Record ID: YORYM-114655
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy buckle and plate of medieval date. The object is unusual as it has a rotating clasp for fastening rather than a pin. The buckle, plate and clasp are all separately made. The frame is incomplete with only the strap bar and a short length of the frame to either side still remaining. The plate is rectangular with a centrally placed rectangular hole at which point it is fitted around the strap bar of the buckle. Two rivet holes are present on both ends of the open end of the plate and would have aided in attachment to a strap. The upper surface is decorated with…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 31st August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Halsham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-10E938
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Cast rectangular buckle frame with a thickened curved edge and a prominent notch for the pin. Rust staining on the pin bar suggests the pin may have been made of iron, and together with the small size of the object this may tend to confirm a function as a spur buckle. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1350-1400. Length: 16.9mm, Width: 13.2mm, Thickness: 4.1mm, Weight: 2.13gms.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-106C08
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver cut halfpenny of Henry III, voided long cross reverse, uncertain mint and moneyer, probably Class 3, 1248 - 1250.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Ferriby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-1040F4
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy medieval seal matrix of conical form (c. 14th century AD). The handle is hexagonally faceted. Its loop has an angled top and it is recessed on both sides. It has an off centre circular perforation, recessed on one side. The circular die features two heads facing each other within a pelleted border. The people have well defined hair and facial features. In between them seems to be a plant/tree of some description; with four pellets and a much smaller one below, from which a thin stem leads down into the plant's pot. The personal legend reads '* LOVE ME ANDE…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Sunday 16th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thruxton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-1032F5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval strap end made in copper alloy. The strap end is very long and rectangular. At the bottom rounded end of the strap end there is a small sub-circular protrusion. There is not a pattern on the strap end. The weight is 5.26 grams. The length is 42mm and the width is 18mm.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-0FBEF6
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy strap end of medieval date. The strap end is a composite piece which is sub-rectangular in plan, tapering towards a closed curved terminal. No forked spacer can be seen within the outer sheets of metal due to organic material compacted within the space. There is a single rivet present at the open end and one in the centre of the curved end both of which can be seen on both sides of the strap end. The object is undecorated. The metal has a mid brownish-green patina and is slightly worn. The strap end is 30.7mm long, 11.7mm wide, 4mm thick and weighs 4.1g. …
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Ferriby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-0F78A1
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy casket key dating from AD1100-1400. It has a circular bow with a flat collar below and a hollow shank of oval section. The bit is a rectangular tab with a wide cleft in the leading edge. A small part of the bit and the end of the shaft have broken away and are missing. The key displays a patchy, light green patina. It is 35.5mm long, 14.4mm long and 3.3mm thick. It weighs 3.07gm. Similar examples are illustrated in Egan, 1998, The Medieval Household, pages 111-112, and an almost identical key can be found on the database at reference SWYOR-546ED1.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Saturday 23rd May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-0EBBB5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly damaged cast copper alloy medieval strap end, dating from the late 13th to 14th century AD. The strap end is formed from one piece of metal, split at the rectangular attachment end to hole the strap, secured by two copper rivets. The terminal end of the strap end has crenellated outer edges with the third crenellation solid and pierced either side by a circular hole; the tip of the termainl is trilobed. There is no other decoration on the strap end.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 9th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Towersey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-0339F1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver voided long cross cut farthing of Henry III (1216-1272 AD) class 3c, minted by Davi at London. 1248-1250 AD.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 28th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stone cum ebony', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-031293
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and damaged copper-alloy probably medieval sheet buckle plate. It is of folded sheet construction of a single rectangular strip of copper alloy, which has been folded over and fixed together with two rivets one of which still survives in situ, but is not attached to the other fold. Both folds are rectangular and are the same length. The frame end (the fold) is recessed for the frame to each side and has a large central recess; it is not recessed at the sides for a frame. In one corner both rivet holes have been abraded through. The plate has corroded to a dark-green in colo…
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 4th July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thruxton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-0297B4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver voided long cross cut farthing of Henry III (1216-1272 AD) class 2a-3a-c, minted at Lincoln. 1248-1250 AD.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Monday 27th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stone cum ebony', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-01FE81
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver voided long cross cut farthing of Henry III (1216-1272 AD), minted by Nicole at canterbury, shrewsbury or winchester. 1247-1272 AD.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 28th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stone cum ebony', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-01A202
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver voided long cross cut farthing of Henry III (1216-1272 AD), minted by Henri at London. Class 3a, 1248-1250 AD. North 986.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 28th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stone cum ebony', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-0169B4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy ring seal dating to the 15th century AD, consisting of a broadly circular band and central bezel. The band is oval section, with a flattened faces and rounded inner and outer sides. The band expands evenly at the shoulders to meet the bezel which is oval in plan. The bezel is decorated with an incised design of an oval frame which containing a letter R with a simple crown above and small lines or possible leaves around the sides of the R. The R is incised in reverse as the ring would have been pressed into a wax seal, leaving an R facing the right way in the impr…
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 17th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middlezoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-00C0F8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Henry VI, leaf-pellet issue, long cross reverse, cross-crosslet initial mark, Durham mint, 1445 - 1454. North Vol 2 , p.80, no.1511.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beverley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-002254
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold coin. Quarter Noble of Edward III (1327-1377), probably issue of 1363-1369, possibly North nos 1245-1246, standard type C, possibly Calais mint. Obverse description: Shield of Arms of England and France in eight arched tressure with trefoils on the cusps, within beaded inner circle. Mintmark probably cross 3 (4). Obverse inscription: +EDWARD:DEI:GRA':REX:[A[NGL, double saltire punctuation; the [A] is either elided or omitted.. Reverse description: Cross fleury with saltire in a quatrefoil in centre, a lion left in each angle, all in eight arched tressure. Reve…
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-000471
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, Medieval, sheet construction, copper alloy, composite strap-end plate. The two sheets of copper are held together with one rivet. There is no decoration.The strap-end has a green surface patina and some evidence of possible tinning to the surface. The strap-end is likely to date to 1350-1400AD. Reference: Dress Accessories, Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 1150-1450, Geoff Egan and Frances Pritchard, London HMSO, page 140-143, plate 93 no. 654 or 660.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-FFA9E5
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap fitting. A small flat strip is riveted and bent around a D-shaped loop with a circular cross-section. The remains of another rivet hole is visible at the end of this trip. Possibly medieval. Loop length: 15.5mm. Loop width: 20mm. Loop thickness: 3.5mm. Strip length: 15.5mm. Strip width: 8.5mm. Strip thickness: 3mm. Total length: 28mm.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-FF63C7
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval harness pendant with traces of enamel. The suspension loop is at 90 degrees to the face. The pendant is broadly lozengiform in plan with four semi circular knops, one protruding from each side. The centre of the harness pendant has a raised convex boss with a circular perforation in the centre. There is evidence of red enamel in places on the harness pendant. All four knops have been bent upwards, the right hand corner of the lozengiform is bent backwards. The reverse is undecorated. The harness pendant has a mid brown patina with patches of light gree…
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-FEC9D2
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy medieval strap-slide with a pair of short pointed internal projections. It is sub-trapezoidal in shape with slightly rounded corners. The artefact has a slightly rounded projection on the outer face. The projections lie closer to the inner edge. A similar example can be found illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 234; ref. 1263) assigned to a late 14th-century context.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Sunday 22nd July 2012
Spatial data recorded.