By the Rev. E. H. Goddard. 53 



" + SIOIL : NOV/E : €fflTATJ5 = SARfiSBYRifi" 



This seal seems to have been used until 1658 (?), when it was stolen 

 with other things out of the Council House, and a new one made. 



No. 2. This was 2in. in diameter, hearing an ornate shield of the 

 city arms, " or, four bars azure " with the circumscribing legend: — 

 "THE : CITIE : OF : NEW : SARUM : 1 6 5 8." 



No. 3. In 1836 the reformed corporation adopted a new seal, 

 the same style as the last, bearing the city arms with supporters, 

 " two double-headed eagles displayed or, each gorged with a coronet and 

 beaked and legged azure." The legend runs : — 



11 THE MAYOR. ALDERMEN AND BURGESSES OF NEW 

 SARUSV1, 18.36." 



No. 5. The seal at present in use is a copy of the one of 1836, 

 2in. in diameter, bearing a shaped shield with supporters and the 

 legend : — • 



"THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND CITIZENS OF THE CITY 

 OF NEW SARUM, 1851." 



A duplicate is used as an embossing stamp, 

 The Mayor's Seal. 



No. 1. The oldest known is a small pointed oval seal of early 

 thirteenth century date, 2in. long, bearing the Annunciation beneath 

 a canopy with a figure praying in base, and the legend, in Lombardic 

 capitals : — 



"S. MAiGRiS SARRYM/' 



No. 2 is circular, of early fourteenth century date, lfin. in 

 diameter, bearing the same device and the legend : — 



" S1GILLV . MAIORIS ♦ SARRYM * " 



No. 3, of early fifteenth century date, bears the same device and 

 the legend : — 



" fttgiUum t matortd. : nobe t &avufti." 



