relatives of _England_ are blazoned in a circular compartment: to the
sinister, in a similar compartment, are the fleurs de lys of _France
Ancient_, No. 247, at that time so closely allied with the English
lions: and, finally, in a third roundle, in the base of the composition,
are the arms of _De Dreux_ (_chequée or and az., within a bordure
gu.;[6] over all a canton of Brittany_, No. 15, borne by the maternal
grandfather of the Countess: the legend is, + S . MARIE . DE . SEYN .
POVL . COMITISSE . PEMPROCHIE. The original impression of this Seal,
from which the woodcut, No. 319, was drawn, is appended to a charter,
dated 1347, which is preserved amongst the muniments of Pembroke
College. A very good example of the aggroupment of Shields upon a Seal,
under conditions differing from those that now have been illustrated,
I have already given in No. 204. Another beautiful and most interesting
example, now unfortunately partially mutilated, is the Seal of MATILDA
of LANCASTER, the wife, first, of WILLIAM DE BURGH, Earl of ULSTER (and
by him mother of ELIZABETH, the wife of Prince LIONEL OF CLARENCE), and,
secondly, of Sir RALPH DE UFFORD. This seal, of circular form, No. 320,
displays to the dexter a shield of _De Burgh_--_or, a cross gu._; to the
sinister, a shield of _Ufford_--_or, a cross engrailed sa._, in the
first quarter _a fleur de lys, for difference_: in base there is a
lozenge of _De Chaworth_ (the mother of the Countess was MATILDA DE
CHAWORTH)--_barrulée arg. and gu., an orle of martlets sa._; and in
chief there remains part of another lozenge of _Lancaster_, to complete
this remarkable heraldic group. Of the legend there remains only . .
ILLV MATILD’ . . . . SE . . . The introduction of _Badges_, with a
Shield or Shields of arms, in the composition of a Seal, is another
variety of this same system of Marshalling. No. 321, the Seal of OLIVER
DE BOHUN, exemplifies this usage, having the _white swan Badge_ of the
noble house of BOHUN thrice repeated about the Shield. See No. 114. Also
see, in the frontispiece, the Seal of Earl RICHARD DE BEAUCHAMP, No.
449, which is described in Section II. of Chapter XXII.
[Footnote 6: In No. 319 the bordure of _De Dreux_ in the roundle in
base is charged with Lions of England, as borne by JOHN DE DREUX;
but the presence of these in the Seal of the Countess is uncertain.
See No. 322.]
[Illustration: No. 319.--Seal of Mary, Countess of Pembroke.]
[Illustration: No. 320.--Seal of Matilda of Lancaster.]
Marshalling by Aggroupment was practised under another form by placing
Shields of arms in the different panels of the same architectural
monument.
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