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NOTES. 

 Silver Seal found at Potterne. A silver seal set with an 



intaglio found many years ago at Potterne has recently been acquired 

 by the British Museum. Whether this is the seal referred to in Wilts 

 Arch. Ma(j., i., 57, or xxxii., 239, I cannot say. The seal I now refer to 

 is said to have been found in " Great Orchard," a field in the middle of 

 the village in which stood the crenellated mansion of the Bishops of 

 Salisbury which was demolished at the time of the Commonwealth. 

 The occupier of the field who found the seal kept it till his death. It 

 was occasionally shown to friends, and referred to as the " Bishop's 

 Seal. It is, however, very doubtful whether it ever belonged to any 

 bishop. 



Some years ago it was shown to Mr. Ready, who wrote as 

 folk)ws : — "Its owner was William Pagnell, Lord of Fordington (a 

 l)rebend of the Cathedral Church of Salisbury) in 1301. It is one of 

 the seals appended to the Barons' letter to Pope Boniface VIII. I have 

 the whole of them, one hundred and seventeen in number, some very 

 large, nearly all the nobility of that period. Littleton Panel, or Pagnell, 

 in Bishoi)s Lavington, belonged to the family of William Pagnell." 



This was written apparently in entire confidence and belief that it 

 was correct. Littleton Panel is only four miles from Potterne, and this 

 seemed to lend confirmation to the story. 



Some doubt, however, was recently thrown upon the tale, and the 

 authorities of the British Museum were consulted. This is Avhat is 

 now said : — " The story is entirely wrong. It has nothing to do with 

 any ^\'illiam Pagnell and was not one of the seals appended to the 

 Barons' Letter to Boniface VIII." It is now described as "a silver 

 seal of the 13th century with loop for suspension in the form of a 

 monster's head. It is set with a jasper engraved with a mounted 

 figure in the late Roman period and bears the following inscription in 

 mediieval Latin, 'Qua; tibi lego lege'— 'what 1 read to you, read.' 

 The inscription is rather puzzling. The usual thing is * tecta lege, 

 lecta tege,' which gives an obvious sense." 



1 send an impression of it to the Museum. H. E. Medlicott. 



Broad Hinton. A small folio Black Letter Jiook of Common Prayer, 

 printed by Bell and Barker, London, 1674 (Charles II. 's edition), bearing 

 the following inscriptions : — 

 "This service book was bought for ye pish of Broad-lliuton agst 



Kaster in ye year 1676. Hen. Dudley Vicar " 

 "This ])ooke now belongs to Mr. Henry Dudley, Wvat of Uroad 

 lliuton, May the last day in ye year l()y(). Henry DudK'V, Ano 

 Dili, lf)JJO." 

 has been recently (May, 1911), jiurchased from a bookseller in Edinburgh, 

 an<l replaced among the possessions of the Church at Broad llinton. 



I'J). 11. (Joi)l>AKI). 



