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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: BH-95C6A6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-Medieval lead-alloy four-disc cloth seal. The two largest discs adjoin one another; one of these bears the 'Prince of Wales' Feathers', in relief,with the letters 'S O' beneath and a beaded circular border surrounding. A remnant of the connecting strip projects from the distal end of this disc. The surface of the adjoining disc has a central star, surrounding which is the legend 'TAYNTON' and, outside this, a beaded border. The other two adjoining discs are incomplete, irregular and undecorated.
Length:33.8mm; width:15.8mm; thickness:, 3.2.mm. Weight: 7.05g.
TAV[N]TON
A similar cloth seal, dated (16)'76', was found in London and was suggested to have come from a Taunton serge. According to Egan...'A similar Taunton seal for 1677 (having star-shaped inner parts) was found on the Drummond Plantation site at Jamestown (Virginia, U.S.A - M. Outlaw pers. comm.), and another from the series, for 1674 and with SOMERSET, was excavated in Stockholm (Dahlback 1982, 273 fig. 255f) (Egan 1995: 51, no. 98).
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.8 mm
Width: 15.8 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 7.05 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 11th March 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 15/182 - 33
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Offley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. | 1994 | Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum | London | Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities, British Museum |
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