By the Rev. E. E. Goddard. 37 



"UNITY AND LOYALTY." On One side is tlie inscription: — 

 "/w the Mayoralty of Francis Edwyn Dowding, Esq., Nov. 28tk, 

 1887 " ; and on the other : — " Presented to the Corporation of 

 Chippenham by Henry Herbert Smith on his retirement from the 

 Council, November, 1887.' 



Loving Cup No. 3 is a tall two-handled cup elaborately orna- 

 mented with repousse flower work. It stands 13Jin. high, has 

 the London hall-mark of 1862 and the maker's, E.H. It is of 

 sUver-gilt and a handsome piece of its kind. Inside the rim of the 

 bowl is a projecting edge contracting the opening to quatrefoil shape. 

 On one side of the bowl are the borough arms, the motto below 

 them, and above them the legend, "BOROUGH OF CHIPPENHAM." 

 On the other side is inscribed " Presented by Sir Gabriel Goldney, 

 Baronet, M.P., to the Corporation : Alfred J. Keary, Esq., Mayor, 

 1882." 



The Common Seal. The matrix is of copper, circular, Ifin. 

 in diameter, the borough ai-ms in the centre, with the legend 

 surrounding them : — 



"BVRGI DE CHIPPENHAM." 



An older seal is figured in the " Visitation of 1623," bearing the 

 same device with the legend : — 



" « SIGILLUM : COMVNIS - : BVRGI : DE : CHIPPENHAM." 



DEVIZES. 



Devizes received its first charter from the Empress Matilda. 

 This was confirmed by John, Henry III., and Edward III. The 

 old corporation included a mayor, a recorder, thirty-four other 

 capital burgesses, and an indefinite number of free burgesses, with 

 two chamberlains, two sergeants-at-mace, and other officers. The 

 present corporation consists of mayor, recorder, six aldermen, and 

 eighteen councillors. The robes of the mayor are scarlet, the mace- 

 beai-ers wear black robes and cocked hats, the town crier is in scarlet. 



• H. H. Smith, J. P., agent to the Marquis of Lansdowne, &c. 

 - Sic in Marshall's Visitation. 



