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CLOTH SEAL

Unique ID: NMS-87FFE3

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Post-medieval lead cloth seal, two-part, circular, diameter 18.5mm. BB / BIWI / WR.. / CF.. // largely illegible [NO]RW[ICH]. The initials are those of the twelve wardens of the Norwich Weavers' Company for one year between 1650 and 1705 (Egan 1994, 46). Examples of this seal, for one of the years for which there is no surviving list, were recorded by Egan (1987, 192, 352 and 358). The non-recorded years were 1660-4, 1678 and 1686.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1686

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Diameter: 18.5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 14th November 2013 - Wednesday 11th December 2013

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 56965
Other reference: AMD122013

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Attleborough (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TM0396
Four figure Latitude: 52.52404209
Four figure longitude: 0.99090198
1:25K map: TM0396
1:10K map: TM09NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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