24-2 On the Seals of- ike Bishops of Salisbury, 



are Drummond (1 and 4) or three bars wavy gules with a scimitar 

 in pale, quartering the coat of augmentation (see Papworth and 

 Morant, p. 920) or a lion's head erased within a double tressure. 

 Those of his brother-in-law, Bishop Hume (1766), quarter his own 

 with those of Roberts or Robarts, azure on a chevron three mullets, 

 no doubt those of his mother. I have fairly good examples of the 

 seals of Bishops Douglas and Hamilton, and a good one of Bishop 

 MoberlyV*, in the last of which there is a return to the ancient 

 form of mitre, and apparently deeper cutting, and the Blessed 

 Virgin, though sceptred, is no longer crowned or rayed. 



My own seal,* which is peculiar, was kindly drawn for me by 

 my friend Mr. Stephen Aveling, of the Restoration House, 

 Rochester, and cut by Mr. H. Soane, of 8, Green Street, Leicester 

 Square. It is a representation of Raphael's Madonna di San Sisto, 

 with my own arms (ar. three bells az.) on a small shield in the base, 

 and the legend : — 



S' IOHANNIS DEI GRA EP'I SARISBERIENSIS A.D. 1885. 



It was a mistake on my part to write Sarisberiensis, a form 

 which I adopted from Canon Rich Jones. It should have been 

 Saresbiriensis as on the old seals, or Sarisburiensis, as on the 

 modern, and the lettering, though extremely well cut, is not, 

 perhaps, of a sufficiently distinct period. The legend also begins in 

 the wrong place, and should have been preceded with a cross not 

 a sort of star. I venture, however, to think that in some respects 

 it is an improvement on the more recent seals, and I hope that my 

 successors will not revert to the Laudian type, but will improve 

 upon my example. I have also a beautiful private signet sapphire 

 ring, given me by another friend, Mr. Alexander Mackay, of 

 Trowbridge. This exhibits similar figures, only in half length, and 

 below them my own arms, between the initials J.S., separated from 

 the figures by a pastoral staff. The cutting of this seal is extremely 

 delicate, but it is also remarkably deep for a modern work. It has 

 on the inside : — 



VERITAS . IN . CARITATE ALEX . MACKAY . 1887. 



I may add a list of the seals of the Bishops of Salisbury still 

 wanted to complete our series : — 



