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M Qfyitttmty Ctnturg Seal of Hogcr 

 tit Carsmgtou. 



By Mrs. Meade-Waldo. 



HE seal of which an illustration is here given, was 

 found, not long ago, among " the debris of a long- 

 forgotten house " at Haverfordwest. It is in the 

 ordinary form of thirteenth century seals, and its 

 date is very closely defined by the curious monogram of the 

 two letters €C and R which appears twice upon it. This mono- 

 gram occurs upon the English coinage between the years 1248 

 and 1272 in the reign of Henry III* The seal is as thick as 

 a farthing, and is of bronze or brass. The device, or badge, 

 is a boar's head couped with the legend, "+S'[IGILLUM] 

 ROGffRI DGC KffRSINTVN^." It has a small ring or 

 loop at the back, by means of which it could be suspended on 

 a cord or chain. 



Very little is known of the family of de Kersintun, Kersinton, 

 Kersynton or Kersington, as it is variously given, but it seems 

 undoubtedly to have belonged to Carsington, in this county, 



* See Hawkins' Silver Coins of England, fig. 289, where its exact counter- 

 part is given. 



