England's Lost History
Seal Matrix of a Roberti DePeirie 1300-1400 AD
At last a seal with an inscription that can be read! The central design is a crossbow. And the inscription reads *S'ROB'TI.DE.PEIRIE~~:
Seal of Roberti De Peirie.
There is a good chance of a link to Roberti in the following text...
"PERRYWOOD and HARESFIELD are two manors in the south-west part of this parish, the former of which is called Perie in the general survey of Domesday....
After the consiscation of the bishop's estates, in 1084, this estate seems to have come into the possession of owners, who assumed their surname from it. One of these, Randal de Pirie, held this manor in the reign of king John, as did his descendant William de Pirie in that of king Edward II. but in the 20th year of king Edward III. this family was extinct here..."
Seal Matrix of a Roberti DePeirie 1300-1400 AD
At last a seal with an inscription that can be read! The central design is a crossbow. And the inscription reads *S'ROB'TI.DE.PEIRIE~~:
Seal of Roberti De Peirie.
There is a good chance of a link to Roberti in the following text...
"PERRYWOOD and HARESFIELD are two manors in the south-west part of this parish, the former of which is called Perie in the general survey of Domesday....
After the consiscation of the bishop's estates, in 1084, this estate seems to have come into the possession of owners, who assumed their surname from it. One of these, Randal de Pirie, held this manor in the reign of king John, as did his descendant William de Pirie in that of king Edward II. but in the 20th year of king Edward III. this family was extinct here..."