People of Medieval Scotland
1093 - 1371

Seal-Matrix: William, son of the Chanter (2)

Owner
William, son of the Chanter
Matrix Shape
round
Image description (obverse)
Single-sided seal depicting four heads of wheat in a cross shape, issuing from a small eightfoil in the centre.
Image description (reverse)
Legend (obverse)
+ S’ WILELMI CANTVR (“Seal of William Chanter”).
Legend (reverse)
Catalogue
P/Cant/2/2
Notes
Dimensions: 1 ¼ in. (32 mm.) diameter. SW II, p.276. Durham 2775. Stevenson and Wood draw attention to William's two seals, attached to two separate charters for the same beneficiary on the same day, as ‘definitely different’: ‘This appears to be a unique example of the use of two different seals by one person on the same day, for which there is nothing in the deeds themselves to account’.