Image: NLW Penrice and Margam Deeds 212 (seal 1) front (8633593221)

Description: Dyddiad / Date : 1338 Disgrifiad/Description : Seal of Hugh Le Despenser, Lord of Glamorgan and Morgan. Armoured man with crested helm and surcoat holding a sword up in his right hand and a shield (quarterly, 1 and 4 diapered, 2 and 3 a fret, a bend over all) in his left hand on a horse with armorial caparisons (quarterly, 1 and 4 diapered, 2 and 3 a fret, a bend over all) galloping to the right. Rhif ffeil delwedd / Image file no. : sea01118 1338 seal (affixed to a deed dated at Cardiff Castle 9 October 1338 Datum in castro nostro de Kaerdif' nono die mensis Octobris anno regni Regis Edwardi tertii post conquestum duodecimo, regnal date 12 Edward III) of Hugh le Despencer, 2nd Baron le Despencer (1308–1349) (Hugo le Despenser filius et heres domini Hugonis le Despenser et domine Alianore consortis sue, "Hugh le Despenser son and heir of Lord Hugh le Despenser and of his consort Alianor de Clare"), Lord of Glamorgan. His mother Alianor de Clare was the heiress of the lordship of Glamorgan and was suo jure Lord of Glamorgan, which title was inherited by her husband on marriage. The shield displays the arms of Despencer: Quarterly 1st & 4th: Argent; 2nd & 3rd: Gules fretty or, over all a ribbon sable. Legend (of reverse, see File:NLW Penrice and Margam Deeds 212 (seal 1) back (8633593163).jpgin Latin: S(IGILLUM) HUGONIS LE DESPENSER D(OMI)NI GLAMORGANCIE ET MORGANCIE (for text of charter and description of seal see George Thomas Clark, Cartae et Alia Munimenta Quae ad Dominium de Glamorgancia Pertinent, Vol.4, Cardiff, 1910, Charter no. DCCCCLXVIII, pp.1213-18, "INSPEXIMUS BY HUGH LE DESPENSER (son and heir of Hugh le Despenser and Alianora de Clare his wife), OF CERTAIN CHARTERS TO MARGAM ABBEY. [1][2]) Rhagor o wybodaeth am brosiect Seliau yng Nghymru'r Oesoedd Canol More information about the Seals in Medieval Wales project
Title: NLW Penrice and Margam Deeds 212 (seal 1) front (8633593221)
Credit: NLW Penrice and Margam Deeds 212 (seal 1) front
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