Priory 900
Seals
Seals were made in ancient times to impress any distinctive image. Significant, they were in medieval times, but these days they are very rare. Green wax was used sometimes but red was used mostly. Individuals incorporated their seals into a finger ring. It is likely that the Priory seal was broken and remade with differences when a new Prior was elected, and this would explain the differences in the descriptions above. Prior Gregory attributed a replica of a seal which had 2 adult fingers in a double niche.
A rebus is a device that you transport pictures onto. About 150 years ago millions of people could read or write and when they communicated it was mostly when they spoke. If you wanted to communicate other than by word of mouth you had to use pictures. This was difficult to do for names, and so a rebus was often used. The first is a bench end, currently in Leake church, but originally from the Priory Church.