SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, THE SEAL HAS SERVED AS A STAMP OF INDISPUTABLE AUTHENICITY JUST AS A SIGNATURE IS ACCEPTED IN THE WORLD TODAY. ROYALTY AND GOVERNMENTS USED THERE OWN SEAL TO AFFIX TO PROCLAMATIONS TO GIVE THEM THE AUTHORITATIVE STAMP OF APPROVAL. THE FIRST GREAT SEAL OF ENGLAND WAS THAT OF EDWARD THE CONFESSER, IMPRESSIONS OF WHICH CAN STILL BE FOUND, DURING THIS TIME ALMOST EVERYONE HAD THEIR OWN SEAL, AND WHILE MOST PEOPLE HAD JUST ONE. ROYALTY WOULD OWN SEVERAL. INCLUDING THEIR GREAT SEAL, AS WELL AS SEALS FOR ALL THEIR COURTS AND OFFICIALS. IT WAS COMMON PRACTICE TO DESTRY THE SEALS WHEN THE OWNER DIED, WHICH IS THE REASON SO FEW OF THE ORIGINALK SEALS ARE STILL IN EXISTENCE TODAY.
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