"I find that the Alderney seal was granted by the Lords of the Privy
Council, on May 23rd, 1745. It bears the legend _Sigillum Curiae Insulae
Origny, 1745_.
"Origny is an older form than Auregny; the mediaeval Latin was
_Alrenorium_.
"The seal you have got with _Juge d'Auregny_ is not the official seal I
have described, but an adaptation of it doubtless.
"I can gather no record of any minting having ever taken place in
Guernsey. There is, however, an estate in the parish of St. Andrew
called _La Monnoye_ or _Monnaie_, which _may_ mean 'The Mint.'"
The extract furnished by Mr. Le Brun, vicar of Alderney, with the
impression of the seal of that island, is:--
"Sceau ou _cachet accorde_ a La Cour, 1745, Mai 23e. Les Seigneurs du
Conseil Prive de Sa Majeste, par leur ordre ou Conseil de ce Jour
authorisent (_sic_) la Cour d'Auregny d'avoir un cachet pour certifier
tous et tels ecrits qui leur pourront etre presentes pour y opposer le
sceau."
Under date 27th March, 1895, the Rev. G. E. Lee supplements his previous
information:--
"I have seen Sir Edgar MacCulloch, and he agrees with me that the
Alderney seal is a creation. I have now seen two documents of Sark. The
first, of 1818, is sealed with a large seal, two inches in diameter, in
green wax, bearing the de Carteret arms and supporters. The seal is
called "Le sceau de la Seigneurie de l'ile de Serk." On the reverse is a
counterseal, with the arms of the then seigneur, P. Le Pelley.
"The other deed is of 1852, and sealed with the Le Pelley arms, which,
on that occasion, are called 'Le sceaux de la Seigneurie de cette
ile'--the seigneur being P. C. Le Pelley.
"The late Mr. Collings, I suspect, used the de Carteret seal, which
seems to have been lost in the wreck of the _Gosforth_. The de
Carterets, no doubt, used the seal with their own arms, and some of
their successors certainly used this same seal as the official seal for
the island."
The _arms_ of the ancient family of de Carteret are, with supporters,
_Gu_--four Fusils in Fess conjoined _arg._,
and _crest_, a squirrel sejant holding a sprig--_ppr._, and their
historic motto--"LOYALL DEVOIR."