2 5 J. KEMARKS ON ONE OF THE GREAT SEALS OF EDWARD III. and which had remained in the custody of the bishop ; the circumscription of one of which was " Edwardus Dei gratia Rex Francie et Anghe et Doniinus Hibernie," and on the other, " Edwardus Dei gratia Rex Anglie, Dominus Hibernie et Aquitanie." This latter was certainly G, which had been deposited in the Treasury in 1369, and the former must surely have been e, which we think has been shown to have been left in the Treasur}^ at the same time ; a conclusion which is strengthened by the fact that F was certainly used as a seal of presence in 1369, 1371, and 1372, as Professor Willis mentions having discovered impressions of it in those years in Pembroke College. After a careful examination of the memoranda in Rymer, we believe this transaction of the 28th March, 1371, to have been the last occasion on which the seal E is noticed. Of its final suppression there is no record ; but w^e infer that it was destroyed not long afterwards, unless the king took a great seal with him during his short absence in 1372 ; for it is remai'kable that on the king going abroad, at the end of August in that year, he appointed his grandson. Prince Richard, guardian of the realm ; and the seal which, on the change of great seals, was delivered to the chancellor and ordered to be used during the king's absence, was not e, as theretofore, but G, which the circumscription on it, given by Rymer, makes evident,'^ although on that seal, as has been mentioned, the words " et Francie " did not occur ; and, therefore, it was not likely to be used had there been existing another seal with those words upon it. If, however, the seal 3 Rymer iii., p. 962. As this Memo- qiioddam magnum sigillum ipsius domini randuin is unnoticed by Prof. Willis, Regis pro regimine regni Anglie dum and is referred to in the Additional Ob- idem Rex infra idem regnum fuerit depu- servations by Mr. Walford, which are tatum ; Quod quidem sigillum idem subjoined to these remarks, it is here set Dominus Rex in (juadam bursa inclusum out, so far as relates to the change of the sigillo suo de signeto consignavit et Seals, with the exception only of the sigillum illud prjefato Thesaurario liber- witnesses' names. 4G f^dw. Ill (137"2). avit in thesauraria usque red ituin ipsius
- ' Memorandum quod Johannes Knyvet Regis in Angliam custodiendum. Et
Cancellarius domini Regis die Lune, statim idem Dominus Rex liberavit viz. tricesimo die Augusti anno prtesenti pruL'fato Cancellario (pioddam aliud niag- eircahoram nonam in portu de Sandwico num sigillum eujus cireumscri|)tio est in quailamnavi ipsius Domini Regis vocata talis, viz. Edwardus Dei gratia Hex La Grace de Dieu in aula ipsius Regis Anglie dominus Hibernie et Acjuilaine, in navi prsedicta in presentia Johannis pnecipiens eidem cancellario ut ea qua' Regis Castelle [and several others, among ad officium suum in dicto regno pertinent wiiom was Ricli:»rd Lo Scrop, the Trea- uscjue reditura i|)sius Regis in Angliam surer] liberavit eidem Domino Regi faceret et exerceret." super viagio suo supra mare tunc existenti
