVM * & IVDICIALE * PRO COMITATIBVS * DENBIGH *
MONTGOMERI * ET *? FLINT * 1626 *
5592*. Casts in green composition, of the obv. and rev. of
No. 5592. [Ixxvi. 59, 60.]
CHARLES II. A.D. 1 66 1.
5593. Sulph. cast, tinted green, from fine impression.
3| in. [Ixxvi. 39, 40.]
0. To the 1., in plate armour, plume of ostrich feathers,
sash, long scabbard, in the r. h. a drawn sword erect. Horse
prancing. In the background an indistinct landscape. In
the field on the r. a coroneted plume of three ostrich feathers
for the PRINCE OF WALES ; below it a riband inscribed with
the usual motto.
CAROLVS II DEI GRATIA MAGN/E BRITANNI/E FRANCI/E
ET- HIBERNI/E REX FIDEI DEFENS -
R. A carved shield of the ROYAL ARMS OF GREAT
BRITAIN, as used by K. Charles II., see No. 614, ensigned
with a royal crown. Supporters: dex., a lion rampant guar-
dant crowned, sin., an antelope, gorged with a coronet. In
base, the coronet, plume and inscribed riband as in the obv.
SIGILLVM IVDICIALE PRO COMITATIBVS DENBIGH
MONTGOMERI ET FLINT 1661.
EQUESTRIAN SEALS.
RogS de Abbernon, [of Ockskot, co. Stirr.]
5594. [Late I2th cent] Dark-green: very fine, shewing
mark of the handle of the matrix, if ia [Add. ch. 5529.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, flat helmet,
sword, convex shield of arms slung with strap over the r.
shoulder. Arms : a lion rampant.
$ SIGILL' i ROGO D ABB~NO.
Surrey Arch&ol, Collections ; vol. v., p. 56.
Cf. Add. ch. 5528, temp, Joh.
Walterus de Ab(b)ernun, [of Leicroht, co. Devon ?]
5595. [Late I2th cent.] Greenish-brown : very imperfect.
About if in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 27,527.]
To the r. In armour : coat of mail diapered lozengy, sword,
long convex shield with central boss.
E AB . . ERMV . . .
Surrey Archaol. Collections, vol. v., p. 57.
Cf. Add. ch. 5531,- 5532, 5537, 554, 554i, 5542, 5562, temp. Hen. III.
Ingerramus de Abernun, [son of Walter de Abernun, of
Stoke d'A bernon, co. Surrl\
5596. [Early Hen. III., before A.D. 1235.] Green: fine,
the edge chipped, i-i- in. [Add. ch. 5540.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, flat
helmet, sword, and shield of arms slung with strap over r.
shoulder ; horse galloping. Arms : a chevron.
SCI1GILLCVJM : INCGGJRRAMI : DG : AB6RN
ft. Smaller counterseal. I in. A shield of arms, as in the obv.
* SIGILLVM : INGGRRAMI : D : AB6RNVN.
Beaded borders.
Cf. Add. ch. 5531, 5532, 5541, 5549.
Surrey Archaol, Collections, vol. v., p. 59.
Reginaldus de Acleya, [of Rockingham, co. Nortkt.}
5597. [Late I2th cent] Mottled green: the upper part
and 1. side wanting. i in. [Harl. ch. 45 B. 9.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, sword, shield
bearing a form of escarbuncle with central boss.
. GILL' REGINALD! : DE .
236 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
5598. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 192.]
Cf. Reginald de Acle, witness in Add. ch. 19,909, before A.D. 1184.
Willelmus de Adelvaldeleie, [son of AISOLLE DE
ADWALDLAYA, or A dwaldley, co. York.}
5599. [Early I3th cent] Brownish-green: a thick mass,
well preserved. 2 in. [Add. ch. 7451.]
To the 1. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, cap-like helmet,
long convex shield with central spike ; hawk held by the
jesses on the 1. h. Horse with ornamental breast-band.
& SIGILL' WILLI DG AD6LV ALDG L6I.
Walterus de Aincurt, [of Holmesfield, co. Derby]
5600. [arc. A.D. 1156-1165.]' Light-brown, covered with
a reddish-brown varnish, which has peeled away in places.
About 2f X 2 in. when perfect. App. by a woven bobbin of
faded colours. [Wolley ch. x. i.]
Pointed oval. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail,
conical helmet, sword, long narrow convex shield.
LVM
Cf. Liber Niger Scaccarii, ed. Hearne, 1774, vol. i., p. 268. For an
earlier Walter de Aincurte, A.D. 1087, 1088, cf. Cotton ch. xvi. 32.
Reginaldus de Albemare.
5601. [i2th cent] Plaster cast, from chipped impression.
If in. [Ixxviii. IO.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, sword, conical
helmet, convex shield with central spike. Horse galloping.
H SIGILLVM REGINALD! DG ALB . . MAR6.
Helias de Albeni, [or ALBENIACO, of Scampton, co. Line]
5602. \circ. A.D. 1175.] Dark mottled green: fine, the
edge imperfect 2^-X i-| in. [Harl. ch. 45 B. 28.]
Pointed oval. To the 1. In long surcoat ; a hawk on the
1. fist. Horse springing. In the foreground two hounds.
$< SIGILLVM HELIE DE ALBENI :
5602*. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 118.]
5603. [A.D. 1163-1182.] Creamy-white: the edge im-
perfect App. by a plaited hempen cord. [Harl. ch. 45
B. 27.]
ft SIGILLVM I .
Willelmus de Albeni, [Earl of Sussex, and Earl of Arundel,
A.D 1176-1222.]
5604. [arc. A.D. 1180.] Creamy- white : fine, very im-
perfect About 3 in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 19,603 ]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat with
EQUESTRIAN. 237
long pleated skirt and large maunch, sword, long convex shield
of arms : a lion rampant. The curved toe of the r. foot is
placed in a square stirrup of peculiar form. In the field on
the r., in front of the horse, a wyvern with tail nowy.
. . IGILLVM
R. A small round counterseal. i in. A lion passant
reguardant.
[&SIGI]LLVM SeCRGTI.
Nigellus de Albinneio.
5605. [temp. Steph.] Plaster cast from fine impression
chipped at the edge. 2f in. [Ixxviii. II.]
To the r. In armour: hauberk of mail, sword, kite-shaped
shield showing interior side held by a short strap.
&SIGILLVPO NIGELLI DG ALBINNEIO.
See Dugdale, Baronage, vol. i., p. 121.
Radulfus de Alchtunia, [or H ALTON of Halton, co. Line.}
5606. [arc. A.D. 1150.] Dark-green, a thick mass: fine,
with mark of handle of matrix. 2\ in. [Harl. ch. 5 1 B. 50.]
To the 1. In armour : surcoat, a hawk on the 1. hand.
Horse springing, with ornamental breast-band.
SIGILLVM RADVLFI ALCHTVUIA.
5607. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 67.]
Willelmus de Aldri, \pf Dray ton, co. Northt. ? ]
5608. [circ. A.D. 1184-1219.] Dark-green: very imperfect
About 2 in. when perfect. App. by a hempen string
[Harl. ch. 45 B. 37-1
To the r. In armour : hauberk, sword, long narrow shield.
. . . IGILLVM WILL6L DR . . . .
5609. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 161.]
Petrus de Altaripa, [of co. York?]
5610. [Late I2th cent.] Plaster cast from chipped im-
pression, if in. [Ixxviii. 13.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, coif, sword, long
convex shield with central boss or spike. Horse galloping.
* SI O) : PeTRI : DG : A IPA.
Cf. Rotuli de Oblatis temp. Joh., ed. T. D. Hardy, p. 152 ; A.D. 1201.
Amundevilla (Rob. de). v. Mundevile (Rob. de).
Hada Amomavila, [son of (ROBERT ? and) BEATRIX
DE AMUNDEVILLA, of co. Line.]
5611. [Early I3th cent] Light-brown: fine, varnished.
2-i- in. [Harl. ch. 45 C. 32.]
238 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet
with nasal, sword, long convex shield ornamented with rays
and central boss. Horse prancing, with caparisons ornamented
with a kind of vair or papillonne work.
B SIGILLVM HADE AMOMAVILA.
Cf. Rotuli de Oblatis temp. Joh., ed. T. D. Hardy, p. 580; A.D. 1216.
5612. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 129.]
Hubertus de Anesti, [or ANESTIA, son of RICHARD DE
ANESTIA, of Nutfield, co. Surrey^
5613. \circ. A.D. 1 190.] Light mottled green : fine, but
very imperfect. About 2 in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 24,607.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, helmet, sword,
convex shield of arms. Horse galloping. Arms : a fess.
Legend wanting.
R. A smaller round counterseal. i-f- in. With mark of
the handle of the matrix. An early-shaped shield of arms :
a fess, charged with some indistinct bearings.
& S6CR6TVM HVBERTI D6 AN6STI.
Manning and Bray, History of Surrey, vol. ii., p. 267.
5614. Another, light mottled green : very imperfect.
[Add. ch. 24,606.]
0. SIG
R. SCRT AN6STI.
Ricardus de Anestia, \pf Nutfield, co. Surrey.]
5615. [Late i.2th cent.] Mottled green : very imperfect
and indistinct. About i-f- in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 24,607.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet,
sword, convex shield.
SIGILLVM H
Manning and Bray, History of Surrey, vol. ii., p. 267.
Ansketillus, [of New bold- Verdon, co. Leicester.']
5616. [i2th cent] Light -brown, covered with a dark
varnish : very imperfect. About 2\ in. when perfect.
[Had. ch. 45 C. 40.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, helmet,
[sword,] large pointed convex shield with central spike. Horse
prancing.
Legend wanting.
Madoc ap Griffin, [of Stratamarcella, co. Montgom]
5617. [? Late I2th cent] Plaster cast from imperfect
impression. About 2-f- in. when perfect, [Ixxix. 30.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, coif, flat-topped
helmet, sword, scabbard, shield slung by a strap round the
neck. Horse galloping.
Legend wanting.
EQUESTRIAN. 239
Hugo de Ardena, \pf Rothley, co. Leic.~\
5618. {Temp. Hen. II.] Light orange-coloured: fine, the
edge injured. About 2J- in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 45
C. 47-]
To the r. In armour: hauberk of mail, surcoat, helmet
with a crescent-shaped plume, sword, long convex shield
strengthened with rays and having a central spike. Horse
with an ornamental breast-band of pendent balls.
SIGILLVM HCVGO3NIS DG AR
5619. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 95.]
Osbertus de Ardene, \pf co. Wariv.]
5620. {Temp. Hen. I.] Dark-green : very imperfect, in-
jured by fire ; app. by a parchment label and also by a plaited
cord. About 2^- in. when perfect. [Cott. ch. xxii. 2.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, [sword,] long
convex shield strengthened with a star-shaped ornament.
Legend wanting.
Willelmus de Ardena, {of Hampton, co. Warw^\
5621. [A.D. 1198-1216.] Creamy-white: injured and in-
distinct. About if in. [Cott. ch. xxii. 4.]
To the r. In armour : sword, long convex shield strengthened
with a star-like ornament.
. IGILU W .
Philip de Areci, or Arecy, {of Killingholm, co. Line.}
5622. [ 1 3th cent] Dark bronze-green : fine, but imperfect,
i in. [Harl. ch. 49 C. 37.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, flat-topped helmet,
sword, shield of arms. Horse caparisoned. Arms : three
cinquefoils (?).
$SIG!LL' PHILIP
5623. Brown : a fragment. [Harl. ch. 49 C. 38.]
Reginaldus Arsic, {of Selverleia, co. Cambr. f\
5624. [Early I3th cent] Pale greenish-white: fine, very
imperfect About 3 in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 28,340.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat with flowing skirts,
[sword], long convex shield. Horse with ornamental breast-
band. Armorial bearings very indistinct, apparently a dragon
or wyvern segreant with wings expanded.
Legend wanting.
Cf. Cott. ch. xxii. 7.
Reginaldus de Ashburnham.
5625. [i 2th cent] Plaster cast from indistinct impressioj#f
2| in. A doubtful seal. [Ixxviii. 15.]
240 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet,
sword, convex shield with central spike.
. . . REGINALDVS . . STRI . . .
Engraved from a clearer impression in Drummond, History of Noble
Families, " Ashburnham," p. i.
Aswelle (Joh. de). v. Filius Lambardi (Ivo.)
Eustacius [fil. EUSTACII] de Athde [i.e. Wathford, of
Wathford, co. Northt\
5626. [i3th cent] Faded green: with imperfect raised
rim. i-i- in. [Add. ch. 22,510.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, flat helmet, sword,
shield. Horse galloping.
ESIGILL' eVSTACII D ATM D6.
The letters TH conjoined.
Nicholaus de Audeleye [8t/i Baron A udley, of Heleigh,
co. Staff.}
5627. [A.D. 1314.] Red: very fine. i in. [Add. ch
20,558.]
To the r. In armour: hauberk of mail, surcoat, sword,
shield of arms, plumed helmet. Horse galloping, caparisoned
and plumed. Armorial bearings of hauberk, shield, and
caparisons : fretty, AUDLEY.
S' NICHOLAI 06 AVDEL6YG.
Beaded borders.
Ydo de Aufort [KUDO, son of HENRY DE BROCLOSBI, or
AUFORT, of co. Lincoln^
5628. [A.D. 1186-1200.] Dark-green: indistinct i-J. in.
With mark of the handle of the matrix. [Had. ch. 47 C. 22.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, sword, long convex
shield with central spike, circular helmet with nasal.
SIGILLVM YDONIS D AVFORT.
5629. Sulph cast [B.C., D. 160.]
5630. [Late I2th cent.] Light-brown, varnished : imper-
fect and indistinct. [Harl. ch. 47 C. 23.]
5631. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 159.]
5632. Mottled green : fair, with mark of the handle.
[Harl. ch. 45 E. 42.]
5633. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 158.]
Another Seal.
5634. [Late I2th or early I3th cent.] Light-brown, var-
nished : fine, if in. [Harl. ch. 45 E. 41.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, sword, shield of
EQUESTRIAN. 24!
convex lozenge-form strengthened with a star-like or radiated
ornament, and round cap or helmet with long ties behind.
Horse galloping.
SISIGILLVM IDOMIS oe AVFORT.
5635. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 157.]
5636. [Late I2th or early I3th cent] Dark-green: very
fine, well preserved, with mark of handle. [Harl. ch. 45 E. 43.]
5637. [Late I2th or early I3th cent] Opaque brown:
fine, but imperfect ; 1. side wanting. [Harl. ch. 45 E. 45.]
Willelmus Ambesas, [or Aumbesas, of Carshalton, co. Surr.]
5638. [A.D. 1307.] Dark-green: fine, but very imperfect,
1. side and lower parts wanting. ii in. when perfect
[Add. ch. 23,355.]
To the r. In armour: [hauberk,] surcoat, conical helmet
with the vizor down, [sword,] shield of arms. Horse capari-
soned. Armorial bearings of shield and caparisons : a lion
rampant within a bordure engrailed?
S' WIL
5639. [A.D. 1319.] Dark-green: fine, chipped and injured
in places. [Add. ch. 23,365.]
S' WILL6LMI AMBESAS. *<
Cf. Manning and Bray, History of Surrey, vol. ii., p. 508.
K[obertus P] Avenelle, [of Thorncombe, co. Dev.]
5640. [i2th cent] Discoloured white: very imperfect
and indistinct About i|- in. when perfect. [L.F.C., viii. n.]
To the r. In armour : sword, shield showing only the
interior surface.
Legend wanting.
Cf. Robert Auenell, A.D. 1129-1135, Harl. ch. 58 H. 37 ; and Robert
Avenel, A.D. 1166-1170, Cott. ch. xviii. 13, 14.
Johannes fil. Galfridi de Badele, [of Great Waldingfield,
co. Suff^\
5641. [Temp. Hen. III.] Mottled green : very fine, the
edge chipped. i| in. [Harl. ch. 45 F. 9.]
To the 1. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, plumed helmet
with vizor down, sword, shield of which only the interior side
is shown, with a strap over the 1. shoulder.
*3' lOH'IS FIL' GALFRIDI DE L.
5642. Sulph. cast. [D.C., E. 232.]
Bernardus de Baillol, [of Gainford, co. Dur/i.]
5643. [A.D. 1186-1188.] Light-brown, varnished: very
imperfect. About 2^- in. when perfect. [Cott. ch. v. 75.]
VOL. II. R
242 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, [sword,
helmet,] long convex shield with central spike. Horse
galloping.
Hugo de Baiocis, [of Sentpringham, co. Line.]
5644. \_Temp. Hen. II.] Light reddish-brown: fine, edge
chipped. About 2-i- in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 45 F. 20.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, conical
helmet with nasal, sword, long convex shield with central
spike. Horse galloping.
* SIG . . . VM HVGO : DE : ODS.
The C is square.
5645. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 146.]
Johannes de Balun, [of Merkeley, co. Heref^\
5646. [A.D. 1210-1245.] Dark-green: injured and chipped ;
app. by a plaited cord of variegated silks. 2 in. [Harl. ch. 1 1 1
D. 1 8.]
To the r. In armour: hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet
with nasal, sword, shield. Horse galloping. Arms indistinct,
perhaps ermine, a bend.
& SIGILLVM IOHANNIS VN.
5647. Sulph. cast. [D.C., E. 218.]
Barbeaverill (Willelmus), v. No. 5813.
Willelmus fil. Robert! de Barcheword, [of Barkwith,
co. Line.]
5648. [Temp. Hen. II.] Red: fine, now fragmentary.
About 2f in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 20,682.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail represented by a
lozengy diaper.
W ILII ROBER
Cf. Harl. ch. 52 G. 24.
Barri (Radulfus), v. Stantune (Radulfus de).
Radulfus de Baskervilla, or Baschavilla,
[of Bredwardine, co. Herefl\
5649. [Late Hen. II.] Creamy-white : very imperfect
and indistinct. About 2 in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 20,408.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat. Other details
wanting.
Legend wanting.
EQUESTRIAN. 243
5650. [Late I2th cent] Creamy-white: fine, imperfect.
[Add. ch. 20,410.]
In this impression the sword, helmet and convex shield
with metal rim and central spike remain.
8 SI .
Gilebert Baset, [of cos. Midd. and Oxon.}
5651. [A.D. 1182.] Dark-green: fine. 2\ in. [Add. ch.
10,595-]
To the r, In armour : hauberk, conical helmet with back-
sweep and nasal, large sword, convex shield ornamented with
a kind of orle or bordure ; horse springing, with loose frontlet
on the forehead.
$ SIGILLVM GILBRT BAS6T.
5652. [A.D. 1182.] Dark-green: very imperfect and in-
distinct. [Add. ch. 10,593.]
5653. {Temp. Hen. II.] Pale mottled green: fine, edge
chipped in places. [Add. ch. 10,597.]
SIGI RT . . . ASCI.
5654. \Temp. Hen. II.] Dark-green : only fragment of
the centre ; app. by a closely woven bobbin of various
colours. [Add. ch. 9211.]
Amauri Bataile, [Almaric Bellum, of Bradwell-juxta- mare,
co. EssJ]
5655. {Temp. Hen. III.] Dark-green: chipped, i^ in.
[Harl. ch. 45 I. 44.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet
with nasal, sword, convex shield, with central spike. Horse
galloping.
SIGILL' AMAVRI BATAILE.
5656. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 167.]
o Campo.
5657. [i2th cent] Light-brown varnished: very im-
perfect and indistinct About 2\ in. when perfect, [xxxix. 61.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, helmet, large
sword, convex shield, ornamented with an escarbuncle and
central boss. Horse springing.
& SIG ..."... M DN O CAMPO.
BEAUCHAMP.
Guido de Bello eampo, [yth Earl of Warivick,
A.D. 1298-1315.]
5658. [A.D. 1301.] Plaster cast from fine, but imperfect,
impression. 2^- in. [Ixxviii. 22, 23.]
0. To the 1. In armour: hauberk of mail, surcoat, helmet
plumed and with lambrequin, sword, shield of arms. Horse
R 2
244 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
caparisoned. Arms : a fess between six crosses crosslet,
BEAUCHAMP.
. . . GW . . DON' D6 B6LLOCAM
Beaded borders.
R. A shield of arms : chequy, a chevron ermine, WARWICK.
Suspended by a loop from a hook, and betw. two lions passant
guardant.
. . AMPO COM' WARR6WYK' . .
Hugo de Bellocampo, [of Melbourne, co. Derb.}
5659. [Temp. Hen. II.] Mottled brown, opaque: fine.
2f in. [Add. ch. 7081.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet, broad
sword, shield of arms ; fretty. Horse galloping.
SIGILLVM HVGONIS DE . B6LLOCAMPO.
Cf. Rotuli de Oblatis temp. Joh., ed. T. D. Hardy, p. 310, A.D. 1205.
Philippus de Bellocampo, [of Stebbing, co. Ess.]
5660. [i2th-i3th cent] Creamy-white: very imperfect
and indistinct, if in. [Add. ch. 28,365.]
To the r. In armour : sword, large convex shield over the
back, showing the interior side. Horse galloping.
Legend obliterated.
OB SIGJILL' PHIL
5661. Another. [Add. ch. 28,366.] .
& SIGILL' PHILIPPI D6 .
Thomas [de Bellocampo, I2f/i] Earl of Warwick.
5662. [A.D. 1343-4.] Recent impressions in red sealing-
wax, from the matrix. 3^ in. [xliii. 18, 19.]
0. To the r. On a rugged mount, in armour : hauberk of mail,
surcoat of arms, sword chained to the shoulder, shield, helmet ;
coronet of three leaves, out of which rises the crest, a swan's
neck. Horse caparisoned. Arms : a fess between six crosses
crosslet, BEAUCHAMP.
S' : THOG : COMITIS : WARRWYCHIG : AMMO : REGNI :
RGGIS : : T'CII.
R. Within an elaborately carved gothic rosace of twenty-
four cusps, the points trefoiled, in each of the twelve
spandrils a rose of six points, in the twelve heads of the
tracery as many quatrefoils, the borders enriched with ball
flowers, a shield of arms : chequy on a chevron five ermine
spots, GUY OF WARWICK.
Legend continued from the obv . :
fc POST : COQV6STV . AMGLI6 : S6PTK) : DGCIO : GT : RGGMI :
SVI : FRAMCI6 : QVARTO :
Carved borders.
5663. Sulph. cast of the rev. only. [B.C., F. 169.]
EQUESTRIAN. 245
Willelmus de Bellocampo, [of Gislingham, co. Suff.]
5664. [Early I3th cent] Creamy-white: very imperfect
and indistinct. About 2 in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 45 I. 14.]
To the r. In armour : a shirt of mail, sword, kite-shaped
shield showing interior side.
Legend indistinct.
Johannes de Belloforti,
[Beaufort, Duke and Earl of Somerset,
Earl of Kendal, Lord of CorfeJ]
5665. [A.D. 1443.] Red : fragment of fine large seal.
About 3 in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 12,212.]
To the r. In armour.
. EL .
BEAUMONT.
Gualerannus, Count of Mellent [in Normandy],
Earl of Worcester, [son and heir of Robert DE BELLOMONTE,
Earl of Leicester, etc.]
5666. [circ. A.D. 1144-1166.] Red: fine, chipped at the
edges. 3-f- in. [Harl. ch. 45 I. 30.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk, coif, surcoat with long
skirt, bag-shaped maunch on the r. wrist, conical helmet with
nasal, long lance-flag with chequy device and three wavy
streamers, convex shield with central spike. Horse with
ornamental saddle and breast-band.
'* SIGILLVM G[VA]LERANNI COMITIS WIGORNIE
R. To the r. In armour : hauberk, coif, surcoat, conical
helmet with nasal and back-ties, sword, convex shield with
central spike. Horse springing, with ornamental saddle of
chequy design, fringed.
9 SIGILLVM GVALERANNI CO ... IS . MELLENTI.
Beaded borders.
5667. Sulph. casts. [B.C., D. 70, 71.]
5668. [A.D. 1138?] Red: imperfect; app. by a folded
bobbin of faded red stuff. [Add. ch. 20,419.]
Robertus [de Bossu, 2nd} Earl of Leicester,
[son of ROBERT DE BELLOMONTE, \st Earl.]
5669. [circ. A.D. 1147.] Light-brown, varnished: fine,
edge imperfect. About 3 in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 84 H. 19.]
0. To the 1. In armour : hauberk of mail, long kite-shaped
shield.
M RO COMITIS LGR6CSTR . . .
Beaded borders.
l. Small oval counterseal. HXI in. Victory, holding a
246 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
rudder to the 1. From an antique oval intaglio gem, set in a
metal rim bearing the legend :
$ SECRETVM ROBERTI COITIS LGIRCESTRIE.
The letters TR in Leircestrie conjoined.
5670. Sulph. casts of the obv. and rev. of No. 5669. [D.C.,
D. 59, 60.]
5671. \circ. A.D. 1147.] Another, very fragmentary, in an
old stuff bag. [Harl. ch. 84 H. 18.]
Robertus de Bellomonte, Coimt of Mellent,
\afterw. Earl of Leicester^
5672. [A.D. 1 170-1 178.] Dark-red : fine, speckled, and edge
chipped. App. by strands of red silk, with marks of the nicks
in the matrices for steadying them. 3-!- in. [L. F. C., xxii. I.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk, long surcoat, conical
helmet with nasal and long lambrequins, lance flag with orna-
mental device and streamers ; convex shield with central
spike and ornamental star or escarbuncle.
[* SUGILLVM : ROBERTI DOMINI BELLOMONTIS.
R. In armour, as in the obv., with sword in place of the
lance-flag.
SIGILLVM ROBERTI COMITIS MELL[EN1
5673. Plaster casts from the above impression, before it
was chipped. [Ixxx. 5, 6.]
Robertus [Fitz-Parnell de Bellomonte,
4th} Earl of Leicester [A.D. 1 190-1204],
with counterseal of ROBERT DE BRETUEL. or BRETBY.
5674. [A.D. 1195.] Plaster cast of fine impression. 2f in.
[Ixxviii. 25, 26.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, long surcoat,
coif, cap-shaped helmet, sword, convex shield. Horse spring-
ing. In the field on each side a fleur-de-lis.
$ SIGILLVM ROBERTI COMITIS LEICESTRIG.
H. A smaller round counterseal. i| in. diam. A shield of
arms : chequy.
# 8CRTVM : ROBERT! D : BRGTV6L. (?)
Cf. the arms of BRETBY, or BRETTY, which are chequy
argent and azure.
Henri de Beaumont, Constable of England.
5675. [A.D. 1322.] Red: fine, the edge chipped. About
l! in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 21,506.]
Within an engrailed bordure, on a field replenished with
wavy sprigs of foliage, to the r. In armour : hauberk of
mail, surcoat, helmet with vizor down, and plumed, short
broad sword, shield, square shoulder-pieces. Horse capa-
EQUESTRIAN. 247
risoned and at full speed. Arms : seme-de-lis, a lion rampant,
over all a bend, BEAUMONT.
. I : De : .
Willelmus de Beaumunt, \pr de Bellomonte,
of Battisford, co. Stiff.]
5676. \Temp. Hen. III.] Mottled green : fine, injured in
places, if- in. [Add. ch. 9826.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, sword, shield, flat
helmet. Horse galloping.
* SIGILL WILL 1 D6 B6AVMVNT.
Robertas de Becchering, [of Waddingworth, co. Line.]
5677. [Late I2th cent.] Creamy-white : fine, but very
imperfect. About i-|- in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 44 A. 21.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat (helmet broken
away), sword, long convex shield with central spike. Horse
galloping.
. LLV . . ROB .
Petrus de Bekerighe, [or de Bekerincge,
of Faldingworth, co. Line.]
5678. [Early I3th cent.] Light yellowish-brown, mottled :
fine, edge imperfect. About i| in. when perfect. [Harl. ch.
45 H. 28.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, round-topped
helmet with nasal, sword, long convex shield with central
spike. Horse springing.
ft SIGILLVM PGTRI D B6KERIGH6.
Cf Rotulide Oblatistemp. Joh., ed. T. D. Hardy, p. 588, A.D. 1216.
5679. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 206.]
Goyfredus de Becco, [of Hatton, co. Derb]
5680. \Temp. Hen. II.] Pale reddish-white: fine, but
very imperfect and cracked. 2 in. [Harl. ch. 45 H. 5.]
To the r. In armour: hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet
with nasal, sword, long convex shield.
DVS -DE
5681. Sulph. cast. [B.C., B. 88.]
Walterus Bech, [of Kirkstead, co. Line.]
5682. [Late I2th cent] Light reddish- bro wn : fine, var-
nished. 2\ in. [Harl. ch. 45 H. 6]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, conical helmet
with nasal, sword, shield with central spike. Horse springing.
The saddle cloth fringed with five tassels.
SIGILLVM WALTRI BCH.
5683. Sulph. cast. [B.C., B. 89.]
Cf. Rotuli de Oblatis temp. Jofi., ed. T. D. Hardy, p. 370, A.n. 1206.
248 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Warnerius de Begalaia, \pf Beely, co. Derbl\
5684. [Early I3th cent] Dark mottled green : fine, much
injured. About i- in. when perfect. [Woll. ch. i. 13.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet with nasal,
sword, shield with central spike. Horse galloping.
$ SIGIL .
Gilbertus de Benigwore, Benigwrd or Benigwurthe,
[of Alton, etc., co. Line.
5685. [Late I2th and early i$th centt.
fine, edge slightly chipped. About 2\ in.
Brown, opaque :
;Harl. ch. 45 I. 53.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, round-topped
helmet with back-ties and nasal, sword, long convex shield.
+ SIGILLVM GILB6RTI D B6NINGWOR6.
5686. Light-brown : fine, but imperfect, r. side wanting.
[Harl. ch. 45 I. 52.]
5687. Dark-green : fine, showing mark of handle. [Harl.
ch. 45 I. 54.]
5688. Dark-green : fine, slightly chipped. [Harl. ch. 45
I. 5 6.]
5689. Dark-green : very fine, showing the composition of
the leathern surcoat with quilted work (cf. J. Hewitt, Ancient
Armour in Europe, vol. i., p. 126). [Harl. ch. 46 A. I.]
5690. Sulph. cast from No. 5689. [D.C., E. 201.]
5691. Plaster cast from fine example, chipped. [Ixxviii. 29.]
5692. Pale greenish- white, varnished : very imperfect,
lower part wanting. [Harl. ch. 46 A. 2.]
5693. Dark-green : fine, slightly chipped. [Harl. ch. 46
A. 5.]
5694. Dark-brown, opaque : imperfect and edge chipped.
[Harl. ch. 46 A. 7.]
Cf. Rotuli de Oblatis temp. Joh., ed. T. D. Hardy, p. 369, A.D. 1206 ;
p. 459, A.D. 1207 ; p. 589, A.D. 1216.
Matheus de Beningworth.
5695. [i2th cent] Plaster cast from chipped and in-
distinct impression. i-| in. [Ixxviii. 28.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, conical helmet,
sword, convex shield.
& SIGILLVM MATHV D
Eobertus de Berevilla, [of Scopwick, co. Line.]
5696. [Early Hen. II.] Greenish-brown : fine. 2 in. [Add.
ch. 20,863.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif of mail, surcoat,
conical helmet with nasal, sword, long convex shield with
star-like ornament
& SIGILLVM ROB6RTI DE BEREVILLA.
EQUESTRIAN. 249
Robertas de Berchelaya or Berkelai, [ob. A.D. 1219.]
5697. [Late I2th cent] Plaster cast from chipped im-
pression. 2-f- in. [Ixxix. 60.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, cap-like helmet
with nasal, sword, scabbard, shield of arms : a chevron.
Horse galloping.
& SIGILLV .... OBGRTI D6 BRCHLAYA.
R. A smaller oval counterseal. i-i-Xif in. A warrior,
riding to the 1. on a galloping horse. From a fine antique
oval intaglio gem, set in a metal rim bearing the legend :
g SIGILLVM : ROB6RTI : DG : B6RK6LAI.
Radulfus de Berneres II., [of Great W aiding field, co. Suff]
5698. [Temp. Hen. III.] Creamy-white: indistinct; app.
by a plaited cord of variously coloured silk strands, i-f- in.
[Harl. ch. 46 D. 2.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, flat-topped helmet,
sword, shield. Horse galloping.
SIGILU RADVLFI DE B . . . . 3CVNDI.
Willelmus Berner, [son of HUGH BERNER,
of Habnrc or Habrotigh, co. Lincoln^
5699. [A.D. 1147-1168.] Light-red, mottled: fine, with
mark of handle of matrix. 2 in. [Harl. ch. 46 B. 2.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, conical helmet with
nasal, sword, long convex shield with central spike.
9 SIGILLVM WILL6LMI B6RH6R.
5700. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 99.]
5701. [A.D. 1147-1168.] Green, discoloured: the edge
chipped. [Harl. ch. 46 B. 3.]
James [Bertie, ist] Earl of Abingdon,
Baron Norreys of Rycott. [A.D. 1682-1699.]
5702. Proof impression in reddish-brown wax from matrix.
2i in. [xxxix. 40.]
To the 1. On a mount, replenished with foliage. In plate
armour : plumed helmet, sash, sword. Horse springing.
* SIGILLVM PR/ENOBILIS IACOBI COMITIS DE ABINGDON
ET BARONIS NORREYS DE RYCOTT.
Carved borders.
Montague [Bertie- Venables, 2nd'] Earl of Abingdon,
Baron Norreys of Rycott. [A.D. 1699-1743.]
Constable of the Tower, Lord Lieut, of the Tower Hamlets.
5703. [A.D. 1702.] Red, covered with paper, before im-
pression : indistinct. 2| in. [Add. ch. 13,630.]
250 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
0. Apparently same as obv. of preceding seal, No. 5702,
with legend altered.
* SIGILLVM PRXENOBILIS MONTAG COMITIS DE
ABINGDON ET BARONIS NORREYS DE RYCOTT.
R. A shield of arms of six quarterings : i. quarterly, i., iv.,
two bars, VENABLES ; ii., iii., three battering-rams barwise in
pale, headed and garnished, BERTIE ; 2. quarterly, in the
second and third quarters a fret, over all a fess, NORREYS ;
3. Seme of fleurs-de-lis a lion rampant ; 4. quarterly, in the
first quarter a pierced mullet ; 5. a fess betw. three
crescents, LEE ; 6. a chevron betw. three mullets, DANVERS.
Ensigned with an earl's coronet. Supporters, dex. a friar with
crutch and rosary, sin. a savage wreathed about the temples
and middle.
On a scroll in base, the motto : VIRTVS ARIETE FORTIOR.
Carved border.
5704. [A.D. 1702.] Another. [Add. ch. 13,631.}
5705. [A.D. 1712.] Another, pressed. [Add. ch. 13,642.]
Cf. Add. ch. 13,644; where the rev. is used separately as a shield of
arms.
Rogerus Bertram, Lord of Mitford, \co. Nortlnimb^
5706. [A.D. 1267-1269.] Dark-green: fine. App. by a
closely woven cord of variegated silk, i-g- in. [Harl. ch. 46
D. 15.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, flat-
topped helmet with vizor closed, sword, shield of arms. Horse
caparisoned. Arms : an orle betw. eleven crosses crosslet,
BERTRAM.
& S' ROGGRI B'TRAM DNI D' MIDFORD.
R. Small counterseal. I in. A shield of arms, as in obv.
SIGILLVM : SGCRTI : A*
5707. Sulph. casts of the obv. and rev. [D.C., E. 262, 263.]
Rogerus Bigod, [4///] Earl of Norfolk. [A.D. 1225-1270.]
5708. [A.D. 1232-1234.] Creamy-white: fine, cracked and
imperfect. About 2 in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 17,735.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, flat-
topped helmet with vizor down, sword, shield of arms : a cross,
in base, a lion passant.
$i SIGI CO HI6.
R. A smaller counterseal. i in. A shield of arms : a
cross, BlGOD.
H S6CRGTVM ROGRI COMITIS NORFOLCHI6.
Privy Seal, as Marshal of England.
5709. [A.D. 1255.] Dark-green: fine, edge chipped, i in.
[Add. ch. 7207.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, flat-topped
EQUESTRIAN. 251
helmet with vizor down, sword, shield of arms. Horse
caparisoned. Arms : a cross, BlGOD.
* S6CR R COMITIS CNORIF' MAR' ANGLI6 .
Beaded borders.
Cf. Vetusta Monumenta, vol. i., p. 29. Notes to Upton, De Studio
militari, p. 40.
Another Seal?
5710. [A.D. 1259.] Plaster cast from indistinct impression.
I in. [Ixxix. 62.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, flat-helmet, sword, shield
of arms. Horse caparisoned. Very similar to the preceding.
. . S6CR' R' COMITIS NORF' MAR' ANG' . . .
Radulfus fil. Idonis de Bilesbi, [of Hnttoft, co. Line.}
5711. [Early Hen. III.] Dark-green : indistinct, edge very
imperfect. About 2^ in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 47 F. 22.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk or shirt of mail, conical
helmet with nasal, sword, long convex shield with central
spike. Horse galloping.
SIGIL V..I FILM IDONIS DE BIL . . . .
5712. Sulph. cast [B.C., D. 180.]
Henricus Biset, [of Fordingbridge, co. Hants.']
5713. [Early I3th cent.] Brown : only a fragment of the
centre. About if in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 46 E. 5.]
To the r. In armour.
Legend wanting.
Cf. Rotuli de Oblatis temp. Joh., ed. T. D. Hardy, pp. 4, 44, 399, 458.
Ricardus de Blevile, [of Blofieldf, co. Norf.}
5714. [Early I3th cent] Brownish-white, or discoloured :
indistinct and edge imperfect 2^ in. [Harl. ch. 46 E. 23.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, helmet, broad-
sword, shield. Horse springing.
.... IGILL
Cf. Rotuli de Oblatis temp. Joh., ed. T. D. Hardy, pp. 327, 537.
5715. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 201.]
Alanus de Blez.
5716. [Late I2th cent] Plaster cast from indistinct im-
pression, i-i- in. [Ixxviii. 31.]
To the r. In armour; hauberk of mail, cap-like helmet,
sword, shield.
&SIGILLVM ALANI D BL6Z.
Ricardus de Blukeville, [son of ROGER DE BLUKEVILLE,
of Winwick, co. Northants.]
" New Seal."
5717. \circ. A.D. 1225.] Dark-green: fine, edge chipped.
i-i in. [Add. ch. 22,544.]
252 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
To * the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, cap-shaped helmet,
sword, shield. Horse springing.
&SIGILLVM RICADI (*fc) DG BLVKGVILL'.
Willelmus Blunde, [of Ixworth, co. Suff.~\
5718. [Early 1 3th cent] Discoloured green : very imperfect
and indistinct. About if in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 46 .31.]
To the r. In armour.
Legend wanting. ___
Ricardus de Blunvi.
5719. [Late I2th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression.
if in. [Ixxviii. 32.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, conical helmet,
sword, kite-shaped shield with central spike. Horse galloping.
8SIGILL' RICARDI DG BLVNVI.
Humfridus de Bohun, or Boun, \2nd\ Earl of Hereford,
[A.D. 1220-1275,] and \lsf\ Earl of Essex.
5720. [A.D. 1259.] Plaster casts from chipped and some-
what indistinct impression. 2-i- in. [Ixxviii. 36, 37.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, flat
helmet, sword, shield of arms (see rev.}. Horse galloping. In
base, a bifurcated tree. Fine style of workmanship.
SIGILLV HVMFRIDI DG BOVN COMITIS HGRFOR
essesie.
B:. A shield of arms : a bend cotised betw. six lioncels,
BOHUN. Above the shield an estoile of eight points, on each
side a small shield of arms : quarterly, FlTZ-PlERS, Earl of
Essex, his maternal arms.
ft SIGILL BOV . . OMITIS HGRFORDIG GT
GSS . . . IG.
Smaller Equestrian Seal.
5721. [A.D. 1274.] Plaster cast from fine impression,
chipped at the lower 1. h. side, i-i- in. [Ixxviii. 38.]
To the 1. In a fur mantle, with conical cap, on 1. wrist a
hawk.
S'. H : DG : BOHVN : COMITIS : HGRF .... CGJT : GSSGXIG.
Beaded borders.
Humfridus de Bohun, \^tk\ Earl of Hereford, Earl of Essex,
and Lord High Constable. [A.D. 1297-1301.]
5722. [A.D. 1301.] Plaster cast from fine impression,
chipped at the bottom. 2f in. [Ixxviii. 39, 40.]
* The following paragraph, towards the end of the charter, bears on the
history of the seal : " Set quia per consilium mutavi sigillum meum quod
prius fuit : Secretum Ricardi de Bhikeville, feci eciam omnes cartas suas,
quas eis feci, in presentem cartam redigere, et earn sigillo meo novo
signavi."
EQUESTRIAN. 253
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, helmet
with vizor down and fan plume, sword, shield of arms.
Horse galloping, caparisoned and plumed. Arms : BOHUN,
see No. 5720.
S' H' D6 BOHVN : COMITIS T : 9STABVLAR' -.ANGL'.
The letters AB and AR, in Cons tabu laS , conjoined.
R. A shield of arms : BOHUN, sustained by a loop over a
swan. On each side a shield of arms : FlTZ-PlERS, sur-
mounted by a slipped trefoil.
*: S' : HVMFRIDI : D6 : BOHV .... CCJOMITIS : H6R6FORDIG :
T : essexie =
Herebertus de Bolebec, [of Hampden, co. Buckl\
5723. [Early I3th cent] Creamy-white: imperfect and
indistinct. About if in. when perfect. [Slo. ch. xxxii. 58.]
To the r. In armour : sword, shield. Horse galloping.
SIGILL D BOL6B
Cf. Rotuli de Oblatis temp. Joh., ed. T. D. Hardy, p. 68, A.D. 1200.
Johanes de Bolebi, \pf Bulby, co. Line.}
5724. [A.D. 1170-1190.] Greenish-brown: fine, well pre-
served. 2i in. [Add. ch. 20,622.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, conical
helmet with nasal, sword, long convex shield.
SIGILLVM IOHAMIS DE BOLEBI.
5725. Another. [Add. ch. 20,623.]
5726. Another. Dark greenish-brown : fine. [Add. ch.
20,701.]
5727. [A.D. 1167-1174.] Another. Green. [Add. ch.
20,624.]
Gillebertus de Bulonia, or Bolonia, [of co. Line.]
5728. [i3th cent] Cast in red composition from original
seal bel. to Hon. E. Stanhope (No. 3). [lii. 2.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, round-topped
helmet, sword, long convex shield with central spike. Horse
galloping.
SIGILLVM GILL6BGRTI D6 BVLONIA.
Willelmus de Bolonia, \pf Alfladwick, co. Hert.]
5729. [Late I2th cent] Creamy- white : indistinct, and
imperfect i-|- in. [Add. ch. 28,346.]
To the r. looking back. In long surcoat, with hawk on 1. fist.
. LL'Ml D .
Ramilfus de Bonekil.
5730. [Late I2th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression,
in. [Ixxviii. 43.]
254 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, flat cap-
like helmet with nasal, sword, kite-shaped shield without
SOlKC
B SIGILL' RANVLFI D6 BONGKIL :
Ernaldus de Bosco, or de Nemore, \pf Syreskam^
co. Northt., &cl\
5731. \circ. A.D. 1147.] Greenish-brown: fine, chipped;
app. by a green silk cord. 2\ in. [Harl. ch. 84 H. 46.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet with nasal,
sword, kite - shaped shield showing only the interior side.
Horse springing.
SIGILLVM ERN
5732. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 63.]
5733. [A.D. 1147.] Discoloured, varnished brown: im-
perfect and indistinct. [Harl. ch. 84 H. 45.]
I DE
5734. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 62.]
Another Seal.
5735. \Temp. Hen. II.] Reddish-yellow : fine, cracked and
imperfect. About 3 in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 84 H. 47.]
To the 1. In armour : hauberk of mail, conical helmet,
long lance and flag, sword in belt, long kite-shaped shield.
Horse galloping, with saddle and breastband.
... ILL DE NEMORE.
5736. Sulph. cast. [B.C., B. 64.]
5737. [Temp. Hen. II.] Bark red, varnished : very imperfect.
[Harl. ch. 84 H. 48.]
5738. Pale yellow : fine, but edge entirely destroyed.
ORE.
5739. Sulph. cast. [B.C., B. 65.]
Ernaldus de Bosco, or de Nemore, (a later] [of Houghton,
co. Northt.]
5740. [End of I2th cent] Green, mottled : fine, edge im-
perfect, with mark of the handle. About 2 in. when perfect.
[Harl. ch. 84 H. 52.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk and coat of mail, nasal,
sword, long kite-shaped shield strengthened with an ornament
like an escarbuncle. Horse springing.
8SIGILLVM ERNALDI DE NEMORE.
R. Small oval counterseal. i-| X i| in. Impression of an
antique oval intaglio gem, set in a metal rim. A classical sub-
ject of three figures, one with helmet and shield, on an estrade".
&SeCReTVM H6RNALDI D6 BOSCO.
Beaded border.
EQUESTRIAN. 255
5741. Sulph. cast of the rev. only. [B.C., D. 66.]
5742. [Late I2th cent.] Dark-green, mottled: originally
fine, very imperfect. App. by faded purple silk strands.
[Harl. ch. 84 H. 51.]
&SIGILL RE.
No counterseal.
5743. [Beg. 1 3th cent] Opaque yellow uncoloured : fine.
Mark of handle. [Harl. ch. 84 H. 53.]
&SIGILLVM ERNALDI DE NEMORE.
No counterseal.
Henricus fil. Roger! de Bosco, [of Flixton, co. Stiff.}
5744. [Temp. Hen. III.] Dark reddish-brown : fine, chipped
at the edge, i-i in. [L.F.C., i. 21.]
To the r. In armour : surcoat of mail, here indicated in a
curious manner by a chequy or hatched pattern, square-topped
helmet; reaching out the r. hand. In the field on the 1. a
spear, obliquely set, and over it a shield of arms : an
escutcheon and chief.
SIGILLVM ? . . NRICI FIL' RO . . ER' D B'SCO.
5745. White : very imperfect and indistinct. [Stowe Col-
lection : Flixton Charters, 14.]
. LLVM . . NRI . . DE B'SCO.
Willelmus de Bosco Roardi (?).
5746. [Late I2th cent] Plaster cast from good but chipped
impression. 14- in. [Ixxviii. 44.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, round flat cap, sword, kite-
shaped shield. Horse galloping.
tSSIGILL' WILL6LMI D6 BOSCO ROARDI (?)
Rogerus de Brai, [of Dunton, co. Bedford.}
5747. \Temp. Rich. I.] Brownish-red : fine. 2-i- in.
[Harl. ch. 83 A. 47.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, conical helmet with
nasal, sword, shield with ornamental bands for support.
(SSIGILLVM ROGERI D6 BRAI.
5748. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 121.]
Another Seal.
5749. [Early I3th cent] Uncoloured, varnished: edge
chipped. 2 in. [Harl. ch. 84 I. 20.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, round-topped helmet,
sword, convex shield strengthened with a cross or escarbuncle,
and central spike.
t&SIGILLVM ROG6RI D BRAI
5750. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 122.]
256 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Braibroc (Robertus de). v. Filius Ingebaldi (Robertus).
Wilem fil. Bernard! de Breclosbi, \of Brocklesby, co. Line.}
575L [A.D. 1153-1168.] Reddish-brown: fine, cracked,
with mark of the handle. 2 in. [Harl. ch. 47 C. 20.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet with nasal,
sword, convex shield with central spike. Horse prancing.
SIGILLVM : WILM FILIV : BERNARDI : DE BRECLOSBI.
5752. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 83.]
Willelmus de Breosa, juvenis.
5753. [Early I3th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression,
chipped on the r. h. side. 2~ in. [Ixxviii. 51.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, conical helmet and
nasal, sword, convex shield with central boss and radiating
lines in form of an estoile of eight points. Horse galloping.
SIG LGLMI D6 BRGOSA IVVGNIS.
Cf. Rotuli de Oblatis temp. Joh., ed. T. D. Hardy, p. 460, A.D. 1208.
Simon le Breth, or Brito, [of co. Som. ?]
5754. [Temp. John.] Plaster cast from fine but imperfect
impression. 2.\ in. [Ixxviii. 45.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, sword,
convex shield with spike. Horse galloping.
. . . GILLV . . SIMONIS L6 BR
5755. Another, from chipped impression. [Ixxviii. 47.]
This shows the head with conical helmet.
SIGILLVM SIMONIS. . BRI .
Bretby or Bretuel (Robert de).
v. Bellomonte (Robertus Fitz-Parnell de).
Willelmus Brito, [or Le Bretun of Teckeri, Teton,
co. Northt.]
5756. [i3th cent] Red : fine but imperfect, with mark of
the handle. About 2\ in. when perfect [Add. ch. 22,479.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, helmet, sword,
shield with central spike. Horse galloping.
$ ........ I BRITCONDIS.
Conanus [Le Petit,] Duke of Brittany and [5//z] Earl of
Richmond. [A.D. 1165-1171.]
5757. Dark-red : a small fragment. [Harl. ch. 48 G. 43.]
0. To the r. In hauberk of mail. Horse with ornamental
saddle.
[COMIT1IS RICCHEMVNDI61.
EL Similar to the obv.
. CCON]ANI
EQUESTRIAN. 257
5758. Creamy-white : fine, but very imperfect. About
3-f- in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 28,335.]
5759. Uncoloured, creamy-white : fine, the lower r. h. side
broken off. App. by a skein of faded silks. [Harl. ch. 48
G. 40.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, continuous coif,
surcoat, conical helmet and nasal, long convex shield with
broad bordure and ornamental bands ; in the r. h. a long
lance with flag and streamers overhead. Horse galloping.
&3IGILLVM CONANCI DVCIS BRITA]NNIG.
R. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, and continuous
coif, conical helmet, kite-shaped shield, showing interior side,
ornamented with diaper work and a broad bordure, sword,
sash or baldric. Horse with ornamental saddle.
&SIGILLVM [CONANI COMITIJS RICHEMVNDI6.
The letter s in .Sigilium and Duds, reversed.
5760. Sulph. casts of the obv. and rev. [D.C., D. 109, no.]
Engr. apparently from this example, when it was perfect, in the
Registrum Honoris de Richmond, London, 1722, folio, pi. fig. iii. See
also Add. MS. 6728, f. 15 ; and Douet D'Arcq, Collection de Sceaux,
No. 531.
Ra[nnulph] del Broc, [" Hostiarius " and} Marshal of King
\_Henry //.]
5761. [i2th cent] Sulph. cast from imperfect impression.
About 2 in. when perfect. [D.C., D. 162.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet
with nasal, sword, long convex shield. Horse galloping.
&SIGILLV RA DL BROC MAR6SCALLI R6GI.
The S in Sigillu is reversed.
5762. Plaster cast [Ixxix. 66.]
R. de Broc, Hostiarius, etc., occurs in the Rotuli de Oblatis temp. Joh.,
ed. T. D. Hardy, p. 339, A.D. 1206.
Broclosbi (Eudo, son of HENRY DE). v. Aufort (Ido de).
Henricus Clericus [fil. Nigelli] de Brocelausbi, [of
Brocklesby, co. Line.}
5763. [A.D. 1153-1168.] Light reddish-brown: fine, with
mark of the handle, edge chipped. 2 in. [Harl. ch. 47 C. 21.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat with long maunch
on the r. wrist, conical helmet with nasal, long convex shield
with central spike, lance with flag and split streamers (the
flag bears a saltire).
&SIG1LLVM HENRICI CLERICI DE BROCELAVSBI
5764. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 82.]
VOL. II. S
258 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Radulffus de Buctun, [or BUCHETUN, of A nca ster, co. Line.]
5765. [i3th cent] Dark-green: fine, with mark of the
handle. i-J in. [Eg. ch. 509.]
To the r. In armour: hauberk of mail, conical helmet
with nasal, sword, long convex shield. Horse springing.
&SIGILLVM RADVLFF1 DE BVCTVN.
Johannes Bucuinte, [son of GEOFFREY BUCOINTE,
of London.]
5766. [Late I2th cent] Dark-green, mottled : fine, but
imperfect ; app. by a finely woven hollow bobbin of green
taffeta. 2 in. [Add. ch. 1046.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, helmet with nasal,
sword, shield with bordure. Horse galloping. In base a
wyvern, tail flory and nowed, wings expanded.
.... ILL' IOHANNIS F BVCVINTE-
The letters NN in Johannis, and TE in Bucuinte, respec-
tively conjoined.
Geof. Bokointe occurs temp. Joh.
Johannes Bucuinte.
5767. [Late I2th cent.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
2| in. [Ixxviii. 53.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, conical
helmet, sword, convex shield with central spike.
&SIGILLVM IOHANNIS BVCVINT6.
Godardus de Buiun . . .
5768. [Late I2th cent] Plaster cast from a chipped im-
pression, if in. [Ixxviii. 42.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, conical
helmet, sword, convex shield. Horse galloping.
SIGILLVM GODARDI D6 BVIVN .
Hubertus de Burgo, [Earl of Kent, Justice of England.]
5769. [A.D. 1227-1233.] Pale-green: fine, very imperfect ;
app. by a finely woven hollow bobbin of green taffeta. About
2i in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 20,407.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, sword,
shield of arms. Horse caparisoned. Arms : seven lozenges,
three, three, and one vaire" (or lozengy of fifteen pieces),
BURGH.
Legend destroyed.
R. A shield of arms as described in the obv.
Legend destroyed.
5770. [A.D. 1227-1229.] Dark-green : fine, very imper-
EQUESTRIAN. 259
feet ; app. by a finely woven cord of faded purple taffeta.
[L. F. C, ii, 12.]
Legend destroyed.
Cf. Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc.^ vols. ix., p. 371, xiv. pi. xvi.
Another Seal.
5771. Plaster casts from fine but imperfect impression, the
edge entirely gone. [Ixxviii. 55.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat of arms :
round cap, sword, shield of arms. Horse caparisoned. Arms
as in the rev.
Legend wanting.
IjL A kite-shaped shield of arms : masculy or lozengy of
nineteen pieces, five, three, and one, vaire, BURGH. This is
a variant of the arms on the preceding rev., where the mascles
or lozenges are only three in number in the row in chief.
Legend wanting.
Johannes de Burgo, [son and heir of HUBERT DE
BURGO, of Banstead, co. Surr.]
5772. [A.D. 1269.] Bronze-green : fine, but imperfect.
2-1 in. [Harl. ch. 47 E. 35.]
0. To the r. In armour: hauberk of mail, surcoat, flat-
topped helmet, sword, shield of arms slung by a band over
the r. shoulder. Horse caparisoned. Arms : lozengy, [gu.]
and vaire, BURGH.
[I- SIG1KLUVM [* I]OHANNIS D ! BVRGO *
R. Small round counterseal. i-Jg- in. A shield of arms, as
described in the obv.
+ SIGILLVM secReri.
Carved borders.
5773. Sulph. cast of the obv. only. [B.C., E. 264.]
5774. Sulph. cast of the rev. only. [D.C., E. 387.]
5775. [Late Hen. III.] Mottled green : fine, edge injured ;
app. by a woven bobbin of green stuff. [Harl. ch. 47 E. 36.]
0. This shows a plume of flowers on the helmet, and some
parts of the legend wanting in the previous seal, No. 5772.
$ SIGILLVM * IOHANNIS * D ! BVRGO *
B:. As before.
Robertus de Burun, [of Ossington, co. Nott.]
5776. [Temp. Hen. III.] Pale-yellow, uncoloured, opaque:
fine, imperfect on the 1. h. side, if in. [Toph. ch. 14.]
'To the r. In armour: hauberk of mail, surcoat, [sword],
shield. Horse galloping. In base a wyvern, to the 1., with
expanded wings.
& SIGILLVM ROBGRTI D6
5777. Sulph. cast. [D.C., E. 233.]
S 2
260 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Rogerus de Buterleye, [fil. STEPHANI DE BUTERLEYE, Mil.]
5778. [i 3th cent.] Dark-green: imperfect and indistinct
14- in. [Add. ch. 27,186.]
0. To the 1. In armour : surcoat, sword, shield of arms.
Horse caparisoned. Arms : a fesse between three roses.
sie s
R. Small round counterseal, of which nothing remains but
the legend :
. [SieCRGT .
Butiler (William le). v. (Pincerna) Willelmus.
Ricardus fil. Johannis de Birun, Mil. [Lord of Cadney,
co. Line.]
5779. [A.D. 1342.] Cast in pale red composition, i in.
[Ixxviii. /.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, crested helmet,
sword, shield of arms. Horse crested and caparisoned, gal-
loping. Arms : three bendlets, BYRON. Crest, a mermaid
with comb and mirror, BYRON.
S 1 RICARDI DE BIRVN
5780. [A.D. 1340.] Red : fine, but very fragmentary.
About i in. [Add. ch. 21,449.] '
. RDI DE BIRVN.
Doubtful, perhaps one of the Byron Family.
5781. [Late I3th cent.] Sulph. cast from fine impression.
i in. [DX;., F. 154.]
To the
ic 1. In armour : hauberk of mail, flat-topped helmet,
sword, shield of arms. Horse caparisoned. Arms : bendy
of six, BYRON ?
The legend consists of a cross, the letter P reversed, fol-
lowed by seven roses of fine points pierced, and as many
fleurs-de-lis, arranged alternately.
Walterus de Cadomo, or Caen.
5782. [Late I2th or I3th cent] Plaster cast from fine
impression, if in. [Ixxvii. 58.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, cap-shaped helmet,
sword, convex shield. Horse galloping.
&SIGILLV WALTERI D6 CADOMO.
Walter de Cadomo occurs under Yorkshire, in the Rotuli de Oblatis,
temp. Joh., ed. T. D. Hardy, p. 52, A.D. 1200.
Morganus Cam, [of co. Glamorgan]
5783. [A.D. 1234,] Dark-green: fragmentary. About
i-i- X I in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 75 A. 25.]
EQUESTRIAN. 26l
Pointed oval. To the I, In armour : tunic, helmet, sword.
AM c
5784. [A.D. 1234.] Dark-green : very imperfect. [Harl.
ch. 75 B. 40.]
. . SIGILLV .... GANI CA . . .
5785. Sulph. cast. [D.C., E. 214.]
Cam (Morganus.) v. Gam (Morganus).
Thomas, [fil. Hamonis] de Camera, [of Gt. Totham, co. Ess.]
5786. [Early I3th cent] Pale-red: fine, but imperfect.
2| in. [Harl. ch. 83 E. i.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, round-
topped helmet with nasal, sword, long convex shield. Horse
springing.
SIG TH M.
5787. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 174.]
Stephanus Camerarius, [of Wikingesbi, Wickenby, co. Linc.~\
5788. [A.D. 1187.] Dark-green: imperfect and indistinct.
About 2 in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 47 I. 9.]
To the r. In armour : surcoat. Horse galloping.
. ANl CA .
Henricus Camberli . . . ., [or Camerarius, of
Wykingby, Wickenby. co. Line.]
5789. [Temp. Hen. III.] Dark-green : fine edge chipped.
If in. [Harl. ch. 47 I. 21.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, flat-
topped helmet, sword, shield of arms. Horse caparisoned.
Arms : a roundle (?).
S' H6RICI CAMB6RLI ....
R. Small oval counterseal, from a ring, with mark of the
handle. - X -3- in. Impression of an antique oval intaglio
gem. VICTORY to the 1., with trophies, sacrificing (?)
SIGILLVM SeCRGTI.
5790. Sulph. cast of obv. only. [D.C., E. 228.]
Warnerius de la Campani[a, of Barrow, co. Line.]
5791. [A.D. 1152-1175.] Greenish-brown : fine, with mark
of the handle. i in. [Harl. ch. 47 I. 33.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet with nasal,
sword, long convex shield with central spike. Horse
galloping.
% SIGILLVM WARN6RII DG LA CAMPANI.
5792. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 125.]
262 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Petrus de Campania, [son of PETER DE CAMPANIA, of
Killingholm, co, Line.]
5793. [Early I4th cent.] Light-brown : fine, with marks
of the setting as a ring. -^ in. [Harl. ch. 47 I. 37.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, helmet,
sword, shield. Horse caparisoned. The seal is remarkable
for the smallness of its size in comparison with other seals of
this class.
The legend is complete, but very small and faintly
impressed.
*S f BON SLI
Gerardus de Campo (P).
5794. [i3th cent.] Sulph. cast from imperfect impres-
sion. About 2i in. when perfect. [D.C., D. 179.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet and nasal,
sword, long convex shield. Legend wanting.
(Attributed by Doubleday to Gerard, son ofWlric de Campo, whose
seal, an ornamental design, is attached to Harl. ch. 47 G. 10.)
Martinus de la Chapele, [or de Capella, of Denham, co.
Buck.]
5795. \circ. A.D. 1176-1191.] Light-brown: fine, edge
chipped, if in. [Harl. ch. in C. 38.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, furnished with a
long loose tail or flap, conical helmet, with nasal, sword, con-
vex shield with strengthening bands and central spike. Horse
springing, elegantly designed, somewhat resembling the
Greek style.
&SIGILLV TINI : DG : LA : CHAP6LG.
5796* Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 151.]
Ernolphus de Certrifelt (P Cestrefelde.)
(A doubtful seafy
5797. [A.D. 1143.] Plaster cast from fine impression, the
edge chipped. 2 in. [Ixxviii. 77.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, continuous coif, conical
helmet, sword, kite-shaped shield showing interior side
bordered, and held by a short strap.
&SIGILLVM 6RNOLPHI DG CERTRIFeLT.
Robertas Chambort, or Chambord [of Cowton, CG. York.]
5798. [Early Hen. II.] Red : with mark of the handle.
if in. [Add. ch. 20,564.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, conical
helmet and nasal, sword, long convex shield.
"gsSIGILLVM ROB . . CHA . . ORT.
EQUESTRIAN. 263
Walterus de Chanci, \pf Skirpenbeck, co. YorkJ]
5799. [A.D. 1207.] Green: large and thick mass, as is
usually found with the charters of Byland Abbey, of which
this is one. if in. [Add. ch. 20,589.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, conical helmet with
nasal, sword, shield with bordure, central spike, and orna-
mental bands of strengthening. Horse galloping.
SIGILL' WALT6RI D6 CHANCI.
The letter N is reversed.
Ricardus de Chandos, [of Wihnarston, co. Here/.}
5800. [Early I3th cent] Pale-green : originally fine, now
very imperfect on the 1. h. side. About i| in. [Add. ch.
20,416.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, helmet
with nasal, sword, shield with ornamental strengthening like a
star or escarbuncle. Horse galloping.
&SIGILL' : RICARDI : D A.
Robertas de Chaucumba.
5801. [Late I2th cent.] Plaster cast from fine but chipped
impression, i-f- in. [Ixxviii. 62.]
To the r. In flowing surcoat, and with round cap, a falcon
by the jesses on the r. wrist.
ttSIGILL' ROBRTI D CHAVCVMBA.
Paganus de Chaorciis, [or Chaurciis, of Kempsford, co.
Glouc.]
5802. [Early I3th cent.] Dark mottled green : fine, the
edge chipped. 2| in. [L. F. C, vii. 2.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, flat
helmet, sword, shield of arms. Arms appear to be : barry of
eight. The arms of CHAWORTH are : barry an orle of
martlets.
BSIGILL' PACGJAMI D6 CHAORCIIS.
The letter N is reversed.
R. A smaller counterseal. if in. A shield of arms much
defaced, but apparently : barry unnumbered.
SeCRGTVM PAGANI D6 CHAORCIIS.
Paganus de Chaurciis [or Paen de Chaworth, C/iev.].
5803. [A.D. 1270.] Green : fine, very imperfect. About
IJ- in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 19,829.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, sword,
[shield of arms]. Horse caparisoned. Arms : barry, an orle
of martlets, CHAWORTH.
. [CH]AVRC[IIS].
264 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
CHESTER.
Rannulphus [de Meschines, ^rd\ Earl of Chester.
[A.D. 1119-1128.]
5804. Plaster cast from imperfect impression. 3 in.
[Ixxx. /.]
To the r. With sword.
VM RANNVL R6 . . . .
Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc., vol. v., p. 241, obv. only. The seal is here
wrongly attributed to Ranulf II., or de Gernons.
Ranulfus, \pr Randle de Gernons, 4th] Earl of Chester.
[A.D. 1128-1153.]
5805. Sulph. cast from fine impression. 3 in. [D.C., D.
73-]
To the r. full-face. In a surcoat, with sword. Horse with
plain saddle and breast-band.
&SIGILLVM RANVLFI COMITIS CGSTRI6NSIS.
5806. Cast in white plaster, [xxxiv. 29.]
Archczolog., vol. iv., p. 120 ; Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc., vol. v., p. 241.
Hugo [Cyvelioc, $tti\ Earl of Chester. [A.D. 1153-1180.]
FIRST SEAL.
5807. [A.D. 1155-1168.] Light-brown, with dark-brown
varnish : fine, very imperfect, only centre remaining. [Harl.
ch. 52 A. 13.]
0. For description see No. 5809.
H. Two impressions of an oval counterseal, very imperfect.
About i-i- X i-s- in. when perfect. Impression of an antique
oval intaglio gem : two nude athletes in combat, one kneeling
on the other, who is falling backward.
[*] CONTRA SKGILLVM DOJMINI C6STRI6.
Beaded borders.
The gem in this counterseal was used (according to Randle Holme)
by Ranulph or Randle II., de Gernons, 4th Earl of Chester, father of
this Hugh, see woodcuts of his seal and counterseal in Journ. Brit.
Arch. Assoc., vol. v., p. 241 (J. R. Planche", On the seals of the Earls
of Chester), but with a different legend. Holme, however, is mistaken in
attributing the seal to R. de Gernons.
5808. [A.D. 1163-1185.] Light-brown, with a dark-brown
varnish : fine, very fragmentary, only centre remaining.
[Stowe Collection, Repyngdon charters, No. 3.]
0. For description see next seal.
R. A small oval counterseal. About i^ x I in. Impres-
sion of an antique oval intaglio gem : uncertain subject, per-
haps a gnostic gryllus or nondescript emblematical figure.
S ..... TV6
5809. Light-brown, with a dark-brown varnish : imperfect.
31 in. [Stowe Collection, Burton Charters, No. 3.]
EQUESTRIAN. 26$
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif of mail, em-
broidered surcoat with long skirt, and full maunch on r. wrist,
conical helmet with nasal, in the r. h. a lance with square flag
and long streamers : the flag chequy of nine pieces with a
roundle in each square, in the 1. h. a long convex shield
strengthened with an ornamental escarbuncle, and slung round
the neck. Horse with ornamental saddle.
[SIG]IL[LV]M HCVG10NIS COMITI3 CGSTRI6.
The letter S reversed.
R. Two impressions of a small oval counterseal as described
in the next or second seal.
SECOND SEAL.
With counterseal of Willielmus Barbeaverill.*
5810. [A.D. 1153-1181.] Bright-red: fine, only the centre
remaining. About 3 in. when perfect. App. by a diapered
bobbin of finely woven threads. [Harl. ch. 83 F. 32.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, long pleated
surcoat, [helmet, sword,] shield ornamented with a bordure,
ornamental strengthenings of a star-like or escarbuncle form.
Horse galloping, with saddle, saddle-cloth diapered lozengy
with a small cross in each space, and fringed, and ornamental
breast-band with pendent pellets.
Legend wanting.
li. Small oval counterseal. i-^ X -V in., with marks of a
curiously carved handle. Impression of an antique oval
intaglio gem : a gryllus of two human faces conjoined, on the
1. Silenus, on the r. Mercury ?
&SIGILLVM WII_ei_MI BARBeAVILL.
5811. Sulph. casts of the obv. and rev. [D.C., D. 114, 115.]
Obv. in Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc., vol. v., p. 243.
5812. [A.D. 1175-1180.] Dark-green: very imperfect. [The
obv. formerly detached and numbered xxxv. 19 (o), but now
rejoined to the Cotton ch. x. 7, to which it belongs.]
0. As before, the long sword, and some other parts wanting
in the preceding seal are shown in this example.
COCMITIS]
R. Two smaller counterseals :
(i) Heart-shaped : about I X|- in. Impression of an
antique oval intaglio gem : a human face. Legend indistinct.
(2.) Oval : slightly larger, the impression of another antique
oval intaglio gem. The subject defaced. Legend indistinct.
Beaded border.
* Cf. Radulphus Barba ap'l', among the witnesses to Stowe ch.
Repyngdon, No. 3.
266 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Ranulfus [Blundeville, 6t/t] Earl of Chester, [and
Earl of Lincoln. [A.D. 1180-1232.]
5813. [A.D. 1216-1232.] C reamy- white : fine, imperfect at
the lower part. 3^ in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 52 A. 16.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, flat-
topped helmet with vizor closed, sword, shield of arms. Horse
caparisoned, galloping. Arms : three garbs, two and one,
CHESTER.
SIGI ........ COM ............ Nie.
R. Small round counterseal. i-i- in. A shield of arms as
in the obv.
^SeCRGTVM : RANVLFI : COMITIS : C6STRI : T : LINCOLNI6.
Madox, Formulare Anglicanum; Jouru. Brit. Arch. Assoc. y vo\. \. t
p. 246.
5814. Sulph. casts of obv. and rev. [D.C., E. 212, 213.]
5815. [A.D. 1231.] Bronze-green: fine originally, now
injured ; app. by a plaited cord of faded silk. [Cott. ch.
xxiv. 1 6.]
Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc., vol. v., p. 246.
Willelmus de Cheurevile, [or de Caravilla, of Ray don,
co. Suff.}
5816. [A.D. 1281.] Creamy-white : now indistinct and im-
perfect, if in. [Harl. ch. 48 B. I.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, helmet, sword,
shield. Horse springing.
HVRGVIL.
5817. Sulph. cast. [D.C., E. 272.]
5818. [A.D. 1286.] Creamy-white: indistinct. [Harl. ch.
47 43-]
. 6LMI : D6 : CH
Robertus de Chetwode, [of Norton, co. Northt.']
5819. [Early 1 3th cent] Dark-green: fine, i-f in. [Harl.
ch. 85 A. 59.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, round-
topped helmet with nasal, sword, long convex shield. Horse
galloping, with ornamental breast-band.
&SIGILLVM ROBCRTI D CH6TWOD6.
5820. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 195.]
Philippus de Chime, [or- Kyma, of co. LincJ]
5821. [circ. A.D. 1172.] Light-brown, varnished: origin-
ally good, now the edge chipped. About 2\ in. when perfect.
[Harl. ch. 52 G. 36.]
EQUESTRIAN. 267
To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif of mail, surcoat,
conical helmet and nasal, long convex shield with ornamental
bordure and central boss.
&SIGILLV LIPI DG CHIMe.
5822. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 105.]
5823. Bright-red, mottled : fine, edge chipped. [Harl. ch,
52 G. 31.]
$SIGIL .V HI DC CHIME.
5824. Dark-red : only a fragment containing the 1. h. side.
[Harl. ch. 52 G. 32.]
....... HIL . . De CHIM6.
5825. Creamy-yellow : very imperfect, edge wanting.
[Harl. ch. 52 G. 33.]
Legend wanting.
5826. Light-brown : very imperfect. [Harl. ch. 52 G. 34.]
SIGl M.
5827.' [arc. A.D. 1172.] Light-brown, varnished of a dark
colour: only centre part remaining. [Harl. ch. 52 G. 35.]
Legend wanting.
5828. \circ. A.D. 1172.] Brown : originally good, now very
imperfect, r. h. side and bottom part wanting. [Harl. ch. 52
G. 37-]
CHIMC.
v. Kima (Philippus de).
Willelmus fil. Alani de Claxebi, \co. LincJ\
5829. [Early I3th cent] Brown, mottled, semi-opaque:
fine, with mark of handle, if in. [Harl. ch. 48 B. 39.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, helmet, sword, long convex
shield with central spike, star-like ornament, and bordure.
&SIGILL' WILL6LMI FILLII ALAMI D CLAXEBI.
5830. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 134.]
5831. [Early I3th cent] . Dark-green : indistinct in places.
[Harl. ch. 48 B. 40.]
5832. [Early I3th cent] Dark-green, mottled : fine.
[Harl. ch. 48 'B. 41.]
Gilbertus de Clare II. (?), [called " Strongbow" Earl of
Pembroke and Striguil, i.e. Chepstow\, etc. [ob. A.D. 1148], or
Gilbertus de Clare, \$rd Earl of Clare, A.D. 1152.]
5833. \Temp. Steph.] Plaster cast from fine impression,
chipped round the edge. About 3 in. when perfect.
[Ixxviii. 63.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail and continuous
coif, conical helmet and nasal, sword, long convex kite-shaped
shield on which are faint traces of the armorial bearings of
chevronelly, for CLARE.
[SIGILLVJOO GV L6 . , . )
268 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Gilebertus de Clara, \$th Earl of Hertford and Gloucester,
A.D. 1218-1229.]
5834. [A.D. 1218.] Light-brown: fine, now very imperfect,
only centre remaining ; app. by a plaited cord of variegated
threads. About 3 in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 75 B. 37.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, shield
of arms. Horse caparisoned. Arms : three chevrons, CLARE.
Legend wanting.
R. A smaller counterseal. I in. A shield of arms as above.
SIGILL' GIL6B6RTI DG CLARA.
5835. [A.D. 1218-1230.] Dark-green: fine, but frag-
mentary. [Harl. ch. 75 B. 38.]
0. . . SIGILL' G
R. As before.
Gilebertus de Clare, \ytJi\Earl of Hertford and Gloucester,
[A.D. 1261-1295.]
5836. [A.D. 1262-1295.] Dark-green : fine, chipped. 3 in.
[L.F.C., xii. 5.]
0. To the 1. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, flat
helmet with vizor down, sword, shield of arms. Horse
galloping. Arms : three chevrons, CLARE.
SIGILL' GIL6B6RTI D GLARE : COMITIS : . . . . V6RNIG.
R. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, flat
helmet with vizor down, sword, shield of arms. Horse
caparisoned, galloping. Arms : CLARE.
SIGILL' : GIL . . . RTI : D6 : CLARG : COMITIS : HGRTFORDI6.
Beaded borders.
Sandford, General Hist., p. 139 ; Spelman, Aspilogia, Notes in Upton,
p. 68.
5837. [Early Edw. I.] Green : fine, but very fragmentary ;
app. by a closely plaited cord of various colours. [Add.
ch. 20,398.]
5838. [A.D. 1292.] Dark-green : fine, but very fragmentary.
[Cott. ch. xviii. 48.]
Ricardus de Clare, [of Saltrey, co. Htmt., and
Buckenham Parva, co. NorfJ]
5839. [Temp. Joh.] Green, mottled: indistinct in places.
1 1 in. [Harl. ch. 83 A. 54.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, sword, shield.
Horse galloping.
.... ILLVM RICARDI DE CLARE.
5840. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 145.]
Ricardus de Clare, \^th Earl of Hertford, A.D. 1172-1218.]
5841. Dark-green, mottled : only a fragment of the upper
part. About 2 in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 1 1 1 E. 45.]
EQUESTRIAN. 269
To the r. In hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet, sword, kite-
shaped shield.
Legend wanting.
Ricardus de Clare, \6th~\ Earl of Hertford
\and 6tJi\ Earl of Gloucester. [A.D. 1230-1262.]
5842. \circ. A.D. 1250.] Creamy-white : fine originally,
now very imperfect, only centre remaining. About 2-f in.
when perfect. [Add. ch. 16,531.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, [flat
helmet], sword, shield of arms. Horse caparisoned. Arms :
three chevrons, CLARE.
Legend wanting.
ft. A shield of arms of CLARE, as in obv., suspended by a
strap, and supported by two lions rampant addorsed.
Legend wanting.
5843. \circ. A.D. 1250-1260.] Creamy-white: fine, very
imperfect. [Add. ch. 20,039.]
0. This shows the helmet and other details wanting in the
previous seal.
B SIG 16.
R This shows the ornamental foliage at the top of the
shield and the strap.
$1 SIG CAR G.
Beaded borders.
5844. Plaster casts from fine impression, very much chipped
at the edges. [Ixxviii. 64, 65.]
0. & SIG CLAR C[O]MITIS HGRTFORDie.
R. # SIGILLVM i RICARDI i DG CLA IS i GLO .
A member of the CLARE Family*
5845. Plaster casts from fine impression, edge entirely
wanting. About 3^ in. when perfect. [Ixxviii. 66, 67.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, sword,
shield of arms. Horse caparisoned. Arms : three chevrons,
CLARE.
Legend wanting.
R. A shield of arms, CLARE : the chevrons diapre, with
wavy scrolls of foliage. Background hatched. Within a broad
circle of elegantly designed wavy scrolls of foliage.
Legend wanting.
Clericus de Brocelausbi (Henricus). v. Brocelausbi
(Henricus Clericus de).
* Called by Doubleday, Gilbert de Clare, E. of Gloucester and
Hertford.
2/0 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Ricardus Clericus, [of Branteston, co. Nor/.,
son ^/"BALDEWINE CLERICUS, of the same.]
5846. [ 1 3th cent] Pale-green, discoloured : very imperfect
About if in. when perfect [Harl. ch. 48 C. 6.]
To the 1. In armour.
Legend wanting.
Radulfus de Climtun.
5847. [Late I2th cent.] Plaster cast from chipped im-
pression, i-i- in. [Ixxviii. 69.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet and
nasal, sword, shield. Horse galloping.
& SIGILL' RADVLFI CD16 CLIMTVI/I.
Radulfus de Clintunia P.
5848. [Late I2th cent.] Plaster cast from indistinct im-
pression. i in. [Ixxviii. 68.]
To the r. In armour : conical helmet, sword, shield.
Horse galloping.
& SIGILL' RADVLFI D6 CL . . . VNIA (?)
Petrus de Codingtun.
5849. [i2th cent] Plaster cast from imperfect impression.
2-L in. [Ixxviii. 70.]
To .the 1. In armour : hauberk of mail, surccat, long spear
held horizontally, long convex triangular shield.
SIG1LLVM P6TRI DG CODIU .
Roaldus, [son of ALAN, Constabularius\ Richemundie,
co. York.
5850. [Early I3th cent] Recent cast in green composition,
from original seal bel. to Hon. E. Stanhope ; very imperfect,
1. h. side wanting. About i-^- in. when perfect, [lii. 22, 23.]
0. To the r. In armour : kite-shaped shield.
SIGILL 1 ROALD
"R. A smaller counterseal. i in. A shield of arms of an
early character : two bars and a chief.
3' RO RICHGMVHDI6.
Also called Reulend, or Ruold fil. Alani, Constabularius Richemund',
in Kotulide Oblatis, temp. Joh., pp. 569, 603.)
Radulfus de C[ornhillP].
5851. [Early I3th cent] Plaster cast from imperfect im-
pression. 2\ in. [Ixxix. 94.]
To the r. In armour : convex shield slung by a strap
round the shoulders. Horse galloping. In the field, below
the horse, an elegantly designed flower.
ft SIGILLVM RADVLFI DG C
EQUESTRIAN. 27 I
Robertus de Curtenai, [COURTENAY, of co. Cumb. f].
5852. [Early I3th cent.] Plaster cast from fine but
chipped impression. 2 in. [Ixxviii. 76.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, flat helmet, sword,
shield. Horse galloping.
ft SIGILLVM . . B6R . CVRT6NAI.
Rogerus de Creft, \pr CREFTH, of Helmedon, co. Nortkt.']
5853. \circ. A.D. 1225.] Dark-green : fine, with mark of
the handle. 2\ in. [Harl. ch. 85 B. 51.]
To the 1. In armour: hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet
with nasal, long lance or spear in the r. h., long kite-shaped
shield in the 1. h.
8 SIGILLVM ROGERI DE CREFT.
5854. \circ. A.D. 1225-1230.] Dark-green : fine, with mark
of the handle. [Harl. ch. 85 B. 52.]
5855. \circ. A.D. 1225-1230.] Dark-green : very fine and
sharp. [Harl. ch. 85 B. 53.]
5856. Sulph. cast of the previous seal, No. 5855. [D.C.,
D. 164.]
Hamo, [fil. ECARDl] de Crevequer, [of B lean, co. Kent.]
5857. [Early Hen. III.] Green, mottled: fine, edge
chipped, if in. [Add. ch. 919.]
To the right. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, round-topped
helmet, sword, convex shield. Horse galloping.
SIGILL' HAMONIS DE CREVEPVER :
5858. Plaster cast from very fine impression, which appears
to be from a very close copy of the seal, rather than from the
same matrix. [Ixxviii. Si.J
Mauricius de Creun, [of Butterwick, co. Lincoln.]
5859. [A.D. 1158.] Red: fine, edge chipped; app. by
cords of closely plaited or woven threads. 2^ x if in. [Harl.
ch. 49 A. i.]
Pointed oval. To the r. In armour : hauberk and con-
tinuous coif of mail, conical helmet with nasal, sword, kite-
shaped shield very indistinctly cut. Horse galloping, with
ornamental breast-band.
. . . IGILL' MAVRICI DE . . . . REV
For another pointed oval seal of this class, cf. Harl. ch. 45 B. 27.
5860. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 78.]
Another Seal.
5861. [Early Hen. II.] Creamy-white, varnished brown,
if in. [Add. ch. 20,591.]
272 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet and nasal,
sword, long convex shield with central spike. Horse
galloping.
. MA . . 6 .
Johannes de Criail.
5862. [Late I2th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression,
if in. [Ixxviii. 79.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, cap-like helmet,
sword, convex kite-shaped shield. Horse galloping.
* SIGILL 1 lOH'IS D' CRIAIL.
Johannes de Criol.
5863. [ 1 2th cent.] Plaster cast from indistinct impression.
2-i- in. [Ixxviii. 78.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, coif, cap-shaped
helmet with nasal, sword, convex shield with central spike and
rays.
Si SIGILLVM IOHANNIS DE CRIOL.
Walterus Croc.
5864. [Early i.3th cent] Plaster cast from good impres-
sion, if in. [Ixxviii. 80.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, round cap-
like helmet, sword, shield. Horse galloping.
<8> SIGILLVM : WALTRI : CROC :
Walterus Croc, [son of WALTER CROC, of Wadwick,
co. Wilts.]
5865. [Late 1 2th cent] Pale greenish-brown: fine, lower
part chipped. 2\- in. [L.F.C., xiii. II.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, round cap-
like helmet, sword, shield with central spike. Horse galloping.
9 SIGILLV . . I CROC.
Robertus fil. Eicardi de Crocstun, [of Habrough, co. Line]
5866. [ 1 2th- 1 3th cent] Creamy-white, discoloured: fine,
edge chipped. Marks of the handle. 2 in. [Add. ch. 20,741.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, conical helmet
and nasal, sword, long convex shield with central spike.
Horse galloping.
SIGILL' ROBERTI FILM RICARDI DE CROCSTVN.
The letters TUN, of Crocstun, placed in the field.
Willelmus fil. Walter! de Cukeleya, [of Cookley, co. Stiff.]
5867. [Early 1 3th cent.] White, discoloured and varnished :
indistinct and imperfect i^ in. [Harl. ch. 83 E. 28.]
EQUESTRIAN. 273
To the r. In armour : round-topped helmet, sword, convex
shield. Horse galloping.
9 SIGILL . I FIL
5868. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 193.]
Robertas de Curli.
5869. [i2th cent.] Plaster cast from chipped impression.
2\ in. [Ixxviii. 82.]
To the r. In armour : surcoat, conical helmet, sword, kite-
shaped shield.
SIGILLVM . . . OBERTI . . . CVRLI.
Willelmus de Curchi, [of Spaxton, co. Sam.]
5870. [circ. A.D. 1136-1165.] Red, discoloured : originally
fine, imperfect. [Harl. ch. 49 B. 23.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk diapered, conical helmet,
sword.
8 . . G Cl DA .
Stephanus de Curzun, [of Diseworth, co. Leic.]
5871. [circ. A.D. 1180.] Red : fine, but imperfect. 2 in.
[Cott. ch. v. 49.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, conical helmet
with nasal, sword, kite-shaped shield, with star-like orna-
mentation and central spike. Horse galloping.
SIGILLVM ST6 VRZVN.
5872. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 182.]
Johannes Danecurt, [or DE DAIENCURT, of Granby, co. Nott.']
5873. [A.D. 1170-1184.] Dark reddish-brown: fine, in-
distinct in parts. 2f in. [Add. ch. 20,738.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet,
nasal, sword, long convex shield.
# SIGILLVM IOHANNES DANECVRT.
The C is square.
Maneserus de Danmartin, [of Mendlesham, co. Suff]
5874. [A.D. 1171-1172.] Red: originally fine, chipped at
the edge. 2-f in. [Harl. ch. 49 C. I.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet
and nasal, sword, shield.
SIGIL. . ANESER' : D . . MARTIH.
Normannus de Darci, [son of PHILIP DE ARCY, knt.,
of Stallingborough, co. Line.]
5875. [Temp. Edw. I.] Dark-green : fine. I in. [Harl.
ch. 49 C. 46.]
VOL. II. T
2/4 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
To the r. In armour : surcoat, helmet with vizor down,
shield of arms, sword. Horse caparisoned. Arms : three
roses of six leaves, DARCY.
S' NORMANNI DG DARC1.
5876. Sulph. cast. [D.C., E. 276.]
Philippus de Davintria, \pf Thurnby, co. Northtl\
5877. [A.D. 1194?] Red: fine fragment About 2\ in.
when perfect. [Add. ch. 22,474.]
To the r. In armour : surcoat, sword.
Legend wanting.
Mateus de Da[u]ntn.
5878. [Late I2th cent] Plaster cast from chipped im-
pression. 24- in. [Ixxviii. 83.]
To the 1. In armour : hauberk of mail, flowing coat, helmet,
sword, kite-shaped shield with projecting spike.
Legend reversed :
B SIGILLVM MAT6VS D DAMNTN.
Galfridus de Dearleeia.
5879. [i2th cent] Plaster cast from chipped impression.
2\ in. [Ixxviii. 85.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, cap-like helmet
with nasal, short sword ; no shield.
# SIGILLVM GALFRIDI D D6ARL66IA.
The letters AR of Dearleeia conjoined.
Willelmus [fil. JOHANNIS] de Dinigtuna, [Clerk,
of Dinnington, W. R., co. York,}
5880. [Late 1 3th cent] Dark-green: good, -fg- in. [Add.
ch. 21,575.]
To the 1. With a hawk, held by the jesses, in the 1. hand.
S' WILL6LMI D6 DINIGTVNA.
Beaded borders.
Gregorius de Diva, \pf Ashby Ledgers, co. Northt]
5881. [Late Hen. II.] Creamy-white : fine, but indistinct,
edge chipped ; app. by a woven riband of green thread. 2 in.
[Add. ch. 21,516.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet
and nasal, sword, convex shield with central spike. Horse
galloping. In front of the rider an uncertain object.
. Dl .
EQUESTRIAN. 2/5
Hugo de Dive, [fit. WILL. DE DIVE, of cos. Northt.
and Suss ex\.
5882. [A.D. 1200-1210.] Pale-red: originally fine, now
fragmentary. About 2 in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 21,879.]
To the r. In armour : with surcoat.
. HVGONIS .
Willelmus de Dive, [fil. HUGONIS DE DlVE, of Nor toft,
co. Northt.}
5883. [Late I2th cent] Uncoloured : imperfect and
indistinct. 2i in. [Harl. ch. 49 F. 12.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet and nasal,
sword, shield.
. .VA.
John de Dreux, [Duke of Brittany, 6th (7th} Earl of
Richmond.}
5884. [A.D. 1279.] White: only fragment of the central
part. [Add. ch. 7756.]
0. To the r. In armour. Horse caparisoned. Arms as
on rev.
Legend wanting.
R. A smaller counterseal. i-i- in. diam. A shield of arms :
chequy, a canton, BRITTANY.
Legend wanting.
Trtsor de Numismatique, Sc. des Rois, pp. 19, 20.
John de Dreux, [Duke of Brittany, 8//z (gth) Earl of
Richmond, and Lord of the Rape of Hastings, co. Sussex,
A.D. 1306-1334.]
5885. [A.D. 1315.] Red : very fine, edge chipped; enclosed
in a case of red leather lined with diapered stuff, and edged
with variegated silk stitches. About 2-^- in. when perfect.
[Egert. ch. 399.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, helmet with
vizor down, shield of arms. Horse caparisoned, with fan
plume. Arms : chequy, or and az. a bordure gu., charged
with lions of ENGLAND, over all a canton, erm., BRITTANY.
Background diapered lozengy, with a small pierced cinque-
foil in each space.
NDie.
R. Small round counterseal. -f- in. Within a pointed gothic
quatrefoil, with sunk trefoil openings in the spandrils, a shield
of the arms as described on the obv., suspended by the guige
or strap from a trifurcated tree.
Registrum Honoris de Richemond, pi. ad init.
T 2
2/6 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Robertas Dudley, K.G., Earl of Leicester, etc.
5886. [A.D. 1577.] Red : fine. 3 in. [Add. ch. 8487.]
0. To the 1. on a mount. In plate armour : plumed
helmet, and sword. Horse caparisoned. On the trappings a
bear statant, surrounded by a Garter, and a lion passant
within a collar of the Order of ST. MICHAEL.
In place of a legend a collar of the above Order of St.
Michael. Outside this an ornamental border of pearls in
small oval links.
ft. Within a Garter, bearing the motto of the Order, and
surmounted by an earl's coronet, on a carved escutcheon a
shield of arms : quarterly of eight pieces, i. a lion rampant
queue fourchee, SuTTON ; 2. two lions passant, DUDLEY ;
3. a cinquefoil, erm., PAGANELL ; 4. Barry of six in chief
three roundles, a label of as many points, GREY ; 5. ? Barry
of ten an orle of martlets, VALENCE ; 6. a lion rampant
within a bordure engrailed, TALBOT : 7. a fess between six
crosses crosslet, BEAUCHAMP ; 8. chequy a chevron, WAR-
WICK. In the nombril point a crescent for difference. Sup-
porters, dex.) a bear erect on its hind legs, collared and
chained, and charged with the above difference ; sin., a lion
rampant crowned.
8 ROBERTVS COMES LEYCESTRICE BAR]O DE
DENBIGHE VTRIVSOVE ORDINIS GARTERII
ET SANCTI MICH MILES. * # # #.
The letters HE in Denbighe are conjoined.
5887. Red : fine, cut from a charter and pierced for sus-
pension, [xxxv. 345.]
5888. Sulph. casts of obv. and rev. from good impression.
[B.C., H. 79, 80.]
Aggelram de Dumart, or Ingelram de Dumard,
[of Faxton, etc., co. Northt^\
5889. [i2th-i 3th cent] Green, varnished : very indistinct,
edge chipped. 2 in. [Harl. ch. 49 F. 53.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet and
nasal, sword, long convex shield with central spike. Horse
galloping.
g S G6RAM RT.
5890. Plaster Cast from chipped impression. 2 in.
[Ixxviii. 88.]
# SIGILLVM : AGGELRAM
Ralph de [D]unstanscot (?)
5891. [i2th cent] Plaster cast from chipped impression.
if in. [Ixxix. 45.]
To the 1. In armour : hauberk of mail, coif, surcoat, helmet,
sword, long shield. Horse galloping.
*3IGILL' RADVL . . VHSTAMSCOT.
EQUESTRIAN.
Willelmus de Echingeham, \Miles, of Etchingham, co. Suss.]
5892. \circ. A.D. 1307-8.] Bronze-green : fine, but chipped,
i^- in. [Egert. ch. 398.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet
with fan plume, sword, shield. Horse galloping, capari-
soned and plumed. Arms : a fret, or fretty, ECHINGHAM.
In the field four shields of arms, two above, two below
the horse: i. as No. 4 in the rev. ; 2. as No. 2 in the rev.;
3. three bars, over all a bend ; 4. as No. 4 in the rev.
