284 THE COMMON SEALS OF CORNWALL. 
CRANTOCK. 
COLLEGIATE CHURCH.—[“ Monasticon” p. 54] Seal of dean, 
small. Device, a bishop mitred, in act of blessing; in his right 
hand a long cross. Legend: SIGILLVM. PPOSITI. KARANTOCI. 
FALMOUTH. 
BorouGH.—The town was incorporated 1661, and the seal dates 
thence. Circular, 12 in. diam. Device: a double-headed eagle 
displayed (the arms of the Killigrews, lords of the manor, now 
represented by the Earl of Kimberley) charged with a rock on the 
body, and a castle on each wing. Legend yy FALMOVTH. 
FOWEY. 
BorouGH.—This ancient seaport, which sent more ships to the 
siege of Calais than any other place in the kingdom, was first re- 
presented 13th Elizabeth, and thence until 1832. Its municipal 
incorporation did not however take place until the reign of James 
I1; and its municipal privileges did not long survive the downfall 
of its parliamentary prestige. The seal is in the possession of the 
Rev. Dr. Treffry, of Place, whose family have been for many cen- 
turies lords of Fowey. Circular, 12 in. diam. Device, a shield 
bearing a three-masted man-of-war, on the sea, sailing. Legend: 
SIGILLVM. OPPIDI: DE: FOWY: ANNO: DOM: 1702. 
The date is put within the border, over the shield. 
GRAMPOUND. 
BoroucH.—There is quite a choice of authorities on the 
question of the first enfranchisement of this once notable borough, 
for which in the 17th century John Hampden sat, and which in 
the 19th was specially disfranchised for its corruption. Camden* 
avers that it was enfranchised by Edmund, Earl of Cornwall ; 
Browne Willist assigns the first recognition of its liberties to John 
of Eltham ; Lysonst{ states that it existed by prescription. All 
however agree that it was one of the parliamentary boroughs of 
Edward VI. Its municipal privileges have departed with its par- 
lamentary, and its seal is now in the possession of Mr. Josiah 
« ‘“ Britannia,” p. 18. 
+ ‘‘Notitia Parliamentaria,” vol. ili. 
t “ Cornwall,” p. 71. 
