File 131. - Mandate by Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, to the Sheriff of Glamorgan, that he did not permit ...,

Mandate by Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, to the Sheriff of Glamorgan, that he did not permit the Abbey of Margam to be put in plea for their tenements, nor for any things which appertain to the secular court, except before the Earl himself, or before the Sheriff by order of the Earl. Latin. Fine impression of the great seal of the Earl, green wax, chipped, 2? in. diam. The Earl wearing a hauberk of mail, stiff surcoat, flat-topped helmet, with sword and shield of arms, riding on a galloping horse to the right, caparisoned. The arms of the shield and caparisons are: Three chevrons, for Clare. Artistic design. + Sigill ........RTI : De : Clark : Co . Es : He ....... E. Rev. A small round counterseal, 1? in. diam. A shield of arms, Clare, as above. + Sigill : Gileberti : De : Clara.