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(c) Third seal, used by Brother Stephen Derby, Prior of the Cathedral 

 Church of the Holy Trinity. Brown wax, circular, l-p'f^ inches in diameter; 

 device, a shield contained iu tracery work, bearing a ragged cross surrounded 

 by the emblems of the Passion. Inscription: *SC0EPI0 sc' clavi ckvx lacea 

 FEL & CORONA. This interesting seal is illustrated iu the Book of Olits and 

 Marty rology of the Cafhcdrat Church of tlie Hohj Trinitji, edited by Cros- 

 thwaite, 1S44, p. ciii. 



(d) Fourth seal, used by Brother Adam Payne, sub-prior. Brown wax, 

 circriiar, -ff of an inch in diameter ; device, the Agmis Dei within branches. 

 No inscription. [Plate XXIX, no. 54 {54) (d).] 



(e) Fifth seal, used by Brother Nicholas Bodenham, "Vicar of tlie Friars 

 Hermits of the Order of St. Augustine in Ireland. Brown wax, circular, 

 ■fg- of an inch in diameter ; device, within a tracery border, our Lady and the 

 Child, with a figure adoring them. Inscription : *matee ■ dei • miseeeee • mei. 

 [Plate XXIX, no. 54 (54) (e).] 



(/) Sixth seal, used by Nicholas Serjeant. A fragment only of brown 

 wax remains. 



(g) Seventh seal, the seal of John Fitz William. Eed wax, circular, -L^ of 

 an inch in diameter ; device, a shield of arms, suspended from a tree, bearing 

 a bend charged with three pheons, points upwards, and a doubtful charge in 

 the sinister c^narter. Inscription : sigill : loms : fitz : william. [Plate XXIX, 

 no. 54 (54) ig]]. 



(/(-) Eighth seal, used by Christiana Pembroke, wife of John Fitz William. 

 Eed wax, circular, | of an inch in diameter ; device, a shield within a quatre- 

 foil, charged with the letter H. There are letters in the spaces between the 

 leaves of the quatrefoil which the writer has been unable to decipher in any 

 satisfactory manner. [Plate XXIX, no. 54(54) i'/i).] 



14. 56 i'55). The seal of Elias Coterell, 1387 a.d. Green wax, circular, 

 J-i of an inch in diameter: device, within an ornamental triangle, a shield 

 bearing a cross with three roundels in each quarter. In.scription : .s' elie 

 COTEEELL. [Plate XXIX, no. 06 (55).] 



15. 101 (100). Seal used by John, son and heir of Thomas Seriaunt, 

 Baron of " Castrocnok " (Castleknock) fhis father's seal), 1417 a.d.. Eed 

 wax, circular, 1-;^ inches in diameter ; device, a shield within Gothic tracery, 

 attached by a guige to a tree, bearing quarterly, first and fourth, a chevron 

 between three (Serjeant's) batons ; the second and third quarters are, perhaps, 

 barry, but these are uncertain. Inscription : sigillvji : thome : seeiaa'kt. 

 [Plate XXIX, no. 101 (100).] 



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