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Envelope containing detached seals. Most are defaced or fragmentary but included are the following: i) on a cord, the seal of the priory of Coventry: a pointed oval, green. Obverse, the Virgin enthroned with the Child. Legend: SI[GIL]LVM S[A]N[CTE MA]RIE DE COV[E]NTRE. Reverse, the prior standing. Legend: S' TH' PRIO[RIS D]E COVENT'. Presumably the seal of Thomas de Pavy, prior 1281-1294. ii) circular seal on tag. An 8-foil. Legend: SIGILLVM WILEIMI DE ORDHULL(?).