THE COMMON SEALS OF CORNWALL. 289 
PADSTOW. 
BorouGH.—Padstow had a corporation temp. Elizabeth ;* but 
nothing is known of the date at which it became extinct. No 
impression of the seal is extant ; but a drawing thereof is attached 
to a deed in the possession of Mr. C. G. Prideaux Brune, of Place, 
and the device has been adopted by the Padstow Local Board. 
It is a three-masted ship of war upon the waves, sails furled, and 
anchor at prow. 
PENRYN. 
BorouGH.—Willis, Borlase, and Lysons disagree as to when 
Penryn was incorporated or its representative character com- 
menced. No doubt it is an old borough, and the incorpora- 
‘tion by James I of which the latter speaks, by no means the 
earliest assignment of privileges. Seal circular, 1, in. diameter. 
Device: on shield “bust of man in profile, couped at breast, 
vested over shoulder, wreathed about temples with laurel tied 
behind with two ribbons flotant.”+ Legendp& PENRYN. BURGUS. 
A smaller and more modern oval seal has the same device and 
legend. Carew gives Penryn as meaning “curled head,” and 
possibly the device was intended to refer to this. 
GLASNEY COLLEGE.—From the fragments attached to the sur- 
render the seal of this body was probably vesica-shaped and 2 
inches long, but the remains afford no clue either to device or 
legend. 
PENZANCE. 
BoroucH.—This borough was incorporated in 1614. The 
seal is circular, 14 in. diameter. Device: the head of the Baptist 
in a charger. Upon a scroll under the head the words PEN- 
SANS ANNO DOMINI. Two figures of the date, 1614, are put 
on either side. Penzance has been interpreted to mean the holy 
headland ; the head of the Baptist is clearly used as a canting 
device. 
* Carew ‘‘ Survey,” p. 87, speaks of the charter as newly purchased. 
+ See Berry, ‘‘ Encyclopedia Heraldica.” 
