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This royal charter granted by King Henry III was sealed with the King's Great Seal, which demonstrates one of the purposes of a seal: to authenticate documents by marking them with a symbol of high power, in this case, royal power. In this charter,…

Fig. 1 - This image depicts the Guildhall chest made of iron, steel, and wood. Containing six handles, six padlocks, and six keyholes (paired with six different keys) and standing at 840 mm high, 1390 mm long, and 790 mm wide, the chest stored civic…

This map of London shows the city around the year 1300. Many spurriers in the 1300s were located close to the Fleet River, which has been traced in blue. Also circled in blue are the locations of Gayspurlane (between Cripplegate and Moorgate) and…

Fig. 4 - This detail depicts the landing of the Dame de Courcy with her personal court at Boulogne, France. There are three chests that accompany the court, two of which are sizable and one of which is smaller and more personal. From BL, Harley…

Fig. 5 – This detail of the Agas map depicts the location of the Guildhall between Aldermanbury, Ketton Street (now Cateaton Street), and Balyngs Hall (now Basinghall Street) from a bird’s-eye view. Credited to cartographer Ralph Agas, the original…

Three lions with a label of three points, each containing three fleurs-de-lis.

Fig. 2 - This image depicts the open London Guildhall chest, in which the three hidden keyholes under the padlocks are shown. There is also an inscription in the chest which references John Barnes, the Mayor of London who supposedly gifted the chest…