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SEAL MATRIX

Unique ID: SOMDOR-6102D2

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A cast copper alloy seal matrix of early fourteenth century date. The vesica-shaped seal measures 30mm by 19mm. The die depicts a tonsured head and the legend reads + S. THOME CAPELL'I (seal of Thomas the Chaplain). It is perhaps worth noting that the first known Vicar of Wedmore was Thomas de Harptree, appointed in 1311, and that the adjoining field to the northwest was part of the Vicar's glebe land, which he might have visited regularly. While it cannot be proven, it is interesting to speculate that this might be the seal of Thomas, Vicar of Wedmore, dropped while visiting his adjacent glebe land. (From a note submitted to Somerset Archaeology, by J. Morris and F. Neale).

Find of note status

This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.

Inscription: + S. THOME CAPELL'I

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1350

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 19 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2006

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Other reference numbers

Museum accession number: Donated to Axbridge Museum

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Sedgemoor (District)
To be known as: Wedmore

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: SOMDOR
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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