Record ID: NLM-11CAF2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Green patinated copper alloy finger ring fragment. Fragment of a small ring with stamped decoration. Suggested date: Medieval, 1250-1400 Height: 8.3mm, Length: 14.5mm, Thickness; 1.5mm, Weight: 1.30gms
Created on: Wednesday 26th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 26th July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-9575E2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2023 T449. Description:  A complete gold finger ring of medieval date, c.AD 1400 – 1500. The finger ring is circular with a D-shaped section. The outer surface is decorated with a heart framed by curvilinear vines and leaves acting as a bezel. The hoop is engraved with Jasper Melcior Baltazar in black-letter script. Each name is separated by a short curvilinear vine with leaves. The interior of the hoop is undecorated. Dimensions: Diameter: 21.6mm; Width: 3.5mm; Thickness: 1.5mm; Weight: 3.48g. Discussion: The inscription names the three Magi (the …
Created on: Monday 8th May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-670C01
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE : 2023 T364. Description:  A complete silver-gilt ‘fede’ style finger ring of medieval date, c.AD 1350 – 1500. The finder ring is circular with a rectangular section.  The bezel is formed of an ovate panel depicting clasped hands, narrowed at the wrists. The hoop displays nine raised square panels. The panels to either side of the wrists are decorated with a quatrefoil flower motif comprised of four joined lozenges the rest bear an inscription in Lombardic capitalised script which reads ‘IhESVS n’ meaning Jesus of Nazareth. The…
Created on: Wednesday 12th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dalby-Cum-Skewsby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-74FEFC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold iconographic ‘Five Wounds of Christ’ finger ring of medieval date, c. AD 1350-1500. Description: The finger ring comprises five equal-sized oval panels with rectangular cross sections interspersed with vertical rectangular bars with square cross sections. It has a plain interior face and decorated exterior face. Although severely worn, each panel features a different incised image. One panel features a central incised heart within a worn scalloped border; another has a centrally incised crucifix; another features some decoration consistent with the Chr…
Created on: Monday 12th December 2022
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-9D7CC4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold medieval finger ring with external inscription and foliate decoration dating from AD 1400 - 1500. The inscription is in dense blackletter script and probably reads: Je le veul which is medieval French and can perhaps be translated as "I wish/want it". This can be interpreted as a love motto. The three words are each embellished with leaves and buds and there are three panels of oblique grooves arrange alternately with the words. The hoop is rectangular and flat in cross-section and is plain on the inner face. The hoop is slightly distorted. It is 17.1mm diameter, …
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2022
Last updated: Monday 7th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Romanby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-C2B99A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable fragment from a gold ‘Reson’ finger ring of medieval date, c.1350-1500. Description: Rectangular in shape with two broken terminals, one of which is bent at a 90-degree angle, the object has one concaved and one flat face. The concaved face is plain and undecorated, and the flat outer face is inscribed with the word ‘CUEVE’ in Black Letter script with the remnants of foliate decoration and niello inlay. Some of the detail has been worn away through wear or post-depositional factors. Dimensions: Weight: 1.15g; Length: 28.43mm; Width: 5.65mm; Thickn…
Created on: Monday 11th July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hornby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-C1D8EC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy finger ring of late Medieval to Post Medieval date, about AD 1400 - 1600. The ring is very corroded obscuring much of the design. The bezel is sub-oval and flat, but it is likely that it was engraved for use as a signet ring. The shoulders are obliquely ridged and taper to join the hoop. The hoop is incomplete, missing at the back. The patina is light green and powdery. Dimensions. Length from the bezel surface to the back of the hoop is 19.4mm. The thickness of the bezel is 3.3mm, thickness of the hoop is 3.1mm. The width is 21.1mm. The internal…
Created on: Monday 11th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-302851
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
2022-T651 Medieval silver finger ring PAS Database number: DUR-302851 Description: A complete silver finger ring dating to c. AD 1100-1250 with decorated square-shaped central bezel and symmetrical decorated rectangular shoulder bezels. The central square bezel is incised with a, now worn, elaborate cross crosslet inlaid with niello. Adjacent to the central bezel on both sides are narrowed, setback decorative segments. Both segments have been incised with symmetrical cross-hatched decoration. Both abut symmetrical square-shaped shoulder bezels featuring single saltire crosslets inla…
Created on: Monday 4th July 2022
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bagby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-590FDC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE : 2022 T620. Description:  A complete gold finger ring of medieval date, c.AD 1300 - 1400. The hoop of the ring is circular in plan with a D-shaped section. The hoop is undecorated. A hexagonally faceted bezel projects from one side of the hoop sloping and expanding upward slightly. Worn zigzag engraved decoration survives around the top of the bezel. The sub-circular aperture of the bezel, now worn, overlaps a cabochon gemstone or glass. The gem/glass is dark in colour, possibly black or a deep red. Dimensions: Hoop - Diameter: 21.4mm; Length: 23.3mm; Width: 2.…
Created on: Friday 24th June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd August 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-D0DC03
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2022 T473 A medieval silver and gem seal matrix finger ring dating from the 13th century AD, with a reused Roman intaglio dating from the 1st to 2nd century AD set in the bezel. Description Only the bezel from the finger ring has survived; the band is entirely missing, although broken attachments points are visible on either of the lower inscribed sides. The large oval bezel has a dark red semi-translucent cornelian (or carnelian) intaglio set in the centre engraved with the image of a standing female figure: Fortuna is draped in a chiton, head to the right with lef…
Created on: Thursday 12th May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Richmondshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-980C81
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver gilt Medieval iconographic style finger ring inscribed 'ihc' on the bezel, dating from AD 1350 - 1500. The bezel is divided into three panels running along the hoop, separated by ridges. Each concave (fluted) panel is decorated with a gothic or blackletter style letter left in relief on a ground covered with incised cross-hatching. Together they read 'ihc' for Jesus. Ridges define each end of the bezel, and the hoop is also decorated. The longitudinal ridges continue, but obliquely, so the fluted grooves spiral around the hoop. The first two groo…
