Henry Algernon Percy, sixth Earl of Northumberland (1527-1537). An escutcheon with the following quarterings: 1. quarterly, Percy, Beaufort, Lucy and Spencer; 2. Percy, ancient; 3. Poynings; 4. Fitzpayne; 5. Bryan, crest, a lion passant, the tail extended, on a chapeau. Supporters, a lion rampant crowned, and an unicorn ducally gorged, and chained. Motto, on a scroll, ESPERANCE. Inscription round the margin, HRI ALGERNNVS PERCY COITNORTH ONBRIE HONORV DE COKERMO'TH ET PETWORTH DNS.* A detached impression is preserved at the Chapter House, Westminster. Here engraved from a cast in the collection of the late Mr. Doubleday. (No. 19.)

Counterseal: A lion rampant, not on a shield; with the inscriptionTOVT LOYAL, a crescent, and a fetterlock between the letters, alternately. (No. 18.)

Another seal, of rather larger dimensions, diam. 33 in., appears to have been used by this Earl after he was elected Knight of the Garter, 23 Hen. VIII. (1531.) A cast of this seal was in the collection of the late Mr. Doubleday. The quarterings are the same as on the seal above described; but the shield is of more decorative form, and it is surrounded by the Garter. S' HERICI COMIT. NORTHVBR.

DNS HONORV. DE COKERMOVTH: ET PETWORTH: D:
P'CI: LVCI: PONYG
AVNI ET: BRIANI.

Algernon Percy, tenth Earl of Northumberland (16321668), K.G. A shield of sixteen quarterings, ensigned with an earl's coronet, helm, and crest, on a chapeau, a lion passant. The shield is surrounded by the Garter. Supporters, dexter, a lion rampant; sinister, a lion rampant guardant, ducally crowned and gorged with a collar (gobony?). Motto, ESPERANCE EN DIEV. The inscription, at the commencement and the end of which there is a small crescent, is as follows: SIGILLVM ALGERNONI COMITIS NORTHUMBRIÆ DECIMI. This seal is of admirable execution; a cast is preserved in the possession of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland. A cast, supplied by the late Mr. Doubleday, was assigned to the year 1633; but it was only on May 13, 1635, that the Earl was installed Knight of the Garter. It may have been used as a counterseal to the

Very probably the word "Dominus" was intended as the beginning of the inscription, of which neither the grammati

cal construction nor the execution is very precise.

seal next described, but it is of rather larger dimensions. The engraving has been slightly reduced. (No. 22.)

Algernon Percy, tenth Earl, K.G. (1632-1668.) An armed figure on horseback, with an oval shield on his arm; quarterly, Percy and Lucy. From his helm depend three large ostrich feathers. In the background appears the sea, with numerous ships. In the sky before him appears the sun in its splendour, and behind is introduced the crescent surrounded by a Garter, ensigned with an earl's coronet. From a cast in the late Mr. Doubleday's collection, assigned to the year 1636, the year in which, being in command of a royal fleet of sixty sail, he destroyed the Dutch fishing flotilla, after due notice to forbear their intrusion upon the British coast. It was not until March 30, 1637, that the Earl was constituted, by Charles I., Lord High Admiral of England. (No. 21.)