evice on the Sigillum Secretum, or Privy Seal,often differed as much from the Armorial Bearings as theImpress did from the Badge or Crest. I may quote as anexample the Seal of John de Cusaxce, who, in the year 1342,attested a deed by affixing a Seal bearing a profile head, withthe motto, Je sids… … Fig- 375.- Seal of Sir John Fraj. that the legend reads Thenk fayr Thenk (p = th) , orThenk ay Thenk ; and that the word Fayr, is simply ananagram of Fray. The colour of the wax affords but little evidence of thedate of the impression : it may, however, be stated that,in general, wax of its natural…
Heraldry
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