S' DOMINI * WILLLMI * D * 6CHING6HAM.
R. Four shields of arms in cross, the points meeting at the
centre. I. fretty, ECHINGHAM ; 2. three crescents, over all a
canton ; 3. lozengy ; 4. on a chief two pierced mullets.
fc : S' WILL'I : D : 6CHINGHAM.
5893. [A.D. 1319.] Bronze-green : fine, chipped at the
edge. [Egert. ch. 400.]
Petrus de Eclisfeld.
5894. [A.D. 1185-1201]. Discoloured : a fragment. About
2 in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 43 A. 54.]
To the r. In armour : conical helmet and nasal.
S) SIGIL .
Fulcherus, Dominus de Ednesouria, [or EDENSOR,
co. Derby^\
5895. [Late I2th cent.] Light-brown, thickly varnished :
imperfect ; app. by a diapered ribbon of plaited threads.
2-1- in. [Harl. ch. ill F. 59.]
To the r. In armour ; hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet
with nasal, sword, long convex shield.
. . . . IGI L A
5896. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 92.]
Henricus [fil. VITALIS] Engainne, [or ENGAYNE,
of Laxton, co. Northt^\
5897. [A.D. 1248-1261.] Green: fine, but chipped; app.
by green silk cords. i-f- in. [Add. ch. 22,080.]
To the 1. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, flat-topped helmet,
spear, shield of arms. Horse galloping, with ornamental
breast band. Arms: a fess dancettee betw. six crosses
crosslet, ENGAINE.
S' HLN]RICI : N * GAINN6 . :
Beaded borders.
5898. Another, on a label, sewn to the cords of the above
impression. [Add. ch. 22,080.]
S' HN . . I : 6N # GAINNG
2/8 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Willelmus, \Count of Boulogne and Warrenne, youngest son of
King Stephen]
5899. [A.D. 1146-1159.] Green, with a brown varnish:
fine but imperfect. About 2^ in. when perfect [Harl. ch. 83
A. 25.]
0. To the r. three-quarters. In armour : hauberk, conical
helmet, lance and flag in the r. h., and kite-shaped shield,
showing interior side on the 1. h.
& S
ft. Small oval counterseal. X ^ in. Impression of an
antique oval intaglio gem : an indistinct warrior, with a shield
and lance, set in a metal rim, with indistinct legend.
5900. Sulph. cast of the obv. only. [D.C., D. 80.]
Johannes de Estoute villa, [Miles, of Eckington, co. Derby.}
5901. [A.D. 1255.] Creamy-white: fine, imperfect. About
2i in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 20,486.]
0. To the 1. In armour: hauberk, flat-topped helmet,
sword, shield of arms. Horse caparisoned. Arms : barry of
twelve, over all a lion rampant, ESTOUTEVILLE. (Cf. Add.
MS. 17,732.)
SIGILLVM IOH[A]NNIS D6 6SLTOV1TGVII
R. A smaller counterseal. i^ in. A shield of arms, as in
the obv., suspended by a loop, and betw. three round buckles.
Willelmus de Estuteville, [of Upsall, etc., co. York.]
5902. [Late I2th cent] Dark-green, varnished brown:
very imperfect About 2\ in. when perfect. [Add. ch.
19,922.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, flat helmet, sword,
convex shield with central spike.
. IGILL .
Almaricus [D'Evereux, ^th Earl of Gloucester,
Count- Earl of Evreux. A.D. 1192-1216.]
5903. Plaster cast from fine impression. 2^ in. [Ixxviii.
93-1
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, caplike helmet,
with nasal and pendants, shield with central boss. Horse
with ornamental saddle. Beneath the horse a fleur-de-lis.
$ SIGILLVM AMARICI : COMITIS : 6BROIC6NSIS.
Cf. Douet d'Arcq, Collection de Sceaux, No. 10,139.
Petrus de Falkenberge, [of Mablethorpe, co. Line.]
5904. [Early I3th cent] Light-green : very imperfect,
and the face peeled off in places. About 2\ in. when perfect.
[Harl. ch. 49 I. 16.]
EQUESTRIAN. 279
To the r. In armour: hauberk, flat-topped helmet, long
convex shield.
# SI . . Pe . . .
Walterus de Enle, or Fenle, (Faucumberge),
[of Mablethorpe. co. Line.]
5905. [Early 1 3th cent.] Light-brown : fine, but imper-
fect. About 2f in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 49 I. 17.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk, sword, shield. Horse
galloping. Arms appear to be: a fess, and label of three
points.
. . . GIL ERI DE ENLE, or D'FENLE.
R. Small pointed oval counterseal, with mark of the handle.
1 4- X |- in. An eagle displayed, head turned to the r.
SIGILLVM S6CRETI.
Cf. Rotuli de Oblatis, temp. Joh., ed. T. D. Hardy, p. 253, A.D. 1205.
Basil [FEILDING, 2nd] Earl of Denbigh. [A.D. 1643-1675?]
5906. Cast in lead from fine impression. 2-i- in. [Slo.
xxxiv. 31.]
To the 1., on a mount. In plate armour : with an ostrich
plume. Horse caparisoned. Arms : on a fess three lozenges,
FEILDING. In the background, on the r., a palm-tree. In
the foreground, an eagle rising reguardant, in allusion to the
arms.
3 SIGILLVM : BASILII : COMITIS : D6NBIGH.
Outer border carved.
5907. Sulph. cast. [B.C., H. 83.]
Robertus fil. D. Will, de Ferrariis, [ROBERT DE FERRERS,
8t/i Earl of Derby. A.D. 1254-1278.]
5908. \circ. A.D. 1265.] Green: very fine, chipped, with
marks of the four studs used to steady the matrix. 2|- in.
[Add. ch. 20,459.]
0. To the r. In armour: hauberk, surcoat, flat-topped
helmet with vizor down, sword, shield slung by a strap over
the shoulder. Horse galloping, caparisoned. Arms : vaire,
FERRERS.
ROBS FIL' GT HRS DNI : WILL'I : DG F6RRAR'
QODA' COMITIS D6RB6Y6.
The letters ER in heres and Derbeye, conjoined.
ft. A large shield of arms : vaire (in fourteen rows), for
FERRERS, suspended by a strap from an elegantly designed
conventional tree, and betw. two finely drawn wavy branches
of foliage and flowers.
$ SIGILLVM ROB6RTI D6 CFRRAR]IIS COMITIS
Beaded borders.
280 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
5909. [A.D. 1262.] Mottled-green: fine, but imperfect;
app. by cords of plaited thread. [Wol. ch. 6. 48.]
I : WILL'I S DGRB
R. . . . IGILLV GRRARIIS COM
5910. Mottled-green : fine, but very imperfect, only centre
remaining. [Wol. ch. 9. 67.]
5911. [A.D. 1262.] Mottled-green : fine, but very imperfect.
[Egert. ch. 443.]
Legend wanting.
5912. Sulph. casts of obv. and rev. from fine and perfect
impression. [B.C., E. 256, 257.]
5913. Sulph. cast of obv. only from fine impression, [xlvii.
1065.]
5914. Plaster casts from fine impressions. [Ixxviii. 99,
100.]
Willelmus de Ferariis, [Miles, Lord of Groby or Grooby,
co. Leic.~\
5915. [Early I3th cent] Light-brown, varnished: fine,
but imperfect, only centre remaining. About 2-^ in. when
perfect. [Harl. ch. 1 1 1 G. 4.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and surcoat. Horse capa-
risoned. Arms : mascles (number uncertain), for FERRERS.
Legend wanting.
Willelmus, Comes de Perrariis, [Earl of Ferrers and 6thEarl
of Derby, son of William de Ferrers, ^th Earl of Derby.
A.D. 1191-1246.]
5916. [A.D. 1191-1199.] Red: fine and very heavy, chip-
ped. About 2-f- in. when perfect. [Egert. ch. 437.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, sword, long convex
shield. Horse galloping.
.WILL. .CO. . RR[A]RIIS.
Another seal.
5917. Dark mottled-green : fine, but imperfect. About
2| in. when perfect. [Wol. ch. 2. I.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, flat-topped
helmet, sword, shield of arms : vaire", FERRERS.
IS
R. Small oval counterseal. i^ X I in. With mark of
the handle. Impression of an antique oval intaglio gem. A
lion devouring a stag.
S' WILLGLMI COMITIS D6RBGI.
5918. Sulph. casts of obv. and rev. [D.C., E. 241, 242.]
5919. [A.D. 1200-1225.] Green, fragmentary. [Add. ch.
24,201.]
EQUESTRIAN. 281
5919.* Plaster cast of obv. only, from chipped impression.
[Ixxviii. 95.]
8 . . FERR .
Willelmus [de Ferrariis, 7t/i\ Earl of Derby.
[A.D. 1246-1254.]
5920. [A.D. 1254.] Light-green : fine, upper part chipped.
About i-L in. [Egert. ch. 442.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, shield, sword.
Horse galloping. Fine style of workmanship.
Wl T f D6 F
R. Small round counterseal. -f- in. A shield of arms :
vaire, on a bordure eight horse-shoes.
8 S WILL'I ! COMITIS i DERB'.
Secund Counterseal.
5921. Plaster cast from fine, but chipped, impression,
showing parts wanting in the previous seal. [Ixxviii. 97, 98.]
0. As before.
ft SIGILLVM WILL6LCM] FGRRARIIS.
R. Small round counterseal. \\ in. A shield of arms as
before, but from different and larger matrix.
FRANGG LGG T6GG.
(Here begins the series of Seals arranged under FlLIUS.)
Herbertus filius ADALARDI, of co. Line.
5922. [Late 1 2th cent] Light-brown: indistinct in places,
and imperfect. About 2^ in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 54
E. 5.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, round-topped
helmet, sword, kite-shaped convex shield with radiating
ornament and central spike. Horse galloping with orna-
mental breast-band.
$ SI . . . . VM H Lll RDI.
5923. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 202.]
Patricius filius AVAL.
5924. [Early I3th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression,
chipped and rubbed. 2 in. [Ixxix. I.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, cap-like helmet
with ties behind, sword, convex shield. Horse with fringed
saddle-cloth.
9 SIGILL' PATRICII FILM AD6.
Johannes filius ALANI [DE WLURINGTON, ( Wolwardington,
Walrington, or Wolverton?) co. WarwJ]
5925. [i3th cent] Dark-green : fine and perfect, i-i- in.
[Harl. ch. 86 F. 61.]
282 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, flat-topped helmet,
sword, shield of arms. Horse galloping. Arms : bendy,
uncertain in number ; probably bendy of six or of ten, for
WOLWARDINGTON or WALRINGTON, of CO. Warwick.
# SIGILL' IOHANNIS : FILI ALANI #
5926. Sulph. cast. [D.C., E. 265.]
5927. Mottled-green : fine, slightly chipped. [Harl. ch. 86
F. 62.]
5928. [A.D. 1272.] Dark-green, slightly mottled with red
grains: very fine and perfect. [Harl. ch. 86 G. I.]
5929. Sulph. cast. [B.C., E. 266.]
5930. Dark-green, slightly mottled : lower part chipped.
[Harl. ch. 86 G. 2.]
Ricardus [FiTZ-ALAN, ft/i] Earl of A rundel.
[A.D. 1267-1301.]
5931. [A.D. 1301.] Plaster cast from fine, but chipped,
impression. 2 in. [Ixxix. 2.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, helmet
with fan plume, sword, shield of arms. Horse galloping,
caparisoned and plumed. Arms : a lion rampant.
SIGILLVM : RICARDI : COMITIS : D6 : ARONDEL.
Willelmus filius ALANI [of Woodbridge, co. Suffl\
5932. [Early I3th cent] Light - green : indistinct and
imperfect. About 14 in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 50 A. I.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and shield.
. . . GILLV M
5933. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 142.]
Willelmus filius WILLELMI filii ALANI
[of Brockton, co. Salop.]
5934. [Early I3th cent.?] Light-brown: fine, but im-
perfect. About 2-| in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 50 A. 2.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet
and nasal, sword, long convex shield with central spike.
Archaic design.
gi SIGILL ALAMI &
The N in Alani reversed.
5935. Sulph. cast. [D.C., E. 206.]
Galfridus filius ALBRI[CI of Mar ton, co. Line.]
5936. [i3th cent] Dark-green, discoloured at the bottom :
fine, with mark of the handle, if in. [Cott. ch. xxvii. 62.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, helmet and nasal, sword,
shield. Horse galloping.
S> SIGILLVM GALFRIDIDI (0 FILII ALBRI.
5937. Sulph. cast [D.C., D. 191.]
EQUESTRIAN. 283
Robertus filius WALTERI, filii ALUEREDI \pf co. Line.}
5938. [A.D. 1147-1160.] Light-brown, mottled: edge
imperfect. 2 in. [Harl. ch. 50 A. 6.]
To the r. In armour : conical helmet, sword, long convex
shield with central spike.
. . SIGCILLVMJ ROBERT' FltUII WALTERI.
5939. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 81.]
. SIG . . LVM ROBERT' FltLlll WALTERI.
Rogerus filius ALUREDI [of co. York.}
5940. [Late I2th cent] Greenish-white: very indistinct.
About if in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 8117.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, sword, shield.
Legend defaced.
W ----- filius BALDEWINI, [of co. Nott. ?]
5941. [Early I3th cent.] Sulph. cast. i-J- in. [D.C.,
D. 1 66.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet
and nasal, sword, long convex shield with central spike.
* SIGILL' W II BALDEWI.
Cf. Rotuli de Oblatis, temp. Joh. y ed. T. D. Hardy, p. 51, A.D. 1200;
p. 446, A.D. 1207.
Alanus filius BRIANI, [Lord of Bedale,
of North Cowton, co. York}
5942. [circ. A.D. 1250.] Dark-green : fine, i^ in. [Cott.
ch. ix. 9.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, flat helmet plumed,
sword, shield of arms. Horse caparisoned. Arms : barry.
* SIGILL' ALANI FILII BRIANI.
5943. Sulph. cast. [B.C., E. 227.]
Cadwalan filius CARATOCI, of S. Wales.
5944. [arc. A.D. 1200.] Bright reddish-yellow: fine, im-
perfect at the lower part. 2^ in. [Harl. ch. 75 B. 29.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif of mail, surcoat,
conical helmet and nasal, sword, long convex shield with
ornamental border and central spike. Horse galloping.
$ SIGILL' CADW . . . . Nl Fl RATOCI.
5945. Sulph. cast. [B.C., B. 85.]
Marganus filius CARADOCI, [of Aberafon, co. Glamorg.}
5946. [i2th or I3th cent] Bright reddish-yellow: im-
perfect on the r. h. side. 2 in. [Harl. ch. 75 B. 29.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, round-
topped helmet and nasal, sword, shield of large dimensions,
284 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
convex, round-topped, ornamented with star and central spike.
Horse galloping.
S AMI FILM Cl.
The letter N reversed.
5947. Sulph. cast [D.C., D. 86.]
Marganus filius CARADOCI, [of Aberafon, co. Glamorg.~\
(Perhaps same person as the last.}
5948. [A.D. 1205.] Bright -red: indistinct and chipped,
with mark of the handle. 2 X 2 in. [Harl. ch. 75 B. 30.]
Oval to the r. In armour : hauberk, round-topped helmet,
sword, shield.
>& 3IGILLVM MARGANI FILM CA . . . . Cl.
The letter S reversed.
5949. Sulph. cast. [D.C., E. 197.]
5950. [A.D. 1205.] Bright-red: indistinct and imperfect.
[Harl. ch. 75 B. 31.]
$ 8IGILLVM MARG
Robertas yz/zky HuGONis [filii EUDONIS, of Tattershall,
co. Line.]
5951. [i2th cent] Light-red : fine, but imperfect. About
24 in. when perfect [Harl. ch. 56 H. 10.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail and continuous
coif, tall round-topped helmet, sword, shield of arms. Horse
with ornamental breast-band. Arms : chequy, a chief in-
distinctly charged. The stirrup of peculiar form.
SICGILLVM] S.
5952. Sulph. cast from another imperfect impression.
[B.C., D. 149.]
SIGIL' RT ....... S.
lingo filitis EUDONIS [of Tattershall, co. LincJ]
5953. [i2th cent] Dark -red, varnished: fine, but im-
perfect About 2^ in. when perfect [Harl. ch. 56 H. 9.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet,
sword, shield.
& SIGILLVM
5954. Sulph. cast [D.C., D. 132.]
Willelmus filius GREGORII, [of Finmere, co. O.von.]
5955. \circ. A.D. 1189.] Light-brown: indistinct and im-
perfect About i in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 84 D. 15.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, sword, shield.
Horse galloping.
Legend wanting.
See Pipe Roll, co. Wilts., I Ric. I.
EQUESTRIAN. 285
Petrus filius GRENTE, [of Carlton, co. York.}
5956. [A.D. 1183-1184.] Self-coloured, varnished: fine,
but imperfect. With mark of handle. i-f- in. [Add.
ch. 20,562.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and continuous coif with
ties, surcoat, conical helmet with nasal, sword, convex shield
with central spike. Horse with ornamental breast-band.
i SIGILCLVM] PETRI FILII
The N reversed.
Madoc filius GRIFUD, [of Ekal, co. Montgom. ?]
5957. [A.D. 1228.] Light - yellow : fine originally, now
very imperfect. About 2i in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 10,637.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat. flat-
helmet, sword, shield. Horse galloping.
Legend wanting.
R. Small oval counterseal, with mark of the handle,
i-i X i in. Impression of an antique oval intaglio gem : a
bust in profile to the r.
. ADOCI FILII GRIP .
Thomas filius WILLELMI fil. HACONIS [of Grimsby,
co. Line.}
5958. [Early I3th cent] Brown : fine, with mark of
handle. i in. [Harl. ch. 50 C. 23.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, helmet with nasal, sword,
shield. Horse galloping.
SIGILVM THOMe FILII WILL'I FILII HACONIS.
5959. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 175.]
5960. Light brown, varnished : only a fragment of the
lower part. [Harl. ch. 50 C. 24.]
Osmund filius HAMONIS.
5961. [i3th cent.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
2f in. [Ixxix. 5.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, conical
helmet with ties behind, sword, shield of arms. Horse
galloping, with fringed breast-band and saddle-cloth.
&SIGILL' OSMVNDI FILII HAMOHIS.
Philippus filius HAMONIS.
5962. [i2th century.] Plaster cast from fine, but chipped,
impression. 2 in. [Ixxix. 6.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, cap-like helmet
with ties behind, sword, kite-shaped convex shield, bordered.
SIGILLVM : . . PI : FILII : HAMONIS.
286 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Willermus filius HAMUN, [of Wolverton, co. Buck]
5963. [i3th cent] Mottled-green: fine, well-preserved,
if in. [Harl. ch. 85 D. 43.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, round-topped
helmet and nasal, sword, shield. Horse galloping.
SIGILLVM WILL6RMI FILM HAMVN.
5964. Sulph. cast. [B.C., E. 223.]
5965. Mottled-green : fine, chipped. [Harl. ch. 85 D. 42.]
5966. Mottled-green : fine, chipped ; app. by a woven tape
of damask thread. [Harl. ch. 85 D. 44.]
5967. Pale yellowish - brown : imperfect at the base.
[Harl. ch. 85 D. 46.]
5968. Dark-green : indistinct. [Harl. ch. 86 F. 60.]
5969. Sulph. cast. [D.C., E. 224.]
Ricardus filius HARDINGI, or RICHARD DE M
5970. [Early I3th cent.] Plaster cast from chipped im-
pression. IHJ- in. [Ixxix. 7.]
To the 1. In armour : long coat ornamented with stripes,
embroidered cap, a falcon on the 1. wrist.
SIGILLVM : RICARDI : DE : M . . I.
Conanus filius HELI^E.
5971. [Late I2th cent.] Plaster cast from imperfect and
indistinct impression. 2 in. [Ixxix. 8.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, coif, surcoat, cap-like
helmet with nasal, sword, kite-shaped shield. Horse
galloping.
# SIGIL . . M : CONANI FILM H6LI6.
Osbertus filius HUGONIS.
5972. [Late I2th cent] Cast in plaster, tinted light
yellowish-brown, from fine, but imperfect, impression. About
2-1- in. when perfect. With mark of handle, [xliii. 51.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet
and nasal, sword, long convex shield with central spike.
Horse galloping.
9 SIGILL B6RTI ONIS.
5973. Pale greenish-brown : fine, but fragmentary. [Harl.
ch. 50 A. 45.]
ILLV . . Tl .
Adam filius ILBERTI.
5974. [i2th cent.] Plaster cast from fine, but chipped,
impression. 2i in. [Ixxix. 4.]
EQUESTRIAN. '287
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, conical cap, sword,
kite-shaped convex shield with central spike.
* SIGILLVOO : ADE : FILM : ILBERTI.
5975. Another. From a fine impression. [Ixxix. 9.]
Robertus filius INGEBALDI, [of Bray brook, co. Nor f /if.]
5976. [A.D. 1183-1184.] Dark - yellow : fine, somewhat
injured. 2^- in. [Harl. ch. 47 B. 3.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, round-topped
helmet, sword, long convex shield. Horse galloping, with an
ornamental breast-band.
SIGILLVM : ROBERTI FILM INGEBALDI.
Cf. Rotulide Oblatis, temp. Joh., ed. T. D. Hardy, p. 289, A.D. 1205.
Howel filius KATWALLAUN, [of Dolgeneru, co. Racing
5977. [Late 1 2th cent] Light-brown: very imperfect and
indistinct. About 2 in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 26,727.]
To the r. In armour. Horse galloping.
. . SIGILLVM
Cunei filius JOHANNIS, filii MEGHI, [of Westfield,
co. Norf^\
5978. \Temp. Hen. I.-Steph.] Light-brown, semi-opaque :
a fragment. About 2^- in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 26,726.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, coif, helmet and
nasal, sword, shield.
SI . . Me .
Ivo filius LA[M]BARDI, [seal used by JOHN DE ASWELLE.]
5979. [i3th cent] Brown : indistinct, edge much injured.
l in. [Harl. ch. 45 E. 29.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, sword, convex
shield, with uncertain charges somewhat resembling two bars.
Horse galloping.
SIGILLV IVO .... FIL' LABARD ...
Leisan filius MORGANI, [of Pultimore, co. G/am.]
5980. [A.D. 1215-1221.] Dark-green: fine, well preserved,
with mark of the handle. 2 in. [Harl. ch. 75 C. 35.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, continuous coif,
round-topped helmet with nasal, sword, long convex shield
with central spike. Horse galloping.
SIGILLWM : LGISAVN : FILII : MORGAN.
5981. Sulph. cast. [D.C., E. 225.]
Another Seal.
5982. [Early I3th cent.] Light-brown, uncoloured : edge
imperfect. 2 in. [Harl. ch. 75 C. 34.]
288 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
An abbess or religious woman, wearing a tall head-dress
and wimple, seated on a cushioned throne with carved panels
and footboard, holding up the r. h. in benedicticn ; in the 1. h.
a book bound in an ornamental cover. On the 1. h. side
before her, the owner of the seal kneeling in supplication.
. GILLVM L6ISAN : Fl .
Rogerus filius NICHOLAI, [of Everton, co.
5983. [Early I3th cent.] Light-brown, varnished: fine,
chipped at edges. i-Z- in. [Harl. ch. 83 B. 13.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and continuous coif, sur-
coat, round-topped helmet and nasal, sword, triangular convex
shield with borders and central spike or boss. Horse gallop-
ing, with ornamental breast-band.
SIGILLVM . RO FILII : NICNOLAI. (sic)
5984. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 176.]
Willelmus filius OTUERI, [of co. Lincoln^
5985. [Late I2th cent] Light-brown, varnished : very
indistinct, i-g- in. [Harl. ch. 50 B. 15.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet, kite-shaped
shield. Horse with ornamental breast-band.
SIGILLVM WILL..; FILII OTV6RI. (?)
5986. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 124.]
Radulfus filius PETRI DE SAIDENE ?
5987. [Late I2th cent.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
i-jj- in. [Ixxix. 10.]
To the r. In armour: hauberk, conical helmet, sword,
kite-shaped shield.
$ SIGILL' . RADVLFI . FILII . PETRI . .
Simon filius PETRI, [of Preston, co. Northt.~\
5988. [Late I2th or early I3th cent] Red : chipped, edges
imperfect 2^ in. [Harl. ch. 85 D. 49.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet,
sword, shield. Horse galloping, with ornamental breast-
band.
B SIGILLWM : SIMONIS : FILII : P6TRI.
5989. Sulph. cast [D.C., D. 131.]
Hugo filius PINCEONIS, Lord of Eresby, [co. Line.}
5990. [Temp. Steph. or Hen. II.] Light-brown, varnished :
cracked and very imperfect. About 2^ in. when perfect
[Harl. ch. 50 B. 18.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, sword, shield.
Horse galloping.
Legend wanting.
EQUESTRIAN. 289
Osbern filius PONTII, [of Longney, co. Glouc]
5991. \circ. A.D. iioo.] Light-red: edge chipped. 2 in.
[Harl. ch. 50 B. 22.]
To the 1. In armour : cap-like helmet, a hawk with ex-
panded wings on the 1. hand. In the field on the 1. a bird
flying.
E SIGILLVM OSBGRNI . . .NZ(?)I.
5992. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 90.]
Brianus or Brieiitius filius RADULFI, [of Steeple, co. Ess.}
5993. [Early I3th cent.] Bark-green : fine, edge chipped.
2 in. [Harl. ch. 83 E. 39.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, round-topped
helmet and nasal, sword, shield with ornamental border and
central spike. Horse galloping, with bordered breast-band.
& SIGILL' BRIANI FILM RADVLFEIL
5994. Sulph. cast [B.C., B. 205.]
Geroldus filius RADULFI, [of Dowgate, London.]
5995. [i2th cent.] Green, mottled : fine, edge slightly
chipped. 2f in. [Harl. ch. 50 B. 24.]
To the r; In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet
and nasal, sword, long convex shield with central spike.
Horse galloping.
$ SIGILL' GEROLDI FILM RADVLFI.
5996. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 141.]
Hugo filitts RADULFI, brother of WILLIAM DE MUNGAY,
[of Yeldersley, co. Derby.}
5997. [Early I3th cent] Creamy-white: imperfect and
indistinct About i-f- in. when perfect [Wol. ch. 9. 7.]
To the 1. In surcoat, with hawk on the 1. hand.
B SIGILL . . NIS D .
filius RADULFI.
5998. [Late I2th or early I3th cent] Red : fine, but im-
perfect. About 2\ in. when perfect, [xxxv. 17 B.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, helmet, sword,
long kite-shaped shield with vertical bar ornament
S . I . . RADVLFI.
Johannes filius REGINALDI, [Lord of Blakeney, co. Norf.~\
5999. [A.D. 1301.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
1 in. [Ixxix. ii.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, helmet with
VOL. ii. U
290 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
grating, sword, shield of arms. Horse caparisoned. Arms
three lions rampant, FlTZ-RAYNALD.
fc S' lOH'IS FIL'I REGINALD!.
Beaded borders.
Galfridus films RICARDI.
6000. [i2th cent] Plaster cast from fine, but chipped,
impression. [Ixxix. 12.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, helmet, sword,
shield with central spike. Horse galloping.
$ SIGILLVM GALFRIDI FILM RICARDI.
Maurice filius ROBERTI [DE TOTHAM, co. Essex.]
6001. \circ. A.D. 1150-1175.] Light-brown, varnished:
fine originally, now indistinct in places, and chipped at edge.
2-| in. [Harl. ch. 84 A. 58.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet and
nasal, sword, long convex shield with radiating ornament and
central spike. Horse galloping, covered with a large housing,
except the nose and feet.
<& SIGILLVM MAVRICII FICL1I ROB1ERTI.
6002. Sulph. cast. [B.C., E. 268.]
6003. Creamy-white : imperfect at the lower part and
edge chipped. [Harl. ch. 84 A. 59.]
Walterus filius ROBERTI, [of co. Ess]
6004. [A.D. 1250?] Light yellowish - brown, varnished:
fine, edge chipped away. Nearly 3 in. when perfect. [Add.
ch. 918.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, sword, shield.
Horse caparisoned ; the caparisons are charged with chevrons,
or chevronelly, in allusion to the arms of FlTZ-ROBERT, two
chevrons.
Legend wanting.
Robertus filius ROGERI.
6005. [i2th cent] Plaster cast from fine, but chipped,
impression. 2-|- in. [Ixxix. 14.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, coif, surcoat, cap-
like helmet, sword, shield of arms. Horse galloping, with
fringed breast-band. Arms : quarterly, a bend, FlTZ- ROGER.
Fine style of workmanship.
& SIGILLVM ROBERTI FILLII1 ROG6RI #
Robertus filius ROGERI.
6006. [Late I3th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression.
2 in. [Ixxix. 13.]
EQUESTRIAN. 291
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, plumed
helmet, sword, shield of arms. Horse galloping, caparisoned
and plumed. Arms : quarterly, a bend, FlTZ- ROGER. Fine
style of workmanship.
: SIGILLVM : ROB6RTI : FILII : ROG6RI.
Robertus fiiius ROGERI, or WILLELMUS
filius PETRI DE EDISFELD.
6007. [Early I3th cent] Discoloured white : a fragment.
About 2\ in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 50 B. 32.]
To the r. In armour : with sword.
Legend wanting.
Pilippus films SlMONlS.
6008. [Late I2th cent] Plaster cast from chipped and
partly indistinct impression. 2 in. [Ixxix. 16.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, coif with ties
behind, conical helmet, sword, bordered kite-shaped shield.
Horse with ornamental breast-band and saddle.
SIGILLVM : FILIPPI : FILII : SIMONIS.
Galfridus filius [T]ERici et Cecilia filics Sabeline,
[? of Southwark, co. Surr.]
6009. [Late I2th cent] Greenish-brown : fine, very im-
perfect ; app. by closely-woven brown taffeta cord. About
2i in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 50 B. 33.]
To the r. In armour: hauberk, surcoat, flat-topped helmet,
sword, convex shield with ornamental rib. Horse springing.
LLV . . . , LFR FIL' .... 6RICI.
6010. Sulph. cast [B.C., D. 147.]
Robertus filius THOLI, [of co. Derb]
6011. [Late I2th cent] White : imperfect About 2 in.
when perfect [Wol. ch. 9. 2.]
To the 1. With a hawk on the 1. hand.
Legend wanting.
Robertus filius
6012. [i2th cent.] Plaster cast from fine impression, if in.
[Ixxix. 17.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, cap-like
helmet, sword, convex shield. Horse galloping.
B SIGILLVM ROB6RTI FILII TOM6.
The letters ME in Tome conjoined.
Robertus filius TURHETINI, al. TURKETINI, [of co. Line.}
6013. [arc. A.D. 1155-1168.] Bright - red : fine, edge
U 2
CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
chipped ; app. by a diapered bobbin of variegated colours.
2 in. [Harl. ch. 50 B. 44.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, conical helmet and
nasal, lance, kite-shaped shield.
&SIGILLVM ROBGRTI : FILM TVRHGTINI.
Osbertus filius WALCHERI, [of Soham, co. Stiff.}
6014. [Mid. 1 2th cent] Light-brown, varnished : fine, but
very imperfect. About 2 in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 83 E. 41.]
To the r. In armour, hauberk, conical helmet.
Legend wanting.
Robertus filius WALTERI, \$rd Baron Fitz- Walter.
A.D. 1198-1234.]
6015. [i2th cent] Discoloured green : very indistinct.
About if in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 50 C. 2.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, sword, kite-shaped
shield showing strap on the inside.
Legend wanting.
Second Seal of the same ?
6016. Recent cast in bronzed gutta-percha, from the matrix
in the Dept. of Antiquities. 2f in. [xxxvii. I.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and chauss^es of mail, with
continuous coif, surcoat, flat-topped helmet with vizor closed,
sword, shield of arms. Horse caparisoned, with diapered
head-cloth. Arms : a fess betw. two chevrons, FlTZ-
WALTER. In the field, in front of the horse, a shield of
arms : seven mascles, three, three, and one, DE QuiNCY.
Below the horse, in the foreground, a wyvern reguardant, tail
flory. Fine workmanship.
SSIGILLVM ROB6RTI FILM WALT6RI :
Beaded borders.
6017. Recent impression in red sealing - wax from the
matrix, [xliv. 226.]
Simon filius WALTERI, [of Redbourne, co. Line.]
6018. \circ. A.D. 1156.] Light-brown: imperfect. About
2^- in. when perfect [Harl. ch. 50 C. i.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, continuous coif,
conical helmet, sword, long convex shield with central spike.
Horse galloping.
IS FlLll W
6019. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 77.]
Walterus filius WALTERI [DE TATERSALE, co. Line.]
6020. [Late I2th cent.] Dark-green: fine, with mark of
handle. H in. [Harl. ch. 56 H. 12.]
EQUESTRIAN. 293
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, cap-like helmet,
sword, convex shield. Horse galloping.
B SIGILL' WALTERI FIL' WALTERI.
The letters TE in Walteri in both cases conjoined.
6021. Sulph. cast. [B.C., E. 230.]
Pulco filius WARINI, [of Alveston, co. Glouc]
6022. \Temp. Henry III.] Creamy-white, discoloured and
varnished : very imperfect. About 2 in. when perfect. [Harl.
ch. 50 C. 15.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, flat-topped
helmet with vizor down, sword, shield of arms. Horse gal-
loping, with ornamental breast-band. Fine workmanship.
SIGI ONIS
R. Within a pointed and carved quatrefoil, and on an
elegantly designed tree, a shield of arms : quarterly, per fess
indented, FlTZ-WARlN, or FITZ- WARREN, betw. two wavy
branches of foliage.
B SIG CO Nl.
Beaded borders.
6023. Sulph. casts of the obv. and rev. [D.C.,,F. 155,
156.]
Alan filius WILL. fit. WARINI, Miles, [of Wileby, co. Northtl\
6024. [A.D. 1312.] Dark-green: fine, slightly chipped,
i in. [Add. ch. 22,535.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, helmet
and plume, sword, shield of arms. Horse galloping, capari-
soned and plumed. Arms : quarterly, per fess indented,
FlTZ-WARIN.
S' ALANI FILM WARINI.
Beaded borders.
6025. Plaster cast. [Ixxxi. 22.]
Willelmus filiiis WILL. fil. WARINI, [of Pershore, co. Wore.']
6026. [A.D. 1175-1198.] Green: fine, left side chipped.
With mark of handle. 2f in. [Add. ch. 20,425.]
To the r. In armour: hauberk of mail, surcoat. round-
topped helmet, sword, shield with radiating ornament, border,
and central knob. Horse galloping.
B SIGILLVM W FILII CW ] FILM [WARJINI.
Willelmus filius WIBERTI, [of Westfield, co. Suss.]
6027. \circ. A.D. 1107-1124.] Pale - green, varnished:
much rubbed and injured. About 1-f- in. when perfect. [Add.
ch. 20,161.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail.
Legend wanting.
294 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Herveus filius WILLELMI, [of Welleford, co. Northtl\
6028. [Late I2th cent.] Red : only a fragment of the
r. h. side. About i-f- in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 22,514.]
To the 1. In cap, and shield (?), a hawk on the 1. hand.
Si SIGILLVM : H Ml.
The borders are composed of annulets.
Hugo filius WILLELMI, [of Hatton, co. Warw.]
6029. [Temp. Joh.] Creamy-white : fine, but chipped.
If in. [Cott. ch. xxv. 26.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, round-topped
helmet, sword, shield with chevronelly ornament, border and
central spike. Horse galloping.
B SIGILL' [HWGONIS . FILM WILLGLMI.
Beaded border.
6030. Creamy-white : indistinct. [Cott. ch. xxiv. 20.]
0. As before.
B SIGIL GON LMI.
R. Small oval counterseal. With mark of handle. I X-f- in.
Impression of an antique oval intaglio gem : a lion passant.
$ S' HVGONIS FIL' WILL'I.
Ranulfus filius WILLELMI.
6031. [Late I2th cent.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
2 in. [Ixxix. 65.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, coif, surcoat, conical helmet
with ties behind, sword, long convex shield with central spike.
Horse galloping.
SIGILLVM : RANVLFI : FILII : WILL6LMI.
Ricardus filius WILLELMI, [of Sulby, co. NorthtJ]
6032. [Early 1 3th cent.] Dark-green: fine, edge chipped.
2| in. [Add. ch. 22,421.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, continuous coif,
surcoat, conical helmet and nasal, sword, long convex shield
with radiating ornament and central spike. Horse with
large caparison covering all except the nose, the lower edge
invecked.
* SIGILLVM RICAfRDI] FILII WILLELMI:
Robertas filius WILLELMI ; al. ROBERTUS MEPERSALTUS,
\Lord of Bitlesden, co. Buck.~\
6033. \circ. A.D. 1 147.] Light - brown, varnished : fine,
chipped at the top. 2^- in. [Harl. ch. 85 G. 48.]
To the r. In armour: hauberk of mail, continuous coif,
round-topped helmet, sword, long kite-shaped shield with
EQUESTRIAN. 295
vertical rib. Horse springing, with ornamental breast-
band.
Legend on raised rim.
* SIGILLVM ROB6RTI Fl . . . . WIL6LMI.
6034. Sulph. cast [B.C., D. 68.]
Willelmus filius WILLELMI, [Lord of Emley, co. York.]
6035. [i3th cent] Dark-green, mottled : app. to a charter
circ. A.D. 1385. [Add. ch. 7478.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, round-topped
helmet, sword, long convex shield. Horse galloping.
SIGILU WIL .
Peter de Plota (?).
6036. [i3th cent] Plaster cast from fine, but very im-
perfect, impression. About 2-i- in. when perfect. [Ixxix. 19.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, plumed
helmet with vizor down, sword, shield of arms. Horse
galloping, caparisoned and plumed. Arms : six combs or
floats, two and two in pale, on a chief a demi-lion rampant
issuing.
. II.
Willelmus Folet, [of Longdon, co. Wore]
6037. [Temp. Hen. II.] Dark-green, mottled : fine, with
mark of handle, chipped at the edge. 24- in. [Harl. ch. 83
B. 1 6.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, continuous coif,
surcoat, conical helmet and nasal, sword, long convex shield
with ornament of rays, border, and central spike. Horse with
ornamental breast-band.
SIGILLVM WIL6LMI FOL6T.
Another Seal.
6038. [Late I2th cent] Bright-red: fine, with mark of
handle. 2\ in. [Harl. ch. 83 B. 17.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail and continuous
coif, conical helmet, sword, long convex shield with orna-
ments and central spike. Horse galloping.
SIGILLVM WILL6LMI FOLG1T.]
6039. Sulph. cast [D.C., D. 130.]
6040. Creamy-white : fine, edge chipped ; app. by a woven
bobbin diapered with three colours. [Harl. ch. 83 B. 15.]
William Foliot, [of Malvern, co. Wore]
6041. [Early I3th cent] Creamy- white : fine, very im-
perfect About 2-\ in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 83 B. 14.]
296 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
To the r. In armour: hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet,
sword, long convex shield. Horse galloping.
$ SIGILL ILL IOT.
6042. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 113.]
Willelmus Poliot.
6043. [Late I2th cent] Plaster cast from chipped im-
pression. About 2 in. [Ixxix. 20.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet,
sword, convex shield. Horse galloping.
* SIGILL' WILLGLMI FOLIOT.
Willelmus de Fortibus, [$rd] Earl of Albemarle.
[A.D. 1241-1259.]
6044. [A.D. 1251.] Dark-green: fine, very imperfect,
speckled. About 3-i- in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 50 D. 38.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif of mail, flat-
topped helmet with vizor closed, [sword], shield of arms
suspended by an embroidered strap round his neck. Horse
galloping with ornamental breast-band. Arms as in rev.
. . SIG
ft. A shield of arms : a cross formee vair6e, DE FORTIBUS ;
suspended by the strap on an ornamental tree of conventional
and elegant design, betw. two wavy branches of foliage.
Legend wanting.
Beaded borders.
6045. Sulph. casts of obv. and rev. [D.C., E. 251, 252.]
6046. Plaster casts from very fine impression, slightly
chipped at edge. [Ixxix. 21, 22.]
0. v si^ SIGILLVM WILL6LMI D FORTIBVS COLMIJTIS
ALB6MARLIG.
The letters AL in Albemarlie conjoined.
ft. \S SIGILLVM WILL6LMI D6 FORTIBVS COMITIS
ALB6MARLI6.
Rogo or [Rorgo] de Freuvilla, [of Filsham, co. Suss?[
6047. [Early I3th cent.] Dark-green: fine, with mark of
handle, i-f- in. [L. F. C, xxv. 6.]
To the r. In armour : surcoat, conical helmet, lance, kite-
shaped shield. Horse galloping.
S> SIGILLVM ROGONIS DE . . . . VILLA (?).
Gerardus fiL Gerardi [DE FURNIVALLE, of Caldecote Manor,
co. Herts.]
6048. [Temp. Edw. I.] Green : very fine, the 1. h. side
wanting. H in- [ Add - ch -
EQUESTRIAN. 297
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, flat - topped
helmet with vizor down, sword, shield of arms. Horse
caparisoned. Arms : a bend betw. six martlets, FURNIVAL.
$ S' GGRARDI : FILM : G6RA
Beaded borders.
BL Small oval counterseal. % X f in. Impression of an
antique oval intaglio gem. A female bust in profile to the r.,
the hair tied in a knot behind.
8 SeCRTVM : GGRARDI.
6049. Bronze-green : fine, very imperfect, edge chipped
away. [Harl. ch. 50 E. 55.]
0. As before.
Dl
R. As before, cracked.
& SeCRGTVM : G6RARDI.
Beaded border.
6050. Sulph. cast of obv. only. [B.C., E. 240.]
Reginaldus Puro.
6051. [i2th cent] Plaster cast from indistinct and
chipped impression, i-f- in. [Ixxix. 23.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet,
sword. Horse galloping.
B SIGILL' R6GINALDI FVRO (?).
Morganus Gam, \pr Kam ; of A berafon, co. G/am.]
(? Same as Morgan Cam. See No. 5783.)
6052. [Early Hen. III.] Dark-green : fine, edge slightly
chipped, i-i- in. [Harl. ch. 75 C. 21.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, flat-topped helmet,
sword, shield with star-like ornament and central spike. Horse
galloping.
& SIGILLVM : MORGANI : GAM #
6053. Sulph. cast. [B.C., E. 215.]
Gilebertus de Gant.
6054. [A.D. 1146-1154.] Light -brown: fine, very im-
perfect. About 2-f- in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 83 E. 54.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, sword, shield. Horse
galloping.
GILEBERTI DE GA . . . .
6055. [A.D. 1146-1156.] Another: fragmentary. [Harl.
ch. 83 E. 52.]
Gillebertus de Gant, Earl of Lincoln.
6056. [A.D. 1142-1156.] Pale creamy-white: originally
fine, now soft and the surface flaked away. [Harl. ch. 50
F. 31.]
298 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
To the r. In armour : hauberk, long surcoat and maundies
(see the seal of Hugh Cyvelioc, Earl of Chester, No. 5812),
helmet and nasal, sword, long convex shield with central spike.
Legend wanting.
J. G. Nichols, Topographer, vol. i., p. 317.
6057. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 76.]
Willelmus de Gedding, \pf Polstead, co. Suffolk^
6058. [Temp. Hen. III.] Pale-green: very imperfect and
indistinct. About 2-i- in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 50 G. 4.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, helmet, sword, shield.
W D G :: DD ...
Galfridus de Geinvile [or GEYNVILLE], Lord of 1 ' Wallis-
Colorum" [of co. Meath.}
6059. [A.D. 1259.] Dark bronze - green : fine. i-f in.
[Harl. ch. 50 G. 38.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat. flat
helmet and vizor down, sword, shield of arms. Horse
caparisoned, galloping at full speed. For arms, see the
description of rev.
S' . GALFRIDI : DE : G6INVIL6 : DNI : DG : WALL6 : COLOR'.
ft. ii in. Within a pointed gothic quatrefoil, and suspended
by the loop from a hook betw. two sprigs of foliage, a shield
of arms : three horses' bits, on a chief a demi lion issuant,
GENEVILL.
* SIGILLVM : SGCRGTI : Ml :
6060. Sulph. cast of obv. only. [D.C., E. 253.]
6061. Sulph. cast of rev. only. [D.C., E. 382.]
Robertas de Ghines, [Miles, of Tolleshunt, co. Ess.]
6062. \circ. A.D. 1245-1250.] Greenish-white : originally
fine, now cracked and edge injured ; app. by a plaited cord of
red silk. i| in. [Harl. ch. 50 G. 39.]
0. To the r. In armour: hauberk of mail, short surcoat,
flat helmet with vizor closed, sword, shield of arms. Horse
galloping with ornamental breast-band. For arms, see
description of rev.
ft S' DOMINI ROB6RTI D6 GHIN6S.
R. A smaller counterseal. i-g- in. A shield of arms : a
chief vaire, CHINES.
& S' ROBGRTI : # : D6 : GHIN6S :
Beaded borders.
6063. Sulph. casts of obv. and rev. [D.C., E. 245, 246.]
Milo de Gloecestria, [afterwards Earl of Hereford.
A.D. 1140-1143.]
6064. Recent impression, in red sealing-wax, from silver
matrix. 2^ in. With mark of handle, [xxxv. 56.]
EQUESTRIAN. 299
To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif of mail, conical
helmet and nasal, banner flag and other streamers, kite-
shaped shield showing the inside strap. Horse with orna-
mental breast-band.
9 SIGILLVM MILONIS D6 GLOeCGSTRIA.
Gent. Mag., vol. Ixv., p. 737 ; Arch&ologia, vol. xv., p. 276.
6065. Sulph. cast, [xlvii. 923.]
Laing's MS. CataL, No. 313.
Peres de Goldintune, or Petrus de Goldintona,
[of Coton-under-Guilsborough, co. Northtl\
6066. [Late I2th cent] Light-brown, varnished red : in-
distinct in parts. 2^ in. [Add. ch. 20,451.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif of mail, surcoat,
conical helmet and nasal, sword, long convex shield with
ornamental border. Horse springing.
& SIGILLVM PERES DINTVNE.
Another Seal.
6067. [Late I2th cent] Pale greenish-brown : very im-
perfect ; app. by a woven bobbin of purple and yellow
threads. About 2f in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 22,343.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, spear or lance,
long convex shield. Horse galloping.
P6TRI D6 GO INTON . . .
The letter N reversed.
Gwilliam de Goram.
6068. [circ. A.D. 1190.] Sulph. cast from fine impression.
With mark of handle. i|- in. [xxxvi. 199.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, helmet,
sword, shield ornamented with a cross-like ornament. Horse
galloping, with ornamental breast-band.
$ SIGILLVM : GWILL'I De GORAM.
6069. Plaster cast. [Ixxix. 68.]
Radulfus de Goran.
6070. [circ. A.D. 1210.] Sulph. cast from fine, but very-
imperfect, impression. About 2^- in. when perfect [xxxvi. 200.]
To the r. In armour : round-topped helmet, sword, shield
with ornaments. Horse galloping.
B S' : RADVLFI DE GORAM.
The letter N reversed.
6071. Plaster cast. [Ixxix. 67.]
Petrus de Gousla, [GOLSA, GOSLA, or GAUSLA,
of New sham, etc., co. Lincoln^
6072. [circ. A.D. 1150.] Dark-green: indistinct in parts.
2\- in. [Harl. ch. 50 H. 58.]
3OO CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
To the r. In armour : a lance and flag, kite-shaped shield
showing the inside.
g SIGILLVM PGTRI D6 GOVSLA.
6073. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 58.]
Albertus Grelle.
6074. [Late I2th cent] Plaster cast from indistinct im-
pression chipped at edges. 2-i- in. [Ixxix. 26.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, coif, conical helmet,
sword, convex kite shield.
* SIGILLVM ALB6RTI GR6LL6.
Robertus Grellei.
6075. [i2th cent] Plaster cast from fine, but chipped,
impression. 2.\ in. [Ixxix. 27.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, conical helmet
and nasal, sword, shield bearing central spike and a fretty
device.
ft SIGILLVM ROBGRTI GRGLLei.
Willelmus de Gresleia, [of Wetley, co. Staff.]
6076. [Early I3th cent] Dark-green: fine, with mark
of handle. i| in. [Woll. ch. v. 33.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, round-topped
helmet, sword, long convex shield. Horse galloping.
# SIGILL' WILLGLMI D GR6SL6IA.
6077. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 197.]
Ricardus de Greai, [or GREY, " Consiliariiis Regis Anglia"
English Plenipotentiary at Paris.]
6078. [A.D. 1255.] Bronze-green : fine, well preserved,
chipped at top. 2 in. [Add. ch. 11,295.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, flat cap-like helmet
with vizor down, sword, shield of arms. Horse galloping.
Arms : barry of six, GRAY or GREY. Fine work.
SIGILLVM : RICARDI : D : GRGAI.
Beaded borders.
6079. Plaster cast from fine, but chipped, impression.
[Ixxix. 28.]
Robertus Grimbaut, [or GRIMBAUD, Lord of Houghton,
co. Northt.}
6080. [A.D. 1260.] Dark-green : fine, slightly chipped,
li in. [Harl. ch. 86 C. 43.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, flat cap-like helmet
EQUESTRIAN. 3<DI
with vizor down, sword, shield of arms. Horse caparisoned
galloping. Arms : two bars, within a bordure, GRIMBAUD.
ft S' ROBGRTI GRIMBAVT.
Beaded borders.
6081. Sulph. cast. [B.C., E. 254.]
Willelmus Grymbaud, [Mtles, son of Robert Grymbaud,
of co. Northt.}
6082. [A.D. 1288.] Dark-green : fine fragment. About
if in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 50 I. 53.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, shield of
arms. Horse caparisoned. Arms : barry, within a bordure,
for GRIMBAUD.
Legend wanting.
Eudo de Grenesbi, [founder of Greenfield Abbey, co. Line.]
6083. [circ.A.D. 1150.] Brown, varnished : very imperfect.
About 2f in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 50 I. 30.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and continuous coif of
mail, conical helmet with ties and nasal, sword, shield.
. DE : GRENESBI.
Willelmus Gubaltus, [or GUBALD, of Rippingale, co. Line.']
6084. [Late 1 2th cent] Brown, semi-opaque : good, with
mark of handle. 2 in. [Add. ch. 21,096.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, round-topped
helmet and nasal, sword, shield of convex form with orna-
mental bands. Horse galloping.
& SIGILLVM WILL6LMI : GVBALTI.
Rogerus filius de Guige', [or GuiGES, of London.}
6085. [A.D. 1201.] Brownish-green : edge chipped, in-
distinct in parts, i-f- in. [Egert. ch. 510.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet and
nasal, sword, long convex shield with central spike. Horse
galloping.
& SIG' ROGERI FILM IV ... DOMII DE G . . GE'.
Robert Hagat, [or HACET, of Feltwell, co. Norf.~]
6086. [A.D. 1170.] Light-brown: fine, the 1. h. side
wanting. i| in. [Harl. ch. 112 D. 58.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet
and nasal, sword, convex shield with engrailed bordure of
ornamentation and central spike. Horse galloping.
SIGILLVM ROB6RT . . T.
302 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Another Seal.
6087. [A.D. 1179.] Creamy- wh ite : fine, indistinct in parts.
[Harl. ch. in G. 50.]
Similar in appearance to preceding seal.
* SIGILLVM ROBBGRTI HAGAT.
6088. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 156.]
Rollandus Haget, [of Brightwell, co. Berk^\
6089. [Late 1 2th cent.] Creamy-white : very fragmentary.
About i-i- in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 83 F. 10.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, long shield. Horse
galloping.
Legend wanting.
R - de Haia, \pf Authorpe, co. Line.']
6090. [Late I2th cent.] Pale creamy-white, varnished:
the face peeled off in parts, very imperfect. About 2i in.
when perfect. [Harl. ch. 51 D. 22.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet
and nasal, sword, long shield. Horse galloping, with long
caparisons invecked at the bottom, covering the whole of the
body. See Nos. 6001, 6032, etc.
Legend wanting.
Haltun (Radulfus de). v. Alchtunia (Radulfus de).
Jehan de Hardredishill, [or HARDESHULLE, Chev.,
of Great Paxton, co. HuntJ\
6091. [A.D. 1360.] Red : fine, edge imperfect on the r. h.
side. !-- in. [Add. ch. 22,61 1.]
To the r. In armour: hauberk of mail, surcoat, conical
helmet with fan plume, and vizor down, sword, shield of
arms. Horse galloping, caparisoned and plumed. Arms :
a chevron betw. five martlets in chief and three in base.
HARDESHULL. Background diapered.
S' e HARDRGDISHILL.
6092. [A.D. 1367.] White: fine fragment. About i in -
when perfect. [Harl. ch. 76 E. 26.]
To the r. In armour : shield of arms. Horse caparisoned.
Arms : a chevron betw. eight martlets, five in chief, three in
base, HARDESHULL. Perhaps same as last.
Legend wanting.
trop Hasd .
(A doubtful seal?)
6093. [Late I2th cent.] Light red : fine, imperfect. About
2-i- in. when perfect, [xxxvi. 54.]
EQUESTRIAN. 303
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, round-topped
helmet with nasal, sword, shield with ornamental border and
central spike. Horse galloping, with ornamental breast-band.
$ SI M TROP : HASD
6094. Plaster cast. [Ixxix. 35.]
Henricus de Hastings.
8095. [i2thcent] Plaster cast from chipped impression.
If in. [Ixxix. 36.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, helmet, sword,
convex shield with central spike. Horse galloping.
$ SIGIL . . 6NRIC! DG . . A .
Henricus de Hastings, [son of WILLIAM DE HASTINGS,
of Odstone, co. Leic.~\
6096. [Late 1 2th cent] Greenish-white, varnished : very
imperfect, edge chipped away ; app. by a woven cord or
bobbin of diapered pattern. About 2 in. when perfect. [Add.
ch. 21,390.]
To the r. In armour: hauberk, surcoat, cap-shaped
helmet and nasal, sword, long convex shield. Horse
galloping.
H RICI D .
Henry Hastings, $th Earl of Huntingdon ; Baron Hastings,
Hungerford, Botreaux, Moleyns, and Moels.
6097. [A.D. 1631.] Cast in red composition from fine
impression, the sides broken away. 2-i- in. [Ixxv. 68, 69.]
0. A shield of arms of twelve quarterings : I. HASTINGS ;
2. HEYTESBURY ; 3. BOTREAUX ; 4. MOLEYNS ; 5. MOELS or
HUNGERFORD ; 6. POLE ; 7. GEORGE DUKE of CLARENCE ;
8. NEVILLE of Warwick; 9. MONTAGU; 10. BEAUCHAMP;
ii. DESPENSER ; 12. CLARE. (Cf. "Doyle, Official Baronage,
vol. ii. p. 239.) Crest, out of a coronet of five pearls and four
strawberry leaves, on a helmet, mantling, and wreath, a bull's
head, erased, gorged with a coronet. Supporters broken off.
Motto in base on a ribbon.
[HONORANITES ME HONORACBO.]
Cf. i Sam. ii. 30.
I CO
Inner border beaded, outer border carved.
R. To the 1. On a mount with flowering plants, armed
cap-a-pie, with plate armour, helmet ornamented with ostrich
plumes, in the r. h. a sword held overhead. Horse caparisoned.
On the flank the maunch of HASTINGS, on the fore quarter the
crest as in the obv.
* BARCO] .
304 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Laurentius de Hastyngs, Earl of Pembroke, Lord of
Weysford and of Bergavenny.
6098. [A.D. 1340.] Creamy-white: fine originally, now
very imperfect on the 1. h. side, and the face flaked away.
About 2f in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 6027.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, sword, shield
of arms (see rev.}. Horse caparisoned.
es
B. An eagle displayed, charged on the breast with a large
shield of arms: quarterly 1,4. a maunch, HASTINGS; 2, 3.
Barry of uncertain number, an orle of martlets, for PEMBROKE.
. RN . .06- HAS .
Willelmus Le Hauburge, [of Kelmarsh, co. Northt.~\
6099. [Early I3th cent] Yellowish-red: chipped on the
1. h. side, if in. [Add. ch. 20,524.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, flat or crown-
shaped helmet, sword, shield with ornamental border and
central spike. Horse galloping. In base, below the horse,
an ornamental fleur-de-lis.
SIGILL' WILL'I LG HAVB .
Willelmus filius Radulfi de Hauville,
[of Takeley, co. Oxon?[
6100. [Late I2th cent] Discoloured white: very imper-
fect and indistinct. About 2 in. when perfect [Harl. ch.
51 D. 10.]
To the 1. A hawk on the 1. hand.
Legend wanting.
Henricus, Comes Northumberlandise, filius DAVID [I.,]
Regis Scotia. [A.D. 1140-1152.]
6101. Sulph. cast tinted red, from fine impression, chipped
at the lower part, cracked. 2-f- in. [xlvii. 9.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif of mail, with ties,
surcoat, conical helmet, sword, long kite-shaped shield with
vertical ridge. Horse with fringed saddle cloth and orna-
mental breast-band.
$ SIGILLVM HENRICI COMITIS NORI ANDIE
FILM REGIS SCOCIE.
Laing's Suppl. Catal. of Scottish Seals, No. 2.
Willelmus [de Westbi] filius Rodberti de Herrierbi,
[of co. Lmc.]
6102. [arc. A.D. n/2.] Dark-green, speckled: fine, with
raised edge, chipped, and mark of handle. 2-J- in. [Egert
ch. 434.]
EQUESTRIAN. 305
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet and nasal,
sword, shield with central boss.
$ SIGILLVM WIL I FILII RODB'TI D H6RRIERBI.
Another Seal.
6103. \circ. A.D. n/2.] Green: fine, edge chipped. 2^-in.
[Egert. ch. 433.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, conical helmet and
nasal, sword, long convex shield with central spike. Horse
with ornamental breast-band.
& SIG1LLV WIL . . ILII ROBE . . DE HERIERBI.
Tomas, //. Robert! de Heri[n]gtu[n].
6104. [Early 1 3th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression,
face corroded, if in. [Ixxix. 39.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, flat helmet, sword,
shield.
SIGILL' TOMG FILII ROB6RTI D' HeRIGTV.
Rikardus de Hintona, [of Ckarwelton, co. Northt.]
6105. [Early I3th cent.] Brown, mottled : good, lower
part imperfect if in. [Harl. ch. 84 D. 22.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, cap-shaped
helmet, sword, shield with ornamental bordure and central
spike. Horse galloping.
SIGILL' RIKARD TONA.
6106. Sulph. cast. [D.C., E. 229.]
Robertas de Hintuna.
6107. [i3th cent] Light yellowish-brown: rubbed and
injured, i-f- in. [xxxvi. 52.]
To the r. In armour : conical helmet with long ties, sword,
long convex shield with star-like ornament. Horse galloping.
Si SIGILLVM ROB6RTI D6 HINTVNA.
Willelmus de Yspania, [Hispania P] [of Willingale- Spain,
co. Essexl\
6108. [Early I2th cent] Creamy- white : originally fine,
edge imperfect About 2% X if in. when perfect [Add. ch.
28,347-]
Pointed oval. To the 1. In armour : conical helmet, kite-
shaped shield, spear ?
g SIG PANIA.
1 Willelmus de Hocretona, [of Hockerton, co. Northt^
6109. [Late I2th or early I3th cent] Brownish-red
indistinct, chipped, if in. [Harl. ch. 83 F. 23.]
VOL. II. X
306 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, helmet, sword,
shield. Horse galloping.
Legend w
6110. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 188.]
Henricus de Hoctun.
6111. [i3th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression. -Jin.
[Ixxix. 40.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, flat helmet,
sword, shield. Horse galloping.
S1GILLVM : H6NRICI : D : HOCTVN.
Beaded border.
Radulfus, [//. RADULFI] de Holandia,
[of Wyberton, co. Line.]
6112. [Late I2th or early I3th cent] Green, mottled: fine
originally, now imperfect on r. h. side. 2-g- in. [Harl. ch.
58 A. 24.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif of mail, cap-like
helmet and nasal, in the 1. h. a lance with banner flag, charged
with an uncertain pattern or chequy device. In the field on
the 1., over the horse, a rosette or flower of eight leaves.
SIGILL DG HOLAHDIA.
6113. Sulph. cast [D.C., D. 94.]
Radulfus, [fil. STEPHANI] de Hoilandia, [or OILANDIA,
of Snelland, co. Line.]
6114. [i2th cent.] Brown: fine, well preserved. 2^ in.
[Harl. ch. 540. 31.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif, conical helmet
and nasal, sword, long kite-shaped shield with ornamental
border, vertical rib and central spike.
SIGILL' RADVLFI D6 . HOILANDIA.
6115. Sulph. cast. [B.C., B. 93.]
Willelmus de Holt. (P)
6116. [Late I2th cent] Sulph. cast from chipped and
indistinct impression, if in. [B.C., B. 186.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, helmet, sword,
long shield. Horse galloping.
SIGI . . . . LLI D6 HOLT (?)
Rogerus de Hoo, [Miles, of Shelf hanger, co. Norf.]
6117. [Early Hen. III.] Light brown, varnished red :
originally fine, now only lower half remaining. About 2 in.
when perfect. [Harl. ch. 83 F. 36.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk. Horse galloping.
. M ROG6RI .
EQUESTRIAN. 307
Simun de Horbelig, \pr Horbeling, of Reasby, co. Line.']
6118. [Late I2th cent.] Brown, mottled and varnished.
i A in. [Harl. ch. 51 G. 16.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, cap-like helmet,
sword, shield. Horse galloping.
& SIGILLVM SIMVN DG HORB6LIG.
The N in Simun and D in de, reversed.
6119. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 185.]
Ricardus de Hotun, [or HUTUN], fit. Pigoti.
[of Newton, co. Line.]
6120. [i3th cent] Light brown: edge chipped and in-
distinct in places. 2 in. [Harl. ch. 52 A. 45.]
To the r. In armour : surcoat, conical helmet, shield with
central spike, hawk on r. hand.
Si SIGILLVM RICARDI D6 HOT . . . . FILI PIGOTI.
6121. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 181.]
Asctin de Hue, or Haschetillus de Huch, [of Swinfleet,
co. York.']
6122. [End of the I2th cent] Brown, semi-opaque: with
mark of the handle, i-| in. [Harl. ch. 52 A. 10.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, cap-like helmet,
sword, shield. Horse galloping.
SIGILLVM ASCTIN DE HVC.
The c's are square.
6123. Sulph. cast. [B.C., B. 79.]
Ricardus de Humetis, [or Richard de Humez, Constable
of the king, i.e. Constable of Normandy^\
6124. [A.D. 1154-1180.] Green: originally fine, edge
broken away in places. About 2f in. [Harl. ch. 83 A. 6.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and continuous coif of mail,
conical helmet, nasal, long sword, kite-shaped shield showing
the interior strap by which it is held. Horse galloping with
ornamental breast-band and fringed saddle cloth. In the
field are several stars, and below the r. elbow of the rider a
small cross or star.
DS SIGILLVM RIC3ARDCI D6 HV1M6TIS.
6125. Sulph. cast [B.C., B. 108.]
6126. White : very imperfect at lower part, originally fine.
[Harl. ch. 83 B. 35.]
ft SIGILLV TIS.
6127. Green : originally fine, chipped and repaired. [Harl.
ch. 83 B. 36.]
LVM RICARDI DG HV .
X 2
308 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
6128. Sulph. cast before the cracked pieces were lost.
[B.C., D. 107.]
& SIGILLVM RICARDI DG HVM6TIS.
Willelmus de Huxmnetis [or Humez],
Constable [of Normandy .]
6129. [A.D. 1180-1189.] Green: fine, very imperfect,
chipped at the edge : originally app. by a diapered riband.
2^ in. [xxxix. 64,]
0. To the r. In armour: hauberk of mail, surcoat, cap-
like helmet, sword, shield of arms. Horse galloping. Arms
appear to be : bezanty a bordure, for argent a bordure gu.
bezanty, HUMEZ.
D6 HVM CON6S . . ABVI
ft. Small oval counterseal. i-i- X if in. Impression of an
antique oval intaglio gem : a horseman riding to the 1.
VM6T
Another Seal.
6130. Plaster cast from fine impression. 2-f- in. [Ixxix. 44.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, coif, conical helmet,
sword, kite-shaped shield, seen from the inner side, with border,
and held by a short strap or enarme. Horse galloping with
fringed saddle cloth. In the field at the side of the rider's
head an estoile, and below the horse two others.
SIGILLVM WILLLMI D6 HVMMGTIS.
Rogerus de Huntingfeld, [of cos. Line, and Suff.]
6131. [Late I3th cent.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
i-f- in. [Ixxix. 46.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, plumed
helmet affronte with vizor closed, sword, shield of arms,
shoulder-pieces with arms thereon. Horse galloping, capari-
soned and plumed. In the field over the neck of the horse
a maunch. Arms : on a fess three roundles.
SIGILL' * ROG6RI * DNT 9 D6 9 HVNTINGF6LD'.
Cf. Ing. p. mort., 41 Hen. III.
Nigellus, fil. Alexandri de Ingoldesbi, [of Ingoldsby,
co. Line.]
6132. [Early I3th cent.] Red : originally fine, chipped in
places. 2f in. [Add. ch. 20,580.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, cap-like helmet and nasal,
sword, long convex shield with central spike. In the field
on the r., two estoiles of six points.
$ SIGILL' NIGELLI FILL'I ALEXANDRI DE ING I.
The N'S reversed.
EQUESTRIAN. 309
O[s]bertus, fiL Ne [ ] de Ingoudeby, [co. Lmc.]
6133. [Early I3th cent] Creamy-white: edge chipped.
i-f- in. [Add. ch. 20,538.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet and
nasal, sword, shield charged with an ornament resembling a
cross moline. Horse galloping.
SIGILLVM : OB6RTI FILM N . . . .
The N reversed.
Willelmus de Insford.
6134. [i2th cent] Plaster cast from indistinct impression.
i|- in. [Ixxix. 69.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet with nasal,
lance-flag with four streamers, convex shield with central
spike. Horse galloping.
SIGILU WILLGLMI DE INSFOR . . L6TIR (?)
Walterus de Insula.
6135. [Late I2th cent] Plaster cast of indistinct and im-
perfect impression. About i-i- in. when perfect [Ixxix. 72.]
To the 1. A hawk on his 1. h. Horse springing.
SIGILL . . LA.
Ranulfus, (de Isert P)
6136. [Late I2th cent.] Plaster cast from indistinct im-
pression, if in. [Ixxix. 70.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, round cap-like
helmet, sword, shield.
& SIGILLVM RANVLFI . . . IS . . B' (?)
Kalverleia (Rogerus de) v. Scot (Rogerus).
Walterus de Kamville, [of Crick, co. Northt. ?]
6137. [Late I2th cent.] Brown : imperfect and indistinct.
About 2-|- in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 47 G. 16.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet and
nasal, sword, shield.
. ALT .
Willelmus de Kel', [of Coningsby, co. Line.}
6138. [Late I2th or early I3th cent] Brown, varnished :
only a fragment of r. h. side. About 2 in. when perfect
[Harl. ch. 52 D. 21.]
To the r. with shield.
. IGILLV .
Ridellus de Kesibi, {fil. THOM^E COLUMBEIN, et nepos
Ridel Papallun de Kisebi, of Keisby, co. Line.]
6139. [Late Hen. II.] Brown : fine, with mark of handle
310 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
and raised rim, edge chipped on the r. h. side. i| in. [Add.
ch. 20,907.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, cap-like helmet,
sword, long convex shield with central spike. Horse
galloping.
SIGILLVM RID6L D KSIBI.
6140. Brown : fine, but chipped and injured. [Add.
ch. 20,908.]
v. Papallun (Ridelus) de Cesebi.
Adam de Killing-worth, Miles.
6141. [i4th cent.] Sulph. cast from a chipped impression.
About I in. when perfect. [D.C., F. 162.]
To the r. In armour : surcoat, flat-topped helmet, standing
before a lady full-length, who is presenting to him a lance-
flag and shield of arms. Horse caparisoned. Arms : three
cinquefoils pierced, KlLLlNGWORTH ?
ft S' ADG KIL . . ITIS.
Rogerus de Kiveliwort', [fil. ROGERI DE KYVILLINGWRTH,
Kilworth, co. Leic.]
6142. [A.D. 1229.] Light red: chipped. i in. [Add.
ch. 21,273.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, round-topped
helmet, sword, convex shield. Horse galloping.
SSIGILL' ROG6RI D6 KIV6 T.
6143. Creamy - white : imperfect and indistinct. [Add.
ch. 21,271.]
LIWORT.
6144. Creamy-white : edge chipped and indistinct. [Add.
ch. 21,299.]
&SIGILL' ROGGRI DG KIV6LIWORT'.
6145. Light red : good originally, edge chipped. [Add.
ch. 21,301.]
&SIGILL.' ROG6RI D KIV6LIWORT.
Kima, (Philippus de) v. Chime (Philippus de).
Philippus de Kima, [or Kyma.]
6146. \circ. A.D. 1191.] Brown: fine, edge imperfect.
2-i- in. [Harl. ch. 52 G. 39.]
To the r. In armour: hauberk and coif, surcoat, cap-
shaped helmet and nasal, sword, long convex shield with
central spike. Horse galloping.
& SIGILLVM .. HILIPPI D6 KIMA.
EQUESTRIAN. 311
6147. Discoloured : fine, edge chipped. [Harl. ch. 52 G. 38.]
SIGILLVM PH . . . . PI D KIMA.
6148. [ctrc.A.D. 1172-1200.] Discoloured- white : imperfect
and indistinct. [Harl. ch. 52 G. 40.]
f SIGILLVM PHILIP
6149. Light brownish - white : indistinct, edge chipped.
[Harl. ch. 52 G. 41.]
. . SIGILLVM PH . . . . PI . . KIMA.
v. Chime (Philippus de).
Philippus de Kyme, [son of D. WILLIAM DE KYMA,
of co. Line.']
6150. [End of the I3th cent.] Dark brown : fine, chipped
.at top, injured by casting, i-i- in. [Harl. ch. 52 H. 6.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, plumed helmet,
sword, shield of arms. Horse galloping caparisoned and
plumed. Arms : a chevron betw. ten crosses crosslet, KYME.
S' PHILIPPI D6 KYM6 :
6151. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 170.]
6152. Dark green : somewhat indistinct in places. [Harl.
ch. 52 H. 4.]
6153. Dark green : fine, cracked and injured. [Harl.
ch. 52 H. 6.]
Simon de Kyma, [of Elkington, etc., co. LincJ]
6154. [arc. A.D. 1200.]' Yellowish-brown, varnished with a
dark glaze : fine, but very imperfect ; app. by a closely woven
cord of twilled threads striped with various colours. About
2-f- in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 20,605.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, cap-shaped
helmet, sword, shield of arms. Horse galloping with orna-
mental breast-band. Arms : a chevron, for KYME.
. . I IS D6
B:. Small oval counterseal. f X |- in. Impression of an
antique oval intaglio gem. Bust of PALLAS ATHENE,
helmeted, to the r.
86'VO SeCRGTA DV\ MEI.
6155. Discoloured, varnished : very imperfect. [Harl.
ch. 52 G. 43.]
NIS
No counterseal.
Henrieus de Laci, [$rd] Earl of Lincoln,
Constable of Chester.
6156. [A.D. 1290.] Reddish-brown, grained : fine, chipped
in places at the bottom. 2-f in. [Add. ch. 15,310.].
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, plumed
312 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
helmet with vizor closed, sword, shield of arms. Horse
galloping, caparisoned and plumed. Arms : a lion rampant,
LACY.
S 1 H6NRICI DG LACI COM GET]
CONSTABVLAR' C6STR'.
The letters NR in Henrici, and AB and AR in constabular\
conjoined.
Beaded borders.
ft. Small round counterseal. i-i- in. A shield of arms as
in obv., suspended by the strap from a tree of three branches,
and supported by two lions rampant guardant addorsed.
SIGILLVM SCRTI.
The letters LL of sigillum conjoined.
6157. [A.D. 1303.] Bronze green : very fine, much injured,
edge nearly all destroyed. [Add. ch. 11,304.]
TIS LINCOL
STR'.
R. A variant counterseal. i-^- in. A shield of arms, LACY,
as before, see No. 6156, suspended by the strap from a tree of
three branches, and supported by two wyverns sans wings.
SIGILLVM SCRTI.
Beaded borders. ...
6158. Plaster cast from fine impression. 2-f in. [Ixxix.
8 1, 82.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, helmet
with vizor down, fan plume, sword chained to shoulder,
shield of arms. Horse galloping, caparisoned and plumed.
Arms : a lion rampant.
S' H6NRICI D6 LACI COMITIS : LINCOLNI6 T
CONSTABVLAR' C6STR'.
R. Counterseal, as in No. 6157.
Another Seal.
6159. \circ. A.D. 1 300.] Dark green, a large mass : fine,
well preserved. 2f in. [Add. ch. 7438.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, plumed
helmet, sword, and shield of arms. Horse galloping, capa-
risoned. Arms : quarterly, a bend, over all in chief a label
of three points.
S' H6NRICI DG LACI COMIT' LINCOLIN6 T
CONSTABVLAR 1 C6STR'.
The letters AB and AR in Constabular* conjoined.
BL Small counterseal. % in. A shield of arms, as in obv.
betw. two garbs for CHESTER.
Legend indistinct, but appears to read :
S6CR6TVM HNRICI : D6 : LACI. (?)
Beaded borders.
EQUESTRIAN. 313
. Johannes de Lascy, [ist] Earl of Lincoln, and
Constable of Chester. [A. D. 1232-1 240.]
6160. Plaster cast from fine impression. 2f- in. [Ixxix.
77, 78.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, flat-
topped helmet, sword, kite-shaped shield of arms : as in
the rev. Horse galloping. In the field, below the horse, a
cinquefoil.
tt S' : lOH'IS DG i LASCY I COMITIS : LINCOLN' 6T
COLNSTA]BVL' i CGSTRIG.
R. A smaller round counterseal. i^- in. A shield of arms :
quarterly, over all a bend, in chief a label of four points.
SGCR6TV i lOH'IS De LASCI i COM LING i T
STAB'
Beaded borders.
Johannes de Lacy, Constable of Chester? \ist Earl of Lincoln,
A.D. 1232-1240.]
6161. Plaster cast from fine but indistinct impression,
chipped at the edges. 2-|- in. [Ixxix. 76.]
To the r. In armour hauberk, surcoat, flat-topped helmet,
sword, shield of arms (indistinct charges). Horse galloping.
In the field, below the horse, a large cinquefoil.
H SIGILLVM 1OH .
Walterus de Lacy, \pb. A.D. 1241.]
6162. [i 3th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression. 2J-in.
[Ixxix. 75.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, cap-like helmet,
sword, shield of arms slung over the shoulder by a strap.
Horse galloping with broad breast-band. Arms : a fess.
Si SIGILLVM VVALTGRI DG LACI.
Johannes de La Hay, Miles, \Lord of Burwell, co. Line.']
6163. [A.D. 1281.] Greenish-brown : fine, slightly chipped
at the top. i|- in. [Harl. ch. 51 D. 32.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, plumed
helmet with vizor down, sword, shield of arms. Horse gal-
loping, caparisoned. Arms : an estoile of twelve points,
DE LA HAY.
S' IOHANNIS D LA HAYG MILITIS.
6164. Sulph. cast. [D.C., E. 273.]
6165. Yellowish-brown : good, chipped at the top. [Harl.
ch. 5 1 D. 30.]
6166. [A.D. 1283-1311.] Green: fine, but very imperfect.
[Harl. ch. 51 D. 31.]
3H CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Galfridus de La Mare, Miles, [son and heir of .
PETER DE LA MARE, Miles, of Sawbridgeworth, co, Hertf}
6167. [A.D. 1302.] Green: fine, well preserved, i in.
[Cott. ch. xxvii. 33.]
To the r. In armour: hauberk of mail, surcoat, plumed
helmet with the vizor down, sword, shield of arms. Horse
galloping, caparisoned. Arms : a fesse double cotised, DE
LA MARE.
: S' GALFRIDI : D6 : LAMAR6 :
Beaded borders.
6168. Sulph. cast. [B.C., F. 147.]
Willelmus de La Mara,
[son 0/ALAN and BEATRIX DE LA MARE, of co. Lincoln?}
6169. [circ. A.D. 1147-1166.] Discoloured, varnished: in-
distinct if in. [Cott. ch. xxvii. 34.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet of peculiar
shape with nasal, lance-flag, shield.
SIGILLVM : WIL . . LMI DG LA MARA.
6170. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 100.]
Willelmus de Lancastre.
6171. [i3th cent.] Plaster cast from chipped impression.
2 in. [Ixxix. 84.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, helmet
with vizor down, sword, shield of arms. Horse galloping.
Arms : two bars, on a canton a crescent or some other uncer-
tain charge, LANCASTER.
SIGL LANCASTR6.
Cf. Rot. de Oblatis, p. 570, A.D. 1216 ; and Inq.p. mart., 31 Hen. III.
Kadulfus de Landa, [of Langdon, co. Warw.~\
6172. [Temp. Joh.] Creamy- white : imperfect and indis-
tinct, if in. [Cott. ch. xxvi. 37.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, helmet, sword,
shield. Horse galloping.
Legend wanting.
Cf. Rot. de Oblatis, p. 540, A.D. 1214.
Nigellus de Langeford, [of Langford, co. Derby.}
6173. [A.D. 1269.] Green, mottled : originally fine, chipped,
I in. [Wol. ch. ix. 59.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, flat-topped helmet
with an ornament resembling three annulets rising out of it,
sword, shield of arms. Horse caparisoned. Caparisons ap-
parently charged with paly of six.
S' NIG6LLI : D : LA ORD :
The letters O R conjoined.
EQUESTRIAN. 315
Robertus, fil. Robert! de Langtuna, [of Bulby, co. Line.]
6174. [Late 1 2th cent] Red: fine, edge slightly chipped.
i-g- in. [Add. ch. 20,630.]
To the 1. In long surcoat, a hawk on the 1. h.
8 SIGILLVM ROB6RTI FILM ROBERTI DE LANGTVNA.
The letters N reversed.
6175. Green, mottled : with marks of handle, the raised
edge and part of the legend broken away. [Add. ch. 20,629.]
$ SIGILLVM ROBERTI FILM . . DE LANGTVNA.
Thomas Le Latimer, [of Ilketskall, co. Stiff.']
6176. [Temp. Hen. III.] Dark green : imperfect and in-
distinct. I-L in. [Harl. ch. 83 G. 13.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, cap-like helmet
with nasal, sword, long convex shield with ornaments. Horse
galloping.
$ SIGIL ME LE LATIMER.
6177. Sulph. cast. [B.C., E. 222.]
Cf. Rotuli de Oblatis temp. Joh., ed. Hardy, p. 462, A.D. 1208.
Gido de Laval, Junior [of Naseby, co. Northt.]
6178. [A.D. 1200.] Dark greenish-brown: good, edge
chipped, and imperfect on the r. h. side ; app. by a woven
cord of various colours. 2-|- in. [Harl. ch. 52 A. 15.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, coif, surcoat,
cap-like helmet, sword, long convex shield with star-like
ornament and central spike. Horse galloping.
# SIGIL . . . : GIDONIS : IVNI L.
R. Small counterseal. i in. A wolf? passant, contourne.
ANT6 SIGILL Gl.
6179. Sulph. cast of obv. only. [D.C., D. 196.]
6180. Bright red : fine, edge chipped on r. h. side. [Add.
ch. 22,323.]
0. * SIGILLVM : GIDONIS : IVNIORIS : DG LAVAL.
R. As before.
6181. Creamy-white: fine, but edge chipped, [xxxvi. 55.]
0. B SIGILLtVM] : GIDONIS : IVNIORIS : D LAVAL.
R. As before.
6182. Plaster cast of obv. only, from fine but chipped im-
pression. [Ixxviii. 84.]
& SIGILLVM : GIDONIS : IVNIORIS : D LAVAL.
Henricus, fil. Li - - - de La Wik.
6183. [i2th cent] Plaster cast from chipped impression,
f in. [Ixxix. 38.]
3l6 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, coif, conical
helmet, sword, long convex shield with star-like pattern.
Horse galloping.
SIGILLVM HURICI FILL' LI . . . . D6 LA WIK.
Matheus de Leiham, [of Boxford, co. Suff.]
6184. [i3th cent] Discoloured white: good. i|. in.
[Harl. ch. 53 A. 25.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, cap-like helmet,
sword, shield with fretty ornament. Horse galloping.
* SIGILLVM : MATHEI i DE i LEIHAM.
The letters DE in de conjoined.
6185. Sulph. cast. [D.C., E. 231.]
Hugo de Lile, or Hugo de Insula, [of Barby, co. Northt.}
6186. [Early I3th cent.] Light brown: edge chipped.
if in. [Add. ch. 21,531.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet and
nasal, sword, shield charged with an ornament resembling an
escarbuncle. Horse galloping.
B SIGILL' HVGONIS D LIL.
The DE of de conjoined.
6187. Plaster cast. [Ixxix. 93.]
Hugo de Linco
6188. [Late I3th cent] Plaster cast from chipped im-
pression, if in. [Ixxix. 92.]
To the r. In armour : sword, long convex shield. Horse
springing.
.... L HVGONIS D LINGO..
Robertus de Lindholt, [of Boxford, co. Suffi]
6189. [Temp. Hen. III.] Green, mottled : edge imperfect.
About 2 in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 53 A. 31.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, cap-like helmet,
sword, convex shield with central spike. Horse galloping.
* SIG B6RTI DE LINDHOLT.
6190. White wax : indistinct, the face flaked in places.
[Harl. ch. 53 A. 32.]
& SIG . . RT . . NDHO .
Willelmus de Longespeie, [Earl of Salisbury.
Ob. A.D. 1226.]
6191. [A.D. 1219.] Plaster casts from very imperfect im-
pression. About 3 in. when perfect [Ixxix. 95, 96.]
0. To the 1. In armour : hauberk of mail, flat helmet with
EQUESTRIAN. 317
vizor closed, sword, scabbard, shield of arms. Horse capari-
soned. Arms : six lioncels rampant, three, two, and one,
LONGESPEE ; on the caparisons, a lion rampant.
SIGILL' WLU B6RI.
R:. Small round counterseal. 14. in. A sword erect, hilt
upwards, garnished with a belt.
si LI LONoespeie.
Bowles, Annals of Lacock Abbey, p. 147.
Matheus de Lumlehe.
6192. [i3th cent.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
i-f- in. [Ixxx. i.]
To the 1. with head turned to the r. In loosely-fitting
surcoat, on his 1. h. a falcon.
SIGILL' MATHEI DE LVMLEHE.
Robertus Luvel, [son of ADAM LUVEL.]
6193. [Early 1 3th cent] Cast in brownish-red composition,
if in. [xlix. 13.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, cap-like helmet,
sword, shield with ornamental border and central spike.
Horse galloping.
SIGILL' . . . OBCRTI LW6L.
Cf. Rot. de Oblatis, p. 462, A.D. 1208.
Ricardus Malebise, [of co. York.}
6194. [Early 1 3th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression.
2-| in. [Ixxx. 2.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, coif, cap-
like helmet with ties behind and nasal, sword, triangular
shield with radiating lines. Horse with a breast-band orna-
mented with pendants. In the field, below the horse, an
increscent.
SIGILL' RICARDI MALEBISE.
Cf. Rot. de Oblatis, pp. 41, 55, etc., A.D. 1199-1208.
Johannes MaleS, [of co. Northt. ?]
6195. [i2th or early I3th cent] Green, mottled : a frag-
ment [Add. ch. 22,012.]
To the r.
Legend wanting.
Robertus Malet, [of Walpole, co. Suffl\
6196. [i3th cent.] Greenish-white, varnished yellow:
chipped. 2 in. [Harl. ch. 83 G. 33.]
To the r. In armour: hauberk, helmet, sword, convex
shield. Horse galloping.
$ SIGILLVM ROB L6T.
6197. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 194.]
3l8 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Petrus de Malo Lacu, Tercius.
6198. [Late I3th and early I4th cent] Plaster casts from
fine impressions. 2f in. [Ixxx. 3, 4.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, helmet
with vizor closed and fan plume, shield of arms, sword.
Horse caparisoned. Arms : diapre, a bend, MAULEY.
S' P6TRI : D6 MALO : LACV . T6RCII.
R. A shield of arms as in obv., betw. three lions rampant
guardant.
RJ SL PRIV6 : SVY : APL.
Beaded borders.
Gaufridus de Mandeville, [2nd] Earl of Essex,
\ob. A.D. 1167.]
6199. \circ. A.D. 1156-1163.] Light red: originally fine,
now chipped at edges and lower part imperfect. About
3-5- in. when perfect. [Slo. ch. xxxii. 64.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and continuous coif of
mail, surcoat, conical helmet and nasal, sword, long convex
shield with star-like ornament in a bordure. In base, below
the horse, an animal of uncertain form, perhaps a lion.
. . IGII GAVFRIDI . IT
Willelmus de Mandeville, \}>rd~\ Earl of Essex.
6200. [A.D. 1167-1190.] Pale yellow : fine, very imperfect.
About 3 in. when perfect. [Cott. ch. x. I.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat with long folds,
conical helmet and nasal, sword, long convex shield with
central spike. Horse galloping with ornamental breast-band.
SIG . . . VM LMI COM D6 SSX.
6201. [A.D. 1167-1190.] Pale creamy-yellow: fine origin-
ally, the lower part now wanting. [Harl. ch. 53 C. 50.]
SIGILLVM W TIS : DG SSX . .
6202. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 150.]
Rogerus, //. Lett. [DE MARA.]
6203. [Late I2th or early I3th cent.] Plaster cast from
imperfect impression, i^- in. [Ixxx. 12.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, sword, convex shield with
central spike. Horse galloping.
$ SIGILL' ROG6RI I.
Perhaps identical with Roger de Mara, of co. Salop, in Rotuli de
Oblatis temp. Joh., ed. Hardy, p. 544, A.D. 1214. Doubleday attributes
this seal to circ. A.D. 1221-1228.
Walterus Marescallus, \Jtli\ Earl of Pembroke.
6204. [A.D. 1241-1245.] Green: fine, but imperfect ; app.
by cords of thread, red and yellow, closely woven. The
upper part wanting, i in. [Harl. ch. 83 B. 38.]
EQUESTRIAN. 319
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, flat-topped helmet
with vizor down, sword, shield with indistinct device or orna-
ment, slung round the neck by a strap.
.... LT6RI MAR6SGALLI COM
6205. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 57.]
Robert/us Marmium, \Lord of Tamworth.~\
6206. [Before A.D. 1217.] Sulph. cast in tinted pale
green, from original impression, imperfect at sides and indis-
tinct. 3 in. [Hi. 35.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, long surcoat, helmet,
sword, shield. Horse galloping.
. OB6RTI MARMIVM.
Robertus Marmium.
6207. [A.D. 1226.] Green : fine, very imperfect, the r. h.
side wanting. About if in. when perfect, [xxxix. 68.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk, flat-topped helmet,
sword, shield. Horse galloping.
$ I MARMIVM.
R. An oval counterseal. About if X i\ in. Impression
of an antique oval intaglio gem. FORTUNE, seated, holding a
helmeted NlKE, at her feet a shield. The gem appears to
have been cracked across.
S' ROBERTI . . MAR . . M.
Willelmus Maskerel, [of Brook, Isle of Wight.]
6208. [i2th-i3th cent] Light reddish-yellow: fine, but
very imperfect ; app. by two closely-woven bobbins of
diapered stuff. About 2 in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 15,686.]
To the 1. In a tunic fastened over the 1. shoulder, a hawk
on the 1. hand. Horse galloping.
Legend wanting.
Thomas de Mendham, [of Livermere, co. Suff.]
6209. [Late I2th or early I3th cent] Dark green : origin-
ally fine, now very imperfect. About 2 in. when perfect.
[Add. ch. 7209.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, sword, convex
shield with central spike. Horse galloping.
Legend wanting.
Henricus de Merc, [of Raydon, co. Suff,}
6210. [Temp. Joh.] Green, mottled : fine. i| in. [Cott
ch. xii. 14.]
320 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
To the r. In armour: hauberk of mail, surcoat, cap-like
helmet, sword, shield. Horse galloping.
&SIGILL' HNRICI D M6RC :
6211. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 135.]
Engellramus de Mercellis, \pf Killingholme, co. Line.']
6212. [Late I2th or early I3th cent.] Creamy-white : fine
fragment. About 2^- in. when perfect. [Cott. ch. xxvii. 99.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, sword, [shield ?]
Legend wanting.
Symon, //. Henrici de Messingham,
[of Scatter, co. Line.]
6213. [Early Hen. III.] Light brown, semi-opaque : im-
perfect on r. h. side. About 2 in. when perfect. [Add. ch.
19,820.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, cap-like helmet and nasal,
sword, shield.
. SI . .... MtGJHAM.
Henricus Miles, Dominus de Rokeby, \co. York.]
6214. [Late 1 3th cent] C reamy- white : imperfect and in-
distinct. About if in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 20,584.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, flat-capped helmet, sword,
shield of arms. Horse galloping. Arms too indistinct to
be read.
SIG Cl D .
Nigellus de Molbrai, [or Mubrai, $rd Baron Mowbray.']
6215. [Late I2th cent] Sulph. cast, tinted pale green,
from fine impression, chipped at edge. About 2f in.
[xlix. 12.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, cap-like
helmet with nasal, sword, shield ornamented with bordure and
escarbuncle with central spike. Horse with ornamental breast-
band and diapered saddle.
SIGILLVM NIGELLI : DE MOLBRAI.
6216. White : imperfect ; app. by a cord bobbin. [Add.
ch. 20,607.]
Legend wanting.
Nigellus de Molbrai, [or Nigel, fit. WILL. DE MUBRAI,
Lord of Axkolme, co. Line.]
(? $th Baron.}
6217. \circ. A.D. 1222-1228.] Creamy- white : originally
fine, now imperfect at lower part. [Add. ch. 21,088.]
EQUESTRIAN. 321
To the r. In armour : hauberk, helmet, sword, shield with
central spike. Horse galloping. Very similar in design to
the previous seal, but the proportions vary.
IGI OLBR
6218. [A.D. 1145.] Plaster cast from chipped impression,
showing several details in fine preservation. [Ixxx. 25.]
SIGILLVM . . MOLB .
Rogerus de Molbrai, [2nd Baron Mowbray,
of cos. York and L inc.}
6219. [i2th cent] Bright red: fine, slightly chipped at
edges. 3i in. [Harl. ch. 83 C. 38.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat with orna-
mentation of a fleury, vairy, or cruzily pattern intended for
leather work, cap-like helmet with nasal, plain goad spur,
scabbard, sword, long maunch on the r. wrist, shield of convex
form with large central boss, ornamented like the surcoat.
Horse galloping with ornamental breast-band. The shield
and helmet charged, as the surcoat.
! SIGILLVM ROG6RI D6 MOLBRAI.
6220. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 91.]
6221. Sulph. cast, tinted red from very fine impression,
showing the peculiar ornamentation of the helmet, shield,
and surcoat, the r. h. side wanting, [xlix. n.]
MOLBRAI.
6222. Creamy-white : very imperfect. [Add. ch. 20,847.]
Legend wanting.
6223. [ 1 2th cent] Brown, varnished : indistinct and edge
chipped away. [Egert. ch. 585.]
6224. [A.D. 1145.] Plaster cast from fine but imperfect
impression. [Ixxx. 23.]
SIGILLV . . 6RI DG MOLBRAI.
Robert Monahus, al. MONACHUS, of Kisebi [Keisby, co. Line.}
6225. [arc. A.D. n/o.] Light brown, semi-opaque : fine.
2 in. [Add. 20,901.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, coif, conical helmet
and nasal, sword, shield with central spike.
SIGILLVM ROB6RTI MONAHI DE KISEBI.
