Memorials of old north Wales . gh. The ancient borough, which Camden has declared has* lost much of its ancient splendour by heaps of sand castupon it, received its first charter in 1303 from Edward H.,when Prince of Wales. The corporate body was dis-solved in 1814, and the insignia then dispersed. Thefine ancient seal, if inches in diameter, here reproduced,is of about the year 1400, and bears the device of asingle-masted vessel on the waves, with the marginallegend— Sigillij : comunitatis : de : neuburgh. The pre-sent owner of the seal, Mr. Thomas Prichard of LlwydiarthEsgob, Llanerchymedd,
Memorials of old north Wales . gh. The ancient borough, which Camden has declared has* lost much of its ancient splendour by heaps of sand castupon it, received its first charter in 1303 from Edward H.,when Prince of Wales. The corporate body was dis-solved in 1814, and the insignia then dispersed. Thefine ancient seal, if inches in diameter, here reproduced,is of about the year 1400, and bears the device of asingle-masted vessel on the waves, with the marginallegend— Sigillij : comunitatis : de : neuburgh. The pre-sent owner of the seal, Mr. Thomas Prichard of LlwydiarthEsgob, Llanerchymedd, inherited it from his grandfather,Robert Prichard, the last recorder of the borough, whoattached a label to it, with this injunction : This seal is 246 Memorials of North Wales not to be delivered up without payment of £^, 5s. od.,due from the corporation to R. P, The interesting old brass mace ^ is evidently of localmanufacture, and of eighteenth-century date. It cameinto the possession of Lord Boston from his grandfather,. Newborough Seal. who was the last mayor of Newborough. Lord Bostonhas deposited it in the Prichard-Jones Institute atNewborough. Pwllheli. It was from Edward the Black Prince that Pwllhelireceived its first charter of incorporation. It still retainsthe matrix of its exceedingly fine seal, which probablydates from 1422, when the first charter was confirmed byHenry VI. This seal, which is if inches in diameter, isan elephant, bearing on its back a triple-towered castle,enclosed within cusping. On each side are branches oftrees. The legend is : SIGILLUM : COMMUNITATIS : VILLE : DE : PORTHELY. In 1857 the seal was mounted in a frame with a^ Photograph and information sent by Mr. E. Neil Baynes. Relics, Civic Plate, Regalia, Etc. 247 handle, of silver, at the expense of Mr. T. Love The silver mace with mahogany staff is a very rare,if not unique, form, taking as it does the shape in minia-ture of a loving cup, such as was popular in Englandabou
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