23S On the Seals of the Bishops of Salisbury. 



of Portsmouth who has kindly presented me this and some other 

 seals) is that of his mother's family Delamere (two lions passant in 

 pale), impaled with Roche (three roaches in pale), within a similar 



bordure. The legend is &tgtUiT2&u:artrt fceaucftamp tre t gracta 



jSat'Uttt £|H0C Opt. Bishop Beauchamp is memorable amongst us as 

 the builder of the hall, and I suppose of the tower also, at the east 

 end of the Palace, and as the builder of the Chapel of St. George's, 

 Windsor. In recognition, it is said, of the latter work, which was 

 executed after he became Dean in 1 477 he received the Chancellorship 

 of the Garter from Edward IV., for himself and his successors, 

 Bishops of Salisbury. This dignity was taken away by Henry VIII. 

 in 1522, and restored by Charles II. to Seth Ward in 1669, the 

 vacancy by which he obtained actual possession occurring in 1671. 

 The office was (somewhat unjustly, perhaps) separated from the see 

 during the vacancy that occurred after Bishop Burgess' death in 

 lb37, in order, it is said, to induce Bishop Bagot, of Oxford, to 

 take charge of the county of Berkshire. 



(29) The seal of Lionel Wydville, 1482, shows a decided decay 

 of art. Mr. Hope tells me that it is of foreign work. It is in- 

 teresting as having a curious form apparently o£ the Royal arms, 

 three lions passant, turned the wrong way, within a bordure covered 

 with fleurs-de-lys. Whether this has anything to do with his office 

 as Chancellor of the Garter, or was a coat granted him as brother- 

 in-law of Edward IV., who married his sister Elizabeth, I must 

 leave for more competent authorities to determine. Prince John 

 of Eltham (I learn from my friend Mr. S. T. Aveling's very useful 

 enlargement of Boutell's Manual) bore a similar coat as son of 

 Edward II. The sinister shield is effaced. 



(34) Lorenzo Campeggio in 1524 has a seal, which is unfortu- 

 nately a good deal broken. The legend appears to contain reference 

 to his being a cardinal presbyter of the Church of Rome. It may 

 have been something of this form :— Stgtllum [lattrettttt 



tomane eccite] pbvt [cavtrtnaitg tt tpt t>onom?n$t$ (t 

 £arcgtHtt?n£t£«] 



Only two counterseals of this period have come into my hands, 

 both of Robert Erghum, and both small gems. The first is the 



