HENRY VII., KING OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE, AND LORD OF IRELAND
Arms.—Quarterly.
1st and 4th; az., 3 fleurs-de-lys or. France.
2nd and 3rd; gu., 3 lions passant or, langued and unguled az. England.
Crown.—Royal, but of a type used before the time of Henry VI. and supported by two angels.
Supporters.—Two lions sejant arg. Mortimer, Earls of March.
Note.—This stamp is sometimes said to have belonged to Edward IV. The crown as shown here is that which appears on groats of Henry VII.; but the crown which appears on his great seal, a higher authority, has the crosses pattée and fleurs-de-lys alternately as now used. The crosses pattée were first used as the seal for foreign affairs of Henry VI.
[Impressed in blind, upon a loose cover in the Library of Westminster Abbey. C., 1490.]