THE ECCLESIASTICAL SEALS OF COENWALL. 43 



It is of steel, and measures more than 2|- by 2 inches. Its 

 form is an Ichthys, the border legend is in Church-text letters 

 (capital and small). 



»i< ^ttr: Heainaltrt • |)obl)Ottse • a: ;pl : arcl)ititaconi • 

 ^oUmintcnfits ♦ IPrtrnf a: 2!): plDeCCijrjt'FSrSlT. 



Through ornamental cusping of five expanding curves there 

 appears in the central space, as if in the distance, the Patron 

 Saint of Bodmin ; aflronte, of venerable aspect, bearded, head 

 bald above, and with hair drooping at the sides. He is clad in 

 sandals, girt tunic, cloak, cape, and hood or cowl. He carries 

 in his right hand, in token of honour, the Book of Gospels erect, 

 in his left a pastoral Staff upright, crook inward as Prior. 

 S: ipE^tROCViS is inscribed below. In the space surround- 

 ing him the following are arranged in pyramid : — To the 

 dexter, a shield charged with the Arms of Bodmin Priory 

 "Azure, 3 salmon in pale, argent." To the sinister, a shield of 

 the Arms of St. Grerman's Priory " Azure 3 bells (2 and 1) or." 

 In apex, a circle displaying the cognizance of Launceston Priory, 

 " St. Stephen's Church." Reaching to the lower point of the 

 Seal is the armorial shield of Hobhouse, " Party per pale azure 

 and gules, three crescents (2 and 1), issuaut therefrom as many 

 estoiles, irradiated or." —{see Plate. ^ 



SEAL OF THE CHANCELLORSHIP OF TRURO DIOCESE (1877). 



As long as Cornwall and Devon were ecclesiastically united 

 to form one Diocese, each was equally under the control of the 

 Chancellor or Vicar General of the See of Exeter but when 

 Cornwall was ^sej)arated, a new Chancellorship was created. 

 Notwithstanding this, the Chancellor who was in office at the 

 time was not deprived of Cornwall. He was retained in his old 

 position — becoming, however, the representative of two Bishops, 

 and having two Vicar-Generalship titles, instead of one. 



The seal of his Exeter Chancellorship being no longer valid 

 in the Western County, he— as first Chancellor of the Truro 

 Diocese — adopted a new seal. 



It is a pointed oval, measuring 3 inches in length by about 2 J 

 in breadth. The border legend, which has no initial cross and 

 commences in^base, reads thus : — 



The seal of WILLIAM JOHN PHILLPOTTS, M.A. 

 CHANCELLOR of the DIOCESE of TRURO. 



