Seal of office of Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, 1525-42

Seal of office of Arthur Plantagenet, Ist Viscount Lisle, 1525-42. It depicts a sixteenth century sailing vessel with the arms of the admiral on the main-sail. Inscription: 'S DNE ARTHUR PL(ANTAGENET VICOMITIS LISLIE VICE A)DMIRALLI . ANGLIE HIBERNIE ET ACQUISTA'. The cast is mounted on an emulsioned plywood backboard with a label.

Object Details

ID: SEC0226
Type: Seal cast
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 16C; 1525-42
People: Plantagenet, Arthur
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 7 mm x 70 mm