People of Medieval Scotland
1093 - 1371

Seal-Matrix: Robert de Quincy (d.1200)

Owner
Robert de Quincy (d.1200x01)
Matrix Shape
round
Image description (obverse)
Counter- or privy seal of Robert de Quincy (d.1200). The seal depicts a heart-shaped shield bearing arms of a *fess* with a *label* of seven points in *chief*.
Image description (reverse)
Legend (obverse)
[SE]CRETVM COMITIS WINTON [ ] (“Privy seal of the count of Winchester…”).
Legend (reverse)
Catalogue
P/Quin/3
Notes
Incorrectly identified by Stevenson and Wood as one of two reverses of a seal of Saer de Quincy, earl of Winchester (d.1219). This was in fact Saer’s father Robert’s privy seal, used in conjunction with what appears to have been the seal of Saer’s uncle and Robert’s brother, Saer (d.1190).