228 



£f)c Seal of mi Saints', 4Pcrfcg. 



R. S. G. FENTON, of Cranbourn Street, London, 

 writes that it will probably be of interest to the 

 Society to know that the original seal of the 

 collegiate church of All Saints', Derby, is still in 



existence, and was sold at Sotheby's on May 27th, 1904; the 



following being its catalogue description : — 



252 Bronze Seal of the Royal Free Chapel of All Saints, Derby 

 (Derby College), S. COMVN. LIBaRff. CTCPaLLGL 

 RSGia. OMN. SdOR. DGCRBffYff.j Christ seated under 

 portico in centre ; above, a shield bearing the three lions 

 passant of England within a quatrefoil compartment, 

 and below, S. EADMVND REX, the saint-king kneeling 

 with hands clasped in prayer, oval, 2% by if ins.; 

 Another, Seal of Doctor Fabriczy (?), S. P. FAB 

 RIECCV DOCTOR, &c, oval, 2 by i£ ins. 2 



' ; V ;: The parish church of All Saints (Derby), being a royal 

 free chapel, was collegiate, and had besides the master or 

 rector (who seems to have been the Dean of Lincoln), 

 7 prebendaries, but all their revenues amounted, 26th 

 Hen. VIII. , to ^39 12s. per annum only, in the whole, 

 and ^38 14s. clear. It was granted, i° Marise, to the 

 bailiffs and burgesses of the town of Derby, Dormer's 

 not., -p. 83. 



