By the Right Rev. the Bishop of Salisbury. 233 
The only counterseal of this class not mentioned is that of Roger 
de Mortival, representing the coronation of the Virgin. This must 
have been a very beautiful design, in the best style of art; but un- 
fortunately it is broken, and the legend cannot be made out exactly. 
Mr. Nightingale has lent me the copy of a deed dated 1325, to 
which it was appended, but that impression too is imperfect. The 
letters that remain appear to be :— 
1 Da 2 AS REX REGINA ROGERE COronaM. 
I regret that I am unable to fill the vacant space to my satisfaction. 
Class I1I., from 1375 up to the latter part of the reign of Henry 
VIII., contains the seals of nine out of fifteen Bishops, viz, :— 
20.* Ralph Erghum, 1375—1388, afterwards Bishop of Wells. ; 
21. John de Waltham, 1388—1396, Lord Treasurer and Chancellor of 
Richard IT. 
22. Richard Mitford, 1396—1407, previously Bishop of Chichester. 
24. Robert Hallam, 1408—16, appointed Cardinal, June 6th, 1411. 
26. Robert Neville, 1427--37, son of the Earl of Westmoreland and nephew 
to Henry VI.; made Bishop at twenty-two, afterwards Bishop of 
Durham. 
27.* William Ayscough, 1437—50, confessor to Henry VI. 
28. Richard Beauchamp, 1450—82, Chancellor of the Garter. 
29. Lionel Wydville; 1482—85, brother-in-law of Edward IV. 
34, Lorenzo Campeggio, 1524—35, Cardinal, and Bishop together of Bologna 
and Salisbury. 
These seals are distinguished from those that precede them by the 
legends being in black letter, and by the multiplication of nichés 
and canopies, and of: figures of sacred persons and of saints in them. 
The Bishop entirely ceases to be the principal figure, and appears 
only in a subordinate position, as on the earlier counterseals, or not 
at all, as on that of Robert Neville. The old counterseals in fact 
seem to be combined with the seals, and where counterseals are used 
they are small and of the character of gems. 
Both art and sentiment are here seen in their gradual decadence, 
though great richness of design is often found. The materialised 
and anthropomorphic representations of the Blessed Trinity, and the 
exaggerated cultus of the Blessed Virgin, mark the century-and-a- 
half which preceded the Reformation. The principal subjects repres 
sented are the Blessed Virgin Mary, crowned and enthroned beside 
