Record ID: NARC-895F71
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy, double looped asymmetrical buckle. The buckle is rounded on the obverse and flat on the reverse. The obverse also has traces of tinning. The pin is missing. The buckle is probably a shoe buckle and dates from the late 16th to early 17th century. A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead (1996, page 91; fig 570).
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grendon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-891FF6
Object type: CHATELAINE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified object that may possibly have had a function as a chatelaine. The object is trapezoidal in shape with a row of four circular holes at one end and three circular holes at the other. The remains of a copper-alloy chain link survive in one of the holes in the row of three. The two rows of holes are separated by an integral plate of copper-alloy which is decorated with ridged decoration. A similar object was excavated from ditch MH193 at Thrislington, County Durham (Austin 1989, fig. 57 no. 13). This ditch appears to have been dug during the 13th-century rebuilding of the …
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 14th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grendon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-88EE88
Object type: STYLUS
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead stylus. The object is sub-circular in section and is pointed at one end and flat at the other. It is possible that the item has been broken and that the flat end once flared and became wedge shaped, probably for erasure of marks made on wax tablets. The object is 59 mm in length, although it is bent from two thirds of the way up from the point. It is 7.4 mm thick. The stylus is similar to examples described and illustrated in Egan (1998, pages 270-271; fig 209) and it dates from the medieval period, probably from around 1150 to 1300.
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grendon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-88BA05
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy hooked tag. The tag is decorated with openwork lozengiforms around a circle within a heptagonal star. It has a rectangular loop. Its hook has been broken off. The object is similar to a number of items illustrated in Margeson (1993, page 17; figs 71-75), and it dates from around 1650 - 1700.
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-8892E5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy belt or strap mount. The mount is sub-rectangular and has two large attachment spikes on the reverse. The mount is likely to be medieval in date and probably dates from around 1250 to 1400 in date.
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-885423
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small copper-alloy knife pommel from a late medieval to early post-medieval knife. The object is loosely chevron shaped, with a recess for additional fittings (now missing) at the end of each of its 'arms'. The object is decorated with a moulded chevron on each side. The tang of a blade resides in the attachment end of the pommel, and is surrounded by ferrous corrosion. The object is similar to two examples illustrated in Bailey (2000, page 83; fig 6).
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-820FC6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Elizabeth I.
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-814541
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy quillon from a Medieval dagger. The quillon was located between the pommel and the blade of the weapon and would protect the users hand. The quillon is cast and has a bulb on either side of the blade slot. From these bulbs the quillon tapers slightly and then expands, fitted to the blade. It has moulded linear decoration on each bulb and also around the base, forming lozenge forms where it is socketed for attachment to the handle. The slot for the blade is 20 mm wide and the socket for the handle is 15 mm x 14 mm in size. The object is 42 mm wide and 30 mm long. The obje…
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-581636
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy double looped oval buckle with a moulded ornate frame. The buckle has a sub-triangular knop at each end of the strap bar along with moulded decoration on the outer edge of each loop. The pin is missing. The buckle is slightly rounded on the obverse and flat on the reverse. It suffers from corrosion. The buckle is post-medieval in date and probably dates from the late 16th to 17th centuries.
Created on: Tuesday 7th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-57DF02
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy mount. The mount has what appears to be scallop shell shaped knops at each end and an oval centre. There is an attachment spike at each end on the reverse. These spikes suggest that the object was mounted on to leather, so it is likely that this is a belt or strap fitting of some sort. The object is 20.5 mm long and 7 mm wide. The patina of the metal has a slight red hue. This and the style of the object suggests a post-medieval date, and the object probably dates from the 17th to the 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 7th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-57AFD2
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy weight. The weight is square in shape and is probably a medieval to post-medieval coin weight. The weight is quite corroded and worn and no traces of a design or legend remain on either side. The weight measures 18 mm in length and in width. The object weighs 8.9 grams which equates to 0.3 ounces.
Created on: Tuesday 7th December 2004
Last updated: Friday 7th July 2017
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Record ID: NARC-5780B0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver penny of Edward I. The coin was minted at Canterbury.
Created on: Tuesday 7th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-44AAD5
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A perforated circular object, possibly a spindle whorl. The object is fashioned from bone and measures 33 mm in diameter. The central perforation is 17 mm in diameter. The exterior of the object is polished and decorated with three incised lines which run around the objects diameter, creating two bands. Within the upper band are punched dots. Within the lower band there are diagonal incised lines. The object slopes slightly on the top as it approaches the perforation. The bottom is flat. The interior of the object is not smooth, as one might expect from a spindle whorl, although it may…
Created on: Monday 6th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-446091
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from a medieval vessel, dating from the 12th to 15th centuries. The sherd is of an orange colour with a dark grey core. The fabric is hard and does not have many inclusions. The exterior is decorated with a horizontal line of thumbed impressions, below which is a wavy combed pattern.
Created on: Monday 6th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-442774
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd from a medieval vessel, dating from the 12th to 15th centuries. The sherd is of an orange colour with a grey core. The fabric has many inclusion holes for missing organic inclusions.
Created on: Monday 6th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-434654
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim fragment from a Roman mortaria in Oxford White ware. Mortaria were a specific kitchen ware used for grinding and mixinf food. The sherd is of a pale creamy colour, sandy to the touch. It has large sparse inclusions of coarse quartz. The core of the sherd is of a similar colour to the exterior, although it does have a slight pink tinge. Mortaria in Oxford White Ware are referenced in Tomber and Dore 1998, page 175).
Created on: Monday 6th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-0886B6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver penny. The coin is a Continental Edwardian penny of Valeran of Ligny, 1304-1353 and 1364-6. The mint is Serain (Low Countries, present-day Belgium). [ed.cont]
Created on: Friday 3rd December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-F611B4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Denarius of Trajan.
Created on: Thursday 2nd December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-F02F37
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken copper-alloy knop in the form of an acorn, probably the knop from a medieval strap end. A number of different types of medieval strap end are adorned with such knops and some examples are illustrated in Egan (1991, pages 131-149). They range in date from 1270 to 1450.
Created on: Thursday 2nd December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-EFFB93
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy buckle. The buckle is double looped and trapezoidal in shape, although it is broken and is missing one loop. The pin is also missing. There is moulded decoration on the loops consisting of trefoil shaped ends and a lobed protrusion at either end of the strap bar. The buckle is post-medieval and dates from around 1620 to 1680. It is almost identical to an example illustrated in Whitehead (1996, page 84; fig 523).
Created on: Thursday 2nd December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.