50 THE ECCLESIASTICAL SEALS OF CORNWALL. 



Oliver (Monasticon, p. 17, and plate), engraved as a 

 fragment in " Seals of Monasteries of the Benedic- 

 tine Order " (plate 14), quoted from Oliver by- 

 Maclean, and Worth (R. I. of C. Jl. vol. 4, p. 283), 

 and copied from Oliver in lago's Bishopric of Corn- 

 wall, &c.. Arms Sheet. 



2. Seal of Prior Thomas Vivian, as titular Bishop of 

 Megara. See Oliver, Worth, Maclean (Trigg Minor, 

 voL 1, pp 133, 158 n.) 



RIALTON Priory or Manor House, in St. Columb, an outlying 

 residence belonging to Bodmin Priory, just described. 

 As it was under the same management it seems not 

 to have had a separate seal. 



ST. GEEMAN'S (Dedication, St. German, Bishop of Auxerre.) 

 This Augustinian Priory early possessed a common 

 seal. Of some of its seals the following impressions 

 have been found. 



1. Seal of Henry the Prior, (St. German standing). A 

 Prior named Henry held office in 1315. See Oliver 

 (Mon : 1846, p. 2, and additional supplement, 

 1854, p. 1). 



2. Seal of the Prior John Haukyn.* Attached to a 

 deed of Bodulgate 1435, now in the possession of 

 Mr. Eogers, at Penrose, (H. I. of C. JL vol. 1, 

 p. 28), figured by lago in Bishopric, &c., Arms 

 Sheet. 



3. Seal (figure seated, without mitre). Attached to 

 surrender in Augmentation Office, &c. Described by 



* This seal lias never yet been fully described. Its legend is : — 



. Sigil -. 3 Ibaufisn Ipnoris Sd ffiermani. 



Under a canopy St. German stands in benediction, wearing mitre, &c., and 

 holding pastoral staff in left hand, crook outward. The seal is ornamented with 

 foliage. On each side of the Saint, as a supporter, stands a Hawk, fce^ea— pro- 

 bably the rebus or badge of Hauken. Beneath, is a shield charged with 3 bells 

 (2 and 1) , the Arms of the Priory (not of Prior Swimmer, as some have sup- 

 posed, he held office long afterwards) . According to Oliver (Mon. p. 3), John 

 Hawken died in April, 1434. This deed is dated ZO January, following (13th of 

 Henry VI, i.e. 1434-5). If Oliver be correct, John Kylkeham was then Prior, 

 and must have used his predecessor's seal. In the deed the Prior's name is given 

 merely as " John." See Deed (with curses) in extenso, in Maclean's Trigg Minor 

 vol. 2, p. 391. 



