By J. E. Nightingale, F.S A. 



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of Edw. III. — to this charter. The autotype plate is given because, 



* though imperfect, it is in better condition than the other known 

 examples. Another impression is attached to the last of the Pem- 

 broke documents now printed, of Cecily Bodenham, in 1536, where 

 the seal shows evidence of much use. The matrix no longer exists. 



A valuable addition to the very few known examples of Anglo- 

 Saxon seals has lately been made by the discovery of a very fine 



; one at Wallingford, now in the possession of Mr. A. W. Franks. 



« It is circular in form, and has a subject and legends on both sides 

 with a richly-decorated sort of handle at the top, somewhat like the 



. original termination of the Wilton seal. The material is some kind 

 of bone or ivory. 



2. Grant by Matilda \de la Mar'] Abbess of Wilton, and the Convent of the 

 |j same to Richard de Mnchelne and Beatrice, his wife, of a piece of land, at one 

 | time belonging to Richard Gosny, in Ugeford St. James [Ugford St. James], 

 situated over against the chapel of the said saint : the same to be held, together 

 with common of pasture for two cattle, in perpetuity, at a yearly rent to the 

 Convent of ten shillings sterling. Witnesses, Sir John de Langport, then our 

 j steward, Geoffrey de Trowe,* William be Bissopestre, Henry Tut, David de 

 A Draytone, John Turgys, Nicholas Curthayn, Robert Ysembre, Peter le Butelyr, 

 i and many others. Temp. Edw. I. Latin. 



Two seals attached. The first, an oval seal, bearing a full-length 



figure of an abbess, the right hand holding a pastoral staff, the left 



in front of the body, holding a book. On each side of the figure 



is a small vesical compartment, that on the right containing a 



head, probably of S. Edith, that on the left being almost entirely 



broken away. Legend ISSE Green wax, the 



edges and one side broken away. (Plate, No. 5.) The second, a 



round seal, bearing a f-length figure of S. Eadgitha or Edith, 



, habited as an abbess, face in profile to the right ; the right hand 



j raised in benediction, the left holding a book. Legend [+XIJ 



* LIL-t EADLXDE REJLjA[L' ADELPiE :] Sigillum EadgySe, 

 regalis adelphe. Green wax, edges injured (plate, No. 2.) 



• Geoffrey de Trowe was of the very ancient family of that name settled in the Chalk valley long 

 before the Conquest. Trow, under the name of Trogan, occurs in the description of the boundaries 

 of the lands granted by King Edwie to the Abbess of Wilton. According to the Testa de Nevill, 

 this Geoffrey de Trowe and Alexander de Trowe then held Trow of the Abbess of Wilton by sei jeant y. 

 This ancient manor and estate, still known by the name of Trow, extends itself to the parishes Ot 

 Alvediston, Fifield Bavant, and Broad Chalke. See Tloare's Hun. Chalk. In 1282 Jacobus de Trowe 

 knight, probably another member of this tamily, performed military service due from the Abbess of 

 Wilton. See Falgrave'a Alph. Digest., p. 871. 



