. Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. con-tinuous series from 1200down to the present time. The four oificial sealsreadily fall into two divi-sions : (1) those of the cityofficers before the appoint-ment of a mayor ; (2) the official mayoralty seals. The oldest of the official seals, that of the jyi^cepositi or provosts,is a small circular one. If inch indiam. [fig. 19). The device consists ofa castellated building, with centraltower with conical roof, and two tallembattled side towers. The centraltower has a large round-headeddoorway with a quatrefoiled win
. Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. con-tinuous series from 1200down to the present time. The four oificial sealsreadily fall into two divi-sions : (1) those of the cityofficers before the appoint-ment of a mayor ; (2) the official mayoralty seals. The oldest of the official seals, that of the jyi^cepositi or provosts,is a small circular one. If inch indiam. [fig. 19). The device consists ofa castellated building, with centraltower with conical roof, and two tallembattled side towers. The centraltower has a large round-headeddoorway with a quatrefoiled windowor opening over it. On the field ofthe seal in chief are two stars, ando , . in base is the river Severn. Le2:end : Seal of the Provosts of Gloucester. + SI6ILL PHaPOSITOR GLOVaaSTRia : The seal probably dates from Johns charter of 1200 permit-ting the appointment of two burgesses, one or both of whom shallguard the prcepositura of the city. The only known impressionis appended to a deed of 1301-2 among the city records, whereinit is called sigillum 390 Transactions for the Year 1888-9. The second of the oflicial seals, that of the bailiffs, is circular,1| inch in diameter (^^^(7-j. It bears the same device as theprovosts seal, of which it is obviously a copy. The legend is : + SI6ILL : BALLIVOR : GLOYaaSTRIGC This seal is of very little later date than that just described. The orif^inal silver matrix, to whicha long chain and swivel are attached, isstill preserved by the town clerk. The earlier of the two mayoral sealsis circular, 1| ins. in diam. (jig. 21) Thedevice is the early shield of arms of thecity—semee of horse-nails, a sword inbend between six horse-shoes—with sprigs of foliage at the sides and a lion of Eng- Sealofthe Bailiffs of Gloucester. land in base. The legend, in black letter characters, is : with sprigs for stops. The date of this seal may safely be assigned to the year 1483, when Richard III. formallygranted to the city the privilegeof
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