Description: The handwriting reads:
"The original of the same size in ivory, is in the poccession of William Bateman.
Thomas Harvey was Vicar and Dean of Hartington from 1623-1648. He married in 1638 Dorothy Ward of Sheen by whom he had Thomas, Maria, Elizabeth, and Dorothy."
The following information from www.archive.org:
The ivory seal of Thomas Harvey, vicar (1635-48), is extant (still existing). It is of pointed oval shape; the device is a curious amalgam. At the top is the sun; a little lower on the dexter side is a crescent moon; on the sinister side is a hand holding balances, issuing from a cloud with seven stars; under the balances is a label bearing VINCIT FUI PATITUR; below this a shield bearing in chief six crescents, and in base an arm in armour holding a dagger. The legend is:
SIGIL . THOM . HARVEY . DECANI . DE . HARTINGTON . CUM . MEMBRIS.
This image is one of a collection by the famous local antiquarian, Thomas Bateman, of Middleton by Youlgreave. (1821-1861). Bateman organized his collection by inserting them into a 4 volume copy of Lysons Magna Britannia, Derbyshire, creating a fascinating and unique illustrated record of the county. The purchase of the collection for Derbyshire Libraries was made possible by the generous bequest of Miss Frances Webb of Whaley Bridge, well known local historian, who died in December 2006.