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XIX. An Account of an ancient Seal of Robert, Baron Fitz-Walter, produced at the Society of Antiquaries, 30th January 1777. In a Letter to the Hon. Daines Barrington, Vice-President. By John-Charles Brooke, Esq. of the Herald's College

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John-Charles Brooke Esq.
John-Charles Brooke Esq.
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The elegant Seal [a] produced by you at the last meeting of the Society, belonged to Robert the 5th Baron Fitz-Walter, who was son of Walter, and grandson of Robert, Lord Fitz-Walter, Marshal of the Army of God and Holy Church, as appears by the shield of arms under the horse's head, which bears the coat of his 2d wife, who was a Ferrers.

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Archaeologia , Volume 5 , 1779 , pp. 211 - 215
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1779

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page 211 note [a] This Seal was found at Stamford in Lincolnshire, in the reign of Charles II. and was given to Robert Saunderson, then bishop of Lincoln, whose great-grandson John King, Esq. of Ashby de la Launde in Lincolnshire, sold it to the Rev. Richard Neate, LL. B. of Whetsone in the county of Middlesex, the present possessor, who obligingly, by Mr. Barrington, communicated it to the Society. It is of silver, the exact size of the engraving, and weighs seven oz. and seven penny weights. See pl. XVII.

page 212 note [b] Philpot Baroń. Ang. in Coll. Arm. f. 199.

page 212 note [c] Idem.

page 212 note [d] Dugd. Baron. vol. I. p. 221.

page 212 note [e] Black Book, p. 493, in Coll. Armor.

page 213 note [f] Vinc. N° 126, page 181, 182, 183. in Coll. Armor.

page 213 note [g] Ex Codice MSS. penes-me, vol. I. f. 148.

page 213 note [h] Vide Regist. Stemm. Magnatum in Coll. Armor.

page 215 note [i] Rot. Vascon. 22 Edw. I. m. 1.

page 215 note [k] Aspilogia penes me, MSS. N° 20.