Electrotype seal

Electrotype seal die of Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) as Warden of the Stannaries, Captain of the Queen's Guard and Governor of Jersey. A mounted knight riding to left, deeply cut, the horse ad rider fully armed, the knight holding a sword in his upraised right hand and a shield in his left. The shield and the trappings of the horse with the arms of Raleigh: Gules, five fusils argent on a bend. Legend in two lines: '+. SIGIL . DNI . WALTERI : RALEGH : MILITIS : GARDIAN : STANNAR : CORNVB : ET : DEVON : +CAPITAN : GARD : REG :ET : GVBERNATOR : INSVLAE : DE : IERSEY.' One of 600 numbered copies made by Crichtons. This is number 52. Raleigh was given the Wardenship of the Stannaries (tin mines in Devon and Cornwall) in 1585.

Object Details

ID: HRA0056
Collection: Heraldry
Type: Electrotype seal
Display location: Not on display
Date made: Before 1904
People: Raleigh, Walter
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 48 mm