Seals (Classic Reprint)

Coenwulf (died and one or two other of the early kings and magnates, but the real revival in this country dates from the reign of Edward the Confessor (died. After whom, there is an unbroken series of the seals of Sovereigns down to the present day. Except, however, for sovereigns, the use Of seals was not common until the reign of Henry I., and ~cannot be said to have become general until that of Henry II. The absence of seals in pre-conquest England, as compared with the...