THE COMMON SEALS OF CORNWALL. 287 
LOOE, WEST. 
BorouGu.—This borough rejoices in a multiplicity of names: 
Louborough, Portpigham, Portloo, Portuan, Westloo. First re- 
presented Edward VI, and incorporated by Elizabeth a few years 
earlier than East Looe; disfranchised like it in 1832, but, unlike 
it, having suffered the charter rights to expire, West Looe is now a 
borough no longer, and its insignia are scattered. Its seal is one 
of the most interesting in Cornwall, for it represents an archer of 
Elizabethan days fully equipped, holding his bow in his right hand 
and his arrow in his left.* It is oval, 143 in. x 14 in., and bears 
the legend }4 POR* TV* AN* OTHER* WYg* CALLED* 
WESTLO. The lettering is badly done; the w’s being double 
ws; one of the s’s being reversed; and the h and ¢ in “ other” 
‘being conjoined. The earliest very perfect Cornish seal attached 
to an indenture of return in the State Paper Office is one for 
Portpigham of the 17th century. 
LOSTWITHIEL. 
BoroucH.—This was a parliamentary borough from a very 
early date, and continuously returned representatives from 4th 
Edward II until 1832. First incorporated in 1623, its charter 
was renewed in 1732, when the present principal seal was given 
by the Recorder, Richard Edgecumbe. This seal is circular 23 in. 
diam.; Device: a castle standing on waves, therein two fishes 
swimming. The castle has central and side towers, each with 
three turrets, and all masoned. On each side is a thistle, and 
above, the date 1732. Legend: SIGILLVM BVRGI DE LOST- 
WITHYEL ET PENKNIGHT IN CORNVBIA. There is a 
smaller seal 13 in. diam. with the same device, but with the fishes 
swimming to left instead of right. Legend: SIG: BVRGI DE 
LOSTWITHYELL. 
_ Lysons figures [“ Cornwall,” p. cxxxvi.] an ancient seal, small, 
from a document of 3rd Henry IV. Legend: 8s. OFFICII DE MAOOR 
DE LESTIEL. A fragment of a larger seal than this is attached to 
an indenture of return, 17th century. 
® Berry, ‘“‘ Encyclopedia Heraldica,” actually calls the archer a man 
habited as an Indian. 
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