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The Royal Crowns: Pearls
THREE POINTS BEARING EACH THREE PEARLS. FROM GREAT SEAL OF WILLIAM I.
PEARLED ARCHES AND PEN- DANTS. FROM PENNY OF WILLIAM I. on his Great Seal has a crown with five points (Fig. 8), the centre one being slightly bigger than the others, and at the top of each a single pearl. At each side of the crown are pendants having three pearls at the ends. On some of the coins of Stephen a pretty form of crown is seen. It has three fleurs-de-lys and two jewelled arches (Fig. 9). The arches disappear from this time until the reign of Edward IV. On the Great Seal of Henry I. the King wears a simple crown with three fleurs-de-lys points, and two pendants each with three pearls at the ends (Fig. 10), and after this the pendants seem to have been discontinued. On the first Great Seal of Henry III. a crown with three fleurs-de-lys is shown surmounting a barred helmet (Fig. 11), and Edward I. wore a similar crown with three fleurs-de-lys, but having supplementary pearls between each (Fig. 12); and this form lasted for a long time, as modifications of it are found on the coins of all POINTS EACH BEARING ONE PEARL, WITH PEARLED PEN- DANTS. FROM GREAT SEAL OF WILLIAM II.
THREE TREFOILS AND PEARLED ARCHES. FROM PENNY OF STEPHEN.
TREFOILS AND PEARLED PENDANTS. FROM GREAT SEAL OF HENRY I. the kings till Henry VII. On the third Great Seal of Edward IV. the King wears a crown with five fleurs-de-lys, the centre one being larger than the others, and the crown is arched and has a cross at the top (Fig. 13). Henry VI. on his first చేత OF FLEURS-DE-LYS, AND PEARLS BE- TWEEN EACH. FROM PENNY OF EDWARD I.
FLEURS-DE-LYS, ON HELMET.
FROM FIRST GREAT SEAL OF HENRY I.
FLEURS-DE-LYS, AND ORNA- MENTAL ARCHES WITH CROSS AT THE TOP. FROM THE THIRD GREAT SEAL OF EDWARD IV.
Seal for foreign affairs, on which occurs the English shield, uses above it a crown with three crosses-patée and between each a pearl (Fig. 14), this being the first distinct use of the cross-patée on the English crown, and it probably was used here in place of the fleur-de-lys hitherto worn in order to make a clear distinction THREE CROSSES-PATÉE AND BETWEEN PEARLS THEM.
FROM THE FIRST SEAL FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF HENRY VI.