242 On the Seals of the Bishops of Salisbury. 
are Drummond (1 and 4) or three bars wavy gules with a scimitar 
in pale, quartering the coat of augmentation (see Papworth and 
Morant, p. 920) or a lion’s head erased within a double tressure. 
Those of his brother-in-law, Bishop-Hume (1766), quarter his own 
with those of Roberts or Robarts, azure on a chevron three mullets, 
no doubt those of his mother. I have fairly good examples of the 
seals of Bishops Douglas and Hamilton, and a good one of Bishop 
- Moberly’s*, in the last of which there is a return to the ancient 
form of mitre, and apparently deeper cutting, and the Blessed 
Virgin, though sceptred, is no longer crowned or rayed. 
My own seal,* which is peculiar, was kindly drawn for me by 
my friend Mr. Stephen Aveling, of the Restoration House, 
Rochester, and cut by Mr. H. Soane, of 8, Green Street, Leicester 
Square. It is a representation of Raphael’s Madonna di San Sisto, 
with my own arms (ar. three bells az.) on a small shield in the base, 
and the legend :— 
8’ IOHANNIS DEI GRA EP’I SARISBERIENSIS A.D. 1885. 
It was a mistake on my part to write Surisberiensis, a form 
which I adopted from Canon Rich Jones. It should have been 
Saresbiriensis as on the old seals, or Sarishuriensis, as on the 
modern, and the lettering, though extremely well cut, is not, 
perhaps, of a sufficiently distinct period. The legend also begins in 
the wrong place, and should have been preceded with a cross not 
a sort of star. I venture, however, to think that in some respects 
it is an improvement on the more recent seals, and I hope that my 
successors will not revert to the Laudian type, but will improve 
upon my example. I have also a beautiful private signet sapphire 
ring, given me by another friend, Mr. Alexander Mackay, of 
Trowbridge. This exhibits similar figures, only in half length, and 
below them my own arms, between the initials J.S., separated from 
the figures by a pastoral staff. The cutting of this seal is extremely 
delicate, but it is also remarkably deep for a modern work. It has 
on the inside :— 
VERITAS. IN.CARITATE ALEX . MACKAY . 1887. 
I may add a list of the seals of the Bishops of Salisbury still 
wanted to complete our series :— 
