34 Notes on the Corporation Plate and Insignia of Wiltshire. 



two ostrich feathers with a third in base argent, and the legend 



" MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF CALNE, 

 WILTS, 1836." 



In the Visitation of Wilts, 1623, an older seal is figured, circular, 

 enclosing a shield of the town arms and the legend : — - 

 ".SIGIL: COSVI DE CALM." 



This is no doubt the seal referred to in the following entries in the ; 

 old Council Book 1 : — 



" 1566. P J to the King of Harrolcls for the brobation of the Armes of owre 

 Burrough, at the Devizes, 25/6. 



" To Edward Gouldsmith at Marlborough for the newe ingraveing of owre I 

 seale 12/0. 



"John Ladd having lost or refused to produce the Borough Seal that was in 

 his custody as Guild Steward last year, a new one is adopted with the arms as j 

 specified by the Heralds in 1565." 



The new one is again superseded in 1734, when : — 



" 1734. H. Keate refusing to produce the Borough Seal that was in his f 

 custody as Guild Steward, another bearing the Arms is procured." 



1756. " The seal detained by Henry Keate was delivered up, but being a bad 

 impression the one already substituted for it shall be used." 



The seal in use till 1836, probably the one above-mentioned, bore 

 a shield of the town arms and the legend : — 



"SIGILLUM BURGI & BURGENSIUM BURGI DE CALNE IN 

 COM WILTS." 3 



CHIPPENHAM. 



Though one of the oldest towns in the kingdom, Chippenham 

 was not incorporated until 1554, when Mary granted a charter, 

 confirmed afterwards by Elizabeth in 1560, and James I., 1607. 

 These charters were surrendered in 1684 to Charles II., and a new 



1 Wilts Arch. Mag., xxiv., 210, 214. 

 2 W. A. M., xxiv., 215, 216. 



