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1st common seal of the town of Melcombe Regis, 1290-1305
1st seal of the town of Calais, 1228
1st seal of the town of Dunwich, circa 1199
1st seal of the town of Southampton, early 13th century
2nd seal of the corporation of Winchelsea, early 14th century
2nd seal of the town of Southampton, early 14th century
cast: seal cast
cast: seal cast: Admiralty, Great Seal of the Supreme Court, 1702
cast: seal cast: Beaufort, Thomas, seal of office, 1418-26(Admiral of England, Aquitaine and Ireland)
cast: seal cast: Bourbon, Louis De, seal of office, 1463-86(Admiral of France)
cast: seal cast: Calais, 1st seal of the town, 1228
cast: seal cast: Cardigan, counter seal of the corporation, early 17C
cast: seal cast: Commonwealth, Great Seal, 1651
cast: seal cast: Damme, seal of the scabini and burgesses, 1309
cast: seal cast: Dover, common seal, 1305
cast: seal cast: Dunwich, 1st seal of the town, ca.1199
cast: seal cast: ecclesiastical seal
cast: seal cast: Faversham, 2nd seal of the town, 1272-1307
cast: seal cast: Folkestone, 1st common seal, late 13C
cast: seal cast: Fuenterrabia, seal of the town, ca.1250
cast: seal cast: Great Yarmouth, 1st seal of the corporation, late 13C
cast: seal cast: Hastings, common seal, early 14C
cast: seal cast: Holand, John, seal of office, 1421(Admiral of England Ireland and Aquitaine)
cast: seal cast: Holand, John, seal of office, 1435-42(Admiral of England Ireland and Aquitaine)
cast: seal cast: Hythe, common seal, late 12C-early 13C
cast: seal cast: Ipswich, 1st common seal, 1200
cast: seal cast: Ipswich, 2nd seal of the bailiffs, late 14C or early 15C
cast: seal cast: Ipswich, seal of Elias son of Turstin, 12C
cast: seal cast: King's Lynn, seal of the admiralty court, early 17C
cast: seal cast: Kingston, seal of the naval office, ca.1780
cast: seal cast: Kingston upon Hull, private counter seal, 1348
cast: seal cast: Lyme Regis, seal of the corporation, 1284?
cast: seal cast: Maldon, 2nd common seal, 1682
cast: seal cast: Mardyck, seal of the scabini and burgesses, 1237
cast: seal cast: Maximillian II, seal of office, 1543(Admiral of Flanders)
cast: seal cast: Melcombe Regis, 1st common seal, 1290-1305
cast: seal cast: New Romney, seal of the corporation, 1357-8
cast: seal cast: Newtown, seal of the corporation, ca.1330
cast: seal cast: Nieuwpoort, 1st seal of the town, 1237
cast: seal cast: Nieuwpoort, 2nd seal of the town, late 13C
cast: seal cast: Plantagenet, Richard, seal of office, 1471-5(Admiral of England in Dorset and Somerset)
cast: seal cast: Poole, common seal and local admiralty court seal, 13C
cast: seal cast: Portsmouth, 2nd seal of the town, late 13C
cast: seal cast: Rutherglen, seal of the town, 13C?
cast: seal cast: Rutland and Cork, Edward Earl of, seal of office, 1391-98(Admiral of England)
cast: seal cast: Rye, second seal of the corporation, 1400
cast: seal cast: San Sebastian, seal of the town council, 13C
cast: seal cast: Southampton, 1st seal of the provostry, 13C
cast: seal cast: Southampton, 1st seal of the town, early 13C
cast: seal cast: Southampton, 2nd seal of the town, early 14C
cast: seal cast: Stanhope, Michael, seal of office, ca.1540(Vice-Admiral of Suffolk)
cast: seal cast: Stuart, James, seal of office, 1660-75(Lord High Admiral of England and Ireland)
cast: seal cast: Tenby, 1st common seal, 14C
cast: seal cast: Tenterden, 1st seal of the mayorality, ca.1620
cast: seal cast: Tenterden, common seal of the town and hundred, 1449
cast: seal cast: Tenterden, second seal of the mayorality, early 17C
cast: seal cast: Weymouth, seal of the admiralty court, late 16C
cast: seal cast: Winchelsea, 2nd seal of the corporation, early 14C
Common seal and local admiralty court seal of the town of Poole, 13th century
Common seal of the town of Dover, 1305
documentary artifact: map
Ecclesiastical seal
John Holand, seal of office, 1421
personal symbol: seal cast: Cletherowe, Richard, seal of office, 1406(Admiral of The West)
personal symbol: seal cast: Cornwall, seal of the judge of the admiralty of, early 17C
personal symbol: shield of arms
Ricahrd Cletherowe, seal of office, 1406
Richard Cletherowe, seal of office, 1406
Richard Plantagenet, seal of office, 1471-5
Seal cast
seal cast: seal cast: Great Yarmouth, seal of the bailliffs, 15C
Seal of the corporation of Newtown, circa 1330
Seal of the scabini and burgesses of Damme, 1309
Seal of the scabini and burgesses of Mardyck, 1237
Seal of the town of Fuenterrabia, circa 1250
visual communication t&e: lantern, admiral's
water transport: fighting vessel
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate
water transport: hunting vessel: whaleboat
water transport: sailing vessel
water transport: sailing vessel: ship
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Beaufort, Thomas
Bourbon, Louis de
Castile, Eleanor of
Cletherowe, Richard
Cork, Edward Earl of Rutland and
Elias son of Turstin
Holland, John
King James II and VII
King Richard III
Maximilian II
Prince George, Consort of Queen Anne
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Stanhope, Michael
Supreme Court of Admiralty
Tenterden
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Tenterden, common seal of the town and hundred, 1449 (Seal cast)
Common seal and local admiralty court seal of the town of Poole, 13th century (Seal cast)
Seal of the corporation of Newtown, circa 1330 (Seal cast)
1st seal of the town of Dunwich, circa 1199 (Seal cast)
Maximillian II, seal of office, 1543 (Seal cast)
Great Seal of the Commonwealth, 1651. (Seal cast)
Hastings, common seal, early 14th century (Seal cast)
Seal cast
Tenterden, 1st seal of the mayorality, circa 1620 (Seal cast)
Ipswich, first common seal, 1200 (Seal cast)
The Great Seal of the Commonwealth, 1651 (Seal cast)
Tenterden, second seal of the mayorality, early 17th century (Seal cast)
Richard Plantagenet, seal of office, 1471-5 (Seal cast)
1st common seal of the town of Tenby, 14th century (Seal cast)
Cardigan, counter seal of the corporation, early 17th century (Seal cast)
Lyme Regis, seal of the corporation, 1284? (Seal cast)
Nieuwpoort, second seal of the town, late 13th century (Seal cast)
Nieuwpoort, first seal of the town, 1237 (Seal cast)
Great Yarmouth, first seal of the corporation, late 13th century (Seal cast)
Faversham, 2nd seal of the town, 1272-1307 (Seal cast)
Southampton, first seal of the provostry, 13th century (Seal cast)
Rutherglen, seal of the town, 13th century? (Seal cast)
Kingston upon Hull, private counter seal, 1348 (Seal cast)
Seal of the town of Fuenterrabia, circa 1250 (Seal cast)
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