144 On Armorial Hearings, etc. By Walter Laidlaw. 



XL VII .827. Community of Jedburgh. [ ? 1 7th century. ] 



Hound Seal, bearing on a shield a horse passant. 

 Legend— S COMVNITATIS ■ DE ■ IEDBVEGH. 

 XLVII. 820. Burgh of Jedburgh. [? 18th century.] 



Round Seal, bearing an ornamental shield of arms : — a knight 

 armed cap-a-pie, on a horse saliant. 



Legend on a scroll, above— STEENVE ET PEOSPEEE. 

 Legend below— SIGILLVM ■ BVEGI ■ DE • IEDBVEGH. 



XLVII. 580. Hugh, Abbot of Jedburgh. Circa, A.D. 1220. 



P.O. Seal, bearing a figure of the Abbot, in cowl, holding his 



staff, seated on a carved chair in profile to the right, reading 



at a book upon a carved lectern. Legend — [S]IGILL 



HVGON[IS] ABB[ATIS D]E GEDOEW 



XLVII. -387. John Morel, Abbot of Jedburgh. [A.D. 1292.] 



Oval Seal, bearing within a cusped gothic quatrefoil a horse 



passant, contourne, in the field above, a small hand. 



Legend— xS' FEATEIS ■ IOHANNIS MOEEL. 

 XLVLT. -388. John, Abbot of Jedburgh. A.D. 1532. (Official 



Seal of the Abbot). 

 P.O. Seal, bearing in a canopied niche, the unusual subject of 



the "Plight of the Holy Family into Egypt." In base 



within a niche, an Abbot kneeling in profile to the right, 



with his staff. 



Legend—* S' OFFICII ABBATIS MOX DE IEDWOET. 



XLVII. 584, 58.5. Chapter of the Austin Canons of Jedburgh, 



A.D. 1534. 

 Pound Seal, bearing on the obverse in a carved gothic niche 



with trefoiled canopy, the coronation of the B. Virgin Mary. 



At the sides two trees, in the exergue a leaf or fruit between 



two wyverns. 



Legend— SIGILLV PITVLT • DE ■ IEDDE 



WOBTHE. 

 On the reverse is a quadruple niche, the salutation of the B. 



V. Mary between four saints or angels : the canorjy adorned 



with pinnacles and crockets. In the field two wavy trees, in 



the exergue three trefoiled openings. 



Legend— + MATEE • EA . . . VIA : SEEVIS : S[. . . . 



M I A PI A. 



