100 EPISCOPAL SEALS. 
Counter Seal. Pointed Oval. 
Divided into two stages. In the upper the Coronation 
of Our Lady under a fine double canopy; in the 
lower, under a trefoil canopy, the Annunciation, the 
Angel holding a scroll inscribed AVE M... .. S. Chad 
stands on the right behind the figure of Our Lady; 
in the base, under a cusped arch, half length figure 
of the Bishop, facing right, in prayer. 
FAC: PIA: COMPLERTI: PRECE: CEDDE: VOTA : ROGERT. 
Cast from seals preserved in British Museum. 
Of Northburgh there is a story of his having to redress 
the grievances of certain tenants of the Abbess of Polesworth, 
a Benedictine Abbey in Warwickshire. The tenants com- 
plained that the Abbess seized their cattle and branded them 
as belonging to Polesworth. The Bishop ordered them to 
be restored, but no notice was taken, and the Bishop 
desired an explanation; the Abbess replied that the Bishop 
wrote his order in Latin and there were none at Polesworth 
that knew what it meant so they did not obey. 
RoBERT STRETTON, 1360-1385. 
Pointed Oval. S. Chad, fully vested; right hand raised 
in benediction; in left, pastoral staff, crook turned 
inwards; standing under a fine canopy, with taber- 
nacle work at sides between two shields. On the 
left Arms of England; on right, on a chief, indented 
4 escallops Stretton; in base under an arch the 
remains of the Bishop, facing right, in prayer. 
Sit) ROBERTI IDET, cacao. DE BIGHT 
RICHARD LE ScROOPE, 1385-1398. 
Pointed Oval in three niches. Under carved canopies 
Our Lady with the Holy Child on right arm; under 
right hand canopy, S. Chad; under left, S. Bernard ; 
