George Hood 1815 Selby Marriage - James Cookin / James Cook in W

[BushInn1746]

Had a bit of a play.   I've highlighted/circled a couple of things - the letter R and what looks like a number 1115 (or does it say His)   To me the lettering still looks like "George".  I can't see "Coo"   However, just a thought, I assume the seal was George's business seal and he was a COOPER.  Just a thought

Thanks Goughy

Those digits are really the tops of the birds legs above the leg joint.

It is Coo, that piece detached in the letter C, is not in correct alignment to form a G.

Regards Mark

[..claire..]

I'm not well up on law or the legalities of using a seal in a deed - but could the seal they used be representative of the document they were all signing, a legal seal of some sort ?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(contract_law)

[Goughy]

take a look at the swan on the Selby Coat of Arms (crest), Swans are associated with Selby from when  Benedict founded the abbey.  My old school badge had three swans on and there are swan sculptures in and about the town and in the coat of arms of Selby Council.  Even the local WI is called Selby Swans!

[dobfarm]

About 6 years ago I was reading some letters sent to the overseer of Atherton in Lancashire at Leigh town Hall archives, and these letters were mostly from people living outside the parish claiming poor relief funding. Every letter was one page folded into a unstuck envelope and sealed with a red wax seal. Therefore some seals used on red wax were as common as muck.

[BushInn1746]

I have just looked at the 200 year old, Dickinson - Cockin Deed for Staddlethorpe and Clementhorpe. Barnard Dickinson; Joseph Dickinson; George Cockin and John Peirson have all used the same unnamed Seal.

Regarding the same Seal on a Conveyance.

In my old Legal book on Common Law, which mentions Contract Law (Seals), there is some flowery Legal language, but I'm not a Legal Practitioner.

They say in Law, a little bit of knowledge is dangerous!

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I'll just have to wait regarding an official determination on the Seal used by G. H.

There is nearly always something left behind somewhere in all these mysteries, most of the time it is finding out what it might be and where it is held.

Regards Mark

[BushInn1746]

Thanks

Selby Town Council.

http://selbytowncouncil.gov.uk/

Well I have described/depicted the bird with a swanlike neck.

Regards Mark



I'd better see if there is a Local Register in Record Offices too!

[Goughy]

Link you gave was Selby Town Council.  This is the Selby Coat of Arms crest and the swan on here is usually how the swans are depicted. 

[BushInn1746]

I see in reference works that Abbots and Monks listed with the Seal of Selby have also been granted their position by Royal Assent.

This is still, all very interesting!!!

Hopefully a Register survives and one of the applicable Registers will 'spill the beans' on this elusive George Hood of mine!!!

Thanks Mark

[BushInn1746]

Hi

I wonder if any Wills proved in the Selby Court of Selby Business people on F** have any visible Seals with the Swan on them, what the lettering says (if any) and any symbols, please?

I did look at some in the Library a few months back, but never looked at the Seals.

Don't worry now, have a restful night, take care, goodnight.

Thanks, Mark