6226. Light brown : imperfect at top, and edge injured.
[Add. ch. 20,903.]
6227. Pale yellowish- brown, semi-opaque : fine. [Add.
ch. 20,905.]
Baderon de Monemuda, [$rd Baron Monmouth}
6228. [Temp. Hen. II.] Plaster cast from indistinct and
imperfect impression. 2 in. [Ixxx. u.]
VOL. II. Y
322 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
To the r. In armour : hauberk, sword, kite-shaped shield
showing the interior side.
. SIG . . BAD6RONIS DG MON6MVD .
Gilbertus de Monemue, \^th Baron Monmottth.]
6229. [Late I2th cent.] Creamy-yellow: very indistinct.
About 2^ in. when perfect. [Cott. ch. xxvii. 124.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, flat-capped helmet,
sword, long convex shield with central spike. Horse
galloping.
SIGILLVM . . . ILB MV.
Gillebertus [fit. BADERONIS] de Monemuta, [of Hadnock,
co. Gloucl\
(A nother seal of the same person as above.}
6230. [Late Hen. II.] Greenish-white: a fragment of the
central part. About 2 in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 7012.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, shield with bordure and
star-like ornament.
Legend wanting.
Willelmus de Monteacuto, [4^/2] Earl of Sarum, Lord of
Denbigh and the Isle of Man. [A.D. 1 337-1344.]
6231. [A.D. 1338.] Plaster cast from very fine impression.
2f in. [Ixxx. 13.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, helmet
crested : out of a coronet, a griffin's head betw. two wings,
sword chained to the shoulder, scabbard in belt, shield of arms.
Horse galloping, caparisoned and plumed. Arms : three fusils
or lozenges conjoined in fess, MONTACUTE. The background,
diapered with carved quatrefoils, has a cinquefoil rose in each
interstitial space.
SIGILLU : WILLELMI DE :_MOTEACUTO : COITIS : SARU :
DN"l : DE DYBI : Z : MANIE.
Eogerus de Munbegums, or Montebegonis, [of co. Northtl\
6232. [Temp. Joh.] Creamy-yellow : fine originally, now
imperfect. About 2\ in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 53 E. 14.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, cap-like helmet,
sword, shield of arms. Horse galloping. Arms : apparently,
bendy sinister of six, an orle of roundles.
# SIGILLVM OGE GVMS.
6233. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 140.]
Simon de Monteforti, [Lord of Montfort in France ?~\
6234. [Late 1 2th cent] Plaster cast. .2J-in. [Ixxx. 15.]
To the r. In armour : flat cap, in the r. h. a kite-shaped
EQUESTRIAN. 323
shield of arms, a lion rampant, and with the left holding a
hunting horn to his mouth. Horse galloping. In base, two
greyhounds at speed. In the background, at the sides, three
trees.
H 3IGILLVM : SIMONIS D MONT FORTI.
The first and third S in the legend reversed.
Symon de Monteforti, [afterwards ist Earl of Leicester.'}
6235. [Early I3th cent.]' Plaster casts from fine but
chipped impression. 2-f- in. [Ixxx. 17, 18.]
0. To the 1. full face. In a dress girded at the waist,
blowing, a horn held to the mouth by the r. hand. Horse
galloping, with diapered saddle and high crupper. Below,
in the foreground, a hound standing with head bent to the
ground. On the r. h. side an ornamental and conventional
tree.
B SIGILL' SIMONIS D MONTE FORTI ft
Beaded borders.
R. A smaller round counterseal. i^- in. An early shaped
shield of arms : a lion rampant contourne, queue fourchee,
MONTFORT.
Symon de Monteforti, [2nd Earl of Leicester.'}
6236. [A.D. 1258.] Bronze-green: very fine, the edge
chipped. 2f in. [Add. ch. 11,296.]
To the 1. In a dress girded at the waist, blowing a horn
held to the mouth by the r. hand. Horse galloping on a hilly
mount replenished with flowers and herbage. Below, in the
foreground, a hound at speed : on the right a tree of two
branches in the background.
&SIGILLVM # SYMONIS 9 D6 * MONT 9 FORTI.
R. A small counterseal. i^ in. A shield of arms : a lion
rampant, queue fourchee, MONTFORT.
S' SYMONIS : D6 : MONT6 : FORTI :
Beaded borders.
6237. [A.D. 1255.] Light-brown, semi-opaque: fine, but
very imperfect. [Add. ch. 11,294.]
0. Legend wanting.
R. As in No. 6236.
6238. [A.D. 1236-1264.] Light brownish-yellow, mottled :
very imperfect. [Harl ch. 83 G. 45.]
0. & S
R. Cracked and indistinct, as in No. 6236.
6239. Sulph. casts of obv. and rev. [D.C., E. 260, 261.]
Counterseal only.
6240. [A.D. 1258.] Bronze-green : fine, edge chipped.
[Add. ch. 11,297.]
Y 2
324 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Radulfus de Monthermer, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford,
[A.D. 1297-1307 ; Earl of Athol ;
Baron de Monthermer, etc., A.D. 1309-1323.]
6241. [A.D. 1301.] Plaster casts from fine but very im-
perfect impression. 3 in. [Ixxx. 19, 20.]
0. A shield of arms, as in rev., suspended by a loop from a
forked tree, and betw. two wyverns with tails floriated.
[. . . . CO]M' : G[I_]OV'NI : HERTF[OR]D' ....
R. To the 1. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, helmet
with vizor down and furnished with a lambrequin (the crest,
an eagle displayed, see Doyle, Off. Baron., ii. 16, is wanting),
sword, shield of arms. Horse galloping, caparisoned and
plumed, with the crest of an eagle displayed. Arms : an
eagle displayed, MONTHERMER.
RTFORD : KILK6NI Z DNI GLA ....
Beaded borders.
Rogerus de Mortuo Mari, [of Bisley, co. Clone.]
6242. [circ. A.D. 1180.] Bright red: chipped at bottom
and edge imperfect. 2f in. [Sloane ch. xxxiii. 4.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, cap-like helmet
and nasal, sword, shield. Horse galloping, with ornamental
breast-band and stirrup of peculiar form.
B SIGILLV ORTVOMARI.
6243. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 138.]
Johannes de Moubray, or Moumbray, [Lord of the
Isle of Haxiholme, co. Line., and of the
Honours of Brembre and Gouher.]
6244. [A.D. 1334.] Dark-green: fine, imperfect; app. by
closely plaited cords of green stuff. About 4 in. when perfect.
[Add. ch. 1252.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, conical
helmet with vizor closed, sword chained to the arm, shield of
arms. Horse galloping, caparisoned. Arms : a lion rampant,
MOUBRAY. Background faintly hatched.
Legend on a band or bordure, in form of a quatrefoil, with
carved cusps.
D> S]IGILLVM [lOhHANNKS DE MIOVtBRJAY. #
R. A shield of arms as in obv. Above the shield a
feathered serpent or cockatrice volant, wings extended ;
below it a wyvern reguardant, tail nowy ; on the dexter the
head and arms of a man-at-arms holding a lance-flag charged
with three chevronels, for CLARE ; on the sin. another, similar,
with seme of crosses crosslet a lion rampant, BRAOSE.
EQUESTRIAN. 325
Background diapered lozengy, with a small flower in each space.
Legend as in obv.
... LV ... OHANN . . . . * MOVBRA . . .
Collectanea Topographica, vol. iv., p. 32.
Thomas de Moulton.
6245. [Late I3th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression.
ii in. [Ixxx. 10.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, helmet
with vizor down and fan plume, sword, shield of arms.
Horse galloping, caparisoned and plumed. Arms : three bars,
MOULTON.
SIGILLVM THOME D6 & MOVLTON.
Beaded borders.
Thos. de Molton of Gillesland, co. Cumberl., ob. 21 Edw. I. See
Inquis.p. mort., vol. i., p. 114, col. i.
Willelmus de Mubrai, [of Thirsk, co. York,]
6246. [Temp. Joh.] Pale greenish-white: imperfect and
indistinct. 2| in. [Harl. ch. 83 G. 53.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, flat-cap or helmet,
sword, shield. Horse galloprhg.
Ml D M . . . R . I.
6247. Sulph. cast. [B.C., E. 209.]
Radulfus de Mumpinsun.
6248. [Early I3th cent.] Plaster cast from fine but chipped
impression. 2 in. [Ixxx. 24.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, cap-shaped
helmet, sword, convex shield with central boss and radiating
lines. Horse galloping.
$ SIGILL' RADVLFI DG MVMPINSVN.
Walerannus de Munceaus, [or Waleran, fit.
DE HERSTE, of Broomhill, co. Kent.]
6249. [Early Hen. III.] Light - brown, mottled : good.
i-l- in. [L. F. C., xxv. 10.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, conical helmet and
nasal, sword, shield with ornamental bordure and central spike.
Horse galloping.
K SIGILL' WAL6RANNI DG MVNCEAVS.
For Waleran de Munceaus, of co. Southampton, see Rotuli de Oblatis
temp. Joh., ed. Hardy, pp. 310, 448, A.D. 1205, 1207.
Ingelram de Munceus, [of Cttxivold, co. Line.']
6250. [Late I2th cent] Pale greenish-white: very im-
perfect. About if in. when perfect [Add. ch. 20,503.]
To the r. In armour : helmet, shield. Horse galloping.
SIGILL' ING .
326 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Robertus de Mundevile, or Anmndevilla, [of co. Lincoln^
6251. [Temp. Job. or Hen. III.] Dark-green : fine, well
preserved, if in. [Harl. ch. 45 .31.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet
with nasal, sword, long narrow convex shield with central
boss. Horse prancing.
tt SIGIGILL' 0*0 ROBERTI DE MVMDEVILE.
6252. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 133.]
Cf. Rotulide Oblatis temp. Joh., ed. T. D. Hardy, p. 580, A.D. 1216.
Radulfus Murdac, [of Black-Bourton, co. Oxon.~\
6253. [Late 1 2th cent] Light-brown, varnished : chipped
at edge. 2 in. [Add. ch. 20,292.]
To the r. In armour ? : long surcoat, a hawk on the r. hand.
B SIGILLVM : RADVL DAC.
6254. Plaster cast. [Ixxx. 26.]
Occurs in A.D. 1200, see Rotuli de Oblatis temp. Joh., ed. Hardy,
p. 48.
Hugo de Muscam, [of Muskkam, co. Notts]
6255. [A.D. 1147-1153.] Reddish-brown: fine; app. by
cords of closely woven red and yellow threads, i^- in. [.Harl.
ch. 83 G. 55-]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, conical helmet with
nasal, sword, long convex shield with central spike. Horse
galloping.
* SIGILLVM HVGONIS DE MVSCAM.
6256. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 74.]
Lisiardus de Musters, [of cos. Nottingham and York]
6257. \circ. A.D. 1200-1207.] Plaster cast from good im-
pression with chipped edge. 2| in. [Ixxx. 30.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet,
sword, convex shield with border and central spike. Horse
galloping.
& SIGILLVM LISIARDI D6 MVST6RS.
Nemore, (Ernaldus de) v. Bosco (Ernaldus de).
Ricardus Nevil, Earl of Warwick. [A.D. 1449-1471.]
6258. Recent impression in gilded gutta percha, from
matrix in Dept. of Antiquities. 3^ in. [xxxiv. 33.]
To the r. In plate armour : breastplate, helmet with vizor
down, crest out of a ducal coronet a swan's neck, sword, shield
of arms : a saltire and label of the three points compony,
NEVILLE. Horse galloping, armoured and caparisoned, on a
mount of herbage and flowers. Caparisons charged with the
EQUESTRIAN. 327
armorials : on the neck, quarterly, I, 4, an eagle displayed,
MONTHERMER, 2, 3, three fusils in fess, a label of as many
points, MONTACUTE. On the flanks : quarterly, 1,4 quarterly,
i. iv. BEAUCHAMP, ii. iii. GUY OF WARWICK ; 2, 3, quarterly,
i. iv. CLARE, ii. iii. quarterly in the 2nd and 3rd quarters a
fret, over all a bend, DESPENCER. Background replenished
with wavy branches of foliage and flowers.
: SIGILLVM : RICARDI : NEVIL : : COMITIS : WARWICI :
DNI : GLAMORGANCIE ET MORGANCIE.
Beaded borders.
Drurnmond,///jA of Noble Families, p. 10 ; Rowlands, Hist. Ace. of the
Nevilles, No. 5.
6259. Sulph. cast, [xlvii. 1680.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 324.
6260. Sulph. cast. [B.C., G. 85.]
Walterus de Nevilla, [or Nefwilla, of Redburn, co. Lmc.]
6261. [Late I2th cent] Light-brown, mottled : good.
2 in. [Harl. ch. 54 B. 29.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, cap-like helmet, sword,
long convex shield.
SIGILLVM WALTERI DE NEVILLA.
The letter N reversed.
Rogerus de Novoburgo, [2nd Earl of Warwick.
A.D. 1123-1153.]
6262. Light uncoloured, semi-opaque : a fragment. About
2i in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 21,493.]
To the 1. In armour : hauberk of mail, conical helmet,
long kite-shaped shield with a kind of lozengy or fretty orna-
mentation. Horse with ornamental breast-band.
. WA .
Walerannus de Novoburgo, [Earl of Warwick.
A.D. 1184-1205.]
6263. [Temp. Rich. I.] Green, mottled : very fine, chipped
all round and cracked. About 3 in. when perfect. [Cott. ch,
xi. 1 6.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, damasked
sword, plain shield of convex form, slung from a strap round
the neck. Horse, with ornamental breast-band, and diapered
saddle with bordure and fringe.
SIG ~ . WAL6RAWI COM . . IS
The letters NN conjoined.
6264. Sulph. cast. [B.C., E. 205.]
6265. Pale-green : fine fragment of upper part. [Cott. ch.
xi. 39.]
SIGILL.
328 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Thomas [de Newburgh, 6th} Earl of Warwick.
[A.D. 1229-1242.]
6266. Bright-red : fine originally, sides chipped. 2-j- in.
[Add. ch. 20,452.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, flat-
topped helmet, sword, shield with strengthening rib. Horse
galloping.
# SI ........ OMe COMIT ..... WARWIC.
6267. Sulph. cast. [D.C., F. 168.]
6268. Dark-greenj speckled : edge very imperfect ; app.
by plaited cords of green and purple silk. [Harl. ch. 45
I. 3I-]
& SIGIL ......... COMI .......... RWIC.
Willelmus, fit. Roger! de Nordintu[n].
6269. [Early I3th cent] Plaster cast from fine but
chipped impression. 2 in. [Ixxx. 34.]
To the r. In armour: hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet,
sword, convex shield.
8 SLIGULL' WILL6MI Fl . . . . GRI DG NORDINTV.
Gaufridus de No villa, [of co. Line}
6270. [A.D. 1148-1166.] Creamy-white in a thick brown
mass : indistinct. With mark of the handle, if in. [Harl.
ch. 54 B. 7.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet, sword,
shield.
8 SIGILLVM GAVFRIDI DG NOVILLA.
6271. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 101.]
Oilandia (Radulfus, fit. Steph. de) v. Hoilandia (Radulfus,
fil. Steph. de).
Henricus [fil. ROBERTI] de Oilli, Constable of
King Henry II.
6272. [circ. A.D. 1155-1157.] Creamy-white: originally
good, now indistinct and chipped. 24 x 2-i- in. [Add. ch.
20,462.]
Oval. To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif of mail,
conical helmet with nasal, sword, long convex shield with
star-like ornament. Horse galloping, with ornamental breast-
band.
SI O . . . CONSTAB R6GIS H 1 .
Willelmus de Orkesdena, [of co. Surr}
6273. [Temp. Hen. III.] Brownish-white : indistinct frag-
ment. About 2 in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 54 D. 40.]
To the r. In armour : shield. Horse galloping.
Legend wanting.
EQUESTRIAN. 329
Johannes de Orrebi, [of Blackwell, co. Derb^\
6274. [Early I3th cent] Creamy-white: fine fragment.
About 2 in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 54 E. 12.]
To the r. In armour: hauberk and coif of mail, sword,
shield of arms. Horse galloping, with ornamental breast-
band and saddle. Arms : a fleur-de-lis betw. two chevrons,
which have some affinity to the shield borne by the ORBY
families.
. SV .
Willelmus Painel, [of co. Line.']
6275. [Temp. Hen. III.] White, varnished: imperfect and
indistinct. About 2 in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 54 E. 54.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, helmet, sword,
long convex shield with ornamental bordure and central boss.
Horse galloping.
. LI .
Willelmus Pantul, [of Somerby, etc., co. Leicl\
6276. [ 1 2th cent] Thick greenish-brown : app. by closely
woven cord of greenish threads. 2-i- in. [Cott ch. v. 62.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, cap-like helmet,
sword, long convex shield.
Legend very indistinct
. . . . VL AN ....
6277. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 55.]
Ridelus Papallun de Cesebi, [Keisby, co. Line.']
6278. [Late I2th cent] Brown: originally good, now in-
jured and indistinct in parts. 2 in. [Add. ch. 20,906.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif of mail, conical
helmet and nasal, sword, long convex shield with central
spike. Horse galloping, with ornamental breast-band.
> SIG1LLVM : RID6LVS : PAPALLVN D6 C6S6BI.
v. Kesibi (Ridellus de).
Halennot Papilun, [or Halenald Papilio, of Great
Addington, co. Northt.\
6279. [Early Hen. II.] Greenish-white, varnished : edge
chipped. 2 in. [Add. ch. 21,512.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif of mail, cap-like
helmet and nasal, sword, long convex shield with ornament of
rays and central spike. Horse with ornamental breast-band
and fringed saddle.
SIGILLVM HAl_eU[l/1]OT PAPILVN.
The second L is enclosed in the first.
330 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Paganus de Paries (P).
6280. [Early I3th cent] Plaster cast from an indistinct
impression. i-J in. [Ixxx. 35.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, conical
helmet and nasal, sword, convex shield with central boss.
Horse galloping, with breast-band ornamented with pendants.
1&SIGILL.V PAGANI D6 PARL6S (?)
Radulfus de Parnelia, [of co. Line.}
6281. [circ. A.D. 1200.] Green: edge chipped. About
2\ in. when perfect. [Egert. ch. 507.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, conical
helmet and nasal, sword, long convex shield. Horse galloping.
SIGILLVM
Robertus de Paveli, [son of ROBERT DE PAVELI,
of Sulby, co. Northt.}
6282. [A.D. 1258.] Green: very fine and sharp. I-L in.
[Add. ch. 22,434.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, flat-cap or helmet,
with fan plume of feathers, sword, shield of arms. Horse
galloping. Arms indistinct, but perhaps : ermine on a fess
three crosses moline.
S' ROB6RTI D PAVLI.
The letters AV conjoined.
Beaded borders.
6283. Dark-green : fine and sharp, pressed in places.
[Add. ch. 22,422.]
6284. Dark-green : rubbed in places, but the heraldic
bearings of the caparisons clearly shown, [xxxvii. 81.]
Ricardus del Pec, [of Witham, co. Line.]
6285. [ 1 2th cent] Light-brown, varnished : fine, but very
imperfect About 2-L- in. when perfect. [L. F. C. xv. I.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet,
sword, convex shield. Horse galloping.
Legend wanting.
Galfridus Pecche, [of M or hale, co. Staff}
6286. [A.D. 1161-1183.] Creamy-white: indistinct, and
flaked off in parts, [xxviii. 56.]
To the r. In armour: hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet
and nasal, sword, convex shield. Horse galloping.
SIG LV ALF ...
Gilbertus \?fil. HAMONIS] Peche, Miles.
6287. [Late I3th, or I4th cent] Plaster cast from fine
impression with imperfect edges. 2 in. ^ [Ixxx. 37.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, flat-topped
EQUESTRIAN. 331
helmet with vizor down, sword, shield of arms slung by a
broad strap over the shoulder. Horse galloping, caparisoned.
Arms : a fess betw. two chevrons, PECCHE. In the foreground,
below, a wyvern coritourne reguardant, with expanded wings.
SIGILLVM : GIL6B H6 AMOIMIS.
Gilbertus Peche.
Secretum.
6288. [Late 1 3th cent] Sulph. cast from good impression,
i in. [B.C., E. 267.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, flat helmet, sword, shield
of arms. Horse galloping, caparisoned. Arms : a fess betw.
two chevrons, PECCHE.
% SeCRGTV GILeBGRTI P6CH6.
Willelmus de Percy, [of Berewell in Petworth, co. Suss.]
6289. \circ. A.D. 1245.] Creamy-white: fair, edge im-
perfect About i-f- in. when perfect [Harl. ch. 54 G. 13.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, sword, shield
of arms. Horse galloping. Arms : [five ?] fusils in fess,
PERCY.
. . . IGILLVM WILLLMI DG PER
R. A small oval counterseal. -f- X \ in. Impression of an
antique oval intaglio gem, a stork or pelican, to the r.
* SIGILL' S6CR6TI.
6290. Sulph. cast of obv. only. [B.C., E. 219.]
6291. Plaster cast of fine impression of obv. only. [Ixxx.
39-]
SIGILLVM WILL6LMI D : PERCY :
Beaded borders.
Willelmus de Percy, [son of WALTER DE PERCY,] of Kyldale,
[co. York.]
6292. [i 3th cent] Green: indistinct in places, with mark
of handle, raised rim. if in. [Add. ch. 20,565.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, flat helmet, crest
of a plume of feathers, sword, shield of arms. Horse galloping,
caparisoned. Arms : [five] fusils in fess, PERCY. In the
base, some branches of conventional foliage, and the field
replenished with groups of pellets arranged three by three.
9 S' WILGLMI : DG : PRCY : D6 : KYLDAL6-
Willelmus de Percy, [of Lang Ludford Manor, co. Line.}
6293. [i3th cent ?] White : very imperfect and indistinct ;
app. by a green thread cord. About 2 in. when perfect.
[Harl. ch. 54 G. 14.] *
To the r. In armour : sword, shield. Horse galloping.
Legend wanting.
* The writing of this charter is of doubtful date.
33 2 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Henricus de Perci, [Lord of Topclive, isf Baron Percy.]
6294. [A.D. 1301.] Plaster casts from fine impressions.
2f in. [Ixxx. 40, 41.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, conical
helmet with vizor down, and having fan plume and lam-
brequins, sword, shield of arms. Horse galloping, caparisoned
and plumed. Arms : a lion rampant, PERCY.
Legend in ornamental capitals :
SIGILLUM H6N[R]ICI D6 P6RCI. * *
R. Within a finely carved gothic rosette of eight points,
trefoiled, and with countersunk trefoils in the spandrils, a
shield of arms : a lion rampant. The background replenished
with branching foliage.
Legend in ornamental capitals.
XX SIGILLUM : HE[NR]|[C1I : DG : P6RCI.
See Vetusta Monumenta, vol. i., pi. xxx., fig. i.
Algernon [Percy,] lot/i Earl of Northumberland, K.G.
[A.D. 1632-1668.]
6295. Plaster casts from matrix in Department of Anti-
quities. 2|- in. [Ixxx. 43, 44.]
0. To the 1. In plate armour : crest or plume of ostrich
feathers on a helmet with vizor raised, sword, scabbard, oval
shield of arms as in the 1st quarter of the shield of the rev.
Horse springing, with diapered saddle, on a mount replenished
with herbage and flowers. In the background the sea, thereon
several war-vessels, and on the r. a mountainous country. On
the 1. the sun, as a human face in an eight-pointed star, with
radiancy appearing through the clouds. On the r. a crescent,
the badge of PERCY, encircled with an inscribed garter, and
surrounded by an earl's coronet of five pearls.
No legend.
BL An ornamentally carved shield of arms of sixteen
quarterings. i. quarterly i. iv. a lion rampant, ANCIENT
DUKES OF BRABANT AND LOUVAIN, ii, Hi, the lucies or pikes,
haurient, two and one, LUCY ; 2. Five fusils conjoined in fess,
PERCY, etc. The shield within an inscribed garter of the order,
ensigned with an earl's coronet, on which is the crest, on a
jewelled helmet, with very extensive mantling or lambre-
quins, on a chapeau turned up ermine a lion statant the tail
extended. Supporters, dex.> a lion rampant ; sin., a lion
rampant guardant, ducally crowned, collared gobony. In
base on a riband, with split ends intertwined, the motto :
* ESPERANCE * * EN & DIEV *
EQUESTRIAN. 333
Legend on a riband :
* SIGILLVM * s* ALGERNONI ^ COMITIS # ^ NORTHVMB #
RIXE * * DECIMI # & *<
Carved borders. The workmanship of this seal is remark-
ably fine.
Thomas de Peritone.
6296. [i3th cent] Plaster cast from a good impression.
If in. [Ixxx. 38.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, cap-like
helmet, sword, shield. Horse galloping.
&SIGILL' THOM6 D6 PGRITONe.
Normanniis, [fit. RAD.] de Pesehale, [of Peasenhall,
co. Suffl\
6297. [Late I2th or early I3th cent.] Pale-green, covered
with a dark-brown varnish : edge chipped. [Harl. ch. 84
A. 10.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, helmet with nasal,
sword, convex shield. Horse galloping.
SIGILLUM NORMAN D . . . SHALL6.
6298. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 143.]
Cf. Norman de Pesehale, of co. Suff. in the Rotuli de Oblatis temp.
Joh., ed. Hardy, p. 300, A.D. 1205.
Willelmus Peuerel, of Dover, [co. Kent.}
6299. {Temp. Hen. II., ante A.D. 1166.] Green: very in-
distinct and imperfect ; app. by a closely woven cord of green
silk. About i| in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 54 G. 56.]
To the r. In armour. Horse galloping.
Legend wanting.
Elias de Pidele.
6300. [i2th cent] Plaster cast from fine but chipped
impression. 2,\ in. [Ixxviii. 91.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, conical helmet and
nasal, long lance with large triangular head and flag with
three streamers, convex kite-shaped shield with central spike
and numerous radiating lines. Horse galloping.
&SIGILL' LIG DE PID6LE.
Galfridus Pigot, [of Gamlingay, co. Cambr.~\
6301. [End of I2th cent.] Greenish-brown, mottled : fair,
indistinct in places. i|- in. [Harl. ch. 83 B. 41.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, round-topped helmet,
sword. Horse galloping.
SIGILLVM GALFRIDI PIGOT.
6302. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 144.]
334 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Willelmus Pincerna de Hocherton, [or William Le Butiler,
of Hokerton, co. Nott.~\
6303. [i3th cent] Dark - green : fine. if in. [Harl.
ch. 83 D. 38.]
To the 1. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, flat-topped
helmet, sword, shield. Horse springing.
* SIGILL' WILL'I PINC6RN6 DG HOCH'TON.
Beaded borders.
Cf. Will. Pincerna de Hocreton, early isth cent. Harl. chs. 83 F. 25 ;
112 I. 13.
6304. Sulph. cast [D.C., E. 221.]
Hasculfus de Pincheni, [of Englefield, co. Berks.]
6305. [Temp. Joh.] Pale greenish-white: fair. i-L in.
[Add. ch. 7201.]
To the r. A hawk on the r. hand. Horse standing.
SIGILL' HASCVLFI D6 PINCHeNI.
Cf. Add. ch. 21,890, circ. A.D. 1200.
Henricus de Pincheni, \Lord of Wedon, etc., co. Northt.~\
6306. [circ. A.D. 1200.] Pale-green : very imperfect and
defaced ; app. by a plaited cord or riband of silk strands,
green and white. About if in. when perfect [Add.
ch. 21,890.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, sword. Horse
galloping.
Legend wanting.
Edmundus [Plantagenet, son of RICHARD PLANTAGENET,
king of the Romans, Earl of Cornwall]
6307. [A.D. 1275.] Bronze-green : very fine, only centre
remaining. About 3 in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 84 C. 9.]
0. To the r. In armour ; hauberk of mail, surcoat, sword,
shield of arms slung by the strap over the shoulder. Horse
galloping. Arms as on rev.
Legend wanting.
ft. A shield of arms : a lion rampant crowned, within a
bordure, charged with fourteen roundles. Fine Italian work-
manship.
Legend wanting.
Sandford, Geneal. Hist., p. 94 ; .Todd, History of Ashridge College.
6308. [A.D. 1275.] Bronze-green: very fine, only centre
remaining. [Harl. ch. 84 C. II.]
0. As before.
ft. Part of the eagle on which the shield of arms is slung
by the strap may be seen in this example.
6309. Sulph. casts of obv. and rev. [B.C., E. 269, 270.]
EQUESTRIAN. 335
Edwardus [Plantagenet,] son of King Henry III.,
[and afterwards King Edward /.]
6310. [A.D. 1259.] Green: originally fine, now only the
centre remaining; app. by plaited cords of faded red thread.
About 3| in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 20,442.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of chain mail, surcoat,
[cap-shaped helmet,] sword, shield of arras. Horse galloping,
with ornamental breast-band, crossed girths, and saddle
diapered and bordered. Arms as in rev.
Legend wanting.
R. A shield of arms : ENGLAND, with a label of five points.
Fine workmanship.
Legend wanting.
6311. [A.D. 1262.] Creamy - white : fine, but imperfect,
only centre remaining. [Harl. ch. 43 C. 42.]
R6
[F1ILII HG
6312. [A.D. 1266.] Creamy - white : fine, imperfect, only
centre remaining. [Harl. ch. 43 C. 49.]
6313. [A.D. 1269.] Dark bronze-green: imperfect, only
centre remaining. [Egert. ch. 255.]
6314. [A.D. 1272.] Creamy - white : fine, but imperfect.
[Harl. ch. 43 C. 48.]
0. The head of the prince, with flat-topped helmet and
vizor closed, remaining.
6315. Plaster casts from fine impression. [Ixxx. 59, 60.]
0. 6 GADWARDVS i PRIMOGGNITVS T H6R6S i DOMINI i
RGGISi ANGLIG.
The letters AR of Edwardus conjoined.
R. $ SIGILLUM i GADWARDI FILII i H6NRICI i ILLUSTRIS i
R6GIS i ANGLI6.
The engraving in Sandford, Geneal. Hist., p. 120, gives the legends :
0. & 6DWARDVS ..... NGS ........ R6GIS ANGLIG.
R. SIGILLVM 6DWARDI FILII H6NRICI
REGIS ANGLI6.
The letters AN in Anglie conjoined.
Edwardus [Plantagenet,] Duke of Aquitaine, Earl of Chester,
Ponthieu, etc., [afterwards King Edward ///.]
6316. [A.D. 1325.] Plaster casts from fine impression ; the
legend injured in places. 3^ in. [Ixxx. 69'.]
0. To the 1. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat of
arms, helmet with closed vizor, rectangular shoulder-piece,
chained sword, shield of arms. Horse caparisoned. Arms :
ENGLAND, with a label of three points. All within an inner
336 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
border of small cusps, fleury, with carving countersunk in the
spandrils.
<i 6DWARDVS PRIMOGGNIT' RGGIS ANGLIG DVX AQVITANI6
COM6S C6STRI6 PONTIVI Z MOTISSROLII.
The letters AN in Aquitanie conjoined.
BL A shield of arms : ENGLAND, with a label or file of five
points. The inner border as in obv.
S' DWARDI P'MOGNITI RGIS ANGLIG DVCIS
AQVITANNIG : COMITIS : C6STRIG PONTIVI Z
MONTISSOROLLII.
Cf. Douet d'Arcq, Collection de Sceaux, No. 10,092.
Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, father of Henry II.,
Ob. A.D. II5O.
6317. Plaster casts from imperfect impression. About 3-i- in.
when perfect. [Ixxx. 46, 47.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet, kite-
shaped shield held by an enarme, and showing the interior
side, sword.
Legend wanting.
R. Same style, in the r. h. a long lance-flag with three
streamers in place of sword.
Legend wanting.
Gaufridus [Plantagenet,] son of King Henry [//.]
[Duke of Brittany and\ Earl of Richmond.
[A.D. 1168-1186.]
6318. Dark-green, mottled : imperfect and indistinct ; app.
by strands of green silk. 3^- in. [Harl. ch. 43 C. 35.]
0. To the r. In armour : long convex shield, lance with
flag and streamers. Horse galloping.
$1 GAVFRIDVS H6NRICI RGIS FILIVS NIE.
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, helmet with
nasal, sword, shield showing interior side. Horse galloping.
GA ICI RGIS FILIVS COMGS RICHGMVND6.
Hamelinus [Plantagenet, natural son of GEOFFREY, Cotint of
A njou,] Earl of Warenne.
6319. [A.D. 1163-1202.] Dark-green: fine, but very im-
perfect. About 3 in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 43 C. 14.]
). To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, sword, long
convex shield with ornamental star and central spike. Horse
galloping, with ornamental breast-band and saddle diapered
and bordered.
GIL Nl C
R. Small oval counterseal. I X |- in. Impression of an
antique oval intaglio gem. An Imperial bust in profile to the
r., filleted.
. e : L6G6 : A TG : ~
EQUESTRIAN. 337
Henricus, Dux Normannorum, etc., A.D. 1147-1154.
(Afterwards King Henry II.}
6320. Greenish-brown : fine fragment, snowing only the
centre. About 3 4- in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 84 C. 3.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, spear. Horse
with ornamental saddle.
R. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, kite-shaped
shield showing the interior side. Horse with ornamental
breast-band and saddle ; the ring-like stirrup hangs from a chain.
Legend wanting.
6321. Green, with dark varnish, [xxxv. 19 N.]
A small detached fragment, showing the body covered with
hauberk of mail, the coif, the conical helmet, and the shield,
of the ob. and rev. Fine workmanship.
Cf. Sandford, Geneal. Hist., p. 54.
6322. Plaster casts from fine impression, very imperfect at
the edges. [Ixxx. 63, 64.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, conical helmet
and nasal, kite-shaped shield held by the strap and showing
interior side only, long lance flag with three streamers. Horse
with ornamental saddle and breast-band.
K HEN DEGAVORV.
R. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail and continuous coif,
conical helmet and nasal, kite-shaped shield held by the strap
and showing interior side only, sword. Horse with ornamental
breast-band and saddle, ring-like stirrup hanging from a chain.
$ HENRICV ORVM.
Johannes, [Count of Mortaigne, afterwards King John.]
6323. \_circ. A.D. 1188.] Very dark green: fine, edge
chipped ; app. by a closely woven cord or bobbin of light
coloured threads. 3^ in. [Harl. ch. 83 A. 27.]
0. To the r. In armour: hauberk of mail, coif, surcoat,
belt, cap-shaped helmet and nasal, sword, convex shield of
arms slung round the neck by a strap. Horse galloping, with
ornamental breast-band, saddle and stirrup. Arms : two lions
passant in pale.
, ft SIGILLVtM : IOHJANNIS : FILM : RGGIS : ANGLIG : DCOMINI :
R. A small oval counterseal. 4lr x I m - Impression of an
antique oval intaglio gem set in a ring. Bust of a female, to the r.
ft SeCRTVM IOHANNIS.
6324. Sulph. cast of obv. only. [B.C., D. 116.]
6325. [ante A.D. 1188.] Dark-green, speckled: edge very
imperfect. [Harl. ch. 83 A. 26.]
0. ... Gil HANNIS AN DO
R. As before.
VOL. II. Z
338 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
6326. \circ. A.D. 1188.] Greenish-brown, varnished: the
face flaked away in parts ; app. by a cord of hollow bobbin,
of green and white threads. [Harl. ch. 43 C. 32.]
0. B SIGI OMINI HIB'Nie.
BL Imperfect
$ S6CR HANNIS.
6327. Sulph. cast of obv. only. [B.C., D. 117.]
Sandford, Geneal. Hist., p. 55 ; cf. p. 81.
Ricardus [Plantagenet,] Earl of Cornwall, Count of Poictou;
[afterwards king of the Romans, second son of King John,
A.D. 1209-1272.]
6328. Green : fine, chipped ; originally app. by plaited
cords of silk to a charter. 3-5- in. [xxxvi. 215.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, coif, flat-topped
helmet with vizor down, sword, shield of arms slung by the
strap round the neck. Horse galloping with ornamental
breast-band, crossed girths, and embroidered saddle. For
arms see the rev.
SIGICLLVM :] RICARDI : COMITIS : PICTAVIG :
BL On a background of foliage forming a tree of three
branches elegantly designed with fruit in clusters, a shield of
arms : a lion rampant crowned, POICTOU, within a bordure
bezante"e, ANCIENT DUCHY OF CORNWALL.
^ SIGILLVM : RICARDI : COMITIS : CORNVBI6.
6329. [A.D. 1226-1257.] Pale bronze green : very fine,
imperfect. [Harl. ch. 1 1 1 C. 60.]
0. SIG ICT
R. SIGILLVM VBI6.
6329.* Dark green : originally a fine impression, now very
imperfect [Add. ch. 34,104.]
Legend wanting.
Sandford, Geneal. Hist., p. 95.
Another Seal.
6330. [A.D. 1227.] Plaster casts from imperfect impression.
2f in. [Ixxx. 56, 57.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat of arms,
flat-topped helmet, sword, convex shield of arms. Horse
galloping, caparisoned. Arms as in rev.
SIGILL'M RICARDI Fl
B:. A shield of arms : a lion rampant, crowned, within a
bordure charged with nine roundles, RICHARD, Earl of Corn-
wall. The art of this seal is apparently French, and it is of
poor workmanship.
# TAVI6NSIS.
See Sandford, Geneal. Hist., p. 95 ; Douet d'Arcq, Collection de
Sceaux, No. 10,188.
EQUESTRIAN. 339
Thomas [Plantagenet, 2nd] Earl of Lancaster, [A.D. 1295-
1321,] Earl of Leicester, [Derby, Lincoln, and Ferrers,]
Steward of England.
6331. Pale yellowish-brown : fine, cracked and chipped,
with marks of the studs used to steady the matrix. 4f in.
[Cott. ch. xvi. /.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail with continuous
coif, surcoat of arms, square shoulder-piece, helmet with vizor
closed and surmounted by a lambrequin and the crest, a wyvern
with wings ouvert, sword, shield of arms. Horse springing,
crested as above, and caparisoned. Arms : ENGLAND, with a
label of three points, each charged with as many fleurs-de-lis.
SIGILLVM I THOMG 8 COMITIS 3 LANCASTRI YCSTRI6 S
SNSCALLI I ANGLI6.
R. Within an elaborately carved gothic rosette of eight
cusps, trefoiled, the spandrils enriched with tracery of various
styles, trefoil, quatrefoil, cinquefoil, and sixfoil, in circular
panels betw. pairs of small countersunk trefoils, and suspended
by the strap from a hook, a large shield of arms : ENGLAND,
with a label of five points, each charged with three fleurs-
de-lis.
SIGILLVM THOMe I COMITIS I LANCASTRI6 . . . YC6STRI6 I
S6N6SCALLI * ANGLI6 8
Carved borders.
Sandford, Geneal. Hist., p. 102.
Small Seal.
6332. [A.D. 1301.] Plaster casts from fine but imperfect
impression. 2-f- in. [Ixxx. 61, 62.]
0. To the 1. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, helmet
with vizor closed and surmounted by a lambrequin and the
crest, a wyvern with queue nowy, sword, shield of arms. Horse
galloping, crested as above, and caparisoned. Arms : ENG-
LAND, with a label of three points.
K S' THOM6 IS : LAN 16 : L6YC6STRI6 : GT :
F6RRARIIS.
EL A shield of arms, as in the obv., suspended by the guige
or strap from a trifurcated oak-tree, and betw. two wyverns
with tails ornamented with three slipped trefoils and a ball at
the end.
. . . S' : THOMG : COMITIS LANCAST TRI :
ARMS.
Beaded borders.
Thomas [Plantagenet, of Brotherton^\ son of King Edward I.;
Earl of Norfolk, Marshal of England.
6333. [A.D. 1322.] Red: small and beautifully engraved
fragment. About I in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 21,506.]
Z 2
340 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, helmet
and vizor closed, sword, shield of arms. Horse caparisoned.
Arms : ENGLAND, with an indistinct label. Background
diapered.
Legend wanting
Cf. Sandford, GeneaL Hist., p. 205, for the arms.
Thomas [Plantagenet, " of Woodstock"'} Duke of Gloucester ;
Earl of Essex and Buckingham,
Lord High Constable of England, A.D. 1385-1397.
6334. Plaster cast from fine impression. 34- in. [Ixxx. 65.]
To the r. In armour : coat of arms, helmet with vizor
closed, lambrequin, and crest on a chapeau turned up ermine,
a lion statant guardant collared and crowned, the tail lowered
sword chained to the body, shield of arms. Horse springing,
caparisoned. Arms : quarterly, FRANCE (ANCIENT), and
ENGLAND, within a bordure, THOMAS OF WOODSTOCK. The
field diapered with a lozengy reticulation, the spaces charged
irregularly, either with an ostrich feather or a swan.
J&tg' tijome : filti : regtss : anglte : * Uuds :
glottrrstvir : romtt : *00e*te : > : lutir :
ac : ronstaiuilavti : angltr .
Beaded borders.
Cf. Sandford, GeneaL Hist., p. 229.
Alanus de Plukenet, [of co. Here/.]
6335. [i2th cent.] Plaster cast from fine but now indistinct
impression. 2 in. [Ixxx. 75.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, conical helmet,
sword, kite-shaped shield showing only the interior side.
Horse with double breast-band.
tt SIGILLVM ALANI DE ...
See Inq.p. mort., vol. i, p. 326, 19 Edw. II.
Laurentius de Plumberga, [of Pudsey, co. Essex]
6336. [Temp. Hen. III., ante A.D. 1253.] Greenish-brown :
fine, if in. [Harl. ch. 54 H. 54.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, cap-like
helmet and nasal, spear, shield. Horse galloping.
SIGILL' LAVR6NTII DG PLVMB6RGA.
Cf. Dom. Laurentius de Plumberge, miles, temp. Hen. III., Harl. ch.
48 G. 25 ; A.D. 1269, Harl. ch. 55 B. 15 ; and 55 C. 3.
6337. Sulph. cast. [B.C., E. 239.]
Wilam de Pun[t]fol [or Pontfol, of Ingham, co. Line.]
6338. [Late I2th cent] Brown, mottled: good, chipped
on the 1. h. side, i^ in. [Harl. ch. 54 I. 39.]
EQUESTRIAN. 341
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, conical helmet,
sword, long convex shield with central spike.
9 SIGILLVM WILAM DE PVN . FOL.
6339. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 84.]
Adam de Port, [I., of Hatley, co. BedfJ]
6340. [circ. A.D. 1140.] Discoloured white : imperfect and
indistinct. About 2 in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 54 I. 44.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet, sword.
Horse galloping.
Legend wanting.
Adam de Port, [II., of Hatley, co. Bedf]
6341. [Temp. Rich. I.] Discoloured white : imperfect and
indistinct. About 2 in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 54 I. 45.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, flat-topped helmet,
sword, shield. Horse galloping.
. ORT.
Ernaldus de Powis, [of La Hida, co. Heref. f\
6342. [A.D. 1140-1150.] Green: indistinct and wormed ;
app. by a knotted strand of green twilled bobbin. 2-f- in.
[Add. ch. 20,454.]
To the r. In armour : sword, kite-shaped shield showing
only interior side. Horse galloping.
SI . . RNA . . D . .1
Gillebertus Prudume, [of Ockshot, co. Surr.]
6343. [Temp. Joh.] Dark - green, mottled: fine, edge
slightly chipped. 2-i- in. [Add. ch. 5528.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, cap-like helmet
and nasal, sword, shield ornamented with bordure and central
spike. Horse galloping, with breast-band and bordered
saddle.
SIGILLVM : GILLEBERTI : PRVDVME.
Cf. Add. chs. 5529, 5537, 5562.
Henricus de Pusiaco, [of co. York(f).}
6344. [Late I2th and early I3th cent] Plaster cast from
fine impression, chipped. i-J in. [Ixxx. 76.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, continuous coif,
cap-like helmet with tufted top, sword, convex shield slung
round the neck by a strap and ornamented with an escar-
buncle and bordure. Horse galloping. In the foreground,
in base, a small lion or leopard passant contourne.
SIGILLVM H6NRICI [D61 PVSIACO.
Cf. Rotuli de Oblatis temp. Joh., pp. 5, 24, A.D. 1 199.
342 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Robertus Putrel, of Cotes, \co. Leic. f]
6345. [Temp. Job.] Dark-red: edge chipped and im-
perfect. 2 in. [Harl. ch. 55 A. 35.]
To the r. In armour: hauberk, surcoat, cap-like helmet
and nasal, sword, shield. Horse galloping.
tt SIGILI 9RT R3L.
The letters s and reversed.
Cf. Harl. ch. 44 A. 31.
Eogerus de Quincy [or Quency], Earl of Winchester,
and Constable of Scotland [A.D. 12191264.]
6346. \circ. A.D. 1250.] Green, mottled: very fine, but
cracked and imperfect in several places. 3^ in. [Harl.
ch. 83 B. 42.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, flat-
topped helmet with vizor down, sword, shield of arms. Horse
galloping, caparisoned. Arms : seven mascles, three, three,
and one, DE QuiNCY. Below the horse a wyvern. (See
description of rev.}
LL' ROGCRI OM . . . . 8 : W :
R. The Earl in armour, as in the obv., with the wyvern on
the helmet for a crest, standing, turned to the 1., in combat
with a lion springing upon his shield. In base, a six-foiled rose.
81 OG6RI D QVINC ARM : SCO
Beaded borders.
6347. Sulph. casts of obv. and rev. [D.C., E. 258, 259.]
6348. Sulph. casts, tinted red, of obv. and rev., from fine
impression ; the r. h. side lower part wanting, [xlvii. 1053,
1054-]
Laing's Catalogue of Scottish Seals, Nos. 68 1, 682 ; pi. xi., f. 2.
6349. [A.D. 1232-1243.] Dark-green: fragments. [Harl.
ch. 55 B. 6.]
COM
R : QVINC
6350. [A.D. 1241.] Pale-green, mottled : very imperfect.
[Cott. ch. viii. 7.]
Cl : COMITIS
R NC
6351. [A.D. 1259.] Brownish - green : fine, but very im-
perfect. [Harl. ch. 55 B. 7.]
0. . . SIG O
R O 6.
6352. [A.D. 1219-1264.] Creamy- white : fine, but imperfect.
[L. F. C. iv. 10.]
LL' ROG QVINCI : CO
R 6T : CONST Rll : SCOC ....
Spelman's Aspilogia; notes, p. 105.
EQUESTRIAN. 343
Saerus de Quinci II., afterwards Earl of Winchester.
6353. [Late I2th cent] Green, discoloured: indistinct,
edge chipped ; app. by a closely woven bobbin of red thread,
faded. 2i in. [Harl. ch. 553. 4.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, sword,
long convex shield with ornamentation and central spike.
Horse galloping.
GILL SA6RI
6354. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 39.]
Seiherus de Quincy, afterwards Earl of Winchester,
A.D. 1210-1219.
(f Same as the previous person?)
6355. [Early I3th cent] Creamy - white, discoloured:
originally fine, only centre remaining. About z\ in. when
perfect. [L. F. C, xxii. 9.]
0. To the 1. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, helmet, banner-
flag, convex shield of arms. Horse galloping, caparisoned.
Arms : a fesse in chief a label of eight points, QuiNCI.
Legend wanting.
ft. Small counterseal. I in. A kite-shaped shield of arms,
as in the obv., betw. two wavy branches of foliage. (The label
of seven points only.)
Spelman, Aspilogia, p. 67.
6356. \circ. A.D. 1170.] Sulph. casts, from obv. and rev.,
of imperfect impression, showing further details, [xlvii. 952,
953-]
0. In field above the horse on r. h. side, a small kite-shaped
shield of arms : a fess betw. two chevrons, perhaps for his
wife, FlTZ-PARNELL. The end of the long banner also shown.
GILL NO
IjL A small counterseal. i-^ in. A shield of arms, DE
QuiNCY, as before. (Seven points.)
.... CR6TVM COMITIS WINTON . . .
This is a variant counterseal.
Beaded borders.
Laing's Catal. of Scottish Seals, No. 679, 680.
Hugo de Rampan, [or Rampen, of Kirby-Bellars, co. Leic.}
6357. [A.D. 1155-1167.] Green: fine, slightly chipped,
i-i- in. [Add. ch. 20,567.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, cap-like
helmet, sword, shield. Horse galloping.
&SIGILVM HVGONIS DE RAMPAN.
The s's reversed.
6358. Plaster cast. [Ixxxi. 32.]
344 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Adam [//. THOM^E] de Rainvile.
6359. [Late I2th or early I3th cent.] Plaster cast from
chipped and indistinct impression, i-f- in. [Ixxxi. 33.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif, surcoat, conical
helmet, sword, convex shield with indistinct ornaments or
charges.
SIGILL' A ... . RAINVIL .
Willelmus de Reines, [or Rednes, of Kirby- Underwood,
co. Line.]
6360. [circ. A.D. 1150-1160.] Brown: fine, with mark of
the handle, i-i in. [Add. ch. 20,865.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif of mail with back
ties, conical helmet and nasal, sword, long convex shield with
star-like ornament and central spike. Horse with ornamented
saddle.
SIGILLVM WILLELMI DE REINGS.
Radulfus de Reene..s, \pr de Raines, of Stathern, co. Leic.~\
6361. [circ. A.D. 1150-1160.] Green: fine, edge chipped,
with mark of handle. 2 in. [Add. ch. 21,148.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif of mail, long
surcoat, conical helmet and nasal, long convex shield with
vertical rib.
SIGILLVM RADVLFI DE REENE . . 3
The letters S and N reversed.
6362. Plaster cast. [Ixxxi. 31.]
Willelmus [fil. ROBERTI] de Reydune, [of Ray don, co.
6363. [Temp. Hen. III.] Discoloured - white : 1. h. side
wanting. About i in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 55 C. 15.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, sword, convex shield with
central spike. Horse galloping.
...... GILL' WILL6 .
Ricardus
6364. [i2th cent] Plaster cast from imperfect impression.
2i in. [Ixxx. 55.]
To the r. In armour : conical helmet, convex shield, lance
flag and streamers.
B SIGILLVM RICARCDI] .
Ricardus de
6365. [i2th or I3th cent] Sulph. cast from imperfect
impression. i in. [D.C., D. 72.]
To the 1. In armour : a tunic or surcoat of striped pattern,
with hawk on the 1. hand. Horse springing.
SIGILLVM RICARDI D . . I.
EQUESTRIAN. 345
Galfridus Ridel, [son and heir of RICHARD,
son of RALPH BASSET and MATILDIS RIDEL,
dau, of GEOFFREY RIDEL, of co. Northt.}
6366. \circ. A.D. 1168.] Light-brown: imperfect and in-
distinct. About 2\ in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 55 D. 8.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, sword, [shield ?]. Horse
galloping.
. Gl LFRIDI ....
Gillebertus, fil Herbert! [DE RIGGESBI, of Rigsby,
co. Lincl\
6367. [Temp. Steph. or Hen. II.] Dark-green: fine, im-
perfect at lower edge. 2 in. [Harl. ch. 55 D. 11.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet with back-
ties and nasal, sword, long convex shield with star-like orna-
ment and central spike. Horse with ornamented breast-band.
tt SIGILLVM FILM HERBERTI.
6368. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 138.]
Herbertus, fil. Gilleberti [fil. HERBERTI DE RIGGHESBIA,
of Rigsby, co. Line.]
6369. [Temp. Hen. II.] Light-brown, encrusted with a
kind of efflorescence : indistinct, with mark of handle, if in.
[Harl. ch. 55 D. 12.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet,
shield, sword.
$ SIGILLVM HERBERTI FILCH . . .] G . BERT.
Walterus de la Riuere, [or de Riparia.]
6370. [Temp. Rich. L] Green : edge chipped and indistinct,
with mark of handle : app. by a hollow twilled bobbin of
bright green silk, i-i in. [Add. ch. 20,236.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, helmet, sword, shield.
Horse galloping.
# SIGILL LT6RI DG LA RIVGR.
Michael, or Milo de Riveshal.
6371. [i2th cent] Sulph. cast from chipped and imperfect
impression. 2-i- in. [D.C., D. 200.]
To the r. In armour : sword, shield. Horse galloping.
.... ILLVM MIL DE RIVESAL.
6372. Plaster cast. [Ixxxi. 34.]
-.r t >>h*U .1883
Willelmus de Romara, [Lord of Bolingbroke, afterwards
Earl of Lincoln, A.D. 1 142.]
6373. [Early I2th cent.] Plaster cast from fine but chipped
impression. 2\ in. [Ixxxi. 37.]
CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif of mail, represented
by small annulets or cup-like depressions, conical helmet with
nasal and back-ties, convex helmet with central boss and
vertical rib.
* SI .... LVM . . IL . . . Ml D . . . ROMARA.
Beaded borders.
The same, as Earl of Lincoln.
6374. [post A.D. 1 142.] Plaster cast from fine impression,
chipped at edge. 3 in. [Ixxxi. 35.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif of mail represented
by small annulets or cup-like depressions, long surcoat, conical
helmet with nasal and back-ties, sword, kite-shaped shield
held by the strap and showing only the interior side. Horse
galloping, with breast-band adorned with pendent ornaments.
B SIGILLVM WILLELMI DE RO . . MARA COMITIS LINCOL.
The s's reversed.
Willelmus de Roumare, [of co. Lincoln^
? Grandson of Wm. de Romare, 1st Earl of Lincoln.
6375. [Late I2th cent.] Sulph. cast, tinted red, from fine
but imperfect impression. 2% in. [Hi. 2.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, long surcoat, conical
helmet and nasal, sword, long convex shield with star-like
ornament and bordure. Horse with breast-band and saddle.
3 SIGILL LMI DE [R]OVMAR :
6376. Plaster cast from fine impression. [Ixxxi. 36.]
SIGILLVM WILLELMI DE ROVMAR :
Mattheus, fiL Alani [DE ROM EL, of Helntedon, etc.,
co. Northt.}
6377. \circ. A.D. 1220-1230.] Light brownish-yellow, semi-
transparent : fine. i-J- in. [Harl. ch. 84 D. 30.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, helmet, sword,
shield with central spike. Horse galloping.
# SIGILLVM : MATJ7GI : FILICI] ALANI.
6378. Dark-green, speckled : fine, slightly chipped. [Harl.
ch. 86 D. 15.]
6379. Dark-green, speckled : somewhat indistinct, edge
chipped. [Harl. ch. 86 D. 16.]
6380. Dark-green, mottled and speckled : edge slightly
chipped. [Harl. ch. 86 D. 17.]
6381. Dark-green : fine, chipped at top. [Harl. ch. 86
D. 1 8.]
6382. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 190.]
6383. Green, mottled : chipped and indistinct in places.
[Harl. ch. 86 D. 19.]
EQUESTRIAN. 347
6384. Green, encrusted : indistinct. [Harl. ch. 86 D. 20.]
6385. Green, discoloured : indistinct. [Harl. ch. 86 D. 22.]
6386. Green, encrusted : imperfect and indistinct. [Harl.
ch. 86 D. 23.]
6387. Reddish-brown : fine. [Harl. ch. 86 C. 23.]
6388. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 189.]
Johannes de Ros, Miles, [son of Sir WILLIAM DE Ros, Knt. t
of Hamelake, co. York.~\
6389. [A.D. 1332.] Red, embedded in a mass of mottled
green. I in. [Harl. ch. 55 E. 21.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, crested helmet,
sword, shield of arms. Horse galloping, caparisoned and
plumed. Arms : chequy, Ros. Crest, a wyvern. In the
field, two slipped trefoils. Within a carved and pointed
quatrefoil.
& : SIGILLVM : IOHANNIS : D6 : ROS :
Beaded borders.
ft. A small counterseal. -f- in. Impression of an antique
oval intaglio gem. A bust, in profile, to the right.
SS IG : SV : LV : IM6S : SIGIL : S6CR6Z :
Beaded borders.
6390. [A.D. 1335.] Red, embedded in a mass of mottled
green. [Harl. ch. 55 E. 22.]
6391. Sulph. cast of obv. only. [D.C., F. 160.]
Willelmus [//.WlLLELMl] de Ros, [ofPlumstead, etc., co.Kent.]
6392. [Early Hen. III.] Green, mottled : fine, very im-
perfect, only centre remaining. About i-|- in. when perfect.
[Harl. ch. 55 E. 18.]
To the r. In armour: hauberk of mail, surcoat, sword,
shield with ornamental bordure. Horse galloping.
L6L
6393. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 172.]
6394. [Temp. Joh.] Dark-green : only centre remaining.
[Harl. ch. 112 C. 41.]
Legend wanting.
6395. Sulph. cast. [B.C., B. 171.]
Roggerius de Rosellis, [of Easington, co. York.}
6396. [A.D. 1154-1181.] Uncoloured, varnished a dark-
brown : originally fine, edge chipped, with raised rim and
mark of handle. 2\ in. [Add. ch. 20,534.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, conical helmet and
nasal, sword, long convex shield with central bars. Horse
with ornamental breast-band and saddle.
SIGILLVM ROGG6RII D6 ROSGLLIS.
CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Alanus [//. WILLELMI] de Rowelle, [of Rothwell,
co. Line.]
6397. [Temp. Hen. III.] Dark-green : fine, with mark of
handle, if in. [Harl. ch. 55 E. 44.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, flat cap with knob
on top, scabbard of sword, shield with central spike, a hawk
on the r. hand.
B SIGILLVM ALANI D6 ROW6LL6.
The N reversed.
6398. Sulph. cast. [D.C., E. 226.]
Rogerius de Ru[ha]leP
6399. [i3th cent.] Plaster cast from fine but imperfect
impression, if in. [Ixxxi. 41.]
To the 1. In long surcoat, girded at the waist, a falcon on
the r. wrist. Horse with embroidered saddle.
&SIGILL. . OGGRII D6 RV . , . L6.
Salivator.
6400. [i3th cent] Light-brown, mottled: indistinct in
parts, edge chipped. 2^ in. [xxxix. 60.]
To the r. In armour ; hauberk, cap-like helmet, sword,
shield with star-like ornament.
B MW SALIVATOR ....(?)
Johannes de Sancto Johanne, Dom. de Hannak,
\\st Baron St. John, of L age ham, A.D. 12991316.]
6401. [A.D. 1301.] Plaster cast from fine impression, edge
chipped. 3 in. [Ixxxi. 43, 44.]
0. To the 1. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, helmet
with vizor closed, lambrequin, and crest a lion passant
guardant betw. two palm branches sword, shield of arms.
Horse galloping, caparisoned and crested. Arms : on a chief
two pierced mullets.
B S' IOHANNIS DG SCO IOHANN6 DN"l [ D6 HAN1NAK.
ft. A small, round counterseal. f in. A shield of arms
as in obv., suspended by the strap from a tree of three
branches. Betw. two wyverns.
B S' lOH'IS D SCO IOHANN6.
Beaded borders.
Vetusta Monumenta, vol. i., pi. B.
Galfridus, fil. Galfridi de Saintligier.
6402. [Early I3th cent] Plaster cast from good im-
pression. i-|- in. [Ixxxi. 45.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet and
nasal, sword, convex shield. Horse galloping.
B SIGILL' GALFRIDI FIL' GALF' D' SAINTLIGIGR.
The letters AL in Galf conjoined.
EQUESTRIAN. 349
Symon [de St. Liz, 2nd] Earl of Northampton.
6403. \circ. A.D. 1147.] Discoloured, the face flaked off,
varnished : very imperfect. About 3 in. when perfect [Cott.
ch. x. 14.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, long maunch
attached to the r. wrist, and flowing to the 1., conical helmet
and nasal, sword, long convex shield with a lozengy ornament.
Horse with heavy caparisons reaching to the ground and
diapered saddle.
Legend broken away.
BL. A small oval counterseal. 1 4- X I in. A lion passant
contourne, the tail passing betw. the hind legs and reflexed
over the back.
& SIGILU : COMITIS : SIMONIS.
6404. \circ. A.D. 1147.] Dark-brown: edge wanting, but
originally fine ; app. by a damasked bobbin of faded colours.
[Cott. ch. vii. 3.]
0. SIGILLVM S HA . . T
ft. * SIGILL' : COMITIS : SIMONIS.
6405. Sulph. cast of obv. only. [D.C., D. 61.]
Symon [de St. Liz, $rd] Earl of Northampton.
6406. [arc. A.D. 1160.] Dark, uncoloured, varnished with
a rich brown colour : edge chipped, imperfect on the r. side.
3| in. [Egert. ch. 430.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, long maunch
attached to the r. wrist and fully to the ground, conical
helmet, sword, long convex shield.
SIGIL COMITIS NORHAMTVNI6.
Alwredus de Sancto Martino, [of Canterbury, co. Kent.}
6407. \circ. A.D. 1 1 54.] Light - brown or uncoloured :
chipped and indistinct in places. 2\ in. [L. F. C., xxii. 5.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, cap-like helmet
and nasal, sword, convex shield.
SIGILLVM ALW SCO -MA O.
Cf. Alured de S. Martino, ante A.D. 1171, Harl. ch. 86 0.42; and
late 12 cent., L. F. C., xxv. 20 ; Alured de S. Martino, Dapifer [Regis],
Cott. ch. vii. 12.
Tomas de Sancto Walerico, [son of BERNARD and
AANORA, of Asthallay, co. Oxon., $rd Baron,
ob. A.D. 1219.]
6408. \Temp. Joh.] Dark mottled - green : fine, edge
slightly chipped ; app. by flat bobbins of woven thread of
various colours. [Harl. ch. 86 D. 48.]
350 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, cap-like helmet,
sword, shield of arms. Horse galloping, with ornamental
breast-band. Arms : two lions passant in pale, ST. WALERY.
* SIGILLVM : TOME DE SCO WALERICO.
R. A shield of arms as in obv.
For legend, see counterseal of next seal.
Cf. Harl. ch. 86 D. 49, 51 ; Add. ch. 2.
Another Seal.
6409. [Early I3th cent] Dark-brown, semi-transparent :
fine, edge chipped. 2-f- in. [xxxiv. 30.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, flat-
topped helmet with vizor down, sword, shield of arms. Horse
galloping, with ornamental breast-band. Arms: two lions
passant in pale, ST. WALERY.
* SIGILLVM : THOM6 DG SCO WAL6RICO.
The letters ER in Walerico conjoined.
BL. A smaller counterseal. i^- in. A heart-shaped shield
of arms, as in obv.
& S' TH' D6 S' WAL' :
6410. Sulph. casts of obv. and rev. [B.C., E. 202, 203.]
6411. [Temp. Joh.] Dark - green : fine, edge chipped.
[Harl. ch. 86 D. 50.]
6412. [A.D. 1204-1219.] Mottled-green : fine, edge chipped.
[Harl. ch. 86 D. 51.]
Petrus de Sandiacre, [of Sandiacre, co. Derb.]
6413. \_circ. A.D. 1200-1249.] Dark-green: fine, but im-
perfect, the r. side broken away. About i-f- in. when perfect.
[Wolley ch. vi. I.]
To the 1. In long surcoat and flowing robe, [a hawk] in
the 1. hand. Horse, with ornamental breast-plate. In base,
an elegantly designed wavy scroll or branch of foliage.
PGTRI D SANDI
6414. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 184.]
Alexander de Santona, [of Sancton, E. R., co. York.}
6415. {Temp. Steph.-Hen. II.] Faded red : imperfect, with
mark of handle, i in. [Add. ch. 20,507.]
To the 1. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet, lance-flag
with three long wavy streamers, long convex shield with
central spike.
* SIGILLVM A ONA.
EQUESTRIAN. 351
Johannes de Sauferd (P)
6416. [ 1 3th cent] Plaster cast from indistinct impression.
1 1- in. [Ixxxi. 48.]
To the r. In armour: surcoat, cap-like helmet, sword,
convex shield. Horse galloping.
* SIG . . DG SAVF6RD (?)
Jordan de Saungville, [of Helming/tarn, co, Suff.~\
6417. \circ, A.D. 1 300.] Pale green, faded : edge chipped
away ; app. by a hollow woven bobbin of faded colours.
About 2 in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 9810.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk, sword, convex shield
with barry ornamentation. Horse galloping, with fringed
saddle.
Legend wanting.
R. An oval counterseal. -fV x 4 in. Indistinct impression
of an antique oval intaglio gem.
9 SGCR6T' SAVNGVILL'.
The letter N reversed.
Willemmus de Sceldesle.
6418. [Late I2th cent.] Plaster cast from chipped impres-
sion. 2i in. [Ixxx. 79.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif, surcoat, conical
helmet, sword, large convex shield with central spike. Horse
galloping, with fringed saddle and ornamental breast-band.
S" SIGILLVM WILLEMMI (w) D SCELD6SL6.
Willelmus Scolant(P)
6419. [Late I2th cent] Plaster cast from indistinct im-
pression. i|- in. [Ixxviii. 72.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet, sword,
kite-shaped shield bordered and spiked.
S> SIGILLVM WLM - I SCOLANT (?)
Johannes Le Scot, [6th Earl of Huntingdon.}
6420. [A.D. 1224.] Sulph. casts of obv. and rev. of an
imperfect impression. About 24- in. when perfect, [xlvii.
1 020, 1 02 1.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, sword,
shield of arms. Horse galloping. Arms : three piles in point,
LE SCOT.
Legend wanting.
R. A small counterseal. if in. A shield of arms, as in
obv.
Si SIGILLVM ! A* 5** ; SeCRGTI *
Laing's Catal. of Scottish Seals, Nos. 1233, 1234.
352 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Rogerus Scot, Miles, de Kalverleia, [Calverley, co. York.']
6421. [arc. A.D. 1200.] C re amy- white ; imperfect and
indistinct. [Add. ch. 16,580.]
To the r. In armour : sword, shield. Horse galloping.
. G6R .
Hugo [//. HUGONIS] de Scotegni, or Scotigni,
[of Great Limber, co. LincJ]
6422. [A.D. 1140.] Brown : fine, with mark of the handle ;
app. by a bobbin of closely woven green stuff. 2\ in. [Harl.
ch. 56 A. 9.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, conical helmet and
nasal, sword, long convex shield. Horse with ornamental
breast-band.
# SIGILLVM HVGONIS DE SCOTEGNI.
6423. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 69.]
Radulfus, fil. Rad. de Seile (P)
6424. [Late I2th or early I3th cent] Discoloured
white : indistinct in places, with mark of the handle. 2-i- in.
[xxxvi. 56.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet and
nasal, sword, convex shield with ornamental bordure. Horse
galloping, with fringed saddle.
&SIGILLV RADVLFI FILM RADVLFI D SeiL(?)
The last four letters in the field.
Robertus de Shirley, Bart.
6425. [A.D. 1651.] Plaster casts from the matrices, i-i- in.
[Ixxx. 89, 90.]
0. To the r. In plate-armour : cap-a-pie, with plume of
three ostrich feathers, scimetar, shield of arms. Horse
harnessed, springing on a hilly mount. Arms : SHIRLEY.
Legend on a raised rim.
tt SIGILLVM ROBERTI DE SHIRLEY BARONETTI
R. A shield of arms (with the date 1651 over it) of nine
quarterings : I. Paly of six, a canton ermine, SHIRLEY, etc.
Legend on a raised rim :
# SIGILLVM ROBERTI DE SHIRLEY BARONETTI.
x Beaded borders.
G W i^lelmus de Simili, [or William de Semift, of co. Leic.?}
64&,6. [A.D. 1199.] Dark-green: fine, edge chipped. About
2i in. v'vhen perfect, [xxxix. 62.]
EQUESTRIAN. 353
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet
and nasal, sword, long convex shield with central spike and
star-like ornament.
SIGILL GWILLLMI D SIMILI.
6427. [A.D. 1331.] Dark -green: fine, edge chipped,
[xxxix. 63.]
Elgenardus de Seningveam.
6428. [Early I3th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression.
2| in. [D.C., E. 207.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, flat - topped
helmet, sword, shield of arms. Horse galloping. Arms : a
lion rampant.
SIGILLVM L. GNARDI DG SeNINGVGAM.
Simon
6429. [A.D. 1183.] Plaster cast from chipped impression.
2-i- in. [Ixxviii. 90.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet, sword,
shield with double border and central spike. Horse galloping.
B SIGILLVM : SIMON . . L (?)
Wilelmus de Sviartbi, [Siwardebi, or Sewerby, of co. York.}
6430. [Temp. Hen. II.] Green : the face rubbed in places,
with mark of handle. I-*- in. [Add. ch. 20,551.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet, sword,
shield with central spike.
B SIGILLVM WILGLMI D6 SVIARTBI.
Symon Sorel, [of Lapworth, co. IVarw.]
6431. [Late I2th or early I3th cent] Light-brown, semi-
opaque : the lower part broken off. About 2-f- in. when
perfect. [Harl. ch. 86 E. 27.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet and nasal,
sword, shield showing the interior side.
tt SIGILLV SOR6L . .
6432. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 127.]
Willelmus de Sparham, [of Sparham, co. Norf.}
6433. [Early Hen. III.] Dark-green : fine, edge slightly
imperfect, i-f- in. [L. F. C. i. 3.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, cap-like helmet, sword,
convex shield with central spike.
g SIGILLVM WILLELMI DE SPARHAM.
Robert de Stafford, [of Oxhill., co. Warw]
6434. [Temp. Hen. II., post 1183.] Dark brownish-red:
VOL. II. 2 A
354 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
originally fine, the 1. h. side wanting. About 3 in. when
perfect. [Harl. ch. 56 D. 50.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet and
nasal, sword, long convex shield with central spike. Horse
with ornamental breast-band.
$ SIGILLVM ROBERT! DE
6435. Red : cracked and imperfect. [Harl. ch. 56 E. I.]
* SIGILL A.
6436. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 203.]
Henricus \_fil. WILLELMI] de Stiengrave, \pr Stanegrave,
of Bulby, co. Line.]
6437. \circ. A.D. 1180-1190.] Brown: with mark of the
handle, i-f- in. [Add. ch. 20,627.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet and nasal,
sword, and long convex shield.
tt SIGILLVM HGNRICI D STIGNGRAV6.
Walterus de Stanes.
6438. [i3th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression,
injured by pressure in places. 2 in. [Ixxx. 82.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, cap-like
helmet and nasal, sword, long convex shield with central boss
and faint indications of armorial bearings, not sufficiently
distinct to be identified. Horse galloping.
$ SIGILLVM : VVALTGRI : DG : STAN6S.
Eadulfus de Stantune, [or Stantona, of Whitfield,
co. Northt.}
6439. \circ. A.D. 1168-1170.] Reddish-brown : fine, injured
in places, with mark of the carved handle. About 2\ in.
when perfect. [Harl. ch. 86 E. 33.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, conical
helmet with nasal, sword, shield with central spike and star-
like ornament. Horse prancing.
ft SIGILLVM R . . . LFI DE STANTVNE.
6440. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 123.]
Hugo de Steintun.
6441. [ 1 2th- 1 3th cent] Cast in cream-coloured composi-
tion. i -I in. [Ixxv. 73.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet,
sword, convex shield.
SIGILLVM HVGONIS DE STINTVN.
Petrus de Stollega, or Stodlega.
6442. [A.D. 1179.] Plaster cast from imperfect impression.
About 2 in. when perfect. [Ixxx. 85.]
EQUESTRIAN. 355
To the r. In armour : hauberk, lance, kite-shaped shield
showing only the interior side. Horse galloping.
Legend, on a raised annulus :
. M : P6TRI DE 8 .
Rodbertus de Straford.
6443. [i3th cent] Plaster cast from impression some-
what indistinct in places. i-|- in. [Ixxx. 81.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, conical helmet with
nasal, sword, convex shield ornamented with a central spike
and radiating lines.
SIG1LV RODBERTI DE STRAFORD:
Johannes Le Straungge, [Lord of Knokyn, \st Baron
Strange, A.D. 1299-1309.]
6444. [A.D. 1301.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
i-iV in- [Ixxix. 88.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif of mail, surcoat,
baldrick, helmet with fan plume and vizor down, sword,
shield of arms. Horse galloping, caparisoned and plumed.
Arms : two lions passant, STRANGE.
S' : IOHANNIS L STRAVNGG6.
Beaded borders.
Herveus de Strettona.
6445. [i2th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression,
slightly chipped. i-[^- in. [Ixxx. 87.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif, surcoat, conical
helmet and nasal, long lance-flag with three streamers, kite-
shaped shield hanging on the arm and showing the interior
side. Horse with ornamental saddle.
&SIGILLV HERVei DE STRGTTONA.
Henricus hiue, \pr Henry de Strubi, of Saleby>
co, LincJ\
6446. [Early I3th cent.] Yellowish-brown: fine, injured
in places. 2f in. [Harl. ch. 56 F. 32.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, conical helmet and
nasal, sword, long convex shield.
tt SIGILLVM HENRI HIVE tt
Cf. Cott. ch. xxix. 72, temp. Hen. III.
6447. Sulph. cast [B.C., D. 136.]
Otuel de Sudleia, [son of RALPH DE SUDLE, of Greet,
co. Glonc^\
6448. [Early 1 3th cent] Dark-green, mottled : chipped.
About 2\ in. when perfect [Sloan, ch. xxxiii. 3.]
2 A 2
356 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet and
nasal, sword, long convex shield with bordure and central
spike. Horse galloping, with ornamental breast-band.
. ILLVM OTV6LIS . . VDL6IA.
Radulfus de Sudleie, [of Dumbleton, co. Gtouc.]
6449. [Early I3th cent] Dark-green : imperfect on the
r. h. side, with mark of the handle. About 2 in. when
perfect. [Add. ch. 20,395.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, conical
helmet, sword, shield with ornamental bordure and central
spike. Horse galloping, with fringed saddle.
SIGILL' . . I DE SVDLEIE.
Adam de Summer!, [of Mora, co. Glam.~\
6450. [i2th cent.] Brown, mottled : edge chipped. 2-i in.
[Harl. ch. 75 D. 7.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, helmet, sword, kite-shaped
shield showing the interior side. Horse with ornamental
breast-band.
SIGILLVM ADAM DE SVMMERI.
6451. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 137.]
6452. Brown, mottled : fine, indistinct in places. [Harl.
ch. 75 D. 8.]
Adam [fil. ROGERI] de Sumeri, [of St. Nicholas, co. Giant.}
6453. [A.D. 1186-1191.] Bright-red: fine, cracked, and
edge imperfect ; app. by a woven bobbin. 2 in. [Harl.
ch. 75 D. 10.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail and continuous
coif, conical helmet and nasal, sword, convex shield with
bordure, star-like ornament, and central boss. Horse
galloping. The details of the various portions of armour,
the stirrup, etc., are well shown.
SIGILL' ADC6 DJ 5VM6R
6454. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 152.]
Radulfus de Sumeri, [of Merlege, co. Berks. ?}
6455. [Temp. Joh., ante 1211, or early I3th cent.] Green,
mottled : fine originally, now very imperfect. About 2 in.
when perfect. [Add. ch. 7205.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, cap-like
helmet and large nasal, sword, shield of arms. Horse
galloping, with ornamental breast-band and saddle. Arms :
a lion rampant.
Legend wanting.
Cf. Harl. ch. 75 D. 9.
EQUESTRIAN. 357
Willelmus de Sumery, [of Gornall, co. Staff.}
6456. [Temp. Hen. III.] Dark-green: originally fine, now
very imperfect About i-f- in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 6142.]
To the r. In armour: hauberk, surcoat, flat helmet, [sword],
shield of arms. Horse galloping. Arms: ? three roses.
tt SIGILLVM W . .
Wilelmis de Sumervil.
6457. [Late I2th cent.] Plaster cast from indistinct im-
pression. i-| in. [Ixxx. 80.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet, sword,
convex shield and central spike. Horse galloping.
tt SIGILLVM WIL6LMIS D' SVM6RVIL'.
Samsum Tacel, [Sanson Takel, of Brunham, co. Line.]
6458. [Early Hen. III.] Creamy-white: indistinct, edge
chipped. 2 in. [Add. ch. 20,687.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, coif, conical helmet
and nasal, sword, shield. Horse galloping.
$ SCIGIJLLVM [SAJMSVM TACEL.
6459. [Early I3th cent] Creamy-white: indistinct, edge
chipped. [Add. ch. 20,681.]
Si SI .... LLVM SAMSVM TACEL.
6460. [Early I3th cent] Creamy-white: imperfect and
indistinct. [Add. ch. 20,684.]
MSVM TACEL.
6461. Creamy-white : originally fine, but chipped and
injured, with mark of the handle. [Add. ch. 22,567.]
$ SIGILLVM SAMSVM TA .
Hugo Talebot, [of Fellwell, co. Norf]
6462. [A.D. 1162.] Dark-green : injured. i| in. [Harl.
ch. 112 D. 57.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet,
sword, shield. Horse galloping.
Si SIGILLW HVGONI TAL6BOT.
6463. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 97.]
Willelmus Taleboth, [of Wingham, co. Kent]
6464. [Late I2th or early I3th cent.] Mottled-green :
fine, imperfect at top. i-f- in. [Harl. ch. 112 D. 59.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, sword, shield with
indistinct ornamentation. Horse galloping.
$ S . . . LLVM WILL6LMI TAL6B
6465. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 187.]
358 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Hugo Talemasche, [of Holegate in Acton, co. Sujf.]
6466. [Early Hen. III.] Dark-green : fragment ; app. by
a woven bobbin of green thread. About 2 in. when perfect.
[Harl. ch. 56 H. I.]
To the r. In armour.
. IG .
Tatersale (Walterus, fit. Walter! de). v. Walterus//.
Walter!.
Rogems de Tilliol.
6467. [Early I3th cent] Plaster cast from indistinct im-
pression. 1 1- in. [Ixxx. 98.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, helmet, sword,
convex shield with central spike. Horse galloping.
B SIGILL' ROG6RI DE . . . LE
Another Seal.
Doubtful
6468. [Early I3th cent] Plaster cast from fine im-
pression. 14 X 2 in. [Ixxx. 99.]
Oval. To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet,
sword, kite-shaped shield showing the interior side.
SIGILLVM RO . . . . DG .
Radulfus de Toinio, [of co, Heref. f]
6469. [A.D. 1140-1150.] Red: fine; app. by a woven
braid of faded thread. 2-f in. [Add. ch. 20,454.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet and nasal,
sword, kite-shaped shield showing interior side.
S> SIGILLVM : RADVLFI : DG TOINIO.
Cf. Radulfus de Tooney, of co. Norf. in Rotuli de Oblatis, A.D. 1214.
Galfridus \_fil. RADULFI] de Torp, [of Twyford, co. Leic.}
6470. [Temp. Hen. II.] Light-brown, varnished and dis-
coloured : very imperfect. About 2 in. when perfect. [Add.
ch. 1048.]
To the r. In surcoat, a hawk on the r. h. Horse galloping.
In the field on the 1. a tree.
Legend wanting.
Willelmus de Turp (1), [of Castle-Eden, co. Durh.}
6471. [Temp. Hen. II., circ. 1180.] Brown, varnished :
indistinct and imperfect About 2-i x i-i- in. when perfect
[Add. ch. 20,516.]
Pointed oval. To the r. In armour: hauberk, conical
EQUESTRIAN. 359
helmet and nasal, lance flag with streamers, long convex
shield with vertical rib. Horse with ornamental breast-band.
. . . GILLVM WIL
6472. \circ. A.D. 1180.] Brown, varnished : very imperfect.
[Add. ch. 20,570.]
LV DG T . . .
6473. \circ. A.D. 1180.] Brown, varnished: edge very
much chipped. [Add. ch. 20,571.]
[$ SIGILLVJM WCILLJGLLMI D6 TVJRP.
6474. Plaster cast from indistinct impression. [Ixxx. 96.]
& SIGILL . . D . . TVRP .
Willelmus de Turp (II.)
6475. [Late I2th cent.] Plaster cast from fine impression,
injured by pressure in places. 2 in. [Ixxx. 97.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet,
sword, kite-shaped shield showing only the interior side.
SIGILLVM : WILLELMI : DE : . .VHP.
Willelmus, fil. Robert! de Toteham.
6476. [ 1 3th cent] Plaster cast from imperfect impression.
\\ in. [Ixxx. TOO.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet,
sword, long convex shield with central boss and radiating
lines. Horse galloping.
SIG WILL' FIL' ROBGRTI DG TOTGHAM.
Davit de Totigtun.
6477. [Early I3th cent] Plaster cast from indistinct im-
pression. 2 in. [Ixxxi. 28.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet, sword, long
convex shield. Horse galloping.
B SIGILLVM QAVIT d TOTIGTVN .
Radulfus [fil. Dom. ROGERI DE] Trehampton,
[of Leymarsk, co. Line.]
6478. [ 1 2th cent] Dark-green: imperfect and indistinct
About if in. when perfect [Harl. ch. 57 A. 42.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet,
sword, shield of arms. Horse caparisoned and plumed,
galloping. Arms : a bend, perhaps for : on a bend three
cinquefoils, TREHAMPTON.
S . . . ADVL TO . .
ft. Small round counterseal. -Jg- in. A shield of arms, as
in obv. ? supported by two lions rampant, and with a helmet
or lion's face above and below.
6479. Sulph. cast of obv. only. [B.C., G. 81.]
3<50 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Robertas Trene [Trenchard P, of Carisbrooke, L of Wight.}
6480. [Early I3th cent] White, discoloured and var-
nished : very imperfect. About 2 in. when perfect. [Harl.
ch. 112 E. 15.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet with nasal
and back-ties, sword, long lozenge-shaped shield with central
spike. Horse galloping, with fringed saddle.
* SIGILL
6481. Sulph. cast [D.C., D. 177.]
Willelmus Trussel de Flore, [of Flower, co, Northt.]
6482. [A.D. 1327.] Dark-green : injured by pressure, edge
chipped. i| in. [Add. ch. 22,395.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, plumed
helmet, sword chained to neck, shield of arms. Horse
galloping, caparisoned and plumed. Arms : a cross formee
flory, TRUSSELL.
SIGILLVM : WILL'I : TRVSSEL.
Jaspar [Tudor], Earl of Pembroke, Duke of Bedford, etc.
\pb. A.D. 1495.]
6483. [A.D. 1459.] Yellowish - brown, discoloured: fine,
chipped at top, cracked. 3^- in. [Sloan, ch. xxxii. 20.]
0. To the r. In plate armour : surcoat, helmet, vizor
closed, sword, shield of arms. Horse caparisoned, galloping
on a mount. Arms: quarterly, I, 4, FRANCE (MODERN),
2, 3, ENGLAND within a bordure charged with fourteen
martlets of EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, for JASPER TUDOR.
Crest broken away. Background replenished with elegantly
designed wavy branches of foliage and flowers.
torn : Domini : I'ajspariss : romttts :
BI. On a mount, an angel with wings expanded, and
draped, holding in front a shield of arms as in obv.,
supported by two wolves sejant ducally gorged, chained
and tethered by a staple to the mount
* '* &tg[illum :] Domini : I'agparig : routine : prut) rod) if.
Beaded borders : betw. the words of the legends are sprigs
of oak leaves on the obv. and roses on the rev.
6484. Sulph. casts of obv. and rev. [D.C., G. 83, 84.]
Seal as Duke of Bedford and Lord of Bergevenny.
6485. Plaster casts from fine impression. 3f in. [Ixxx.
77, 78.]
0. A shield of arms as in the preceding seal, but with the
fleurs-de-lis one and two instead of two and one, surmounted
by a cap of estate turned up bezante, and coronet Sup-
EQUESTRIAN. 361
porters, dex. a dragon, langued with two tongues, sin. a wolf.
The field replenished with bunches of peas-cods, in threes,
tied together.
# *, StgtUtmt * fcccellettttsstim # prmctpts * iaapma *
jjatrut # tegum *
R. To the r. In armour : coat of arms, helmet with vizor
open, crest a dragon or wyvern volant, sword, shield of arms
as before. Horse springing, plumed with an ostrich feather,
and caparisoned ermine, on a mount of herbage and flowers.
Background as in obv.
* JB[ttm] * freltforBte * to mitts * . . * . o
* Horn * Be ' bergeuemtg *
For arms see Boutell, Heraldry, 2nd edit. 1863, p. 367.
Simon de La Tur, [of Bourn, co. Cambr.]
6486. [Temp. Hen. II.] Dark-green : fine, with mark of
the handle, and raised rim. 2^ in. [Harl. ch. 83 B. 49.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif of mail, cap-like
helmet, sword, convex shield with star-like ornament. Horse
galloping.
$ 3IGILLVM SIMONIS DG LA TVR.
6487. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 106.]
Stephanus de Turnaham, Miles, [Baron Turnham,
of cos. Kent and Sussex, Seneschal of Anjou, A.D. 1186,
ob. ante A.D. 1214.]
6488. [Temp. Joh.] Dark-red : fine, slightly chipped at
top. i-|- in. [xxxvi. 216.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk, cap-like helmet with
back-ties, sword, shield of arms. Horse galloping, with orna-
mental breast-band and diapered saddle. Arms : a bend.
Below the horse, an ornamental flower.
& SIGILLVM : ST6PHANI : D : TVRNAHAM.
The letters AH and AM, in Turnaham, conjoined.
5L Small, slightly pointed oval counterseal. I x 4 in.
Impression of an antique oval intaglio gem. Bust of an old
man to the r. In the field of the gem an inscription in
oriental characters, indistinct.
B D6VS : SALVGT : CVI : T6 : MITTO.
Willelmus de Turvilla, \pf Pailton, co. Warw.~\
6489. [Early Hen. III.] Dark -green, speckled: fair.
14 in. [Add. ch. 21,495.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet
and nasal, sword, shield of arms Arms : three chevronels.
WILL' D6 TVRVILLA.
362 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
R. Small pip -shaped counterseal, with mark of handle,
i-g- X I in. A shield of arms : three chevronels, TURVILE.
SCVTO : SGCRGTA : TGVTVR.
Cf. Wm. de Turvile, Dominus de Palintona, Cott. ch. iv. 21, temp,
Hen. III.; and Wm. de Turvile, of Helendon, co. Northt., A.D. 1270-
1290, Harl. ch. 84 E. 7, 8 ; 86 C. 45 ; 86 D. 47, etc.
Adomarus de Valencia, [2nd] Earl of Pembroke,
Lord of Weysford and Montignac, A.D. 1308-1324.
6490. Plaster casts from fine impression. 2-f- in. [Ixxxi.
4,5-]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, helmet
with vizor closed and with fan crest and lambrequins, sword,
shield of arms. Horse galloping, crested as above, and
caparisoned. Arms : as in rev.
ADOMARVS D VALNCIA COMES PEMBROCHIG DNS
WYS T D MONTINIACO.
R. A shield of arms : burele" (here represented by seven
bars), an orle of nine martlets, AYMER DE VALENCE. Another
seal, quoted and drawn by Doyle (Offic. Baron., vol. iii. p. 10),
gives six bars and thirteen martlets, but the Earl's signet
seal in Add. ch. 19,835, which will be described further on
in this catalogue, corresponds with this rev.
The shield is suspended by a strap to a tree, and betw.
two other trees of conventional form, within a finely carved
gothic rosace of eight semi - circular cusps, trefoiled, and
ornamented with counter-sunk trefoils betw. triplets of pellets
in the spandrils.
* 8' ADOMARI D6 VALENCIA COMITIS PGMBROCHie. DNI
WGYS' T D MONTINIACO.
See Douet D'Arcq, Collection de Sceaux, No. 10,184, for an example
of this seal used in A.D. 1308. Another seal of Ademar de Valence in the
same work, No. 3810, A.D. 1298, gives bureld, an orle of seven martlets.
William Le Vavassour, \st Baron ?
6491. [Late 1 3th cent.] Plaster cast from fine impression,
-f- in. [Ixxxi. 30.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, plumed helmet, sword,
shield of arms. Horse galloping, caparisoned and plumed.
Arms : a fess dancettee, VAVASSOUR.
In place of a legend a bordure dancettee, in allusion to the
armorial bearings of VAVASSOUR.
Oliverus de Vaus.
6492. [Temp. Joh.] Plaster cast from chipped impression.
I-* in. [Ixxxi. 7.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, flat - topped
EQUESTRIAN. 363
helmet, sword, shield of arms with central spike. Horse
galloping, with fringed caparisons. Arms appear to be :
chequy, VAUX.
SIGIL OLIV6RI D VAVS.
Bertram de Verdum, \$rd Baron de Verdon, of Long
What ton, co. LeicJ]
6493. [Early Hen. II.] Creamy- white : only fragment of
the centre. About 2-i in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 22,572.]
To the r. In armour : long convex shield.
Legend wanting.
Nicholas de Verdun, \$th Baron de Verdon, ob. A.D. 1231.]
6494. [Early I3th cent] Cast in dark-green composition.
2 in. [Ixxv. 74.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, flat cap-shaped
helmet, sword, convex shield ornamented with a fretty device.
Horse galloping, caparisoned. The fretty device has in each
space a small pellet or spot, and is used on the surcoat,
shield, and horse's caparisons, probably to represent leather
strengthened with bands and studs of metal.
8 SIG1LLVCO HICHOLAI D V6RDVN.
Theobaldus de Verdun, [jth Baron de Verdon,
A.D. 1295-1309,] Constable of Ireland.
6495. [A.D. 1301.] Plaster cast from fine impression,
if in. [Ixxxi. 12, 13.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, helmet with
vizor closed, sword, shield of arms. Horse caparisoned.
Arms : fretty, VERDON.
& SIGILLVM THGOBALDI D V6RDVN.
$. A shield of arms, as in obv., suspended by the strap
from a trifurcated tree, with two smaller trees issuing at the
sides from behind the shield. In the field, on each side, a
lion passant, arranged pale-wise, forming a kind of early
supporter.
& CONSTABVLARII : HYBRNIG.
Beaded borders.
Cf. Vetusta Monumenta, vol. i., pi. xxx., f. 21.
Theobaldus de Verdon, \%th Baron de Verdon,
A.D. 1 309- 1314,] Constable of Ireland.
6496. [A.D. 1313.] Red: fine, imperfect. [Harl. ch. 57 C. 25.]
0. Same as the obv. of the seal of his father, see No. 6495,
with addition to the field of a diaper lozengy, with a pellet in
each space.
SIG .. LVM TH60BALDI .
364 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
BL Same as the rev. of the seal above-mentioned, with
addition of a small bird on each side at top of the shield ; that
on the r. h. side wanting : and below the shield, on each side,
a wavy sprig of foliage.
ft VLARII : HYBGRNIG.
Engr. in Vetusta Monumenta, vol. i., pi. xxx., f. 21, for the father's seal,
but with the diaper on the rev.
Albericus [de Vere], 1st Earl of Oxford.
6497. [A.D. 1155-1194.] Creamy-white: fine, very frag-
mentary. About 2-i- in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 28,329.]
To the 1. In armour : hauberk and coif of mail, conical
helmet and nasal, sword, long convex shield. Horse with
fringed saddle.
Legend wanting.
Another Seal.
6498. Creamy-white : fine, edge chipped away. 2f in.
when perfect. [Cott. ch. xxix. 77.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif, helmet, back-ties,
sword, long convex shield. Horse caparisoned, or with
fringed saddle.
LBERICI CO
6499. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 148.]
Albericus de Ver, {son of ALBERIC, Earl of Oxford,
afterwards 2nd Earl of Oxford^
6500. [A.D. 1191-1194.] Light -brown, or discoloured:
very imperfect. 2 in. [Harl. ch. 57 C. 3.]
To the r. In armour: hauberk, surcoat, helmet, sword,
convex shield with central boss.
Legend wanting.
Albericus de Vere, \2nd Earl of Oxford? A.D. 1194-1214.]
6501. Plaster cast from indistinct impression, chipped at
the edges. 2f in. [Ixxxi. 8.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif of mail, surcoat,
conical helmet, sword, convex shield with central boss and
bordure. Horse galloping, with ornamental breast-band.
# SIG Cl D6 V .
Called ist Earl in Arch. Journ., vol. ix., p. 27, where it is figured.
