Great Seal of Edward I

Timeline

1. 1272–1275Westminster · LondonAfter Edward I's accession in 1272 he ordered a new great seal cast, with a mounted, sword-bearing 'warrior' figure on the obverse and an enthroned, sceptre-bearing 'civil ruler' figure on the reverse, replacing Henry III's old seal and establishing the formal legal mark of his reign.
2. 1290–1300England · EnglandThe seal certified documents relating to the Scottish succession, treaties with France, and important legislation such as the Statutes of Westminster, serving as core material evidence of the legitimacy of Edward I's external expansion and domestic judicial reform.
3. 1301–1310Westminster · LondonImportant documents such as the 1301 Statute of Wales were sealed with Edward I's great seal; after the king's death in 1307 the seal was conventionally transferred to the new king, and between 1307 and 1310, before Edward II cast a new seal, the old seal may still have been used for some administrative documents, marking the orderly transmission of royal authority.