BRITAIN'S GREAT SEAL
The Great Seal of England had formerly a very important official attached fo it. who was its real, as ihe Lord Chancellor was its formal, custodian.
This was Chaifwax. whose onerous dntv consisted of melting tho wax and taking (he impressions of the Seal as they were mpiired. The office was abolished many years ago, and iho work is now performed by an unnamed official; hut the bust of the Chalfwaxes figured in the pension list up to quite a. recent date. When a new seal is made the old one becomes the property of tho Lord Chancellor, In the early clays the old sea! was carefnilv broken up, and only tho fragments handed over to the Chancellor, but now a gentle blow with a hammer delivered by the King is sufficient to break it in a technical sense.
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Evening Star, Issue 19374, 7 October 1926, Page 1
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142BRITAIN'S GREAT SEAL Evening Star, Issue 19374, 7 October 1926, Page 1
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