Hugo de Ver, \^tJi\ Earl of Oxford, [Lord Great Chamberlain,
A.D. I22I-I263.]
6502. Plaster cast from fine impression. 2^ in. [Ixxxi. 9.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, flat-topped
EQUESTRIAN. 365
helmet, sword, shield of arms. Horse galloping, caparisoned.
Arms : quarterly, in the first quarter a mullet, DE VERE.
* SIGILL' = HVGONIS i D6 VR i COMITIS OXONI6 i A
Arch. Journ.) vol. ix., p. 27.
Robertas de Veer, [5^] Earl of Oxford. [A.D. 1263-1296.]
6503. [A.D. 1284.] Creamy- white, the surface flaked :
very imperfect. About 2-f- in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 57 C. 8.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, sword, shield
of arms. Horse caparisoned. Arms : quarterly, in the first
quarter a mullet, DE VERE.
Legend wanting.
R. A small counterseal. lin. A shield of arms as \nobv. betw.
two demi-lions sejant addorsed, issuing from behind the shield.
SIGILLVM SGCR6TI.
Beaded borders.
Robertus de Veer, \6tk] Earl of Oxford. [A.D. 1296-1331.]
6504. Plaster casts from very fine impression. 2-f- in.
[Ixxxi. 10, II.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, helmet
with vizor down and fan crest, sword, shield of arms. Horse
galloping, crested and caparisoned. Arms : DE VERE.
SIGILLVM : ROB6RTI : DG : V6GR : COMITIS : OXONI6 :
EL A small round counterseal. -fi- in. Within a pointed
gothic quatrefoil a shield of arms, DE VERE.
: SIGILLVM : ROB6RTI : DG : VR :
The letters ER in Veer conjoined.
Rieardus de Vernone.
6505. [Late I2th or early I3th cent] Plaster cast from
fine impression. 2\ in. [Ixxxi. 14.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif of mail, hemi-
spherical helmet, sword, shield of arms with central boss, and
crossing lines for fretty, VERNON. Horse galloping, with
fringed saddle and ornamental breast-band.
$ SIGILLVM RICARDI D6 V6RNON6.
Paganus Vicecomes de Hamicheford, [Hemmingford,
co. Hunts.} ? Sheriff of Hunts.
6506. [post A.D. 1150.] Light-brown, varnished : a frag-
ment only of the central part. About 2 in. when perfect.
[Add. ch. 28,337.]
To the 1. In armour : hauberk, surcoat.
Legend wanting.
Willelmus, [DE CHEYNEY], fil. ROBERTT VICECOMIITIS,
[of Wrabton, co. Stiff.]
6507. \circ. A.D. 1150.] Pale-red, the face flaked away in
366 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
parts : edge imperfect. About 3 in. when perfect. [L. F. C,
xxiii. 5-]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif, conical helmet
and nasal, sword, long convex shield. Horse galloping.
$ i.
Cf. Dugd. Mon. Angl., vol. v., p. 558.
Ricardus de Vierli.
(A doubtful Seal.}
6508. [i2th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression.
I-i X 2\ in. [Ixxxi. 18.]
Oval. To the r. In armour : surcoat fretty, pointed
helmet and nasal, sword, kite-shaped shield showing only the
interior side. Horse with breast-band ornamented with
pendants.
ft SIGILLVM RICARDI D VIRLI. (?)
Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc., vol. xiii., p. 169.
Ace Vil de Larun, [of Had low, co. Kent.}
6509. [Early I3th cent.] Dark-red : fine, edge slightly
chipped ; app. by a closely woven bobbin of yellowish-brown
stuff, i-l- in. [Add. ch. 20,007.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, cap-like helmet,
sword, shield. Horse galloping.
SIGILL' ACG VIL D6 LARVN.
Willelmus, fil. Aylmeri de Vilgeb', [or Wilibi,
of Willoughby, co. Warw., etc.}
6510. [Temp. Hen. III.] C reamy- white : only a fragment
of the upper 1. h. corner. About 2 in. when perfect. [Harl.
ch. 86 F. 57.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet with nasal
and back-ties, sword, convex shield with central spike. Horse
galloping.
S ERI DE VILGEB'.
Williame Wacelin, [of Broome, co. Norf.~\
6511. [Early Hen. III.] Dark-green : fine, edge chipped.
1-2- in. [Add. ch. 22,570.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, cap-like helmet, sword, shield.
8 SIGILL' WILLIAMG WAC6LIM.
The letter N reversed.
Walterus [fil. SIMONIS] de Wadellie, [of Pateshull,
co. Northt.}
6512. [Temp. Hen. II.] Dark-red : fine, the 1. h. side
imperfect ; app. by a woven bobbin of green thread. 2 1 in.
[Cott. ch. v. 20.]
EQUESTRIAN. 367
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, cap-like helmet,
sword, shield. Horse galloping, with ornamental breast-band.
ft SIGILLVM WALT6RI D W
6513. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 126.]
Hugo [fit. BALDEWINI] Wake, [of Haconby, co. Line.]
6514. [Early Hen. III.] Dark-green : fine. If in. [Harl.
ch. 57 D. 28.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, flat-
topped helmet, sword, shield of arms. Horse galloping,
caparisoned. Arms : two bars in chief three roundles,
WAKE.
SIGILLVM : HVGONIS : WAK # :
R. A small round counterseal, -fir m - A shield of arms,
as in obv.
$ SIGILU HVGONIS WAK6.
Beaded borders.
6515. Sulph. cast of the obv. only. [D.C., E. 274.]
Osbertus Walbertus.
(A doubtful Seal.}
6516. [Early I3th cent.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
2i in. [Ixxxi. 19.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, conical
helmet and nasal, convex shield with central spike. Horse
galloping.
B SIGILLVM OSB6RTI WALB6RT1.
Robbertus de Vals \pr Wals, of Cheddiston, co. Suff.~\
6517. [Late 1 2th cent] Light-brown, encrusted : chipped.
2 in. [Harl. ch. 84 B. 5.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif of mail, conical
helmet and nasal, sword, convex shield with ornamental
bordure and central spike.
9) SIGILLVM ROBB6RT1 D VALS.
6518. Sulph. cast. [B.C., B. 104.]
Herveus Walter us, [of Wing field, co. Suff.]
6519. [Late Hen. II.] Light-brown, varnished with a
dark-brown colour : edge imperfect and indistinct. 2 in.
[Harl. ch. 57 E. 2.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, helmet, sword,
shield of arms. Horse galloping.
$ SIGIL .... HER . . I W . . . RI.
6520. Sulph. cast. [B.C., B. 199.]
368 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Asceline de Waltervilla, [of Cotter stock, co. NorthtJ]
6521. [Early Hen. III.] Pale greenish-white, the face
flaked, varnished with a reddish-brown colour : very imperfect.
About 2 in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 21,683.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, conical helmet
with nasal, sword, convex shield with central spike.
H SIGI . . . . W .
Thomas de Wapuburi, [or Wapenbyri, of Wapenbury ?,
co. WarwJ]
6522. [Early Hen. III.] Green, mottled : fine, the lower
part wanting. About \\ in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 21,499.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, helmet, sword, shield.
Horse galloping.
B SIGI WAPVBVRI.
Reginaldus de Warren, [ist Baron de Warren, of Wirmgay,
ob. ante A.D. 1184.]
6523. [A.D. 1171.] Plaster cast, from very imperfect im-
pression. About 2-i- in. when perfect. [Ixxxi. 23.]
To the 1. In armour : conical helmet, long kite-shaped
shield. Horse galloping, with fringed saddle and ornamental
breast-band.
. VVA . . .
Willelmus de Warennia, Count of Warren,
and \6t/i\ Earl of Surrey.
6524. [A.D. 1215-1225.] Creamy-yellow, varnished: fine,
very artistic, imperfect ; app. by plaited cord of yellow and
red thread. About 3^- in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 57 E. 28.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, helmet,
sword, convex shield of arms slung by a strap round the neck.
Horse galloping. Arms : as on rev.
EL A pip-shaped shield of arms, WARREN.
Legends wanting.
6525. Sulph. casts of obv. and rev. [D.C., E. 210, 211.]
6526. Plaster casts from fine impression, edges much
chipped. [Ixxxi. 50, 51.]
0. # SIGILL' WILL'I : D6 . . . . RGNNIA : COM RRIA.
g,. $ SIG COMITIS D i WAR6NNIA.
Beaded borders.
Johannes de Warennia, Count of Warren, and
\Jth~\ Earl of Surrey.
6527. [A.D. 1254.] Red: fine, chipped at the edge; app.
by a plaited cord of pale red silk. 3^ in. [Add. ch. 24,55 1.]
0. To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif of mail, sur-
EQUESTRIAN. 369
coat, flat helmet with vizor closed, sword, shield of arms.
Horse galloping, caparisoned. Arms : chequy, WARREN.
Si^ S' D6 WARN D SVRR6IA.
The letters AR conjoined.
R. Within a carved gothic border, with eight semicircular
cusps, having a countersunk trefoil in each spandril, a shield
of arms as in rev. betw. three elegantly designed wavy
branches of ivy-leaf foliage.
SIGILLVM : IOH OMITIS : D6 : WAR6NNIA #
Beaded borders.
6528. [A.D. 1254.] Red: fine, chipped and imperfect at
the lower part ; app. by a plaited cord of red silk. [Add.
ch. 24,551.]
0. vi*/ S : D6 WAR VRRIA.
ft. $ SIGILLVM : IOH : WARGNNI
Cf. J. Watson, Memoirs of the Ancient Earls of Warren and Surrey,
1782, vol. i., pp. 293, 295.
6529. Plaster casts of fine impression, edges chipped in
places. [Ixxx. 66, 67.]
0. v si^ S' lOH'IS : DG WARCNNIA : COMITCIS :] D6 : SVRR6IA.
R. $ SIGILLVM : IOHANNIS [: C1OMITIS : D : WAR6NNIA.
6530. [A.D. 1243-1257.] Light-brown, varnished : very
imperfect. [Harl. ch. 57 E. 31.]
R D : WA
6531. Sulph. casts of obv. and rev. [B.C., E. 247, 248.]
6532. Sulph. casts of obv. and rev. Another set. [B.C.,
E. 249, 250.]
Johannes de Warrennia, [8t/i ?] Earl of Surrey.
6533. [A.D. 1281.] Creamy-white, the face flaked : very
imperfect. About 3 in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 57
E. 33-]
0. Resembles obv. of No. 6527, but with variant dimensions.
R. Resembles rev. of No. 6527, but with variant dimensions.
Legends wanting.
6534. Sulph. casts of obv-. and rev. [B.C., F. 151, 152.]
6535. Sulph. cast of rev. only. [B.C., F. 153.]
Gaufridus de Watervilla, [of Thimbleby, co. Linc.~\,
" Dapifer Consulis" [i.e. of WILLIAM DE ROMARE,
E. of Lincoln ?}.
6536. [A.D. 1154.] Light-brown, semi-opaque : fine. 2-L in.
[Harl. ch. 57 F. 14.]
VOL. II. 2 B
3/O CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, conical helmet and
nasal, sword, oval shield ornamented with a bordure.
SIGILLV GAVFRIDI D WAT6RVILLA DAPIF6RI CSVLIS.
Cf. Harl. ch. 55 E. 10.
6537. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 75.]
Wathford (Eustacius, fit. EuSTACii DE).
v. Athde (Eustacius,^?/. Eustacii de).
Willelmus de Watevile.
6538. [i3th cent] Plaster cast from fine but chipped
impression, if in. [Ixxxi. 24.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, flat helmet, sword,
shield of arms. Horse galloping. Arms : two (? for three)
chevrons, WATEVILE.
S1GILL' WILLGL . . ATVIL.
Robertus [fil. WILLELMI] de Wavre, [of Long-Lawford,
co. IVarw.]
6539. \circ. A.D. 1200.] Light-red: edge chipped, if in.
[Cott. ch. xi. 31.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, surcoat, conical
helmet with nasal, sword, shield. Horse galloping.
# SIGILL' ROBERT . . . WAVR6.
6540. Sulph. cast. [D.C., E. 204.]
Willelmus de Wavere, [son of ROBERT, son of WILL. DE
WAVERE, of Long Lawford, co. Warw.]
6541. [Late I2th cent] Dark-green : fine, injured on 1. h.
side, if in. [Add. ch. 21,456.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif of mail, round-
topped helmet with nasal, sword, convex shield with star-like
ornament. Horse galloping.
SIGILLVM : WILLGLMI : DG : WA
Wilelmus, fil. Allan! de Wdehale, [or Wudehalle,
of Roughton, co. LincJ\
6542. [Late I2th cent] Green, mottled: fine, edge
chipped in places, if in. [Harl. ch. 58 B. 43.]
To the 1. In long surcoat, with a hawk in the 1. hand held
by the jesses. Horse with ornamental breast-band.
& SIGILL' WIL6LM ALL . . N DE WDEHAL'
6543. Sulph. cast [B.C., D. 204.]
Willelmus de Wedona, [or Weduna, of Weedon, co. Northt.~\
6544. [i3th cent] Brown, a thick mass: with mark of
EQUESTRIAN. 371
the handle ; app. by plaited strings, i-i in. [Harl. ch. 86
F. 38.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet and nasal,
sword, convex shield with central spike.
9 SIGILL' WILL6LMI D WGDONA.
6545. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 178]
Alan de Whitehereche, [or Witcherche, of Sheffield,
co. Berks.]
6546. [A.D. 1202?] Dark-green: fine, with mark of
the handles, i-^ in. [Add. ch. 7203.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet, sword,
convex shield with bordure and central spike. Horse
galloping, with large ears.
& SIGILL' : ALANI : D6 WHITCHRCH'.
6547. [A.D. 1202 ?] Dark-green : fine. [Add. ch. 7204.]
6548. [Early I3th cent] Green, mottled: edge chipped,
with mark of the handle. [Add. ch. 20,592.]
6549. [Early I3th cent.] Dark-green: fine, with raised
rim and mark of the handle. [Add. ch. 20,593.]
6550. [Early I3th cent] Creamy - white : fine. [Add.
ch. 20,595.]
Johannes, fit. Walter! de Wighal, [or Wygehale,
of Lynn, co. NorfJ\
6551. [circ. A.D. 1286.] Bronze - green : fine, chipped and
cracked, if in. [Add. ch. 7910.]
To the 1. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, helmet with vizor
closed, sword, shield of arms. Horse galloping, with orna-
mental breast-band. Arms : a lion rampant debruised by
a fess.
# SIGILLVM IOHANNIS FILI WALT6RI DG WIGHAL'.
Beaded borders.
6552. Bronze-green : very imperfect, indistinct. [Add.
ch. 7911.]
WALT6RI -DG
6553. [i3th cent.] Plaster cast from fine but chipped
impression, if in. [Ixxxi. 25.]
* SIGILLVM : IOHANNIS : FILI : WALT6RI : D6 : WIGHA ....
Walterus de Winlesores, [? of co. Sticks.]
6554. [A.D. 12 12.] Sulph. cast from fine impression. 2-|-in.
[D.C., E. 199.]
To the r. In armour: hauberk, surcoat, cap-like helmet,
sword, long convex shield with central spike. Horse
galloping.
SIGILL' WALTGRI D WINLGSOR6S.
The N reversed.
Cf. Rot. de Oblatis, p. 173, A.D. 1201, etc.
2 B 2
3/2 . CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Willelnms de Windesoriis, "filius"
6555. [Early I3th cent] Plaster cast from, fine but
chipped impression. 2-i in. [Ixxxi. 27.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk or tunic, lance held horizon-
tally in the r. hand, kite-shaped shield showing the interior side.
SIGILLVM WILLLMI D6 WIND6SORIIS FILM.
Robert Wysdom, de Charewelton, \co. Nortkt.}
6556. [A.D. 1315.] Light -brown: indistinct, edge im-
perfect. 2-1 in. [Harl. ch. 84 E. 42.]
To the 1. In armour : hauberk, surcoat, conical helmet
and nasal, long- kite-shaped shield.
# SIGILL' Tl D THNI. ?
This seal is of the I3th cent., attached to a later charter.
6557. Sulph. cast. [D.C., F. 150.]
A de el.
6558. [i2th cent] Sulph. cast from injured impression.
2 in. [B.C., D. 163.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, conical helmet,
sword, kite shield showing interior side.
SIGILLVM A DG L.
John el.
6559. [i2th cent] Sulph. cast from chipped impression,
if in. [D.C., D. 183.]
To the r. In armour: hauberk, surcoat, cap-like helmet,
sword, shield.
$ SIGILL HIS T L(?)
Richardus de - - - - estona.
6560. [i2th cent] Light - brown or uncolourcd, partly
oxidised : imperfect if in. [xxxii. 63 A.]
To the r. In armour : a spear ? Horse galloping.
. . . RICHARDI 6STONA.
Uncertain Seals.
6561. [i2th cent.] Sulph. cast from indistinct impression.
IA in. [D.C., D. 165.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk, conical helmet with nasal,
sword, shield. Horse standing.
9 SIGILLVM . . R .
6562. [i2th cent] White or cream-coloured: injured
and detached from an original charter, [xxxvi. 53.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk of mail, coif, conical helmet
and nasal, sword, convex shield with central spike and star-
like ornament. Horse galloping.
SIGILLV . . 1 .
EQUESTRIAN. 3/3
6563. [i2th cent] Light-brown or uncoloured : very
imperfect, only the centre remaining. About !- in. when
perfect, [xxxix. 74.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif of mail, conical
helmet and nasal, sword, long pointed shield with central
spike and ornamental border.
Legend wanting.
6564. [i2th cent] Gutta percha impression from a matrix
belonging to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 2-f in.
[xlvii. 994.]
To the r. In armour : hauberk and coif of mail, surcoat,
conical helmet and nasal, sword, convex bordered shield with
central spike. Horse galloping, with ornamental breast-band.
3IGILL BEHCDICVMA3 DCI VI/1I/1A FIIK
Beaded borders.
H. Laing's Suppl, Catal., No. 1 293.
6565. [i2th cent.] Uncoloured, varnished dark -brown:
only a fragment of the centre. About i|- in. when perfect,
[xxxv. 19 D.]
To the r. In armour : long pointed convex shield. Horse
galloping.
Legend wanting.
FIGURES OF NOBLE AND
OTHER LADIES.
Aewis, Comitissa Albama[ra], \dau. of Earl WILLIAM.]
6566. [Early temp. Joh.] Green : fine originally, now
very imperfect and injured. About 2f X 2 in., when perfect.
[Add. ch. 20,559.]
0. Pointed oval. To the r. Standing, wearing a long
transparent dress closely fitting.
Legend wanting.
R. A small round counterseal. if in. An early-shaped
shield of arms : gyronny of fourteen (?), an escutcheon.
* 3' . . A6WIDIS COMIT ACLBJAMA
The letters MA in Albama conjoined.
Hawis de fort, [wife of HELIAS DE ALBENIACO,*
of Saxilby, co. Line]
6567. \circ. A.D. 1150-1182.] White, varnished: edge
imperfect ; app. by plaited threads. 2 X if in. when perfect.
[Harl. ch. 45 B. 27.]
Pointed oval. To the 1. standing, wearing a long dress,
with maunches.at the wrists, in the r. h. a fleur-de-lis.
9 SIGILLVM : HAW . . . . D FORT.
6568. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 212.]
Matildis de Albervilla, [or Auberville, of Sandwich,
co. Kent.]
6569. [Early I3th cent] Mottled - green : fine, edge
chipped ; app. by a woven cord of faded bobbin. 2\ X ! in.
[Harl. ch. 45 E. 33.]
Pointed oval. To the 1. standing, with long dress, and a
maunch at each wrist, on the r. wrist a hawk. The field
diapered with very elegant scroll-work of foliage and flowers.
B SIGILLVM . MATILDIS : D : ALB6RVILLA.
The S's reversed.
6570. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 217.]
* Burke, Extinct Peerage, 1866, p. 160, places the death of Helias de
Albeniaco in 1305.
FIGURES OF NOBLE AND OTHER LADIES. 375
Ysabella de Albigniaco, [wife of Baron ROBERT DE Ros,
of Cotes, co. Bedf.~\
6571. [Temp. Edw. L] Dark-green : somewhat indistinct,
i^. x I in. [Harl. ch. 45 B. 30.]
Pointed oval. To the r. Standing, wearing a fur cloak and
head-dress, in her 1. h. a falcon with long jesses.
ft S' YSAB6LL6 D6 ALBIGNIACO.
6572. Sulph. cast. [D.C., E. 290.]
Ela de Audeleg, [or Alditheleya, datt. of WILLIAM
LONGESPEE ii., widow of JAMES DE ALDITHELEYA,
of Wretckwick, co. Oxon^\
6573. [A.D. 1274.] Light-brown : fine. if X I in. [Add.
ch. 10,619.]
Pointed oval. To the r. Standing on a small dog, wearing
a long cloak and head-dress, in each hand a shield of arms : r.
indistinct, perhaps six mascles, three, two, and one ; 1. fretty.
In the field on each side a wavy branch of foliage.
# SIGILLVM 6L6 D6 AVD6L6G'.
Issabella, [widow of JAMES] de Appelbi, [Miles, and
wife of WILLIAM LE BRET, of Appleby, co. Leic.]
6574. [A.D. 1290.] Mottled-green: fine. i-i-Xiin. [Harl.
ch. 47 B. 24.]
Pointed oval. Standing on a carved corbel, with cloak and
head-dress, a falcon on her r. wrist. In the field on each side
a shield of arms : r. three garbs ; 1. barry of six.
S' ISSAB6LU D : APPLBI.
The letters AP conjoined.
6575. Sulph. cast. [D.C., E. 289.]
Johanna, [dau. of JOHN] atte Berne, [of Sutkamyngfeld,
co. Ess^\
6576. [A.D. 1335.] Green : a fragment. About 2 x I in.
when perfect. [Harl. ch. 76 C. 14.]
Pointed oval. Standing on a carved corbel. In the field
some roses.
. oe B .
Johanna, [wife of WILLIAM] Aumbesas, [of Carshalton,
co. Surr.]
6577. [A.D. 1307.] Green : fine, edge chipped. The field
of the seal raised. About if x if in. when perfect. [Add.-
ch. 23,355.]
Pointed oval. To the 1. Standing, with a small dog or
3/6 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
bracket at her feet, in the r. hand a shield of arms : three
dice, two and one, AlJMBESAS.
... GIL AVMBGSA . .
Beaded borders.
6578. [A.D. 1319.] Green: fine, edge chipped. [Add.
ch. 23,365.]
SIGIL . . HANN6 SS AVMB6SAS.
Ela Basset, [dau. of WILLIAM LONGESPEE i.],
Countess of Warwick, [widow of THOS. DE NEWBURGH,
Earl of Warwick, and wife of PHILIP BASSET, of Hedendon,
ob. A.D. 1297.]
6579. [post A.D. 1242.] Plaster casts from fine impression.
3 x i^- in. [Ixxviii. 19, 20.]
0. Pointed oval. In flat cap, tightly-fitting dress, mantle.
In the 1. h. a shield of arms. Standing on a carved corbel
or platform, beneath an elaborately carved canopy like a
cathedral church, with central tower and transept. Arms :
six lioncels, three, two, and one, for her father WILLIAM
LONGESPEE, Earl of Salisbury. On the 1., in the field, a
similar shield of arms : chequy, a chevron erm., WARWICK.
# S' L BASS6T COMITISS6 WAR6WYKIG.
1. Pointed oval counterseal, same size. Within a circular
panel, with quatrefoil opening and trefoils in the spandrils,
a shield of arms : three bars wavy, BASSET. In the field two
lioncels rampant, derived from her paternal arms (see obv.\
one above, one below the panel.
SIGILLVM : 6LG : BASSET : COMITISS6 : WAR6VYKI6.
Beaded borders.
W. L. Bowles, Annals of Lacock Abbey, 1835, pi. iii., p. 162.
Another Seal.
6580. Pale-green: fine, fragmentary. About 2 x i^ m -
when perfect. [Harl. ch. 54 D. 15.]
Pointed oval. In dress and cloak, betw. two shields of arms.
Standing. Arms : r. three bars wavy, BASSET ; 1. wanting.
Legend wanting.
See Hoare, Wilts, Old and New Sarum, p. 40.
Eustachius [Eustachia] Basset, \wife of RICHARD DE
CAMPVILLA, of Bicester, co. Oxon.]
6581. [Temp. Joh.] Greenish-yellow, mottled: fine, im-
perfect. With mark of the handle. 2 X i^ in. [Add.
ch. 10,594.]
Pointed oval. To the 1. Standing, wearing a long dress,
in the r. h. a fleur-de-lis.
E SIGILLVM 6VSTACHIVS (fc) BASSGT.
The s's are reversed.
FIGURES OF NOBLE AND OTHER LADIES. 377
6582. [circ. A.D. 1205-1215.] Dark-green : chipped. [Add.
ch. 1 0,60 1.]
6583. [circ. A.D. 1 200.] Green : cracked and indistinct.
[Add. ch. 10,605.]
6584. [A.D. 1205-1215.] Mottled-green: imperfect and
indistinct. [Add. ch. 10,607.]
Johanna Basset.
6585. [ 1 3th cent.] Plaster cast from impression, i^-xf in.
[Ixxviii. 21.]
Pointed oval. Standing on a corbel, with flat cap, girdled
dress and cloak, a hawk on the r. wrist.
SeCRGTVM TGGO IOHANNG.
Beaded borders.
Margaret Basset, Widow, \pf Qtwrndon, co. Leic.}
6586. [Temp. Hen. III. or Edw. I.] Light-brown : chipped,
li X i in. [Cott. ch. xxiii. 2.]
Pointed oval. Standing on a carved corbel, with cloak and
long head-dress, in each hand a shield of arms : r. indistinct ;
1. a bend and chief.
I S1IGILLVM SeCRGTI.
6587. Sulph. cast. [D.E., E. 288.]
Isabella, [widow of WARIN] de Bassingburne,
\pf Brettenham, cos. Norf. and Camdr.]
6588. [Temp. Edw. I.] Light - brown, mottled : fine,
i-i- X | in. [Add. ch. 22,566.]
Pointed oval. To the r. Standing on a carved corbel,
with long dress and head-dress, on the r. wrist a hawk, in the
1., over her arm, by the strap a shield of arms : gyronny of
eight, BASSINGBOURNE.
* 8' ISABLL DG BASSINGBVRNG.
Alexandria fit, Radulphi Bernard!, [of Hundington or
Honington, co. Line.}
6589. [i2th cent] Red: chipped, with mark of the
handle. 24 X i\ in. [Egert. ch. 428.]
Pointed oval. Standing, with long dress and maunches,
lifting up the hands. Her hair long.
& SIGILLVM ALEXANDRIE FILIE RADVLFI BERNARDI.
6590. [circ. A.D. 1172.] Green, varnished: chipped.
[Egert. ch. 434.]
Agatha La Bernarde, [widow of Sir RALPH LE
FITZ BERNARD.]
6591. Red : fine originally, now chipped and imperfect,
if X 1 1 in. [Add. ch. 19,989.]
Pointed oval. In long flowing dress charged with cross-
3/8 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
lets, fur cloak, flat head-dress with hanging folds, in each
hand a shield of arms. Standing on a carved corbel. Arms :
r. vair6 on a chief two mullets, FlTZ-BERNARD ; 1. a cross
chequy, DE LA LEE ? In the field on each side a fleur-de-lis.
S' . . . ATH6 LA # B RD6.
Beaded borders.
Matilda Bigol, Countess of Norfolk and Warren ;
[daughter of WILLIAM MARESCHAL, Earl of Pembroke, and
widow of HUGH BlGOT, Earl of Norfolk ; wife of WILLIAM
DE WARREN, Count of Warren and Earl of Surrey^
6592. [A.D. 1241-1245.] Pale greenish-white : only fine
fragment of the centre part. About 2-|- X if in. when perfect.
[Harl. ch. 46 D. 41.]
0. Pointed oval. Standing, wearing a long dress and cloak,
betw. two elegantly designed scrolls of foliage.
Legend wanting.
R. A shield of arms : chequy, WARREN. Remainder of
the design and legend wanting.
Cf. Harl. ch. 46 D. 38.
Ysabela [fit. WALTERI] de Bolebec, [wife of
ALBERIC DE VER, of Wavenden, co. Buckl\
6593. [Temp. Joh.] Yellowish - brown, varnished : edge
chipped, i -I- X i-J- in. [Add. ch. 6026.]
Pointed oval. Standing, with a long dress, in the r. h. a
wavy branch.
$ SIJGILU YSAB6LG D BOLeBGCC.]
Cf. Harl. ch. 57 C. 3.
Constance, [dau, of Count CONAN,] Duchess of Brittany,
Countess of Richmond.
6594. [A.D. 1190-1198.] Pale greenish - white : points
broken and edge chipped ; originally fine. About 3^ X 2^ in.
when perfect. [Cott. ch. xi. 45.]
Pointed oval. To the r. Standing, with tightly-fitting
dress, long fur-lined cloak fastened at the throat, in the r. h.
a lily-flower, on the 1. h. a hawk with long jesses.
CJONSTANCIA DVCIS
The N's reversed.
6595. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 214.]
Eva de Broc.
6596. [Late I2th cent] Plaster cast from fine but chipped
impression. 2 X i| in. [Ixxviii. 48.]
Pointed oval. To the r., with girdled dress and mantle, on
the 1. wrist a large falcon.
& siGiLL' eve [Die BROC.
FIGURES OF NOBLE AND OTHER LADIES. 379
Ysabella de Brus, \dau. of Earl DAVID.]
6597. [Early I3th cent] Dark - green, mottled: fine,
li X if in. [Add. ch. 28,479.]
Pointed oval. Standing on an elegantly carved corbel,
with long dress, cloak, and head-dress, in the r. h. a fleur-
de-lis, the 1. h. on the breast. In the field on each side a
wavy sprig of foliage.
B SIGILLVM : YSABLL : D : BRVS :
Beaded borders.
See Laing's Suppl., No. 145, where an engraving is given, but the
description is erroneous. Cf. xlvii. 1197.
Cecilia, \dau. of SABELINA, and wife ? of} Laurencius
Bucuinte, [of Southwark, co. Surr.}
6598. [i3th cent.] Green: edge chipped; app. by a
woven cord of faded stuff. About 3 X i-|- in. when perfect.
[Harl. ch. 50 B. 33.]
Pointed oval. To the r. Standing, with tightly - fitting
dress, long maunches, head-dress, in the r. h. a fleur-de-lis on
a stem, the 1. h. resting on the hip.
SIGILLVM CECILIE . . RENCII BVCVINTE.
Anastasia de Burgate.
6599. [i3th cent.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
l^ X in. [Ixxviii. 54.]
Pointed oval. Standing, with flat-cap and long dress, short
sleeves, on the 1. wrist a falcon by the jesses.
S' : ANASTASI6 D' BVRGAT'.
Burgesia, sister of Walter Burre.
6600. [i2th cent] Plaster cast from chipped impression.
2f X i-g- in. [Ixxix. 63.]
Oval. Standing full-face, with pleated petticoat, in the 1. h.
a fleur-de-lis on a long stem.
ft SIGCIJLLVM BVR 816 . . I BVRRG.
Margaret, dau. of WILLIAM, king of Scotland ;
[Countess of Kent, widow of HUBERT DE BURGH,
Earl of Kent.}
6601. \circ. A.D. 1250.] Creamy - white : cracked and
imperfect. Originally fine. About 2-i- x i-^ in. when perfect.
App. by a plaited cord of red silk strands. [Harl. ch. 43 B. 7.]
Pointed oval. Standing on a carved corbel, with long
dress and cloak, in the 1. h. a hawk.
. FILI .
380 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Sibilla de Calna, [or Caune, of Burnham, co. Ess.]
6602. [Temp. Hen. III.] Creamy-white: fine, with mark
of the handle, if X I in. [Harl. ch. 47 H. 37.]
Pointed oval. Standing on a carved corbel, with tight
dress and cloak, on the r. h. a lily flower, the 1. h. on the
SIGLL' SIBILL6 : D6 CALNA.
The N reversed.
6603. Dark-green : fine. [Harl. ch. 52 C. 48.]
6604. Sulph. cast. [D.C., E. 287.]
Miramonda de Calnby, [seal used by ALICE DE LANGELE,
widow, of co, Oxon^\
6605. \circ. A.D. 1275.] Red : chipped, indistinct in places.
i-i- in. [Add. ch. 10,606.]
Within a carved gothic quatrefoil. Standing, with long
dress and head-dress, holding in front a shield of arms : a
fess betw. three indistinct charges. In the field, on each side
a shield of arms : r. on a cross some indistinct charges ; 1.
three escallops, two and one.
$ S' MIRAMONDA D6 CALNBY.
Alicia Capra.
6606. [i2th cent] Plaster cast from fine but imperfect
impression. 2f X i-f- in. [Ixxviii. 61.]
Pointed oval. To the r. In a tightly-fitting dress, with
long maundies, conical head-dress. Standing on a small
goat to the r., in allusion to the surname.
S SIGILLVM : ALICIE : CAPRE.
Matillis de Chauz, [of cos. Line, and Notf.]
6607. [i3th cent] Yellowish - brown : very fine, with
marks of the handle, i^ X -f- in. [Harl. ch. 112 G. 53.]
Pointed oval. To the r. In tightly-fitting dress, standing,
in the 1. h. by the jesses a small hawk.
# SIGILLVM MATILLIDIS D6 CHAVZ.
The legend on a raised or bevelled rim.
Matillis, Countess of Chester, [wife of RANDLE
DE GERNONS, Earl of Chester, A.D. 1128, daughter of
ROBERT THE CONSUL, Earl of Gloucester^
6608. [Mid. I2th cent] Creamy-white, with dark-brown
varnish : very imperfect and indistinct. About 2^ X if in.
when perfect [Stowe Collection : Repingdon charter, 2.]
Pointed oval. In tight-fitting dress and a long maunch,
standing.
Legend wanting.
FIGURES OF NOBLE AND OTHER LADIES. 381
Bertrea [or Brettya], Countess of Chester, [wife of HUGH
KEVELIOC, ^rd Earl, ob. A.D. 1181, dati. of SlMON,
Count of Evereux^\
6609. [End of I2th cent] Plaster cast from indistinct
impression. 2f X i-f- in. [Ixxix. 74.]
Pointed oval. Full-face, tightly-fitting dress with long
maunches at the wrists, standing.
ft SIGILL' BGRTRee COMITISSG CGSTRI6.
Matillis de Chissindone, [widow of ROBERT
DE CHISSENDUNE, of Beddington, co. Surr.}
6610. [post A.D. 1228.] Brownish-green: fine, fragment
only. About i-jj- X I in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 23,021.]
Pointed oval. To the r. Tightly-fitting dress and long
cloak, in the 1. h. a hawk. Standing.
S' M SINDONG.
The N's are reversed.
Lucia de Cbokefeld, [or Cockefeld, of Charwelton,
co. Northampton.]
6611. \circ. A.D. 1200-1208.] Dark-green : fine. 2 X l-j- in.
[Harl. ch. 85 B. 17.]
Pointed oval. To the 1. Tightly-fitting dress, long head-
dress, in the r. h. a lily flower or fleur-de-lis. Standing.
9 SIGILL' . LVCIG D CHOKF6LD'.
6612. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 215.]
6613. [Early i3th cent] Discoloured - yellow : edge
chipped. [Harl. ch. 85 B. 18.]
Matillis, Countess of Clare, [dau. of JAMES DE ST. HILLARY,
and wife of ROGER DE CLARE, $rd Earl of Hereford.}
6614. [A.D. 1170-1174.] Pale brownish-green, varnished
red : very imperfect. About 2-| X ! in. when perfect [Add.
ch. 21,703.]
Oval. To the 1., and her attendant to the r., standing. The
attendant is handing to the countess a hawk with jesses on
a staff.
. ILLVM COMI .
Ploria de Cleford, [or de Prestone, widow of ROGER
FOLIOT, of Thornborough, co. Buck]
6615. [A.D. 1282.] Dark-green: fair, well preserved.
[Harl. ch. 86 C. 7.]
Pointed oval. In long dress, head-dress, holding before her
an uncertain object. Standing on a corbel.
& S' FLORI6 D6 CLGFORD.
Cf. Harl. ch. 86 C. 6, A.D. 1282.
382 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Cecilia, uxor Radulfi Cofinel.
6616. [i2th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression,
chipped at points. i|- X I in. [Ixxviii. 71.]
Pointed oval. To the 1. In tightly-fitting dress. Standing
on a corbel or pedestal.
[<& S'] CCIL' VXORI[S R1ADVL' COFINEL.
The OR in vxoris conjoined ; the N reversed.
Elizabeth [wife of SIR HUGH] de Coleworth,
[of Horndon-on-the-Hill, co. Essex.]
6617. [Temp. Hen. III. or Edw. I.] Dark-green : fine.
2 X li in. [Add. ch. 19,976.]
Pointed oval. In long dress, fur cloak, flat head-dress, in
the r. hand a shield of arms : vaire, a bend. Cf. the arms of
COLTWORT (vaire). On the 1. h. a hawk with bells and
jesses. Standing on a carved corbel. In the field, on each
side, a wavy branch of flowers.
$ S' 6LIZAB6TH D6 COL6WORTHG.
Beaded borders.
6618. [Temp. Hen. III.] Brownish-green: upper point
broken off. [Harl. ch. 48 G. 25.]
6619. [Temp. Hen. III.] Light-brown, semi-opaque: fine,
upper point broken off. [Harl. ch. 48 G. 26.]
6620. Sulph. cast. [D.C., E. 279.]
Johanna de CoruhiU' (? Cornhill.)
6621. [Early I3th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression,
points slightly chipped. i X i. [Ixxviii. 74.]
Pointed oval. To the r. In tightly-fitting dress, flat head-
dress, long mantle, a falcon on the 1. wrist. Standing on a
cushion.
$ SIGILLVM IOHANNG : DG CORVHILL'.
Beaded borders.
Petronilla [de] Crou[n.]
6622. [ob. 46 Hen. III.] Plaster cast from fine but imper-
fect impression. [Ixxix. 33.]
Pointed oval. In dress of heraldic bearings : lozengy,
CROUN, flat head-dress, and mantle, in the r. h. a shield of
arms : three crescents, LONGCHAMPE. Standing on a carved
corbel.
. . . LLVM : P6TROENI]LL6 . . CROV . .
Petronilla de Creoun was dau. of Guy, Baron Creon, and married
(i) Henry de Mora, (2) Oliver Vaux, (3) William de Longchamp. She
died in 46 Hen. III. (Nichols, Hist, of Leic., vol. ii., p. 28.)
FIGURES OF NOBLE AND OTHER LADIES. 383
A lady's seal used by
Thomas Cursoun, [cf Byntre, co. Norfolk^
6623. [A.D. 1370.] Brownish-green : edge chipped, cracked,
-f- in. [Harl. ch. 58 C. 5.]
To the r. Standing within a carved and pointed gothic
quatrefoil, holding out her arms to a small hound or bracket,
leaping up to her. In the field three small quatrefoil " flowers
of love."
& VN BRACHT OV MOVN QV6R GST.
The N'S are reversed.
6624. [A.D. 1370.] Brownish-green: chipped and indis-
tinct in places. [Harl. ch. 58 C. 6.]
? Matildis Donet, or Ronet, [wife of JOHN WINCHESTER.]
6625. [A.D. 1313.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
if X | in. [Ixxxi. 52.]
Pointed oval. Full-face. In long dress, fur-lined cloak,
low pointed head-dress, in each hand a shield of arms.
Standing on a corbel. Arms : r. a lion rampant ; 1., chequy,
on a chief two estoiles.
S' MATILDIS DONT or RON6T. (?)
Letia, \dau. of PETER] de Edisfeld, (son of WILLIAM, son of
PETER DE EDISFELD), [of Ridlington, co. Norf.]
6626. [Early I3th cent] Green, mottled : fine, imperfect,
chipped at the top. About 2f X i^ in. when perfect. [Harl.
ch. 49 G. 21.]
Pointed oval. To the r. In tight-fitting dress, holding,
with both hands before her, an indistinct object. Standing.
In the field, on each side, an estoile of eight points.
. . . IG . . . M : LeCIG : D6 : G6S ....
Beaded borders.
A lady's seal tised by
Thomas Elyngham, Esq., [of Weldon, co. Nortkt.]
6627. [A.D. 1454.] Red : from a ring. -^ i n . [Add. ch.
808.]
To the 1. With peculiar mitre-shaped head-dress, in each
hand, a branch of three quatrefoil " flowers of love." Stand-
ing. In the field a motto :
LA ... I R .... A D ... S (?)
Johanna, [widow of SIR JOHN] Engayne, [of Blatterwick,
co. Nort/it.}
6628. [i3th cent.] Green: fine, imperfect. About
1 3. x I-L in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 21,545.]
Pointed oval. In tightly-fitting dress, cloak, flat head-dress,
384 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
in the 1. h. a shield of arms. Standing on a corbel. Arms :
eight martlets, four, three, and one : the corresponding shield
or other object in the r. h. is wanting.
SIGILL' IOHANNG
Beaded borders.
Emma de Etuna, [wife of REGINALD HARANG.]
6629. [Temp. Hen. II.] Plaster cast from fine but chipped
impression. 24- x if in. [Ixxix. 34.]
In girdled dress, long mantle, in the r. h. a fleur-de-lis on a
long stem, on the 1. h. a falcon by the jesses. Standing.
Hf S]IGI[L]I_VM : 6MC06 : DG ETVNtAL
Johanna Ferrers P
6630. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression,
i -I X i in. [B.C., F. 6 1 6.]
Pointed oval. In tightly-fitting dress, cloak, flat head-
dress, in each hand by the strap a shield of arms. Standing
on a carved corbel. Arms : r. a cross moline ; 1. vaire, a
bordure charged with nine horseshoes.
S^ 8 SIGILLYM * IOHANN6 &
Beaded borders.
Margreta, [fil. YSABEL,] fil. Alulfi [DE MERCH, wife of
ROGER DE BRAY, of Wkitfield, co, Northt.~\
6631. [Early I3th cent] Creamy-white, with a yellow
varnish: edge chipped. 3X if in. [Harl. ch. 84 I. 22.]
Pointed oval. Standing, with long tightly-fitting dress
having long maunches, in each hand an ornamental fleur-
de-lis.
Si HOC K SIGILLVM MARGR6TG FIL . . . . I.
The use of the sign for est is remarkable in the legend.
6632. Sulph. cast. [B.C., B. 213.]
Avicia, fil. Herbert!, [widow of ROBERT BLUND,
of Southwark, co. Stirr.]
6633. [Early I3th cent.] Brown : fine, with mark of
handle, if X I in. [Harl. ch. 83 B. 30.]
Pointed oval. To the 1. In long dress, cloak, in the r. h.
a fleur-de-lis. Standing.
# SIGILL' AVICI6 FILI6 H6RB6RTI.
6634. Sulph. cast [B.C., E. 286.]
Maria fil. Laurencii [ROTOMAGENSIS, of Southwark,
co. Surr.]
6635. [i2th cent] Green, mottled: fine, edge chipped.
2i X i-i- in. [Cott ch. v. II.]
FIGURES OF NOBLE AND OTHER LADIES. 385
Pointed oval. To the r. In tightly-fitting dress with
maunch on the 1. wrist, fibula at neck, necklace, long riband
from the back of the head or neck (perhaps the hair), in the 1. h.
an ornamental fleur-de-lis, the r. h. on the hip. Standing.
. . IGILL' MARIE ... LIE LAVRENCI . . .
6636. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 210.]
Liece, fit. Radulfi [ROTOMAGENSIS, dau. of
RALPH OF ROUEN and of MARIA, dau. of
LAWRENCE OF ROUEN,* of Southwark, co. Surr.~\
6637. [ 1 2th cent] Dark-green: fine, edge chipped. About
2-i- X if in. [Harl. ch. 50 B. 23.]
Pointed oval. To the r. In tightly-fitting dress, with
ornamental maunches, long riband plaited from the back of
the head (perhaps the hair) tied in three tails at the end, in
the 1. h. an ornamental fleur-de-lis. Standing.
. . GILLVM LIECE .... LIE RADVLFI.
6638. Plaster cast. [Ixxxi. 38.]
6639. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 209.]
Cristina, fit. Roger! de ... ail (?)
6640. [Late I2th cent] Sulph. cast from good impression,
indistinct in places. i-f- x i^- in. [D.C., D. 216.]
Pointed oval. In tightly-fitting dress, girdled at the waist,
in the r. h. an ornamental fleur-de-lis or lily flower, in the 1. h.
a hawk with long jesses. Standing.
SIGILL' CRISTINE FIL' ROLG6JRI D' IL'. (?)
The NE in Christine conjoined.
6641. Plaster cast [Ixxxi. 21.] !
SIGILL 1 CRISTINE FIL' ROG D' AIL'. (?)
Emma, fit. Rogeri.
6642. [i3th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression,
chipped at points. i-|- X I in. [Ixxix. 15.]
Pointed oval. To the r. In dress, mantle, long hair, in the
r. h. a fleur-de-lis. Standing.
9 SIGILL' 6MM6 FILIG ROG6RI.
Mahaut de [Luv]etot, [or Matildis, dau. of
WILLIAM DE LUVETOT, widow of GERARD DE FURNIVAL,
2nd Baron, of Grasstkorp, co. Nott^\
6643. \_circ. A.D. 1254-1268.] Green: fine, sharp, edge
chipped ; app. by a woven cord of red silk. About 2^ X if in.
[Harl. ch. 112 I. 55.]
Pointed oval. To the r. In tightly-fitting dress, brooch at
* See previous seal.
VOL. II. 2 C
CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
the throat, girdle, mantle of fur, flat head-dress, in her 1. h. a
lily flower. Standing on a platform.
# SIGILLVM i MAHAVT 5 D6 i . . ETOT FILI6 WILLMI.
Johanna Gacelin.
(A doubtful seal.}
6644. [i$th cent.] Plaster cast from somewhat indistinct
impression, if X % in. [Ixxviii. 57.]
Pointed oval. In girdled dress, long cloak, head-dress, in
the 1. h. a shield of arms ; indistinct. Standing on a corbel.
In the field on each side a wavy branch in flower.
ft S' lOHANNG GAC6LIN.
Rohais, uxor Gilleberti de Gant, [Earl of Lincoln ;
dau. of WILLIAM DE ROMARA, Earl of Lincoln^
6645. [A.D. 1149-1156.] Red: fine, well preserved.
2-f- X i in. [Harl. ch. 50 F. 32.]
Pointed oval. In long dress with ornamental pattern on
it, in the r. h. a lily, in the 1. h. a fleur-de-lis. Standing. In
the field on the r. a waved sprig, on the 1. a quatrefoil.
tt SIGILL .... HAIS VXORIS GILL6BER E GANT.
The letters OR in uxoris, and NT in Gant conjoined.
6646. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 207.]
Sibilla, [widow of HUGH] Gargate \al SIBILLA DE
KAUERSFELD, of Stratton Atidley, co. OxonJ]
6647. [A.D. 1226-1232.] Dark - green, mottled: fine,
chipped at top. i X il in. [Add. ch. 10,608.]
Pointed oval. In long dress, cloak, flat head-dress, in the
r. h. a lily flower, the 1. h. on the breast. Standing on a
carved corbel.
Si SIGILLVM SIBILL6 GARGATG.
Mabilia de Gattona.
6648. [i3th cent.] Light brownish-green: fine, edge
chipped. 2 in. [xxxvi. 218.]
To the 1. In long dress, head-dress, a hawk on the 1. hand.
Riding sideways.* Horse with ornamental breast-band and
fringed saddle.
B SIGILLV . . MABILI : DG : GATTONA.
Matildis, uxor Godefridi.
6649. [Temp. Hen. III.] Dark-green: fine, upper point
chipped. 1 1 X I in. [xxxv. 295.]
* See Egert. MS. 1994, f. 164, b, for introduction of the side-saddle by
Anne of Bohemia in 1382.
FIGURES OF NOBLE AND OTHER LADIES. 387
Pointed oval. To the r. In the 1. h. a fleur-de-lis.
Standing.
S' MATILDIS WX GOD6CF'.]
6650. Plaster cast. [Ixxxix. 24.]
Isolda de Grai, [wife of REGINALD DE MENDRY,
of Calver, co. Derb^\
6651. [A.D. 1239.] Creamy- white : imperfect, indistinct.
About 1 1- x 1-^- in. when perfect [Lansd. ch. 584.]
Pointed oval. In tightly-fitting dress, flat head-dress,
in the r. h. a lily flower. Standing.
. D6 GRAI.
Alicia, uxor Willelmi Grandorge.
6652. [A.D. 1218.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
l-i- X i in. [Ixxix. 25.]
Pointed oval. To the 1. With long queue of hair, in the
r. h. a branch of foliage. Standing.
3IGILU ALICI6 VXORI3 WILL'I GRAMDORGG.
The s's and N reversed ; the letters DOR in the last word
conjoined.
Paulina, [widow of JOHANNES DE GRAS, Miles, of Stanford
Rivers, co. Essex.'}
6653. [A.D. 1348.] Green: faded, i^- x -H- in. [Add. ch,
19,986.]
Oval. In long dress, fur cloak, in the r. h. a hawk, in the
1. h. a lure. Standing on a corbel. In the field the initials of
the lady, P. M., and two wavy sprigs each with as many roses.
S' AMORIS * DVLCGDIN6 * w
6654. [A.D. 1348.] Green: faded. [Add. ch. 19,987.]
Hadewisa Gumin.
6655. [Early I2th cent] Plaster cast from chipped and
indistinct impression. 3 X l-|-in. [Ixxix. 31.]
Pointed oval. Full-length. In tightly-fitting dress, long
maunches, on the 1. wrist a falcon drinking from a saucer (?).
Standing.
Legend indistinct
[V]NDA . . VS . . W . . 6VA .
Elizabeth, Dame de Gunstorp P [wife of W. GUNSTORP.]
6656. [A.D. 1342.] Plaster cast from fine impression, in-
distinct in places. |- X f in. [Ixxix. 29.]
Oval. Full-face, within a carved border. In dress, head-
dress, mantle, betw. two shields of arms set upon the carving.
2 c 2
388 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Standing. Arms : r. a stag lodged, on a chief two buckles :
1. four fusils in fess within a bordure engrailed, NEVILLE ?
S' eUZABGT DA"G DG G . . STOR .
Sibilla de Gurnai, [of co. Somers.]
6657. [i3th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression.
l-f X I- in. [Ixxix. 32.]
Pointed pval. To the r. In flat head-dress, girdled dress,
long mantle, on the 1. wrist a falcon, by the jesses. Standing
on a carved corbel.
& SIGILL' SIBILL6 : D' : GVRNAI :
Beaded borders.
Collectanea Archaologica, vol. ii., p. 210.
Matildis, [widow of D. WILL.] de Hardredeshilla, [Miles,
of Westleton, co. SuffJ]
6658. [Temp. Edw. I.] Brown : imperfect. [Harl. ch. 83 F.
12.]
Pointed oval. [At her feet a small dog, statant,] another in
her arms. Standing.
Kl : M R[CIT : SGIT = B61NGIT.
Gundrea L'Hausard, [of Cater/tarn, co. Surr.]
6659. [i3th cent] Creamy-white : fine, cracked, chipped.
I-i- X I in. [Add. ch. 20,037.]
Pointed oval. In long dress, cloak, flat head-dress, in the
1. h. a hawk, the r. h. on the breast. Standing on a corbel.
SIGILL GVNDR6G L'HAVSARD.
The letters ND in Gundree conjoined.
Idonia, fit. Ricardi . . He . . nest . . [wife of HENRY DE
COCHE, of London.']
6660. [A.D. 1243.] Dark-green: imperfect and indistinct
About H X i in. [Harl. ch. 48 F. 27.]
Pointed oval. To the 1. In the 1. h. a flower, the r. h. on
the breast. Standing.
NIG FIL' RICtAlRDI H NST . .
6661. Sulph. cast [B.C., E. 280.]
Idonia de Herst, [Lady of Promhill, co. Kent.]
6662. [Late I2th cent] Pale, semi-opaque brown: fine,
edge chipped. 24 X if- in. [L. F. C. xxv. 20.]
Pointed oval. In long tightly-fitting dress, long maunches,
heart-shaped brooch, in the r. h. a lily flower or double fleur-
de-lis, on the 1. h. a hawk with long jesses. Standing.
^SIGILLVM IDONIE D H6RST.
FIGURES OF NOBLE AND OTHER LADIES. 389
Matildis de Hohtune, \dau. of PAGAN DE HOHTUN, wife of
ROB. GRIMBALD, of Houghton, co. Northt]
6663. \circ. A.D. 1170.] Creamy-white : the points broken
off; app. by a plaited cord of woven bobbins diapered of
several colours. About 2f X If in. [Harl. ch. 86 C. 40.]
Pointed oval. In tightly-fitting dress, long maunches, hair
or head-dress, on the r. h. a hawk, in the 1. h. a fleur-de-lis or
lily flower. Standing.
SIGILLVM MA DE HOHTVNE.
6664. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 218.]
Another Seal.
6665. [Late Hen. II.] Pale brownish-white with dark-
brown varnish : very imperfect. About 2^- X i^- in. when
perfect. [Add. ch. 6025.]
Pointed oval. In long dress, cloak. Standing.
GILL' DIS FILI6
Cf. Harl. ch. 84 D. i (arc. A.D. 1150-1160) ; 86 C. 41.
Matilda de Hosdeng, \dau. of CRISTINA, of Ham, co. Ess.]
6666. [ 1 2th- 1 3th cent] Light-green: imperfect and indis-
tinct ; app. by a thick piece of leather. [Harl. ch. 51 G. 41.]
Pointed oval. To the r. In tightly-fitting dress, and long
maunches, on the 1. h. a hawk. Standing.
SIGILLVM MA DN .
Arnica, fit. Hugonis de Huesd'n.
6667. [i3th cent] Plaster cast from chipped impression.
If X i in. [Ixxix. 43.]
Pointed oval. To the 1. In tightly-fitting dress, in the r. h.
a flower on a long stalk. Standing.
SIG1LL' AMICE FIL' HVG : D'HVGSD'N.
Sibilla de Ikelesham, [of Icklesham, co. Suss.}
6668. [Temp. Edw. I.] Dark-green : indistinct in parts.
if X i-g- in. [Add. ch. 20,093.]
Pointed oval. In long dress, cloak, head-dress, in the 1. h.
a fleur-de-lis. Standing on a corbel. In the field on the 1. a
word, eVA ( ?)
* SIGILL' : SIBILL6 : DG : IKGL6SHAM.
Petronella de Kemesek, [wife of EDMUND DE KEMESEK ;
dau. and coheir of HUGH DE POLESTED, of co. Norf.]
6669. [Temp. Edw. I.] Red : fine, edge slightly chipped,
i-t- X f in. [xxxv. 277.]
Pointed oval. In long dress, fur cloak, head-dress, in each
3QO CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
hand a shield of arms : r. fretty, POLSTODD ; 1. a chief
indented, K.EMESEK. (Cf. per fess indented, KEMELICKE.)
Standing on a dog or lion couchant to the 1. In the field on
each side a wyvern sans wings.
S' PGTRON6LL6 D KM6SeK.
Cf. Blomefield, Hist, of Norfolk, vol. vii., p. 33.
Hawisia, Domina de KEVEOLOC, co. Merioneth, (f) \dau. of
OWEN DE LA POLE, wife of Sir JOHN CHARLTON,
of Powysl\
6670. [Early I4th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression.
i-z. x I j- in. [Ixxix. 73.]
Pointed oval. Full-face, on a corbel, flat head-dress with
hair in a network, wimple, girdled dress, long cloak, standing ;
round the neck a necklet with pendent jewel, in each hand a
shield of arms : r. a lion rampant ; 1. two lions passant in pale.
# S' HAWISI6 DN DE KVOLOC.
Beaded borders.
6671. Another, very fine. [Ixxix. 73 B.]
Aliscia de Langgelee.
6672. [l3th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression.
1 3. x in. [Ixxix. 86.]
Pointed oval. Full-face, in long dress. In the r. h. a
shield of arms held by a strap : a bar or fess, in chief a label.
On the 1. h. a falcon. Standing on a corbel.
8 SIGILLVM ALI3CI6 D' LANGGGLeE.
Alesya de Lascy, [or Aleis de Lasci, widow of
EDMUND DE LASCI, 2nd Earl of Lincoln ;
dau. of the Marquis DE SALUCES.]
6673. [A.D. 1310.] Red: fine, chipped. 2 x if in.
[Add. ch. 20,568.]
Pointed oval. In long dress, girdle, cloak, flat cap or
head-dress, in her r. h. a jewel, the 1. touching a shield of
arms. Standing on an elaborately carved corbel. In the
field, on each side, on a tree, a shield of arms, slung by the
strap : 1. three garbs, two and one, LACY OF CHESTER ; r. a
chief, SALUCES.
B SIGILLV AL6SY6 D6 LASCY.
6674. [A.D. 1310.] Red: very fine, imperfect and dis-
coloured in parts. [Add. ch. 7677.]
6675. Plaster cast from fine impression. 2-i x i^ in.
[Ixxix. 83.]
8 SIGILLV ALGSY6 D6 LASCY.
Beaded borders.
FIGURES OF NOBLE AND OTHER LADIES. 391
Margareta de Lascy, Countess of Lincoln and Pembroke,
dau. of ROB. QUINCY, Earl of Winchester, widow of
JOHN, Earl of Lincoln, and WALTER, Earl of Pembroke.
6676. [post A.D. 1245.] Green, mottled: fine, edge
chipped. About 24 X i|- in. when perfect. [L. F. C, v. 4.]
Pointed oval. In long dress, fur cloak, flat head-dress, the
1. h. on the breast, in the r. h. a shield of arms. Standing.
Above her head a carved canopy, consisting of a round-headed
arch, enriched with battlements. In the field on the r. a shield
of arms : a lion rampant, LACY ; on the 1., held by the countess,
another, indistinct.
. [MAJRGAR6T6 : .
Sibilla de Lundonie.
6677. [Late I2th cent] Plaster cast from a fine impres-
sion or from the matrix. Edge bevelled. Mark of the
handle remaining. 2\ X i-f- in. [Ixxxvi. 42.]
Pointed oval. In long tight dress, short cloak, long
maunches at the wrists. Long hair. In the r. h. a flower,
in the 1. h. a hawk.
* SIGILLV SIBILL6 DE LVNDONI6.
The N'S reversed.
Ela, Comitissa Saresberie, \dau. of WILLIAM D'EVREUX,
2.nd Earl of Salisbury ; widow of WILLIAM LONGESPEE I.,
son of Henry II. and " Fair Rosamond"}
6678. [post A.D. 1226.] Dark-green, mottled: fine, im-
perfect, upper part wanting. About 3 X i-f- in. when perfect.
App. by plaited cords of green silk. [Harl. ch. 53 B. 12.]
0. Pointed oval. In long dress, girded at the waist, cloak,
the r. h. on the breast, in the 1. h. an object now wanting.
Standing on an elegantly carved corbel. In the field on each
side a lioncel rampant reguardant, in allusion to the arms of
LONGESPEE.
LVM : L6 : COMI ... S .........
R. A small shield-shaped counterseal. if X if in. A
shield of arms : six lioncels rampant, three, two, and one,
LONGESPEE.
<& SCReTV" L COMITISSe SARSBRie.
6679. Sulph. casts of obv. and rev. [B.C., E. 282, 283.]
Emelina Lungespeie, \dau. and heir of
Sir WALTER DE RIDELSFORD, Baron of Bray ;
widow of HUGH DE L A.CY, Earl of Ulster ;
wife of STEPHEN DE LONGES* .XE, Justiciary of Ireland]
6680. [A.D. 1250.] Plaster casts from fine impression.
2-| X if in. [Ixxix. 99, 100.]
39 2 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
0. Pointed oval. In flat head-dress, wimple, long tightly-
fitting dress, fur cloak, in each hand a shield of arms. Full-
face, standing on a finely carved corbel, under a carved gothic
canopy with three pinnacled turrets. Arms : r. a saltire, in
chief over all a label of five points ; 1. six lioncels, three, two,
and one, a label of four points, LoNGESPEE. In the field on
each side a sword erect, point upwards, for LONGESPEE, or
for the office of JUSTICIARY OF IRELAND. Above the sword,
a lion from the arms of ENGLAND.
S'. 6M6LING : LVNGGSP6I6.
EL A small round counterseal. A shield of arms : as in
obv., betw. two swords at the sides, and a lion over the shield,
as before.
9 FOL : GST : Kl : MG : BRISGRA :
FOR : CGLI : A Kl : LA : L6TTR : VA.
Maheut de
6681. [Early I2th cent] Green, mottled: fine, imperfect.
2 X 14- in. when perfect, [xxxix. 67.] Cut from a deed to
which it was appended by a curiously woven flat bobbin with
damask patterns, green and yellow, upon it.
Pointed oval. In long dress girded at the waist, in the
r. h. a wavy branch of foliage, in the 1. h. a seeded fleur-
de-lis. Standing. In the field on the 1. a tree elegantly
designed.
. ILLVM MAH6VT DG
Isabel [de Clare], Comitissa Pembroc, [wife of
WILLIAM MARESCHAL, Earl of Pembroke]
6682. [Before A.D. 1219.] Plaster cast from indistinct
impression. 2 X i| in. [Ixxx. 9.]
Pointed oval. Full-face. In tightly-fitting dress, pointed
head-dress, long mantle, the r. h. laid on the breast, in the 1. h.
a falcon held on the wrist by the jesses. Standing,
. . . SIGILL' ISABGL COMITISSG P6MBROC VXORIS
WILL'I MAR6SCA . . .
Alizia Mauduit, [of London, widow of WILLIAM THE
CHAMBERLAIN, son of FULCRED DIVES, of London]
6683. [Temp. Rich. I.] Dark-green : Jnjured, imperfect.
About 2f X 2 in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 47 I. 7.]
Pointed oval. In tightly-fitting dress girded at the
waist, long maunches, plaited hair, in the r. h. a fleur-de-lis.
Standing.
SIGILLVM AL 6 MAVD . . T.
FIGURES OF NOBLE AND OTHER LADIES. 393
Milisenta de Monte Alto, [widow, of Bar by, co. Northt.]
\dau. of WILLIAM DE CANTILUPE, 2nd wife of
JOHN DE MONTALT, seneschal of Chester.]
6684. [Temp. Edw. I.] Dark-green : fine, very imperfect.
1 1- X i. App. by a green silk plaited cord. [L. F. C.
viii. 10.]
For description see next seal, No. 6684*.
ISGNT6 D6 MONTG
6684*. Plaster cast from a fine impression, slightly chipped.
[Ixxxvii. 42.]
Pointed oval. In tightly-fitting dress, fur cloak, in each
hand a shield of arms. Standing on a carved corbel. Arms :
r. h. a lion rampant, MONTALT ; 1. h. three leopards' heads
jessants-de-lis, CANTILUPE. In the field on each side a wavy
sprig of foliage.
S' MILISeNTE [D] MONT ALTO.
The letters A L in Alto are conjoined.
Cf. Ormerod, Hist, of Cheshire, vol. i., p. 55.
Dionisia de Monte Canisy, [Domina de Anesty, co. Surr.,
Ob. A.D. 1313.]
6685. [Late i3th cent] Plaster cast from a fine impression.
I-|X i-f in. [Ixxx. 14.]
Pointed oval. Full-face. In tightly-fitting dress, fur-lined
mantle, flat head-dress, in the r. h. a shield of arms. Standing
on a carved corbel. Arms : three escutcheons vaire", two and
one. Below the shield a squirrel ; on the r. in the field a
cinquefoil and a lion passant.
v si^ S'. DIONISI6 : D : MONT6 CANISY.
Beaded border.
Cf. Manning and Bray, History of Surrey, vol. ii., p. 268.
Alianora, Comitissa Leycestrie, \dau. of King John ;
Countess of Pembroke and Leicester ; widow of
SlMON DE MONTFORT, Earl of Leicester, who ob. A.D. 1264.]
6686. Plaster cast from fine impression. 2.\ x i- in.
[Ixxx. 1 8.]
Pointed oval. To the r. In long dress, mantle, flat head-
dress, at her feet a small dog. Standing on a carved corbel.
On the r. a branching tree, on which is a shield of arms : a
lion rampant queue fourche'e, MONTFORT.
SIGILLVM i ALIANOR6 i COMITISS i L6YC6STRI6.
Beaded borders.
394 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Johanna, {widow ofD. RICHARD DE MUNDEVILE,
of Thornborough, co. Buck]
6687. [A.D. 1263.] Dark-green : well preserved, if X if in.
[Harl. ch. 86 A. 26.]
Pointed oval. In tightly-fitting dress, cloak, flat head-dress,
on the 1. h. a hawk. Standing on a platform.
& 16 SV SL A AMI LL.
Dame Nichola de Mundevile.
6688. [i3th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression.
1-3- X in. [Ixxx. 93.]
Pointed oval. Full-face. In long dress, flat head-dress,
in the r. h. a falcon by the jesses, in the 1. hand a shield of
arms. Standing on a pedestal or cushion. Arms : a fret,
MUNDEVILE, debruised by a fess.
* 3' DAME NICH D6 MVND6VIL6
The N's are reversed.
Agnes ete. [or Agnes de Muntpinsun P of co. Norf.]
6689. [i2thcent] Plaster cast from imperfect impression.
2-|- X H m - [Ixxx. 91.]
Pointed oval. Full-face. In tightly-fitting dress, having
a long bag maunch attached to each wrist, in the r. h. a branch
or sceptre, in the 1. h. an uncertain object. Standing.
# SIGILLVM X AGN6T T.
Agnes, dau. and heir of Ralph Fucatus, was wife of Fulk de
Munpinzun, cf. Blomefield, History of Norfolk^ vol. x., p. 335. She or
another of the same name also appears in Liber Niger Scaccarii, vol. i.,
p. 245, as a subtenant of Rob. de Valoniis in Hertfordshire.
[Dame] Margareta de Nevyle, [of London]
6690. [A.D. 1315.] Bronze-green : fine originally, but
fragmentary. About iX i in. [L. F. C. xxiii. 16.]
Pointed oval. In dress with heraldic bearings, viz., three
lions passant in pale, fur cloak, head-dress. Standing. In
the field on each side a shield of arms, suspended from a tree
by a strap : r. a lion rampant, 1. three lions passant in pale.
8' MARGA
6691. Plaster cast from fine impression. [Ixxx. 32.]
This shows the feet of the lady resting on a hound couchant,
and in her 1. h. a small lap-dog.
S' MARGAR6T6 D6 NVYL.
Beaded borders.
. Engr. in Drummond, Hist, of Noble Families, Neville, p. 7.
Juliana, [widow of RICHARD DE NORTON, of Long Itchington,
co. Warw]
6692. [A.D. 1344.] Light-brown, uncoloured. i^ X I in.
[Add. ch. 21,451.]
FIGURES OF NOBLE AND OTHER LADIES. 395
Pointed oval. In the hands a brachet or lap-dog. Standing
on corbel. In the field on each side a shield of arms, the
armorial bearings very indistinct : r. vaire, a bend (?).
# 16 SV S6L DAMOR L6L.
Pernila, fil. Alfre[de] Parve, [i.e. Petronilla, dau. of
ALFREDA PARVA, of Berkhampstead, co. Herts^
6693. [Early 1 3th cent] Dark-green: fine, if X H in.
[Harl. ch. 86 B. 5.]
Pointed oval. To the 1. In long dress, in the r. h. a fleur-
de-lis, the 1. h. on the hip.
& SIGILL' PERNILE FILIE : ALFRE . PARVE.
The letter N reversed.
6694. Sulph. cast. [B.C., D. 219.]
Agnes de Perecy, [of Great Steeping, co. Line.']
6695. [Temp. Edw. I.] Dark-green : fine, chipped, if X I in.
[Harl. ch. 54 G. 12.]
Pointed oval. In dress charged with the following armorial
bearings : billette a fess dancettee. In each hand the strap
of a shield of arms : 1. a saltire, r. five fusils in fess, PERCY,
Standing on a carved corbel.
SIGILL' AGN6TI3 D6 PGReCY.
The letters NE conjoined.
6696. Sulph. cast. [D.C., D. 220.]
Petronilla, \dau. 0/ ANDREW BRUNSTAKE.]
6697. [ 1 2th cent] Plaster cast from indistinct impression.
2 X li in. [Ixxviii. 49.]
Pointed oval. In girded dress, in the 1. h. a fleur-de-lis on
a long stem. Standing.
$ SIGILLV P6TRONILL6.
Sibilla de Plugenet.
6698. [i3th cent.] Plaster cast from a fine impression.
I-Z--X i-g- in. [Ixxviii. 86.]
Pointed oval. To the 1. In a long queue of hair, tightly-
fitting dress with pleated skirt, a fleur-de-lis on a long stalk
in the r. h. Standing.
B SIGILLVM : SIBILLG DG PLVGGNeT.
Cf. Sibilla uxor Alani Plukenet, Ing. p. mart., temp. Edw. III., vol. ii.
p. 181.
Beatricia de Pok'lingt', [wife of ROBERT DE PERCY, Miles,
of Sutton-upon-Derwent, co. Yorkl\
6699. [A.D. 1317.] Red. fin. [Harl. ch. 54 G. 18.]
To the 1. Kneeling in prayer, with a demi-angel before
396 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
her, issuing from the outer border of the legend, touching
her hands.
S' BGATCie D' POK'LINGT.
Margareta, Comitissa Wintonics, [widow of SAER DE
QuiNCY, 1st Earl of Winchester, and datt. of
ROBERT, Earl of Leicester.]
6700. [arc. A.D. I22O.] Green : originally fine, very im-
perfect. About 34- X 2 in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 112
C. 27.]
Pointed oval. To the 1. In tightly-fitting dress, charged
with the following armorial bearings : masculy, QUINCY ; fur
cloak, flat head-dress. In the 1. h. a fleur-de-lis. Standing.
Above her head a round - arched doorway, elaborately
masoned and embattled, the centre point charged with a
cinquefoil in allusion to the paternal arms of BELLOMONT.
The doorway is supported, on the r. h. side only, by a
masoned jamb or tower. On the 1. a wavy tree with trefoiled
foliage and spikes of flowers, with two shields of arms sus-
pended from it The upper shield : seven mascles, three,
three, and one, QuiNCY ; the lower shield : a fess betw. two
chevrons, FlTZ WALTER ? In the field on the r. an estoile of
six points.
GILL OMITISS6 : W
Cf. Harl. ch. 55 B. 5.
6701. Sulph. cast. [D.C., E. 281.]
Helewisa, fil. Albredae Roding, [or Helewisa Blundt.]
6702. [i2th cent] Plaster cast from fine but chipped im-
pression, if X H in. [Ixxviii. 33.]
Pointed oval. To the r. In girdled dress and mantle, in
the 1. h. a fleur-de lis, the r. h. on the breast. Standing.
S' HLeWIS6 FIL' ALBRGD6 BODING .
Desirea, fil. Ernaldi Ruffi.
6703. [A.D. 1204.] Plaster cast from fine impression,
i^- X I- in. [Ixxix. 3.]
Pointed oval. Full-face. In girdled dress, flat head-dress,
in the 1. h. a fleur-de-lis on a long stem. Standing.
S' oesmee FIU ERNALDI RVFFI.
Aliz de Rumeli, [PROMELY, of Skifiton-in- Craven,
co. York]
6704. [Late I2th cent] Plaster cast from chipped im-
pression. 2 X 1$ in. [Ixxxi. 42.]
Pointed oval. In tightly-fitting dress, long hair or head-
FIGURES OF NOBLE AND OTHER LADIES. 397
dress, in the r. h. a fleur-de-lis on a long stalk, the 1. h. resting
on the hip. On her breast a large cinquefoil. Standing.
* SIGILLVM . . IZ DE RVMELI.
Matildis, [//. HUG. DE DIVA, vid. D. SAHER] de Sancto
Andrea [of Holdenby, co. Northt?[
6705. \circ. A.D. 1270.] Green : fine, well preserved.
J4 X i in. [Add. ch. 21,896.]
Pointed oval. In long dress, flat head-dress, in the r. h. a
fleur-de-lis, in the 1. h. a large shield of arms. Standing on a
corbel Arms : seven mascles, three, three, and one, a label
of four points, ST. ANDREW.
S' MATILDIS : DG : SANCTO : ANDR6A.
Beaded borders.
Matillis, {fit. SIMONIS] de Sancto Licio, [of co. Essex
and London, wife of (i) ROB. fit. RICARDI, and (2) of
S. DE QUINCL]
6706. \Temp. Hen. II.] Light- green : imperfect, indistinct ;
app. by a woven bobbin with damasked pattern of various
colours. [Harl. ch. 55 G. 9.]
Pointed oval. To the 1. In tightly-fitting dress with long
maunches, in the r. h. a fleur-de-lis. Standing.
Legend wanting.
Cf. Cott. ch. xi. 25.
Maria de Sancto Paulo, \dau. of Guv DE CHASTILLON,
Comte de St. Pol ; ^rd wife of AYMER DE VALENCE,
2nd Earl of Pembroke^
6707. [ante A.D. 1347.] Plaster casts from very fine im-
pression. 3YV X I T in. [Ixxxi. 46, 47.]
0. Pointed oval. Full-face. In long dress, mantle, head-
dress, wimple, the hands crossed in front. Standing on an
elaborately carved corbel of foliage, in a carved niche, with
trefoiled canopy enriched with tabernacle work at the top and
sides. At each side, on the window tracery, a shield of arms :
r. VALENCE, 1. CHASTILLON. Background of the niche and
lower part of the field diapered lozengy.
5* s* S' MARI6 D6 SCO PAVLO COMITISS6 PGMBROCH'
DN D' WeYS' D' MONTIGNAC' 6T D' B6LLAC'. *
R:. A small round counterseal. i-^- in. Within a very
elaborately carved and traced gothic triangle, enclosing a six-
foil betw. three small countersunk circles and quatrefoiled, a
shield of arms : per pale, dex. VALENCE, sin. CHASTILLON.
The triangle is flanked on each side with a large six-foil betw.
two small quatrefoiled circles. In each six-foil, a circular
39 8 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
shield of arms: (i) ENGLAND, and (2) FRANCE (ANCIENT),
for HENRY III., her great-grandfather ; (3) Chequy, a canton
ermine.
S' MARI6 D S6YN POVL COMITISS6 PG Hl.
See No. 6490.
Agnes, [widow of D. ROBERT] de Sandcroft, [Miles,
of Sander oft, co. Suff.~\
6708. [A.D. 1301.] Dark-green: a fragment. About
I X J- in. when perfect. [L. F. C. i. 26.]
Oval. In tightly-fitting dress charged with armorial bear-
ings : two chevrons (?), in the r. h. a shield of arms : a saltire ;
in the 1. h. a pierced mullet. Standing.
* FT.
Beaded borders.
Dame Laura, [or LORETTA] de Sanford,
[in Great Hormead, co. HertfJ]
6709. [Temp. Hen. III.] Light-brown : cracked, the points
wanting. About l X i\ in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 50
C. 17.]
Pointed oval. To the r. In tightly-fitting dress, cloak,
head-dress, in the 1. hand a shield of arms (indistinct), the
r. h. on the breast. Standing.
SIG1LL' LAVR6 : D6 : SANFORD.
6710. Sulph. cast. [B.C., E. 285.]
Alicia, [wife of ARNULF LE SAUUAGE, of Stambridge,
co. Essex^\
6711. [arc. A.D. 1233.] Dark-green: fine, fragmentary.
About i-f- X I in. when perfect. App. by a woven cord of
plaited threads. [Harl. ch. 55 G. 21.]
Pointed oval. In dress, cloak, in the 1. h. a lily flower.
Standing.
. LiCie .
Christina de S[eg]rave, [dau. of HUGH DE PLESSETS, Miles,
wife of JOHN DE SEGRAVE,
afterwards ^th Baron de Segrave.]
6712. [A.D. 1280.] Plaster cast from imperfect impression.
14- X 4 in. [Ixxxi. 49.]
Pointed oval. Full-face. In girdled dress, mantle, head-
dress, wimple, in the 1. h., by the strap, a shield of arms.
Standing on a corbel. Arms : a lion rampant, SEGRAVE.
In the field on the 1. a shield of arms on a tree : a lion
rampant, queue fourchee, SEGRAVE.
. S . . D6 S . . RAV6.
FIGURES OF NOBLE AND OTHER LADIES. 399
Ismania La Sor, [widow of JOHN LE SOR, Miles,
Lord of Shennington, co. Glouc.~\
6713. [Temp. Hen. III. or Edw. I.] Green : fine, frag-
mentary. About i-i- x -f in. [Cott ch. xxix. 52.]
Oval. In long dress charged with armorial bearings :
chequy. In the r. h. a hawk and a fleur-de-lis. Standing on
a carved corbel. In the field on the r. a squirrel.
. LA SOR .
Matildis de Stafford, [of Ted-lauetorp, co. ?]
6714. [Late 1 2th cent] Light-brown: a fragment. About
2^. x 1-5- in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 56 E. 2.]
Pointed oval. To the 1. In tightly-fitting dress and long
maunches, an uncertain object in the r. h. Standing.
Legend wanting.
Cf. Harl. ch. 56 G. 2, 3 (late I2th cent.).
Milisenta de Sta[fford, dau. and heiress of
ROBERT DE STAFFORD, and wife of
HERVI BOGOT, of Coates, co. Glouc.~\
6715. [Early I3th cent] Creamy- white, with yellowish-
brown varnish : archaic style, imperfect. About I-?- X i^- in.
when perfect. [Harl. ch. 46 E. 54.]
Pointed oval. To the r. Standing, with narrow waistband,
long tight dress, sash, long hair or head-dress, on the r. wrist
a hawk.
LWM . MIL . . CNT6 : D6 : STA
Baker, Hist, of Northt., i. 532.
Eameta de Staunford.
6716. [i3th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression,
chipped at the top. About i-|- X -fa i n - [Ixxx. 84.]
Pointed oval. To the r. In girdled dress, cloak, flat head-
dress, the r. h. laid on the breast, in the 1. h. a falcon held on
the wrist by the jesses. Standing on a carved corbel. In the
field, on each side, three fleurs-de-lis, perhaps in allusion to the
arms of one of the families of STAMFORD, viz. a fess wavy
between three fleurs-de-lis.
S' RAMGTG & D : STAVNFORD.
Perunel de Statun.
6717. [i2th cent] Plaster cast from indistinct impression.
2 in. [Ixxx. 94.]
To the r. In veil or head-dress, and long maunches, on the
1. wrist a falcon by the jesses. Standing.
B SIGILL PGRVNGL DG STATVN.
The letters S, G, E, N, and D, reversed.
40O CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Isbella [de Patissille, dau. of JOHN] de
Staynesgreve, [of Waterholm, co. York}
6718. [Temp. Hen. III.] Creamy-white: imperfect, indis-
tinct. I X -i- in. [Harl. ch. 112 C. 6.]
Oval. In tightly-fitting dress, fur cloak, flat head-dress.
Standing on a carved corbel betw. two wavy sprigs of foliage.
ISBLL : D6 : ST . . AVG.
Johanna de Stutevile, [widow of (i} HUGH WAKE,
(2) of HUGH LE BIGOD, of Hess le, co. York.}
6719. [A.D. 1265-1275.] Red: originally fine, now very
imperfect. About 2^ in. when perfect. [Cott. ch. xxix. 63.]
To the 1. In loosely-fitting cloak, head-dress, gloves. In
the r. h. a goad, in the 1. h. a shield of arms : barruly. Horse
with ornamental breastband and fringed saddle.
VIL . . .
Beaded borders.
6720. Sulph. cast. [B.C., E. 271.]
Agnes, [wife of PHILIP DE CROILI, and dau. of GISLEBERT]
de Truleriis, [of Headley, co. Surr.~\
6721. [Temp. Rich. I.] Dark-green, mottled: indistinct;
app. by an ornamental cord of diapered taffeta. 2-1- X I T in.
[Add. ch. 5526.]
Pointed oval. To the 1. In long dress, flat head-dress,
and maunches, in the r. h. an indistinct object, the 1. h. on the
hip. Standing.
* SIGILL' AGN6TIS DG TRVLGRIIS.
6722. Pale-green : very imperfect, 1. h. side wanting.
[Add. ch. 5527.]
Petronilla, [widow of SYMON] de Turvile, of Helmedon,
co. Northt.}
6723. [Temp. Hen. III.] Green, mottled : fine. if X I in.
[Harl. ch. 86 F. 6.]
Pointed oval. To the r. In dress girdled at waist, fur
cloak, flat head-dress, in the 1. h. a sceptre fleur-de-lize, in the
r. h., on the breast, a bird rising, or a branch. Standing.
# SIGILL' P6TRONILL6 D TVRVILE :
6724. Sulph. cast. [D.C., E. 284.]
Dame Eamette La Tyeyze.
6725. [i3th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression.
If x H m - [Ixxxi. 2.]
FIGURES OF NOBLE AND OTHER LADIES. 401
Pointed oval. Full-face. In girdled robe, fur-lined mantle,
flat cap or head-dress, wimple, the hair curled at the sides,
the r. h. laid on the breast ; in the 1. h. a falcon rising, held
by the jesses. Standing on a corbel.
& DAM RAMGTT6 LA TYGYZ6.
Beaded borders.
Cf. Dugdale, Baronage, vol. ii., p. 21.
Agnes de Vescy, \dau. of WILLIAM DE FERRERS,
Earl of Derby ; and 2nd wife of EUSTACE DE VESCY,
^th Baron, ob. A.D. 1216.]
6726. Plaster cast from fine but very imperfect seal.
About 2f X if in. when perfect. [Ixxxi. 16, 17.]
0. Pointed oval. Full-face. In girdled dress, fur-lined
mantle, flat head-dress, in the r. h. a shield of arms : a cross
flory, VESCY. Standing on a carved corbel. On the 1., in
the field, a shield of arms : vaire, FERRARS. Above her head
a semicircular canopy, with embattled carving. On each side,
in the field, an elegantly designed wavy scroll of foliage and
flowers.
I A S D6
ft. On a branching tree, a shield of arms hung by a strap,
VESCY. Below this another shield of arms, three garbs, two
and one, CHESTER. The branch on the 1. h. side destroyed ;
on that on the r. h. side a similar shield of arms : a lion
rampant, contourne, MARESCHAL.
IBUNT : P
Beaded borders.
Dame Isabella [de Beaumont, widow of Sir JOHN]
de Vescy, Senior, of Scorby, co. York.
6727. [A.D. 1289-1311.] Red: fine originally, very im-
perfect. About 2-i-X if in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 43 I. 48.]
Pointed oval. To the 1. In flowing dress, fur cloak, in the
r. h. a shield of arms : a cross, VESCY ; the 1. h. on the breast,
holding a jewelled pendant suspended round the neck.
Standing. In the field on the r. a shield of arms : a lion
rampant, BEAUMONT. In the field on each side an oak
sapling.
SI ... L L6 D C . . . .
Beaded borders.
Cf. Harl. ch. 54 G. 19, A.D. 1299 ; and 45 I. 38.
6728. Sulph. cast. [B.C., F. 615.]
VOL. II. 2 D
402 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Alianora [de Vitrei, dau. of TIRREL DE MAINERS,
wife of WILLIAM D'EVEREUX,
Earl of Salisbury], Countess of Salisbury.
6729. [A.D. 1222.] Plaster cast from -an imperfect im-
pression. About 2-i- X if in. when perfect. [Ixxviii. 94.]
Pointed oval. In long dress, head-dress and cloak.
Standing, turned slightly to the left, on a platform. In the
r. h. a fleur-de-lis. The 1. h. lifted before the breast. In the
field on the r. a quatrefoil.
. LVM : ALI6NOR . . MITISS6 DG SALESBIR .
Isabella, Countess of Warenne, \dau. of WILLIAM DE
WARENNE, -$rd Earl ; wife of HAMELIN PLANTAGENET.]
6730. [A.D. 1163-1198.] Creamy-white: originally fine,
very indistinct and imperfect ; app. by cords of damasked
bobbin, various colours. About 3i X 2 in. [Harl. ch.
43 C. 15-]
Pointed oval. In tightly-fitting head-dress, girdle, mantle,
coronet, in the r. h. a fleur-de-lis, in the 1. h. some indistinct
charges. Standing.
Legend destroyed.
6731. [Late I2th cent] Pale green: imperfect in places.
[Add. ch. 24,634.]
This impression shows the mantle, fleur-de-lis, and hawk
held in the 1. h. by the jesses, very distinctly.
. OMITISS . . T MO .
Gundreia de Warenne, [of Fakenham, co. Suff]
6732. [A.D. 1200-1225.] Creamy-white : imperfect, indis-
tinct. About 2 X i-|- in. App. by a woven bobbin of diapered
stuff. [Harl. ch. 57 E. 24.]
Pointed oval. To the r. On the 1. h. a hawk, in the r. h. a
branch. Standing.
. DG .
Sarra, fil. Ricardi de Warw . . . , [wife of SlMON, son of
GILBERT DE H ALTON, co. Line.}
6733. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression.
l X 1 1- in. [Hi. 1 8.]
Pointed oval. To the r. In flowing dress, in each hand an
ornamental flower. Standing on a corbel.
8SIGILL' SARR6 FILI6 RICARDI D WARW
The letters AR in Sarre, Ricardi, and Warw . . . , are
conjoined.
FIGURES OF NOBLE AND OTHER LADIES. 403
Alicia de Watervile, \ividoiv of WILLIAM DE BANDUN,
Clerk, of Beddington, co. Surr.]
6734. [post A.D. 1228.] Dark-green : fine. if X I in.
[Add. ch. 23,018.]
Pointed oval. To the r. Standing, with long dress and
maundies, in 1. h. a fleur-de-lis.
$ S ALICI6 D' WAT6RVILG.
Cf. Lansd. ch. 409.
[Deonisia Watevile.]
Seal ^lsed by ROGER DE FELBREGGE, of Howe, [co. Norf.]
6735. [A.D. 1391 or 1392.] Green: i-^ x -llr in. [L.F.C.,
I. 24.]
Oval. In loosely-fitting dress, head-dress, in each hand a
shield' of arms. Standing on a platform. Arms : r. h. three
chevrons, WATEVILLE, 1. h. an eagle displayed.
8 S' DeONISie WAT6WIL6.
Mahalt de Watevila, [widow of DREU POER, of Colesbourn,
co. Gloucl\
6736. [Early Hen. II.] Red : indistinct in places.
2 T X H in. [Add. ch. 20,394.]
Pointed oval. In tightly-fitting dress, mitre-shaped cap, in
the 1. h. a fleur-de-lis, the r. h. on the hip. Standing.
SIGILLVM MACH1ALT D WATGVILA.
Deonisia, fil. Willelmi Le Well'.
6737. [i3th cent] Plaster cast from chipped impression.
I T X i| in. [Ixxix. 89.]
Pointed oval. To the 1. In tightly-fitting dress, with long
cloak. In her r. h. a branch of flowers. Standing on a corbel.
SiS' D6ONISI . . . . LI6 WILL'I L WELL'.
6738. Plaster cast from an indistinct and imperfect im-
pression. [Ixxix. 1 8.]
B S' D6O . . LL'I LG WLL.
[Sibbilla de Worth.]
Seals used by WILLIAM and AGNES HOOG, of Winchelsea,
co. Suss.
6739. [A.D. 1364.] Red: injured. About % X -f in. when
perfect. [Add. ch. 20,186.]
Oval. To the r. On the 1. h. a hawk. Standing,
fc S' SIBBILU D' WORTH'.
6740. Another. [Add. ch. 20,186.]
2 D 2
404 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Alicia, fil. PhiHppi de Ykamme, [or ALICE DE
WlNCHELSEA.]
6741. [i3th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression.
1 1. x -i- in. [Ixxxi. 26.]
Pointed oval. To the r. In girdled dress, mantle, flat
head-dress, the r. h. on the breast, in the 1. h. a falcon held by
the jesses. Standing on a carved corbel.
& S' ALICI6 FIL' . PHILIPPI DG YKAMM6.
Beaded borders.
Dame Ela, or Eleina de la Zouche, \dau. of ROGER DE
QuiNCI, Earl of Winchester, wife of ALAN, Lord La Zouche
of Ashby\.
6742. \circ. A.D. 1298.] Sulph. cast, tinted red : from fine
impression. l^ X i-g- in. [xlvii. 1198.]
Pointed oval. In tightly-fitting dress, fur cloak, flat head-
dress, in each hand a shield of arms. Standing on a carved
corbel. Arms : r. ten bezants, four, three, two, and one,
LA ZOUCHE, 1. a cinquefoil, FlTZ-PARNELL, of Leicester.
SIGIL' DN6 L6 IN (.or DNG) LA ZOCH6.
Laing's Suppl. Catal. ff Scottish Seals, No. 609.
6743. Plaster cast. [Ixxxi. 29.]
Uncertain Seals.
6744. [Early I4th cent.] Sulph. cast from good impres-
sion. i-J- X % in. [B.C., F. 617.]
Pointed oval. In long dress, a hawk on the 1. h. Standing,
fc 16 SV S6L A AMI L6L.
6745. [i4th cent] Recent impression in black sealing-
wax, from a matrix. -f- in. [xxxiv. 79.]
In long dress, head-dress, in each hand a shield of arms.
Standing. Arms : r. h. three cocks, two and one, those in
chief combatant or respectant ; 1. h. a church.
SJ SOVRABLA * D VS OLGR *
Inner border beaded.
6746. Another, black, [xxxiv. 79 k.]
6747. Another, red. [xxxv. 49.]
6748. Another, red. [xlvii. 2417.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 579.
HERALDIC SEALS.
A
Seal used by Richard Champernowne, Esq.
6749. [A.D. 1584 or 1594.] Red. 4. x -fa in. [Harl. ch.
77 G. 3-]
Oval : a lion rampant, collared and chained, the end of the
chain ringed, betw. the initial letters I. A.
Cabled border.
Eichard Abberbury, of New bury, co. Berks, Gentl.
6750. [A.D. 1473.] Red : imperfect. I in. [Add. ch.
15.764-]
A shield of arms : a fess embattled, ABBERBURY. Upon
a branching tree.
ttcarUt afofcerimrg.
Isabella, widow of Richard Abbot, Tailor,
of Carshalton, co. Surr.
6751. [A.D. 1362.] Red: fine, chipped at the lower part
i X I- in. [Add. ch. 23,388.]
Oval : Our Lord crucified on a cross raguly. Betw. two
wavy rose-trees, each bearing four flowers. Below is a
square headed niche, with carved round-headed arch, con-
taining a shield of arms : three animals of uncertain kind,
passant, two and one, within a bordure compony. All within
a carved gothic rosace or panel with eight cusped points.
HEC PRO : T GIOR : CAVG : TIBI.
Beaded border.
6752. Another ; fragmentary. [Add. ch. 23,382.]
Lady Johanna de Abernun, widow <T/"!NGERAM DE
ABERNUN, of Albury, co. Surr.
6753. [A.D. 1235-1236.] Discoloured white: edge chipped.
- in. [Add. ch. 5562.]
A fleur-de-lis, betw. two small shields of arms : a chevron
405 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
betw. three indistinct charges. Cf. the arms of JOHN DE
ABBERNUN, Add. ch. 5543.
+ S' IOHANNE DG AB' NVN.
The N'S are reversed.
John de Abbernun, of Stoke UAbernon, co. Surr.
6754. [Late Hen. III.] Green : fine. I in. [Add. ch.
5543-]
A shield of arms : a chevron. ABERNON.
+ S' IOHANNIS D' AVBERNOVN.
Beaded borders.
William Dabernoun, of Stoke Dabernon, co. Surr., Knt.
6755. [A,D. 1351.] Green : fine. fin. [Add. ch. 5603.]
