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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: SF-4CA5A5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy heraldic harness pendant of medieval date. It has a lozenge shaped plate with integrally cast oval shaped suspension loop at the top, which is set at an angle of ninety degrees to the plane of the plate and has a small circular aperture. The front face of the pendant carries a heraldic device comprising two chevrons separated by a bar, over which one quarter has four ermine. Traces of gilding are visible to the bottom of the front face. This suggests that the blazon of the arms was 'Or a fess between two chevrons, overall a canton ermine'. It measures 35.17mm in length, 24.38mm n width, 2.17mm in thickness and 5.08g in weight.
This is a heraldic harness pendant of medieval date, with a near identical example recorded through the PAS from the same parish (SF-B81D32). The arms could therefore be those of the de Ilketshale family, which were 'Or a fess between two chevrons gules, a canton ermine' (colours sometimes given in reverse: Gules a fess between two chevrons or, a canton ermine). This family of knights had lands in the Ilketshalls, near Bungay in N.E. Suffolk: Sir James de Ilketshale died c.1262; son Sir James died c.1312; son Sir James living 1316; sons Sir Robert (d. 1361) and Sir Philip. It is likely to date to c.1262-1361 AD.
Notes:
Arms: Ilketshale (Ilketshalls), de
Class: heraldic
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1262
Date to: Circa AD 1361
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.17 mm
Width: 24.38 mm
Thickness: 2.17 mm
Weight: 5.08 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 9th October 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Hessett
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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