SEAL MATRIX

Unique ID: SUR-69389A

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Notes:

William Crassus (or Le Gros (Fat)) appears not be a name known in Surrey. An earlier William Crassus (d.1219) was the son of Stephen Le Gros. William was from an Anglo-Norman baronial family long established in central Normandy. He inherited Sodbury in Gloucestershire from his uncle, William le Gros, 1st Earl of Albemarle, primo-genitus. He was granted a licence to hold fairs and markets in (what is now) Chipping Sodbury in 1217.He was appointed Seneschal of Normandy in 1203 by King John of England, and was a noted kinsman and follower of the elder William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke.

William married Margaret, daughter of Robert Fitz Warren. By Margaret he had at least one son, his namesake, William Crassus, or Le Gros.

There is also a family of this name in Kent: a Sir William Le Gros, b.1250 in Kent; married Eleanor de Formeals.

Find of note status

This is a find of note and has been designated: Include in MedArch

Inscription: WILLELMVM:PAVLE:CRASSVM:XPO:PIE:IVNGE

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 44.13 mm
Width: 27.28 mm
Weight: 16.75 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 2nd May 2014

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 14-739

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete