_Maydenburi._--The seal with which I close my letter was purchased some
years ago on the west coast of Wales. It is engraved on brass; the upper
part being much beaten down, as if struck with a hammer when used, but the
face is perfect. The legend is, "S. IONIS. DE MAYDENBVRI:" but being
engraved in the usual direction, it reads on the impression from right to
left. The "s." may be read either as "sanctus" or "sigillum." The figure is
that of St. Christopher, bearing Christ across a running stream.
I have not been able to discover the locality of Maydenburi, and therefore
my questions to such of your readers as are more skilled in mediæval lore
than myself, are, Where is this place situated, and what was its previous
destination, monastic or otherwise? and who was the original proprietor of
the seal?