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Description: | Wax seal, dark green, circular (69mm), with fragment of impression of pierced projecting lug of matrix, parts of edge missing, parchment tag. Reverse: Shield shown bearing the arms of England 1340-1400, Quarterly France Ancient and England, and flanked by greyhound supporters [SIG]ILLUM PRO BREVIBVS CORAM IVST[ICIARIIS] (Seal for briefs before the justices). Obverse: The king is shown enthroned and crowned with orb and sceptre in front of a diapered background of lozengiform trellis, fleur-de-lis on each intersection, rose within each lozenge [HENRI]CVS DEI GRACIA REX [ANGLEI] ET FRANCIA (by the grace of God king of England and France). This appears to be an impression from early seal matrix for the Court of Common Pleas that has subsequently been modified and updated by the addition of the greyhound supporters of Henry VII and VIII. Cf Jenkinson 'The Great Seal of England: Deputed or Departmental Seals' Archaeologia 85, 301-3, Plate LXXXVI, 1-3. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hinds, Katie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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