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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D187/1/141
TitleChirograph: the other half of the agreement between Abbot Walter and the community of Darley Abbey with their parishioners of Glapwell concerning the repair of the chancel of the chapel there
Date[1248-1261]
DescriptionSeal: one wax (dark green) on a clean parchment tag bearing impressions from two matrices.

Front: conventual seal of Darley Abbey
Pointed oval, now 50x33mm, top and upper right lost, damaged to lower left, fair impression.
Motif description: Virgin Mary seated full-face holding in her right hand a sceptre resting on her right shoulder, Christ Child seated on her left knee, blessing.
Legend: [section lost] AN [?T]E [section lost] RIE : DE : DER[. . .]

Back: subsidiary seal (abbatical seal?) of Darley Abbey
Round, ?mm, clear impression.
Motif description: Winged figure standing to left facing right with right hand raised, nimbed figure seated to right facing left (the Annunciation)
Legend: [.]CCE DEVM PARIES [?BEI] : VIRGO [.][section lost]
Extent1 item
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorHallowes family of Dethick and Glapwell, Derbyshire, and Muston, Leicestershire
LanguageLatin
CopiesFor photographic copy of D187/1/140 see D4725/1, A digital copy of this item can be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
AcknowledgementsThe seal was catalogued and described by Dr Elizabeth New, Aberystwyth University, in September 2021.
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