Cloth Seal, Alnage, Lennox, Essex

Cloth Seal, Alnage, Lennox, Essex, Image by Karen Ellis-Andrews, Found by Roy Ellis.
Found on the Thames Foreshore, 16mm.

Blank // Ducal coronet over LR ligate, THE COVNTY OF ESSEX around // crowned arms of England // missing

A four-part alnage seal for the county of Essex. The Dukes and Duchess of Richmond and Lennox held the farm of the alnage for most of England from 1605 –1724.
See BSG.CS.02023 for a complete example.