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PLAQUE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-73BF5F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy Post Medieval Plaque , inscribed with the name and address of the owner. The plaque is rectangular with bevelled edges and shaped with its corners removed. On its reverse, some of the retaining spikes (integral rivets) which held it to the leather are missing.
The name and address on the plaque are as follows:- Ant. Crofts. at Saxham, Near St Edmonds Bury, Suffolk.
There is much information about Anthony Crofts of that address, available on the Internet.
Anthony Cross AD 1593 - 1657, was the 2nd son of Sir John Crofts.
He attended Emmanuel College Cambridge in 1611, and later became MP for Bury in AD1624.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1593
Date to: Circa AD 1657
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 55.4 mm
Width: 23.3 mm
Thickness: 1.58 mm
Weight: 16.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 5th September 2010 - Sunday 5th September 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Carlton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL6254
Four figure Latitude: 52.1605039
Four figure longitude: 0.36693625
1:25K map: TL6254
1:10K map: TL65SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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