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EPISCOPAL SEALS. 
RoGer LoNGESPEE DE MEULAN, 1258-1295. 
Pointed Oval. Seal of Dignity. 
The Bishop fully vested, the right hand raised in bene- 
diction, the left hand holding crosier, standing on 
corble supported by a lion, the bearing of the family 
of Longespee; to the right and left are the churches 
of Coventry and Lichfield; in the field on either side 
a quatre-foil opening containing the head of a Monk 
of Coventry and a Canon of Lichfield, above each a 
crescent enclosing an estoile, below them Roa’. III, 
this Bishop being the third of the name of Roger. 
+ SROGERI: DEI: GRA: COVENT.../S : ET: LICHESFELDENS 
EPI 
Counter Seal. Pointed Oval, 2} x 14. 
In two niches divided by a centre column. (1) Our 
Lady crowned and seated with a Holy Child upon 
right knee; (2) S. Chad, Bishop of Lichfield, three 
quarters length, over head a rich canopy, in base 
under an arch the Bishop, side face, half length, 
turned towards the right, lifting his hands in prayer. 
AVE. MARIIA.GRA.PLENA | SIS: PRO: NOB: SCE: CEDDA. 
Appended to an agreement whereby Sir Philip, of Hoyvile, Knt., (who has 
paid to Lord Roger, Bishop of Coventry and Ltchfield, 200 marks of 
silver for the marriage of Johanna de Hoyvile, his daughter, to Roger, 
of Englefield, son and heir of William, of Englefield,) undertakes to pay 
to the Bishop in the event of the minority of an heir or widowhood of 
the above Johanna, the third part of a yearly rent due from the above 
Roger to the Bishop for lands, &c., held by the Bishop from the above 
William, and re-granted to the above Roger at £50 yearly. Witness, 
Sir William de Bereford, William Ware, and others. And at Crokest 
Friday after S. Andrew's Day 22 Edward I [1234]. Add Charter No. 
20, 256, British Museum. 
Designer of west part of Cathedral spent two years in 
south of France. This accounts for the outside stone seats 
which are so common there, being found at Lichfield. 
