By the Rev. E. H. Ooddard. 



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is the date 1608. Its diameter is 2Jin. The matrix is of bronze. 

 The surrounding legend reads :— 



"SIG'. COMVNE MA i OR IS ET BVRGENSI BVRGI DNI REGIS 

 DE DEVIZES IN COM WILT." 



The Mayor's Seal is a solid silver seal, with moulded handle, 

 measuring 2in. in height. Bound the edge of the head is inscribed, 

 * Mr. Matthew Allar Maior anno Do. 1681." 



In the device the castle resembles that on the old common seal, 

 in the large archway and the round enclosure wall behind. The 

 legend is : — 



"SIG1LL # OFFICII * MAIOR # BVRGI * ONE * REGI * DSVISAR." 



Constables' Staves. Mr. Waylen, History of Devizes, p. 578, 

 mentions among the corporation insignia " Two Constables' Staves. 

 These are long weapons, borne like the maces on occasions of 

 ceremony : they are topped with flat-headed brass ornaments having 

 on one side the arms of England and on the other a medallion of 

 Queen Anne ; and inscriptions stating that they were " Presented to 

 the Corporation of Devizes by John Smith, Citizen of London, brazier 

 to King William III. of blessed memory, who delivered this nation 

 from Popery and arbitrary government, to Her present Majesty Queen 

 Anne 1709." These staves are no longer used, though still in 

 existence. The constables now carry ebony staves with silver 

 mounts. 



[Preserved now with the corporation insignia are a Silver 

 Punch-Bowl and Ladle, formerly belonging to the " Brittox 

 Club." 1 The punch-bowl is a large plain silver vessel, on moulded 

 foot. The diameter of the bowl is 13 Jin. ; that of the foot, 8in. ; 

 and the height, 7-Jin. 



Bound the rim are inscribed the following names : — " Titos. 

 Bay ley, Benj n - Richards, Hen y - Butt, Fred Edwards, Rob 1 Sloper, 

 Jno. Sayer, Jno. Cleaveland, J no. Richards, Will m - Noyes, 

 Jno Maynard, Math 10 - Burgess, Sam 1 - Smith, Benj n - Anstie, Edw d - 



1 The Brittox Club was presumably a political club. The late Mr. Waylen 

 informed me that he had never come across any record of it. 



