Replica of William Ist’s Seal:

William I, usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard was the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087
The seal shows William on horse with shield and spear.

During the Victorian era an unknown collector gathered together a large number of plaster casts taken directly from documents stored in churches libraries and other document repositories. They lay virtually hidden and unused for around 150 years. All of the seals in our collection are hand made from resin, from these collected, forgotten and re-found collection. Many of the originals may have been lost or destroyed. 

diam 8cm No damage