232 On the Seals of the Bishops of Salisbury. 
unknown to our annalists, since he is only set down as Canon of Lincoln 
and Lichfield; or ‘that the ordinance of Archbishop Boniface was 
somehow or other superseded. Then comes his seal as “ elect and 
confirmed,” which is interesting as being the only one of our series 
which has any reference to the Papacy. It has the legend :— 
S’ ROBERTI DEI GRA. ET Sedis aplice eleCTI ET CONFIRMATI SARUM. 
It represents the Blessed Virgin Mary with the Infant Saviour on 
her left arm under an elaborately-canopied niche: below is a priest 
praying. This seal has a counterseal of the same character. The 
use of the word Sarum appears for the first time on these two seals, 
but it does not come into general use at any time in the series. 
Lastly he has a beautiful seal, apparently to be dated some years 
after he had become fully Bishop, in which, having climbed to power 
by the aid of the Pope, he discards all mention of his aid, and 
simply writes :— 
S’ ROBERTI DEI GRACIA EPI SARESBIRIENSIS, 
In this the mitre is enriched, the staff crocketted, the hands gloved, 
the border of the chasuble embroidered, as also the sleeves aad 
skirts of the dalmatic, and the niche and canopy work more elabo- 
rated than any that have preceded. On two of the pillars of the 
niche are hung shields, the dexter of the arms of England, the 
sinister the Royal arms in the rarer form of England (1 and 4) and 
France, ancient (2 and 3), quartered. It is said that Edward IIL, 
who became King in 1527, first quartered the arms of France in 
1839. If this be the case, this seal must have been a new one, 
made in compliment to the King, nine years or more after Wyvill 
became Bishop; and during his long episcopate it was natural that 
he should require more than one seal. This would be an admirable 
seal to engrave, but unfortunately, though I have two examples of 
it, they do not make up one complete specimen. Another imperfect 
copy of this seal is described in the Proceedings of the Society of 
Antiquaries, vol. iv., p. 18, 1859, attached to a deed dated 1355. It 
gives the owner’s arms at the base, the cross fretty between four 
mullets, which are defaced in my examples. I have to thank Mr. 
J. E. Nightingale, of Wilton, for this reference. 
