BSG.CS.02115 — Cloth Seal, County Alnage Seal, Rose, Fleur De Lis & Sun

Crown over rose, fleur de lis and sun, S'VLNA[G'PANNOR'IN COM'] ... in Lombardic lettering around // Crowned ornate shield bearing arms of England [sun] to left rose to right, S' SV[LNA…PANNOR… in Lombardic around

The inscription was completed with reference to a seal die that was recovered for Southampton, see BSG.CS.00867. The last three letters of the county are visible but difficult to decipher.

Egan (P.38 of his PhD thesis) dates seals with a crown above a sun, a fleur de lis and a rose to the late 15th century.

For a parallel county seal of this type see Elton p.222 MOL 92.27/7, "An early two-disc county alnage seal. The rivet disc is stamped with a crowned ornate shield bearing the arms of Tudor England, device to left and sun to right, S VLNA[GII] PANNOR ... around. The rove disc side is stamped with a crown above a rose and sun, [S.SUB]CIDII PANNOR IN COM (county name) around." This seal appears to have the sun and rose on the opposite sides of the shield and the fleur de lis but this variation has already been noted by Egan, "These have Lombardic-letter legends: crown over the three devices (the rose and sun appear In either order to the sides of the fleur), .. CI(DII PA)... (i. e. 'subsidy of cloths') around." [again P.38 of his PhD thesis].

The rose and sun motif is also seen on seals for faulty cloth - BSG.CS.01217.