Denies Seals. 
The annexed plate exhibits the ancient and present Seals of the 
Burgesses, and the Seal of the Mayor of Devizes. 
No. 1. This Seal is two-and-a-half inches in diameter, and 
appears to have been engraved in the fifteenth century. 
The device is a Castle, having in the outer wall a high 
portal or gateway between two small circular turrets, each 
surmounted with a conical capping: the gateway has a 
semicircular arch, and is defended by a portcullis. An 
embattled tower rising in the centre of the inner court 
represents the keep, and on either side of it is a star of 
six points. 
The legend is in black letter:—“*% Sigillum comune 
burgeium ni Regis vibisar.” 
No. 2. A Seal of much smaller proportions than that above 
described, but bearing the device of a Castle similarly 
represented. Its date may be referred to the early part 
of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. 
Legend :— 
“i SIGILL’ . OFFICII . MAIOR . BVRGI. DNE. 
REGI . DIVISAR.” 
No. 3. The present Seal of the Mayor and Burgesses of Devizes. 
It is of the same size as the earlier Seal, No. 1, but is far 
inferior to it in point of design. The form of the Castle 
also varies very considerably ; beneath is the date “1608” 
(6 James I.) 
Legend :— 
“ #. SIG’ COMVNE . MAIORIS . ET. BVRGENSI . 
BVRGI.DNI. REGIS. DE. DEVIZES. IN.COM. 
Wik’? 
The Rev. James Dallaway in “An attempt to describe the first 
Common Seal used by the Burgesses of Bristol,” printed in vol. 
