VII. Some Remarks on the Original Seal belonging to the Abbey of Wilton. By Francis Douce, Esq. F.S.A.

Francis Douce Esq.

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VII. Some Remarks on the Original Seal belonging to the Abbey of Wilton. By Francis Douce, Esq. F.S.A.

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Francis Douce Esq.

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I have the honour of laying before the Society some remarks on the original Seal belonging to the abbey of Wilton; and when its great antiquity, the stile of its workmanship, and the quality and character of the person whom it represents, are considered, it cannot fail of being regarded as an article of much interest and curiosity.

Type: Research Article
Information: Archaeologia , Volume 18 , 1817 , pp. 40 - 54

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261340900026023 [Opens in a new window]
Copyright: Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1817

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^{page 41 note a} Harl. Charters, 45 A. 36. MS. 436.

^{page 41 note b} Tanner, Not. Monast. Wilts, xxxvii. And see Leland, Coll. vol. I. p. 67.

^{page 42 note c} It appears from a charter granted by Edgar to Wilton Monastery, A. D. 974, being the 15th of his reign and the 34th of his age, that Wilfrid was then abbess. Harl. MS. 436.

^{page 42 note d} Capgrave, Nova Legenda Angliæ, fo. CII. Bromton, speaking of the translation of the body of the murdered Saint Edward to Wilton, (in the text, by mistake, as I conceive, called Winton), states, that Wilfrid was at that time abbess of the monastery, her daughter Edith being with her. This was in 982. See Decem Script, col. 875. Capgrave relates the matter rather differently in his Life of Saint Edward the Martyr.

^{page 42 note e} She has also been made the daughter of King Egbert.

^{page 43 note f} Cressey's Church Hist. p. 886.Google Scholar

^{page 43 note g} Leland has preserved an extract from him. See Collect. Vol. III. p. 168.

^{page 43 note h} Cotton MS. Faust. B. III.

^{page 43 note i} Leland Coll. Vol. III. p. 219.

^{page 43 note g} In this MS. the Saxon he is used for she.

^{page 44 note l} William of Worcester, in his Itinerary, says that Edgar made Edith abbess of Wilton, p. 61, edit. Nasmith, where the name is misprinted Edwinna.

^{page 46 note m} Camden's Britannia, edit. 1623.

^{page 47 note n} See many instances in the Old and New Testament.

^{page 47 note o} Ficoroni de plumbeis antiquorum nutuism. tab, II. & IV.

^{page 47 note p} Urediusde Sigill. Comit. Flandriæ fo, I. c.

^{page 48 note q} Doublet Antiq. de l'Abbaie de S. Denis, p. 718.

^{page 48 note r} Doublet, p. 719. Felibien Hist, del'Abb. de S. Denis. Append. XLII.

^{page 48 note s} Camden's Epistolæ, p. 255.

^{page 49 note t} Nouv. Traité de Diplom. tom. IV. p. 204.

^{page 50 note u} Walsingham, Hist. Angl. p. 261, edit. Camden.

^{page 51 note x} Matt. Paris, vit. Abb. S. Albani, p. 79.

^{page 52 note y} Mabillon de re Diplom. p. 135.

^{page 52 note z} Nouv. Traité de Diplom. tom. IV. p. 344.

^{page 52 note a} Nouv. Traité de Diplom. tom. IV. p. 53.

^{page 53 note b} Godwin de Præsul. pp. 41, 42.521. edit 1743, folio.

^{page 53 note c} The Abbé le Boeuf has made some very interesting collections relating to the cultivation of the Greek and Roman Classics in France during the ninth century. See his “Recueil de divers Ecrits pour servir d'éclaircissemens à l'Histoire de France, &c.” Paris, 1738. 120. tom. II. p. 10.

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