Within a carved gothic panel, finely traced, a shield of
arms : a chevron, in chief a label of three points (?), DABER-
NON. Above the shield the legend :
WILL'S.
John Abindone.
6756. [A.D. 1343.] Plaster cast from fine impression. |- in.
_
A shield of arms : ermine, on a chevron three cushions (?)
Within a carved and traced gothic six-foil. .
&SIGILL' + lOH'IS + ABINDONE. (?)
Thomas Dabitott, of Ridmarley Dabitott, co. Wore.
6757. [A.D. 1644.] Red : en placard. Imperfect. |x|in.
[Add. ch. 24,800.]
Oval : a shield of arms : per pale, three roundles counter-
changed, DABITOTT. Above the shield the legend :
DABITOT.
Cabled border.
Another Seal.
6758. [A.D. 1650.] Red : en placard. Imperfect. fXfin.
[Add, ch. 24,801.]
Oval : a shield of arms : per pale, three roundles counter-
changed, DABITOT. Legend in the field :
DE AB TOT.
Beaded border.
Robert de Acastris, or Acastre, of Kneeton, co. Nott.
6759. [Hen. III.] Green: fine, with the mark of the
handle at the top, and raised rim chipped, i-^- in. [Had.
ch. 45 B. 4.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 407
A shield of arms : ermine ? a chief.
+ S' ROB6RTI : DG : AGASTRIS. (fc.)
6760. Sulph. cast, of No. 6759. [B.C., E. 369.]
Joseph Le Katur, or Acatur.
6761. [A.D. 1286-7.] Plaster cast from fine impression,
injured in parts, i-^ in. [xcii. 50.]
A shield of arms : a cross moline betw. four cranes.
Hi : S 1 IOSEPH LE ACATVR.
Beaded borders.
Jonathan Acklom, of Baivtry, co. York, Esq.
6762. [A.D. 1711.] Red: en placard on a. label, f x i in.
[Add. ch. 29,597.]
Oval : a shield of arms : a maunch within a bordure
of eight cinquefoils in orle, ACHYM. Crest on a helmet,
mantling, and wreath, a cinquefoil.
6763. [A.D. 1711.] Another. [Add. ch. 29,598.]
John de Acton, son of ODO DE ACTON,
of Bristol, co. Glouc.
6764. [A.D. 1361.] Red: very imperfect. About ^ in.
when perfect. [Karl. ch. 45 B. 8.]
A shield (of arms ?) : three estoiles, two and one, on the
chief and base points a cross pattee. Betw. three sprigs :
and above the shield, the initial letters e. I.
& . . R TIS.(P)
Richard de Actona.
6765. [i3th or early I4th cent] Red: fine, detached
from a charter, -- in. [xxxvi. 115.]
A shield of arms : quarterly per fess indented, in the first
quarter an estoile, ACTON. The first and fourth quarters are
finely diapered lozengy. Above the shield the initial letters
R.6. enclosed in small cusps.
S RICARDI D6 ACTONA.
Richard de Actone.
6766. [i4th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression;
I in. [Ixxxii. 3.]
A shield of arms : quarterly per fess indented, in the first
quarter a mullet for difference. Betw. two small slipped
flowers. Within a carved gothic panel of two interlaced six-
foils.
SIGILLVM : RICARDI : DE : ACTON6.
408 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
John Adderley, of Derby, co. Derb., Gent I.
6767. [A.D. 1694.] Red: en placard on a label. Imperfect
at the bottom, f X i in. [Woll. ch. xii. 40.]
Oval : a shield of arms : on a bend three mascles. Crest,
on a helmet and mantling, on a chapeau, turned up ermine, a
stork, ADDERLEY.
Beaded border.
Henry Adis, al. Adys, of Westminster, Esq.
6768. [A.D. 1625.] Red: imperfect. x -- in. [Add.
ch. 6004.]
Oval : a shield of arms : per pale, dex., erm., on a fess
three lions rampant ; sin., a fleur-de-lis.
Another Seal.
6769. [A.D. 1631.] Red: fine. 4 in. [Add. ch. 6008.]
Slightly oval : a shield of arms : a chevron betw. three
crosses pattees, ADIS.
Adolphus-Prederic, Duke of Cambridge.
See CAMBRIDGE, Duke of.
Charles Agard, of Foston, co. Derby, Esq.
6770. [A.D. 1661.] Red : indistinct, f X ^ in. [Add.
ch. 19,434-1
Oval : a shield of arms : quarterly, I, 4, a chevron (en-
grailed ?) betw. three (boars' heads ?) AGARD ; 2, 3, indistinct,
perhaps HUNDERHILL and MlDDLEMORE. Cf. Egerton MS.
996, f. 60. Crest on a wreath, a bugle-horn, stringed and
garnished.
Beaded border.
Agard, arms of.
See ROGER HAGARTHE.
Richard Aghton, of Mutford, co. Suff.
6771. A.D. 1429. Red : fine, now fragmentary. About
I in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 43 H. 9.]
A shield of arms, couche : three garbs, AlGHTON. Crest
on a helmet and ornamental mantling, destroyed.
Legend on a ribbon, very fragmentary.
6772. [A.D. 1429.] Red: cracked and imperfect, [tfarl.
ch. 43 I. 50.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 409
This impression shows the crest, a dexter hand erased,
holding up a garb.
S' RICARDI AGHTON.
6773. Sulph. cast from No. 6772, before it was rendered
so imperfect. [B.C., G. 182.]
Thomas de Agnis, or Aygneus, of Chalfont St. Giles
and St. Peter, co. Buck.
6774. [A.D. 1286.] Mottled green. 4 in. [Harl. ch. 84
G. 48.]
A shield of arms : three lambs, statant, two and one.
Above the shield a looped strap.
fc S' THOME DE AGNIS.
6775. Sulph. cast from No. 6774. [B.C., E. 424.]
William, son of Ingram Agvillun, of Cathwait,
co. York, E. R.
6776. [Temp. Joh.] Pale green : originally fine, now
fragmentary. About i^ in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 20,553.]
A shield of arms : quarterly.
. IGILL' Wl .
James Ainsworthe, al. Aynesworth, son of RICHARD,
of Southwark, co. Surr.
6777. [A.D. 1596.] Wafer: en placard, the paper of the
deed folded over, -f- in. [Harl. ch. 76 A. 22.]
Slightly oval : a shield of arms : quarterly, i, chevronelly,
2, 3, 4, indistinct.
Robert Aischeleghe, of Hilperton, co. Wilts.
6778. [A.D. 1405.] Red : impression from a chased ring.
% X n% in. [Add. ch. 5688.]
Oblong octagonal : a shield of arms : a fess within an
engrailed bordure bezantee. Within an invecked border.
Robert de Aisshefeld,
of Little Haugh Manor, Livermere, co. Stiff.
6779. [A.D. 1382.] Red: fine, chipped. I in. [Harl. ch.
45 G. 61.]
A shield of arms : a fess engrailed betw. three fleurs-de-lis,
ASHFIELD, suspended by a loop or strap from a lion's face.
Within a carved gothic panel.
Stgtir : [rjofrertt : Be : afegfitftttf.
6780. Sulph. cast from No. 6779. [B.C., F. 538.]
6781. [A.D. 1394.] Bright red: fine. [Harl. ch. 45 B. 27.]
fgt'H' : rofcnrtt : Be : atssefjcfrtB.
410 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
6782. Sulph. cast from No. 6781. [D.C., F. 590.]
6783. [A.D. 1398.] Red: indistinct. [Harl. ch. 45 D. 28.]
John Akehurst, of Craw ley in Warbleton, co. Suss., Gent I.
6784. [A.D. 1659.] Red: injured by pressure, indistinct.
f- X 4- in. [Add. ch. 30,170.]
Oval : a shield of arms : per pale, dex. three fleurs-de-
lis ? ; sin., uncertain. Crest, on a helmet and mantling, a
fleur-de-lis ?
John de Akeny.
6785. [A.D. 1367.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
I in. [Ixxxv. 14.]
A shield of arms : a cross betw. four lions rampant,
AKENEY. Betw. three roses. Within a carved and pointed
gothic quatrefoil ornamented with small ball-flowers along
the inner edges.
* S' * IOHANNIS : * D6 : * : AKENY.
Richard de Aketon P
6786. [A.D. 1330.] Plaster cast from chipped impression.
f- in. [Ixxxii. 4.]
A shield of arms : ermine, a lion rampant. Suspended by
a strap from a hook. Within a pointed gothic panel.
S' RLICA1RDI D' ACTO . . . C?)
Beaded border.
Aunays, dau. of THOMAS ALAYN, of Wakefield, co. York.
6787. [A.D. 1353.] White: a fragment. [Harl. ch. 55 G.
26.]
A shield of arms : a bend cotised (?). Over the shield a
loop or strap.
Legend indistinct.
. CA .
William Alanby, of Combwell Manor, co. Kent, Gent I.
6788. [A.D. 1574.] Red. -f in. [Harl. ch. 79 F. 10.]
A shield of arms : a chevron engrailed, ALENBY.
* SIGILLA + AD 8 ARMA + A.
Cabled border.
Thomas de Alba . . aria.
Seal used by JOHN HOPE or MATILDA, his wife,
of Frome, co. Somerset.
6789. [A,D. 1373.] Red: good, chipped. -Jin. [Harl.
ch. 76 E. 3.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 41 1
A shield of arms : three (griffins' ?) heads erased, over all a
bendlet
S' THOM6 D6 ALBA . . ARIA.
William de Albinggetone, of co. Cambridge, Knt.
6790. [A.D. 1255-6.] Green. 4 X -f- in. [Add. ch. 6293.]
A shield of arms : on a bend three eagles displayed,
ABBINGTON and ABINGTON.
Cf. Harl. ch. 1 1 1 E. 44.
Elias Daubeneye, of Twigworth, co. Glouc.
6791. [A.D. 1344.] Mottled green : fine. I X -f- in. [Add.
ch. 6028.]
Oval : within a cusped gothic rosette or bordure, carved,
of eight cusps or points, and suspended by a strap from a
tree of three branches, a shield of arms : three helmets, two
and one.
& SIGILLVM & 6LIG & DAVB6NY & & C.
Giles Dawbney, Knt., Lord Dawbney, and Reginald
Bray, Knt., Justices in Eyre of all the forests, etc.,
citra Trentham.
Official Seal*
6792. [A.D. 1497.] Green : fine, very imperfect. About
If in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 22,399.]
A stag's head cabossed, supporting betw. the attires a large
shield of arms : per pale, dex., four fusils in fess, DAUBNEY ;
sin., a chevron betw. three eagles' legs erased, BRAY.
[Sigtilu]m : JTusttctartor :
Cabled border.
Philip de Aubigne, or Albynico, of co. Line., Knt.
6793. [A.D. 1292.] Light brown : indistinct, fin. [Harl.
ch. 44 H. 4.]
A shield of arms : four fusils in fess, in chief a label of
three points, DAUBNEY.
+ S' : PHILIP : DG : AVBIGN6 :
Beaded borders.
Philip de Albiniaco, [? yd Baron Daubeney, ob. A.D. 1293.]
6794. [Temp. Hen. III.] Green: very fine, slightly
chipped. App. by a faded red woven cord, if in. [Harl.
ch. 83 A. 19.]
Four fusils in fess, betw. a cross pattee fitchee in chief, and
* This seal should precede No. 1005, in vol. i., p. 129.
412 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
a pierced cinquefoil in base. This device is of considerable
interest for its allusion to the arms : four fusils in fess, for
DAUBNEY.
* SIGILL' : PHILIPPI : D : ALBINIACO.
Beaded borders.
Ysobella, relict of RANULF DE ALBO-MONASTERIO,
of Exe Manor, co. Devon.
6795. [Temp. Edw. I.] Green : shrivelled. I in. [Add.
ch. 29,032.]
A shield of arms : three round buckles, two and one.
. 86 .
Roger Albryghton, Clerk, [of London]
6796. [A.D. 1404.] Red : fine, sharp, very imperfect.
-f. in. [Harl. ch. 47 B. 10.]
A shield of arms : per pale, two lions rampant, queue
fourchee, in fess, in chief three escallops. Suspended by a
loop from a tree, within a finely carved gothic panel.
& * rogert / alfcr
Cf. Harl. ch. 55 H. 3.
6797. Sulph. cast from No. 6796. [D.C., G. no.]
6798. [A.D. 1404.] Red : fine but fragmentary. [Harl.
ch. 47 B. 14.]
attrggftton.
William de Aldeburghe,
of Kirkby Overblow Manor, co. York., Knt.
6799. [A.D. 1363.] Red: very fine, i-^-in. [Add. ch. 831 1.]
A shield of arms : a lion rampant. Within a finely carved
and traced gothic pointed cinquefoil and betw. two leaves,
slipped.
* JStgillum : totllclmt : Be : nIDrinivcjir : imlitis.
The letters DE in de Aldeburgh are conjoined.
Beaded border.
6800. [A.D. 1368.] Red : fine but fragmentary. [Add.
ch. 26,770.]
Legend wanting.
Elizabet, wife of WILLIAM DE ALDEBURGH.
6801. [A.D. 1368.] Red: fine but fragmentary. [Add. ch.
26,770.]
An angel, half-length, wearing an embroidered robe, sup-
porting before him two small shields of arms : dex., a lion
rampant, ALDEBURGH (see previous seal), sin., a lion ram-
pant. Within a carved gothic panel.
Legend wanting.
HERALDIC SEALS. 413
Aldersey, family of.
See DOROTHY CAPELL.
Ralph de Aldliam.
See REGINALD PASTOR.
Thomas Aldridge, Clerk, Prebendary of the Prebend of
Trallonge, co. Brecknock.
6802. [A.D. 1573.] Red: much injured by pressure,
i X T V in. [Add. ch. 1837.]
A shield of arms : on a fess a bull passant, in chief a mullet
for difference ? ALDRICH.
Beaded border.
John Aleyn, of Wonford, co. Devon.
6803. [A.D. 1355.] Green: a fragment. About I in.
when perfect. [Harl. ch. 45 C. 17.]
A shield of arms : a fess ? Within a traced gothic quatre-
foil.
John Aleyn, of Tacolneston, co. Norf.
6804. [A.D. 1375.] Green: fine, the edge chipped. ^ in.
[Add. ch. 14,911.]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex., a bend lozengy, sin., six
eagles displayed, three, two, and one, on a canton an indis-
tinct charge. Within a finely carved and pointed gothic
quatrefoil, with counter-sunk trefoils in the spaces outside the
cusps.
Beaded border.
Blomefield's Norfolk (MS. Dept.) vol. v., p. 169.
Eobert Aleyn, of Croydon, co. Surr.
6805. [A.D. 1392.] Red: much injured by pressure. in.
[Add. ch. 24,568.]
A shield of arms : three fusils in fess.
Legend indistinct :
S . . A .
Edward Alford, of Offington, co. Suss.
6806. [A.D. 1617.] Red : fine. ^ X 4f- in. [Harl. ch.
79 G. 9.]
Oval : a shield of arms : six pears, three and three, a chief,
charged with a crescent in intaglio, for difference, ALFORD.
Crest, on a helmet, mantling, and wreath, a boar's head.
Beaded borders.
414 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
6807. [A.D. 1601.] Red: good. [Harl. ch. 79 D. 6.]
6808. [A.D. 1604.] Red: chipped at the top. [Harl. ch.
75 G. 52.]
6809. [A.D. 1617.] Red : much injured by pressure. [Harl.
ch. 75 G. 57.]
6810. [A.D. 1620.] Red: blundered. [Harl. ch. 76 F. 36.]
Francis Alford, of London, Esq.
6811. [A.D. 1570.] Red: injured by pressure. About i in.
when perfect. [Harl. ch. 79 E. 40.]
On a wreath a boar's head, in his mouth three feathers of
a pheasant's tail. Crest of ALFORD.
John Alford, of Offington, co. Suss., Esq.
6812. [A.D. 1631.] Red: from a ring, showing the mark
of the ornamental setting, -f- x -|-in. [Harl. ch. 76 F. 39.]
Oval : on a wreath a boar's head, with a broken spear-
handle thrust down the mouth. Crest of ALFORD.
Cabled border.
6S13. [A.D. 1631.] Red: injured by pressure. [Harl. ch.
77 H. 12.]
John Alford, Esq.
6814. [A.D. 1641.] Red: cracked, fin. [Harl. ch. 77
H. 13.]
A shield of arms : six pears reversed, three and three
barwise, a chief, ALFORD. Within a wreath composed of two
laurel sprigs, slipped, and tied above and below the shield.
Seal used by JOHN FETTIPLACE, Esq.
6815. Red: fine. [Harl. ch. 77 H. 13.]
Roger Alford.
See JOHN LEE.
William Alford, of Bilton, co. York.
6816. [A.D. 1614.] Red : fine, from a ring, showing the
mark of the ornamental setting. - X - in. [Harl. ch. 79 G. 5.]
Oval : on a wreath a boar's head, in his mouth three
feathers of a pheasant's tail. Crest of ALFORD. Cf. Harl.
ch. 79 -E. 40. No. 68 1 1,
Cabled border.
HERALDIC SEALS. 415
Giles Alington, of Horsheath, co. Cambr., Knt.
6817. [A.D. 1620.] Red : fine, i X iV in. [Harl. roll
Z. 25.]
A shield of arms : a bend engrailed betw. six billets,
ALINGTON.
Cabled border.
John Allen.
See JOHN ISTED.
Arms of DA WE, of cos. Dorset and Somerset, used by
Nicholas, son of BARBARA Allen,
of Woodhouse, co. Derby, Gent I.
6818. [A.D. 1600.] Red: fine. X -H- in. [Woll. ch.
xii. 33-]
A shield of arms : on a pile, a chevron betw. three crosses
crosslet, DAWE. Crest on a helmet and mantling, a lion's
gamb, erased and erect, holding a fleur-de-lis, DAWE.
Cabled border.
Another Seal.
6819. [A.D. 1602.] Red : cracked and imperfect About
- in. when perfect. [Woll. ch. xi. 64.]
A shield of arms : a fess betw. three leaves, ALLEN.
Cf. Harl. MS. 1537, fo. I, where the arms occur as a bend
betw. three leaves.
Ornamented border.
Richard Allen.
See ANTHONY BLAGRAVE.
John Allott, of Somersby, co. L inc.
6820. [A.D. 1616.] Red : indistinct. About -f X \ in.
[Add. ch. 32,837.]
Oval : a lion rampant. Perhaps a crest.
Thomas de Alnewick,
of Estchickley super Langacres, co. Durham.
6821. [A.D. 1331.] Light brown : imperfect and indistinct.
About -f- in. when perfect. [Egert. ch. 558.]
A shield of arms : a fleur-de-lis epanoui.
Legend broken off:
. GG .
416 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
John Alsopp.
Seal used by CHARLES HUNT, of Alderwasley, co. Derby, Esq.
6822. [A.D. 1746.] Red : en placard. |. x in. [Woll.
ch. xi. 117.]
Oval : a shield of arms : three doves rising. Crest, on a
helmet and mantling, a dove rising, ALSOPP..
The field of the shield powdered with small dots or spots.
Walter Alysaundre.
See WALTER DE CHALFHUNTE.
WALTER DE DENHAM.
Alicia, widow of WALTER DE AMBRESLEYE
of Colleshulle, [Coles hill, co. Warwl\
6823. [A.D. 1383.] Brown, semi-opaque. i-jV in. [Add.
ch. 21,436.]
Within a finely carved gothic panel, an oval or egg-shaped
shield of arms : on a chevron betw. three roundles, some
indistinct charges. Supporters : two lions. Perhaps a
German seal.
8 SIGILLVM : . . . CODININ : D : COLONIA (?)
Amelia, Princess of England, daughter of GEORGE II.
6824. [A.D. 1761.] Black: en placard. Cracked, i in.
[Birch MS. 4271, art. 31.]
A lozenge-shaped shield of arms : ROYAL ARMS OF
GEORGE II., see No. 644 (without the escutcheon in the
fourth quarter), a label for difference, PRINCESS AMELIA.
Ensigned with the coronet and cap of a Princess ; supporters
of GREAT BRITAIN, upon a carved device of floral scrolls
springing from a cherub's head.
John Amery, Citizen and Stationer of London.
6825. [A.D. 1669.] Red : indistinct, covered with paper
previous to impression. -^ x ^ in. [Harl. ch. in H. 36.]
A shield of arms : the charges very indistinct.
Ph[ilip] Amherst.
Seal used by ROGER PALMER, Esq.,
Cupbearer to CHARLES, Prince of Wales.
6826. [A.D. 1624.] Red : injured, x -.- in. [Add.
ch. 29,559.]
Oval : a shield of arms : three tilting spears, two and one,
erect, AMHERST. Crest on a helmet, mantling and wreath,
on a mount three tilting spears headed, environed with a
chaplet of laurel.
Beaded border.
HERALDIC SEALS. 41 7
Ralph de Amundeville, al. Mundevile, of co. Durham.
6827. [ 1 3th cent] Green : fair. I in. [Egert. ch. 519.]
A shield of arms : two bars, each surcharged with a bar-
rulet, in chief three estoiles.
+ S' RADVLFI D' MVND6VIL'
Cf. Rad. de Amundavilla, witness to a charter of Sulby Abbey,
co. Northt., in A.D. 1207-1217. Add. ch. 22,563.
Richard de Amundevile, of Thorney, co. Suff., Knt.
6828. [A.D. 1316.] Bronze-green: fine. fin. [Harl.
ch. 45 C. 35.]
A shield of arms : fretty. Probably for a fret, MUNDEVILL,
or AMUNDEVILL.
# : S' RICARDI : DAMVNDVIL' :
6829. Sulph. cast from No. 6828. [B.C., F. 190.]
Richard, son and heir of RICHARD de Amundeville,
of Warwick, co. Warw.
6830. [Early I3th cent.] Light-brown. i| in. [Harl.
ch. 45 C. 34.]
A shield of arms : fretty over all a fess. On the fess an
uncertain addition, perhaps a crescent, on the dexter side.
The shield is placed over three bars wavy.
B SIGILL' RICARDI D AMVND6VIL6.
Beaded borders.
6831. Sulph. cast from No. 6830. [D.C., E. 377.]
John de Amyas, Jun.,
Receiver of D. ROBERT DE SWYLLINGTON, Chev. in co. York.
6832. [A.D. 1386.] Red: injured by pressure. -f- in.
[Add. ch. 20,547.]
Within a carved gothic panel, a shield of arms : [on] a bend
cotised three [roses], in chief a label of as many points,
AMYAS.
* j&tgtllum : tofjanfe : Be : amgaa.
The letters D E, in de, are conjoined.
Cf. Add. ch. 20,603, A - D - J 359 J an d 20,556, A.D. 1362.
Richard Amyas, of co. York., Gentl. Ba
6833. [A.D. 1500.] Red: fragmentary. [Add. ch. 17,055.}
Small rectangular-shaped seal, perhaps from a signet ring :
a stag's head erased ? Crest of AMYAS. j A
VOL. II. 2 E
41 8 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
William de An .... eld.
6834. [A.D. 1359.] Brownish-green mixe.d with red. % in.
[Harl. ch. 86 E, 39.]
A shield of arms : a fleur-de-lis. Betw. three small quatre-
foil flowers. In a carved and pointed gothic six-foil.
fc S' WILL6LMI DG AN . . . . 6LD.
The L'S are of peculiar shape, formed with a heel or serif
on the left of the down stroke.
Edmund Anderson, Knt.,
Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas,
A.D. 1582-1605.
6835. [A.D. 1586.] Red : fair, not perfectly stamped.
| x I- in. [Add. ch. 13,085.]
A shield of arms : quarterly, I, 4, a chevron betw. three
crosses flory, or crosslet, ANDERSON ; 2, 3, five estoiles in
saltire, ANDERSON. Crest on a helmet, ornamental mantling,
and wreath, a water-spaniel passant.
Beaded border.
6836. [A.D. 1586.] Red : fair, but not perfectly stamped.
[Harl. ch. 78 I. 11.]
6837. [A.D. 1588.] Red : fine, but imperfect. [Add. ch.
6838. [A.D. 1594.] Red: very imperfect. [Add. ch.
15,818.]
6839. [A.D. 1597.] Red: imperfect and indistinct. [Add.
ch. 15,819-]
6840. [A.D. 1597.] Red: the wax rolled up after re-
ceiving the impression. [Harl. ch. 77 C. 3.]
6841. [A.D. 1598.] Red: fair, the crest very indistinct.
[Harl. ch. 77 C. 10.]
6842. [A.D. 1600.] Red : good, chipped. [Woll. ch. xii.
33-]
6843. [A.D. 1602.] Red : somewhat indistinct. [Harl. ch.
77 C. 33B-]
6844. [A.D. 1604.] Red: detached from the charter, in-
distinct. [Add. ch. 14,795-]
Francis Anderson, of Newcastle-upon- Tyne,
co. Nortkumb., Knt.
6845. [A.D. 1650.] Red : the upper half broken off".
About f x i in. when perfect. [Egert. ch. 307.]
A shield of arms : three bucks lodged, two and one,
ANDERSON.
HERALDIC SEALS. 419
William Andrew, of Estbarry, co. Glamorgan.
6846. [A.D. 1416.] Red. -LL x in. [Add. ch. 20,509.]
A shield of arms : three bars. Suspended by a strap
from a forked tree.
&' totU't * * antJrrto.
Beaded border.
Thomas Andrews, of co. Suff.
6847. [A.D. 1577.] Red: indistinct. f- X -j-- in. [Add.
ch. 32,907.]
Oval : on a wreath a dove rising, holding in the beak an
olive branch. Crest of ANDREWS. Within a garland of
foliage and flowers.
Geoffrey de Anesty.
6848. [A.D. 1288-9.] Plaster cast from indistinct impres-
sion, f in. [Ixxxii. 7.]
A shield of arms : on a bend betw. two birds, three bulls
passant (?). Suspended by a strap from a hook. Betw. two
wyverns.
fc SIGILL' GALFRIDI D AN6STY.
Thomas de
Seal used by ROBERT ANESTY, of co. Essex.
6849. [A.D. 1363.] Dark green : imperfect. About -- in.
when perfect. [Harl. ch. 76 A. I.]
A shield of arms : three roundles within a bordure en-
grailed. (Cf. arms of PINCHYON of Writtle, Essex.)
S' THOM6 D .
William de Anesty.
6850. [A.D. 1319-20.] Plaster cast from good impression.
in. [Ixxxii. 6.]
A shield of arms : three eagles, two and one, betw. four
estoiles irregularly disposed.
& S' WILL6LMI DG AN6STY.
Robert Angetelle, of Bungay, co. Stiff.
6851. [A.D. 1429.] Red: fine, i in. [Add. ch. 15,719.]
A shield of false arms : a fess betw. in chief a cross pattee
inter the letters t a., (Robert Angetelle,) in base a chevron,
in base point an estoile. Within a trilobe.
Cabled border.
2 E 2
420 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Henry de Anna, Knt., son of ODO DE CHELWARTONE,
of Quarley, co. Hants.
6852. [A.D. 1219.] White: imperfect and indistinct.
i| in. [Toph. ch. 45.]
A shield of arms : three estoiles of eight points ?
. ICI : DG ANN .
Alexander de Anne, of co. York.
6853. {A.D. 1395.] Dark-green: somewhat injured by
pressure. I in. [Add. ch. 17,060.]
A shield of arms : on a bend betw. two cotises, three
martlets, in sinister chief a pierced mullet. Within a carved
gothic rosace of six semicircular cusps with three outer ogee
points.
fc Stfftfltt . aloran&er De anne.
6854. [A.D. 1395.] Dark-green: injured. [Add. ch.
17,061.]
6855. [A.D. 1395.] Dark-green: fair, indistinct in places.
[Add. ch. 17,062.] _
Hugh de Annesley.
6856. [A.D. 1398-9.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
I in. [Ixxxii. 8.]
A shield of arms : paly of six, over all a bend, ANNESLEY.
With an annulet ? for difference. Suspended by a strap from
a forked tree on a mount. Within a gothic panel.
Stgtttum : fjugotttft : Be
William de Anstan, or Austan,
Rector of the Church of St. Nicholas, Durham, co. Durham.
6857. [A.D. 1369.] Mottled-green: semi-opaque, in.
[Add. ch. 20,555.]
A shield of arms : a fess. Within a star of six points
bordered with ball-flowers.
Legend betw. the points :
t * __ * Be * _ &n _ flan, or &uftan.
John Ansty, Jun., Gent I.
6858. [A.D. 1440.] Red : fine, from chased signet ring.
I- in. [Add. ch. 33,547-]
A dexter hand, couped at the wrist, vested, grasping a
bunch of three holly leaves, fructed ; betw. the letters js . t P.
The whole forming a rebus on the name of the owner. The
holly leaves perhaps a crest of the family.
Cabled border.
Cf. John Ansty, Jun., of Thenford Manor, co. Northt., A.D. 1449, Add.
ch. 7569.
HERALDIC SEALS. 421
Ithel Ap-Bledyn, of Wales.
6859. [i4th cent. ?] Red : recent impression from the
matrix. I in. [xxxv. 27.]
A shield of arms, couche" : quarterly, two lions rampant
addorsed, the tails intertwined. Crest on a helmet, lambre-
quin, and wreath, a maiden's head, coroneted and draped.
Within a finely carved gothic panel with six cusps ; from the
1. h. side spring two pierced cinquefoil roses, slipped, from the
r. h. side, one.
Stgilltt : Jttijei : ap : BieBgn.
Beaded border.
6860. Gutta percha impression, [xlvii. 1422 B.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 14.
6861. Sulph. cast. [D.C., F. 314.]
Gruff ap Gwlad vch. Edu ap Lli . . , of Divygyfylchi,
co. Caernarvon.
6862. [A.D. 1444.] Red : cracked and imperfect, i X -J- in.
[Add. ch. 17,702.]
Oblate octagonal : a shield of arms : on a bend three
small birds or animals reguardant. In the field a very in-
distinct legend or motto.
Cabled border.
Howel Ap-Hichecok, [of Bryngwyn, co. Radn. f ]
6863. [A.D. 1379.] White: imperfect, and very indistinct.
I in. [Harl. ch. 85 F. 45.]
A shield of arms : the bearings flaked away. Within a
carved gothic panel.
Legend destroyed.
Robert Ap-Howelle Ap-Eynone, of Hodenak> co. Salop.
6864. [A.D. 1446.] Red : imperfect and indistinct. About
I in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 7708.]
A shield (of arms ?) : a lion rampant queue fourchee,
debruised by a bend lozengy (?). Over the shield a bird, on
the r. a man's bust, in profile to the 1., couped at the neck ;
the corresponding object on the 1. wanting. Within a quatre-
foil with countersunk trefoil in each spandril.
& IC6ST SGAL SI . . AL.
Janckyn Ap-Morgan Ap-John, of Llanvrenach,
co. Brecon., Gentl.
6865. [A.D. 1545.] Red. fin. [Harl. ch. ill B. 37.]
Shield-shaped : a shield of arms : a chevron betw. three
spear-heads or pheons reversed, MORGAN.
422 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Roger de Appleby.
6866. [i4th cent.] Plaster cast from fine but chipped
impression. i| in. [Ixxxii. 9.]
A shield of arms, couckS : a chevron betw. three pine-
apples? Crest on a helmet, and lambrequin, a pine-apple.
Betw. two wavy sprigs of foliage and flowers. Within a
carved gothic panel of six cusps, ornamented along the inner
edge with ball-flowers.
SIGILL' ROG6RI D APPLB . . (?)
Cf. Roger f. Simonis de Appylby, A.D. 1314, Cott. ch. xxvi. 22.
Thomas de Appelby.
6867. [A.D. 1420-1.] Plaster cast from indistinct impres-
sion. in. [Ixxxii. ii.]
A shield of arms ; six martlets, three, two, and one,
APPLEBY. Within an engrailed panel.
+ &tgtUum + tfjom* + Be + apprtfcg. (?)
Edmund Apreece, of Wollaston, co. Northt., Gentl.
6868. [A.D. 1580.] Red. -^ in. [Add. ch. 23,883.]
A shield of arms : three spear-heads, APREECE, a crescent
for difference. Burke describes the spear-heads as guttees de
sang.
Beaded border.
6869. [A.D. 1580.] Red : a fragment. [Add. ch. 23,883.]
Philip Apries or Ap-Rees.
See PHILIP HAPKIES.
Rees Ap Rees, al. Apries, [of co. Lincoln.}
6870. [A.D. 1362.] Red : fine originally, now cracked and
very imperfect. I in. [Coll. ch. v. 18.]
A shield of arms : paly of six, on a chief a lion passant.
Suspended by the strap from a forked tree. Within a finely
carved and pointed gothic rosace.
&tgtHum * &w*
Cf. the seal and arms of Philip Hapries.
William Apsley, Gentl., kinsman and heir of
John Apsley, Esq., of Warnham, co. Suss.
6871. [A.D. 1513.] Red: imperfectly impressed. i^ in.
[Add. ch. 8927.]
A shield of arms, eoucM: a cross lozengy. Crest, on a
helmet and chapeau, uncertain, perhaps a bird on a tree-
stump fretty. Within a carved and traced gothic panel.
S' WILL'I # .... AO ....
HERALDIC SEALS. 423
John Ap Thomelin, Lord of Lanlonell and Talevan, Wales.
6872. [A.D. 1432.] Red : a fragment. [Add. ch. 7148.]
A shield of arms: very imperfect, only a stag's head
cabossed, in the sinister chief.
Legend wanting.
James Arblaster, of Longedon, co. Staff.
6873. [A.D. 1402.] Red : fine. [Add. ch. 24,242.]
A shield of arms : erm., a cross-bow, or arbaleste, in pale,
ARBLASTER. Suspended by a strap from a forked tree on
a mount. Within a carved panel.
Stgtllum : tacofct : attlajster.
Cabled border.
6874. Plaster cast from No. 6873. [Ixxxii. 12.]
John Archer, Sheriff of Berks, Esq.
6875. [A.D. 1693.] Red: en placard, on a label, imperfect,
in. [Add. ch. 19,235.]
A shield of arms : Erm., a cross, ARCHER.
Beaded border.
Michael Archer.
See FRANCIS WOLRICHE.
Nicholas Archer, of co. Kent.
6876. [A.D. 1336.] Green: fine originally, now imperfect.
4-- in. [Add. ch. 20,173.]
A shield of arms : a rose, slipped and leaved, in chief three
arrows palewise in fess, points downwards, for ARCHER.
Within a carved gothic panel.
NIGH COL] Al ARCH6R.
The letters A, R, and E, R, conjoined.
Robert Le Archer.
6877. [i4th cent. ?] Plaster cast from fine impression or
matrix. -ff- in. [Ixxxii. 13.]
A shield of arms : ermine, on a bend sinister betw. two
cotises, an arrow bendwise, the point in base. Background
diapered. Within a carved gothic trefoil ornamented with
ball-flowers along the inner edge.
# SIGILVM * ROB6RTI L ARCH6R.
Some of the letters reversed.
Beaded border.
424 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Thomas Archer, of Whitehall, co. Midd., Esq.
6878. [A.D. 1/35.] Red: en placard on a tape, imperfect.
About -i- X in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 17,817.]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex., three arrows, barbed and
feathered, ARCHER ; sin., erm. on a chief three animals'
heads erased. Crest on a helmet and mantling, out of a mural
coronet a dragon's head (?). Crest of ARCHER.
John Darcy, Chivaler.
? SIR JOHN DARCY, Knt., " Le Cousin"
Chief Governor of Ireland.
6879. [A.D. 1322.] Red: the edge imperfectly impressed.
I in. [Add. ch. 19,838.]
On a ship, beaked at each end with an animal's or bird's
head, a shield of arms, couche"'. three cinquefoils pierced, betw.
seven crosses crosslet (for seme" ?), DARCY. Crest, on a helmet
and mantling, out of a mural crown, an animal's head (?).
On the 1. h. side a flag charged with a small indistinct animal
contourne", perhaps a bull. Crest of DARCY.
Legend wanting.
Beaded border.
John Darcy, Lord of Knayth, co. Lincoln,
2nd Baron Darcy.
6880. [A.D. 1349.] Red: very fine, edge imperfect. i-J-in.
[Harl. ch. 49 D. 2.] '
A shield of arms : three roses betw. seven crosses crosslet.
Suspended by a strap from a forked oak tree. Background
ornamented with a diaper papilone.
Sigtllft ;?f o1)nnm<s Darrn Dm Be l\nai)tij.
Beaded border.
6881. Sulph. cast from No. 6880. [D.C., F. 306.]
Normann de Aresci, of co. Lincoln,
? afterwards tyh Baron D'Arcy.
6882. [A.D. 1219.] Dark-green: very fragmentary. About
- in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 49 C. 40.]
A shield of arms : three six-foils or roses, DARCY.
. RMAN' DG A .
Normann de Arcy, Knt., 2nd Baron D'Arcy,
(by writ} ; Lord of Nocketon, co. Lincoln.
6883. [A.D. 1334.] Semi-opaque light-brown: fine; app.
by a finely woven cord of green stuff, -fl in. [Harl. ch.
49 C. 49-J
HERALDIC SEALS. 425
Four shields of arms arranged in cross with points meeting
in the centre : i. Three roses or six-foils, pierced, DARCY ;
2. Three roses betw. seven crosses crosslet (for seme),
DARCY ; 3. As I with label of three points ; 4. On a bend
betw. six martlets, three roundles (?) Within a carved and
pointed gothic quatrefoil panel.
For the 4th shield of arms : cf. on a bend betw. six
martlets, three bezants, WORTELL, or roses, RUSSHAM.
In place of the legend a wavy scroll of foliage with roses.
6884. [A.D. 1334.] Semi-opaque light-brown: fine; app.
by another piece of the same kind of cord as in No. 6883.
[Had. ch. 49 C. 50.]
6885. Sulph. cast from No. 6884. [B.C., F. 248.]
6886. [s. dJ\ Semi-opaque pale-green : fine, but a frag-
ment only. [Harl. ch. 49 C. 48.]
Philip, Sire de Arcy, Lord of Kneyth, Ajh Baron D'Arcy,
A dmiral of the North.
6887. [A.D. 1386.] Red : very fine, edge imperfect i-fV m -
[Harl. ch. 49 D. 3.]
A shield of arms : three roses betw. seven crosses cross-
let Suspended by a strap from a forked tree, and within a
finely carved and traced gothic panel.
~' j&tgtlltt : Bin : pfiiltpjri : &arcg : tntlttts **
Carved border.
6888. Sulph. cast from No. 6887. [B.C., F. 559.]
6889. [A.D. 1375.] Pale-green: fine. [Add. ch. 20,718.]
Thomas Darci, al. de Areci,
son and heir of Thomas de A red, <\th Baron de A rcy by tenure.
6890. [Temp. Ric. I.] Bark-green : fine, with raised rim ;
app. by a closely woven cord of various coloured stuff. 2| in.
[Harl. ch. 49 C. 20.]
0. A finely designed rose or pierced six-foil, in allusion to
the arms of BARCY.
+ SIGILLVM THOME D6 DARCI.
R. A small oval counterseal. % x in. Impression of an
antique oval intaglio gem : Victory, driving a quadriga, to
the r.
+ SIGILL' TOMAS DARCI.
6891. [Temp. Ric. I.] Bark-green: fine but imperfect.
[Harl. ch. 49 C. 21.]
0. . . . . OM DAR ....
R. As in No. 6890.
426 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Nicholaus de Ardena.
Seal used by William Darderne, Clerk, of Offord, co. Warwick.
6892. [A.D. 1366.] Faded green, -fin. [Add. ch. 21,492.]
A shield of arms : three crosses crosslet fitchees, on a
chief a lion passant. Betw. three small flowers, slipped ;
and within a carved and pointed gothic quatrefoil.
* S' * HICHOLAI * DG * ARD6MA.
Beaded border.
Peter Arden, or Arderne.
6893. [i4th cent] Plaster cast from imperfect impression,
f in. [Ixxxii. 14.]
A shield of arms : three crosses crosslet pattees, a chief,
ARDERNE.
tt FRANG LGG TGG.
Beaded borders.
Cf. Peter fil. Hugonis Arderne, A.D. 1372, Add. ch. 20,492.
Thomas de Ardene, son of RALPH DE ARDENE,
of co. Essex, Knt.
6894. [Late I3th cent] Green : cracked, but fine. % in.
[Add. ch. 19,967.]
A shield of arms : two trumpets, or horns, mouthpieces in
base, betw. nine crosses crosslet in fess, 3, 3, and 3, in pale.
S' THOMe D ARD6N6.
Beaded borders.
Thomas de Arderne.
6895. [A.D. 1286.] Plaster cast from fine impression. I in.
[Ixxxii. 15.]
A shield of arms : chequy, a chevron.
& SIGILU THOM6 D6 ARD6RN6.
William de Ardena, of Hamtune \Hampton-in-Arden,
co. Warw^\
6896. \c. A.D. 1188-1198.] Light -bro wn : very imperfect
About ii X 1 1 in. when perfect. [Cott. ch. xi. 36.]
Pointed oval : a lion rampant contourne, in allusion to the
arms of ARDEN.
. GILL' WlLl
John, son and heir of ADAM de Arderne, Knt.,
of co. Line.
6897. [A.D. 1312.] Light-brown, varnished very dark:
fine, but a fragment. About X % in. [Harl. ch. 45 D. 9.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 427
A shield of arms : ermine, on a bend (three crosses crosslet ?).
Suspended by a strap from a tree of three small branches.
. : D : ARD6RN .
Peter, son of HUGH de Arderne, [of Macclesfield, co. Chesl\
6898. [A.D. 1372.] Green : fair. -H-in. [Add. ch. 20,492.]
A shield of arms : three crosses crosslet, fitchees, a chief,
ARDEN, or ARDERNE. Within a carved gothic cinquefoil
with triangle points.
SIGILLVM PGTRI DG ARD6RN.
Beaded borders.
Ralph de Arderne, [of Horndon, co. Ess.] Knt.
6899. [Late I3th cent] Bronze-green: fine. -^ in.
[Harl. ch. 45 D. 8.]
A shield of arms : a fess chequy betw. two roundles, one
in chief and one in base (?) Cf. A fess chequy, ARDEN.
+ SIGILL' RADVLFI D6 ARD6RN6.
Beaded borders.
6900. Sulph. cast from No. 6899. [B.C., E. 352.]
Robert de Arderne, of co. Norf.
6901. [A.D. 1315.] Red: fine, edge chipped. I in. [Add.
ch. 8069.]
Two shields of arms side by side in fess. Dex., Ermine, a
fess chequy, ARDEN. Sin., on a fess three (garbs ?). Over
the shield the word AGLA, betw. two small trefoils, one at each
side, and over it a wavy scroll. Below them, the sacred
name : IHC, surmounted by a trefoil or quatrefoil, from which
springs a slipped flower, betw. two small birds.
Legend of initial letters :
S' * * * [ ]&&&l&&$S&&$&$O$&&R&&&
Beaded borders.
For the cabalistic use of the words Agla, the name of the Almighty
which Lot heard, and Jhesus, see Rev. W. Sparrow Simpson, On a
Magical Roll, in Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc.,vo\. xl., 1884, p. 317, and
pi. i, n, ff. 4, 6, 11, 19, etc. For date of this charter see list of Mayors
of King's Lynn in Blomefield's Hist, of Norfolk, vol. viii., p. 533.
Thomas de Arderne, [of Newton, co. Warw.~\
6902. [A.D. 1280-1290.] Green: edges chipped. T 7 -g- in.
[Cott. ch. xxii. 5.]
A shield of arms : a fesse chequy, ARDERN.
+ SIGILLVM S6CR6TI.
Beaded borders.
428 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Thomas de Arderne, or Ardena, Lord of Peddymore,
co. Warw,
6903. [A.D. 1281.] Bronze-green: fine. 1-fV in. [Egert.
ch. 368.]
A shield of arms : chequy, a chevron.
W SIGILL' THOM D6 ARD6RNG.
Beaded border.
Giles de Argenten, or Argentein,
of Newmarket, co. Suff., Knt.
6904. [Late I3th cent] Dark green: fine, chipped at the
r. h. side. i-|- in. [Harl. ch. 45 D. 13.]
0. A shield of arms : three covered cups, two and one,
ARGENTINE.
+ SIGILLLVM :] 6GIDII : D : ARG6NT6N.
The letters AR and EN of Argenten are respectively con-
joined.
Beaded borders.
BL A small shield-shaped counter-seal. I X % in. A
shield of arms as in the obv. within a guilloche border.
6905. Sulph. cast of the obv. [B.C., E. 366.]
6906. Sulph. cast of the rev. [D.C., E. 394.]
John de Argentein, of Uggeshall Manor, co.
6907. [A.D. 13/8.] Red: fine, somewhat injured by
pressure, 'i in. [Add. ch. 10,376.]
A shield of arms : three covered cups, ARGENTINE.
Betw. three small quatrefoils, and within a finely carved
gothic six-foil or rosace.
The space or annulus for the legend is filled with a wavy
scroll of foliage and quatrefoils.
Reginald de Argentein, of West Bergholt, co. Essex, Knt.
6908. [A.D. 1289.] Discoloured white, or light brownish
grey: chipped. [Harl. ch. 45 D. 14.]
Shield shaped : from the same matrix as the rev. of the
seal of Giles de Argentein, No. 6904.
William Argentein, of Ubbeston Manor, co. Suff., Knt.
6909. [A.D. 1404.] Red : very imperfect. About I in.
[Harl. ch. 45 D. 15.]
" A shield of arms : (three) covered cups, ARGENTEIN.
Within a carved gothic panel.
. . . tni argetttw.
Beaded border.
HERALDIC SEALS. 429
David de Armentirs, or Armenteriis, of Hundigton,
or Honington, co. Line.
6910. \circ. A.D. 1150.] Red: originally fine, chipped and
imperfect, with deep mark of a handle. 2 in. [Eg. ch. 427.]
Three swords fesswise in pale, alternately arranged, that
in the middle with hilt downward, those at the side with hilts
upward. Perhaps in allusion to a shield of arms.
+ SIGILLVM DE ARMENTIRS.
Cf. Eg. ch. 430 ; Add. ch. 22,743 ; Harl. ch. 85 D. 49.
6911. Plaster cast, tinted, from No. 6910. [xci. 55.]
Henry de Armenteres, or Ermenters, of Witefeld,
or Whit field) co. Northt.
6912. [Late Hen. II.] Light brown : chipped. A curious
mass or cake of wax. 2^ X 2-i- in. [Harl. ch. 84 G. II.]
Irregular oval : a sword with curved quillons, and spherical
boss, handle upwards, the grip ornamented.
+ SIGILLVM HGNRiCI D ARM6NT6R6S.
Cf. Harl. ch. 84 D. 13; 84 H. 20; S5 E. 33; 84 G. 12; 86 C. 36;
86 A. 3 (all late in the I2th cent.).
6913. Sulph. cast from No. 6912. [D.C., D. 294.]
Walter de Armenteres, also called Walter films Emme
de Insula, of Witefeld, co. Northt.
6914. [Late Hen. II.] Light brown, varnished: with
mark of the handle, i-f- in. The vellum label is curiously
plaited. [Harl. ch. 86 C. 62.]
Two swords of early shape with short transverse bar and
hemispherical knob, palewise in fess. The handle of the
sword on the r. upwards, the other downwards.
+ SIGILLVM WALTERRI DE ARMENTERES.
6915. Sulph. cast from No. 6914. [D.C., D. 284.]
Arnald, Vicar of the Church of Ecclesfield, co. York.
6916. [A.D. 1408.] Red : somewhat indistinct in parts.
-S- X -& in. [Harl. ch. 1 12 F. 31.]
A shield of arms : a lion rampant, on a chief, a lion passant
guardant. Above the shield two half-length saints, r., an
archbishop with mitre, lifting up the r. h. in benediction, in
the 1. a crozier ; 1. the Virgin, crowned, holding the Infant
Saviour, overhead a small dove. All within a carved gothic
rosace of ten points.
J SIG ... RV .... TWI . . STELLA MARIA (?)
6917. Sulph. cast from No. 6916. [D.C., F. 146.]
430 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
John Arnold, Esq.
6918. [i5th cent.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
\\ in. [Ixxxii. 16.]
A shield of arms, coucht ' : per pale, a chevron betw. three
billets, counterchanged. Crest on a helmet, lambrequin and
wreath, a unicorn's head, holding in the mouth a blank label,
tasselled ends. In the background a sprig of foliage.
* ftgtlltt * SFofjam* * arnollJ * Wqter,
Beaded border.
Cf. Add. ch. 9730, A.D. 1462.
Perhaps foreign.
Robert de Arsic, of Coges, co. Oxon.
6919. [A.D. 1212-3.] Dark green: fine, edge chipped.
2-j^ in. [Harl. ch. 45 D. 18.]
A shield of arms ; quarterly, on a bordure twelve bulls'
heads couped, ARSIC. The ist and 4th quarters diapered
with a kind of papilone pattern.
[ . . SIG]ILLVM[ RJOB6RTI D ARSIC.
6920. Sulph. cast from No. 6919. [D.C., E. 311.]
Isabella Arthur.
6921. [A.D. 1383-4.] Plaster cast from indistinct im-
pression. I in. [Ixxxii. 19.]
A shield of arms, per pale : dex. a chevron betw. three
rests, ARTHUR, sin, a fess betw. three birds. Suspended by
a strap from a forked tree. Within a carved gothic panel.
% Hafcelfe 2, artimr.
Richard Artur.
6922. [A.D. 1368.] Plaster cast from indistinct impression.
-J- in. [Ixxxii. 17.]
A shield of arms : a chevron betw. three rests, ARTHUR.
Within a pointed quatrefoil panel.
# StgtUum ft rfearUt * * attur #
Beaded border.
Cf. Richard Arthur, al. Artur, in Portbury, co. Somers., A.D. 1340,
Add. ch. 7820, 7821 ; Richard Artur in Wraxall, co. Somers., A.D. 1363,
Add. ch. 7837 ; Sir Richard Arthur of Clapton-in-Gordano, co. Somers.,
A.D. 1368, SIo. ch. xxxii. 4.
Thomas Artur.
6923. [A.D. 1383-4.] Plaster cast from good impression.
I in. [Ixxxii. 19.]
A shield of arms : a chevron betw. three rests, ARTHUR,
HERALDIC SEALS. 43 l
over all a label of three points. Betw. three sprigs of
foliage.
' . Domini * tijome . artur *
Inner border carved with small quatrefoils or ball-flowers,
outer border cabled.
Cf. Thomas Arthur in Portbury, co. Somers., A.D. 1399, Add. ch.
785L
William Arthur, of Wadworth, co. York., Gentl.
6924. [A.u. 1707.] Red : en placard on a label, f X - in.
[Add. ch. 29,592.]
A shield of arms : a chevron betw. three Irish brogues,
ARTHURE.
Beaded border.
6925. [A.D. 1707.] Another. [Add. ch. 29,593.]
Arundel Family P
6926. [i6th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression.
% X i- in. [Ixxxii. 20.]
Oval : a shield of arms : six swallows, three, two, and one.
Cabled border.
Alianora de Arundel.
See ALIANORA DE FITZALAN.
Edmund de Arundelle,
2nd son 0/" EDMUND FITZALAN, 8t/i Earl of Arundel.
6927. [A.D. 1368.] Red: very fine but edge imperfect.
\\ in. [Harl. ch. 53 E. II.]
A shield of arms : quarterly, I, 4, a lion rampant, for
FlTZ-ALAN ; 2, 3, chequy, WARRENNE (the alternate squares
powdered, perhaps for or), over all a label of three points.
Suspended by a strap from a tree, with small side-branches of
wavy design and enriched with flowers, springing from the
root, and supporting on each side a helmet on which is the
crest of a plume of feathers out of a ducal coronet.
s' : 6C&muBi . . . ant . . el.
Beaded border.
6928. Sulph. cast from No. 6927. [D.C., F. 459.]
Frances Arundell, of Lanheron, co. Cornw.
6929. [A.D. 1729.] Red : en placard, on a tape. X -f- in.
[Add. ch. 29,503.]
An oval shield of arms, carved with foliage and arabesques :
a lion passant, and chief indented (or, in chief three piles).
43 2 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
John Arundel, al. Aroundell,
son of JAMES DE PEYTONE, of co. Suff.
6930. [A.D. 1349.] Red: fine, injured, edge chipped.
-^ in. [Harl. ch. 48 A. 17 ]
A shield of arms : ermine, on a canton a cross lozengy,
ARUNDEL. Within a carved and pointed gothic cinquefoil.
fc SIGILLVM lOH'IS ARVND6L.
For arms cf. Harl. MS. 380, f. 123 b.
John Arundelle, al. Darondell, Knt. ; A.D. 1365-1391,
son and heir of Sir JOHN ARUNDELLE, Knt.,
[Marshal of England, and ELEANOR, coheir of JOHN,
Lord Maltravers~\.
6931. [A.D. 1388.] Red: very fine, but imperfect. About
l-i- in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 24,553.]
A shield of arms : quarterly, I, 4, a lion rampant, for FlTZ-
ALAN of Arundel ; 2, 3, a fret, MALTRAVERS. Suspended
by a strap from a forked tree. Within an elegantly carved
and traced gothic panel, bordered with ball-flowers.
nut
Beaded border.
Richard de Arondell, of Brandon Manor, co. Warw.,
and Wychampton Manor, co. Dors., Knt.
6932. [A.D. 1415.] Red : fine but very imperfect. About
i^ in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 45 C. 55.]
A shield of arms, coucht: quarterly, I, 4, a lion rampant,
FlTZ-ALAN of Arundel ; 2, 3, a fret, MALTRAVERS. Crest
on a helmet, diapered lambrequin and wreath, an eagle's
head and wings, charged on the neck with a crescent for
difference. Within a carved and traced gothic panel.
. t . gt Bar
6933. [A.D. 1415.] Red: fine, but edge imperfect. [Harl.
ch. 45 C. 56.]
This impression shows portions of the design wanting in
No. 6932.
ar& aron&ell / *
6934. [A.D. 1415.] Red : very fine, but imperfect. [Harl.
ch. 45 C. 57.]
6935. Sulph. cast from No. 6934. [D.C., G. 146.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 433
Sibilla Darundell, \dau. of WILLIAM DE MONTACUTE,
Earl of Salisbury, and KATHARINE, dau. of
WILLIAM Lord GRANDISON, his wife],
Wife of Sir EDMUND DE ARUNDELLE, 2nd son of
EDMUND FITZ-ALAN, 8tk Earl of A rundel.
6936. [A.D. 1350.] Red : fine, elaborately designed ; edge
chipped, i in. [Harl. ch. 83 E. 36.]
A shield of arms : a lion rampant, and label of three
points, for FlTZ-ALAN of Arundel, betw. two lozenge-shaped
shields of arms : dex., three fusils in fess, MONTACUTE ; sin.,
paly of six, on a bend three eagles displayed, GRANDISON.
In the field on each side of the central shield at the lower
part of it, a slipped leaf. Within a finely carved and traced
gothic panel, bordered with ball-flowers.
& S' : SI[BIL]L : D[ARV1NCL.
Beaded border.
Cf. Harl. ch. 53 E. u. No. 6938.
6937. Sulph. cast from No. 6936. [B.C., F. 310.]
Second Seal.
6938. [A.D. 1368.] Red: fine, somewhat injured by pres-
sure, edge wanting. About i^ in. when perfect. [Harl.
ch. 53 E. ii.]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex., quarterly, i, 4, FlTZ-
ALAN ; 2, WARRENNE (as in the seal of her husband, Sir
Edmund de Arundelle, see No. 6927) ; sin., three fusils in
fess, MONTACUTE. Within an arabesque design of branches,
foliage, and flowers, containing [four] small circular panels in
cross, each charged with armorial bearings, viz., i (top),
wanting, but probably same as that below ; 2 (1. h. side),
GRANDISON, see No. 6936 ; 3 (r. h. side), very imperfect, but
apparently same as 2 ; 4 (base), quarterly, in the 2nd and 3rd
quarters a fret, over all a bend, DESPENCER (?).
Legend wanting.
The explanation of this seal will be better understood by
the following pedigree :
Edmund FlTZ-ALAN, Alice Planta- William Katharine,
8th Earl of ARUNDEL = genet, sister and MONTACUTE, dau. of Wil-
sole heir of John, Earl of liam, Lord
E. of WARRENNE Salisbury = GRANDISON.
and Surrey.
Sir Edmund d' Arundel = Sibilla.
William de Arundelle, Chivaler, son of JOHN DE ARUNDELLE,
Chivaler, of Brandon Manor, co. Warw.
6939. [A.D. 1397.] Red : originally fine, now very imper-
fect, in parts injured by pressure. About i-^ in. when perfect.
[Harl. ch. 45 C. 50.]
VOL. II. 2 F
434 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
A shield of arms, couch/: quarterly, I, 4, FlTZ-ALAN of
Arundel ; 2, 3, MALTRAVERS. Crest on a helmet, lambrequin,
and wreath (an eagle's head), betw. two wings erect. Within
a carved and traced gothic panel.
......... Be artmUel ......
6940. Sulph. cast from No. 6939, [D.C., G. 209.]
William Asshe, of St. Albans, co. Herts.
6941. [A.D. 1409.] Red : indistinct. -^ in. [Add. ch.
18,185.]
A shield (of arms ?) : perhaps a hand couped at the wrist
in bend, holding a flower or other uncertain charge, betw.
three estoiles. Within a pointed gothic trefoil,
fc . . 16 . SPORieNG . . (?)
Sir Denny Ashburnham, of Broomeham, co. Suss., Bart.
6942. [A.D. 1678.] Red, covered with paper before im-
pression, -f- X -i- in. [Egert. ch. 499.]
Oval : a shield of arms, very indistinct : a fess betw. some
uncertain charges. For a fess betw. six mullets, ASH-
BURNHAM.
Cf. Add. ch. 17,619 ; 17,620.
Another Seal
6943. [A.D. 1676.] Red, covered with paper before im-
pression, very indistinct. -|- X -fa in. [Add. ch. 17,619.]
Oval signet : out of a ducal coronet an ash-tree, crest of
ASHBURNHAM.
John Ashbornham, of Ashburnham, co. Suss., Esq.
6944. [A.D. 1595.] Red : injured by pressure, -f- X f in.
[Add. ch. 29,747.]
Oval : a shield of arms : a fess betw. six mullets, ASH-
BURNHAM.
Beaded border.
Roger Ashburnham, of cos. Kent, Surr., etc.
6945. [A.D. 1363.] Red: fine, apparently from a matrix
with the annulus of the legend partially drawn back by a
screw, -fi- in. [Add. ch. 16,473.]
A shield of arms : a fess betw. six pierced mullets, ASH-
BURNHAM. Within a carved gothic cinquefoil with points in
triangle, bordered with ball-fpwers.
*K * Sigfllum : rog[m^ : to : aspurotyam.
-1
HERALDIC SEALS. 435
6946. [A.D. 1375.] Red: very fine, but fragmentary.
[Add. ch. 23,626.]
w &tg . , . * . mijam*
6947. [A.D. 1375.] Red: imperfect, nearly defaced by
pressure. [Add. ch. 23,625.]
* j&tgtllum : rogeri
Another Seal.
6948. [A.D. 1380.] Red : fine, i in. [Harl. ch. 48 E. 35.]
A pierced mullet, derived from the arms of ASHBURNHAM,
see No. 6945. Within a carved trefoil with ogival points.
Legend betw. the points :
* afdje * imrne f>am
Thomas Assheboneham, of Guestlyng, co. Suss., Gentl.
6949. [A.D. 1535.] Red: fine but imperfect impression
from a ring. About -f- X in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 20,113.]
Ornamental shape : on a mount, out of a ducal coronet,
an ash tree eradicated. Crest of ASHBURNHAM.
Cabled border.
William Ashbournham, al. Ashburnham,
Cofferer of the Royal Household, Esq.
6950. [A.D. 1665.] Red : very indistinct, covered with
paper before impression, i m - [Harl. ch. 77 H. I.]
Slightly oval : a shield of arms : per pale, dex., five
lozenges in bend ; sin., paly of six, a bend.
George Ashby, Gentl.
Seal used by JOHN ROGERS, of Denham, co. Bucks.
6951. [A.D. 1509.] Red: good. in. [Harl. ch. 86 D. 13.]
A shield of arms : a chevron betw. three eagles displayed,
ASHBY.
Thomas Assheby, of Lowesby, co. Leic., Esq.
6952. [A.D. 1444.] Red: chipped, iin. [Add. ch. 26,925.]
An eagle rising, in its beak a trefoil slipped. For a crest of
ASHBY ?
Cabled border.
Robert de Asshedon.
6953. [A.D. 1381-2.] Plaster cast from chipped impres-
sion. I in. [Ixxxii. 23.]
A shield of arms: two bars, over all a bendlet. Suspended
2 F 2
436 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
by a strap from a tree of three branches. Within a carved
gothic panel, ornamented with small quatrefoils along the
inner edge.
&tgiir . ifcobertt . D' . affijeUon.
Thomas Assheman.
6954. [i$th cent.] Plaster cast from indistinct impression.
i-i- in. [Ixxxii. 22.]
A shield of arms : on a bend two lions passant.
& gtgtllum * * tijornr * * affljr man * *.
Michael Asshfelde, 0/ Wadley, co. Berk,, Gentl.
6955. [A.D. 1598.] Red: fine. -[4 x f in. [Harl. ch. 79
F. 40.]
A shield of arms : a slipped trefoil, betw. three mullets,
ASHFIELD.
Carved border.
Sir Richard Ashfield,
General in the A rmy of tfie Commonwealth.
6956. [A.D. 1653.] Recent impression in red sealing wax.
*- X 4- in. [xlvii. 2384.]
Oblate octagonal : a shield of arms : a slipped trefoil
betw. three mullets, ASHFIELD. Crest, on a helmet, man-
tling, and wreath, a dexter hand grasping a battle-axe, enfiled
with a wreath of laurel.
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 53.
Robert de Aisshefelde, Aysshefelde, or Asshefeld,
of co. Suff.
6957. [A.D. I394-] Red: fine. I in. [Harl. ch. 45 D.
27.]
A shield of arms : a fess engrailed betw. three fleurs-de-
lis, ASHFIELD. Suspended by a strap from a lion's face.
Within a carved gothic panel.
StgiU' : rofcmt : tie : atffijefelU,
Beaded border.
6958. [A.D. 1383.] Red: somewhat injured by pressure.
[Harl. ch. 47 A. 28.]
6959. [A.D. 1386.] Light-brown or uncoloured, and some-
what opaque : indistinct. [Harl. ch. 51 E. 25.]
6960. [A.D. 1398.] Red: indistinct. [Harl. ch. 45 D. 28.]
6961. [A.D. 1400.] Red : cracked, and very indistinct.
[Harl. ch. 54 H. 2.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 437
Robert Ashefylde, or Ashefeld,
of Stow-Langtoft, co. Suff.
6962. [A.D. 1553.] Red: good. x 1 in. [Add. ch.
35,212.]
Oval : an ornamental shield of arms : a fess engrailed
betw. three fleurs-de-lis, ASHFIELD. Above the shield, a
wolf's head.
Cabled border.
6963. [A.D. 1577.] Red: indistinct, and injured. [Add.
ch. 19,376.]
6964. [A.D. 1586.] Red. [Harl. ch. in D. 2.]
Elyanora (Ashwell), widow of HENRY DE LACY,
of Aschedon, co. Essex.
6965. [A.D. 1368.] Red: somewhat indistinct in places.
in. [Harl. ch. 52 H. 52.]
A shield of arms : a lion passant. Within a carved gothic
panel bordered with ball-flowers.
8 S' 'ALIANOR6 : ASCHWLL'.
6966. Sulph. cast from No. 6965. [B.C., F. 456.]
Alice de Aspale, widow of Sir ROBERT DE ASPALE, Knt.,
of Great Cressingkam, co. Norf.
6967. [A.D. 1342.] Red : fragment only, from fine seal.
About i^ in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 45 D. 24.]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex., three chevrons, ASPALL ;
sin., destroyed. Above the shield a fleur-de-lis.
Legend wanting.
Elizabeth de Aspale, widow of Sir JOHN ASPALE, Knt. t
of Great Cressingkam, co. Norf.
6968. [A.D. 1371.] Red: fine, edge chipped. About i in.
[Harl. ch. 45 D. 23.]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex., three chevrons, ASPALL ;
sin., a fess betw. two chevrons, over all in chief a label of
seven points. Within a finely carved and traced panel, with
ten outward points.
Legend betw. the points :
SIG_ILL'_[eLI]_ZA__B6_[TH]_D_AS_PA_Le.
6969. Sulph. cast from No. 6968. [D.C., F. 477.]
Toxnnas de Asteley.
6970. [Temp. Edw. III.] Red : fine, chipped in places,
.-f- in. [xxxvi. 101.]
A shield of arms : a cinquefoil within a bordure engrailed,
438 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
ASTLEY of cos. Stafford, Kent, &c. (The engrailing is some-
what different to the usual style and is enriched with an
inner border or line resembling an escutcheon.) Within a
pointed trefoil bordered with ball-flowers.
j&t[gt]Uu + tomne + Be + astefcg,
Beaded border.
Thomas, Lord of A stele, Sir Thomas de Asteleye,
of co. Line., Knt.
6971. [A.D. 1364.] Red: originally fine, now chipped,
edge bent. l-i- in. [Harl. ch. 52 A. 37.]
A shield of arms : a cinquefoil, ermine, ASTLEY. On a
tree. Within an elaborately carved and traced gothic rosette
of eight double points, the inner series of points bordered
with ball-flowers.
J SIGILLVM : THOM6 : DOMINI : DG : AST6L6.
Beaded border.
6972. Sulph. cast from No. 6971. [D.C., F. 432.]
William de Asteleye, of Whitace, co. Warw., Knt.
6973. [A.D. 1399.] Red : fine, from matrix with moveable
legend. i-L in. [Add. ch. 21,504.]
A shield of arms : a cinquefoil pierced, ermine, ASTLEY.
Betw. five small roses, and within a gothic rosette of eight
points, bordered with ball-flowers.
fc Stgilium : Bm : WLilVi : Be : atelege : nttittfe.
William Asthille, of Gamlingay, co. Camb., Clerk.
6974. [A.D. 1412.] Red: good, perhaps from a ring,
i in. [Harl. ch. 83 A. 41.]
A lion couchant guardant, betw. four trefoiled sprigs,
issuing from a cabled border. Perhaps in reference to the
armorial bearings: a lion passant betw. four crosses crosslet,
.etc., ASTELL.
William Aston, of Unstone, co. Derby.
6975. [A.D. 1431.] Red: indistinct. f in. [Woll. ch.
viii. 41.]
A shield of arms, coucke 1 ': two lions' gambs, issuing in
chevron from the sides of the shield, between three annulets,
two in chief and one in base. Crest on a helmet of large
dimensions and mantling, a talbot, or other animal passant.
Motto in the field above :
*ber tom. (Ever wary.)
6976. [A.D. 1431.] Red: indistinct, injured by pressure.
[Woll. ch. viii. 42.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 439
Raffe Astrye, of Harlington, co. Bed/., Esq.
6977. [A.D. 1595.] Red: indistinct. X -fc in. [Add.
ch. 35,846.]
Oval : a shield charged with an animal's head erased,
holding (a ring ?) in its mouth.
6978. [A.D. 1596.] Another. [Add. ch. 35,850.]
James Astyn, of Westerham, co. Kent, Gentl.
6979. [A.D. 1593.] Red. f x -|- in. [Add. ch. 23,736.]
Oval : a shield of arms : a chevron betw. three (eagles' ?)
heads erased.
Beaded border.
Gregory Athow, late of Bytchamwell, co. Norf., Gentl.
6980. [A.D. 1639.] Red: injured by pressure, i X f in.
[Add. ch. 30,825.]
Oval : on a wreath, five ostrich-feathers labelled.
Cabled border.
John Athow, of Beachamwell, co. Norf., Esq.
Son of THOMAS ATHOW.
(See No. 6983.)
6981. [A.D. 1625.] Red : injured, f X -- in. [Add. ch.
30,815-]
Oval : a shield of arms : quarterly I. on a bend cotised
three uncertain charges ; 2. quarterly ; 3. a lion rampant ;
4. chequy.
Crest on a helmet, mantling, and wreath, a helmet betw. a
pair of wings erect.
Cabled border.
6982. [A.D. 1625.] Another. Red : injured. [Add. ch.
30,817.] '
Thomas Athow, Serjeant-at-the-law.
6983. [A.D. 1617.] Red. [Add. ch. 30,813.]
The seal is the same as in No. 6980 used by Gregory Athow.
6984. [A.D. 1625.] Red : injured. [Add. ch. 30,815.]
6985. [A.D. 1625.] Red. [Add. ch. 30,817.]
Robert Atkinson, of Stowell, co. Glouc., Esq.
6986. [A.D. 1604.] Red : fine. % x -f in. [Add. ch.
I5.I57-]
A shield of arms : a cross voided betw. four lions rampant,
ATKINSON. Crest, on a wreath, an eagle with wings ex-
panded.
440 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Roger Attebroke.
6987. [A.D. 1296-7.] Plaster cast. -J. in. [Ixxxii. 24.]
A shield of arms : per pale a chevron counterchanged.
Above the shield a long cross, pattee, betw. two pierced
sixfoils. Within a carved panel.
S' ROG6RI ATT6BROKG.
Thomas Atte Broke, of Ivelchester, co. Somer.
6988. [A.D. 1325.] Red: imperfect - in. [Add. ch.
1 5,460.]
A shield of arms : on a chevron an (eagle ?) displayed.
Betw. three small trefoils slipped. Within a pointed gothic
quatrefoil.
Legend wanting.
Laurence AttebromeP
6989. [A.D. 1356.] Plaster cast from chipped impression.
i in; [Ixxxii. 27.]
A shield of arms : a chevron engrailed betw. three uncer-
tain charges. Within a carved trefoil panel.
fc Sitir : laurencu : Be :
Robert Attebrome.
6990. [i4th cent.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
-J-f- in. [Ixxxii. 5.]
The owner, kneeling to the 1. h. before the B. Virgin
holding the child, and lifting up in his hands a trefoil branch
of flowers. In a carved gothic niche of two arches. In base,
under an arch a shield of arms : a broom plant ?
S' ROBGRTI ATT6 BROM6 (0
Thomas Atte Crouche, of South Denchworth, co. Berks.
(? Serjeant Porter of the Royal Household?)
6991. [A.D. 1367.] Red: fine, well preserved. I in.
[Add. ch. 6096.]
A shield of arms : a cross cantoned with four estoiles.
Above the shield a cross pattee. Within an elegantly carved
gothic rosette of eight double points.
fc S' THOM6 AT CROVCH S' PORTR'.
The latter part of the legend seems to signify " serviens
portarius," or serjeant porter.
John Atte ffelde, of Beddington, co. Surr.
6992. [A.D. 1324.] Green: chipped, imperfect. in.
[Add. ch. 22,845.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 44!
A shield of arms : per pale, two griffins segreant in fess
(? counterchanged), on a chief a fish naiant. On each side of
the shield a sprig of foliage.
& [S 1 : I]OH'IS : AT6 : F6LDE /*.
Beaded borders.
John Atte ffelde, of Beddington, co. Surr.
6993. [A.D. 1324.] Green: edge chipped. About % x f m -
[Add. ch. 22,845.]
Oval : a shield of arms : per pale, two griffins segreant in
fess, on a chief a pike fish (or other fish) naiant. Betw. two
sprigs of foliage.
* OHMS AK AT * F6LDG *
Beaded borders.
Willemus Atte ffan.
6994. [A.D. 1436.] Red : much injured by pressure. in.
[Add. ch. 28,847.]
A shield of arms : indistinct. Betw. three small quatrefoil
flowers, slipped. Within a carved gothic quatrefoil.
% SIG . . . VM . . LGS.
William Atte ffen, fil. Johannis Atteffen,
of Southwark, etc., co. Surr.
6995. [A.D. 1360.] Red: fragmentary. About i in.
when perfect. [Add. ch. 1314.]
A lozenge-shaped shield of arms : charges defaced, within
an engrailed bordure. Within a carved and traced gothic
rosette.
Legend wanting.
Ricardus Atte Hamme.
See JOHAN LE B . . . R . . .
William Atte Homwode, of Westmeston, co. Suss.,
and JULIANA, his wife.
6996. [A.D. 1381.] Green; injured by pressure. -2- in.
[Add. ch. 24,686.]
(i.) An eagle or bird of prey, striking a duck.
TSa ALAS IG SV PRIS.
(ii.) A shield of arms : the charges defaced.
M D . . (?)
Ralph Atte Lee, of They don Garnon, etc., co. Ess., Gentl.
6997. [A.D. 1446.] Red : very indistinct, and injured by
pressure ; encircled by a twisted rush. [Add. ch. 28,864.]
442 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
For description see next No.
6998. [A.D. 1458.] Red : good. [Add. ch. 28,874.]
Rectangular signet, an eagle rising. Cabled border.
6999. [A.D. 1458.] Red : good. [Add. ch. 28,875.]
John Ate Lhude, or Atte Lude, of Beckenham, co. Kent,
7000. [Early 1 3th cent] Dark green : fine. fin. [Harl.
ch. 112 B. 10.]
A shield of arms : three bugle-horns stringed, two and one.
fc S' lOH'IS AT LHVD6.
7001. Sulph. cast from No. 7000. [D.C., F. 208.]
Richard Atte Moor, of Chalfont St. Peter, co. Buck.
7002. [A.D. 1409.] Red : injured by pressure. -f- in.
[Harl. ch. 86 A. 7.]
Within a carved gothic cinquefoil, a shield of arms : a
sword in bend, point downward.
# SIGILLVM . . ARD (?)
William Attemore.
7003. [A.D. 1343.] Plaster cast from indistinct impression.
-I- in. [Ixxxii. 28.]
A shield of arms : diapered lozengy, a bend, ATTEMORE.
Suspended by a strap from a forked tree. Within a carved
gothic panel.
Stgtllum . Mtill'i . attr move.
John Atte Nassche, of Merden, co. Kent.
7004. [A.D. 1451.] Red: cracked, injured by pressure.
A in. [Harl. ch. 79 D. 31.]
A shield of arms : a chevron. Within an indistinct carved
gothic panel.
. M I . . . . R (?) .
Robert ate Noke, Wax-ckaundiller and Citizen of London.
7005. [A.D. 1366.] Red: chipped. About in. when
perfect. [Harl. ch. 49 I. 28.]
A shield of arms : a cross flory.
B . . A . . 6VR T. (?)
John Atte Thele.
See JOHN BURGEYS.
Agnes Atte Thorne.
See JOHN DE SCHURBURNE.
HERALDIC SEALS. 443
Elena, wife of ROBERT Atte Welle, of Denham, co. Buck.
7006. [A.D. 1362.] Discoloured white: very indistinct.
I- in. [Harl. ch. 86 F. 43.]
A shield of arms : charges indistinct. Betw. two wyverns.
Within a gothic rosette of eight points.
Legend defaced.
Johannes Atte Welle, of Maidwell, co. North.
7007. [A.D. 1319.] Green: a fragment, very indistinct.
About -f- in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 22,150.]
A shield of arms : per pale and per saltire, in chief two
roundles, all within an engrailed bordure.
. STR .
Johannes Atte Welle, of Pudsay, co. York.
7008. [A.D. i394-[ Creamy-white: cracked, indistinct,
in. [Add. ch. 16,875.]
A shield of arms : uncertain charges.
+ S' . . e.
John Ropere, of Westgate, near Canterbury, or
Thomas Atte Welle, of Burstrete in Hierne, or Herne>
co. Kent.
7009. [A.D. 1389.] Red: imperfect. About fin. when
perfect. [Toph. ch. 38.]
Within a finely carved gothic rosette, a shield of arms : the
charges uncertain.
J PNST D6
For legend compare No. 7417.
Robert Atte Wenstalle.
See JOHN COUMSCU
Harman Attwoodde, of Saunderstead, co. Surr., Gentl.
7010. [A.D. 1614.] Red : imperfect. x f in. [Add.
ch. 23,496.]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex., field replenished with
acorns, a lion rampant, ATTWOODE, sin., quarterly, i, 4.
Three uncertain charges, 2, 3, indistinct, apparently, on a bend
betw. three , as many martlets.
John Attewode.
7011. [A.D. 1416-7.] Plaster cast, -ff in. [Ixxxii. 33.]
A shield of arms : a lion rampant, ATWOOD. Within a
carved gothic panel.
& SIGILL' IOHANNIS ATT6WOD6.
444 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
William Atte Wode.
See VINCENT FINCH.
William de Aubeni, of Belvoir, co. Leic.
7012. [Early 1 3th cent] Dark green : chipped ; app. by
a woven silk cord of various colours. 2-f- in. [Add. ch.
22,576.]
0. An embattled ship or barge, with a tower of two storeys
of arcading, embattled at the top. Two men looking out,
one with a flag.
K SIGILCLVM :] WILLGLMI : D6 : AVB VVGR.
B:. A small counterseal. i^- in. A shield of arms of early
shape : two chevrons, within a bordure, DAUBENY. Betw. a
small cross above a cinquefoil on the 1. h. side and a sprig of
foliage on the r. h. side.
SIGILLVM SALVTIS.
7013. Plaster casts of No. 7012. [Ixxxv. 22, 23.]
Agatha, wife of WILLIAM de Aubeny.
See AGACA TRUSBUT.
Andrew Aubrey.
7014. [A.D. 1352.] Plaster cast from fine impression,
l-i- in. [Ixxxii. 29.]
A shield of arms : a saltire betw. four griffins, head erased,
AUBREY. Within an elaborately traced gothic rose panel.
* SIGILLVM *** ANDR66 J* AVBR6Y.
Beaded border.
Thomas Aubrey, of Walton, co. Surr.
7015. [Temp. Edw. I.] Mottled green : imperfect. About
| in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 22,959.]
Three small shields of arms, arranged two and one:
I, chevronelly ; 2, a lion rampant ; 3, fragmentary.
8 S' PH . . . . O . . VN'.
Henry de Audithelega,
of Chorsbure, in Weston, co. Salop, Knt.
7016. [A.D. 1228.] Pale brownish-white, varnished
fragment. About i in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 20,441.]
A shield of arms : fretty, AUDELEY.
Legend wanting.
HERALDIC SEALS. 445
Another seal, with counterseal of WILLIAM DE BRUMLE.
7017. \c. A.D. 1233.] Dark-green: fine, imperfect; app.
by a plaited cord of coloured silks. About 2 X 2 in. when
perfect, [Cott. ch. xi. 38.]
0. Shield-shaped : a shield of arms : fretty, on a canton a
cross patt6e.
B SIGILLVM : H6NRICI : D : ALDIT .
BL A small oval counterseal. -f- X -f- in. Impression of an
antique oval intaglio gem. A sea-horse (?)
# S' . WILL'I : D : BRVMU.
7018. Sulph. cast of the obv. only. [B.C., E. 327.]
Hugh Daudelee, or de Audeleghe,
of Horseheatk, co. Camb., Knt.
7019. [A.D. 1305.] Red: very fine, injured by casting.
l in. [Harl. ch. 45 E. 36.]
A shield of arms : fretty, for a fret, AuDLEY, a label of
three points. On a background diapered lozengy with a
small quatrefoil in each space.
Legend betw. four human heads, couped at the neck, and
with side-hair curled :
S'HVG _ ONIS _ DAVD _ L.
Beaded borders.
7020. Sulph. cast from No. 7019. [D.C., F. 177.]
Hugh de Audele, \st Baron.
7021. [A.D. 1330.] Plaster cast from chipped impression.
I in. [Ixxxii. 31.]
A shield of arms : fretty, within a bordure, AUDLEY. Sus-
pended by a strap. Betw. two wavy sprigs on each of which
is a bird.
% SIGI : D6 : AVDL.
Beaded borders.
Hugh de Audele, or Daudele,
2nd Baron, Earl of Gloucester. A.D. 1337-1347.
7022. [A.D. 1344.] Cast in red composition from fine im-
pression. \\ in. [xlii. 79.]
A shield of arms, coucht-. three chevrons, for CLARE. The
Earl married Margaret de Clare, sister and coheiress of
Gilbert de Clare, 8th and last Earl. Crest, on a helmet
with grating closed, and mantling crusily, out of a ducal
coronet a swan's head and wings erect. Within a carved
gothic panel.
SIGILLVM * HVGONIS DG * AVDL
446 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
7023. [A.D. 1342.] Red: fragmentary. [Add. ch. 20,402.]
This contains only the shield, helmet, and lower part of the
crest.
Legend wanting.
Hugh Awdeley, of the Inner Temple, London, Esq.
7024. [A.D. 1628.] Red : indistinct, f X -- in. [Add.
ch. 30,822.]
Oval : a shield of arms : quarterly, in the first quarter an
indistinct animal. Crest on a helmet, mantling, and wreath,
uncertain.
Cabled border.
James de Audedelega, al. Audeley,
2nd Baron. Ob. A.D. 1271.
7025. [A.D. 1259.] Plaster, cast from chipped impression.
I -I in. [Ixxxii. 30.]
A shield of arms : fretty. Background diapered with a
double reticulated pattern.
w SIGILU : IACOBI : D6 : AVDeDGLGGA.
James de Audeleye,
" Seigneur de Rouge CJiaustell et de Heleye? co. Salop.
7026. [Temp. Ed w. III.] Green: very imperfect. About
l-i. in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 45 E. 38. |
A shield of arms, coucht ': fretty, for a fret, AUDLEY.
Crest on a helmet, with grating, and lambrequin, a (griffin's?)
head and wings erect. Background diapered fretty with a
small annulet at each intersection, and a quatrefoil in each
space.
Legend wanting.
7027. Sulph. cast from No. 7026. [D.C., G. 245.]
James de Audithele, or Audelega,
of Berkhampstead, co. Herts.
Secretum.
7028. [Temp. Hen. III.] Mottled green : fine, well pre-
served, i in. [Add. ch. 15,469.]
A shield of arms : fretty, for a fret, AUDLEY. On a tree
betw. two wavy branches of elegant design.
+ L S6CR6 : IAM6S : D AVDITH6LE.
Beaded border.
John Avinel, or Auenel, "Chivaler de com' Cantebr"
7029. [A.D. 1337.] Red: fine, chipped on the r. h. side.
4- in. [Harl. ch. 45 E. 49.]
A lozenge-shaped shield of arms : a fess betw. six annulets,
HERALDIC SEALS. 447
AUENELL. Betw. four cinquefoils, and within a carved and
pointed gothic quatrefoil bordered with ball-flowers,
fc SIGCILLVM UOHAUHIS AVIN6L :
Beaded border.
7030. Sulph. cast from No. 7029. [B.C., F. 264.]
John Aumr ....
Seal used by RICHARD DE HALLE, of Lullynton, co. Suss.
7031. [A.D. 1343.] Red: edges chipped. | in. [Add.
ch. 30,208.]
A shield of arms : a fess, over all nine estoiles, three, three,
two and one. The outer border of the shield invecked.
Within a cordon of estoiles.
IOHAN6S AVMR .
Jane, dan. of Sir EDW. ONSLOW,
wife of Lord Gerald Aungier, 2nd Baron Aungier.
7032. [A.D. 1641.] Red : fine. x -^ in. [Harl. ch. 77
H. 13-]
A shield of arms : ermine, a lion rampant.
Beaded border.
Rob. Auon'.
See ROBERT HARDY.
John Austelle, of Axbridge and Wells, co. Somer., Esq.
7033. [A.D. I439-] Red : fine, injured on the r. h. side.
l^ in. [Harl. ch. 1 1 1 D. 5.]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex., a saltire engrailed betw.
four lions' faces ; sin., a pair of wings in lure. Suspended by
a strap from a forked tree and betw. two pairs of sprigs of
foliage and flowers.
...*.* tun .. anm'B * attftell
Cabled borders.
7034. Sulph. cast from No. 7033. [B.C., G. 206.]
7035. Red : fine, injured by pressure, [xxxvi. 123.]
StgtUum * tofjamus * auatell.
Sir John Austen, of Stagnoe, co. Herts., Bart.
7036. [A.D. 1686.] Red, covered with paper before im-
pression : very indistinct, -f- x -fV in. [Add. ch. 35,413.]
Oval : an ornamental shield of arms : a chevron emballed.
Seal used by Dame Rose, wife of the above.
7037. [A.D. 1686.] Another: as above. [Add. ch. 35,413.]
448 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
J. Austen.
Seal used by THOMAS BRIGGS, of Ticehurst. co. Suss.
7038. [A.D. 1717.] Red: en placard, on tape. 4 x in.
[Add. ch. 30,840.]
Oval : a shield of arms : per pale, dex., a chevron betw.
three lions gambs, erased, AUSTEN ; sin., a chevron betw.
three birds, AUSTEN (another coat). Crest, on a helmet,
mantling, and wreath, a lion's gamb.
Seal used by EDWARD BRITTON,
of Crow hurst, co. Suss., Carpenter.
7039. [A.D. 1710.] Red: imperfect, en placard. [Add.
ch. 29,981.]
Johan Austyn, Chev.
See WILLIAM DE HETT . . s.
Robert Austen.
See SIR ROBERT CHESTER.
Robert Austen, of Ringmere, co. Suss.
7040. [A.D. 1577.] Red: injured. in. [Add. ch.
30,739-1
A stag. Perhaps in allusion to the crest of AUSTEN, on a
mural crown a stag lodged.
John de Avene,
of co. Glamorg., son of Sir LEYSON DE AvENE.
7041. [A.D. 1341.] Cast in green composition from a fine
but imperfect impression, -ff in. [xcvi. 73.]
A shield of arms : three chevrons, AVENE. The arms
derived by way of imitation, from those of CLARE, the lords
of Glamorgan and Morgan. Above the shield an Agnus Dei :
at each side a wyvern.
*> S' * lOH'IS *> D6 *> AV6N6 *
Thomas Awdeley.
7042. [A.D. 1618.] Red : very indistinct and imperfect.
About -L X -f- in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 33,108.]
Oval : on a wreath a demi-lion rampant.
Thomas Awdeley, of London, Gentl.
7043. [A.D. 1621.] Red. | x f in. [Add. ch. 36,385.]
Oval : a shield of arms : a fess cotised, betw. three conies,
HERALDIC SEALS. 449
AUDLEY. Crest on a helmet, ornamental mantling and
wreath, a martlet.
Beaded border.
Thomas de Awill P
7044. [i4th cent.] Plaster cast from good impression.
|- in. [Ixxxii. 32.]
A shield of arms : a fess indented betw. three birds
(parrots?). Suspended by a strap from a tree of three
branches.
In place of a legend, a wavy scroll of foliage and flowers.
Beaded borders.
John de Ayllesbury, or Aylesbury,
of Beaconsfietd, co. Buck., Knt., son of
Sir THOMAS DE AYLESBURY, of Milton-Keynes, co. Buck.,
and JOAN, dau. and coheir of RALPH BASSETT,
Baron Bassett of Weldon*
7045. [A.D. 1376.] Mottled green: good, injured by
pressure in places, i^- in. [Harl. ch. 45 E. 57.]
A shield of arms: quarterly, I, 4, a cross, AYLESBURY ;
2, 3, barry of six nebulee, BASSETT. Suspended by a strap
from a forked tree. Within a finely carved and traced
gothic panel with six circular holes pierced with quatrefoils.
Stgtflum : toJjamuji ; Be : agUeflwrg :
Cf. Baker, History of Northamptonshire, vol. I, p. 355.
7046. Sulph. cast from No. 7045. [D.C., F. 502.]
Thomas Ayres.
7047. [A.D. 1653.] Red : covered with paper before irriT,
pression. -^ x i in. [Add. ch. 27,328.]
Oval : a shield of arms, quarterly, indistinct.
William de Ayrmynne, of Keisby, co. Line., Chevaler.
7048. [A.D. 1393.] Creamy-white: very indistinct -Jin;
[Add. ch. 21,025.]
A shield of arms : ermine a saltire engrailed, on a chief
a lion passant, AYREMINNE. Cf. arms of Will, de Ayreminne,
Bishop of Norwich, A.D. 1325,. in Add. MS. 12,443. Betw.
three small sprigs. Within a carved and pointed gothic
quatrefoil.
& L SIGL WILLIAM D
Cf. Add. ch. 21,026; 21,027; 21,028. Cf. also Bedford, Blazon of
Episcopacy, p. 79.
VOL. II. 2 G
450 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Edward Ayscoghe, or Ascough, of Swinkope, co. Line., Esq.
7049. [A.D. I575.[ Red. 4- in. [Egert. ch. 483.]
Oval signet : a shield of arms : three mullets pierced, two
and one, a crescent for difference.
Beaded border.
Johan Le B r .
Seal used by RICHARD ATE HAMME,
of Goudhurst, co. Kent.
7050. [A.D. 1367.] Red: injured by pressure. in.
[Harl. ch. 78 E 40.]
A shield of arms : a lion rampant. Betw. three small
sprigs, and within a carved and pointed gothic quatrefoil.
+ S' IOHAN L6 B . . R ...(?)
Thomas de B
Seal used by JOHN GRYFFYN, Chev., or JOHN DE
WHYTEMORE, of Wych Maubanc, co. Chesh.
7051. [A.D. 1356.] Brownish-green : imperfect and in-
distinct. [L. F. C. xxviii. 7.]
A shield of arms : two fishes hauriant in fess, in chief a
crown.
THOM6 DG B . . . . Y. (?)
w-
7052. [A.D. 1454.] Red. in. [Add. ch. 29,535.]
A swan on water. Betw. the initial letters w. B. Perhaps
a crest.
Robert Baa, of co. Hunt.
7053. [A.D. 1391.] Red. -ff in. [Add. ch. 33,516.]
A shield of arms : a chevron betw. three pierced mullets,
BAA, or BAO. Within a carved trefoil panel.
rotirrtt : fcaa : **
Anthony Babington, of Dethick, co. Derb., Esq.
7054. [A.D. 1586.] Red: imperfect, and injured by
pressure. \ in. [Woll. ch. ii. 86.]
A shield of arms : on a fess betw. three garbs, a martlet
for difference.
Beaded border.
HERALDIC SEALS. 451
Hugh, son <?/ RICHARD DE Babington, of co. York.
7055. [A.D. 1326.] Creamy-white: very indistinct, -f- in.
[Add. ch. 16,692.]
A shield of arms : uncertain charges, perhaps a chevron.
S' TH . . 6TON.
William Babyngton.
7056. [A.D. 1424.] Plaster cast from good impression,
injured by pressure. I in. [Ixxxii. 78.]
A shield of arms : field diapered with sprigs of foliage,
ten roundles, four, three, two, and one, in pile, over all in
chief a label of three points, BABINGTON. Suspended by a
strap from a tree. Within a carved border engrailed and
ornamented with small ball-flowers or quatrefoils.
Stfftlltt : totll't : fcaimngton : *
Beaded border.
Richard de Bachesworth, Lord of Herefeld, co. Midd.
7057. [A.D. 1313.] Uncoloured. -f- in. [Harl. ch. 84 G.
50.]
A shield of arms : a chevron within a bordure engrailed.
X S' RICARDI : D6 : BACH6SWORTH6.
Sa[muelP] Backhouse, [of co. Buck. ?]
7058. [A.D. 1620.] Red. - X J- in. [Harl. ch. 76 F. 36.]
Oval : on a wreath, an eagle displayed with inverted
wings, on a snake embowed, nowed at the tail. Crest of
BACKHOUSE.
Cabled border.
John, son and heir of EDWARD Backwell, of London, Esq.
7059. [A.D. 1698.] Red : en placard on a label. 4. X T V in.
[Harl. ch. in H. 35.]
Oval : on a wreath a bull's head erased. Crest of BACK-
WELL. Cf. Burke, Armory, s. v., out of a mural crown a
demi-bull.
Richard, son of EDWARD Backwell, of London, Esq.
