Context (Production / use)
See also TEMP.02617.3 and TEMP.02617.5, both also seals of Humphrey de Bohun.
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Author: Esther Laver

Description (Inscription)
Inscription: 'S' HVMFRIDI DE BOhVN [COM]ITI hEREFORDIE ET ESSEXIE'.
Event Date
Author: Esther Laver

Context (Production / use)
This impression represents the reverse of a seal used by Humphrey de Bohun, fourth Earl of Hereford, to sign the Barons' Letter of 1301, denying papal authority over Scotland. Two copies of the letter survive in the National Archives (E 26).
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Author: Esther Laver

Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Esther Laver

Description (Physical description)
Plaster seal impression of a seal matrix with circular face. The central design depicts a shield of arms, a shield bendy with three lions rampant below and three lions rampant above, two and one. The shield is the Arms of Bohun, used by Humphrey de Bohun, fourth Earl of Hereford. There is another smaller shield of arms on either side of the central shield, and a Bohun swan above. The central design is separated from the inscription by a beaded line. The inscription begins with a cross pattée and reads 'S' HVMFRIDI DE BOhVN [COM]ITI hEREFORDIE ET ESSEXIE' ('THE SEAL OF HUMPHREY DE BOHUN EARL OF HEREFORD AND ESSEX'). The inscription is fragmentary.
Event Date 13/2/2024
Author: Esther Laver