Created on: Tuesday 1st February 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2022
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Record ID: YORYM-22DD61
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE : 2021 T977 A complete gold and glass or gemstone finger ring of Medieval date, c. AD 1200-1400. The hoop of the ring is sub-circular, having been bent out of shape. The hoop is lentoid shaped in section and widens to a trapezoidal bezel. The bezel is set with a trapezoidal cabochon-cut black gemstone or glass within a gold collar. The shoulders of the band of the finger ring are each decorated with three evenly spaced chevron lines, pointing away from the bezel. From each of these lines radiates seven perpendicular incised grooves, also pointing away from the …
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 30th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bilton-in-Ainsty with Bickerton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-E38943
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver gilt finger ring with a soldered butt joint covered by an applied bezel. The ring is probably Medieval, AD 1200 - 1400.  The applied bezel is an elongated hexagon, aligned along the hoop, with the upper face faceted, angling away from the centre towards each end of the bezel. The bezel also has six vertical sides and a small knob projecting from the angle between the two long sides on each edge. One knob is more spherical than the other. There is also rough solder visible on the side face of the side with the more prominent knob. The upper faces are de…
Created on: Monday 6th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 14th August 2023
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Record ID: DUR-4301BA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gold Posy (Reson or Posie) finger ring dating to the late medieval period (AD1350-1500) The band of the ring is rectangular in section, with an undecorated interior. On the outer circumference of the band is an inscription in Lombardic (French) script: +DE:LI:PENSEZ:PAR:kI:MEAVEZ (Think of him by whom have I). Dimensions: Diameter 22.4mm (exterior) 20.73mm (interior), Height 3.2mm, Thickness 1.09mm, Weight 2.82g Discussion: The ring belongs to a group generally recognised as love rings due to their sentimental inscriptions. In the medieval period they were …
Created on: Monday 11th October 2021
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ravensworth area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-A52E73
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval gold and gem finger ring dating from AD 1200 - 1500. The hoop is plain, rectangular in section and is fairly wide, at 4.5mm wide at the back, and 8.5mm wide at the shoulder. The bezel is an irregular hexagon, determined by the shape of the cabochon blue gem or glass setting. This is held in place by a collet formed from a strip of gold which has concave outer faces. The bezel is 11.9mm long (along the hoop) and 12.5mm wide and 4.8mm thick. The width includes one of the subsidiary stones set in small circular collets round the main stone. Three survive, but there would have …
Created on: Tuesday 11th May 2021
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aldfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-D75463
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case 2021T19 Description: An incomplete and distorted silver gilt iconographic finger ring dating to the Medieval period (c.AD 1400-1500). The ring is comprised of the bezel, shoulders, and part of the band. The bezel is in the form of two slightly convex facets that are divided by a ridge. Each facet appears to have an incised decoration depicting a person, possibly a saint. One of the individuals appears to have radial crown and the other a rounded halo or nimbus. The shoulders then flatten, and the band gradually tapers to a thinner width before terminating in a break. Th…
Created on: Tuesday 12th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Buttercrambe with Bossall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-34A5B0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold medieval blackletter posy finger ring dating from about AD 1400 - 1500. It is rectangular in cross-section. The posy on the external face is in dense blackletter and is extremely difficult to read, but it has been suggested to read "a [...] Cervyr" (an alternative spelling to servir) meaning 'to serve' with the word in the middle perhaps being an adverb or a name. The first letter of the middle word has a florid ornament like a large letter Z, further confusing the interpretation of the letters. The three words are separated by recessed fan shapes, or foliage or wing motif…
Created on: Monday 4th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 28th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sheriff Hutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-362C66
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gold iconographic finger ring of medieval date, c.AD 1450 - 1550. The circular hoop of the ring is circular with a D-shaped section which widens to a rectangular bezel. The bezel itself is double faceted with a central dividing ridge which extends into the hoop. Rectilinear panels are present to either side of the bezel, each containing the incised figure of a saint. To the right, St Catherine is depicted with a wheel at her left shoulder. To the left, St George is depicted standing upon a dragon. Below and above the four edges of each facet is a ‘sunburst…
Created on: Thursday 17th September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 14th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wighill Park', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-BD4F81
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy late medieval or post-medieval signet finger ring dating to c.AD 1400-1600 Fragment of copper alloy medieval finger ring depicting a castle on an oval bezel in incised lines. The ring has a broken circular hoop with a D-shaped section, flat on the inner side and slightly convex on the outer. It widens and thickens gradually at the plain shoulders to the large, flat, oval bezel. The bezel has an indented engrailed line border around the outer edge with an indented design in the centre of a three towered castle or gate. The central tower is taller and has…
Created on: Tuesday 18th August 2020
Last updated: Thursday 5th November 2020
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Record ID: YORYM-110C9F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2020 T582. Description:  A complete silver finger ring of medieval date, c.AD 1100 - 1400. The finger ring is sub-circular, with four approximately evenly spaced ovate bezels giving an octagonal appearance to the hoop. The hoop has a D-shaped section and each bezel has a rectangular section. Each bezel is slightly wider than the hoop proper. Moulded collars are present to either end of each bezel, where they join the hoop. Each bezel is decorated with a deeply incised symbol. One is irregular and cannot be adequately determined though appears similar to a Trewh…
Created on: Monday 10th August 2020
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.