7060. [A.D. 1698.] Red : en placard on a label. [Harl.
ch. in H. 35.]
Same as for John Backwell, see No. 7059,
Edmund Bacon, of Redgrave, co. Suff., Bart.
7061. [A.D. 1657.] Red: injured by pressure. x -fe in.
[Add. ch. 19,265.]
2 CT 2
452 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Oval : a shield of arms : charges defaced, but apparently
not the arms of BACON of Redgrave, viz. on a chief two
pierced mullets.
Elizabeth Bacon.
See AMBROSE COPINGER.
John Bacon, Clerk of the Wardrobe to King Richard II.
7062. [A.D. 1377.] Plaster cast from imperfect impres-
sion. \\ in. [Ixxxii. 79.]
An angel, issuing from clouds, and with expanded wings,
holding up in front betw. two brooms ? a shield of arms :
field diapered with sprigs of foliage, on a chief three roses.
tofj'tfl : luroun . . . . gin . . . .
John Bacon, of cos. Norf. and Suff., Esq.
7063. [A.D. 1435.] Red : originally fine, encircled with a
twisted rush, now injured by pressure. I in. [Cott. ch.
v. 3-]
A shield of arms, couchJ: three boars passant, two and
one, BACON. Crest on a helmet, mantling, and wreath, a
plume of feathers in two rows. The field replenished with
sprigs of foliage.
Legend on a scroll :
StgtUum * toij'ts * baton *
7064. Sulph. cast from No. 7063. [D.C., G. 198.]
7065. [A.D. 1435.] Red : much injured and imperfect.
[Cott. ch. v. 22.]
Thomas Bacoun, of Metkwold, co. Norf.
7066. [A.D. 1366.] Red : fine, imperfect. I in. [Stowe
ch. 195.]
A shield of arms : three bacon pigs or boars, passant, two
and one, BACON. Within a carved panel.
SIGILL' THOM .
Edward Badby.
See EDMUND FETIRPLACE.
Alianora, widow of Sir WILLIAM Bagot.
S<?*ALIANORA DE FERRARIIS.
HERALDIC SEALS. 453
William Bagot,
Lord of tJie Manor of Allesleye, co. Warw., Knt.
7067. [A.D. 1396.] Red: fine. \-^ in. [Harl. ch. ill
G. 40.] ^
A shield of arms: on a chevron betw. three martlets a
crescent for difference, BAGOT. Suspended by a strap from
a forked oak-tree. Within a carved gothic panel.
&tgtllum : toiUrlmt : bagot : *
Beaded border.
7068. Plaster cast of No. 7067. [Ixxxii. 80.]
7069. Sulph. cast of No. 7067. [D.C., F. 597.]
7070. [A.D. 1396.] Red: fine, edge chipped. [Harl. ch.
in G. 41.]
j&tgt . . . m : totllelmt : bagot : *
7071. [A.D. 1399.] Red: imperfect, injured by pressure.
[Add. ch. 21,504.]
. . . . telmt : bagot : #
Valentine Bailif, of Pesemersshe, co. Suss., Esq.
7072. [A.D. 1422.] Red : fine, encircled with a twisted
rush. I in. [Add. ch. 20,144.]
A shield of arms : on a chevron betw. three human
hearts enflamed, as many martlets, BAYLIFF. Within a finely
carved gothic pointed trefoil and cusped cinquefoil com-
bined, and having the inner edge ornamented with ball-
flowers.
Legend betw. the points :
. . balentmt . . batllgf. (or batlltff.)
John Bais.
See JOHN DE SANCTO LAUDO.
Emma de Bakepus.
Seal used by ALICIA ADAM, dau. of THOMAS ADAM,
of Ashbourne, co. Derb.
7073. [A.D. 1391.] Red: very fine. in. [Woll. ch. vi. 27.]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex., paly of six, over all a
bend, sin., two bars, in chief three horse-shoes, BAKEPUCE.
Within a carved and pointed gothic trefoil, having the inner
border enriched with ball-flowers, and betw. two small
slipped flowers.
* SIGILLVM : 6MM6 : DG : BAKGPVS.
Dame Johanna Bakepuiz, of Boilston, co. Derb.
7074. [A.D. 1383.] Red: imperfect edge, indistinct in
places. ii in. [Woll. ch. vi. 10.]
454 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
A shield of arms : per pale, dex., two bars, in chief three
horse-shoes, BAKEPUZ, sin., a chevron betw. three (garbs ?).
Within a coarsely carved gothic trefoil, enriched with ball-
flowers,
. . . . ^ toiia iuUrjnnjs. *
Beaded borders.
Johannes de Bakepuz, of Allexton, co. Leic.
7075. [Early Hen. III.] Green, mottled: imperfect
About 14 in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 45 F. 24.]
A shield of arms, early shape : a lion rampant.
+ 3I[GIL]LVM IOHCA1NNI Z.
7076. Sulph. cast from No. 7075. [D.C., E. 319.]
Gregorie Baker, of New Windsor, co. Berk., Gent I.
7077. [A.D. 1631.] Red : imperfect, indistinct. in.
[Harl. ch. 79 F. 44.]
A shield of arms : uncertain.
Engrailed border.
John Baker, Citizen and Mercer of London, Servant of
ANTHONY DENNY, Gentleman of the Privy Chamber.
7078. [A.D. 1544.] Red: chipped. -rV X - in. [Harl.
ch. 77 F. 24.]
Oval : a shield of arms : on a saltire engrailed five
escallops, on a chief a lion passant, BAKER.
Thomas Baker, of Middle- Aston, co. Oxon., Knt. -
7079. [A.D. 1627.] Red. -i- x in. [Add. ch. 23,290.]
Oval signet : on a wreath a swan's head and neck, gorged
with a ducal coronet. Crest of BAKER ? Cf. arms of BAKER
of Worcestershire, three swans' heads erased, ducally gorged.
William Baker, of W alkeringham, co. Nott.
7080. [A.D. 1728.] Red: en placard, on a tape. fx^-in.
[Add. ch. 29,613.]
Oval : a shield of arms : charges indistinct, per pale, dex.,
three water bougets, two and one ; sin., three chevrons. Crest
on a helmet and ornamental mantling, a peacock.
7081. [A f D. 1728.] Another. [Add. ch. 29,614.]
Seal used by ANNE, wife of the above.
7082. {-A.D, 1/23.] -Another. [Add. ch. 29,613.]
7083. [A.D. 1728.] Another. [Add. ch. 29,614.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 455
Maut, wife of JOHN Bakon, Esq., dau. of
Sir THOMAS BED\NGFELD, Knt.
7084. [A.D. 1449.] Red : imperfect. x -f in. [Add.
ch. 19,861.]
Oblong octagonal signet. A pig, or boar, statant. Crest
of BACON.
John Balden, of co. Kent.
7085. [A.D. 1570.] Red: fine, i X f in. [Harl. ch. 79
B. 27.]
Oval signet from a ring : an ornamental shield of arms :
three fleurs-de-lis.
Eichard de Balderstone, of Preston, co. Lane.
7086. [A.D. 1429.] Red. f in. [Add. ch. 17,131.]
Octagonal signet : a lion sejant affronte, in allusion to
the arms of BALDERSTON, of Lancashire, viz., a lion rampant.
Legend in the field :
Cabled border.
Nicholas Sherryer Baldwin, of Chichester, son of
N. SHERRYER, late of Harting, co. Suss.
7087. [A.D. 1707.] Red : en placard, f X ^ in. [Add.
ch. 19,038.]
Oval : on a wreath, a wyvern or cockatrice issuing, for
crest of BALDWIN.
Beaded border.
7088. [A.D. 1707.] Another. [Add. ch. 19,039.]
7089. [A.D. 1707.] Another. [Add. ch. 19,040.]
The same used by RICHARD SCARDEFIELD, of Harting.
7090. [A.D. 1707.] Another. [Add. ch. 19,039.]
The same, used by MARY, widow of NICH. SHERRYER
aforesaid, wife of RICHARD SCARDEFIELD.
7091. [A.D. 1707.] Another. [Add. ch. 19,039.]
The same used by TIMOTHY LUFF, of Harting, Yeoman.
7092. [A.D. 1707.] Another. [Add. ch. 19,039.]
7093. [A.D. 1707.] Another. [Add. ch. 19,040.]
Ttte same used by JOHN PESCOD, of Harting.
- 7054. .[.A.D. 1707.] . Another. [Add. ch, 19,039.-]
456 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Abraham Baley, of St. Clements, London, Genii.
Anotlier Seal.
7095. [A.D. 1766.] Red : en placard, on green tape,
i X | in. [Add. ch. 29,524.]
Oval : an ornamental shield of arms : a chevron betw.
three mullets, on a chief a crescent. Over the shield a
cherub's head and carved foliage and flowers.
7096. [A.D. 1770.] Another : well preserved. [Add. ch.
29,475-]
Another Seal.
' 7097. [A.D. 1766.] Red: en placard on paper. 4 x |- in.
[Add. ch. 29,525.]
Oval : a carved shield of arms : per fess. Supported on
the sin. side by a lion rampant reguardant on a carved scroll.
Thomas Ballard, Esq.
7098. [i5th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression.
1 4- in. [Ixxxii. 81.]
A shield of arms, couche": a griffin segreant, BALLARD:
crest on a helmet and mantling, on a wreath a demi-griffin
wings erect.
Legend on a scroll or ribbon :
Stgtlltt ti)ome fcallarB armtg't.
Beaded border.
Thomas Balle, of Flicham, co. Norf.
7099. [A.D. 1386-7.] Cast in red composition from good
impression. in. [Ixxvi. 80.]
A shield of arms : a chevron betw. three Katharine wheels.
Within a carved gothic panel.
S : 8T : 33 : &mor : tomctt : omnta.
John Ballett, Citizen and Goldsmith of London.
7100. [A.D. 1594.] Red: cracked, indistinct. % X -J-J- in.
[Harl. ch. 57 H. 22.]
Oval : a shield of arms : a lion rampant, on a chief three
cinquefoils, BALLETT. Crest, on a helmet and mantling, out
of a mural coronet a demi-eagle displayed.
Walter de Baltherby.
7101. [isth cent] Red: indistinct in places. Detached
from a charter. I in. [xxxvi. 117.]
A shield of arms, couckt : three bulls' heads cabossed, two
HERALDIC SEALS. 457
and one. Crest on a helmet, and mantling, on a chapeau a
goat's head (?) In the field on each side a flowering tree or
branch.
S WALT6RI D' BALTHERBYC?)
Walter ,
(seal used by WILLIAM BALTRIP, Receiver of
Lord HENRY DE PERCY in cos. Ess. and Nor/.}
7102. [A.D. 1335.] Red: fine, imperfect. About |- in.
when perfect. [Harl. ch. 45 F. 32.]
A shield of arms : a chevron betw. three roundles. Within
a carved and pointed gothic trefoil, the inner edge enriched
with ball-flowers.
8 S WALT
7103. Sulph. cast from No. 7102. [B.C., F. 253.]
Eeginald de Balun, Lord of Magna Markeleya, co. Heref.
7104. [A.D. 1294.] Green : fine, i in. [Egert. ch. 352.]
A shield of arms : three bars dancettees ; BAALUN and
BALUN : see MS. Cott., Tiberius D. x.
1*8' R6GINALDI D BALVN.
Beaded borders.
Warwick Bampfield,
Lord of the Manor of P or lock, co. Somers., Esq.
7105. [A.D. 1691.] Red: en placard, on a folded paper.
^ X 11 in. [Add. ch. 7704.]
A shield of arms : quarterly, I, a tiger (?) rampant ;
2, Ermine, a chevron, on a chief a lion passant ; 3, three
scaling ladders, two and one, bendwise, and betw. the two
uppermost a spear's head, on a chief a castle, triple-towered ;
4, a lion rampant. Crest, on a helmet, mantling, and wreath,
a tiger (?) passant.
Beaded borders.
The 3rd quarter is borne by LLOYD, JONES, PARRY, OWEN,
etc.
Agnes, widow of THOMAS Banastre, Knt.,
of Singleton, etc., co. Lane.
7106. [A.D. 1392.] Red : chipped. % in. [Add. ch.
20,511.]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex., a cross fleury, BANASTRE ;
sin., three bars, or barry of six.
Stgtllum & agitftts * lumiftrr.
7107. [A.D. 1392.] Red: indistinct. [Add. ch. 20,522.]
458 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Gunnora, relict of WILLIAM Banastre,
of Waletun, or Wallington, co. Surr.
7108. [post A.D. 1228.] Green, mottled. if in. [Add.
ch. 23,674.]
A mermaid, embowed, facing to the r., holding a flower
slipped, or cross crosslet, fitchee. Probably preheraldic.
+ S' GVNNOR6 RITT6 WILL'I.
7109. [post A.D. 1228.] Light brown: imperfect, in-
distinct. [Add. ch. 23,673.]
William Banastre, of Stilhampstead, co. Berks.
7110. [circ. A.D. 1230-1240.] Green: fine. 1-4- in. [Add.
ch. 20,267.]
A mermaid, with long spiral tail of a floral character,
enclosing a horse.
+ SIGILLV : WILLGLMI BANASTR6.
Wyllems Le Banester, or William Le Banester,
Escheator of Salop.
7111. [A.D. 1335.] Recent impression in gutta-percha from
fine impression or the matrix, i in. [xlvii. 1279.]
A shield of arms : a maunch. Betw. three porcupines or
wyverns. Within a carved and pointed gothic quatrefoil.
+ S>' OTgiletna * te * fcattefter.
At the end of the legend a wyvern or dragon, with open
mouth, and tail flory.
William Banastre, of Hadenhale, or Hadnall, co. Salop.
7112. [A.D. 1359.] Plaster cast from indistinct impression.
f- in. [Ixxxii. 82.]
A shield of arms : a maunch. Betw. five small flowers
slipped. Within a carved gothic panel of eight points.
S' WILL'I BANASTRG D HADENHAL6.
Cf. Harl. ch. 48 A. 53 ; Add. ch. 9356.
William Banaster, of Quernmore, co. Lane., Gentl.
7113. [A.D. 1529.] Red. 4. x -f in. [Harl. ch. 56 E. 18.]
Oval signet : a shield of arms : three chevrons, BANASTER.
Within a trefoil.
Beaded border.
Allen Bancks, Citizen and Stationer of London.
7114. [A.D. 1669.] Red : imperfect, indistinct, covered
with paper before impression. About 4 X f in. when perfect.
[Harl. ch. 1 1 1 H. 36.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 459
A shield of arms : a cross engrailed betw. four fleurs-de-lis,
BANKS. Crest on a helmet and ornamental mantling,
wanting.
Henry Banyarde, seal used by EDW. KEMPE,
of Hereford, co. Heref., Gent.
7115. [A.D. 1610.] Red. 4 x \ in. [Harl. ch. 75 G. 56.]
Oval : a shield of arms : on a fess betw. two chevrons as
many links of a chain interlinked in fess, BAYNARD.
Cabled border.
Thomas Barantyn, seal used by RICHARD WESTON,
of Clay ore, co. Oxon. ?
7116. [A.D. 1398.] Red: injured, indistinct in places.
f- in. [Add. ch. 20,334.]
A shield of arms : three eagles displayed, BARANTINE.
Within a carved and pointed gothic quatrefoil, and sus-
pended by a strap from a tree.
S>* . fljome . barantgn.
Thomas Barantyn, of Chalgrave, Watlington, etc.,
co. Oxon.
7117. [A.D. 1393.] Red : imperfect. [Add. ch. 20,384.]
Seal as described in No. 7116.
S> onw . barantgtt.
7118. [A.D. 1399.] Dark green : indistinct in places.
[Add. ch. 20,387.]
&' . tfjome . foarantgtt.
Roger Barber, of co. Suff.
7119. [A.D. 1577.] Red : indistinct. -f- X % in. [Add.
ch. 32,907-]
Oval : out of a ducal coronet a bull's head. Crest of
BARBER.
Beaded border.
William Barber, of co. Hertf.
7120. [A.D. 1619.] Red : indistinct. % in. [Add. ch.
35,866.]
A griffin's head erased : betw. the initial letters to. fc (?)
7121. [A.D. 1619.] Another : indistinct. [Add. ch.
35,867.]
Robert Barbot, of Ernell Manor, co. Southt., Esq.
7122. [A.D. 1424.] Red : fine, imperfect. About \\ in.
when perfect. [Add. ch. 17,429.]
460 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
A shield of arms, couck/\ a chevron betw. three quivers.
Crest on a helmet and ornamental mantling, a fox's head.
& + rofcertt
Beaded borders.
Renaud Barbottle.
7123. [A.D. 1265.] Plaster cast from chipped impression.
i| x in. [Ixxxii. 86.]
Pointed oval : a carved quatrefoil panel containing five
escallops in cross, not on a shield. Below this, a trefoil panel
containing three fleurs-de-lis, one and two, not on a shield.
At each side, by way of supporters, a demi-angel with wings
erect, holding a hand on each panel. In base a countersunk
trefoil.
c+ S]IGILLVM RGNAVDI BARBOTTL'.
Beaded borders.
Perhaps a foreign seal.
William Le Barbour, or Barbur, of SoutJiwark, co. Surr.
7124. [A.D, 1276-7.] Dark green : fine. I X in. [Add.
ch. 15,505.]
Shield shaped : a shield of arms : a cross compony counter-
compony.
+ S' WILL'I LG : BARBOVR :
Robert Bardewelle, of Garboldesham Manor, co. Norf.
7125. [A.D. 1446.] Red : injured by pressure, -f- X % in.
[Add. ch. 14,672.]
Octagonal signet : on a helmet a goat's head. Perhaps
the crest of BARDEWELLE. In the field an indistinct legend
in gothic letters.
Drawn in Blomefield's Hist, of Norfolk (Dept. copy), vol. i., p. 257.
William Bardewelle, or Berdwell, of Gasthorpe,
co. Norf., Ttielvetham, co. Stiff., etc., Knt.
7126. [A.D. 1404.] Red : fine, slightly chipped at base.
-LI- in. [Add. ch. 14,674.]
A shield of arms : a goat salient, BARDWELL. Suspended
by a strap from a forked tree. Within a carved gothic panel,
: ^tQtllum : tofll'i : fcerDtoell' : *
. Cabled border.
Drawn in Blomefield's Hist, of Norfolk (Dept. copy), vol. i., p. 253.
7127. Sulph. cast from No. 7126. [D.C., G. 108.]
7128. [A.D. 1401.] Red : imperfect and indistinct. [Harl.
ch. 53 E. 31.]
: totU't : ..
HERALDIC SEALS.
7129. [A.D. 1404.] Red: fine. [Add. ch. 15,537.]
7130. [A.D. 1410.] Red: imperfect. [Harl. ch. 51 G. 54.]
; &tgttlu : fcerDtoeli' :
7131. [A.D. 1422.] Red : imperfect. [Stowe ch. 232.]
Hugh Bardolf, Lord of Wirmegaye, or Wormegay, co, Norf.
7132. [Early I4th cent.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
I in. [Ixxxii. 84.]
A shield of arms : three cinquefoils, two and one, BARDOLF.
Suspended by a strap from a tree. Betw. two trees. Within
a sixfoil panel, having a small sunk trefoil opening in each
spandril.
Cf. Harl. ch. 43 D. 6, A.D. 1300.
John Bardolf, Lord of Wirmegeye, co. Norf.
7133. [A.D. 1354.] Red : fine, dinted and slightly
chipped, i-j^- in. [Harl. ch. 45 F. 52.]
A shield of arms : three cinquefoils two and one, BARDOLF.
The points of the triangles project into the annulus of the
legend, and are floreated. Within a very elaborately and
minutely carved and traced gothic double triangle, having
the inner edge cusped and enriched with ball-flowers.
S' IOHANNIS BARDOLF DN[I] DG WYRM6G6Y6 *<
7134. Sulph. cast from No. 7133. [D.C., F. 390.]
Thomas Bardolf, of Sotitk Elmham, co. Suff., Knt.
Secretnm.
7135. [A.D. 1315.] Red: fine, cracked. I in. [Stowe
ch. 368.]
A shield of arms : three cinquefoils, two and one, BARDOLF.
Suspended by a strap, from a tree of three branches, and
betw. two lions passant.
S6CR6TVM THOM6 BARDOLF.
Beaded borders.
7136. [A.D. 1315.] Another: fine, slightly chipped at the
base. [Stowe ch. 369.]
William Bardolf.
7137. [A.D. 1368.] Plaster cast from chipped impression.
\\ in. [Ixxxii. 85.]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex. three cinquefoils, two and
one, BARDOLF ; sin. paly a chief indented (dimidiated).
Within a carved gothic panel.
tgtU' : [toilljelmt
462 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Thomas [de] Barentyn, of Berwick-upon-Tiveed.
7138. [A.D. 1360.] Light brown : somewhat indistinct.
4 in. [Harl. ch. 45 F. 53.]
A shield of arms : an eagle displayed, over, all a bendlet.
Within a carved and pointed gothic quatrefoil.
SIGILLV THOMG BARGNTYN.
7139. Sulph. cast from No. 7138. [D.C., F. 411.]
William Baret.
7140. [A.D. 1331.] Plaster cast from chipped impression.
\ in. [Ixxxii. 89.]
A shield of arms : barry of eight per pale countercharged.
Suspended by a strap from a lion's face, and betw. two
wyverns sans wings.
[S]IGILLVM WILLLJELMI BARGT.
John de Bargothow, co. Cornw.
7141. [A.D. 1372.] Dark red: indistinct. f X -f- in.
[Add. ch. 19,505-]
Slightly oval : a shield of arms : a chevron betw. three
hares' heads couped.
.... RGV
7142. [A.D. 1372.] Dark red: indistinct. [Add. ch.
19,504.]
Bartholomew Barham, of London.
7143. [A.D. 1519.] Red. \ in. [Add. ch. 828.]
A shield of arms: three fleurs-de-lis, two and one. En-
signed with a coronet of five points fleury.
Henry Barkere, of Langham, co. Suff.
7144. [A.D. 1369.] Dark green : sharp, imperfect, -f- in.
[D.C, F. 463-]
A shield (of arms ?) : a crescent enclosing a human heart
from which spring three small slipped quatrefoil flowers,
within a border engrailed. Betw. the initial letters R.B. at the
sides, and [. .] W at [the top and] bottom. Within a carved
and pointed gothic quatrefoil, enriched with ball-flowers on
the inner edge.
Beaded border.
7145. Sulph. cast from No. 7144. [D.C., F. 463.]
John Barlowe, of Denham, co. Buck.
7146. [A.D. 1457.] Red : from a signet ring with mark of
the setting. Injured by pressure, in. [Harl. ch. 84 H. 9.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 463
A helmet and mantling. In the field the legend :
totjrs : bavloto.
Cabled border.
7147. [A.D. 1457.] Red, discoloured : injured by pressure.
[Harl. ch. 84 H. nj
The same, used by HENRY BERAKER of Denham.
7148. [A.D. 1457.] Red : fine, with mark of the setting.
[Harl. ch. 84 H. 25.]
John Barlow, of Denham, co. Brick.
7149. [A.D. 1468.] Red : imperfect, originally encircled
with a twisted rush. . in. [Harl. ch. 1 1 1 D. 20.]
A greyhound's head, erased, and muzzled. In the field an
illegible motto in gothic letters.
Thomas Barnard,
Sea! used by MATTHEW BUSH, Sen., of Bishop- S tor tf or d,
co. Herts.
7150. [A.D. 1695.] Red : en placard, x % in. [Add.
ch. 27,088.]
An ornamentally-carved oval shield of arms : a bear
passant, BARNARD (for a bear rampant or salient).
Beaded border.
Thomas Barnard, of Lincoln's Inn, co. Midd., Gent.
7151. [A.D. 1769.] Red : en placard, on a green tape.
About | x I- in. [Add. ch. 29,627.]
An ornamentally carved oval shield of arms : quarterly,
I, 4, on a bend three crosses crosslet fi tehees ; 2, 3, three
crosses pattees. Crest on a wreath, a demi-lion, holding in its
dexter paw a crosslet as in the arms. Cf. arms of WOODCOCK,
of Essex, on a bend engrailed three crosses botonnees fitchees.
Elbro' Woodcock signs as a witness to this charter. The seal
was also used by Thos. Blackman, q.v.
George Barnardiston, of Caldecoate in Northill parish,
co. Bedf., Gentl.
7152. [A.D. 1612.] Red. About f. x | in. [Add. ch.
23,870.]
Oval : a shield of arms : a fess dancettee, ermine, betw. six
crosses crosslet, BARNARDISTON.
464 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
John Barnardistone, of Northill, co. Bedf., Esq.
7153. [A.D. 1579.] Red: cracked, indistinct, fin. [Harl.
ch. 45 G. 4.]
A shield of arms of irregular shape : a fess dancettee betw.
six crosses crosslet, BARNARDISTON.
Nathanael Barnardiston.
See M. DALTON.
George Barne, Citizen and Haberdasher of London,
{Lord Mayor, 1586.]
7154. [A.D. 1573.] Yellowish-red. " -fa X 4- in. [Add.
ch. 886.]
An ornamental shield of arms : on a chevron wavy, betw.
three Cornish choughs, as many trefoils, BARNE.
John Barne, Citizen and Haberdasher of London.
7155. [A.D. 1573.] Yellowish red. -^ X i in. [Add.
ch. 886.]
Oval : a shield of arms : quarterly I, 4, on a chevron en-
grailed, betw. three Cornish choughs, as many trefoils ; 2, 3,
on a fess engrailed, betw. three goats' heads erased and
collared, a cinquefoil betw. two fleurs-de-lis. Crest, on a
helmet, mantling and wreath, an eagle displayed. For these
arms of Sir Geo. Barne, Haberdasher, Lord Mayor of London,
1552, see Harl. MS. 1349, p. 29.
William Barnebye, Escheator of co. York., Esq.
7156. [A.D. 1573.] Red: imperfect, indistinct. [Harl.
ch. 83 D. 47-]
An ornamental shield of arms : an escallop, in allusion to
the arms of BARNEY of co. York, viz., a lion rampant hung
about with escallop shells. Betw. the initial letters W.B.
Cabled border.
7157. [A.D. 1573.] Red : imperfect. [Harl. ch. 83 E. 8.]
R. Barnett,
Seal used by HANNAH CONLEY, of Lewes, co. Suss., Widow.
7158. [A.D. 1734.] Red : en placard on a tape, imperfect.
About | x f in. [Add. ch. 30,680.]
Oval : a carved oval shield of arms : three bars, in chief a
crescent for difference, for BARNETT.
HERALDIC SEALS. 465
Ralph Barney, al. Berney, Esq.
7159. [A.D. 1 509.] Red : indistinct. -^ x f in. [Add. ch.
28,935-]
Oval : a bear passant. Perhaps a crest, or in allusion to
the name.
7160. [A.D. 1509.] Another: indistinct. [Add. ch.
28,936.]
Beatrice de Barre.
See BEATRICE DE VALENCE.
Paul Barrett, of Canterbury, co. Kent, Esq.
7161. [A.D. 1670.] Red, covered with paper before im-
pression : injured by pressure, -f- X in. [Add.- ch. 8465.]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex., on a chevron betw. three
mullets as many lions passant guardant, BARRETT : sin., on a
bend, betw. some indistinct charges, three birds, a chief.
Barrett, Arms of.
See EDWARD FLOWERDEW.
Joseph Barshom.
See ROBERT CASTLETON.
John Bartelot, of Stopham, co. Suss.
7162. [A.D. 1433.] Red : originally encircled by a twisted
rush. i in. [Add. ch. 8877.]
A shield of arms : quarterly per fess indented, four cres-
cents counter-changed, BARTLET. Suspended by a strap
from a forked tree.
SigtHu ioijts fcartetot Be ftopfjanu
Cabled border.
John de Bartoun
7163. [A.D. 1348.] Plaster cast from fine impression. -|- in.
[Ixxxvii. 94.]
A shield of arms : ermine, on a chief two boars' heads.
Betw. five small flowers. Within a cusped border of eight
points.
8 SIGILLVM IOHANNIS D BARTOVN (?)
VOL. II. 2 H
466 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
John Barton.
7164. [i/th cent] Recent impression in red sealing-wax
from the matrix, i in. [xxxv. 26.]
A shield of arms : a fess betw. three bucks' heads, BARTON.
Within a pointed trefoil.
+ SIGILLVM + IOHANES + BARTON.
The letters NE of Johanes are conjoined.
7165. Plaster cast of No. 7164. [Ixxxii. 91.]
7166. [i;th cent] Sulph. cast [B.C., H. 133.]
Robert de Bartone.
7167. [A.D. 1338.] Plaster cast from good impression.
i in. [Ixxxii. 92.]
A shield of arms : a bend betw. two cotises dancettees
(field diapered lozengy). Betw. five small flowers slipped.
Within a carved gothic panel of eight points, ornamented
along the inner edge with small quatrefoils or ball-flowers.
# LG S6AL ROB6RT DG BARTON6 * & A* * * *
Samuel Barton, of Hellingley, co. Suss., Gentl.
7168. [A.D. 1654.] Red : indistinct -f- X % in. [Add.
ch. 30,157.]
Oval : a shield of arms, ornamental mantling, helmet and
crest, very indistinct
Thomas Barton, Canon of the Cathedral Church of
St. Peter, Exeter, co. Devon.
7169. [A.D. 1414.] Red : fine. in. [Add. ch. 27,607.]
A shield of arms : a chevron indented, betw. three scrolls,
each charged with a cross pattee. Within a carved and
pointed gothic trefoil, ornamented with small ball-flowers on
the inner edge.
Legend betw. the points :
&tgfU' : tfjome : barton :
Cabled border.
7170. [A.D. 1414.] Red : fine. [Add. ch. 27,608.]
7171. [A.D. 1415.] Red : fine. [Add. ch. 27,610.]
7172. [A.D. 1416.] Red: fine. [Add. ch. 27,612.]
John de Barry, son and heir of DAVID DE BARRY,
of Pennaly or Penally, co. Pembroke.
7173. [A.D. 1301.] Uncoloured : imperfect About ii in.
when perfect. [Harl, ch, 45 G. 13.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 467
A shield of arms : two bars gemels. Suspended from a
hook by a strap, and betw. two small birds, of which that
on the r. only remains.
. IGILLVM .
John de Barwe P or Barnes ?
7174. [A.D, 1352.] Plaster cast from indistinct impression.
4-f. in. [Ixxxii. 93.]
A shield of arms : quarterly, BARNES ? Within a carved
gothic panel.
* SIGILL' IOHAN6S D BARW (?)
Elizabeth Baryngge, (dau. of -- ZouCHE ?), wife of
OLIVER MAULEVERER, of Cretan Manor, co. Line.
7175. [A.D. 1401.] Red : originally fine, and encircled
with a twisted rush, now chipped. I in. [Cott. ch. xii. 29.]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex., a fess (diapered) betw.
two barrulets in chief and four in base, BARYNGGE ? ; sin.,
fourteen roundles, 4, 4, 3, 2, and I, a canton ermine, ZOUCHE?
Suspended by a strap from a forked tree on a mount, and
within a carved gothic panel.
7176. Sulph. cast from No. 7175. [D.C., G. 91.]
7177. Another, tinted pink, [xlvii. 1477.]
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 487.
7178. [A.D. 1401.] Red: originally fine, and encircled
with a twisted rush. [Cott. ch. xxvii. 79.]
Gilebert de Baseville, of Reading, co. Berks.
7179. [Late I2th cent.?] White, flaked away in several
places : very indistinct and tender. About if in. [Add. ch.
19,612.]
0. A shield of arms of early shape : barry of six, a chevron.
+ SIGIL I D BASGVILe.
R. A small pointed oval counterseal. i-Jg- x f in. Im-
pression of an antique oval intaglio gem. An Agnus Dei.
+ ecce ANGNVS oei.
Beaded borders.
Robert Basham ?
Sea! used by THOMAS BRET, of Norton, co. Suff.
7180. [A.D. 1379.] Red: chipped. fin. [Harl. ch.
47 B. 25.]
2 H 2
468 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
A shield of arms : a chevron betw. three roundles. Within
a border ornamented with small ball-flowers on the inner
edge.
& S' ROB6RTI BASH'A.
Robert de Basinges, of London.
7181. [A.D. 1290.] Green : a fragment. About -- in. when
perfect. [Harl. ch. 48 H. 17.]
A shield of arms : a cross (moline ?) BASINGES.
s S . . GS.
Ralph de Baskerville, of Bredwardine, co. Heref.
7182. [Temp. Hen. III.] Dark green : somewhat indis-
tinct. -3- in. [Add. ch. 20,409.]
A shield of arms : a chevron betw. three annulets (for
hurts), BASKERVILLE.
tt SIG' RADVLFI D' BASK'V.
Beaded borders.
Thomas de Baskervile.
7183. [A.D. 1400.] Red: originally fine, and encircled by
a twisted rush. in. [L. F. C. xxviii. 10.]
A shield of arms : a chevron betw. two roundles in chief,
a crescent in base. Within a carved gothic rosette of eight
points.
fc SIGILLV THOM6 D BASK6RVIL'.
Alan Basset, of co. Wilts.
7184. \circ. A.D. 1225.] Green : somewhat indistinct. App.
by a piece of finely-woven tape of brownish green stuff.
i-i- in. [Add. ch. 10,596.]
A shield of arms : two bars undoes or dancett^es, for
BASSET.
SIGILL : ALANI : BASSGT.
7185. Plaster cast of No. 7184. [Ixxxii. 95.]
Anselm Basset, of Jakindene, co. Somers.
7186. [A.D. 1268.] Creamy- white, partly flaked off. i in.
[Harl. ch. 45 G. 29.]
A shield of arms : erm., on a chief indented three annulets,
pierced cinquefoils, or estoiles, BASSET.
B SIGILLV : .
Arthur Basset, of Heanton, co. Devon, Esq.
7187. [A.D. 1660.] Red, covered with paper before im-
pression : very indistinct. -Jx-f in. [Harl. ch. 85 H. 59.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 469
Oval : a shield of arms : barry wavy of six, BASSET. Crest
on a helmet, mantling, and wreath, an unicorn's head.
7188. [A.D. 1660.] Another: nearly illegible. [Harl. ch.
1 1 1 E. 36.]
John Bassett, son and heir of ARTHUR BASSET,
of Heanton, Esq., Gent I.
7189. [A.D. 1660.] Red, covered with paper before im-
pression. [Harl. ch. 85 H. 59.]
Apparently from the same signet as the seal of his father,
see No. 7187.
7190. [A.D. 1660.] Another, red : imperfect, indistinct
[Harl. ch. 1 1 1 E. 36.]
Philip Basset.
7191. [A.D. 1258.] Plaster cast from imperfect impression.
[-|- in. [Ixxxii. 97.]
A shield of arms : barry wavy of six, for BASSET.
SIGIL . . HILIPPI BASST.
Philip Basset, of Parva Stambridge, co. Essex.
7192. [A.D. 1257.] Green: originally fine, now imperfect.
About in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 45 G. 26.]
A shield of arms of early shape with beaded edge : three
bars wavy, BASSET. Over the shield a crescent for difference.
[At each side an estoile.]
# S T.
Bearded borders.
7193. [A.D. 1260.] Plaster cast from good impression.
[Ixxxii. 96.]
# SIGILL' : PHILIPPI : BASS6T.
7194. [A.D. 1258.] Plaster cast from chipped impression.
[Ixxxii. 98.]
. . . IGILU : PHILIPPI : BAS
Ralph Basset.
7195. [A.D. 1328.] Plaster cast from chipped impression.
I in. [Ixxxii. 94.]
A shield of arms : three piles meeting in point, a canton
ermine, BASSET. Suspended by a strap from a tree of three
branches.
ft SIGILLVM RADVLPHI BASSET.
Cf. Harl. ch. 53 G. 57, A.D. 1319 ; Cott. ch. xxvii. 54, A.D. 1321 ; Harl.
ch. 43 D. 30, A,D. 1331, etc.
470 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Ralph, son of RALPH, son of RALPH BASSET, of Drayton.
7196. [A.D. 1355.] Red: very fine. I in. [Add. ch.
19,895.]
A shield of arms : three piles meeting in one point in base
(diapered), a canton ermine, BASSET. Within an elaborately
carved and traced gothic panel.
s SIGILLVM : RADI : BASSET : DE : DRAYTOV :
Beaded border.
7197. [A.D. 1355.] Red: very fine. [Add. ch. 19,896.]
Ralph Basset, of Welledone, co. Northt.
7198. \Temp. Edw. III.] Dark green: fine, cut from a
charter. 1 in. [xxxvi. 74.]
A shield of arms , three pales, within a bordure bezantee,
BASSET. Suspended by a loop, and betw. two wyverns sans
wings.
Ss S' RADVLFI BASST DG WGLLGDONe.
Beaded borders.
Cf. Slo. ch. xxxi. 4 (29), A.D. 1330; Add. ch. 719, A.D. 1333 ; Add. ch.
758, A.D. 1341.
Symon Basseth, son of RALPH BASSETH,
of Sapcote, co. Leic.
7199. \Temp. Hen. III.] Dark green : fragments. About
|- in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 45 G. 30.]
A shield of arms : three bars undoes, BASSET.
. SIMON' B .
Family of Bassingborne, or Rand.
7200. [i4th cent] Red. in. [xxxvi. 84.]
A shield of arms : gyronny of twelve, borne by BASSING-
BORNE, and RAND.
In place of the legend a wavy scroll of foliage within
beaded borders.
John de Bassingbourne, Lord of Badelingham,
\co. Cam 6.] Knt.
7201. [A.D. 1348.] Red: fine. [Harl. ch. 45 G. 36.]
A shield of arms : quarterly, in each quarter a crescent,
BASSINGBORNE. Within a pointed gothic quatrefoil, with the
inner edge ornamented with small ball-flowers.
* M S' IOHANNIS D6 BASSINGBOVRN.
The letters M.S. probably signify Magnum sigillum.
Beaded border.
7202. Sulph. cast from No. 7201. [D.C., F. 300.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 4/1
Maheu de Bassingburne, [of Badlingham, co. Camb^
7203. [A.D. 1332.] Red : a fragment containing only the
central part. About % in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 45 G. 35.]
A shield of arms : quarterly, in each quarter a crescent,
BASSINGBORNE. Suspended by a strap from a hook, and
betw. two wyverns sans wings.
ING
Beaded border.
Maria, widow of HUMFREY DE BASSINGBURNE, Knt., dau. of
MATTHEW DE THORNTONE, of Fordham, co. Camb.
7204. [A.D. 1298.] Green, mottled: fine, injured at the
points. i^X^- in. [Harl. ch. 45 G. 34.]
A shield of arms : gyronny of twelve, BASSINGBORNE.
Suspended by a strap from a hook, and on a forked oak tree.
Within a cusped panel of eight points. In the place for
a legend a wavy scroll of foliage.
Beaded borders.
7205. Sulph. cast from No. 7204. [D.C., E. 490.]
Thomas de Bassingb[orne].
7206. [i4th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression.
[Ixxxiii. 13.]
A shield of arms : a bend betw. three birds contourne.
+ S' THOM D6 BASSINGB'.
Cf. Add., ch. 22,666, A.D. 1364.
John Bastard, Warden of the Chapel of Holy Cross without
the walls of Colchester, co. Essex.
7207. [A.D. 1331.] Red: imperfect, indistinct. About
4 in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 44 C. 55.]
A shield of arms : a lion rampant debruised by a bend.
58 S' . . STARD.
Master Robert Le H , and Lucia de
Seals used by JOHN DE BASTWYKE, citizen of Norwich,
and RICHARD GILBERT, of Wroxham, co. Norf.
7208. [A.D. 1355.] Dark green: fine, imperfect. About
in. [Add. ch. 14,928.]
(i.) A shield of arms: on a cross betw. four eagles dis-
played, five cinquefoils. Background diapered lozengy with
a small cinquefoil in each space. Within a quatrefoil.
Legend betw. the points :
S' MA . . , ROB' L H
7209. (2.) A shield of arms : on a cross five escallops,
within a pointed gothic quatrefoil.
[S'] LVCI6 D B
.Blomefield's Hist, of Norfolk, vol. v., p. 458 (Dept. copy).
472 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
R. B., used by JOHN BATE de Donkastre, \Doncaster, co. York\,
Chaplain of Lincoln.
7210. [A.D. 1408.] Red: fine, somewhat injured by pres-
sure. 4- in. [Harl. ch. 112 G. 6.]
A shield of arms : on a fess betvv. three talbots' heads (or
bite's heads), or three dexter hands couped bendwise at the
wrist, a quatrefoil, between two roundles, BATE ? Betw. the
letters S'. R. B. Within a carved gothic quatrefoil.
Cf. Bates' arms.
Edmund Bateman.
See WILLIAM PETTITT.
John Bathe, of Wallington, co. Surr., or MATILDIS, his wife.
7211. [A.D. 1390.] Red: imperfect, indistinct. in.
[Add. ch. 23,156.]
A .shield of arms : a lion rampant. Within a pointed
gothic trefoil.
. . . . IV . . H . . . Cl . . .
Beaded border.
Thomas Bathe.
See RALPH DE HARYNGTON.
Richard Battelle, al. Battely, of Redgrave, co. Suff.
7212. [A.D. 1657.] Red : indistinct, -i- X -i- in. [Add.
ch. 19,265.]
Oval : a shield of arms : on a chevron engrailed betw.
three roundles, as many cinquefoils.
Cf. the seal of Robert French in the same charter.
Ralph Battell, al. Battle, Clerk, Master of the Free School,
Hertford, co. Hertf.
7213. [A.D. 1670.] Red : injured by pressure, very indis-
tinct. About -I X -I in. [Add. ch. 35491.]
Oval : a shield of arms : a griffin segreant, BATTELL.
Crest on a helmet and mantling, indistinct.
William Battell, of co. Hertf.
7214. [A.D. 1716.] Red : en placard on a tape. -f| X -&.
An oval shield of arms: a griffin segreant, BATTELL.
Crest, on a helmet, ornamental mantling and wreath, a
demi-griffin.
Used by SAMUEL HASSELL, of Digswell, co. Hertf., Clerk.
7215, [A.D. 1716.] Another: indistinct. [Add. ch, 35,469.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 473
William Battesford, Rector of the Church of St. Mary,
Maidwell, co. Northt.
7216. [A.D. 1397.] Red: injured by pressure. -f in
[Add. ch. 22,236.]
A shield of arms : a chevron engrailed betw. three mullets.
Within a carved gothic trefoil.
* J&tfftll ^ * totW *> fcateffortr.
7217. [A.D. 1397.] Red : imperfect, injured by pressure.
[Add. ch. 22,237.]
7218. [A.D. 1397.] Red: originally fine, now imperfect.
[Add. ch. 22,238.]
John, fil. Rob. Baudri.
See EDMUND DE CA .
Thomas Bawde, of co, Essex, Knt.
7219. [A.D. 1498.] Red : injured by pressure, -f- X ^ in.
[Add. ch. 27,438.]
Rectangular : a shield of arms : three chevrons, BAWDE.
Another Seal.
7220. [A.D. 1504.] Red. fin. [Add. ch. 27.441.]
A wing erect. In the field the initial letter to.
William Bayfforde, Lord of the Manor of Estmylne, in the
Parish of Fordingbridge , co. Southt.
7221. [A.D. 1388.] Bronze-green: fine. in. [Lansd.
ch. 688.]
A shield of arms : an eagle displayed in bend, debruised
by a bendlet, and within an engrailed border. Suspended by
a loop from a forked tree. Within a carved and pointed
gothic panel.
Sjigtllum : totH't : bagffortu
Carved border.
7222. [A.D. 1388.] Another: edge chipped. [Lansd.
ch. 689.]
Anna Bayly, of Havant, co. Southt., Widow.
7223. [A.D. 1686.] Red: en placard. -Lin. [Add. ch. 9442.]
A shield of arms : a double-headed eagle displayed.
Robert Baynarde, of Lachkam, co. Wilts.
7224. [A.D. 1430.] Red : imperfect, injured by pressure.
About -% in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 1534.]
4/4 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
A shield of arms : a double-headed eagle displayed. Sus-
pended by a loop from a forked tree.
m robertt fcagna
Carved borders.
Edward Bayntone, of Benfield, co. Berks, Knt.
7225. [A.D. 1538.] Red: from a ring with mark of the
chasing, -f- x i in. [Add. ch. 13,649.]
Oval : a griffin's head erased. Crest of BAYNTON.
Beaded border.
John de Baynton.
7226. [Temp. Edvv. III.] Red: fine, edge slightly
chipped. Cut from a charter. 1 in. [xxxvi. 87.]
A shield (? of arms) : a chevron engrailed betw. three
Katharine wheels. In chief a crosslet fitchee, united to the
apex of the chevron. Within a finely carved and traced
gothic panel or cinquefoil.
8 SIGILL' IOHANNIS D BAYNTON.
John Bayspoole, or Thomas Bayspoole.
Seals tised by JAMES CLERKE, Rector of Toft Monks, co. Norf.,
THOMAS BAYSPOOLE, JOHN BUCKINGHAM, THOMAS SPORE,
THOMAS DAVEY, STEPHEN HOBSON, and EDWARD DENTON,
of Toft Monks.
7227-7233. [A.D. 1706.] Red: en placard on tape,
About -i- in. Seven impressions. [Add. ch. 14,921.]
Out of a ducal coronet, a stag's head. Crest of BAYSPOOLE.
George Beare, of the Middle Temple, London, Esq.
7234. [A.D. 1636.] Red : indistinct. ^ x in. [Harl.
ch. 86 I. 55.]
Oval : a shield of arms : three bears' heads erased (and
muzzled), in chief an annulet for difference, BEARE.
Cabled border.
Guy de Beauchamp, gth Earl of Warwick.
7235. [A.D. 1305.] Green: fine, well preserved. -|- in.
[Cott. ch. xxii. 9.]
A shield of arms : a fess betw. six crosses crosslet, BEAU-
CHAMP. Suspended by a strap, from a tree of three branches,
and betw. two wavy scrolls of foliage and flowers.
S' GVYDONIS : COM' : D6 WARR'.
Beaded borders.
HERALDIC SEALS. 475
7236. Sulph. cast from No. 7235. [D.C., F. 178.]
7237. [A.D. 1299.] Piaster cast. [Ixxxii. 99.]
7238. [A.D. 1307.] Green: a fragment. [Harl. ch.
45 I. 8.]
. IS : CO .
Johanna Beauchamp, Lady of Bergeveny, dau. of RICHARD
FITZALAN, sister and coheir of THOMAS FITZALAN,
Earl of A rundeL (ob. A.D. 1435.)
7239. [A.D. 1424.] Red : finely designed ; now fragment-
ary, the r. h. side wanting. About if- in. when perfect.
[Harl. ch. 45 I. 11.]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex., on a fess betw. six
crosses crosslet, a crescent for difference, BEAUCHAMP ; sin.,
quarterly, I, 2, 4, wanting, 3, chequy, WARREN. Supporters,
dex., a squirrel, sin., wanting. Within a carved gothic quatre-
foil, the field contains two small leaves over the supporter.
Engraved in Rowland, Historical Account of the Family of Nemll,
Lond., fol., 1830, p. 70, pi. fig. 3, where the bearing of the first quarter of
the impalement is a lion rampant.
7240. Sulph. cast from No. 7239 before it was so frag-
mentary. [D.C., G. 171.]
...... om : tie : ijergeuen r *.. .....
7241. Plaster cast of a nearly perfect impression of this
seal. [Ixxxiii. I.]
The shield of arms, as described above : the quarterings on
the sin. side being, I, 4 a lion rampant, 2, 3 chequy ; upheld
by an angel with open wings. Supporters, two squirrels.
Within a finely carved quadrilobe or gothic panel of four
cusps, ornamented along the inner edge with small roses or
ball-flowers.
Stgtlltt : ioi)atttt[e] : tie : fcello : rampo : Bite : He :
fcergetmmg.
John de Beauchamp, of co. Line.
7242. [i3th cent] Cast in green composition. i-i. in.
From a charter belonging to the Hon. Edw. Stanhope,
No. 95. [Hi. 21.]
A shield of arms : fretty of six pieces.
. D' B6LLOCAMPO.
John de Beauchamp, of Hache, co. Somers., ist Baron,
ob. A.D. 1336.
7243. [A.D. 1301.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
in. [Ixxxiii. II.]
476 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
An eagle displayed, charged on the breast with a shield of
arms : vair, BEAUCHAMP, of Hache.
# : SIGILL' IOHANNIS : D6 : BGLLO : CAMPO :
John de Beauchamp, of Somerset, Lord of Hacche
Mercatorum, or Hatch- Beauchamp, co. Somers.,
$rd Baron Beauchamp, Knt.
7244. [A.D. 1361.] Dark green: originally fine, injured
by pressure, edge chipped. About \\ in. when perfect.
[Harl. ch. 45 I. 20.]
A shield of arms : vair, BEAUCHAMP, of Hache. Within
an elegantly carved and traced gothic sixfoil.
SIGILL' : 10 D6
7245. Sulph. cast from No. 7244. [B.C., F. 416.]
John de Beauchamp, of Poywyk, or Powyke, co. Wore., Knt.
7246. [A.D. 1370.] Red: fine, injured in several places by
pressure, chipped at top. if in. [Add. ch. 20,422.]
A shield of arms, couche"'. a fess (diapered) betw. six
martlets, BEAUCHAMP, of Powick. Crest on a helmet, out
of a ducal coronet, an eagle's head and neck, wings erect.
Supporters : two lions sejant affrontes.
Seel : 0e^an He fceaueijamp.
The letters DE of de conjoined.
John [de Beauchamp], Lord de Beauchamp,
\_\st Baron Beauchamp, of Powick ?]
7247. [A.D. 1450.] Red : injured. -J- in. From a signet
ring. [Add. ch. 17,238.]
An uncertain device, perhaps a fetterlock, a beacon, or
other badge, ensigned with the coronet of a baron. In the
field an indistinct motto or legend.
Beaded border.
Isabella, dau. of THOS. DE Beauchamp.
See ISAB. DE BEAUCHAMP, widow of WILLIAM DE
UFFORD.
Richard de Beauchamp, i^th Earl of Warwick.
A.D. 1401-1439.
First Seal.
7248. [A.D. 1403.] Red : very finely designed and
executed. Edge chipped, lower part wanting. 2^- in. when
perfect. [Add. ch. 20,431.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 477
A shield of arms : a fess betw. six crosses crosslet (field
and fess powdered), BEAUCHAMP. Crest on a helmet and
mantling, out of a ducal coronet, ornamented with roses, a
swan's head and neck, betw. two flowering branches. Sup-
porters two bears, each with a staff raguly. Within a cusped
gothic quatrefoil adorned with roses in place of ball-flowers
along the inner edge.
DC : He : fcello # *. rampo : eomtf : toa . . . .
The letters DE of de are conjoined.
Second Seal.
7249. [A.D. 1412.] Red : very finely designed and
executed. Edges chipped. About 2\ in. when perfect.
[Cott. ch. xi. 22.]
Somewhat similar to the preceding, or first seal. The
armorial bearings of the shield are : quarterly I, 4, chequy, a
chevron, GUY OF WARWICK ; 2, 3, BEAUCHAMP, as in
No. 7248. The coronet ornamented with quatrefoils instead
of roses. The bears collared and ringed. The upper cusps
of the enclosing quatrefoil more depressed than in the former
seal. Under the shield on the left a small sprig.
StgtUu : trie : Be : fcello campo ....
to ri).
Cabled border.
7250. Sulph. cast from No. 7249. [B.C., G. 131.]
7251. [A.D. 1424.] Red : fine, fragments of the central
part only. [Harl. ch. 45 I. 11.]
Third Seal,
After his second marriage, viz., with ISABEL, dau. and coheir of
THOMAS LE DESPENCER, Earl of Gloucester.
7252. [A.D. 1426.] Red : a fragment of the central part
only, showing portions of the shield of arms and the helmet.
[Add. ch. 330.]
This seal closely resembles the fourth, of which the de-
scription will be found at No. 7253. The details of the
heraldry are slightly different. The fess in the BEAUCHAMP
quarter is differently diapered ; the alternate pieces of the
chequy arms in the second quarter are diapered but in the
fourth seal are plain, the chevron touches the top of the
shield but does not go up so far in the fourth seal, and the
ermine spots on it are of a different pattern.
This charter records the following titles of the Earl :
" Richard de Beauchamp Comte de VVarrevvyke et Dau-
marle, Seigneur le Despensier et de Lisle Capitaine et
478 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
lieutenant general du Roy et de mons sieur le Regent sur le
fait de la guerre en Normandie Anjou le mayne et es marches
de Bretagne." The seal may have been executed in France,
and bears some resemblance in points of design to the
French seals of this period.
Fourth Seal.
After his second marriage.
7253. [A.D. 1430.] Red : originally fine, now cracked,
imperfect on the r. h. side. 2f in. [Add. ch. 20,432.]
An ornamental shield of arms, couche" \ quarterly, I, 4,
BEAUCHAMP, as in No. 7248 ; 2, 3, chequy a chevron ermine,
GUY OF WARWICK. Over all an escutcheon of pretence,
quarterly, I, 4, three chevrons, CLARE ; 2, 3, quarterly, in the
second and third quarters a fret, over all a bend, DESPENSER.
Crest on a helmet and ornamental mantling of arabesque
foliage which replenishes the whole background of the seal,
out of a ducal coronet, a swan's head and neck. Supporters,
dex., a bear, collared, muzzled, and chained ; sin., a griffin,
collared. Within a carved and pointed gothic quatrefoil,
ornamented with ball-flowers along the inner edge and with
tracery in the spandrils.
&td)ar5[us Be # fcello # capo # co]mca * toarretotct *
et * aliie # marlie * Bits # Bespefer # et * Be # tfula.
Several pairs of letters are conjoined.
7254. [A.D. 1431.] Red: originally fine, and details very
sharply defined, now imperfect in several places. [Harl. ch.
45 I. 12.]
. . . avBus # Be * foello *< capo # c
...CM marl . . . Hn
7255. Sulph. cast from No. 7254. [D.C., G. 186.]
7258. [A.D. 1435.] Red : imperfect and indistinct frag-
ment of the central part only, showing portions of the shield
of arms, helmet, crest, and griffin. [Add. ch. 2016.]
Richard de Bellocampo.
Seal used by JOHN DONEWYCH, of co. Hunt.
7257. [A.D. 1411.] Red: injured by pressure, matrix
injured, -f- in. [Add. ch. 34,076.]
A shield of arms: a lion rampant (crowned?), BEAU-
CHAMP.
*-S' RICARDI DG B6LLO CAMPO.
7258. [A.D. 1411.] Another. [Add. ch. 34,077.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 479
Richard Lord Beauchamp, of Pouwyk, 2nd Baron
7259. [A.D. 1475-1496.] Plaster cast from fine but chipped
impression. 2-^ in. [Ixxxiii. 2.]
A shield of arms, couche : a fess betw. six martlets, BEAU-
CHAMP, of Powick. Crest, on a helmet and ornamental
mantling, out of a ducal coronet a swan's head and neck with
wings erect.
Legend on a scroll :
J&tgtllum vtrarUi Om Be * tattcliamj) Ur * poutoijU.
Carved border.
Thomas de Beauchamp, loth Earl of Warwick,
[A.D. 1 3 1 5-1 369.] Marshal of England.
7260. [A.D. 1340.] Red: fine, somewhat injured by
pressure, i^- in. [Cott. ch. xxiii. II.]
A shield of arms : a fess (diapered) betw. six crosses
crosslet, BEAUCHAMP. Suspended by a strap from a tree.
Within a finely carved and traced gothic panel ornamented
with ball-flowers along the inner edge.
I- SIGILLVM THOMG ; COMITIS D6 WARWYKC?)
Beaded border.
Another Seal.
7261. [A.D. 1363.] Red : originally fine, chipped at edge.
\\ in. [Add. ch. 14,547.]
A shield of arms : BEAUCHAMP, as in No. 7248. Sus-
pended by a strap from a forked oak tree. In base, on each
side of the shield a pair of oak-leaves. Within a carved
gothic panel with small circles of tracery.
Stg . * . &fiotn* : comttiss : Be : OTartogfc*
See Blomefield's Hist, of Norfolk, vol. ii., p. 380 (Dept. copy).
7262. [A.D. 1367.] Red: very imperfect, injured by
pressure. [Harl. ch. 45 I. 10.]
fjome
7263. Sulph. cast from No. 7262. [D.C., F. 454.]
Thomas de Beauchamp, [nth} Earl of Warwick, Lord of
Gower, [A.D. 1369-1401.]
7264. [A.D. 1379.] Red: originally fine, now injured,
chipped at the base. i| in. [Harl. ch. 83 D. 26.]
A shield of arms : BEAUCHAMP, as in No. 7248. On a
mount, suspended by a strap from a forked tree. Supporters,
two bears. Within a carved gothic quatrefoil ornamented on
the inner edge with small ball-flowers.
& tfjome Be belloeajjo co[mttus toarbmcfr tint gotome.
480 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Several pairs of letters are conjoined.
Cabled border.
7265. Sulph. cast from No. 7264. [B.C., F. 516.]
7266. [A.D. 1381.] Red : fragment of the shield and part
of the sinister supporter. [Harl. ch. 76 B. 6.]
7267. [A.D. 1388.] Red: very fine and sharp, chipped,
deficient in places. [L.F.C., xxiii. 2.]
&' tfjome Be comitts toartogd
Thomas Beauchamp.
7268. [Early I5th cent] Plaster cast from fine impres-
sion, i-i- in. [Ixxxiii. 3.]
A shield of arms, coucht : a chevron betw. three lions' heads
erased, crowned, for BEAUCHAMP. Crest on a helmet, short
lambrequin and wreath, a lion's head erased crowned. With-
in a carved gothic bilobe.
5tQ tiiomr : * . lirujrlinump.
Carved border.
Walter de Beauchamp.
7269. [i3th cent] Sulph. cast from good impression.
A in. [D.C., E. 322.]
A shield of arms : a fess betw. six martlets, BEAUCHAMP.
+ S' WALT'I D B6LLOCAMPO.
Beaded borders.
Walter de Beauchamp.
7270. [i3th cent.] Plaster cast from indistinct impression.
l| in. [Ixxxiii. 9.]
A shield of arms of early shape : two lions passant
guardant in pale.
+ SIGILL 1 WALTGRI D B6LOCAMPO.
Walter de Beauchamp, Lord of Alecestria, or Alcester,
co. Warwick. Steward of the king's household.
7271. [A.D. 1301.] Plaster cast from fine, large, but im-
perfect, impression. 2-f in. [Ixxxii. 100, 101.]
0. A shield of arms: a fess betw. six martlets, BEAU-
CHAMP. Betw. three lions of England, in allusion to his
office of Steward of the Household of Edward I.
ALT GLLO CAMPO D
Beaded borders.
R. A small round counterseal. -f- in. A shield of arms as
above in the obv.
+ S' WALT'I D B6LLO CAMPO.
Beaded borders.
7272. Plaster cast of the rev. only. [Ixxxiii. 10.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 481
Walter de Beauchamp, of Kynewarton, co. Warw., Knt.
7273. [A.D. 1327.] Light-brown : indistinct. % in. [Harl.
ch. 45 I. 27.]
A shield of arms : a fess betw. six martlets, BEAUCHAMP.
* SIGILLVM WALT6RI D6 B6I CO .
William de Beauehamp, Brother of THOMAS DE
BEAUCHAMP, nth Earl of Warwick, Knt.
7274. [A.D. 1376.] Red : fine, much injured by pressure,
chipped. 1 1 in. [Cott. ch. xi. 70.]
A shield of arms : BEAUCHAMP, with an uncertain mark of
difference, perhaps a crescent, on the fess. Suspended by a
strap from a forked tree. Within a carved gothic 8-foil, with
ball-flowers along the inner edge.
tot He , , ellocampo*
William de Beauchamp, ist Lord of \A\bergavenny.
7275. [A.D. 1396.] Red: originally fine and elegantly
designed, now chipped, imperfect at the base. i in. [Harl.
ch. in D. 27.]
A shield of arms : on a fess (diapered) betw. six crosses
crosslet, a crescent for difference, BEAUCHAMP. Suspended
by a strap from a tree on a mount. In the field on each side
a columbine (?) betw. two sprigs of foliage.
Stgillutn : totlelm[t : D]e : MIocampo :
Inner border ornamented with ball-flowers, outer border
carved.
7276. Sulph. cast from No. 7275. [D.C., E. 599.]
William Beanchamp, of Blounham, co. Bed., Knt.
7277. [A.D. 1432.] Red : cracked, from a chased ring.
With marks of the chased setting. [Harl. ch. 45 I. 28.]
On a helmet and mantling, out of a ducal coronet a swan's
head and neck betw. a pair of wings, Crest of BEAUCHAMP.
In the field a martlet for difference.
Beaded border.
Edmund de Beaufort, Duke of Somerset,
Marquess of Dorset, etc., A.D. 1448-1455,
Governor of Normandy, etc.
Seal for the Town of Bayeux.
7278. Sulph. cast from fine impression. 2^ in. [xlvii.
1630.]
A 'shield of arms, coucht : quarterly, I, 4, FRANCE
(MODERN) ; 2, 3, ENGLAND, within a bordure compony,
VOL. II. 2 I
482 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
BEAUFORT. Crest on a helmet, mantling (with foliage re-
plenishing the field), and chapeau turned up ermine, a lion
statant guardant. Supporters, dex., an eagle rising with
wings ouvertes ; sin., an heraldic tiger pellette, ducally
gorged.
Legend on a scroll :
: Sb : ernunUi : Ductf : Somerfette
Borfette : e : p : totlla : batetwr.
Outer border ornamented with cinquefoils.
See Sandford, Geneal. Hist., p. 331.
7279. Another. [B.C., G. 249.]
Henry de Beaufort, Cardinal of England,
Governor of Cherbourg Castle, etc.,
Bishop of Winchester, A.D. 1405-1447, Lord Chancellor.
7280. [A.D. 1437.] Red : fi ne > fragments of the central
part only. [Add. ch. 5832.]
. The only portion which remains is a shield of arms :
quarterly, I, 4, FRANCE (MODERN) ; 2, 3, ENGLAND, within
a bordure compony, BEAUFORT.
Cf. Add. ch. 19,977, A.D. 1414; Harl. ch. 43 E. 19, A.D. 1430; and
43 E. 20, A.D. 1443, for other seals of this personage.
Joan de Beaufort, -2nd wife of RALPH DE NEVILLE,
<\th Baron Neville of Raby.
7281. [A.D. 1435.] Plaster cast from imperfect impression.
About i -A- in. when perfect. [Ixxxviii. 66.]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex., NEVILLE, the field diapered
with sprigs of foliage; sin., quarterly, FRANCE and ENGLAND,
within a bordure compony, BEAUFORT. Betw. two sprigs of
foliage. Within a carved panel.
Legend imperfect and uncertain.
John de Beaufort, Earl of Somerset, son of JOHN OF GAUNT,
Duke of Lancaster ; A.D. 1397-1410.
7282. [A.D. 1408.] Red: fine, fragments, showing the
shield of arms and a few other details. About 2-i- in. when
perfect. [Harl. ch. 43 E. 17.]
A shield of arms : BEAUFORT, as in No. 7280, supported
by a strap round the neck of an eagle contourne. Crest on a
helmet, [a lion passant guardant.]
Legend on a scroll :
Somcrf . . .
HERALDIC SEALS. 483
7283. Sulpb. cast from No. 7282, but more complete.
[B.C., G. 121.]
7284. [A.D. 1408.] Red : fragments of shield of arms
only. [Harl. ch. 43 E. 18.]
John de Beaufort, ^rd Earl, [afterwards 1st Duke~\ of
Somerset, and of Kendal, Lord of Corf, etc.,
A.D. 1418-1444.
7285. [A.D. 1443.] Red : small fragments of various parts
only. About 3 in. diam. when perfect. [Add. ch. 12,212.]
0. Uncertain details. Border ornamented with ball-flowers.
Hi
R. A small counterseal of which there only remains the
legend.
Marguerite de Beaufort, Duchess of Somerset,
Countess of Somerset and Kendal,
widow of JOHN DE BEAUFORT, 2nd Earl of Somerset,
dau. of Sir JOHN DE BEAUCHAMP, of Bletso.
7286. [A.D. 1447.] Red : fine originally, now very im-
perfect. About 2\ in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 12,347.]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex., BEAUFORT, as in
No. 7280; sin., on a fess (diapered lozengy) betw. six martlets,
a pierced mullet, BEAUCHAMP. The shield slung by a strap
over the neck of an eagle rising. Supporters, dex., an
antelope ; sin., wanting.
Legend on a scroll :
ete Ho ctttte Ue Somerfet *
An outer border ornamented with small flowering sprigs.
Cf. Sandford, Geneal. Hist., p. 246.
Thomas de Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Dorset,
\afterw. 2nd Duke of Exeter, etcl\
7287. [A.D. 1411-1416.] Plaster cast from fine but
chipped impression. 2f in. [Ixxxiii. 4.]
A shield of arms, coucM : quarterly I, 4, FRANCE
(MODERN) ; 2, 3, ENGLAND, within a bordure gobony [az.
and erm.] This coat was used by the above when Earl of
Dorset ; on his accession to the Earldom of Exeter he
changed his armorial bearings to those described in Vol. I.,
No. 1043. Crest on a helmet, lambrequin or mantling, and
chapeau, a lion statant guardant. Supporters, two swans.
212
484 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Background diapered with sprigs of foliage. Within a carved
gothic quatrefoil panel, ornamented with small quatrefoils or
ball-flowers along the inner edge.
Stgillum : tfjome : Bum * tit :
Beaded borders.
Sandford, Geneal, Hist., p. 263.
Thomas de Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Exeter,
Earl of Dorset and Harecourt, A dmiral of England and
Captain of Rouen, etc., [A.D. 1416-1426.]
7288. [A.D. 1420.] Red : en placard, from a small signet.
Very indistinct, fragmentary. [Add. ch. 277.]
Octagonal : a lion sejant guardant.
Cabled border.
Cf. xliii. 138, 139. Nos. 1043, 1044.
Henry de Bellomonte, ^rd Baron Beaumont,
Lord of Loughteburgh.
7289. [A.D. 1366.] Red: originally fine, edge imperfect,
if in. [Harl. ch. 45 I. 39.]
A shield of arms, couche" \ seme de lis, a lion rampant, over
all a bend, BEAUMONT. Crest on a helmet, short mantling,
and chapeau, a lion passant. Within a finely carved and
pointed gothic panel, ornamented with ball-flowers on the
inner border.
rtct & ttc # Bellomonte *
Beaded borders.
7290. Sulph. cast from No. 7289. [B.C., F. 446.]
Johanna, widow of JOHN de Beaumont, or Beamount,
of Parkham, co. Devon, Knt.
7291. [A.D. 1381.] Red: fine, edge of 1. h. side chipped,
i in. [Add. ch. 13,919.]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex., barry of six, vaire [and
gu.], BEAUMONT ; sin., a chevron betw. three crows, CORBET (?)
Within a carved gothic cinquefoil with three large points in
triangle, ornamented with ball-flowers along the inner edge.
Legend betw. the points.
* &'. USe * : toijanne : * fceatt . . . nt.
Cabled border.
HERALDIC SEALS. 485
John de Beaumont, ^tk Baron Beaumont,
A.D. 1383-1396.
7292. [A.D. 1383.] Red: fine, chipped at top. i in.
[Harl. ch. 45 I. 40.]
A shield of arms, coucht: seme-de-lis, a lion rampant,
BEAUMONT. Crest on a helmet, with lambrequins or short
mantling and chapeau, seme-de-lis, the chapeau turned up
ermine, a lion passant. Supporters, two trees, each on a
mount.
&tg(ttti : toijts : Unt : * Be : beltomonte :
7293. Sulph. cast from No. 7292. [B.C., F. 547.]
Richard Beaumont, of co. York, Esq.
7294. [A.D. 1459.] Red : imperfectly impressed, from a
signet, originally encircled by a twisted rush, -f- in. [Add.
ch. 16,951.]
A lion's head erased, above it a crescent, in allusion to the
arms of BEAUMONT. In the field the initial letters r Jj.
Thomas Beufou, or Beawfoe, of Empscot, co. Warw., Esq.
7295. [A.D. 1601.] Red : indistinct, in, [Add. ch.
32,885.]
A shield of arms : a bend betw. six ermine spots.
Cabled border.
Ursula, wife of THOMAS Beawfoe.
7296. [A.D. 1601.] Red : indistinct. % in. [Add. ch.
32,885.]
An ornamental shield of arms : a chevron, ermine, betw.
three pairs of links of a chain interlinked.
Cabled border.
Thomas Beawfoe, of Empscot, co. Warw.
7297. [A.D. 1601.] Red : indistinct. [Add. ch. 32,886.]
On a mount a tree, labelled, the label bears an indistinct
motto. In the field the initials T. B. at the sides of the tree.
Beaded border.
Henry Becher, of Weston, co. Hertf., Gentl.
7298. [A.D. 1653.] Red : injured by pressure. [Add. ch.
36,307.]
Oval : a shield of arms, vaire, on a canton a buck's head
cabossed, BECHER. Crest, on a helmet and mantling, a demi-
lion.
Beaded border.
7299. [A.D. 1653.] Red : very indistinct. [Add. ch. 36,306.]
486 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Henry Becher, of Weston, co. Hertf., Esq.
7300. [A.D. 1671.] Red, covered with paper before im-
pression. 4 x i in. [Add. ch. 36,315.]
Oval : a shield of arms : vaire, on a canton a buck's head
cabossed, BECHER.
John Becher, of High Laver, co. Essex.
See JOHN COLEMARSCH.
Walter Beckham, late of Bytchamwell, now of Castleacre,
co. Norf., Gent I.
7301. [A.D. 1639.] Red : injured. About X in.
[Add. ch. 30,823.]
A shield of arms: quarterly, I, on a bend cotised, three
pairs of wings conjoined in lure ; 2, quarterly ; 3, a lion
rampant ; 4. chequy. Crest on a helmet and ornamental
mantling, a helmet betw. a pair of wings.
Cabled border.
John Bedale, of co. Kent, Clerk.
7302. [A.D. 1480.] Dark red. in. [Harl. ch. 80 G. 13.]
An escallop, in allusion to the arms of BEDELL or BEDLE.
In the field the word t Bdl
Cabled border.
7303. [A.D. 1480.] Dark red. [Harl. ch. 80 G. 14.]
7304. [A.D. 1480.] Dark red : indistinct. [Harl. ch.
80 G. 15.]
William de Bedewynde,
Burgess of Reading, co. Berks.
7305. [A.D. 1343.] Red: imperfect, indistinct. in.
[Harl. ch. 45 G. 69.]
A shield of arms : an estoile betw. three caltraps, that in
base chipped off. Suspended by a strap from a hook.
Beaded border.
James Bedingfield, alias de Grey, of Gonville and
Cains Coll., Cambridge, LL.B.
7306. [A.D. 1721.] Red: en placard. ^ x i in. [Add.
ch. 9798.]
An ornamental shield of arms : a fess betw. two chevronels.
Thomas Bedwell, of St. Clement Danes, co. Midd., Gentl.
7307. [A.D. 1734.] Red: en placard, on tape. X in.
[Add. ch. 29,634.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 487
Oval : a shield of arms : per saltire lozengy and ermine,
BEDEWELL. Crest, on a helmet and ornamental mantling, a
griffin's head erased.
John Beek, of co. Kent.
7308. [A.D. 1415.] Brown. \ x in. [Had. ch. 76
B. 13.]
Octagonal signet : a shield of arms : on a chevron betw.
three eagles' heads erased, an escallop for difference.
Cabled border, partly engrailed on the inner edge.
Nicholas de Beek, Knt.
7309. [A.D. 1369.] Red: imperfect. I in. [Add. ch.
20,478.]
A shield of arms, coucht : a cross. Crest, on a helmet, out
of a ducal coronet a boar's head and neck. Within a carved
gothic panel.
: nttfjoiat : te :
William de Beestun,
Seal used by RALPH DE BEESTON, of Pudsay, co. York.
7310. [A.D. 1398.] Red : injured by pressure on 1. h. side.
I- in. [Add. ch. 16,883.]
A shield of arms : a lion rampant crowned, debruised by a
bend, BEESTON. On a tree of three branches, and betw. two
wyverns sans wings.
ft SIGILLVM WIL . . VN.
John de Beggebury, of Goudhurst, etc., co. Kent.
7311. [A.D. 1355.] Red: fine originally, injured in places
by pressure. -^ in. [Harl. ch. 76 B. 27.]
A shield of arms : (field diapered lozengy) on a bend three
martlets. Within a finely carved and traced gothic six-foil.
& SIGILU lOH'IS : D6 : BGGGGB6RI.
Beaded border.
7312. [A.D. 1367,] White: imperfect, very indistinct.
[Harl. ch. 76 B. 28.]
& si oe :
John de Beggeberi, or Begebery, of Goudhurst, co. Kent.
7313. [A.D. 1411.] Discoloured: indistinct, i x in.
[Harl. ch. 76 B. 36.]
Oblong octagonal signet : a shield of arms : on a bend
three martlets. On a tree or branch with two small roses.
Cabled border.
CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
7314.
7315.
7316.
ch. 76 B.
7317.
7318.
7319.
[A.D.
[A.D.
[A.D.
40.]
[A.D.
[A.D.
[A.D.
1412.]
1412;]
1412.]
1414.]
1414.]
1422.]
Red:
Red.
Red:
Red:
Red:
Red:
indistinct. [Harl. ch. 76 B. 37.]
[Harl. ch. 76 B. 38.]
injured and indistinct. [Harl.
good. [Harl. ch. 76 B. 39.]
good. [Harl. ch. 76 C. 44.].
fine. [Harl. ch. 76 B. 41.]
John Beke, Lord of Eresby, co. Line.,
son of WALTER BEKE.
7320. [>.</.] Brown. A in. [Harl. ch. 45 H. 14.]
A shield of arms : a cross moline, BECK. On each side of
the shield a garb ; above it, a sword.
7321. Sulph. cast from No. 7320. [D.C., E. 487.]
7322. [A.D. 1297.] Brown. [Harl. ch. 45 H. 15 B.]
7323. [A.D. 1297.] Brown. [Harl. ch. 45 H. 16.]
Thomas de Bekeryng, of Bolington, co. Line., Knt.
7324. [A.D. 1 348.] Creamy-white : imperfect and very
indistinct. I in. [Harl ch. 45 H. 34.]
A shield of arms : chequy, a bend, BECKERING.
. . . GILLVM M De B
Inner border engrailed.
James Le Bel de Fermesham, of Westminster, co. Midd.
7325. [Temp. Hen. III.] Green : a fragment. I X f in.
[Harl. ch. 45 H. 39.]
Shield-shaped : a shield of arms : three roses.
. ILLVM .
Henry Belasyse, al. Belassis, of Coxwould, co. York, Esq.
7326. [A.D. 1647.] Red : indistinct. -& X T V in. [Add.
ch. 35,5230
Oval : a shield of arms of eight quarterings. I. A chevron
betw. three fleurs-de-lis, BELASIS, etc.
Beaded borders.
7327. [A.D. 1647.] Another. [Add. ch. 35,5 2 5-]
Jane, wife of JOHN Lord Belasyse, al. Belassis.
7328. [A.D. 1647.] Red : injured, -i- X -rg- in. [Add. ch.
35,525.]
Oval : a shield of arms : very indistinct.
7329. [A.D 1647.] Another. [Add. ch. 35,5 2 3-]
HERALDIC SEALS. 489
John de Belasise,
Seal used by CECILIA, daughter and heir of THOMAS DE
BRUNTOFT, of Bruntoft, [co. Durh. f]
7330. [A.D. 1380.] Dark red: indistinct in places. I in.
[Egert. ch. 576.]
A shield of arms : an eagle displayed. Within an estoile
of six points or two triangles interlaced, with tracery in the
points.
Legend betw. the points :
S' IO_HAN_NIS_Bei ASY_IS.
Rt. Hon. John Belasyse, al. Belassis, Esq.,
al. JOHN Lord Belassis.
7331. [A.D. 1647.] Red : injured. x in. [Add. ch.
35,523-]
Oval : a shield of arms of ornamental shape : on a chevron
betw. three fleurs-de-lis, BELASIS, a crescent for difference.
Beaded border.
Another Seal.
7332. [A.D. 1657.] Red. i in. [Add. ch. 30,945.]
Small octagonal signet : a shield of arms : a chevron
betw. three fleurs-de-lis, BELASIS. Enclosed in a pair of
palm-branches.
Another Seal.
7333. [A.D. 1658.] Red : injured by pressure. [Add.
ch. 30,950.]
Small octagonal signet : a shield of arms : ermine, on a
canton a crescent. Arms of STRODE.
Mary Belasyse, dau. of the Protector, OLIVER CROMWELL,
wife of THOMAS BELASYSE, Viscount Fauconberge.
7334. [A.D. 1657.] Red. [Add. ch. 30,952.]
Oval : a shield of arms of ornamental shape : BELASIS,
ensigned with a coronet of pearls. Betw. two palm branches.
Thomas Belasyse, Baron of Yarram,
and 2nd Viscount Fauconberge, A.D. 1652-1700.
7335. [A.D. 1658.] Red : injured, i X -^ in. [Add. ch.
30,951.]
Oval : a shield of arms : a chevron betw. three fleurs-de-
lis, BELLASIS. Betw. two palm-branches ; and ensigned with
a viscount's coronet.
490 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
7336. [A.D. 1658.] Another: indistinct [Add. ch. 30,952.]
7337. [A.D. 1657.] Another. [Add. ch. 30,964.]
Another Seal.
7338. [A.D. 1679.] Red, covered with paper before im-
pression. x i in. [Add. ch. 30,955.]
Oval : crest as in No. 7339. Viscount's coronet.
Seal as EARL OF FAUCONBERG, A.D. 1689-1700.
7339. [A.D. 1693.] Red : en placard on a label. [Add.
ch. 6076.]
Oval : on a wreath, a lion couchant guardant, crest of
BELASYSE. Ensigned with an earl's coronet.
Cabled border.
7340. [A.D. 1699.] Another: imperfect, indistinct [Add.
ch. 6152.]
Isolda de Belhous, dau. and coheir of Lady ALICIA DE
BEAUMONT, widow 0/JoHN DE BELHOUS, Knt.,
of Barmvell, co. Northt., Rayleigh, co. Essex, etc.
7341. [A.D. 1336.] White: indistinct fin. [Add. ch.
21,534-1
Two shields of arms, suspended by loops from a tree of
three branches : dex. quarterly per fess dancettee, over all a
bend, BEAUCHAMP ? sin., three lions rampant, BELHOUSE.
;* SIGILLV isevpe oe eeLHOVs.
7342. [A.D. 1339.] Red : indistinct [Harl. ch. 45 H. 50.]
7343. [A.D. 1353.] Red: indistinct. [Harl. ch. 45 H. 53.]
7344. Sulph. cast from No. 7343. [D.C., F. 382.]
Cf. Harl. ch. 44 C. 55, A.D. 1331 ; 45 H. 51, A.D. 1336 ; 45 H. 49,
A.D. 1339 ; 45 E. 58, A.D. 1345 j and 45 G. 51, A.D. 1353.
John Bell, of London, Clerk.
7345. [A.D. 1607.] Red : injured by pressure. -}- X -fVin.
[Add. ch. 29,575-]
Oval : a bell, in allusion to the arms of BELL. Betw. the
initial letters I. B.
John Bellardi?
7346. [A.D. 1328.] Plaster cast from good impression.
I X I- in. [Ixxxiii. 7.]
Oval : a shield of arms : a chief. Suspended by a strap
from a hook. Within a lozenge of which the inner edge is
engrailed. In four lobes on the sides of the lozenge, the
customary emblems of the four Evangelists.
& S' lOH'IS B6LLARDK?)
Perhaps a foreign seal.
HERALDIC SEALS. 49 1
Abigail, wife of THOMAS Bell chamber, of London, Gentl.
7347. [A.D. 1716.] Red : en placard, on a tape. [Add.
ch. 35,469-]
Seal of arms as described for THOS. BELLCHAMBER. q.v.
Thomas Bellchamber, of London, Gentl.
7348. [A.D. 1716.] Red : en placard, on a tape. X | in.
[Add. ch. 35469-]
Oval : a shield of arms : three hawks' bells, two and one,
BELLCHAMBER. Crest on a helmet and mantling, on a
wreath a demi-lion rampant, holding in the forepaws a bell.
7349. Plaster cast of No. 7348. [xcviii. 38.]
Sir Richard Sellings, Knt., Principal Secretary and
Master of Requests to CATHARINE,
Queen Dowager of CHARLES II.
7350. [A.D. 1693.] Red: en placard, on a label, -f- X \ in.
[Add. ch. 6076.]
Octagonal signet : a shield of arms : on a cross, betw. four
crosses crosslet fitchees, a crescent for difference. Crest on a
helmet and ornamental mantling, a demi-lion rampant, hold-
ing in its dexter paw a cross crosslet fitchee.
7351. Plaster cast of No. 7350. [xcviii. 39.]
7352. [A.D. 1680.] Another impression : very indistinct.
[Had. ch. in H. n.]
7353. [A.D. 1698.] Another. [Add. ch. 6152.]
Simon de Beltone.
7354. [i4th cent.] Red : recent impression from the
matrix, [xxxv. 223.]
A shield of arms : on a chevron betw. three pierced cinque-
foils, five quatrefoils ; surmounted by a merchant's mark in-
corporating the initial letter : s. Within a carved and traced
gothic trefoil.
Legend betw. the points :
S : SIMO_NIS DG : _Bei_TON.
RamoniP Benbo,
Seal used by ROBERT LUCAS, of Ipswich, co. Snff.
7355. [A.D. 1399.] Red: somewhat indistinct. J r x fin.
[Stowe ch. 393.]
Octagonal : a shield of arms, coucht : a chevron betw.
49 2 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
three estoiles. Crest on a helmet, mantling and wreath, a pair
of arms, embowed, holding up an uncertain object.
S' RAMONIL' : B6NBO :
Perhaps a foreign seal.
William Bendes, of Ipsivich, co. Stiff., Clerk.
7356. [A.D. 1615.] Red: injured. -&. X in. [Add. ch.
9783.]
Oval : a shield of arms : a tower.
Peter de Bendinges, of Benchesham Manor, in Croydon,
co. Surr.
7357. \circ. A.D. 1230.] Dark green : imperfect, indistinct.
If in. [Add. ch. 23,323.]
A shield of arms of early shape : a fess cotised.
... IG ... PGTRI D6 BGUDIH . . .
7358. Plaster cast from fine impression. [Ixxxiii. 12.]
& SIGILL' PGTRI D B6MDIHGI6S.
Cf. Add. ch. 23,326 ; 16,383, A.D. 1237 ; 16,384, A.D. 1236-7.
Walter, son of MATTHEW de Beningwrd, of co. Line.
7359. [Late I2th cent.] Cast in green composition from
original impression, if in. [Hi. 34.]
A shield of arms of early convex shape : a lion rampant.
# SIGILL' WAUT61RI D' B6NING6WRD.
7360. Plaster cast. [Ixxxiii. 14.]
Cf. Harl. ch. 48 I. 51 ; and 54 E. 7, temp. Hen. II.
Isabella [Bennet], Ducliess of Graf ton, widow of
HENRY FITZROY, Duke of Graf ton.
7361. [A.D. 1693.] Red : en placard, on a label. [Add. ch.
6151.]
Two oval shields of arms conjoined : dex., quarterly,
i, 4, FRANCE and ENGLAND quarterly ; 2, SCOTLAND ;
3, IRELAND over all a baton sinister compony, for FITZROY,
Duke of Grafton : sin., a bezant betw. three demi-lions ram-
pant, BENNET. Surmounted by a ducal coronet.
John Bennet, or Benet, of Harlington, co. Midd., Knt.
7362. [A.D. 1654.] Red : injured, -f X 4 in. [Add. ch.
18,976.]
Oval : a shield of arms : a bezant betw. three demi-lions
rampant, in chief a crescent for difference, BENNET.
Beaded border.
HERALDIC SEALS. 493
Sir John Bennet, or Benet, of St. Martiris-in-the- Fields,
co. Midd., K.B.
7363. [A.D. 1670.] Red, covered with paper before im-
pression : indistinct, -f- X f in. [Add. ch. 19,006.]
Oval : an ornamental shield of arms : a mullet betw. three
demi-lions, BENNET. Encircled with the Collar of the Order
of the Bath. Crest on a helmet, mantling, and wreath, a lion's
head issuant.
7364. [A.D. 1670.] Another: indistinct. [Add. ch. 19,009.]
John Bennet.
See JOHN CARYLE.
Robert Bennett, or Benett, of Hereford, co. Heref., Gentl.
7365. [A.D. 1618.] Red, covered with paper : en placard,
very indistinct. X \ in. [Add. ch. 1913.]
Oval : a shield of arms : on a cross betw. four demi-lions
rampant couped, a bezant, BENNETT.
Edmund de Benstede, son and heir of
JOHN DE BENSTEDE, of Ermyngton, co. Devon.
7366. [A.D. 1333.] Red: injured. in. [Harl. ch. 46
A. 13-]
A shield of arms : three bars gemel, BENSTED. Betw.
three small pierced roses. Within a cusped and traced
gothic six-foil.
Cabled border.
John de Benstede.
7367. [A.D. 1310.] Plaster cast from chipped impression.
in. [Ixxxiii. 15.]
A shield of arms : two bars gemel, for BENSTED. Within
a carved gothic panel of six cusped points.
Beaded border.
John de Bensted, of co. Glouc.
7368. [A.D. 1342.] Red: originally fine, now chipped, im-
perfect on 1. h. side. % in. [Add. ch. 28,754.]
A shield of arms : (diapered lozengy) three bars gemel, in
dexter chief a martlet, for BENSTED. Suspended by a strap
from a hook, and betw. two slipped leaves. Within a carved
and pointed gothic panel of three points in triangle and five
cusps, ornamented with small ball-flowers along the inner
edge.
* SIGILL' lOHI'S D'.
Beaded border.
494 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Pernella, wife 0/JOHN DE Benstede.
7369. [A.D. 1359.] Plaster cast from fine but chipped im-
pression, i-ji^- in. [Ixxxiii. 16.]
A shield of arms : three bars gemel, for BENSTED.
Within a very elaborately traced gothic panel, having four
small carved compartments in saltire, each enclosing a
lozenge-shaped shield of arms : I, three fusils in fess ;
2, bendy ; 3, ermine ? three fusils in fess ; 4, uncertain, per-
haps an escutcheon.
S' PGTRON6LI D6 BNSTeDe(0
William Bentinck, %th Earl of Portland, K.G.
7370. [A.D. 1702.] Red : en placard, on a label, -f- X ^ in.
[Egert. ch. 104.]
An ornamental shield of arms : a cross moline, BENTINCK.
Encircled with a garter inscribed with the motto of the order,
and ensign ed with an earl's coronet.
Hon. William Bentinck, son of WILLIAM BENTINCK,
Earl of Portland.
7371. [A.D. 1728.] Red : en placard, on a tape, -f- x VV in.
[Egert. ch. ill.]
Oval : an ornamental shield of arms : a cross moline,
BENTINCK. Ensigned with the coronet (of a marquess ?)
Cabled border.
Jeremy Bentley, of Eland, co. York., Gentl.
7372. [A.D. 1659.] Red : imperfect at base, -f- X - in.
[Harl. ch. 112 D. 6.]
Oval : a shield of arms : three bends, and a cross crosslet,
BENTLEY. Crest on a helmet and mantling, a spaniel
passant.
Beaded border.
John Ber', of Stowlangtoft.
See THOS. WATTONE.
Henry, fil. Rad. de Berdewelle, of co. Suff.
7373. [A.D. 1293-1304.] Green: originally fine, now im-
perfect 4 X i in. [Harl ch. 46 A. 26.]
Shield-shaped : a shield of arms : three piles barwise, or
per pale indented, on a chief a demi-lion rampant issuing.
+ N SVI . . . . ISY QVG IG D6 L AMI6.
Beaded border.
HERALDIC SEALS. 495
7374. Sulph. cast from No. 7373. [B.C., F. 175.]
Cf. Hen. f. Rad. de Berdewell, Harl. ch. 54 D. 5, A.D. 1300; Hen. de
Berdewelle, Harl. ch. 54 A. 30, A.D. 1305 ; 46 A. 27, A.D. 1307 ; and 56
E. 15, A.D. 1310.
Kynard de la Bere, Knt.
7375. [A.D. 1387.] Red: cracked, imperfect. I in. [Cott.
ch. xxiii. 13.]
A shield of arms : a bend betw. two cotises and six mart-
lets, DE-LA-BERE. Betw. three pairs of leaves, those over
the shield surmounted by a pierced mullet. Inner border
carved.
ft : : StgfHum ft!**** It tie ft la ft fcer.
7376. Sulph. cast from No. 7375. [D.C., F. 563.]
Henry de Hereford, Parson of Costone, co. Leic. ?
7377. [A.D. 1327.] Creamy-white; very indistinct, fin.
[Add. ch. 26,603.]
A shield of arms : defaced. Within a carved gothic panel.
. 6NRICI FIU W .
Simon de Hereford, of Wysshawe, co. Warw.
7378. [A.D. 1329.] Creamy-white: indistinct. in.
[Add. ch. 26,604.]
A shield of arms : uncertain charges. Within a cusped
gothic six-foil.
& ceo esr i_e sei_ SIMOND oe BGRGFORDCO
Hugh de Berewyk, of Beaconsfield, co. Buck., Knt.
7379. [A.D. 1375.] Dark-green: fine, i^- in. [Harl. ch.
46 D. 1 8.]
A wild man, holding up before him a shield of arms : a
lion rampant, BERWICK. Betw. two wyverns sans wings.
SIGILL HVGONIS DG B6R6WYK.
Beaded borders.
7380. Sulph. cast from No. 7379. [D.C., F. 492.]
Margaret Berewyk.
See ARTHUR DE GREY.
Baldewyne de Berford, of Wysshawe, co. Warw., Knt.
7381. [A.D. 1372.] Greenish-brown : originally fine, edge
chipped. I in. [Add. ch. 26,606.]
A shield of arms, couche : three fleurs-de-lis, betw. seven
496 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
crosses crosslets fitchees, BEREFORD. Crest on a helmet,
mantling, and chapeau, a bear statant. Background diapered
with wavy sprigs or tendrils. Within a carved gothic panel
of oval form.
S> : foau&etogn : fcerforB.
The letters DE in baudewyn are conjoined.
Cf. Dom. Baudewyn Bereford, Knt., Harl. ch. 49 G. 37, A.D. 1377 ; D.
Baldwyn Berford, Knt., Add. ch. 23,859, A.D. 1379; B. de Bereforde,
Knt, Harl. ch. 58 D. 9, A.D. 1392; also Add. ch. 7379, A.D. 1393; 20,311,
A.D. 1394 ; 20,386, A.D. 1396 ; and 14,677, A.D. 1399.
Alexander de Bergh.
7382. [A.D. 1303.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
-{-- in. [Ixxxiii. 20.]
A shield of arms : on a bend betw. two cotises three
roundles. Betw. two small leaves. Within a pointed gothic
trefoil panel, ornamented along the inner edge with small
quatrefoils or ball-flowers.
RJ S 1 AL6XANDR! : D : BGRGH'.
Richard, fit. Jon. de Bergholte, of Fordham, co. Essex.
7383. [A.D. -1346.] Bronze-green: imperfect. in. [Harl.
ch. 51 F. 15.]
A shield of arms : an estoile of six points wavy, betw.
three roses. Betw. the initial letters R. I. Within a carved
gothic quatrefoil.
Legend uncertain :
I H H . . . . LYLYO)
John de Berkeley, or Bercley, of Sockes Denys Manor,
co. Somers., Knt.
