290 THE COMMON SEALS OF CORNWALL. 
SALTASH. 
BorouGH.—The municipality of Saltash dates back to the 
days of Richard, king of the Romans, whose arms are upon the 
existing seal. Its parliamentary representation continued from 
Edward VI until 1832. The seal is circular, 15 diameter. Berry 
describes the borough arms as being azure, having in base water 
proper ; in palean escutcheon or, thereon a lion rampant gules, 
within a border sable, bezanty, ensigned with a prince’s coronet 
of the third; on each side of the escutcheon an ostrich feather 
ar, labelled or. This is the device, although all the tinctures are 
not clearly shown. It is remarkable that the field of the duchy 
shield is generally given argent ; it is shown however on a boss in 
Saltash Church or, as in the arms of the borough. Legend * 
SIGILLVM: SALTASCHE: IN: CORNWAILE. There was 
another seal bearing as a device a three-masted ship in full sail; 
but that has long been lost. 
ST. BURIAN. 
COLLEGIATE CHURCH.—Oliver states [“ Monasticon,” p. 7] that 
the last ungraceful seal of this Deanery was cut in 1717. It is oval 
in form, and the device a burlesque figure of Athelstan. Legend: 
SIGIL. PECVL. IVRISDIC. DEC. STAX. BERIAN Ai. 1717. 
ST. GERMANS. 
Like Callington and Michell, although entrusted with the 
electoral frarchise (from the reign of Elizabeth until 1832), St. 
Germans had neither corporation nor arms, nor of its own a seal ; 
the returning officer, as at the two other places named, being a 
portreeve. 1t was however customary to attach the private seal 
of the St. Germans family to the indentures of return, and I am 
indebted to the courtesy of Earl St. Germans for an inspec- 
tion thereof. The seal is circular, 12 in. diameter, and shews two 
ovals. The dexter one bears the arms of the family: argent a 
fesse gules between two double cottises wavy azure; the sinister 
oval—the monogram St. G. Above is the crest, an elephant’s 
head argent, plain collared gules ; beneath, a cherub ; and on scroll, 
the St. Germans motto: PRAICEDENTIBVS INSTA. 
Priory.—Oliver [‘‘ Monasticon,” p. 3] had seen but one im- 
pression of the seal of the priory, which represented the saint 
sitting. The only letters of the legend remaining were SCI. 
