Seals
Seals
Seals can be found on documents or attached to them and are a form of insuring authenticity. The image library holds seals of monarchs, nobles and senior churchmen. You can view a selection here.
Facsimile of the seal of the Guardians of Scotland showing St Andrew on the cross, 4 July 1292 (Crown Copyright, National Records of Scotland, RH5/55)
Image Gallery Reference: AAA00133
Seal of Ingram Umfraville attached to the Declaration of Arbroath, 1320 (Mike Brooks © Queen's Printer for Scotland, National Records of Scotland, SP13/7)
Image Gallery Reference: AAA03835
Seal of Patrick Dunbar, Earl of March, attached to the Declaration of Arbroath,1320 (Mike Brooks © Queen's Printer for Scotland, National Records of Scotland, SP13/7)
Image Gallery Reference: AAA03836
Seal of Alexander Fraser attached to the Declarationof Arbroath, 1320 (Mike Brooks © Queen's Printer for Scotland, National Records of Scotland, SP13/7)
Image Gallery Reference: AAA03837
Seal of Gilbert Hay attached to the Declaration of Arbroath, 1320 (Mike Brooks © Queen's Printer for Scotland, National Records of Scotland, SP13/7)
Image Gallery Reference: AAA03839
Commission under the Great seal to john Earl of Mar to be Treasurer of Scotland, 9 December 1616 (Crown Copyright, National Records of Scotland, GD124/10/116)
Image Gallery Reference: AAA02742
Royal pardon for treachery , with royal seal attached, 5 March 1580 (Crown Copyright, National Records of Scotland, GD430/179)
Image Gallery Reference: AAA02743
Seal of George Lauder, Bishop of Argyll, November 1454 (Crown Copyright, National Records of Scotland, GD112/1/8)
Image Gallery Reference: AAA03225