7384. [A.D. 1389.] Red : originally fine, very imperfect.
About i in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 46 A. 45,]
A shield of arms: BERKELEY, as in No. 7392 within a
bordure. Suspended by a diapered strap from a forked tree.
Within a traced and carved gothic panel ornamented with
ball-flowers along the inner edge.
Be : frerfeelee:
7385. Sulph. cast, from No. 7384. [D.C., F. 572.]
John de Berkeley (?)
7386. [A.D. .1422.] Plaster cast from imperfect impres-
sion, i -I in. [Ixxxiii. 21.]
A shield of arms, coiicht'. BERKELEY, Crest on a helmet
HERALDIC SEALS. 497
a mitre. Supporters, two mermaids. In the background on
the 1. h. side a sprig of foliage.
JStgillum * One . . * . * It #
Cf. the seal of Moricius de Berkeley.
John de Berkeley, [ist] Baron Berkeley, of Stratton,
[A.D. 1650-1678.]
7387. [A.D. 1665.] Red, covered with paper before im-
pression : very indistinct. About -fa X -? in. when perfect.
[Harl. ch. 77 H. i.]
A shield of arms : BERKELEY, as in No. 7392. Crest [on
a helmet] a mitre.
Moricius de Berkeley, Lord of Beverston and Bettesthorn,
co. Hants, Knt.
7388. [A.D. 1428.] Red : very fine, imperfect at top and
bottom. About if in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 46 A. 47.]
A shield of arms, coucJie ': quarterly, i, 4, BERKELEY, as in
No. 7392 ; 2, 3, on a saltire five mullets of six points, or
roses, BEVERSTONE. Crest, on a helmet and mantling, a
mitre, diapered with foliage. Supporters, two mermaids.
Within a carved gothic panel, the inner edge ornamented
with ball-flowers.
S>' mantlet) tie frerfeeleg rmltt [ijeuerf]ton
et fcetteffljoro.
7389. Sulph. cast from No. 7385. [D.C., G. 178.]
7390. [A.D. 1428.] Another : not so perfect. [Harl. ch.
46 A. 46.]
m beuerfton et fcettef .
Thomas de Berkele, [? ist Baron, A.D. 1295-1321.]
7391. [Early I4th cent] Sulph. cast, from fine impres-
sion, i in. [D.C., E. 317.]
A shield of arms : BERKELEY, as in No. 7392. Suspended
by a strap from a hook, and betw. two wyverns.
* SIGLLVM : THOM6 D6 BRK6L.
Beaded borders.
Thomas de Berkele, Lord of Berkeley, yd Baron,
A.D. 1326-1342.
7392. [A.D. 1335.] Light-red : fine, edge chipped. I in.
[Cott. ch. xxiii. 17.]
A shield of arms, couche"'. a chevron betw. ten crosses
crosslet, six in chief four in base, BERKELEY. Crest on a
VOL. II. 2 K
498 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
helmet, a mitre, stringed and garnished, charged on either
side with the arms of BERKELEY, as above described. Sup-
porters, two mermaids, each with comb and mirror. All
within a cusped border.
SIGILLVM THOME & D6 & B6RK6L6 *
Beaded border.
7393. Sulph. cast of No. 7392. [D.C., F. 255.]
7394. Plaster cast. [Ixxxvii. 43.]
7395. Another : from fine impression, [xciv. 57.]
7396. [A.D. 1327.] Red : originally fine, now imperfect.
[Harl. ch. 46 A. 43.]
THOMG
7397. [A.D. 1354.] Dark -green: somewhat indistinct,
edge chipped. [Harl. ch. 46 A. 44.]
SIGILLVM * TH . . e * D6 *
Thomas de Berkeley, ^th Baron [A.D. (1368) 1381-1416.]
7398. Red : originally fine, now injured, imperfect. \\ in.
[xxxvi. 135.]
On a tree-stump set on a mount of herbage, a shield of arms,
coucht: BERKELEY, as in No.. 7392. Crest, on a helmet and
mantling, a mitre stringed and garnished, charged with cross
crosslets derived from the above arms. Supporters, two mer-
maids. Background replenished with small sprigs of foliage.
Within a carved gothic quatrefoil of elegant design, orna-
mented with small ball-flowers along the inner edge.
Legend betw. the lobes of the quatrefoil :
[&tgt]U' tfjom* Bin Be berfcteg.
The letters HO of thome, and BE of berkley are conjoined.
Another Seal?
7399. [A.D. 1385.] Plaster cast from chipped impression.
if in. [xciv. 58.]
A shield of arms : BERKELEY. Suspended by a strap
from a forked tree on a mount. Supporters, two mermaids.
Within a carved gothic quatrefoil panel or quadrilobe, orna-
mented along the inner edge with small quatrefoils.
Stgtllu : . . . me : * tttif : Be : foerfeele :
Cf. Sir John Maclean's Lives of the Berkeley s, by J. Smyth, 1883,
vol. ii., p. 33.
Thomas Berkeley, of co. York, Knt.
7400. [A.D. 1516.] Red: injured. -^ in. [Harl. ch. in
D. 31.]
Octagonal signet : a shield of arms : a lion rampant.
Betw. the initial letters [. .] B.
HERALDIC SEALS. 499
William de Berkeley, yth Baron, [ist Marquess] of Berkeley,
Ob. A.D. 1492.
7401. [A.D. 1470.] Plaster cast from chipped impression.
About 2 in. when perfect. [Ixxxiii. 22.]
A shield of arms, couche"'. per pale, dex., three lions passant
guardant in pale, in chief a label of three points over all,
BROTHERTON ; sin., BERKELEY. Crest on a helmet [and
mantling, a mitre]. Supporters, dex., (a unicorn ?) ; sin.,
wanting (a unicorn ).
Legend wanting.
Engraved in Sir J. Maclean's Lives of the Berkeleys, by J. Smyth,
1883, vol. ii., p. 146. With the legend :
S' HONORABILIS DNI WILL'I DE BERKELEY
ET WOTTON :
William de Berkeley, Baron Berkeley, of Stratton.
7402. [A.D. 1702.] Red: en placard, on a label. % x 4- in.
[Egert. ch. 104.]
Oval : a shield of arms : BERKELEY, as in No. 7392. On
an ermine mantle, and ensigned with a baron's coronet.
Beaded border.
Elizabeth, wife of LAURENCE Berkerolles.
7403. [A.D. 1392.] Plaster cast from good impression.
i in. [Ixxxiii. 17.]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex., a chevron betw. three
crescents, BERKEROLLS ; sin., a lion rampant. Suspended
by a strap from a forked tree. Within a carved gothic panel
ornamented along the inner edge with small quatrefoils or
ball-flowers.
StfftHu . eltfafce .*.,,.. fcmrote :
Carved border.
Cf. G. T. Clark, Cartes de Glamorgan, vol. ii., p. 36.
Laurence de Berkerolles, aL Bercrols, of South Wales.
7404. [A.D. 1392.] Plaster cast from fine but chipped
impression, -ff in. [Ixxxiii. 17.]
A shield of arms : a chevron betw. three crescents,
BERKEROLLS. Betw. two small slipped flowers. Within a
carved cinquefoil panel.
# : S>' ** *<* lau[renc]tt * # Be *& #& fcmrols :
Cf. G. T. Clark, Cartce de Glamorgan, vol. ii., pp. 16-19, etc -> en S r ->P- 3^.
John de Berland (?).
7405. [A.D. 1357.] Plaster cast from indistinct impression.
i in. [xcii. 74.]
2 K 2
500 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
A shield of arms : on a bend a bear passant. Within a
carved trefoil panel.
S' IOHANNIS D BERLAND (?)
Stephen de Berlynde, of Peasmarsh, co. Suss.
7406. [A.D. 1338.] Red. x in. [A.D. 20,133.]
Oval : on a shield (? not heraldic), a chevron betw. three
demilozenges.
Fulk de Burmigham, or Bermyngham, Chev., of Tamworth,
cos. Warw. and Staff.
7407. [A.D. 1342.] Red: originally fine; now chipped.
$ in. [Egert. ch. 463.]
A shield of arms : a bend lozengy or five lozenges in bend,
in chief a label of five points. Above the shield a lion's
face : at each side a wyvern. Within a pointed gothic
quatrefoil, ornamented with small quatrefoils along the
inner edge.
fc SLIGILUVM FOVKG D BVRMIGHAM.
John Bermingham (P).
7408. [Temp. Edw. III.] Red : edge chipped. in.
[xxxvi. 88.]
A shield of arms : three escallops in bend betw. two
cotises. Suspended by a strap over the neck of an owl.
# S'. IOHANNIS : B6'MINGHAM : (?)
Beaded borders.
Walter de Bermyngham, of co. Line.
7409. [A.D. 1341.] Red: originally fine, now repaired.
About I in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 46 A. 49.]
A shield of arms : per pale indented, a bordure bezantee.
Crest, on a helmet a wyvern betw. two bulls' horns.
Within a finely carved gothic panel with small ball-flowers
along the inner edge.
D6 B6RMYNG6HAM.
7410. Sulph. cast of No. 7409. [D.C., F. 278.]
Elizabeth de Multon, wife of WALTER DE BERMYNGHAM.
7411. [A.D. 1341.] Red: very fine, edge injured. i\ in.
[Harl. ch. 46 A. 49.]
In the centre a shield of arms : BERMYNGHAM, as in
No. 7409. Betw. three small roses, and within a finely
carved gothic rose of six cusped points, ornamented with
small cinquefoil ball-flowers along the inner edge. All
within an elaborately traced estoile of six points, containing
HERALDIC SEALS. 50 1
as many tricusped countersunk panels, with small cinquefoils
along the inner edge ; each panel contains a circular shield
or roundle of arms: (i) a cross; (2) three bars, MULTON ;
(3) a fret, or fretty of six pieces, in chief, over all, a label of
three points, MoRVILLE ? Each repeated in the transversely
opposite panels. The whole design forms one of the most
interesting and remarkable specimens of heraldic seals.
Legend betw. the panels :
SIGI__LLVM_LIZ_ABT_D MV_LTON.
Beaded border.
7412. Sulph. cast from No. 7411. [B.C., F. 238.]
William de Bermyngeham, or Bermygham,
Lord of Bermyngeham, co. Warw.
7413. [A.D. 1399-1412.] Red: fine, edge imperfect.
i-i% in - [Cott. ch. xxiii. 38.]
A shield of arms, couche": quarterly, I, 4, per pale indented,
BERMYNGHAM ; 2, 3, a bend lozengy, BIRMINGHAM. Crest
on a helmet, mantling, and wreath, a tall chapeau betw. a
pair of wings erect. Within a carved gothic panel.
& lelmt : fcermggj&am:
7414. Sulph. cast from No. 7413. [LXC., G. 128.]
Edmund Bernak.
7415. [i4th cent] Plaster cast from fine impression.
[Ixxxiii. 23.]
A shield of arms : three horse-barnacles, two and one,
BERNAKE. Within a carved gothic panel.
& Stgtllum : e&mtwBt : fcrotafe,
Beaded border.
John Bernake, of co. Hunt., Knt.
7416. [A.D. 1409.] Red : fine, well preserved. I in.
[Add. ch. 33,350.]
A shield of arms : quarterly, I, 4, a barnacle, BERNAKE,
2, 3, a fess dancettee betw. six crosses crosslet. Within a
finely carved gothic trefoil panel, ornamented along the
inner edge with small quatrefoils or ball-flowers.
* StgtUttm loijatwtjs : ** : fcernafc : *
Beaded border.
Cf. Barrett, Memorials of Attleborough, p. 182.
Richard, son of Gervase de Bernak, of co. Northt., Knt.
7417. [A.D. 1297.] Red, faded : fine, edge chipped, -f in.
[Add. ch. 21,584.]
502 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
A shield of arms : three horse-barnacles, BERNAK.
P6NSGT DG LI [PAR] Kl l SV Cl.
I.e., Pensez de lui par qui je snis id. Cf. Harl. ch. 49 C. 5, and
56 D. 31. " Penset de li par ky su a."
William Bernak, of cos. Essex, Hertf., etc.
7418. [A.D. 1372.] Red: injured. -fin. [Add. ch. 19,979.]
A shield of arms : three horse-barnacles, BERNACK. Betw.
an agnus Dei on the r. h., and an obliterated device on
the 1. h.
CRG6Z LI BGRNA
I.e., Croyez le Bernak.
William Bernard, of Ecton, co. Northt., Esq.
7419. [A.D. 1678.] Red, covered with paper before im-
pression, -f- x | in. [Add. ch. 24,141.]
A shield of arms : charges uncertain.
Pyno Bernardini, Citizen of London.
7420. [A.D. 1292.] Dark green: imperfect, very indistinct.
| in. [Harl.'ch. 46D. 5.]
A shield of arms : uncertain charges. Within a carved
gothic six-foil.
& . . Nl.
John Berner.
7421. [A.D. 1337.] Plaster cast from fine impression. |-in.
[Ixxxiii. 24.]
A shield of arms : a lion rampant, debruised by a bendlet.
Suspended by a strap from a hook. Betw. two wyverns
sans wings.
& SIGILLVM IOHANNIS * B6RN6R &
Beaded border.
Cf. Add. ch. 7607, A.D. 1338.
Richard Berners.
7422. [A.D. 1405.] Plaster cast from fine impression, i in.
[Ixxxiii. 25.]
A shield of arms : quarterly, BERNERS. Suspended by a
strap from a forked tree. Within a carved gothic panel.
J&tgtilum : rtcarUt : fcmteria : *
John Berne well.
(Seal used by RlCHD. GLOOS, Citizen of Norwich, son of
THOMAS GLOOS.)
7423. [A.D. 1385.] Red: fine. | in. [Add. ch. 2005.]
A shield of arms : per pale, ten billets, four, four, and two.
# S>' totyams fctrnetoell *
HERALDIC SEALS. 503
William Berne welle, Citizen of London.
7424. [A.D. 1441.] Red : indistinct, originally encircled
by a twisted rush. - in. [Add. ch. 5315.]
A shield of arms : defaced. Within a cusped rosette of
six points.
. N LO L6 PYR ...(?)
John Berneye, of Reedham, co. Norf., Esq.
7425. [A.D. 1434.] Red : fine, only fragments. About
if in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 17,738.]
A shield of arms, couche": [quarterly], a cross engrailed
ermine, BERNEY, of Reedham. Crest, on a helmet, a plume
of ostrich feathers.
Legend wanting.
7426. [A.D. 1434.] Red : only a fragment, showing the
shield of arms, and portions of the tracery in which it is
enclosed. [Stowe ch. 176.]
Robert de Berney, of cos. Norf., Line., etc., Knt.
7427. [A.D. 1403] Red : fine, very imperfect. About
i-i- in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 46 D. 8A.]
A shield of arms, couckJ: [quarterly,] a cross engrailed
ermine, in the first quarter a crescent, BERNEY. Crest on a
helmet, mantling, and wreath a plume of ostrich feathers.
Betw. two wavy sprigs of foliage. Within a carved gothic
panel ornamented with small ball-flowers on the inner edge.
Sts ....... iert .......
Cf. Harl. ch. 49 G. 45.
Nicholas Beroun, or Byrron, of Cadney, near
Glamford Bridge, co. Line.
7428. [A.D. 1486.] Red : injured by pressure, in.
[Add. ch. 20,708.]
A shield of arms : three bends, BERON. Suspended by a
strap from a forked tree, betw. the initial letters N.B. Within
a cusped quatrefoil.
&' ntcolat * Be * fceroutu
The letters DE are conjoined.
Edmund Berri, or Berry, of East Dereham, co. Norf., Knt.
7429. [A.D. 1428.] Red : fine, injured by pressure in
places, i in. [Add. ch. 14,637.]
A shield of arms : a chevron betw. three bears' heads,
couped, muzzled, and collared, BARRE, or BARREY. Sus-
pended by a strap from an oak tree.
Cabled borders.
V
504 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
John Berrington, or Berington, of co. Here/., Esq.
7430. [A.D. 1634.] Red : imperfect. About f in. when
perfect. [Add. ch. 1936.]
A shield of arms : three greyhounds courant in pale,
collared, BERINGTON.
Elizabeth Bertie, Countess of Lindsey, etc.
7431. [A.D. 1634.] Red: injured by pressure. I X in.
[Add. ch. 29,969.]
Oval : a shield of arms : quarterly of six pieces. I. BERTIE,
etc. Ensigned with an earl's coronet.
Francis Bertye, of London, Gent I.
7432. [A.D. 1576.] Red. A x i in. [Add. ch. 24,493.]
'' A shield of arms : quarterly, I, 4, a griffin segreant, 2, 3,
per pale dex., per fess, in chief chequy, in base an estoile, sin.,
barry of eight, or four bars. Crest on a helmet, mantling,
and wreath, an eagle's head erased.
Mountague Bartye, i.e. BERTIE, K.B., Lord Willoughby,
son and heir of ROBERT, Earl of Lindsey.
7433. [A.D. 1634.] Red: injured. -| X f in. [Add. ch.
29,656.]
Oval : on a wreath, a Saracen's head, ducally crowned, on
the breast a label of three points for difference. Crest of
WlLLOUGHBY.
7434. [A.D. 1634.] Another. [Add. ch. 29,969.]
Montague [Bertie-Venables, 2nd] Earl of Abingdon, etc.
7435. [A.D. 1715.] Red, covered with paper before im-
pression. [Add. ch. 13,644.]
A shield of arms, etc., as described at No. 5703, where the
seal is used as a rev. to an equestrian seal.
Rt. Hon. Peregrine Bertie, Knt., Lord Willougliby
of Willoughby and Eresby.
7436. [A.D. 1583.] Red: indistinct. 1-jV X if in. [Add.
ch. 32,819.]
Oval : a shield of arms : quarterly of eight pieces : I. three
battering rams, barwise in pale, BERTIE, etc. Crest on a
helmet, ornamental mantling and -wreath, a lion's head,
affrontee, betw. two bats' wings, each charged with a fret ?
$ S' * PEREGRINI * DOMINI * WILLVGHBY * D * ERHESBY *
Beaded border.
HERALDIC SEALS. 505
Another seal.
7437. [A.D. 1585.] Red : fine, edge chipped. 2 in. [Add.
ch. 32,820.]
A shield of arms : quarterly of eight pieces : I, BERTIE ;
2, Pretty, WlLLOUGHBY OF ERESBY ; 3, a cross moline ; 4, a
cross engrailed ; 5, quarterly, i. iv. a lion rampant, ii. iii. a
fret ; 6, a lion rampant ; 7, a fess dancettee betw. six crosses
crosslets ; 8, barry of six, and erm., three crescents, two and
one. Crest on a helmet and ornamental mantling, on a
wreath, cf. No. 5703.
Supporters, dex. a monk or friar, sin. a wild-man.
In base on scroll the motto :
NATVRA : VADO : VIRTVTE : VOLO.
Legend :
SIGILLVM : PEREGRINI : DOMINI : ET : BARONIS : WILVGHBY :
ET : ERESBY.
Carved border.
Robert Bertie, ist Earl of Lindsey,
Lord Great Chamberlain, K.G.
.7438. [A.D. 1634.] Red: very indistinct. About
If X -I in. [Add. ch. 29,656.]
Shaped : a shield of arms : quarterly of six pieces, i, 6.
Three battering rams fesswise in pale, BERTIE, etc. Encircled
with a Garter inscribed with the usual motto. Ensigned
with a coronet.
7439. [A.D. 1634.] Red : injured by pressure. [Add.
ch. 29,969.]
Johannes de Bery.
7440. [A.D. 1364.] Faded red: chipped. in. [Harl.
ch. in G. 60.]
A shield of arms : two arrows in saltire, points downwards,
betw. in chief an estoile, in base a hunting-horn, at each side
a roundle, all within an engrailed border. Within a carved
border.
ACS'.] IOHANNIS DG B6RY #
7441. Sulph. cast from No. 7440. [B.C., F. 438.]
Henry de Beston.
7442. [i4th cent] Plaster cast from indistinct impression.
[Ixxxiii. 27.]
A shield of arms : a bend betw. six (bees ?), BESTON.
Betw. three small quatrefoil flowers. Within a carved panel
of eight cusped points.
StgiHum v i)cnrtn v Be v brfton v # v
506 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
William Besyles, of \Hilperton~\, co. Wilts.
7443. [A.D. 1405.] Red : imperfect, injured by pressure.
I in. [Add. ch. 5688.]
A shield of arms : three torteaux, two and one, BESILLE,
or BESILLS. Within a carved gothic panel.
lelmt fceft
John Bette, of Bury, etc., co. Suff.
7444. [A.D. 1401.] Red : imperfect, indistinct ; originally
encircled by a twisted rush. ^ in. [Cott. ch. xxvii. 128.]
A shield (of arms ?) : a chevron, betw. the initial letters
I. D. H.
H IH ....(?)
Stephen Bettenham, (of co. Kent ?}
7445. [A.D. 1411.] Red: good; from a ring, -i- in.
[Add. ch. 16,464.]
A bear's head erased, muzzled and ringed. Crest of
BETENHAM.
Cabled border.
Stephen Bettenham, son and heir 0/JOHN BETTENHAM,
Gentl., late of Cranbrook, co. Kent.
7446. [A.D. 1468.] Red : fine ; from a ring, with mark of
the chasing. -^ in. [Harl. ch. 76 C. 28.]
A bear's head erased, muzzled. Crest of BETENHAM.
Betw. the initial letters S>. &
Cabled border.
Peter Bettesworth, of Milland, co. Suss., Knt.
7447. [A.D. 1631.] Red: very indistinct. T 7 T x -fV m -
[Add. ch. 6008.]
Oval : a shield of arms : per chevron in chief three mullets,
in base a garb, (CHETMULL ?)
A nother seal.
7448. [A.D. 1631.] Red. i X f in. [Add. ch. 6009.]
Oval : on a wreath, out of a ducal coronet, a stag's head.
Bestney Betts, Commissioner of Sewers, Esq.
7449. [A.D. 1611.] Red: imperfect. About \\ X in.
[Add. ch. 33,093.]
Oval : a shield of arms : quarterly, I, 4. On a bend
cotised, three pierced cinquefoils, BETTES ; 2, 3, a lion
rampant.
Beaded border.
HERALDIC SEALS. 507
Joseph Betts, of Bentley, co. Hants.
7450. [A.D. 1698.] Red: en placard. [Add. ch. 19,032.]
A shield of arms : v. seal of THOMAS GAWEN, Add. ch.
19,031.
7451. Another. [Add. ch. 19,032.]
See also RICHARD PEPPER.
Hugh de Bibbisworthe.
7452. [Early I4th cent.] Plaster cast from indistinct
impression. I in. [Ixxxiii. 32.]
A shield of arms : three eagles displayed, two and one,
BlBBESWORTH. Suspended by a strap, betw. two wyverns
addorsed.
+ S' HVGON1S D6 BIBBISWORTHG :
Beaded border .
Walter, son of WALTER de Bibbeworthe, or Bibbeswrth,
of co. Herts, Knt.
7453. [A.D. 1249.] Green : fine, now imperfect. I in.
[Egert. ch. 405.]
Shield shaped : a shield of arms : an eagle displayed.
# S' WALT6R
7454. Plaster cast from fine impression. [Ixxxiv. 20.]
# S' WALTeRI DG BIBB6WORTH6.
The letters BB, and OR, conjoined.
Philip Bickerstaffe, al. Bickerstathe,
of Chirton, co. Northumb.
7455. [A.D. 1697.] Red : en placard, on a label. T 7 in.
[Add. ch. 26,392.]
Octagonal signet : a shield of arms : a cross crosslet, in the
dexter chief a crescent for difference, BICKERSTAFFE. Crest,
on a helmet and mantling, a dexter hand holding an arrow
in bend.
Cf. Add. ch. 13,621, A.D. 1692.
Thomas de Bifeld, or Byfeld, used by his son WILLIAM,
of Thornby, co. Nortlit. ?
7456. [A.D. 1358.] Red : from injured matrix. I in.
[Add. ch. 21,670.]
A shield of arms : ermine, a fess fretty, or a fess fretty
betw. six ermine spots. Betw. two wyverns.
& SIGILLVM THOMG D6 BIF6LD.
Beaded borders.
508 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Huntley Bigg, of St. Martins in the Fields,
co. Midd., Scrivener.
7457. [A.D. 1687.] Red, on a dark red mass. -f-
[Harl.ch. in H. 33.]
Oval : an ornamental shield of arms : on a chevron betw.
three cinquefoils, a mullet for difference. Over the shield a
helmet affronte, mantling and wreath, but no crest.
Beaded border.
Richard Biggs, of King's- Walden, co. Hertf., Gentl.
7458. [A.D. 1695.] Red: en placard, on a tape, fx^in.
[Add. ch. 35,911.]
Oval : on a wreath, a stag's head. Betw. two palm-branches,
tied.
Richard Bigg, of King's- Walden, co. Hertf. , Gentl.
7459. [A.D. 1729.] Red : en placard, on a tape. 1*1 m -
[Add. ch. 35,916.]
Oval : on a wreath, five arrows in a sheaf, entwined with a
serpent.
7460. [A.D. 1729.] Another. [Add. ch. 35,917.]
Seal used by FRANCES, wife of the above.
7461. [A.D. 1729.] Another. [Add. ch. 35,916.]
7462. [A.D. 1729.] Another. [Add. ch. 35,917-]
Seal used by LISTER, son and heir of the above.
7463. [A.D. 1729.] Another. [Add. ch. 35 916.]
7464. [A.D. 1729.] Another. [Add. ch. 35,917.]
Ralph Bigot, Lord of Stokton, etc., cos. Norf. and Suff., Knt.
7465. [A.D. 1368.] Dark green: fine. I in. [Harl. ch.
46 D. 45-]
A shield of arms : on a cross engrailed five escallops,
BYGOD. Betw. eight small cinquefoils or roses, and within
a cusped border or rosette of ten points, ornamented with
ball-flowers along the inner edge.
ft : J&tgtUutn : ** : raUulft : ** : fctgot : ******
7466. Sulph. cast from No. 7465. [D.C., F. 460.]
7467. [A.D. 1388.] Red: imperfect, injured by pressure.
[Harl. ch. 46 D. 46.]
ft : Sigtllum : :&(..,**?***<
7468. [A.D. 1404.] Red : fragmentary. [Harl. ch. 46
D. 47.]
, fot'got : # * * * *
HERALDIC SEALS. $09
Roger Bigot, Earl of Norfolk, Marshal of England.
7469. [Late Henry III.] Dark green : originally fine.
About i-|- in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 19,823.]
A shield of arms of early shape : a cross, BlGOT.
I : COMITIS : N
Inner border beaded.
Roger le Bygod, Earl of Norfolk, Marshal of England.
7470. [A.D. 1291.] Red: small fragment. [Add. ch.
5736.]
Legend only remains.
ALV
Beaded border.
Roger Bigod, 6th Earl of Norfolk, A.D. 1270-1307.
7471. [A.D. 1301.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
-4- in. [Ixxxiii. 33.]
A shield of arms : per pale, a lion rampant.
* SIGILLVM ROGGRI BIGOD.
Beaded borders.
John de Bilindone (Billington), of Leighton-Buzzard,
co. Bedf.
7472. [A.D. 1349.] Creamy-white : very indistinct, -fx-f-in.
[Add. ch. 19,948.]
Oval : a shield of arms : a chevron betw. three fleurs-de-
lis ? Suspended by a strap from a hook.
& S' IOH ON (?)
See next No. 7473.
John de Bilindone.
7473. [A.D. 1471.] Red: originally fine, injured by
pressure, -f- x -f- in. [Slo. ch. xxxii. 42.]
Oval : a shield of arms : a chevron betw. three fleurs-
de-lis, or slipped trefoils. Suspended by a strap from a
hook.
& S' IOHAUHIS D' BILIMDOU'.
Beaded borders.
Cf. with No. 7472, which may perhaps be from the same matrix as
this, notwithstanding the difference of the dates.
John Bill, al. Byll, Gentl.
7474. [A.D. 1554.] Red: cracked, indistinct. ^-X| in.
[Add. ch. 35,395-]
Oval : a shield of arms : a demi fleur-de-lis. Above the
shield a sprig of foliage.
510 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Eudo, fil. Will, de Billesby, of Bilsby, co. Line., Knt.
7475. [Temp. Henry III.] Dark green: fine. I x| in.
[Harl. ch. 46 D. 56.]
Shield shaped : a shield of arms : three hammers, two
and one.
& S' 6VDONIS D BILL6SBI.
Cf. Harl. ch. 46 E. I.
Family of Billingham?
7476. [i3th cent] Recent impression in red sealing-wax
from the matrix. in. [xxxv. 355.]
A shield of arms : three ducal crowns, two and one, in the
fess point an estoile or rose of six points for difference, cf.
arms of CROWNER, BlLLINGHAM, see of ELY, etc.
+ SIGILLVM + R6CTVM.
Beaded borders.
Thomas Billy ng, Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench.
7477. [A.D. 1473.] Red: from signet ring with mark of
chased setting, fin. [Add. ch. 22,413.]
A talbot passant, perhaps the crest of the Lord Ch. Justice.
In the field the initial letter t.
John de Billyngham.
7478. [A.D. 1348.] Plaster cast from imperfect impression,
1. h. side broken off. in. [Ixxxiii. 35.]
A shield of arms : on a bend three cushions. Within a
carved gothic panel.
# S . D BILLYNGHAM.
Adam de Bilokebi.
7479. [A.D. 1337.] Brown : opaque. \\ in. [Harl. ch.
58 A. 46.]
On a cross, a man's head, couped at the neck, in profile,
betw. four buckles. Not on a shield. Within a pointed
quatrefoil panel.
+ S' AD D6 BILOKGBI.
Thomas de Birchovere, of Birchover, co. Derb.
7480. [A.D. 1350.] Discoloured red : originally fine, now
chipped on the edge. in. [Woll. ch. ii. 17.]
A shield of arms : a fess dancettee betw. three indistinct
charges, perhaps eagles displayed. Suspended by a strap
from a lion's face, and betw. two small trees. Within a
carved and pointed gothic quatrefoil.
. LLVM : THOM6 : D6 : BVRCHOV
HERALDIC SEALS. 511
Henry Birkheved, of Waltham St. Cross, co. Essex.
7481. [A.D. 1480.] Red. | X|- in. [Harl. ch. 78 I. 47.]
Octagonal signet : a garb, in allusion to the arms of
BIRKENHEAD, viz. : three garbs within a bordure.
John de Birstalle.
See JOHN DE WALTON.
Isabella de Birtley, of Silkesworde, &c., co. Durham.
7482. [A.D. 1376.] Red: injured by pressure. fin.
[Egert. ch. 574.]
A shield of arms : charges uncertain and indistinct. Within
a carved gothic panel.
Legend betw. the points :
[S'] lOH'IS DG .
William Biscet.
7483. [A.D. 1292.] Sulph. cast from fine impression,
lin. [D.C., .415.]
A shield of arms : a bend, over all in chief a label of
five points.
+ S' WILLLMI : BISC6T.
Beaded borders.
Probably Scottish, cf. Harl. ch. 47 F. 27.
7484. Another, [xlvii. 1098.]
Richard de Biskele, of Frostenden, co. Suff.
7485. [A.D. 1349.] Green, mottled: fine. fin. [Harl.
ch. 46 E. 8.]
A shield of arms : quarterly, over all a bend, BlSKELL.
Within a carved and pointed gothic quatrefoil, ornamented
with small ball-flowers along the inner edge.
fc SIG1LL' RICARDI D' BISK6L'.
7486. Sulph. cast from No. 7485. [B.C., F. 307.]
Thomas de Bischoplegh, of Turwick, co. Bucks ?
7487. [A.D. 1336.] Dark green: fine, well preserved, edge
chipped, i in. [Harl, ch. 46 E. 4.]
A shield of arms : a fess betw. two saltires in chief and
a cross in base. In chief point a roundle for difference.
Within a carved gothic panel.
fc SV THOM6 D6 BISCHOPLEGH.
7488. Sulph. cast of No. 7487. [B.C., F. 259.]
512 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Thomas de Bitilisgate.
Seal used by WENTELINA, wife of JOHN DE RALEGH, Chev.
7489. [A.D. 1381.] Red: fine, i in. [Cott. ch. xxix. 3.]
A shield of arms : a bend ermine. Betw. two slipped
flowers. Within a carved gothic cinquefoil and triangle,
ornamented with small ball-flowers along the inner edge.
& SIG THOM6 D6 BITILISGATG'
7490. Sulph. cast of No. 7489. [D.C., F. 535.]
Thurston Blackman.
7491. [A.D. 1769.] Red : en placard. [Add. ch. 29,627.]
See description under THOMAS BARNARD.
William de Blaetoft.
7492. [A.D. 1336.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
[Ixxxiii. 40.]
A shield of arms : a cross engrailed. Above the shield a
tree of three branches. At each side a wyvern.
# S' WILL6LMI DG BLA6TOFT.
Anthony Blagrave, of Soutltcott, co. Berks, Esq.
Seal used by RICHARD ALLEN, of Sulham, co. Berks, Esq.
7493. [A.D. 1751.] Red: en placard. fX-rV in. [Add.
ch. 19,252.]
A shield of arms : on a bend three legs in armour couped
at the thigh and erased at the ancle, in chief a crescent for
difference, BLAGRAVE.
Beaded bordet
Philadelphia Blagrave, of Sunning, co. Berk., Widow.
7494. [A.D. 1731.] Red: en placard, on a tape. Im-
perfect. iX-| in. [Add. ch. 19,250.]
Oval : a shield of arms : per fess and pale counterchanged,
three trefoils slipped, a mullet for difference. Perhaps
SIMEON or SYMONDS.
Beaded border.
Jacob de Blake.
Seal used by THOMAS COLUMBELL, of Thorp in Glebis,
co. Nott., Esq.
>h 7495. [A.D. 1429.] Red : indistinct. -| in. [Woll. ch.
of arms : three eagles' heads erased,
ft IACOB * D6 # BLAK6.
HERALDIC SEALS. 513
John de Blakeborne, seal used by JOHN FRENSSHE,
of Chiddingley, co. Suss.
7496. [A.D. 1487.] Red : indistinct. % in. [Add ch.
29,831.]
A shield of arms : a stag at speed, in the sinister chief
an escallop. Within a carved quatrefoil panel.
Legend betw. the points :
S' IOH' _ IS D6 B_ LAKB _ ORN6.
John Blaket.
7497. [i4th cent.] Sulph. cast from good impression.
A in. [B.C., F. 347.]
A shield of arms : a chevron betw. three trefoils slipped.
Within a carved gothic quatrefoil.
Legend between the points :
S' IO _ HI'S _ BLA _ K6T.
Beaded border.
Thomas Blast, of cos. Suss, and Hertf.
7498. [A.D. 1401.] Red : fine, chipped. -|- in. [Add.
ch. 35,731.]
A shield of arms : three arbalests or cross-bows, two and
one. Within a carved gothic trefoil panel, ornamented with
small quatrefoils along the inner edge.
fclaft #
Thomas Blaunfroimt, of Ramenham, co. Berk.
7499. [A.D. 1340.] Red: edge injured by pressure.
|-Xf in. [Cott. ch. xxiii. 21.]
Oval : a shield of arms : a lion passant, a chief. Betw.
three sprigs of foliage.
In place of a legend a wavy scroll of foliage.
Beaded borders.
Roger de Blaykeston, or Blackstone.
7500. [A.D. 1353.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
44 in. [Ixxxiii. 41.]
A shield of arms : two bars, in chief three cocks, BLACK-
STONE. Betw. two slipped trefoils. Within a carved trefoil
panel.
S' ROGCRI D BLAYKGSTON : *
Beaded border.
VOL. II. 2 L
514 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Raynold Blechenden.
Seal used by TIMOTHY, son of PAUL JOHNSON,
of Fordwich, co. Kent, Esq.
7501. [A.D. 1586.] Red : injured. About -i- X f in. when
perfect. [Harl. ch. 78 I. 6.]
A shield of arms : a fess crenellee betw. three lions' heads
erased and collared, BLECHENDEN.
Beaded border.
William Bloome, of Swaffham, co. Norf.
7502. [A.D. 1639.] Red : injured. % in. [Add. ch.
30,826.]
A bull's head, couped.
Thomas Blosse, of Little Belstead, co. Suff., Esq.,
son and heir of THOMAS BLOSSE, of Norwich.
7503. [A.D. 1638.] Red : much injured by pressure.
|. X in. [Add. ch. 10,551.]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex. three dragons passant in
pale, BLOSS ; sin. per pale, a saltire. Crest on a helmet,
mantling, and wreath a demi-dragon.
Carved border.
Edward Le Blount.
7504. [A.D. 1354.] Plaster cast from indistinct impression.
I in. [Ixxxiii. 43.]
A shield of arms : three griffins or winged lions passant in
pale. On sprigs of foliage. Within a carved gothic panel of
ci^ht points.
Ss SIGILLVM GDWARDI L BLOVNT.
Beaded borders.
[Felipa Blount.]
Seal used by HENRY ENGEHERST, of Merden, co. Suss.
7505. [A.D. 1428.] Red. 4 in. [Harl. ch. 78 A. 13.]
A shield of arms : barry of eight, BLOUNT. Betw. a trefoil
and two estoiles of six points, that on the 1. h. side wanting.
S' F6LIP6 BL . . T.
John Le Blount.
7506. {Temp. Edw. III.] Sulph. cast from fine impres-
sion. -I in. [xlvii. 1424.]
A shield of arms : three fleurs-de-lis. Betw. three roses
and within a carved and pointed gothic quatrefoil.
& SIGILLVM lOH'IS L' BLOVNT.
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 461. Cf. John, son of Hugh le Blount, Ac 1 '
ch. 24,067, A.D. 1365 ; and John Blount, Add. ch. 24,066, A.D. 1368.
HERALDIC SEALS. 515
John Le Blount, of Sheprigge, ? co. Wilts.
7507. [A.D. 1343.] Red: fine, imperfect, fin. [Add.
ch. 17,409.]
A shield of arms, coucht \ barry nebuly of six, BLOUNT.
Crest on a helmet and mantling a fan-shaped plume. In the
field. a wyvern, by way of dex. supporter.
Cf. Add. MSS. 5937, f. 119, and 6046, f. $ob. Add. ch. 17,396. A.D. 1324.
FRANG6 LLGGG T]GG6.
Beaded borders.
Michaell Blount, of Iver, co. Buck,
(afterwards Sir MICHAEL BLOUNT).
7508. [A.D. 1578.] Red. f x f in. [Harl. ch. 86 B. 22.]
A shield of arms : barry nebuly of eight ? BLOUNT. Crest
on a helmet, and ornamental mantling, out of a ducal coronet,
two horns.
Cf. Harl. MS. 1533, f. 102.
Richard Blownte, of London, Gentl.
7509. [A.D. 1571.] Red: much injured by pressure.
About I- X f in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. in H. 15.]
A shield of arms : barry nebuly of six, BLOUNT. Crest on
a helmet and ornamental mantling, an armed foot in the sun ?
Cabled border.
Thomas Le Blount.
7510. \Temp. Edw. III.] Sulph. cast from fine impression,
f in. [xlvii. 1425.]
A shield of arms : a fess betw.* six martlets, BLOUNT.
Suspended by a strap from a hook, and betw. two wyverns.
& SIGILL' : THOM6 : LG : BLOVNT.
Beaded borders.
Thomas Blount.
Seal used by HUGH MORGAN APRICE, of co. Cardigan.
7511. [A.D. 1641.] Red : injured by pressure. About
-l-X-fin. [Harl. ch. 86 I. 51.]
A shield of arms : barry nebuly of eight, a bordure,
BLOUNT. Crest on a helmet and ornamental mantling, an
armed foot in the sun.
Beaded border.
William Blounte, of Halden Place, co. Kent., Esq.
7512. [A.D. 1586.] Red: imperfect, indistinct. -f- x | in.
[Harl. ch. 77 B. 49.]
2 L 2
5l6 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
A shield of arms: quarterly, i, two bars, over all an
escarbuncle of eight rays, pomettee and florettee, BLOUNT ;
2, 3, 4, defaced ; in fess point a mullet (?) for difference.
Cabled border.
Fraunceys Bluet, of St. Coolan, co. Corn., Esq.
7513. [A.D. 1558.] Reddish-brown. ^ in. [Add. cru
13,081.]
Octagonal signet bearing the arms : a chevron betw. three
eagles displayed, BLUET.
Walter Bluett, of CJtard, co. Somers., Knt.
7514. [A.D. 1363.] Light brown: chipped on r. h. side.
in. [Harl. ch. 46 E. 29.]
A shield of arms : a chevron betw. three eagles displayed,
BLUET. Betw. three pairs of leaves, slipped. Within a
carved and pointed gothic quatrefoil.
# * SIGILL' WALTRI BLGV6T.
7515. Sulph. cast, from No. 7514. [B.C., F. 429.]
John Le Blund.
7516. [Late I3th or early I4th cent] Plaster cast from
indistinct impression. ^ in. [Ixxxiii. 42.]
A shield- of arms : quarterly, in the first [and fourth ?]
quarters a bird ?
Ss S' IOHANN1S L BLVND-
Beaded border.
William Le Blund.
7517. \Temp. Edw. II.] Sulph. cast from indistinct im-
pression, i X % in. [B.C., F. 205.]
Oval : a shield of arms : barry wavy of six, BLOUNT, etc.
Suspended by a strap from a tree of three branches.
S' WILL'I L BLVND.
7518. Plaster cast from No. 7517. [Ixxxiii. 46.]
John Blundel.
Seal used by WILLIAM WETHERYNGSETE,
Chaplain of Yarmouth, co. Norf.
7519. [A.D. 1396.] Red: imperfect, indistinct. About
in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 2006.]
A shield of arms (diapered) : on a fess a crescent, in chief a
fleur-de-lis (?)
fclunfcl.
HERALDIC SEALS. 517
Ranulph Blundeville, 6th Earl of Chester.
[A.D. 1180-1231.]
7520. Cast in composition painted dark reddish-brown,
from imperfect impression. About 2-f- in. [Hi. 9.]
A shield of arms of early shape : a lion or wolf rampant.
& SI . . ANVLFI COMITI . . 16.
Ralph de Bockyngge, of Helmingham, co. Suff.
7521. [A.D. 1318.] Red: fine. fin. [Add. ch. 9904.]
A shield of arms : a cross moline. Cf. a cross botonnee,
BOCKINGHAM of Suffolk. Within a carved and pointed
gothic quatrefoil.
& PRIV SVY : 6 BN CONV.
Beaded border.
Cf. Add. ch. 10,279 ; 10,280.
Ralph de Bockyngge, of Helmingham, co. Suff.
7522. [A.D. 1376.] Red: originally very fine, now imper-
fect on 1. h. side. I in. [Add. ch. 10,279.]
A shield of arms : a fess nebuly, betw. six crosses crosslet
fitchees, BOCKING. In the fess point an annulet for difference.
Suspended by a strap from a forked tree. Within a carved
gothic panel.
j&tgtllum raBulpiH : Be : ...... e*
Carved border.
7523. [A.D. 1394.] Red: very fine, edge chipped. [Add.
ch. 10,280.]
Stgtllttm : ra&ttfyin : Be : [t]oefegngge
Cf. Add. ch. 9904. _
John de Bodel, or Boy dele, of Burwell, co. Line.
7524. [Temp. Hen. III.] Dark green : cracked, imperfect.
if in. [Harl. ch. 47 A. 7.]
A shield of arms of early shape : a bend sinister and fess.
H SIG ....... IOHAHHIS D6 BOD6L.
7525. Sulph. cast from No. 7524. [B.C., D. 233.]
Cf. Harl. ch. 50 D. 47, and 55 D. 15, temp. Hen. III.
Thomas Bogheleghe, of Boycomb in Fareweye, co. Devon.
7526. [A.D. 1386.] Dark green : indistinct, -f- in. [Add.
ch. 13,009.]
A shield of arms : a bend vaire, betw. seven lozenges, four
in chief and three in base.
Beaded border.
518 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Edmund de Booun [Bohun],
of Barton- Seagrave, co. Northt., Knt.
7527. [Temp. Edw. II.] Green, mottled : somewhat in-
distinct, edge chipped. -f- in. [Harl. ch. 83 D. 34.]
A shield of arms : a bend cotised betw. six lions rampant,
BOHUN.
S' 6ADMVNDI D BOVN.
Beaded border.
7528. Sulph. cast from No. 7527. [B.C., F. 392.]
Humphrey de Buhun.
7529. [A.D. 1238.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
l\ in. [Ixxxiii. 53.]
A shield of arms : a bendlet betw. six lions rampant,
BOHUN.
> SIGIL' : HVHFRIDI D BVHVM :
Beaded borders.
Humphrey de Buun, a/. Bohun.
7530. [A.D. 1260.] Plaster cast from chipped impression.
I T ' F in. [Ixxxiii. 54.]
A bend charged with fleur-de-lis betw. six lions rampant,
for BOHUN, not on a shield.
SIG ....... VNFRIDI D BVVN.
Beaded borders.
Humphrey de Bohun,
4tk Earl of Hereford, and of Essex.
Secretum.
7531. [A.D. 1300.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
l-Jg- in. [Ixxxiii. 55.]
A shield of arms : a bend cotised betw. six Hons rampant.
On a tree of five slipped leaves. Betw. two trees.
& SeCRt H D BOHVN COMITIS
HEREFORD T GSSGXie.
Beaded borders.
Another Secretum.
7532. [A.D. 1320.] Plaster cast from fine but imperfect
impression. I T ' 7 in. [Ixxxiii. 56.]
A shield of arms : a bend cotised betw. six lions rampant,
BOHUN. At the top and at each side of the shield three
slipped trefoils.
& S6CRGTV : H : DG : BOHVN : COMITIS :
H6R6FORD : T : SSXI.
Beaded* borders.
HERALDIC SEALS. 519
Another Seal.
7533. [A.D. 1319.] Plaster cast from fine but chipped
impression. i-J^- in. [Ixxxiii. 59.]
A shield of arms of BOHUN as before.
& S' HVMFRIDI DG BOHVN COMITIS
H6RGFORD' T SS6XI.
Beaded borders.
Humphrey de Bohun, 6th Earl of Hereford,
Earl of Essex, etc., Lord High Constable.
A.D. 1335-1361.
7534. [A.D. 1349.] Red: fragment only of fine seal.
About if in. when perfect. [L.F.C., xviii. i.]
A shield of arms: BOHUN, as in No. 7532. Within an
elaborately carved and traced gothic panel, nearly all broken
away, but enclosing over the shield a small circular counter-
sunk compartment in which is a lion passant guardant.
SS ....
7535. [A.D. 1337.] Plaster cast from fine but chipped
impression, if in. [Ixxxiii. 62.]
S' HVMFRIDI D6 BOHVN COMITIS
H6R6FORD' T SSeX.
7536. [A.D. 1342.] Plaster cast from fine impression,
slightly chipped. [Ixxxiii. 64.]
Another Seal.
7537. [A.D. 1355.] Plaster cast from impression injured
in places by pressure, if in. [Ixxxiii. 69.]
A shield of arms : BOHUN, as before. Within a finely
carved gothic panel enriched with open tracery and orna-
mented along the inner edge with small ball-flowers.
&' pfr' : tie : fcop : coins : tyeref : effe* :
cottafcul' attg'.
Johanna de Bohun.
7538. [A.D. 1313.] Plaster cast from indistinct impression,
i-i- in. [Ixxxiii. 57.]
Pointed oval : a shield of arms : a bend cotised betw. six
lions rampant. Suspended by a strap from a tree of three
branches on a mount.
& SIGILL' IOHANN6 D6 BOHVN.
520 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Johanna de Bohun,
Countess of Hereford, Essex and Northampton,
dau. of RICHARD FITZ-ALAN, Earl of Arundel,
and widow of HUMPHREY DE BOHUN, Earl of Hereford, etc.
7539. [A.D. 1389.] Red: fragmentary, i^ in. [Harl. ch.
46 F. 6.]
For description see below, No. 7540.
* &' tofjatme Be fcofnw torn mt
7540. [A.D. 1393.] Red : originally fine, chipped at edge,
injured by pressure. [Add. ch. 15,602.]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex., BOHUN, as in No. 7538 ;
sin., quarterly I, 4, a lion rampant, FiTZ-ALAN ; 2, 3, chequy,
WARRENNE. Suspended by a strap from a forked tree on a
mount. Supporters, two swans, each holding the shield in
the beak. Within a carved gothic panel or rosette.
* & toi) ofjun eomittffe ijerfor&te
effort* et norf)amt.
7541. [A.D. 1406.] Red : fine, edge injured. [Harl. ch.
46 F. 7.]
* &' totyanne Be fcoijtm to
7542. [A.D. 1407.] Red : fine, edge chipped. [Harl. ch.
1 1 1 D. 43.]
. . . oijanne tie boijun eomtttffe fjerforBie
effe* tnt
7543. Sulph. cast of No. 7542. [D.C., G. 1 19.]
7544. Plaster cast from good impression. [Ixxxiii. 70.]
* Sb' tofjanne Be iioijuu rommffc ijrvforthe
efTe*ie et nor^amf (?)
John de Boun, Bouhon \or Bohun], of co. Nott., Knt.
7545. [A.D. 1286.] Dark green, i in. [Harl. ch. 43 G. 50.]
A shield of arms : a bend cotised betw. six lioncels ram-
pant, BOHUN.
# : SIGILLVM : IOHAN D6 : BOVN :
Beaded borders.
7546. Sulph. cast from No. 7545. [B.C., E. 425.]
John de Bohun, $th Earl of Hereford,
, 4/// Earl of Essex, Lord High Constable of England, etc.
A.D. 1321-1335.
7547. [A.D. 1326.] Red : originally very fine, now chipped
at edges. \\ in. App. by a plaited cord of red silk strands.
[Add. ch. 28,574.]
A shield of arms : a bend cotised betw. six lions rampant,
HERALDIC SEALS.
BOHUN. Betw. three slipped trefoils. Within a carved
gothic six-foil panel, ornamented along the inner edge with
small quatrefoils or ball-flowers, and inscribed in an equi-
lateral triangle of open tracery with a small circular counter-
sunk compartment in each corner. Along each outside
length of the triangle is a circular six-foil panel carved and
ornamented, bearing a plaque or circular shield of arms of
BOHUN as above.
8' lOH'IS D6 BOHVN -CO 6R . . ORD' T GSS6X'.
Beaded border.
7548. [A.D. 1334.] Red : originally fine, now the central
part only remaining. [Harl. ch. 46 F. 5.]
* ORD
7549. Sulph. cast from No. 7548. [B.C., F. 249.]
7550. Plaster cast from indistinct impression. [Ixxxii. 58.]
S' lOH'IS D6 BOHVN COM1TIS H6R6FORD' T 6SS6X'.
John Bohun, of Midhurst Manor, etc., co. Suss., Knt.
7551. [A.D. 1430.] Red : chipped, injured by pressure.
1 1 in. [Add. ch. 20,114.]
A shield of arms, coucht: a cross, BOHUN. Crest on a
helmet and mantling the head of an uncertain animal ? Within
a carved gothic panel ornamented with ball-flowers along the
inner edge.
Stgillum : tofjamus : fcofjtw
Beaded border.
Margaret de Bohun, Countess of Hereford, etc.,
dau. of RALPH LORD BASSET, ^vidow of JOHN DE BOHUN.
7552. [A.D. 1339.] Plaster cast from imperfect impression,
li- in. [Ixxxiii. 63.]
A shield of arms : BOHUN. Within elaborately traced and
carved panel as described in No. 7547. The small circular
compartments contain, instead of shields of arms, sprigs of
foliage and flowers.
. MARGAR6T6 COMITISSG .
Oliver de Bohun, or Bohoun.
7553. [A.D. 1334.] Plaster cast from chipped impression.
I in. [Ixxxiii. 61.]
A shield of arms : on a bend cotised betw. six lions
rampant, three escallops, BOHUN. Betw. three swans or
pelicans. Within a carved and pointed gothic quatrefoil
panel, ornamented along the inner edge with small quatre-
foils or ball-flowers.
s SUGJILLVM : OLIVGRI : D : BOHOVN.
522 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Richard de Bohun, al Bohun.
7554. [A.D. 1343.] Plaster cast from indistinct impression.
| X -H- in. [Ixxxiii. 67.]
Oval : a shield of arms : a bend cotised betw. six lions
rampant, BOHUN.
S' RICARDI D BOVN.
Savaric de Bohun, or Boun, of Midhurst, co. Stiss.
7555. [Early Hen. III.] Green, mottled: fine. 14 in.
[Harl. ch. 46 F. i.]
A shield of arms of early shape : a crescent within a
bordure.
+ SIGILL' : SAVARI : DG : BOVM.
Cf. Harl. ch. 46 F. 2. Savaric de Bohun. Early i3th cent.
7556. Sulph. cast from No. 7555. [D.C., E. 376.]
William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton.
A.D. 1337-1360.
7557. Plaster cast from fine but chipped impression, i^- in.
[Ixxxiii. 60.]
A shield of arms : on a bend cotised betw. six lions rampant,
three estoiles, for BOHUN. Within a carved gothic panel.
# S' WILL'I * D OHVN * COMITIS NORHAMPTONIG.
Another Seal.
7558. [A.D. 1342.] Plaster cast from chipped impression.
i T 5 j5- in. [Ixxxiii. 65.]
Similar to the foregoing, but from a different matrix.
& S' WILL'I * D BOHVN * COM ORHAMPTONIG.
Another Seal.
7559. Similar, from another matrix. [Ixxxiii. 66.]
AnotJier Seal.
7560. [A.D. 1353.] Plaster cast from imperfect impression.
if in. [Ixxxiii. 68.]
A shield of arms : BOHUN as before. Within a carved
gothic trefoil panel.
te fcofj ftfe
John de Bokelee, of Langeton, co. Line., Knt.
7561. [A.D. 1268-9.] Cast in green composition from
original impression : very imperfect, central part only remain-
ing. About if in. when perfect, [lii. 36.]
A shield of arms : a fess betw. six lions rampant.
Legend wanting.
HERALDIC SEALS. 523
Henry Bokenham, of Great Thornham, co. Suff., Knt.
7562. [A.D. 1625.] Red: indistinct. -f- X - in. [Harl.
ch. 57 H. 42.]
A shield of arms : a lion rampant, BOKENHAM. Over it a
helmet and mantling, without crest.
Cabled border.
Hugh de Bokenham, of Snyterton, co. Norf., Knt.
7563. [A.D. 1325.] Dark green : fine, edge chipped. -|- in.
[Harl. ch. 46 F. 10.]
A shield of arms : a lion rampant, on a bend three bezants.
Background engraved with parallel lines.
8 S' : HVGONIS : CD :] BOKEHHAM :
7564. Sulph. cast from No. 7563. [B.C., F. 217.]
John de Bokyngham.
7565. [A.D. 1384.] Plaster cast from indistinct impression,
i^- in. [Ixxxiii. 51.]
A shield of arms : a cross crosslet or botonnee, BOKENHAM.
Within a carved panel of six cusped points.
S tofj'fe tie iwdtiwtfjam (?)
John Bokenham.
7566. [A.D. 1423.] Plaster cast. About f x f in.
[Ixxxiii. 50.]
Octagonal : a shield of arms : fretty, BOKENHAM. Sus-
pended by a strap from a tree of two branches.
William, son of Ralph de Bokenham,
of Walcote Manor, etc., co. Norf. .
7567. [A.D. 1344.] Red : fine. [Harl. ch. 46 F. 11.]
A shield of arms : a cross compony countercompony,
BOKENHAM. Betw. two slipped trefoils. Within a carved
and pointed gothic quatrefoil ornamented with ball-flowers
along the inner edge.
8 SIG' WILLGLMI D6 BOK6HHAM.
Beaded border.
7568. Sulph. cast from No. 7567. [B.C., F. 287.]
Thomas de Boketone, or Buctone, .0"
of Great Harrow den, co. Northt.
7569. [A.D. 1324.] Light-greenish white : indistinct, -g- in.
[Add. ch. 22,004.]
A shield of arms : three bucks, two and one. Betw. two
wyverns, and suspended by a strap from a hook.
+ SIGILLVM THOM6 D BVCTON'.
524 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Alan, son and heir of John de Bokysselle, or Bokeselle,
of Icklesham, co. Suss., etc.
7570. {Temp. Edw. I.] Green : fine, chipped at the top.
I in. [Add. ch. 20,091.]
A lion couchant, fretty, supporting three shields of arms
meeting in base : I, three crescents a canton ; 2, quarterly, a
bend vaire ; 3. fretty. Cf. the arms of BUCKSHALL of Sussex,
a lion rampant fretty.
& S' ALANI : D BVK6SHILL6.
7571. [A.D. 1312.] Green: imperfect, injured by pressure.
[Add. ch. 20,115.]
. ALANI' D6 . . K . . MIL .
Thomas Bold.
7572. [i5th cent] Sulph. cast from fine impression.
Hin. [B.C., G. 230.]
A shield of arms : a chevron betw. three roundles. Crest
on a helmet and wreath, a plume of three feathers. Betw.
two wavy sprigs.
* tf)0ttta8
Geoffrey Boleyn, of Denkam, co. Buck., etc.
7573. [A.D. 1442.] Red : indistinct. From a ring, in.
[Harl. ch. in G. 31.]
A bull's head cabossed, in allusion to the arms of BOLEYN.
In the field above, the initial letters G. B. The field replenished
with sprigs of foliage.
Cabled border.
William Boleyn, of Sele and Kemsing, co. Kent, Clerk.
7574. [A.D. 1526.] Red : fine. % in. [Harl. ch. 86 G. 54.]
Lozenge-shaped, from a signet ring. A bull's head couped :
crest of BULLEN. In the field below, the initial letter w.
Cabled border.
John de Boleyng P
7575. [A.D. 1389.] Green, mottled: indistinct. in.
[Add. ch. 15,718.]
A shield of arms : a bend cotised betw. six roundles. Sus-
pended by a strap from a three-branched tree. Betw. two
wingless wyverns.
S' IOHANNIS D6 BOLEYNG (?)
The E in Boleyng is very obscure and conjectural.
HERALDIC SEALS. 525
Thomas de Bollesdune.
7576. [i3th cent.] Plaster cast from indistinct impression.
H X 2-1- in. [Ixxviii. 35.]
A shield of arms of early shape : six lozenges, three, two
and one.
& SIGILLVM TOMAS DE BOLLESDVNE.
Another Seal.
7577. Plaster cast from similar seal : nearly, but not quite
identical with above, slightly larger. 24- X if in. [Ixxxiii. 88.]
Bartholomew Bolney, of Chiddingley, co. Suss.
7578. [A.D. 1459.] Red : indistinct. -- X in. [Add. ch.
30,337-]
A shield of arms : a crescent, and in chief two mullets of
six points, BOLNEY.
Cabled border.
7579. [A.D. 1466.] Red: chipped. [Add. ch. 29,815.]
John Bolney.
7580. [A.D. 1378.] Red: cracked, somewhat indistinct.
-I in. [Add. ch. 23,144.]
A shield of arms : on a chevron betw. three escallops, as
many indistinct charges. Betw. two oak-leaves, slipped.
Within a carved and pointed gothic trefoil.
Sx SIGILL' lOH'IS BOLNGY.
Thomas Bolour, of co. Somerset.
7581. [A.D. 1420.] Red : fine, slightly chipped. i in.
[Harl. ch. 83 D. 32.]
A shield of arms : a butterfly or harvest-fly, BOLOURD or
BOLOURE. Suspended by a strap from a forked tree.
Within a carved gothic panel.
Sigtllum : tfjome : foolour :
7582. Sulph. cast from No. 7581. [B.C., G. 161.]
Robert Bolton, of co. Suff., Clerk.
7583. [A.D. 1430.] Red : imperfect. I in. [Harl. ch.
54 I. 10.]
A shield of arms : (diapered) on a bend engrailed some
indistinct charges. Within a carved gothic cinquefoil.
a Sigtllit : turn : rob ...... bolton : rt'fci.
Cabled border.
526 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Johanna, wife of SIMON Bonde, Citizen of London.
7584. [A.D, 1362.] Red: small fragment. [Harl. ch.
46 F. 24.]
Part of a shield of arms : a fess nebulee betw. three in-
distinct charges.
Simon Bonde, Citizen of London.
7585. [A.D. 1362.] Red : very imperfect, r. h. side broken
away. About I in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 46 F. 24.]
A shield of arms : a lion rampant. Within a garved gothic
panel ornamented with ball-flowers along -the inner edge.
......... oitis A*? A*
Thomas Bonde, of Gretyngham, etc., co. Sujf.
7586. [A.D. 1361.] Red : fine, chipped at the edge. | in.
[Add. ch. 10,199.]
A shield of arms : (diapered lozengy) a fess, BOND.
Within an elaborately carved and traced gothic trefoil with
eight circular panels.
& SIGILLVM A* THOM6 #> BOMD6 t*
7587. [A.D. 1359.] Green : injured by pressure, imperfect.
[Add. ch. 10,198.]
SlGl . . H . Me.
Dame Wenefrid Bonde,
widow of Sir GEORGE BONDE, Knt., of London.
7588. [A.D. 1596.] Red. -^ x tir in. [Add. ch. 35,848.]
Oval : a shield of arms : a cross engrailed, in the dexter
chief a lozenge. Arms of LEIGH.
Beaded border.
Robert Boneres, of Merchewod Valley, \_Marshwood\
co. Dorset, Priest.
7589. [A.D. 1338.] Red: originally fine, now chipped,
edge wanting. About in. when perfect. [Harl. ch.
46 F. 26.]
A shield of arms : an anchor betw. three leopards' heads
jessants-de-lys, within a bordure engrailed. Within a finely
carved gothic rosette of eight cusped points, ornamented with
small ball-flowers along the inner border ; and betw. three
pairs of slipped quatrefoils.
Legend betw. the points :
S'R _ OB' _ Tl _ BO _ NG _ RS _ P _ SB.
7590. Sulph. cast from No. 7589. [D.C., F. 274.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 527
William Boneville, Knt.
7591. [i$th cent] Plaster cast from indistinct impression.
I in. [xcii. 70.]
A shield of arms, coucht ': quarterly, I, 4, six mullets,
BON VILE, 2, 3, three lions rampant. Crest on a helmet and
ornamental mantling an old man's head wearing a long cap.
Betw. two initial letters, tt (?)
[&'] totlldmi * fcottrtrill* * tmlttts (?)
Robert de Bonliam,
son and heir 0/JOHN DE BoNHAM, Knt.,
of the Manor of Great Wychford, co. Wilts.
7592. [A.D. 1356.] Red: indistinct in places, or ba.dly
impressed. I in. [Add. ch. 17,754.]
A shield of arms : a chevron wavy, betw. three crosses
pattees fitchees at the foot, BONHAM. Betw. two pairs of
leaves slipped. Within a carved and pointed gothic cinquefoil.
& SIGILLVM : ROBGRTI : BONHAM.
Beaded border.
7593. [A.D. 1351.] Dark green: originally fine, now im-
perfect. [Add. ch. 15,081.]
& SIGILLVM : RO . . ONHAM.
Thomas Bonliam, Esq., of Great Wychford, co. Wilts.
7594. [A.D. 1449.] R 6 ^ originally very fine, now frag-
mentary. About i-i- in. when perfect. Enclosed in a piece of
damask of the same date. [Add. ch. 15,089.]
0. A shield of arms, couche": a chevron wavy, betw. three
crosses pattees fitchees at the foot, BONHAM. Crest, on a
helmet, mantling, and chapeau, broken away.
. . . . . ome ......
R. A small round counterseal, f in. A label or mitre-like
escrol ; in the field a motto : J . . . . d) .......(?)
Agnes Bonkede, kinswoman and coheiress of
THOMAS HUSCARL, Knt., of Estbrightwell Manor, co. Oxon.
7595. [A.D. 1379.] Red. -fin. From ring with marks of
chased setting. [Add. ch. 23,859.]
A shield charged with pseudo-heraldic devices : a chevron,
plain on the under and nebuly on the upper side, betw. two
saltires in chief, and an estoile of eight points in base. Betw.
three willow sprigs.
528 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Capt. James Bonnell, of Ratcliffe, co. Midd., Mariner.
7596. [A.D. 1672.] Red, covered with paper before im-
pression : indistinct and imperfect. About f x \ in. [Add.
ch. 13,675-]
Oval : a shield of arms : a saltire cotised.
Adam de Bont . . . ell.
7597. [A.D. 1417.] Red: imperfect, indistinct. About
in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 51 E. 55.]
A shield of arms : a fess betw. three lions' gambs erect ?
Betw. three small quatrefoils slipped. Within a carved and
traced gothic ornamental panel of three semicircular and five
pointed cusps.
# S' AD6 D6 BONT . . GLL.
Barton Booth.
See JOHN HODSON.
John Boothe, of St. Waynardes, co. Here/., Gentl.
7598. [A.D. 1634.] Red : indistinct, i in. [Add. ch.
I933-]
A shield of arms : three boars' heads erect and erased, in
chief a crescent for difference, BOOTHE.
Beaded border.
7599. [A.D. 1634.] Red : imperfect. [Add. ch. 1934.]
Used by WILLIAM BODENHAM, of co. Heref.
7600. [A.D. 1634.] Red : very indistinct. [Add. ch.
I934-]
7601. [A.D. 1634.] Red: very indistinct. [Add. ch.
1936.]
John Booth, of Braynton, co. Heref., Esq.
7602. [A.D. 1660.] Red : imperfect. About i in. [Add.
ch. 1959.]
A shield of arms : three boars' heads erect and erased,
BOOTHE.
Thomas Bordale, of St. A Iban's, co. Hertf.
7603. [A.D. 1409.] Red. \ in. [Add. ch. 18,192.]
Octagonal : a shield of arms : a chevron betw. two crosses
patty in chief and an annulet in base. Cf. the arms of
TWYCROSS, WOTTON, etc.
Cabled border.
7604. [A.D. 1446.] Red: injured by pressure. [Add. ch.
18,193.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 529
William Borestalle, of Colmorde Manor, co. Bedf>, etc., Clerk.
7605. [A.D. 1389.] Red : fragmentary. About in. when
perfect. [Harl. ch. 46 F. 35.]
A shield of arms : charged apparently with a fess betw.
three crowns, that in base broken off. Within a carved inner
border.
* SI WILL' . . T.
Robert de Borgate, [of Borgate, or Burgate, co. Suff.~\
7606. [Late I2th or early I3th cent] Creamy- white :
originally fine, now chipped at edge. 1-2. in. [Add. ch.
28,354-]
A shield of arms of early shape : paly of six, (the pales
bend in slightly towards the base), on a canton or quarter a
lion passant (or perhaps rampant). Cf. the arms of BORGAT,
BURGATE, etc., paly of six. This is an interesting example
of early heraldry.
* S OBR ... DG ... GAT.
Robert de Burgate, \pf Bur gate, co. Suff.}
Perhaps same as the previous person.
7607. [Late I2th or early I3th cent] Creamy white:
very fine, i-f- in. [Add. ch. 28,355.]
A shield of arms of early shape : three piles converging
towards the base (but not quite meeting), on a canton or
quarter a lion rampant. See No. 7606. This is an interesting
example of early heraldry. The canton is probably an
honourable augmentation.
B SIGILL' v ROBRTI v D v BVRGAT6.
Beaded borders.
7608. Plaster cast from a chipped impression. [Ixxxiv.
70.]
John Borlas, or Bnrlase, of Marlow, co. Buck.
7609. [A.D. 1553.] Red : injured. -^ x in. [Harl. ch.
76 E. 12.]
On a wreath a boar's head, couped at the neck. Crest of
BORLASE.
Beaded border.
John Borlase, or Burlacey, of Little Marlow, co. Bucks, Esq.
7610. [A.D. 1561.] Red. -f- x -^ in. [Lansd. ch. 577.]
Oval : on a wreath a boar's head couped at the neck.
Crest of BORLASE.
Beaded border.
7611. [A.D. 1561.] Another. [Lansd. ch. 578.]
VOL. II. 2 M
530 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Ernald de Bosco.
7612. [Circ. A.D. 1216-1236.] Dark green, speckled: fine
originally, now chipped at top. i in. [Harl. ch. 84 H. 55.]
A shield of arms of early shape : two bars, on a canton or
quarter a lion passant.
SIGILU : 6RNALDI : D6 : BO
7613. Sulph. cast from No. 7612. [B.C., E. 326.]
John de Bosco, Knt., son 0/ARNULPH DE BOSCO,
of Assington, co. Suff.
7614. [Temp. Edw. L] Green, mottled: fine, I in.
[Harl. ch. 47 A. 17.]
A shield of arms : two bars, and a quarter or canton. BOSCO,
or BOYS. Suspended by a strap from a hook, and betw. two
wavy sprigs of foliage.
& SIG1LLVM IOHANNIS D' BOSCO.
Beaded borders.
John de Bosco, son and heir of ERNALD DE BOSCO,
of co. Buck.
7615. [Temp. Edw. I.] Dark green : a fragment. About
I in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 84 H. 56.]
A shield of arms : charges obliterated, but apparently a can-
ton remains, cf. No. 7614. Suspended by a strap from a hook.
SI OSCO.
Probably same person and seal as in No. 7614.
7616. Sulph. cast from No. 7615. [D.C., F. 341.]
William Bosenho, of Watlyngton, etc., co. Oxon.
7617. [A.D. 1443.] Red : cracked, imperfect, indistinct.
4 in. [Add. ch. 20,389.]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex., a chevron betw. two bird-
bolts in chief, and a mullet in base ; sin., uncertain.
* & fll't *<s* fcofiijo
Cf. Will. Bozenho, witness at Chalgrove, co. OXQIL, A.D. 1432, in Add.
ch. 20,313; 20,314. _^ ^___
Jacobus de Boseville, [of Wickersley, co. York\ Knt.
7618. [A.D. 1322.] Red : imperfect, injured by pressure.
About i in. [Harl. ch. 112 G. 25.]
A shield of arms : three fig-leaves slipped, two and one.
Suspended by a strap from a hook, and betw. two wyverns.
The arms do not agree with those usually borne by
BOSVILLE.
8:8' I . . . . Bl : DG : BOSVIL :
Beaded borders.
HERALDIC SEALS. 531
Hugh Bossard, Lord of Knotinge, co. Bed/., Knt.
7619. [Temp. Hen. III.] Dark green: very fine.
i-J- X I in. [Harl. ch. in D. 45.]
Shield-shaped : a shield of arms : three estoiles of many
points wavy, one and two, betw. as many horse-shoes, two and
one.
SIG HVGONIS BOSSARD.
7620. Sulph. cast from No. 7619. [D.C., E. 357.]
Cf. Hugh, son of D. John Bossard, A.D. 1272, Harl. ch. 49 I. 41.
Henry Bostocke, Merchant of the Calais Staple.
7621. [A.D. 1551.] Red: cracked, injured by pressure.
About | X i in. [Harl. ch. 46 I. 27.]
An ornamental shield of arms : a fess humettee, in chief a
crescent for difference, BoSTOCK.
Philip de Boston.
7622. [i5th cent.] Plaster cast from chipped impression.
1 4 in. [Ixxxiii. 75.]
A shield of arms, couche \ quarterly, I, 4, a chevron betw.
three griffins' heads erased, 2, 3, three bars over all a bend
engrailed. Crest on a helmet and mantling a griffin's head
erased. Betw. two sprigs in the background.
Legend on a scroll :
Sifffllttm : pjjil *
John Boswell, Rector of the Moiety of the Church
of Darfield, co. York.
7623. [A.D. 1460.] Red : fragmentary. About \ in. when
perfect. [Add. ch. 17,050.]
Octagonal signet : perhaps bearing a shield of arms and
motto, very indistinct, and doubtful.
William del Bothe, Burgess of the Town of
Newcastle-on-Tyne, co. Northumb.
7624. [A.D. 1394.] Red : chipped. J- in. [Add. ch.
20, 5 30.] _
A shield of arms : three horse-shoes betw. six crosses
crosslet fitchees, three, two, and one, BOOTH. Within a carved
gothic trefoil ornamented with small ball-flowers along the
inner edge.
2 M 2
532 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Hawisia la Botelere,
Seal used by RALPH LE BOTELER, Lord of Polrebech,
or Pulverbatch, co. Salop.
7625. [A.D. 1314.] Red: fine. I in. [Add. ch. 20,444.]
Three shields of arms, meeting at their bases : I. a cross
flory, in chief a label of three points ; 2. Paly of six ; 3. a
fess betw. six crosses crosslet, BOTELER. Background re-
plenished with small trefoils and quatrefoils.
& : S' . HAWISI6 : LA : BOT6LRe : *
Beaded borders.
Henry Boteler, of Lekhamsted Manor, co. Berks.
7626. [A.D. 1459.] Red : injured by pressure. -^ X f in.
From a ring. [Harl. ch. 54 I. 16.]
Oval : a shield of arms : on a fess betw. three covered cups,
a small cross for difference, BUTLER. Inner border partly
engrailed or cusped.
Johanna le Boteler, or Botillere, of Baggebere, or
Bagborough Manor, co. Som.
7627. [Temp. Edw. I.] Green : edge chipped, app. by a
plaited hollow tape of greenish-brown stuff. if x i in.
[Harl. ch. 55 B. 42.]
Pointed oval : a covered cup, in allusion to the arms of
BUTLER.
+ S IOHANNG LG BOT6LGR.
John Botiller, of Wick, co. Wore.
7628. [A.D. 1357-1377.] Red: injured by pressure.
A X i in. [Add. ch. 9239.]
A shield of arms : on a chief three covered cups, BUTLER.
John Le Botteler, of Penbray \? co. CarmarthJ], Esq.
7629. [A.D. 1438.] Dark red : originally fine, now
chipped. About I in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 46 I. 37.]
A shield of arms : three covered cups, BUTLER. Betw. a
lion's face, enraged, at top, and two wyverns sans wings
reguardant addorsed at the sides.
fc S . . . . IOHAMMIS B . . . L6R.
Beaded borders.
7630. Sulph. cast from No. 7629. [D.C., G. 204.]
John Boteler, of Higham Gobion, co. Bedf., Knt.
7631. [A.D. 1609.] Red : indistinct. -^ x 4- in. [Add.
ch. 35,338.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 533
A shield-shaped signet, bearing a shield of arms : a fess
counter-compony betw. six crosses crosslet ? BOTELER.
Another Seal.
7632. [A.D. 1609.] Red. f X % in. [Add. ch. 35,341.]
Oval : on a wreath a dexter arm embowed, in armour,
holding a sword. Crest of BOTELER.
Cabled border.
John Boteler, of Wood/tail in Watton, co. Hertf.
7633. [A.D. 1651.] Red: indistinct. \% x -r in - [Add.
ch. 35-5IO-]
Oval : a shield of arms : a fess counter-compony betw. six
crosses crosslet, BOTELER. Crest on a helmet and ornamental
mantling, a dexter hand and arm embowed, holding a sword.
Ralph Botiller, of They don Gernon, etc., co. Essex, Knt.
7634. [A.D. 1446.] Red : imperfect, cracked ; from chased
signet ring with mark of setting, encircled with a twisted
rush. About | X | in. [Add. ch. 28,864.]
Small oval signet : a greyhound sejant, ducally gorged and
chained, beneath a tree. In allusion to the crest of BUTLER.
Cabled border.
Cf. Add. ch. 17,238.
7635. [A.D. 1458.] Red: fine. [Add. ch. 28,874.]
7636. [A.D. 1458.] Red : injured by pressure. [Add. ch.
28,875-]
Ralph [Boteler], Lord of Sudley, co. Glouc.
7637. [A.D. 1450.] Red : fine, from chased signet ring,
with mark of setting, -i- in. [Add. ch. 17,238.]
A greyhound sejant, ducally gorged, and chained, beneath
a tree. In allusion to the crest of BUTLER.
Cabled border.
Robert le BoteleyrP
7638. [A.D. 1303.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
[Ixxxiii. 76.]
A shield of arms : three lions rampant, two and one, within
a bordure ermine. Suspended by a strap betw. two pairs of
leaves.
In place of legend a wavy border of pierced six-foil roses.
Beaded borders.
534 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Walter Le Botyler, of Hemmingeston, co. Stiff.
7639. [A.D. 1285.] Green : lower part only remaining,
very indistinct, in. [Add. ch. 9834.]
A shield of arms : perhaps a chevron betw. three covered
cups. That in base can only be distinguished.
[+ S'. WA]LT6RI U EOT .
Ralph Botreaux, of Bosstdyan, etc., co. Cornw., Knt.
7640. [A.D. 1426.] Red : injured by pressure. From
chased ring,- with mark of setting. i x -f- in. [Add. ch.
12,986.]
Rectangular : a helmet with a plume or indistinct crest.
Motto in the field :
** grace fait ijomtr.
Cabled border.
7641. [A.D. 1426.] Another. [Add. ch. 12,987.]
Ralph Botreaux, of cos. York, Line., Warw., etc., Knt.
7642. [A.D. 1427.] Red : originally fine and sharp, edge
chipped, i -I- in. [Add. ch. 13,977.]
A shield of arms, coucht ': quarterly, I, 4, a -griffin segreant,
BOTREAUX, 2, 3, four fusils in fess. Crest on a helmet
mantling and chapeau, turned up ermine, a griffin statant.
This armorial design rests on a buttress (in allusion to the
name of the owner) partly behind the shield. In the field on
each side a wavy branch of flowers and foliage.
Siatllutn * vatmlpiu & [footreau* * *] * *
Carved borders.
7643. [A.D. 1430.] Red : indistinct from shifting during
impression. [Add. ch. 12,990.]
J&tgtllum * raUulpfn fcotreatt* * * & *
7644. [A.D. 1431.] Red: imperfect at top. [Add.
ch. 12,993.]
* . . gtllum # ratmlpiji * botrwts **<**<
7645. [A.D. 1431.] Red: indistinct, injured by pressure.
[Add. ch. 12,994.]
& j&tgtllum * raKuIpfjf * footreau* # * *
7646. [A.D. 1431.] Red: fine, injured. [Add. ch. 12,995.]
.... gt'U . . . raOuIpijt $ fcotteau* * * * *
William de Botriaux.
7647. [Late I4th cent.] Red : fine. Perhaps from
matrix, with the ring removable, on which the legend is
engraved, i^- in. [xxxvi. 118.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 535
A shield of arms: a griffin segreant, BoTREAUX. Betw.
five small cinquefoils, and within a finely carved gothic
rosette or star of eight points ornamented with ball-flowers
along the inner edere.
a Stgiilttm : : Sdtllelmt : * : Be ; : Botruuu;.
Carved borders.
7648. Plaster cast from No. 7647. [Ixxxiii. 78.]
William, Sire de Botreaux,
Keeper of the Forest of Exmoor, etc,, co. Somers.
7649. [A.D. 1435.] Red: fine, very imperfect at top.
li in. [Harl. ch. 43 E. 47.]
A shield of arms, couch/ : a. griffin segreant, BoTREAUX.
Crest, on a helmet mantling and chapeau, destroyed, but
from remaining traces it appears to have been a griffin.
Supporters on a mount two buttresses. Above the shield a
ring or annulet. The inside edge of the field enriched with
small sprigs of foliage.
lltam fcotreaus *
Border carved with small ball-flowers.
John Botyld, of Hatfield Regis, co. Essex.
7650. [A.D. 1345.] Brown: indistinct, -H- in. {Add. ch.
28,597.]
A shield (of arms ?) : two hands, couped at the wrist, hold-
ing up a human heart.
* MOVN QVER AV6T.
(Mon cceur avez.)
Simon Boulet.
7651. [A.D. 1335.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
-| in. [Ixxxiii. 52.]
A shield (of arms ?) : a heart-shaped device voided, en-
closing a cross betw. two estoiles in pale. Betw. three sprigs
of foliage.
8 S1GILU SIMONIS BOVL6T.
Beaded borders.
John de Boulton.
7652. [A.D. 1353.] Plaster cast from indistinct impression.
I in. [Ixxxiii. 82.]
A shield of arms : on a chevron three lions passant
guardant, BOLTON. On a tree of three branches. Betw. two
sprigs of foliage. Within a cusped gothic panel of eight
points.
SIGILLVM IOHANNIS D6 BOVLTON.
536 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Alianora, widow of WILLIAM Bourgchier, Knt.
(ob. A.D. 1365), 2nd son of ROBERT DE BOURGCHIER,
of Halsted and Stansted, co. Essex ; dau. and heiress
of JOHN DE LOUVAINE or LOVAYNE.
7653. [A.D. 1389.] Red: originally fine, now very im-
perfect, and r. h. side broken off. i-^ in. when perfect.
[Add. ch. 7906.]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex., a cross engrailed betw.
four water bougets, BOURGCHIER ; sin., billety a fess,
LOVAYNE. Suspended by a strap from a rose-tree in flower
on a mount, and within a finely-carved gothic panel.
**> nore s* * foottrrfjm *s*
Bartholomew Bourehier, al. Boucher.
7654. [i4th cent] Plaster cast from indistinct impression.
[Ixxxiii. 39.]
A shield of arms : a cross engrailed betw. four water
bougets, BOURCHIER. Within a carved gothic panel.
i)arrt)0lomet fcourfjrr : *
Edward Bourehier, Lord Fitzwarren, son of
WILLIAM BOURCHIER, Earl of Bath.
7655. [A.D. 1605.] Red : fragmentary. [Harl. ch. 78 B. 5].
Oval : a Bourchier's knot.
Beaded border.
Lady Frances Bourehier, dan. of WILLIAM BOURCHIER,
Earl of Bath.
7656. [A.D. 1605.] Red : fine, -fr in. [Harl. ch. 78 B. 5.]
A Bourchier's knot.
Henry Bourghchier, 2nd Earl of Ewe, in Normandy.
7657. [A.D. 1430.] Red : fine fragment. About l-f- in.
when perfect. [Harl. ch. 56 E. 4.]
A shield of arms, couche" : quarterly, I, 4, a cross engrailed
betw. four water bougets, BOURGHCHIER ; 2, 3, billety a fess,
LOVAYNE. Crest on a helmet, and ornamental mantling,
wanting.
Legend wanting.
Henry Boursehier, Earl of Essex, Earl of Ewe, etc.
[A.D. 1461-1483.]
{Same person as the preceding?)
7658. [A.D. 1476.] Red : indistinct. With marks of a
twisted rush round it. -. X J- in. [Add. ch. 30,437.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 537
A badge, apparently a breastplate or piece of armour. In
the field some uncertain letters of a motto.
Humfrey Bourgchier, Lord Cromwell, Knt.
7659. [A.D. 1469.] Red : fine fragments. About 2\ in.
when perfect. [Add. ch. 20,504.]
0. A shield of arms, coucht \ quarterly. I, 4, quarterly, i. iv.,
BOURGCHIER, ii. iii., LoVAYNE?, as in No. 7657, with a label
of three points : 2, 3, quarterly, i. iv., chequy a chief ermine ? ;
ii. iii., a chief, over all a bend, CROMWELL? Crest on a
helmet and ornamental mantling (a head in profile ?) crowned.
* . . ijum .
R. A small round counterseal from matrix with reversible
design, - in. Uncertain design. A hand grasping a tree or
weapon ? and other details.
John Burgcher, al. Bourgchier.
7660. [i4th cent] Plaster cast from fine but chipped
impression, i-i- in. [Ixxxiii. 80.]
A shield of arms, coucht ' : a cross engrailed betw. four
water bougets, BOURGCHIER. Crest on a helmet, an old
man's head in profile, couped at the shoulders, habited,
collared, on his head a ducal coronet, out of which a long cap,
conical, topped with a knob. Betw. two trefoiled sprigs of
foliage. Within a carved gothic quatrefoil panel.
: tofjannus
John Bourghcher, Knt,
7661. [A.D. I357-] Plaster cast from fine impression. I in.
[Ixxxiii. 8 1.]
Similar to the previous seal, with a few points of detail
treated differently. The sprigs of foliage at the side are
omitted.
&' toiiamus
Beaded border.
John de Bourgchier, of Stanstede Manor, etc., co. Essex, Knt.
7662. [A.D. 1383.] Red : originally fine, now cracked and
chipped, if in. [Add. ch. 8052.]
A shield of arms, couchtf: a cross engrailed betw. four
water bougets, BOURGCHIER. Crest on a helmet and short
mantling, an old man's head in profile couped at the shoul-
538 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
ders, habited, collared, on his head a ducal coronet, out of
which a long cap tasselled. Supporters : two eagles rising.
Stgtlltt : Bernini : to^annts : He : fcourgrfjo: : *
The letters DO of domini, and DE of de are conjoined.
Beaded border.
7663. [A.D. 1390.] Red : fine, imperfect on the r. h. side.
[Harl. ch. 46 I. 52.]
mi : fofjamtfe : He : frourgdjer : #
7664. Sulph. cast from No. 7663. [B.C., F. 575.]
John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners. A.D. 1455-1474.
7665. Red : fine fragments. About 2\ in. when perfect,
[xxxvi. 151.]
A shield of arms, coucht\ quarterly, I, 4, quarterly, i. iv.,
BOURCHIER ; ii. iii., LOVAYNE, as in No. 7657, over all a label
of three points ; 2, 3, quarterly, BERNERS. Crest on a
helmet, ornamental mantling, and wreath, an old man's head
couped at the shoulders, habited, collared, and ducally
crowned, with a long cap hanging forward, tasselled : on the
neck a label as before.
Legend on a strap or ribbon running round the seal :
Stgilltt i amors *
7666. Sulph. cast from No. 7665. [B.C., G. 200.]
A nother seal.
7667. [A.D. 1459.3 R^ From a signet ring. -^ in.
[Add. ch. 30,416.]
Three axes or mallets, one in pale, two in saltire, interlaced,
the handles ringed. Betw. the letters I ii,
Perhaps a badge of BOURGCHIER.
Cabled border.
7668. [A.D. 1459.] Another. [Add. ch. 30,417.]
John Bourgchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Knt.
7669. [A.D. 1513.] Red: indistinct. \ in. [Add. ch.
28,628.]
Shield-shaped : on a branch an eagle rising. Perhaps for
a crest.
John Bourne, of the Holte, co. Wore., Knt.
7670. [A.D. 1571.] Red. X f in. [Harl. ch. 77 H. 10.]
An ornamental shield of arms : a chevron betw. three lions
rampant, a chief ermines, BOURNE.
Cabled border.
HERALDIC SEALS. 539
Isabella de Bourne, widow of THOMAS DE BOURNE, Knt.,
of Stanford Ryvers Manor, co. Essex, etc.
7671. [A.D. 1346.] Green, mottled: faded. I in. [Add.
ch. 19,985.]
Two shields of arms : dex., a lion rampant, queue fourchee,
within a bordure engrailed ; sin., a bend lozengy, or five
fusils in bend, betw. six billets. Suspended by straps, from a
forked tree, and within a carved border.
& SIG1LLVM ISABLI_e D6 BOVRN6.
Margaret Bousherste.
See JOHN PELHAM.
William de Bouse, (Bowes ?)
7672. [A.D. 1388.] Plaster cast from fine impression. In-
jured by pressure, in. [Ixxxiii. 87.]
A shield of arms : on a bend, three uncertain charges.
Within a pointed quatrefoil panel, ornamented with small
quatrefoils along the inner edge.
J&tgfllum totllelmt Be fcoufc * (?)
John de Bouthin.
7673. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast from good impression,
i in. [D.C., F. 336.]
A shield of arms : a bull or bouquetin, in allusion to the
name of the owner, statant in a ford under a tree. Suspended
by a strap from a forked tree, and within a carved gothic
panel.
j&tgtlUtm * tofjamtes * Be # Botttfjm
The letters DE of de are conjoined.
Beaded border.
John Bouttourt, of Halstead, co. Essex, Lord of Mendlesham,
co. Suff.
7674. [A.D. 1310.] Dark green : originally fine, now im-
perfect and indistinct. -|- in. [Harl. ch. 47 F. 1 1.]
A cinquefoil, having each leaf charged with the arms : a
saltire engrailed, BUTTOURT, or BOTATORT.
* S' IO[HAN]!MIS BOVTTOVRT.
Beaded borders.
540 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
7675. Sulph. cast from No. 7674. [D.C., F. 180.]
7676. Plaster cast. [Ixxxiii. 77.]
John Botourte, of Mendlesham Manor, co. Stiff.
7677. [A.D. 1355.] Red : originally fine, chipped, injured
by pressure. in. [Harl. ch. 47 F. 15.]
A shield of arms, coucht : bendy of six a canton, BOUTE-
TOURT or BoTATORT. Crest on a helmet, mantling or
lambrequin diapered, and wreath, a bell (?) betw. two wings
erect. Within a carved gothic panel.
: Stg' : toJj'ts : : botourt :
7678. Sulph. cast from No. 7677. [D.C., F. 393.]
John Bottourt, al. Buttourt.
7679. [A.D. 1358.] Red: originally fine, now chipped,
injured by dust. About if in. [Add. ch. 27,178.]
A shield of arms : a saltire lozengy or engrailed, in chief
an annulet for difference, BOTATORT, BOTETOURT, etc.
Within an elaborately carved and traced gothic triangle with
inner cusped rosace of eight points and inside edge enriched
with small ball-flowers. The points of the triangle enclose
each a countersunk quatrefoil with a quatrefoil, four-leaved
rose, or other flower within it ; and the segmental spaces
betw. the sides of the triangle and the inner circle are filled
with triangles and other details of tracery.
Legend betw. the points :
* SIGI HANNIS : W : : : BUTTOURT : 88 :
7680. Plaster cast of No. 7679. [xcviii. 40.]
John Buttetourt, Chevr., Lord of Welegh, or Weoleye,
co. Wore. ?
(Same as the previous person f)
7681. [A.D. 1363.] Red: originally fine, now wanting
edge. [Harl. ch. 47 F. 16.]
Same as No. 7679, but the annulet for difference in the
field of the shield above the saltire engrailed, has been
apparently removed from, or filled up in, the matrix before
impression ; and faint traces of it remain. Some of the details
in this are more clear than in No. 7^79-
* SIGIL
7682. [A.D. 1370.] Red: originally fine, now imperfect.
[Harl. ch. 47 F. 17.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 541
The annulet has been removed from the matrix before
impression, but faint traces of it still remain.
IOHA
7683. Sulph. cast from No. 7682. [B.C., F. 472.]
Cf. Harl. ch. 46 B. 2$t>, A.D. 1357 ; 46 F. 19, A.D. 1377.
Matilda, wife of John Bouttourt, of Halstead, co. Essex.
7684. [A.D. 1310.] Red : fine fragment About i| in.
when perfect. [Harl. ch. 47 F. 13.]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex., bendy of six, a canton,
BOTATORT or BOUTETORT, sin., a saltire engrailed, BUT-
TOURT, etc.
Legend wanting.
Beaded borders.
Matillis, widow of John Buteturte, [of co. Suff. ?], Knt.
(Probably same person as the preceding?)
7685. [A.D. 1327.] Red: very fine and sharp. I in.
[Harl. ch. 47 F. 13.]
A shield of arms, as in No. 7684. Suspended by a strap
from a small tree of two branches, and betw. two small falcons
by way of supporters.
In place of a legend, a cusped border of nineteen points,
ornamented with carved ball-flowers along the inner edge,
and having a roundle betw. each of the points. The roundles
appear to have very indistinct designs, either letters or
armorial details on them.
Thomas Boutetourte, son of JOHN BOUTETOURTE,
of co. Essex.
7686. [A.D. 1322.] Dark green: a fragment. About
i in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 47 F. 12.]
On a branching tree, a shield of arms : a saltire engrailed,
and label of three points, BOTATORT.
Legend wanting.
William de Bovile, of Pesenhale Manor, co. Suff., Knt.
7687. \Temp. Edw. I.] Dark green : very indistinct.
i in. [Harl. ch. 83 D. 41.]
