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 194 Explanation of a Seal Jtow" latinized upon this fcal by " Sfowe Sbnffi Edwardi" was probably the original name of the monaftery, and this was its jftj/? feal, reprefenting the Virgin Mary- and Child, with St*. Edward with uplifted hands, kneeling before her. See PL XIII. fig. i . This famous abbey, diftinguifhed by the feveral titles of " Nef- teley'" Lettely"" Edward/low' or " De Loco S. Edwardi juxta Southampton" was founded in the year 1 239 by king Henry the Hid. for Ciilertian monks from Beaulieu, and dedicated to St. Mary and St. Edward. In Madox's Hiftory of the Exchequer,, p. 469, it is ftiled " Locus S. Edwardi, quam moderni Natele vo- cant." In the foundation charter of Henry III. preferred in the firft volume of Dugdale's Monafticon, p. 933, it is called " Ec- clefia Sanffa- Maria de Loco SanEti JLdwardi, quam nos fundavimus in Suthhamptefcir." An accurate drawing of fo great a curiofity fliould iurely be directed to be made by the Society, to be preferv-* ed in their collection of Antient Scab. I have the honour to be, with great refpecl:, My Lord, Your Lordlhip's very faithful humble Servant, Somerfet PJace, January 2,3, 1797. JOHN BRAND, Sec. The Earl of Leicffter, P. M. G. &c. &c. &c. Prefident of the Society of Antiquaries. P. S,