0. A shield of arms : quarterly, BOVILE. Betw. two
wyverns. Above the shield an indistinct design. Within a
quatrefoil.
& S' WIL .
542 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
R. A smaller counterseal. in. A shield of arms as in
the obv.
* TVT GN TOV RITO . . . (?)
Cf. Harl. ch. 45 C. 35, A.D. 1316 ; Harl. ch. 46 I. 48, A.D. 1317.
Henry Bovingdon, of Denham, co. Buck.
7688. [A.D. 1491.] Faded red : injured by pressure.
YV in. [Harl. ch. 84 I. 2.]
A dog or other small animal courant beneath a tree. In
the field the motto :
. nul : autre.
Beaded border.
William Boway, of Lutton, co. Bedf.
7689. [A.D. 1452.] Red : indistinct. From a ring.
TV X-rVm. [Add. ch. 26,172.]
Octagonal : a griffin segreant coutourne\
Beaded border.
John Boweles, of Colmorde, co. Bedf.
7690. [A.D. 1374.] Red: imperfect on 1. h. side, injured
by pressure. About % in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 46 I. 56.]
A shield of arms : ermine, a lion passant. Within a carved
border.
j&tg;flto : ioljan . *
7691. [A.D. 1374.] Red: cracked, indistinct. [Harl. ch.
46 I. 57-]
* . . tgillu : nif : fcotoeia :
William Le Bower.
See JOHN DE KEVIRDALE.
Adam de Bowes.
7692. [A.D. 1351.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
4. in. [Ixxxiii. 83.]
A shield of arms : on a fess betw. three crosses moline, as
many trefoils slipped. Suspended by a strap from a hook.
Betw. two wyverns sans wings.
* SIGILLVM AD6 D6 BOW6S.
Beaded borders.
Paul Bowes, of the Middle Temple, Esq.
7693. [A.D. 1688.] Red : en placard, on a label. Imper-
fectly impressed. About f X i in. [Add. ch. 9301.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 543
A shield of arms : three bows in fess strung palewise,
BOWES. Crest, on a helmet, ornamental mantling and
wreath, a sheaf of arrows bound in a girdle.
Robert de Bowes.
7694. [i 5th cent.] Plaster cast from fine impression. I in.
[Ixxxiii. 84.] '; '
A shield of arms : ermine, three bows bent in pale, two
and one, BOWES. Above the shield a Katharine wheel ; at
each side a wyvern addorsed reguardant. Within a carved
gothic trefoil panel ornamented along the inner edge with
small ball-flowers.
SIGLLV ROB6RTI DG BOWES.
Beaded border.
Edmund Bowyer, of Camberwell, co. Snrr., Knt.
7695. [A.D. 1646.] Red : indistinct in places. About
X i in. [Add. ch. 1629.]
Oval : a shield of arms of nine quarterings, three, three,
and three : i. a bend vaire cotised, BOWYER ; 2. on a fess
three leopards' faces, BRABANT ; 3. a chevron betw. three
acorns, BOYS ; 4. on a fess betw. three annulets a mullet betw.
two covered cups, DRAPER ; 5, two chevrons [on each three
martlets], betw. as many escallops, DRAPER ; 6. on a chief
three lions rampant, ACER ; 7. a fess chequy, URSWICK ;
8. on a bend engrailed, three cinquefoils, FlFlELD, al. LOWE ;
9, on a chevron three crosses crosslet.
Cf. Harl. MS. 1561, f. 29^.
William Bowyer, of Denkam, co. Btick., Esq. and Knt.
7696. [A.D. 1597.] Red: with mark of chased setting,
f X -I- in. [Harl. ch. 84 I. 4.]
A shield of arms: quarterly, i, 4, a bend vaire ' cotised,
BOWYER ; 2, 3, three spades, KNYPERSLEY.
Beaded border.
7697. [A.D. 1601.] Another. [Harl. ch. 84 I. 8.]
7698. [A.D. 1605.] Another. [Harl. ch. 83 H. 20.]
7699. [A.D. 1607.] Another. [Harl. ch. in 0.48.]
On the rev. a monogram : I. s., from a stamp.
Richard Boyce, of Westfurles and Ripe, co. Suss., Gentl.
7700. [A.D. 1558.] Red. |- x -f- in. [Add. ch. 30,777.]
Oval : an ornamental shield of arms : a stag's head couped
at the neck, in a bush or bois.
Cf. Harl. ch. 77 C. 52, Samuel Boys, A.D. 1616.
544 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
John de Boydele.
See JOHN DE BODEL.
I. Boyle.
Seal used by ROBERT CLYTTERBOOKE, of Remneham,
co. Berks., Gent I.
7701. [A.D. 1588.] Red: injured. in. [Add. ch. 13,655.]
A shield of arms : per bend embattled, in chief a crescent
for difference, BOYLE. Crest on a helmet and mantling, a
lion's head erased per pale embattled. Betw. the letters I. B.
John Boys, of Felmingham. co. Norf.
7702. [A.D. 1396.] Red: imperfect, r. h. side wanting,
i in. [Add. ch. 14,665.]
A shield of arms : two bars, and a canton or quarter, over
all a bend, BOYS. Within a carved gothic trefoil ornamented
with ball-flowers along the inner edge.
SttjtUu s : * : tiows :
Cabled border.
John Boys, of co. Kent.
7703. [A.D. 1540.] Red. A x i in. [Harl. ch. 78 G. 29.]
Lozenge-shaped : on a wreath a demi-dog holding an oak-
branch leaved and fruited. Crest of BOYS.
Beaded border.
Richard du Boys, of La Seete Manor, Ludlow, co. Salop, Knt.
7704. [A.D. 1292.] Dark bronze-green : fine, well pre-
served. App. by plaited bobbins of green stuff. i in.
[L. F. C. xxiii. I.]
A shield of arms : barry of eight, in chief a pale betw. two
squires, over all an escutcheon. Betw. three oak branches
each having an acorn betw. two leaves.
# SIGILLVM : RICARDI DV BOIS*.
Beaded borders.
Robert de Boys.
7705. [A.D. 1360.] Plaster cast from fine impression,
-f- in. [Ixxxiii. 86.]
A shield of arms : a tree eradicated, BOYS, debruised by a
bar. Background hatched.
# S' ROB6RTI D BOYS.
Beaded borders.
HERALDIC SEALS. 545
Roger de Boys, of Farnham, co. Suff., Chivaler.
7706. [A.D. 1383.] Red: fine, the sides injured. \\ in.
[Harl. ch. 47 A. 28.]
A shield of arms, coucht: two bars and a canton or quarter,
over all a bend, BOYS. Crest on a helmet and short mantling,
an old man's head in profile to the 1. Supporters, two trees
on a mount, in allusion to the name.
D B ,qnj
Beaded border.
7707. Sulph. cast from No. 7706. [D.C., F. 542.]
Samuel Boys, of Goathurst, co. Kent.
7708. [A.D. 1616.] Red : very indistinct. [Harl. ch.
77 C 52.]
An ornamental shield of arms : out of a ducal coronet a
buck's head. Crest of BOYSE (?)
Cf. Add. ch. 30,777, Richard Boyce, A.D. 1558.
Thomas Boys, of Heth, or Hythe, co. Kent.
7709. [A.D. 1583.] Dark green: imperfect at bottom.
x f in. [Add. ch. 19,996.]
Oval : a shield of arms : a griffin segreant, BOYS.
Beaded border.
7710. [A.D. 1583.] Dark green: a fragment of r. h. side
only. [Add. ch. 19,997.]
Walter Boys, of East Audeham, Aldham, or Yaldham Manor ;
co. Kent, Knt.
7711. [A.D. 1275.] Dark green: fine, well preserved,
i-i- in. [Add. ch. 16,183.]
A shield of arms : a lion rampant. Suspended by a strap
from a tree, and betw. two wingless wyverns addorsed.
# S WALTGRI BOIS DG MVSS6D6N.
7712. \Temp. Edw. I.] Dark green: fine, chipped at top
and bottom. [Add. ch. 16,505.]
. ALT6RI B . . MVSS6D .
John del Boythe, of Wytwelle.
See GUILL. DE GRESYER.
John Bozoun, of Exeter, co. Dev.
7713. [A.D. 1366.] Red: fine; chipped a little at top.
in. [Harl. ch. 46 F. 33.]
VOL. II. 2 N
546 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
A shield of arms : three bird-bolts, BOZUN. Within
finely-carved and traced gothic rosette of sixteen points.
fc SIGILLVM 1:1 IOHANNIS 1:1 BOZON 1:1
7714. Sulph. cast from No. 7713. [D.C., F. 452.]
Roger de Brabazone.
7715. [Late I3th or early I4th cent] Plaster cast from
imperfect impression. I in. [Ixxxiii. 89.]
A shield of arms : on a bend three martlets, BRABAZON.
& * . one.
Cf. Add. ch. 6337, A.D. 1293; Add. ch. 16,175, A - D - I2 94 '> Add. ch.
21,584, A.D. 1297 ; Add. ch. 21,701, 21,702, A.D. 1309.
Roger, son of William Le Brabanzon.
7716. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast. % in. [D.C., F. 351.]
A shield of arms : on a bend three martlets, BRABAZON.
B S' ROGI FIL' WILL'I L BRABANZON.
Beaded borders.
Thomas Brace, of co. Herts.
7717. [A.D. 1686.] Red : en placard. About X f in. when
perfect [Add. ch. 26,581.]
Oval : a shield of arms, and crest, very indistinct.
John de Bracebrigge, of Lincoln, Knt.
7718. [Early Edw. I.] Dark green : somewhat indistinct.
i-i- in. [Add. ch. 19,990.]
A shield of arms : vairt a fess, BRACEBRIDGE.
B SIGILL' : lOH'IS : D6 : BRAC6BRVG :
Beaded borders.
John de Bracebrug, Lord of Kynesbure, or Kingsbury Manor,
co. Warw.
7719. [A.D. 1311.] Red: chipped on r. h. side. fin. [Cott
ch. xi. 37.]
A shield of arms : vairt a fess, BRACEBRIDGE. Suspended
by a strap from a tree, in the branches of which is a long-eared
squirrel or other animal. Betw. two branches of foliage.
Y : SAVN : GYL'.
Beaded borders.
William Brad.
Seal used by WILLIAM DE FELMYNGHAM, co. Norf.
7720. [A.D. 1346.] Green: fine, i in. [Add. ch. 22,565.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 547
A shield of arms : on a fess betw. six martlets three fleurs-
de-lis. Within a carved and pointed gothic quatrefoil.
&SIGILLVM WILI_ei_MI BRAD.
At the end of the legend a small bird.
Roger de Bradburne, of Ashbourne, co. Derb.
7721. [A.D. 1392.] Red: originally fine, injured in places
by pressure. I in. [Wol. ch. xi. 31.]
A shield of arms : on a bend cotised three mullets. (Cf. on a
bend three mullets, BRADBURNE.) Suspended by a strap
from a tree, and within a carved gothic panel.
Sigtlltt : rogm : Be : fcraUbttrne : *
Cf. Rog. de Bradburn, of Plaistow, co. Derb., A.D. 1381, in Woll. ch.
vi. 57.
7722. Plaster cast from No. 7721. [Ixxxiii. 90.]
7723. Sulph. cast, from No. 7721. [D.C., F. 584.]
Geoffrey, son of William de Braddene, of Thornborough,
co. Buck., and Blakesley, co. Northt., Knt.
7724. [Temp. Edw. II.-IIL] Red : injured in places, fin.
[Add. ch. 19,923.]
A shield of arms : five fusils or lozenges in bend. Betw.
two wyverns. Cf. a bend engrailed, BRADDENE, or
BRADDEN.
SsS' GALFRIDI DG BRADD6N6.
Beaded border.
Cf. Add. ch. 21,856, Geoffrey de Braddene, of Easton-Neston,
co. Northt, A.D. 1301 ; Add. ch. 21,857, A.D. 1308.
John de Bradefeld, son of ROBERT DE BRADEFELD,
of Stanningfield, co. Stiff.
7725. [AD. 1329.] Green, mottled: indistinct, chipped.
in. [Add. ch. 24,655.]
A circular shield of arms : per pale, dex., three crescents ;
sin., crusily two bird-bolts palewise in fess, over all a fess.
In place of a legend, a wavy garland of flowers.
7726. [A.D. 1329.] Green, mottled: indistinct. [Add.
ch. 24,656.]
Thomas de Bradeford.
7727. [A.D. 1366.] Plaster cast from fine but chipped
impression. |f in. [Ixxxiii. 91.]
A shield of arms, couch/: a cross engrailed, BRADFORD.
2 N 2
548 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Crest on a helmet and short mantling diapered, a wolf's
head (?) Betw. two wavy sprigs of foliage and small cinquefoil
flowers.
Beaded borders.
Roger, fil. D. HENR. de Bradeleghe, Lord of La Bache
and of Thonglande, \co. Salop.}, Knt.
7728. [Late 1 3th cent] Dark green : somewhat indistinct.
| in. [Add. ch. 8330.]
A shield of arms : a fess betw. three round buckles. Above
the shield a crescent, at each side a small fleur-de-lis.
tt S' ROG6RI D' BRADLY6.
Beaded borders.
7729. [Late I3th cent.] Another: indistinct. [Add.
ch. 8332.]
Robert de Bradenham, of Nottingham, co. Nott.
7730. [A.D. 1364.] Red : chipped, imperfectly impressed
in places, -i in. [Harl. ch. 83 E. 35.]
A shield of arms : a chief barry nebuly of four. Suspended
by a strap from a forked tree, and within a carved gothic
panel.
SIGILL' ROB6RTI BRADGNHAM.
7731. Sulph. cast from No. 7730. [B.C., F. 436.]
Mabilia de Bradesshawe.
7732. [A.D. 1376.] Plaster cast from indistinct impression.
-ff in. [Ixxxiii. 92.]
A shield of arms : per pale : dex. two bends, BRADSHAW,
sin. three bars. Suspended by a strap from a tree of three
branches. Betw. two sprigs of foliage.
S' MABILI6 D6 * BRADSSHAW6.
Beaded borders.
Thomas Bradewelle, of London, Cliev.
7733. [A.D. 1374.] Red: originally fine, chipped at the
edge, i in. [Add. ch. 7909.]
A shield of arms : three bars gemels in chief a canton
(powdered). Betw. two leaves, slipped. Within a carved
gothic panel of five cusps and three points, ornamented with
ball-flowers along the inner edge.
& SIGILLVM : THOM6 : D : BRAD6VEL.
HERALDIC SEALS. 549
Thomas Bradshaghe, of Windley, etc., co. Derb.
7734. [A.D. 1431.] Red : imperfect, injured by pressure.
| in. [Woll. ch. i. 85.]
A shield of arms : defaced. Suspended by a strap from a
forked tree. Within a carved gothic panel.
: S
Beaded border.
William de Brakenbery, of Thirsk, co. York.
7735. [A.D. 1310.] Light brown. -4. in. [Harl. ch. 112
G. 31.] m
A shield of arms : an eagle displayed. Suspended by a
strap from a hook, betw. a crescent and an estoile of six
points.
In place of the legend, a wavy scroll of flowers and foliage.
William Brakenbury, or Brakenbery, of Tottenham Court,
co. Midd., Gentl., Equerry of the King's Stable.
7736. [A.D. 1552.] Red: imperfect, indistinct About
-|X -I- in. [Harl. ch. 76 D. 22.]
Ornamental shape : a lion couchant beneath a tree. Crest
of BRACKENBURY.
Cabled border.
Geoffrey Brampton, of co. Norf., Gentl.
7737. [A.D. 1569.] Red: good, fxf in. [Stowe ch.
178.]
Oval : a shield of arms : a saltire betw. four crosses
crosslet fitchees, BRAMPTON.
Beaded border.
Robert Brampton, Lord of Brampton Manor,
co. Norf.
7738. [A.D. 1479.] Red: a fragment. [Stowe ch. 180.]
Octagonal signet : a shield of arms : a saltire, etc., for
BRAMPTON.
Thomas, son and heir of Robert Brampton,
Lord of Brampton Manor, co. Norf.
7739. [A.D. 1479.] Red : from a ring, -i in. [Stowe
ch. ISO.]
A shield of arms, coucJti : a saltire betw. four crosses
crosslets fitchees, BRAMPTON. Crest not given, the shield
surmounted with a helmet and mantling.
Cabled border.
550 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Jone, daughter of John Bramschote, of cos. Camb. and Leic.
7740. [A.D. 1391.] Red: fine, chipped. Originally en-
circled with a twisted rush, f in. [Add. ch. 29,511.]
A shield of arms : a fess, in dexter chief a crescent, in
sinister chief a canton. For BRAMSHOTT, and BREMSHETT :
usually blazoned, a fess on a canton or crescent. Betw.
the letters :
B *<* R**e*<#M*<&
Within a carved and pointed gothic quatrefoil panel,
ornamented along the inner edge with small ball-flowers
or quatrefoils.
Legend wanting.
John Bramston, or Brampstone,
Knt., Lord Chief Jtistice of the King's Bench.
7741. [A.D. 1634.] Red : injured by pressure. About
3-X in. [Egert. ch. 305.]
Oval : a shield of arms : on a fess three plates, BRAMSTON.
William Bramstoon, or Bramston, of Boreham,
co. Essex:, Gentl.
7742. [A.D. 1614.] Red. AX^in. [Harl. ch. 78 I. 33.]
A shield of arms : on a fess three plates, within a bordure
engrailed, BRAMSTON.
Beaded border.
Peter Branch, of Oxford, Knt.
7743. [A.D. 1258.] Dark green : a fragment. About i^- in.
when perfect. [Harl. ch. 47 A. 43.]
A shield of arms of early shape : ermine, fretty, BRANCH.
Legend wanting.
Cf. Add. ch. 14,676, A.D. 1244-8.
Robert Brand.
7744. [A.D. 1370.] Plaster cast from indistinct impression.
-L|- in. [Ixxxiii. 92.]
A shield of arms : crusily a lion rampant. Betw. a slipped
flower above the shield and two pairs of slipped flowers
at the sides. Within a carved panel of eight cusped points
ornamented along the inner edge with small quatrefoils.
s SIGILLVM ROBGRTI
A doubtful seal.
Charles Brandon, \st Duke of Suffolk, etc., K.G.
A.D. 1514-1545.
7745. [A.D. 1514.] Plaster cast from fine but very im-
perfect impression. 2-f- in. [Ixxxiii. 94.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 551
On a mount, a shield of arms : quarterly, I, 4, barry of
ten, over all a lion rampant queue fourchee, crowned,
BRANDON ; 2, 3, quarterly, i. iv., a cross moline, BRUYN ;
ii. iii., indistinct, for lozengy, ROKELEY. Encircled with
a garter inscribed with the motto of the Order of the Garter,
crest and helmet broken away. Supporters, dexter, wanting ;
sinister, an eagle or falcon rising, wings open depressed, in
the right claw a small bird.
BRANDON DVX SVFFOLCHIE.
INCLIT
7746. [A.D. 1514.] Plaster cast from indistinct impression,
wanting at the lower part. [Ixxxvii. 30.]
This shows the dexter supporter, similar to the sinister
supporter described above, and the crest : on a helmet
mantling, and wreath, a lion's head erased gouttee, crowned.
KAROLVS BRANDON DVX ERY MILES RC.
7747. [A.D. 1527.] Red: fragments. About i-i- to 2 in.
when perfect [Harl. ch. 43 F. 23.]
This fragmentary impression shows only the crest, viz. : on
a wreath a lion's head erased.
Another seal.
7748. [A.D. 1538.] Faded red: very indistinct. -A- in,
[Harl. ch. 55 H. 4 3-]
A shield of arms : defaced.
Henry Brandon, 2nd Duke of Suffolk.
Exchequer seal.
7749. [A.D. 1545-1551.] Plaster cast from imperfect im-
pression. 2\ in. [Ixxxiii. 95.]
On a mount, a lion passant. Ensigned with an open
coronet of five fleurs-de-lis and four crosses alternately dis-
posed. Within an engrailed bordure.
* 13' B8 * i)frtct * . p * . . Be . . . .
2 V (?)
Very doubtful.
John, son of John de Brangwen,
" liber homo de cttria de Grosmund" co. Monm.
7750. [A.D. 1249-1250.] Green: fine, chipped. I in.
[Add. ch. 20,414.]
A shield of arms : a lion rampant contourne, within a
bordure charged with six escallops. In the field on the r. a
crescent, on the 1. an estoile.
Q' IOHANNIS : FILM : IOHANNIS.
Beaded borders.
552 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Lawrence de Brastrete,
of Oteleye, and of Helmingham, co. Suff.
7751. [A.D. 1347.] Red : imperfect. About in. when
perfect. [Add. ch. 9,992.]
A shield of arms : a chevron betw. two estoiles in chief
and a crescent in base. Above the shield a crook or other
indistinct device. Within a pointed quatrefoil.
. I D GVR'. . . (?)
Philip Braunche.
7752. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast. I in. [D.C., F. 352.]
A shield of arms : a lion rampant, oppressed with a bend,
BRANCH. Suspended by a strap from a forked tree, and
within an engrailed border.
&tgtllum : llinlippt : BrauudK :
Cabled borders.
Gilbert de Braye, Citizen of London.
7753. [A.D. 1324.] Red. 4 in. [Harl. ch. 47 A. 56.]
An ass passant. Perhaps in allusion to the name of
the owner.
J S' GILB6RTI D' BRAY.
Henry Bray, of Laughton, co. Suss.
7754. [A.D. 1396.] Red : very imperfect. i-L in. [Add.
ch. 30,357-]
A shield of arms, couche : a chevron betw. three roundles,
within a bordure engrailed, BRAY. Crest, on a helmet, an
old man's head in profile, bearded, filleted, and with a head-
dress ornamented with roundles. On the 1. in the field five
cinquefoil roses. Within a carved gothic panel.
, emrtct : frra .
John Le Bray.
Used by Peter Bray, of co. Suff.
7755. [A.D. 1368.] Light brown, discoloured : indistinct.
| in. [Harl. ch. 47 B. 2.]
A shield of arms : a fess betw. three chess-rooks (?) Within
a carved gothic trefoil.
SIGILLV IOHANIS L6BRAY.
Beaded borders.
Johanna, filia Walter! Le Bray.
See NICHOLAS DE LECHEFORD.
HERALDIC SEALS. 553
Reginald Bray, Justice in Eyre.
See GILES DAWBNEY, Justice in Eyre.
William de Bray.
7756. [A.D. 1285.] Plaster cast from fine impression,
i-i- x % in. [Ixxxiii. 97.]
Lozenge-shaped : a shield of arms : three bends vair, BRAY.
The shield on the breast of a demi-angel, with wing open
and depressed.
fc S' WILLLMI : D : BRAY.
Beaded borders.
Gerard de Braybrok, of Ickleford, co. Herts.
7757. [A.D. 1334.] Creamy-white, discoloured. -f- in.
[Harl. ch. 47 B. 9.]
A shield of arms : seven mascles, three, three, and one,
BRAYBROKE. Within a carved and pointed gothic trefoil.
Ss S' G6RARDI + DG + BRAYBROK *
7758. Sulph. cast from No. 7757. [D.C., F. 250.]
Cf. Add. ch. 15,434, A.D. 1341 ; 15,473, A.D. 1342.
Gerard Bray broke, of Castle Ashby Manor, co. Northt.
7759. [A.D. 1392.] Red: fine, imperfect. I in. [Harl.
ch. 47 B. II.]
A shield of arms: per pale, dex., seven mascles, three,
three, and one, BRAYBROKE, as in No. 7757, with a label of
three points in chief over all ; sin., a fess indented betw. six
crosses crosslet, LEDET. Within an elegantly-designed cur-
vilinear hexagon with tracery at the points.
Legend betw. the points :
I- s -I- <erar&g iiratfrrofc.
Cabled border.
Cf. Bridges, Hist, of Northamptonsh., vol. ii., p. 10.
7760. Sulph. cast, from No. 7759. [D.C., F. 582.]
7761. [A.D. 1396.] Red: injured, imperfect. [Add. ch.
30,357.]
I s I (erar . . fcraf . . ,
Gerard Braybroke, of cos. Oxon. and Bucks.
7762. [A.D. 1421.] Red : fine. i| in. [Add. ch. 20,288.]
A shield of arms : seven mascles, three, three, and one,
BRAYBROKE. Suspended by a strap from a forked tree
554 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
standing on a mount, within a carved gothic panel. In the
field above the shield two cinquefoil roses.
j&tgtllu : gerar&t **:/ fcragirofc ** ***
Beaded border.
7763. Plaster cast from fine but imperfect impression.
[Ixxxiii. 98.]
Legend broken away.
Johanna, wife of REGINALD Braybroke.
See JOHANNA HEMENHALE.
John de Braybroke, of Colmorde, or Colmwortk Manor,
co. Bedf.
7764. [A.D. 1289.] Dark green, mottled : fine, edge
chipped. | in. [Harl. ch. 47 B. 6.]
A shield of arms : six lozenges (for mascles), three, two,
and one, for BRAYBROKE. Suspended by a strap from the
top of the background.
fc 8'. lOH'IS D BRAIBROK'.
Beaded borders.
Cf. Harl. ch. 55 D. 300, A.D. 1272; 55 D. 29, A.D. 1273 ; 47 B. 4,
A.D. 1276; 47 B. 6, A.D. 1289; 47 B. 5, temp. Edw. I. ; and Add. ch.
15,431, A.D. 1293.
7765. Sulph. cast from No. 7764. [B.C., E. 419.]
Reginald Braybrook, of co. Sujf., Chev.
7766. [A.D. 1403.] Red : originally fine, now very im-
perfect. About f in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 47 B. 15.]
A shield of arms : seven mascles, three, three, and one,
BRAYBROKE. On the r. side the branches of a tree [on
which the shield appears to be placed.]
egtnal&t
Cf. Harl. ch. 47 B. 11, A.D. 1392; 47 B. 12, 13, A.D. 1398; Add. ch.
15,501, A.D. 1403 ; and Harl. ch. 46 E. 42, 43, A.D. 1409.
7767. Sulph. cast from No. 7766. [D.C., G. 96.]
Henry Brayne, of London, Esq.
7768. [A.D. 1547.] Red. fin. [Add. ch. 26,495.]
Shield-shaped : a shield of arms : on a chevron betw. two
stags' heads erased in chief, and a hunting dog in base, three
pierced mullets. Cf. arms of LETFORD, co. Glouc., on a
chevron betw. in chief two bucks' heads erased and in base a
talbot passant, three mullets. Cf. also arms of KELFORD
and KETFORD, which are very much the same.
Cf. Add. ch. 7710, 7711, 7712, A.D. 1542, 1545.
HERALDIC SEALS. 555
Hugh de Braytofte, of Westirkel, \co. Line.}
7769. [A.D. 1377.] Red: chipped at the bottom. | in.
[Egert. ch. 464.]
A shield of arms, couch\ an estoile of six points wavy,
within an orle of six crosses pattees. Crest on a helmet and
lambrequin or short mantling, a lion's head erased. Within
a carved gothic panel, ornamented with quatrefoils along the
inner edge.
S' HVGONI : D6 : BRAITOFT.
John Braz, of Wyke t co. Dors.
7770. [A.D. 1417.] Plaster cast from good impression.
in. [Ixxxiii. 99.]
A shield of arms : a bend betw. two dexter hand and arms
couped (bras}. Within a pointed gothic trefoil panel.
tafyanus * fcra? *
Ralph Bre ....
7771. [i4th cent.] Recent impression in red sealing-wax
from an indistinct mould derived from an original impression.
li- in. [xlix. 85.]
A shield of arms : ermine three bugle-horns stringed, two
and one. Suspended by a strap from a forked tree on a
mount. Within a carved gothic panel. Cf. arms of HAMMON
and JEPHSON.
Sigtllum ra&ttfyfjt ire * * * .
Carved border.
William Bregge, or Brugge, Rector of Syresham, co. Northt.
7772. [A.D. 1389.] Dark green: cracked. % in. [Add.
ch. 84 F. 8.]
A shield of arms : a cross, BRUGGES. Legend in mixed
Roman and Gothic letters : w
Adam Brekespere, of London, Chaplain.
7773. [A.D. 1408.] Red : fragmentary. |- in. [Harl.
ch. 47 B. 29.]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex., a bend cotised ; sin.,
barry of six, over all a chevron. Cf. the arms of ESTOUTE-
VILLE, barry of eight, ten, or twelve, over all a lion rampant.
s 1 H . . esTovrev
5 5 6 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Felice de Brekyndone.
Seal used by THOMAS WARDE, Rector of Catwortk, co. Hunt.
7774. [A.D. 1399.] Red: indistinct, chipped. -j^ in.
[Add. ch. 34,071.]
A shield of arms : uncertain.
Suspended by a strap from a hook. Betw. two sprigs of
foliage.
* S' P6LIC6 D6 BRKYNDON6.
Beaded border.
Laurence de Brenlee, of co. Kent, Knt.
7775. [A.D. 1365.] Dark green : originally fine, now very
imperfect. [Harl. ch. 47 B. 32.]
A shield of arms, coucht!: a griffin segreant, BRENLY.
Crest on a helmet, out of a ducal coronet a griffin's head and
wings. Within a carved gothic panel. .
S' LAVRGNCI NL6.
7776. Sulph. cast from No. 7775. [B.C., F. 441.]
Anne [Brente], Lady Powlette, wife of THOMAS, Lord Poulet.
7777. [A.D. 1576.] Red: from a ring. -I in. [Add.
ch. 15,107.)
A wyvern : from the arms of BRENT. Betw. the initial
letters A. P.
Cabled border.
Sir William Brereton, of co. Ches., Knt.
7778. [A.D. 1589.] Light brown, or uncoloured : much
injured by pressure. About in. when perfect. [Add.
ch. 8489.]
Oval : a shield of arms of seven quarterings, four in chief
and three in base : i, two bars, BRERETON ; 2, three pheons,
MALPAS of Cheshire ; 3, a cross flory ; 4, erm. a lion
rampant ; 5, two birds (Cornish choughs ?) in pale ; 6, six
chevronels and a canton, thereon a lion passant ; 7, two lions
passant in pale, in chief a label of three points. Crest, etc.,
defaced.
Cf. Harl. MS. 1535, f. 69.
John Le Bret, Rector of Adder ley, co. Salop ; or
RICHARD DE ADEKINS, Chaplain, of co. Ches.
7779. [A.D. 1400.] Red : originally encircled by a twisted
rush (now wanting), which has injured the legend, -i in.
[L. F., C. xxviii. 10.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 557
A shield of arms : ermine, on a canton a pike-head or
bird-bolt. Betw. two pairs of roses slipped, and within a
carved gothic rosette of eight points.
* PRIV6 SVY 6 PVR L6L CONV.
John de Bretagne, %th Earl of Richmond, Duke of Bretagne.
7780. [A.D. 1325.] Plaster cast from chipped impression.
I in. [Ixxxv. 54.]
A shield of arms : chequy, a bordure of lions passant, and
a canton ermine. Within a pointed gothic trefoil.
S' IOH'1 RITANI6 COMITIS RICH . . DI6.
Adam Br(e)tel P
7781. [i3th cent.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
2-i- in. [Ixxxiii. 36.]
A shield of arms of early shape : lozengy, a barrulet.
& SIGILLVM DOMINI ADAM BRT6L.
Perhaps a foreign seal.
James Brethenham, of Gorleston, co. Suff.
7782. [A.D. 1429.] Red : imperfect, indistinct, 4 in.
[Stowe ch. 2ii.]
A shield of arms : three escallops, two and one, within a
bordure. Within a carved and traced gothic panel.
Elizabeth, dau. and heir of THOMAS Le Breton.
See JOHN DE PIERRE . . . NT.
John Le Breton, Lord of Sporle, co. Norf.
7783. [A.D. 1301.] Plaster cast from fine impression,
-i-^- in. [Ixxxiii. 100.]
A shield of arms : quarterly, a bordure, LE BRETON.
Suspended by a strap from a hook.
* A * TVZ * ^ SALVZ *<
Beaded borders.
Cf. Nicholas, Synopsis of the Peerage, p. 771.
Robert Le Breton, Lord of Walton, co. Derb.
7784. [A.D. 1347.] Red: injured by pressure. I in.
[Harl. ch. 112 G. 37.]
A shield of arms : a chevron betw. three escallops, BRETON.
Betw. three pairs of oak leaves slipped together. Within a
carved and pointed gothic quatrefoil.
& SIGILLVM : ROB6RTI : BR6TOVN.
7785. Sulph. cast from No. 7784. [D.C., F. 297.]
558 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Sir Robert Brett, of St. Martin-in-the Fields, co. Midd., Knt.
7786. [A.D.. 1608.] Red: fine. -i x -| in. [Harl. ch.
77 C. 46.]
A shield of arms : a lion rampant betw. nine crosses
crosslet fitche'es, BRETT.
Beaded border.
7787. Sulph. cast from No. 7786. [B.C., H. 135.]
Johanna Le Breeus.
Seal used by JOHN, son and heir of M. JOHN DE BREOUSE,
of Boy ton Manor, co. Wilts.
7788. [A.D. 1348.] Red: fine. I in. [Harl. ch. 83 D. 44.]
A shield of arms : crusily a lion rampant crowned,
BREOUSE or BRAOSE. Within a carved gothic rosette of
six cusps, ornamented with ball-flowers along the inner edge.
The rosette is inscribed in a triangle with three small circular
panels, filled with tracery, in the angles. Outside the
triangle, on each side, a circular panel charged with a
roundle, bearing the following arms : barry nebuly of six.
Each of the circular panels has a smaller one on each
side of it.
& SIGILL' IOHANNG L6 BRGVS.
7789. Sulph. cast from No. 7788. [B.C., F. 301.]
7790. Plaster cast. [Ixxxiv. 16.]
Johanna Le Browse.
Used by RICHARD LE BREWESE, of co. Stiff., Chev.
7791. [A.D. 1356.] Red: injured, indistinct. | in. [Add.
ch. 10,009.]
A lozenge-shaped shield of arms : a lion rampant queue
fourche"e, BREWSE (?) Within a gothic quatrefoil.
Legend betw. the points :
S' IOH'6 L' BRGWSe.
John de Brewose, of Hasketon Manor, [co. Stiff] Knt.
7792. [A.D. 1335.] Red: fine. -2- in. [Add. ch. 22,578.]
A shield of arms: seme" of quatrefoils a lion rampant
queue fourchee. Betw. three cinquefoil roses, slipped. Within
a pointed gothic quatrefoil ornamented with ball-flowers
along the inner edge.
& : S' IOHANNIS : D6 : BRGVSG :
Beaded border.
John de Brewouse, Lord of Buckingham, Knt.
7793. [A.D. 1335.] Creamy-white: imperfect, indistinct.
i in. [Harl. ch. 47 B. 50.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 559
A shield of arms, very indistinct : a lion rampant,
BREWOSE. Within a carved gothic panel.
SIG. RO V ....
Cf. Harl. ch. 57 E. 35, A D. 1338.
William de Breouse, Lord of the Honours of Brember,
co. Stiss., and Gower, co. Glamorg.
7794. [A.D. 1301.] Plaster cast from indistinct impression.
2f in. [Ixxxiv. 13, 14.]
0. A shield of arms : crusily, a lion rampant, for BRAOSE
or BREOWSE. Suspended by a strap from a tree of three
branches. Betw. two wavy trees.
+ S. WILL'I D BRGOVSe DN'I HONOR' D6
BR6MBR' 7 D GOGR'.
Beaded borders.
ft. A small oval counterseal. I X in. A lion passant,
to the r. h., in combat with a wyvern. Overhead a flying
eagle, in base a cross moline.
Another seal.
7795. [A.D. 1322-1326.] Green, mottled: fine. i^V in.
[Harl. ch. 56 D. 28.]
A lozenge-shaped shield of arms : sem of crosslets, a lion
rampant, BRAOSE. Field or background diapered with
hatched lines, on which are four small estoiles.
ft S' WILL6LMI DG BR6AVSSG.
7796. [A.D. 1319.] Red: originally fine, edge chipped.
[Harl. ch. 47 B. 49.]
& S' . . . . 6LMI DG BR6AVSS6.
7797. [A.D. 1324.] Green, mottled : originally very fine,
edge chipped. [Harl. ch. 47 B. 30.]
& S' WILLLMI D6 BREAVSSe.
7798. Sulph. cast from No. 7795. [D.C., F. 215.]
7799. Plaster cast. [Ixxxiv. 15.]
William Brian, of co. Norf.
7800. [A.D. 1350.] Pale green : indistinct, chipped. -f- in
[Add. ch. 14,862.]
A shield of arms : a fess betw. three boars' heads couped.
S' WILL'I . . . RYAN.
Cf. Blomefield, Hist. Norf., vol. vi., p. 359.
John Briggs.
See GEORGE WESTLEY.
560 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
William Brightwell, of co. Oxon., Clerk.
7801. [A.D. 1409.] Red. J- in. [Harl. ch. 47 C. 4.]
A shield of arms : a chevron betw. three slipped quatrefoils.
Within a carved and pointed gothic trefoil.
In place of the legend, a wavy scroll of flowers and foliage.
John Briseworth, son of JAMES BRISEWORTH,
of TJiornham Magna, co. Suff.
7802. [A.D. 1386.] Red: imperfect on r. h. side. - in.
[Harl. ch. 47 B. 22.]
A shield of arms : a lion rampant contourne, oppressed
by a bend.
John Brisko.
Seal used by Dame MAWDLEN, wife of Sir ANTHONY BROWN,
Viscount Mountague, K.G., and dau. of WILLIAM,
Lord D acres of Gillesland.
7803. [A.D. 1572.] Red: cracked. -f X & in. [Harl.
ch. 77 H. 37.]
Oval : a shield of arms : quarterly, I, 4, three greyhounds
courant in pale, BRISKO ; 2, 3, on a less betw. three fleurs-de-
lis, a rose or cinquefoil. In the field over the shield the
initial letters I. B.
Cf. MS. Harl. 1536, f. 9*.
Edward Britton.
See J. AUSTEN.
William de Briv . . .
See JOHANNA LE GENT.
Hugh de Broc, of Berkhampstead, co. Hertf.
7804. \Temp. Edw. I.] Dark green : a fragment. [Harl.
ch. 46 F. 48.]
A shield of arms : charges broken off.
fc S' H ROK.
Beaded border.
Cf. Harl. ch. 50 G. 37, A.D. 1277.
7805. [A.D. 1387.] Red : fragments only, of the crest and
gothic tracery. [Harl. ch. 47 C. 15.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 561
Bernard Brocas, of Little Weldon, co. Northt., etc., Knt.
7806. [A.D. 1390.] Red: originally fine, now imperfect
edge and wanting on r. h. side. About i-j- in. when perfect.
[Harl. ch. 47 C. 16.]
A shield of arms, couchd-. a lion rampant guardant, BROCAS.
Crest on a helmet, and short mantling, a Moor's head couped
at the shoulders, radiated as the sun. In the field on either
side a flowering branch. Within a gothic panel, ornamented
with small ball-flowers along the inner edge.
. . . . . ftrocaa : mtltt'.
Cabled border.
Cf. Add. ch. 26,559, A - D - X 358; 24,698, 24,700, 24,701, A.D. 1385,
1394, etc.
7807. Sulph. cast from No. 7806. [D.C., F. 574.]
Bernard Brokeys, of Little Weldon, co. Northt., Knt.
7808. [A.D. 1397.] Red: fine, perhaps from a ring. fin.
[Add. ch. 856.]
On a helmet and short mantling a head, or other crest,
somewhat obscure. Betw. the initial letters ft. ft.
Cabled border.
Cf. Bernard, son of Bernard Brocas, A.D. 1390, Harl. ch. 47 C. 16.
William Brocas, of Froyle, co. Sout/it., etc., Esq.
7809. [A.D. 1430.] Red. About 4. X f in. [Add. ch.
I7-599-]
Octagonal : on a helmet, short mantling and wreath, a
Moor's head couped at the shoulders, radiated as the sun,
crest of BROCAS. Betw. the initial letters to. ft.
Cabled border.
7810. [A.D. 1432.] Red : cracked and indistinct. [Harl.
ch. 52. G. 9.]
See also Add. ch. 1534, A.D. 1430.
Will. Atte Brooke.
See ROGER DARCK.
Elizabeth Broket, Widow, of Merston Manor, co. Kent.
7811. [A.D. 1478.] Red: originally encircled with a
twisted rush. 4 in. [Harl. ch. 47 C. 39.]
On a helmet and mantling a brocket or young deer,
lodged, perhaps a badger. Crest of BROCKET.
Isabella Brokett, dau. of EDWARD BROKETT,
late of Whethampstead, co. Hertf.
7812. [A.D. 1609.] Red: imperfect, injured by pressure.
About i X 4 in. [Harl. ch. 112 A. 21.]
VOL. II. 2 O
562 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Oval : a shield of arms of nine quarterings : I, a cross
patonce, BROCKET, or BROKET ; 2, a saltire, NEVILLE ;
3, FAUCONBRIDGE ; 4, HAREWOOD ; 5, THORPE ; 6, ASHE ;
7, FITZ-SYMONS ; 8, BENSTED ; 9, CROMWELL.
Cf. Harl. MSS. 1504, f. 11 ; 1546, f. 63.
John Brokett.
Seal used by ROBERT and NICHOLAS SMITHE, of Thurninge,
co. Northt.
7813. [A.D. 1577.] Brown: imperfectly impressed. About
| X I in. [Add. ch. 705.]
Oval : a shield of arms : quarterly, I, a cross patonce,
BROCKET ; 2, a saltire, NEVILL, or NEVELL ; 3, a fess
humettee betw. two lions passant guardant, HARWOOD ; 4, a
lion rampant, CABIGNER ; over all a crescent for difference.
Crest on a helmet, ornamental mantling and wreath, a stag
lodged, ducally gorged, BROCKET.
Carved border.
Cf. Harl. MS. 1546, f. 63.
Seal used by ROBERT BYWORTH, of Thurninge, cos. Northt.
and Hunt., Husbandman.
7814. [A.D. 1577.] Red: imperfectly impressed. [Add.
ch. 705.]
A shield of arms: quarterly: the 2nd quarter only remains.
Mantling, etc. as above.
John Brockett, of Hatfield, co. Hertf.
7815. [A.D. 1578.] Red: indistinct, -f- x |- in. [Add.
ch. 35,512.]
Oval : a shield of arms : quarterly : I, a cross patonce,
BROCKETT ; 2, a saltire, NEVILL ; 3, 4, indistinct. Crest on a
helmet and mantling uncertain.
7816. [A.D. 1578.] Another. [Add. ch. 35,513.]
Thomas Brokhull.
7817. [A.D. 1380.] Red: fine, from a ring, i in. [Harl.
ch. 48 E. 35.]
A brock or badger, on a mount or hull, in allusion to the
name of the above. In the field the letters: &\ t. i>
Edward Brooke, Ajh Baron Cobham. A.D. 1445-1464.
7818. [A.D. 1449.] Red : fragmentary, originally fine.
About \\ in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 46 H. 25.]
[A shield of arms : wanting.] Crest on a helmet and
HERALDIC SEALS. ' 563
ornamental mantling, a Saracen's head in profile to the r.
wearing a turban. Supporters, two lions rampant.
Legend on a listen or scroll running round the seal :
Stgtllu iiam.
John Broke, of Stisted, co. Essex.
7819. [A.D. 1389.] Brownish-green. | in. [Harl. ch.
46 G. 19.]
A shield of arms : an eagle rising. Betw. three wavy sprigs
of foliage and flowers.
* j&tgtllum * : * tofjannfe ** : fcrofce. *
Nicholas Brooke, of co. Wilts, Gentl.
7820. [A.D. 1568.] Red. X -f in. [Add. ch. 5710.]
On a wreath, a brock or badger passant, crest of BROKE.
* NVLLA MOTV8 FORTVNA.
With two escallops for stops.
Thomas Broke, of Holditch, co. Devon, etc.
7821. [A.D. 1356.] Red : a fragment. About I in. when
perfect. [Harl. ch. 46 G. 12.]
A shield of arms : a chevron, etc. Within a carved gothic
panel.
Legend wanting.
Thomas de Brook, Lord of Holditch, co. Devon.
7822. [A.D. 1362.] Red: imperfect, indistinct. About
I- in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 46 G. 14.]
A shield of arms : a lion rampant and in chief a label of
three points. Suspended by a strap from a hook, and betw.
two wavy sprigs of foliage and flowers.
B S' XTHOM6 *> DG
Thomas Brook, of co. Somers., Knt.
7823. [A.D. 1415.] Red: fine. From a ring. \ in.
[Harl. ch. 46 H. i.]
A greyhound (or perhaps a brock ?) standing on a mount,
beneath a tree.
Motto on a liston or scroll running round the seal :
i atens : imortaltte.
Cabled border.
Johanna, wife of THOMAS Brook, Knt.
of co. Somers.
7824. [A.D. 1415.] Red: originally fine, now chipped at
1. h. lower corner, i^ m - [Harl. ch. 46 H. i.]
202
564 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
A shield of arms : per pale, dex., on a chevron a lion
rampant crowned, BROOKE ; sin., erm. on a chief three
bucks' heads cabossed. Suspended by an embroidered
strap from a forked tree ; within a carved gothic panel.
& : foijanne fee :*
7825. Sulph. cast from an imperfect impression, or from
No. 7824, before the bottom was so much broken : showing
the mount on which the tree stands, and two ermine spots or
slipped trefoils below the shield.' [D.C., G. 148.]
Thomas Brooke, 6th Baron Cobham, A.D. 1509-1529.
7826. [A.D. 1512.] Red. -f- X i in. [Harl. ch. 46 H. 42.]
On a helmet and mantling a Saracen's head wearing a cap.
In the field on r. h. side the initial letter I, on 1. h. side a tree.
Inner border partly engrailed at the base.
A nother seat.
7827. [A.D. 1528.] Red: originally fine, now very frag-
mentary. About i-i- in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 46 H. 50.]
A shield of arms : on a chevron a lion rampant [crowned],
BROOKE. Crest on a helmet and mantling, on a wreath
a Saracen's head. Supporters, two lions rampant.
Legend on a scroll running round the seal, wanting.
**cl***
Cf. Harl. ch. 46 H. 25.
William de Brok, of Haldenby, co. Northt.
7828. [A.D. 1296.] Dark green: originally sharp, now
chipped, f in. [Add. ch. 21,905.]
A shield of arms : on a chief a lion passant Betw. two
sprigs of foliage.
# . . WILL6LMI . . . ROK' .
Beaded borders.
William de Brok.
Seal used by HUGH, son and heir of JOHN NOTE,
of Warwick, co. Warw.
7829. [A.D. 1335.] Light brown : fine. ^ in. [Cott. ch.
xxviii. 21.]
A shield of arms : three mortars and pestles, two and one,
BROKE. Within a carved and traced gothic trefoil.
Legend betw. the points :
S' Wl _ LL'I : D _ G BROK.
7830. Sulph. cast from No. 7829. [D.C., F. 252.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 565
William, fil. WILL. Broke, of Thour stone, [co. Stiff.]
7831. [A.D. 1335.] Dark green: slipped in making the
impression. in. [Harl. ch. 46 F. 54.]
A shield of arms : three castles, triple-towered, two and
one. Suspended by a strap, and betw. two sprigs of foliage.
w 16 SV SG6L D6 AMVR LAL.
William de Broke; MATILDIS, his sister; RICHARD DE
WALDEN ; ALICE, his wife ; of Haldenby, co. Northt.
[A.D. 1339.] Red : only fragments of the central part.
About f in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 21,917.]
7832. (i.) A shield of arms : a cross lozengy. Cf. arms
of BROOKE.
MI s
7833. (2.) Red : fragmentary. An acorn, slipped and
leaved.
Legend wanting.
Robert de Brokesborne, son 0/D. JOHN DE BROKESBORNE,
Knt., of Misteleghe, etc., co. Essex.
7834. [A.D. 1349.] Light brown: a fragment. About
I in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 47 C. 40.]
A shield of arms : [six] eagles displayed, three, two, and
one. BROXBORNE and BROKESBORNE.
Legend wanting.
Henry de Brom, of Ditchingham, co. Norf., and
IRRACLEA, his wife.
7835. [A.D. 1400.] Red. -J in. [Add. ch. 14,641.]
A shield of arms : ermine, a chief indented, BROME.
$ 8 + tyenrtcttf + forom *?
7836. [A.D. 1400.] Another: injured by pressure. [Add.
ch. 14,641.]
7837. [A.D. 1401.] Another. [Add. ch. 14,642.]
7838. [A.D. 1401.] Another: injured by pressure. [Add.
ch. 14,642.]
William Brome, Vicar of Bakewdl, co. Derb.,
Receiver there for the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield.
7839. [A.D. 1428.] Dark green : indistinct, imperfectly
impressed, -f- X f in. [Woll. ch. iii. 24.]
Oblong octagonal signet : a shield of arms : ermine, two
barrulets, or a bar gemel. Over the shield the initials to. b
566 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Henry Bromflet, Chevr. \? afterwards Baron Bromflete
of Vescy. A.D. 1449-1468.]
7840. [A.D. 1434.] Red : originally fine, now very imperfect.
About 1 4- in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 47 C. 44.]
A shield of arms, coucht ' : quarterly, I, a bend flory
counterflory, BROMFLET ; 2, a cross, VESCY ; 3, three bars
on a canton a cross patonce, ATON ; 4, per fess dancetty,
? ST. JOHN. Crest on a helmet and mantling, out of a ducal
coronet [a wolf's head]. Supporters, dex., a wolf, collared ;
sin., wanting.
7841. Sulph. cast from No. 7840. [B.C., G. 196.]
Johanna, (wife of HENRY Bromflet, Chevr., dau. of
THOMAS ROLAND, Earl of Kent,
and widow of EDMUND PLANTAGENET, Duke of York},
Duchess of York, Countess of Cambridge.
7842. [A.D. 1434.] Red : injured by pressure, indistinct.
About i in. [Harl. ch. 47 C. 44.]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex. quarterly, I, 4, FRANCE,
(ANCIENT) 2, 3, ENGLAND ; with a label of three points
charged with illegible bearings for PLANTAGENET ; sin.,
HOLAND. Suspended by a strap from a tree on a mount.
Supporters, dex., an eagle, sin-., a bear. Within a carved
border ornamented along the inner edge with small ball-
flowers.
S? : toij'e : fittctffe : cfcora . . : et : tomtttffe : cantefcr , *
7843. Sulph. cast from No. 7842. [B.C., G. 197.]
Henry Bromley, son and heir apparent of
THOMAS BROMLEY, Knt., Lord Chancellor of England.
7844. [A.D. 1584.] Red. i-^ X in. [Add. ch. 33,695.]
Oval : a shield of arms, cotiche': quarterly per fess indented,
in the first quarter a crescent for difference, over all a label of
three points, BROMLEY. Crest on a helmet, ornamental
mantling and wreath, a pheasant cock.
Cabled border.
Thomas Bromley, Esq., Solicitor General, afterw.
Sir THOMAS BROMLEY, Knt., Lord Chancellor of England.
7845. [A.D. 1570.] Red: injured by pressure. -f- x - in.
[Add. ch. 30,786.]
An ornamental shield of arms : quarterly per fess dan-
cettee, in the dexter chief a crescent, BROMLEY.
HERALDIC SEALS. 567
Later seal of the above as Sir THOMAS BROMLEY.
7846. [A.D. 1584.] Red. 1-jV X in. [Add. ch. 33,695.]
Oval : a shield of arms : as above. Crest on a helmet,
ornamental mantling and wreath, a pheasant cock.
Cabled border.
Cecilia de Bromtone.
7847. [i4th cent] Red : injured by pressure, -f- x -f- in.
[xxxvi. 83.]
A shield of arms : two lions passant in pale. Suspended
by a strap.
% S' CeCILie [DE] BROMTON6.
Beaded border.
John Broughton, of co. Bedf.
7848. [A.D. 1443.] Red : from a signet ring with mark of
the setting. -^ in. [Add. ch. 35,243.]
A talbot sejant, in reference to a crest of BROUGHTON, on
a tun, which with the letters tH'OUCjt) in the field make up a
rebus on the name of the owner.
Cabled border.
Thomas de Broughton, Lord of Broughton, co. Staff.
7849. [A.D. 1361.] Red: a fragment. About -g- in. when
perfect. [Harl. ch. 47 C. 49.]
A shield of arms : a cross engrailed, BROUGHTON. Sus-
pended by a strap, and within a carved and traced gothic
panel.
Legend wanting.
William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker,
Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal to Qu. CATHARINE,
and President of the Royal Society. Ob. A.D. 1684.
7850. [A.D. 1680.] Red: very indistinct. About f X 1 in.
[Harl. ch. in H. 11.]
Oval: on a wreath a cubit arm, the crest of BROUNCKER.
The details are too indistinct to be described.
Hugh Brouwe.
7851. [A.D. 1376.] Plaster cast from fine but chipped
impression, i-^- in. [Ixxxiv. 10.]
A shield of arms, couche": on a chevron three cinquefoils or
roses, for BROW. Crest on a helmet and short mantling, out
of a ducal coronet a rabbit's head and neck. Betw. two
568 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
wavy sprigs of trefoil foliage. Within a carved gothic panel
or bilobe, ornamented along the inner edge with small quatre-
foils or ball-flowers.
: ijuejomss : tiroutoc # *
John BroueP
7852. [A.D. 1375.] Plaster cast from indistinct impression.
-| in. [Ixxxiv. II.]
A shield of arms : a chevron betw. three (leopards' ?) heads
erased. Within a carved gothic panel.
+ toJjanmf + + fcroue + +
John Browe P
7853. [A.D. 1430.] Plaster cast from indistinct impression.
-|- in. [Ixxxiii. 44.]
A shield of arms : diapered with sprigs, on a chevron three
cinquefoils or roses, a chief ermine, for BROW. Suspended
by a strap from a forked tree.
Sigtllum : tetianms : livotor.
John Browe, of Lyfeld, \co. Northt^ Esq.
7854. [A.D. 1462.] Red : injured in places by pressure.
if in. [Add. ch. 5365.]
A shield of arms, coucht : on a chevron three roses, BROW.
Crest on a helmet, mantling, and wreath, a goat's head and
neck. Supporters, two apes. In background on each side a
cinquefoil flower on a wavy branch of foliage.
j> + totyait
Cf. Add. ch. 810. 811, A.D. 1455.
Robert Browe.
7855. [A.D. 1409.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
l^- in. [Ixxxiv. 9.]
A shield of arms, coucht: on a chevron three roses, BROWE.
Crest on a helmet, short mantling and wreath, a rabbit's
head and neck. Supporters, two wild-men. The back-
ground replenished with sprigs of foliage, and on each side a
cinquefoil or rose of the arms.
S' robertt frrotoe #
John de Browescumbe, of Chert Parva, co. Kent.
7856. [A.D. 1342.] Green, mottled: indistinct, f X in.
[Add. ch. 16,403.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 569
A shield of arms : a saltire betw. four uncertain charges.
Suspended by a strap from a tree. Within a cusped border.
Agnes Brown, wife of EDMUND BROWN, of Capelle,
\co. Su/.} and dau. 0/ALEXR. OLDHAWE.
7857. [A.D. 1438.] Red : indistinct. % in. [Add. ch.
Octagonal : a shield of arms (?) : quarterly, I, 4, a cross (?) ;
2, 3, uncertain, apparently a cup inverted, in bend sinister
betw. two cotises. Above the shield two indistinct initial
letters.
Sir Anthony Browne, Viscount Mountague, K.G.
A-D. 1554-1592.
7858. [A.D. 1567.] Red: originally fine, now much
injured. ij- in. [Harl. ch. 76 D. 51.]
An ornamentally-carved shield of arms : quarterly, I,
quarterly, i., iv., BROWNE, ii., iii., quarterly, a.> d., MAL-
TRAVERS, .,., FlTZ-ALAN, over all a cinquefoil: 2, quarterly,
i., iv., NEVILLE, ii., fretty, iii., an eagle displayed : 3, quarterly,
i., PLANTAGENET, ii., iii., a saltire engrailed, iv., a lion
rampant crowned ; 4, quarterly, i., INGLETHORP, ii., INGLE-
THORP (another coat-of-arms), iii., on a fess betw. three lions'
faces an annulet, iv., MONTAGU. The bearings of some of
the quarterings are indistinct and uncertain. Encircled by a
garter inscribed with the Motto of the Order of the Garter,
and ensigned with a viscount's coronet of seven pearls. Sup-
porters, two wolves collared and chained, ducally gorged.
Above each a wavy sprig of foliage. In base, on a liston, the
motto : SVIVEZ RAISON.
7859. Sulph. cast from No. 7858. [D.C., H. 115.]
Another Seal.
7860. [A.D. 1569.] Red: imperfect at bottom, indistinct.
i X | in. [Harl. ch. 77 H. 33.]
Oval : an eagle displayed, crest of BROWNE. Encircled
with a garter inscribed with the Motto of the Order of the
Garter.
7861. [A.D. 1567.] Red : imperfect. [Harl. ch. 86 H. i.]
7862. [A.D. 1569.] Red: indistinct. [Harl. ch. ill E.
5 8.]
Another Seal.
7863. [A.D. 1574.] Dark red : imperfect, indistinct. | in.
[Harl. ch. 76 D. 53.]
On a wreath, an eagle displayed. Crest of BROWNE. En-
570 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
circled with a garter inscribed with the Motto of the Order of
the Garter. The seal is ensigned with a viscount's coronet.
7864. [A.D. 1578.] Red : fine. [Harl. ch. 77 H. 4.]
7865. [A.D. 1582.] Red: indistinct, injured by pressure.
[Harl. ch. 77 H. 6.]
Another Seal.
7866. [A.D. 1576.] Red: fine. i in. [Harl. ch. 76 D.
54-]
This seal resembles that in No. 7863, Harl. ch. 76 D. 53,
but is larger.
7867. [A.D. 1580.] Red: imperfect. [Harl. ch. 76 D. 55.]
Anthony Browne, 2nd Viscount Mountague.
A.D. 1592-1629.
7868. [A.D. 1601.] Red: struck doubly. [Add. ch.
30,3050
A shield of arms : of sixteen quarterings closely resembling
that of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount, in No. 7858, but
in the 2nd quarterly subdivision of the 2nd grand quarter the
fretty bearing appears to have been replaced by some other
charge not now decipherable. The shield is ensigned with a
coronet. Crest on a helmet, ornamental mantling and wreath,
an eagle displayed. Supporters, two wolves, collared and
chained. In base, on a listen, the motto : . . is RA
Charles Brown.
See ROB. TUNSTALL.
Edmund Browne, of Lavenham, co. Stiff., Brewer.
7869. [A.D. 1623.] Red : en placard, the paper of the
charter being cut and folded over the seal previous to im-
pression, -f- in. [Harl. ch. 58 F. 40.]
A shield of arms : on a bend three (eagles ?) displayed.
Francis Browne, Esq., brother of Sir ANTHONY BROWNE,
Viscount Mountague.
7870. [A.D. 1569.] Red : x in. [Harl. ch. in E. 58.]
Oval : a griffin's head erased.
Pearled border.
John Broun, Citizen of Canterbury, Lord of
Bekesbourne Manor, co. Kent.
7871. [A.D. 1405.] Red : indistinct, f X ^ in. [Harl. ch.
76 D. 48.]
HERALDIC SEALS. 571
Oblong octagonal : a shield of arms : a chevron betw. three
squirrels. Suspended by two loops or straps.
Cabled border.
Another seal.
7872. [A.D. 1416.] Red: fine. fin. [Harl. ch. 76 D.
50.]
A shield of arms, couchi*'. a chevron betw. two (roses?) in
chief, and the letter S in base, within a bordure charged with
eight martlets. Over the shield a triple-towered castle. In
the field on each side a wavy sprig of foliage.
John Browne, of Boston, co. Line., Gentl.
7873. [A.D. 1565.] Red : injured by pressure. X | in.
[Harl. ch. 78 A. 16.]
Oval : a crane rising, with wings inverted, in allusion to the
arms and crest of BROWNE.
Beaded border.
Thomas Broun, of co. Cornwall.
7874. [A.D. 1434.] Red : imperfect. From a ring.
About -L X -^ in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 57 A. 35.]
A shield of arms (?) : a drake swimming in water, regardant
contourne. In the field above the shield the initial letters
t. i>.
Beaded border.
John Brownyng, al. Brounyng, Lord of Legk, near Deerhurst>
co. Glouc., and of co. Dorset.
7875. [A.D. 1412.] Red : chipped at bottom, injured by
pressure. I in. [Slo. ch. xxxiii. 59.]
A shield of arms : three bars wavy, BROWNING. Sus-
pended by a strap from a forked tree on a mount. Within a
carved gothic panel.
Stgtir : iofff* : fcrotmgptg *
7876. Sulph. cast from No. 7875. [D.C., G. 138.]
7877. [A.D. 1415.] Another: injured by pressure. [Slo.
ch. xxxiii. 60.]
J&tgtir : toi)'ts : fcrowtgng; *
7878. Plaster cast of No. 7877. [xcviii. 41.]
Thomas de Broyk ?
7879. [? A.D. 1303.] Plaster cast from indistinct impres-
sion. i| in. [Ixxxiii. 45.]
A shield of arms, couche 1 -. on a bend, six crosses crosslet
57- CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
fitchees (?) Crest on a helmet, out of a coronet an eagle's head
and wings erect. Within a carved gothic panel, having on
each side a small circular panel, bearing a crowned &
Be JJrogft * (?)
Edmund Brudenell, of Stoke Mandeville, co. Buck., Esq.
7880. [A.D. 1613.] Red : fine. ^-X-f-in. [Add. ch. 24,000.]
Oval : a shield of arms : a chevron betw. three steel caps,
BRUDENELL. Crest on a helmet, ornamental mantling, and
wreath, an arm embowed [covered with leaves], in the hand
a spiked club slung to the arm.
Beaded border.
7881. [A.D. 1613.] Red: indistinct, imperfect. [Add. ch.
24,004.]
William Bruly, aL Bruyly, of Waterpury Manor, co. Oxon.
7882. [A.D. 1409.] Red : fine. | in. [Add. ch. 6101.]
A shield of arms : ermine, on a bend three chevrons,
BRULEY or BRULY. Within a carved gothic panel of five
cusps, and three points in triangle.
Legend betw. the points :
&tg'. OTWelmi : fcrugto *
William de Brumle.
See HENRY DE AUDITHELEGA, No. 7016.
Alice Brun, dau. and coheir of RICHARD LACER, or LAZER ;
widow of WILLIAM BRUN, Knt., wife of ROBERT
DE MARNY, of London, Knt.
7883. [A.D. 1365.] Red: fine, sharp. 4 in. [Cott. ch.
xxvii. 55.]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex.> a cross moline over all in
chief a label of three points, BRUN ; sin., on a cross five roses,
LAZER. Within a gothic trefoil ornamented with small ball-
flowers along the inner edge.
Legend betw. the points :
SIGILU * ALICI6 * * BRVN *
Cf. Harl. MS. 1541, f. 9.
7884. Sulph. cast from No. 7883. [B.C., F. 443.]
Robert Bmndishe, of Chelmondeston, co. Suff.
7885. [A.D. 1637.] Red : indistinct fragment. About
f. X \ in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 10,161.]
Oval : a shield of arms : defaced. Over the shield a helmet.
HERALDIC SEALS. 573
John Brunne, of Wyvelingham [ Willingham, co. Camdr.]
7886. [A.D. 1397.] Red : originally fine, now chipped at
edge, i in. [Harl. ch. 47 D. 18.]
A shield of arms : a lion rampant Betw. two small cinque-
foil roses. Within a carved and traced gothic rosette of five
cusped points.
SIGILLVM : IOHAHHIS : BRVHI/I6 :
7887. Sulph. cast from No. 7886. [D.C., F. 602.]
Cecilia de Bruntoft.
See JOHN DE BELASISE.
Philip, son of ROBERT de Bruntoft, of Bruntoft, [co. Durh. ?}
7888. [i3th cent] Green: fine, sharp. i| in. [Egert.
ch. 529.]
A shield of arms : a lion rampant contourn6.
$ S'. PHILIPI : D6 : BRVNTOFT.
John Bruyn, of Bridgnorth, co. Salop.
7889. [A.D. 1434.] Plaster cast from indistinct impression,
i^ in. [Ixxx. iv. 17.]
On a mount a shield of arms : an eagle displayed, for
BRUYN. Suspended by a strap from a tree. Within a
cusped gothic panel.
Stgtir : tof)'ts * : fcrttgn :
Cf. John Le Bruyn, A.D. 1431, Add. ch. 6282.
Maurice Bruyn, of Beckenham, co. Kent.
7890. [A.D. 1408.] Red : injured by pressure, indistinct,
l-i- in. [Harl. ch. 47 D. 23.]
A shield of arms, coucht; quarterly, I, 4, a cross cercellee,
BRUYIN ; 2, 3, six lozenges. Crest on a helmet affrontee,
mantling, and tall hat or chapeau, a pair of wings erect.
Within a carved gothic panel.
S> : maurtw : Be : forugm : *
Cf. Harl. MS. 1137, f. i? b.
7891. Sulph. cast from No. 7890. [D.C., G. 120.]
John Bryan, of East Hoathley, co. Sussex.
7892. [A.D. 1668.] Red: imperfect, -f- X -i- in. [Add.
ch. 30,159-]
Oval : a shield of arms : lozengy, a pale
574 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Guy de Bryene.
7893. [A.D. 1345.] Plaster cast from injured impression,
i-j^g- in. [Ixxxiv. i8.J
A shield of arms, couche"'. three piles conjoined in base,
BRYAN, over all a label of three points. Crest on a helmet,
short mantling and chapeau diapered, a horn. Within a
carved gothic panel.
ft L * S[AL GV]Y CD6 ] BRY6N6 ft
Beaded borders.
Guy de Briene, or Bryene, of Wroxhale-Deneys Manor,
co. Dors., Knt.
7894. [A.D. 1369.] Red: fine, sharp, slightly chipped at
edge, i^- in. [Add. ch. 29,247.]
A shield of arms : three piles conjoined in base, BRYAN.
Suspended by a strap from an elaborately-carved tree spring-
ing from a mount in the base part of the annulus of the
legend. On this mount a triple branch of foliage with three
small cinquefoil flowers. Within a cusped gothic panel
ornamented with ball-flowers along the inner edge.
: He : Seal : <ffiug . : He : Brgene :
Beaded border.
7895. Red : originally fine, now imperfect along the edge,
[xxxvi. 1 20.]
: ILe : Seal : <ug . : Be : Brg . . .. :
Another Seal.
7896. Red : originally fine and sharp, now chipped in
places. li in. [xxxvi. 121.]
This is a very careful copy of the previous type, No. 7894.
But the foliage varies, the ball-flowers along the inner edge
of the carving are omitted ; and the inside annulus or border
of the legend is beaded.
: He : Seal : (ffittg : Be : Brg [e] tie :
Another Seal.
7897. [A.D. 1378.] Light brown: originally fine, now im-
perfect, and r. h. side wanting. About if in. [Egert. ch. 253.]
Somewhat similar to the two preceding types, but with
several differences of detail. In the field on the 1. h. side a
small cinquefoil has been introduced ; that on the r. h. side
broken off.
* Brgene **, **
Beaded border.
HERALDIC SEALS. 575
7898. [A.D. 1378.] Red: only small fragment of the
legend. [Harl. ch. 43 G. 31.]"
* gene * # , *
7899. Sulph. cast from imperfect impression of this type.
[B.C., F. 528.]
In this example the corresponding cinquefoil on the r. h.
side is shown.
* He * Seal * <Suj? * He * Brgene ** * . .
Guy de Bryene, (Junior?), Knt.
7900. [A.D. 1381.] Red: fine, sharp, injured at top part,
l-i^- in. [Add. ch. 20,283.]
A shield of arms : three piles conjoined in base, BRYAN.
Suspended by a strap from a tree on a mount Supporters,
two monsters, reguardant addorsed, each grasping the strap
in its beak. The monster is composed of the head, wings and
body of an eagle, coupled to the hinder part of a lion, and
differs from the griffin in not having the forelegs of the
eagle, and from the griffin-male which has legs but not wings.
SigtUum : gug&onts : He : fcrgeite :
The letters DO of Guydonis are conjoined.
Cabled border.
7901. [A.D. 1384.] Red: fine, chipped in several places.
[Add. ch. 29,250.]
gttgDottts : Be : fcrgene :
7902. [A.D. 1387.] Red: very fine. The legend injured
by pressure. [Harl. ch. 47 D. 27.]
jSigtllum : gug&onfg : tie : irgene :
7903. Sulph. cast from No. 7902. [B.C., F. 530.]
7904. Sulph. cast from fine but imperfect impression,
[xlvii. 1275.]
m : gug&o tie*
Laing's MS. Catal., No. 326.
7905. Sulph. cast from the same. [B.C., F. 529.]
William Brygges, of Sander stede, etc., co. Surr.
7906. [A.D. 1439.] Red : injured by pressure, very in-
distinct, i in. [Add. ch. 24,618.]
A shield of arms : uncertain charges. Within a six-foil.
S' W . . BR . . (?)
Henry Brystowe.
See PAULL Fox.
5/6 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
John de Bucton.
7907. [i4th cent] Red, embedded in a mass of dark
green. 1 in. [xxxv. 264.]
A shield of arms : a goat salient, BUCKTON. Within a
carved panel of six cusped points.
fc SIGILLVM IOHANNIS DE BVCTON w
Beaded border.
7908. [i4thcent.] Plaster cast from No. 7907. [Ixxxiv. 19.]
Robert Buktone, or Bucton, of Newenton, co. Suffolk.
7909. [A.D. 1403.] Red : slightly chipped. I in. [Harl.
ch. 53 E. 35-]
A shield of arms : three bars gemel, on a canton a crescent,
BUCKTON. Suspended by a strap from a tree, and betw. two
wavy sprigs of foliage.
StgtUum : rofcertt : fcufctoite :
7910. [A.D. 1403.] Red : fine, imperfect. [Harl. ch.
53 E. 36.]
: rofcert
Thomas Buggs.
See J. AUSTEN.
William Bugges, Chaplain, of co. Staff.
7911. [A.D. 1396.] Red : indistinct in places, -lin. [Stowe
ch. 94.]
A shield of arms : a fleur-de-lis. Within a panel of eight
points.
ft SGL NICHOL6 DG (VNSVIC?) CHR.
William Le Buk, of East Bergholt, co. Stiff.
7912. [A.D. 1346.] Creamy-white: imperfect, indistinct.
4 in. [Add. ch. 9608.]
A shield of arms : a fret.
+ S' BO (?)
Cf. Add. ch. 9609, 9615.
John de Bukynham, of West- Wittenham, co. Berks, Clerk.
7913. [A.D. 1381.] Red: originally fine, now chipped at
lower part. i-jV in- [Add. ch. 20,282.]
A shield of arms : two chevrons betw. three bucks' heads
cabossed, for BUCKINGHAM (?) Above the shield the B. Virgin
Mary, half length, crowned, in the r. h. the Infant Saviour,
and in the left hand a sceptre or branch of foliage. Within
HERALDIC SEALS. 577
a carved gothic bilobe, ornamented with small quatrefoils or
ball-flowers along the inner edge.
Stgtll : toij'fe : Be : .......... i>a : tl'iti.
Carved border.
7914. [A.D. 1384.] Red: originally fine, imperfect. [Add.
ch. 24,322.]
. . * . . . , ts : me : fru , , gija : cl'tct.
Matildis, </. of NORMAN,
widow of OSBERT DE Bulingtona, of co. Line.
7915. [i3th cent] Dark green. if x f in. [Harl. ch.
47 D. 47.]
A shield of arms of early style, diapre (?) : a bend. In-
distinct. The bend appears to be charged with some fur or
other uncertain marks.
S' MATILD6 FILie NORMAN.
Elizabeth Bull, of Sprowton, co. Suff.,
widow of ANTHONY BULL.
7916. [A.D. 1629.] Red : indistinct. A x T m - [Add.
ch. 9790.]
Oval : on a wreath, a bull's head and neck, in the mouth
an acorn.
Cabled border.
Cf. Add. ch. 9785, A.D. 1617.
Richard Bull.
See GEORGE PERYENT.
Thomas Bull, of Flow ton, co. Suff., Gent I.
7917. [A.D. 1629.] Red : injured by pressure. in. [Add.
ch. 9790.]
A bull's head cabossed, crest of BULL.
John Bulloke, of co. Lane.
7918. [A.D. 1650.] Black : en placard. X in. [Add.
ch. 5303.]
Oval : a shield of arms : very obscure, apparently three
griffins' heads couped, two and one.
Beaded border.
George Bulstrode, of Wreysbury, co. Buck., Esq.,
son and heir of EDW. BULSTRODE, Esq.
7919. [A.D. 1532.] Red: indistinct, with marks of the
setting. 4 x ^ in. [Harl. ch. 84 I. 41.]
Oval : a shield of arms : a stag's head cabossed, betw. the
attires a cross, in the mouth fesswise an acorn.
7920. [A.D. 1533.] Another. [Harl. ch. 84 I. 54.]
7921. [A.D. 1533.] Another. [Harl. ch. 84 I. 55.]
VOL. II. 2 P
578 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
William de Burcestre.
7922. [i4th cent] Sulph. cast, i in. [D.C., F. 370.]
A shield of arms : three (wolves' ?) heads erased, two and
one. Within a carved gothic triangle with eight cusped
points. Cf. three lions' heads erased, BURCETRE ; and three
bears' heads erased, BURCETUR.
Legend betw. the points :
StgtU' * totllflmt * Be * buroftre #
The letters D E conjoined.
Cf. Cott. ch. xxvii. 190, A.D. 1328 ; Cott. ch. xii. 43, A.D. 1383 ; Add.
ch. 8885, A.D. 1400.
George Burden, of London, Gentl.
7923. [A.D. 1570.] Red. fin. [Harl. ch. 76 F. 45.]
A shield of arms : quarterly, in the second and third
quarters three bells, two and one, over all on a bend six
annulets. The straps of the shield hang at the sides.
George Burden.
Seal used by EDMUND, son of WILLIAM,
son of ALEXR. FETIPLACE, of Childrey, co. Berks.
7924. [A.D. 1581.] Red: injured. About f X -f- in. when
perfect. [Harl. ch. 78 A. -48.]
Oval: an ornamental shield of arms: quarterly, I, 4, on a
bend three bezants, BURDEN ; 2, 3, three (lozenges ?) two and
one. Over the shield the initials G. B.
Beaded border.
Nicholas Burdun, of co. Glouc., Knt.
7925. [A.D. 1261.] Green, mottled : a fragment. About
I X ^ in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 44 H. 52.]
0. Shield-shaped : a shield of arms : five barrulets en-
grailed.
VM : NICHOL
R. Pointed oval : a lady, standing on a carved corbel,
wearing a long close-fitting dress, on her r. h. a falcon, hef
1. h. laid on the breast.
FORT6SCVT ....
Beaded border.
Andrew de Bures, of Ray don, co. Suff., Knt.
7926. [A.D. 1358.] Light brownish-white : very indistinct.
-| in. [Harl. ch. 47 E. 10.]
A shield of arms : quarterly. Betw. two leaves ; suspended
by a strap from a hook, and within a carved gothic quatrefoil.
DRGG BVRG . .
Cf. Harl. ch. 47 E. 9.
HERALDIC SEALS. 579
Michael de Bures, of Ray don, co. Suff.
7927. [A.D. 1338.] Red: perhaps from a matrix with
moveable legend. -f- in. [Harl. ch. 47 E. 9.]
A shield of arms : ermine, two lions rampant in fess,
BURES. Betw. three small cinquefoil flowers slipped, and
within a carved and pointed gothic quatrefoil, ornamented
with small ball-flowers along the inner edge.
7928. Sulph. cast from No. 7927. [D.C., F. 269.]
Michael de Bures; MARIA, his wife ; JOHN DE VERE,
Earl of Oxford ; or MATILDIS, his wife.
7929. [A.D. 1349.] Creamy-white: indistinct, edge im-
perfect. About x ! in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 47 E. 12.]
Oval : a shield of arms : a fess. Suspended by a strap
from a hook.
Legend very obscure :
& . . BON . . (?)
Robert de Bures, of Cokefeld, etc., co. Stiff., Knt.
7930. [A.D. 1316.] Creamy-white: an indistinct fragment.
About -| in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 47 E. 7.]
A shield of arms : charges uncertain.
. RTI B .
Robert de Burgate.
See ROBERT DE BORGATE.
John Burgeys.
Seal ttsed by JOHN ATTE THELE, of Hontyngton,
\_Hunton, co. Kent\
7931. [A.D. 1370.] Red: injured by pressure, indistinct in
places. I- in. [Add. ch. 8841.]
A shield of arms : a bird holding in its beak a long branch
of foliage reflexed over its head. Within a pointed gothic
quatrefoil.
& S' lOHtAJNNICS B]VRGYS *
7932. [A.D. 1370.] Red : injured by pressure, indistinct
in places. [Add. ch. 8842.]
& S' IOHANNIS BVRGG . . .
Family of Burgh, Guy, or Guise.
7933. Plaster cast, from good impression. i x ^ in.
[Ixxxix. 15.]
Oval: a shield of arms: quarterly; I, 4, seven lozenges,
three, three and one, vair. BURGH, or GUY, or GUISE ; 2,3,
ermine, on a fess three pheons.
2 P 2
580 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Elizabeth de Burgo, Lady of Clare (ob. A.D. 1360) ; dau. of
GILBERT DE CLARE, Earl of Hertford, and JOAN,
dau. of EDWARD I., King of England, and ELEANOR
of Castile; wife of\\) JOHN DE BURGO (ob. A.D. 1313) ;
(2) THEOBALD DE VERDON, Lord VERDON (ob. A.D. 1316) ;
(3) Sir ROGER DAMORY (ob. A.D. 1321.)
7934. [A.D. 1333.] Red: very fine. i\ in. [Harl. ch.
47 E. 38.]
A shield of arms : barry nebuly of six, over all a bend,
SIR ROGER DAMORY. Betw. three lions passant guardant,
ENGLAND, in reference to her grandfather Edward I. ; and
within a square panel ornamented with tracery consisting of
two interlaced quatrefoils, cusped and pointed. Outside this
square are the lobes of two other quatrefoils ; those in cross
lancet-shaped, those in saltire segmental. Each of the
lancet-shaped lobes contains a roundle charged with the
following heraldic bearings : I, a cross, and label of three
points, JOHN DE BURGO ; 2, 3, three chevrons, CLARE ; 4, a
fret, THEOBALD DE VERDON. Each of the segmental lobes
encloses a countersunk trefoil, which in turn contains a castle,
CASTILE, and a lion rampant, LEON. The spandrils outside
all these lobes contain countersunk trefoils.
Beaded border.
7935. Sulph. cast from No. 7934. [B.C., F. 240.]
7936. [A.D. 1331.] Red : originally very fine, now im-
perfect at r. h. lower part. [Harl. ch. 47 E. 37.]
7937. [A.D. 1335.] Red: very fine. [Harl. ch. 47 E. 39.]
7938. [A.D. 1337.] Red: very fine, edge imperfect. [Harl.
ch. 47 E. 40.]
7939. [A.D. 1352.] Red: injured, imperfect. [Add. ch.
22,580.]
Another Seal.
7940. [A.D. 1353.] Red: originally fine, now injured by
pressure in places and chipped at the bottom, i^ in. [Top-
ham ch. 25 ]
A shield of arms : per pale, dex., CLARE ; sin., DE BURGO ;
all within a bordure guttee. Betw. three lions guardant for
ENGLAND ; and within a lozenge-shaped panel ornamented
with small ball-flowers along the inner edge. Outside this
lozenge are the lancet-shaped lobes of a quatrefoil, in saltire ;
each with tracery and containing a trefoil-shaped compart-
ment in which is a bordered roundle charged with the follow-
ing heraldic bearings : 1,4, CASTILE ; 2, 3, LEON. The
intervening spaces betw. the lobes are filled in each instance
with a roundle betw. two small circular countersunk compart-
HERALDIC SEALS. 581
ments, and other intermediate details of tracery. These
roundles are charged with the following heraldic bearings :
i, 2 (at top and bottom), CLARE; 2, VERDON (1. h.) ; 3,
DAMORY (r. h.).
Over the lion of ENGLAND, which is placed above the
central shield, is a small OQ ; and in the four small circular
countersunk compartments, betw. which the two roundles of
CLARE are placed, at top and bottom of the design, are
minute letters which appear to be : T. O. A. S., thus consti-
tuting the name of T(H)OMAS, perhaps in reference to Thomas
Hessey or Thomas Raynham, goldsmiths to Edward III.,
1360, 1366 (see W. Chaffers, Gilda Aurifabrorum, 1883,
P- 30-
7941. Sulph. cast from No. 7940. [B.C., F. 239.]
7942. [A.D. 1360.] Red : very imperfect, and discoloured.
[Harl. ch. 47 F. 41.]
Cf. Sandford, GeneaL Hist., p. 141.
Hubert de Burgo, King's Chamberlain.
[Earl of Kent, A.D. 1226-1243.]
Secretum.
7943. [A.D. 1200-1215.] Creamy-white or uncoloured :
originally fine, now very imperfect. About i-i- in. when per-
fect. [L.F., C. xxiii. 3.]
0. A shield of arms : three lions passant in pale, DE
BURGO.
Legend wanting.
R. A small oval counterseal. i x f in. Impression of
an antique oval intaglio gem : Mercury holding a caduceus,
and other uncertain attributes.
9 . . . . LO : SeCRGTVM.
(Celo secretum.)
John de Burgo, of Banstead, co. Surr.
7944. [A.D. 1261.] Green, mottled: fine, much injured,
imperfect. About I in. when perfect. [Harl. ch. 47 E. 34.]
A shield of arms : lozengy [gu. and] vairJ, DE BURGO.
ft SIGMLLVM S6JCR6T! Ml.
7945. Sulph. cast from No. 7944. [B.C., E. 384.]
John Burgh. ^
7946. [i$th cent.] Red: recent impression from brass
matrix, i^ in. [xxxv. 368.]
A shield (of arms ?) : a saltire humettee cantoned with an
582 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
estoile and a crescent in pale, and two small crosses crosslet
in fess. Betw. three rudely-carved sprigs of foliage.
S # IOHAHMES AS BVRGH *<
Simon de Burghe, of co. Hunt.
7947. [A.D. 1372.] Red: fine, imperfect. I in. [Add.
ch. 33.33I-]
A shield of arms : a fess indented betw. three crescents.
Within a pointed gothic quatrefoil.
. NAM .
Simon de Burgh.
7948. [A.D. 1388-9.] Plaster cast from fine impression.
VI- in. [xcii. 73.]
A shield of arms : per fess, three fusils in fess counter-
changed. Betw. the letters of a motto :
la _ bo _ [re?]
Within a pointed trefoil panel, ornamented along the inner
edge with small quatrefoils or ball-flowers.
Sigillw * gtmottt0 : * * Be fottrg# : *
Beaded border.
Walter de Burgo.
7949. [Temp. Hen. III.] Plaster cast from good impres-
sion. IT%- in. [xciv. 54.]
A shield of arms of early shape : a chief indented, BURGH.
& S' WALTERI D6 BVRGO.
Cf. L.F.C., ii. 12, A.D. 1227.
William Burghe, Knt., ^th Lord BURGHE or BOROUGH.
7950. [A.D. 1576.] Red. ft in. [Add. ch. 35,817.]
A gauntlet and arm-piece of armour, suspended by a
bowed ribbon. Perhaps a badge.
7951. [A.D. 1576.] Another. [Add. ch. 35,819.]
Margaret de Burghersh.
7952. [A.D. 1339.] Plaster cast from indistinct impression.
i-i in. [xcii. 72.]
A shield of arms : per pale ; dex., a lion rampant queue
fourchee, BuRGHERSH ; sin., billet ee or cruzily, a lion ram-
pant, BREOUSE ? Within a carved trefoil gothic panel with
ogee points.
Stgtllum : tnargarete : Be : fcurgtrcflj.
Margaret, sister of Bartholomew, Lord Badlesmere, married
Bartholomew de Burghersh, 4th Baron Burghersh, but the
arms on the sin. side of the shield are not those of Badlesmere.
HERALDIC SEALS. 583
John de Burghfeld, son and heir of
JOHN DE BURGIIFELD, of Burgkfield, co. Berks.
7953. [A.D. 1361.] Dark reddish-brown : imperfect, -f- in.
[Harl. ch. 47 E. 44.]
A shield of arms : three roses, on a chief a demi-lion ram-
pant issuing. Within a carved curvilinear hexagon or rosette
of six cusps.
Legend betw. the points :
. IOHAN D_BVR_GF6_LD.
Rowland Burghill, of co. Heref., Esq.
7954. [A.D. 1594.] Light-brown: very indistinct, injured
by pressure. About -f- in. [Add. ch. 1869.]
On a mount, a stag statant, collared and lined. Betw. the
initial letters D. D. (?)
Beaded border.
Roger de Burghulle, of Carey, etc., co. Heref.
7955. [Temp. Edw. L] Dark-green: fragmentary. About
I in. when perfect. [Add. ch. 1309.]
A shield of arms : paly of ten a bend sinister.
S OR . . VLL.
Beaded borders.
George Burgoyne.
7956. [A.D. 1557.] Red. X i in. [Add. ch. 33,271.]
Shaped : two cramps or chapes. Perhaps for a badge.
George Burgoyne.
See G HORSEY.
Roger / Johannis, Lord of Buyrleye.
7957. [A.D. 1316.] Dark green: top broken off. [Harl.
ch. in E. 15.]
A shield of arms : a bend gobony. Betw. two sprigs of
foliage.
OGeRl * DG * BVRLG
Beaded borders.
William de Burl, or Burleya, son of JOHN DE BURL,
of Bearley, co. Warw.
7958. [Late I3th cent] Dark green : fine, with mark of
the handle, i-i in. [Add. ch. 20,421.]
A shield of arms : three garbs, two and one, on a chief as
many fleurs-de-lis.
WILLI D6 BVRL6YA.
584 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
Odo Burnard, of co. Essex.
7959. [Temp. Hen. III.] Dark green : indistinct [Add.
ch. 32,985-]
A shield of arms : three stirrups (?) two and one.
SIGILL' : ODONIS BVRNARD.
Beaded borders.
Thomas and Fina de Burnebi.
See SIMON DAVY.
Stephen Burnei.
Seal used by JOHN GILBERT, of Bandone, co. Surr.
7960. [A.D. 1409.] Red. % in. [Add. ch. 22,877.]
A shield of arms : three chevrons, ermine, over all a bendlet.
Cf. arms of BAYNHARD, and BAYNHAM.
tt S' ST6FANVS BVRN6I.
Hugh Burnelle, of Magna Bradeleghe \Gt. Bradley,
co. Suff.~\, Knt.
7961. [A.D. 1390.] Red: originally fine, now very imper-
fect, edge broken away. About \^ in. when perfect. [Harl.
ch. 47 E. 46.]
A shield of arms : quarterly, I, 4, a lion rampant crowned,
BURNELL ; 2, 3, a saltire engrailed. Suspended by a strap
from a forked tree. Within a carved gothic panel orna-
mented with small ball-flowers along the inner edge.
7962. Sulph. cast from No. 7961. [D.C., F. 573.]
Thomas de Burnetone,
of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, co. Nor thumb.
7963. [A.D. 1320.] Red: originally fine, now chipped,
i in. [Egert. ch. 563.]
A shield of asms : a chevron betw. three griffins passant.
Within a carved gothic star of eight points.
. . IGILLVM THOMe fc . . . RNT
Margaret Burroughs.
See JAMES MANNING.
Edward Burtoun, of Eastbourne, co. Suss., Knt.
7964. [A.D. 1612.] Red: indistinct. About -f^- X | in.
[Add. ch. 29,991.]
A shield of arms : a tau-cross betw. three roses in chief,
and two indistinct charges in fess. Perhaps in allusion to the
arms of BURTON.
HERALDIC SEALS. $8$
John de Eurtone.
7965. [i4th cent] Dark bronze-green : fine. \ in.
[xxxv. 318.]
A shield of arms : a chevron betw. three roses, on a chief a
lucy or pike-fish naiant. Within a carved and pointed gothic
quatrefoil ornamented with small ball-flowers along the inner
edge. Each of the four points of the quatrefoil is finished
with a knop or poppy-head which divides the legend into
four parts.
& SIG_ILLVM IO_ HANIMISD6 BVRT_ON.
7966. Plaster cast of No. 7965. [xcii. 75.]
Richard Burton, of Karsalton, co. Surr., GentL
7967. [A.D. 1540.] Red. i in. [Harl. ch. 112 D. 41.]
A fleur-de-lis, perhaps in reference to the arms of BURTON,
several families of this name bearing fleurs-de-lis.
Thomas Burton, of Tolethorp, co. Rutland (?), Knt.
7968. [i5th cent] Red: fine, well-preserved. i|- in.
[xxxvi. 133.]
A shield of arms, coucht ' : a chevron betw. three owls
crowned, BURTON. Crest on a helmet and mantling, an
owl's head, affrontee, crowned. Betw. two wavy sprigs of
foliage. Within a carved and traced gothic panel, orna-
mented with ball-flowers along the inner edge.
j&tgtllu : tt)omc # burton : militia.
7969. Plaster cast from impression injured by pressure,
[xcii. 76.]
William de Burton, of co. Rutland (?) Knt.
7970. [A.D. 1348.] Red: imperfect, indistinct. i| in.
[Add. ch. 33,603.]
A shield of arms, coucht ': a chevron betw. three owls
crowned, BURTON. Crest on a helmet and mantling, an
owl's head, affrontee, crowned. Background replenished with
estoiles. Within a carved and traced gothic panel, orna-
mented with ball-flowers along the inner edge.
SIGILLVM *> WILLGLMI *> DG *> .
Edward Bury, of Farleigh, co. Wilts.
7971. [A.D. 1544.] Red: cracked. | x -J- in. [Add. ch.
5700.]
An ornamental shield of arms : a bend sinister raguly,
betw. the initial letters : E. B.
586 CATALOGUE OF SEALS.
John Buscre,
son of HENRY BUSCRE DE MALYNS, of London.
7972. [A.D. 1332.] Red : originally fine, now cracked,
imperfect. -| in. [Harl. ch. 47 F. 2.]
A shield of arms : a bend, in sinister chief a leopard's face.
Over the shield a fleur-de-lis, perhaps part of a crown, on the
r. h., the remainder being broken off. Within a cusped gothic
compartment of irregular shape, ornamented with ball-flowers
along the inner edge.
SIGILL' . . HIS : D : B
Beaded border.
See No. 7973.
Henry Buskre, al. Henry de Malynes.
7973. [A.D. 1315.] Green : fine, slightly chipped. -jX-f-in.
[Add. ch. 20,350.]
Oval : a shield of arms : an orle debruised by a bend.
Above the shield a demi fleur-de-lis, and two small saltires
each attached to a corner of the shield.
* : S' . HGNRICI : BVSKR :
Beaded borders.
See No. 7972.
Oliver de Buscy or Buzci, of cos. Nott., York, etc.
7974. \Temp. Henry III.] Light brown: chipped. I in.
[Harl. ch. 47 F. 6.]
A shield of arms : a lion rampant, over all a bend.
tt SIGILL' OLIV6RI DG : BVZCI :
Cf. Harl. ch. 83 G. 53, temp. Job. ; Add. ch. 20,838, early Hen. III. ;
Add. ch. 7465, A.D. 1232-1240.
7975. Sulph. cast from No. 7974. [D.C., E. 368.]
Matthew Bush.
See THOMAS BARNARD.
Thomas Bushell, of Enstone, co. Oxon., Esq.
7976. [A.D. 1638.] Red : injured by pressure, -f x in.
[Harl. ch. in E. 6.]
Oval : a shiel 
