Record ID: SF-F04DF2
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval seal matrix. The matrix is disc-shaped with a seam running across the centre of the reverse from which a suspension loop develops to one side (now almost entirely missing). The outer face (die) is decorated with the central engraved design of a male and female head facing each other kissing and an outer engraved inscription, which is now too worn and damaged to be ready clearly. The surface of the metal is corroded and the breaks are well worn. Matrices featuring a similar design of a kissing couple are recorded on the PAS database from Somerset (SOM-4…
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Metfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-236920
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy medieval oval buckle with integral plate. The frame is oval in shape and a short, rectangular integral plate projects from its inner end. The inner end of this plate is pierced with two small, circular holes, the innermost of which still holds an in situ copper-alloy pin. The outer end of the plate is expanded slightly forming a sub-square terminal. This has a circular hole through its centre which still holds an in situ copper alloy rivet with wide, flat, circular head. The surface of the metal has a corroded reddish-brown patina.  See Egan and Pr…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dedham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-F90E16
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy medieval buckle frame. Only the outer edge of the buckle survives, heavily corroded. This is thickened and a knop can be seen to one end, which would have sat to one side of the strap bar originally.  This is an example of a Meols Type 2 buckle, a style that dates to the late 13th to early 14th century AD (Griffiths et al. 2007, fig.2.5.1). Length: 21.73mm, width: 14.61mm, thickness: 2.96mm, weight: 1.84g
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-7E38FA
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval 'shield of France' Tournai stock jetton, dating to the period AD 1415-1497 OBV: X AVE MARIA GRACIA - shield of France bearing 3 lis REV: Triple stranded straight cross fleuretty in 4-arched tressure: external angles, 'A/M/A/M'. c.f.Mitchiner 1988, 227, no.686-687a Diameter: 27.67mm, thickness: 2.13mm, weight: 7.32g
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7DDBE0
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval seal matrix. The base/die is oval in shape and a hexagonally faceted handle projects from the centre of its reverse, becoming rapidly narrower and terminating in a trefoil suspension loop with a collar below it. The outer face of the die is engraved with the central design of the standing figure of Christ to the left, holding a book with a cross projecting from the rear towards the centre and a kneeling supplicant (usually the owner of the seal) to the right surrounded. This is surrounded by a pellet inner circle and then around the outsi…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7DD39F
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy seal matrix of Medieval date.The base/die is circular in shape and a long, hexagonally faceted handle projects from the reverse terminating in a small trefoil suspension loop with a collar around its base. The outer face of the die is decorated with an engraved simple fleur-de-lis motif in the centre surrounded by a dotted line inner circle and then the inscription '*VIO[]LARAE', the meaning of which is uncertain (and is likely to be a mispelling). The surface of the metal is corroded and small sections are missing around the edges of the die. Both…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7DBDA9
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy medieval harness pendant with suspension mount. The pendant is shaped like an eagle, wings folded and head turned left, although is now heavily corroded obscuring much of the details. A suspension loop projects from the apex of the bird's head, positioned at a right-angle to it. This loop sits between two parallel loops projecting from the lower edge of the mount and all three are covered with iron corrosion suggesting that they were secured by an iron pin originally. Above the the main body of the mount is small and rounded with a single a…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7DAB83
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy medieval harness pendant. It is fleur-de-lis shaped, but the lower end and sides are now missing. The inner end of a suspension loop projects from the upper end, positioned at a right-angle to the rest of the pendant. Its outer end is now missing. The surface of the metal is corroded with a reddish brown patina and the breaks are well worn. A number of fleur de lis shaped pendants have been recorded with the PAS, including: SF-7CC176, BUC-40B457, BH-729B21, HAMP-3A8C51, WILT-637511, HAMP-FBEBB6. Harness pendants were primarily in use in the 13…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-FE36D7
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval to post-medieval circular uniface French coin weight for a florin, dating to the period c.AD 1350-c.1550.. One face has a central fleur de lis design surrounded by the legend P DE FLOE. See Withers and Withers 1995, p.33 for comparison.
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FE281D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy medieval annular buckle/brooch. The hoop is circular in both shape and cross-section, its outer face decorated with fine transverse ribs. A simple copper-alloy pin with moulded annular head remains in situ.  Without a recess for the pin this is best defined as a buckle, although its delicate, decorative form shows some similarities to medieval annular brooches. Egan and Pritchard (1991, 64) suggest that the annular buckle form was in use from the late 14th century into the Post-Medieval period and they are difficult to date more closely. Diameter:…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FE22AE
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval French 'shield of France' jetton, dating to the period c.AD 1400-1500. Obv: A[...]DE[...]MA - Shield of France modern bearing three fleur de lis, unclear symbols surrounding Rev: Triple stranded straight cross fleuretty with + - A - V - E in angles within 4-arched tressure, trefoils surrounding in angles c.f. Mitchiner 1988, 224-230. Diameter: 28.70mm, thickness: 1.60mm, weight: 6.49g
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FE1D6D
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval French jetton, probably dating to the period c.AD 1380-c.1461. OBV: +[...]AB TATA TA[...]RTA[]A - Shield of France modern bearing three fleur de lis. S-shapes above and to either side.  REV: TATATA (repeats) - Triple stranded cross fleuretty, ends overlapping inner circle, fleur in each quarter Diameter: 27.15mm, thickness: 1.18mm, weight: 4.00g
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-FE095B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval annular shoe buckle. It consists of a small circular frame with a simple copper-alloy wire pin wrapped around it to one side. Similar buckles have been found during excavations in London, most from mid-14th to mid-15th century contexts (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 5758), although their chronology extends beyond this into the post-medieval period. Egan and Pritchard (ibid., 57) suggest that buckles of this period with a diameter or 20mm or less are probably from shoes, although some may have fulfilled other dress-related functions and there may have been s…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-FD34E7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval sexfoil mount. It is formed from a disc of sheet metal stamped to create a convex outer face, concave reverse and ridges radiating outwards from the centre creating six lobes. There are two small circular holes at equal distance from ones another at the rim, both containing in situ copper-alloy rivets. The outer edge has been irregularly trimmed to the shape of the lobes. Egan and Pritchard (1991, 26, fig.13) date this style of mount to c.AD 1270-1450. Diameter: 24.02mm, thickness: 6.32mm, weight: 1.31g
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-FD2E48
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy late Medieval or post-medieval annular buckle pin. It is of heavy, cast construction, sub-rectangular in cross-section and has a raised rounded moulding between the open loop and the shaft, decorated with four transverse grooves on the outer face. Its large size suggests that it came from a buckle rather than a brooch. Egan and Pritchard (1991, 64) suggest that the annular buckle form was in use from the late 14th century into the Post-Medieval period. Two buckles with similar pins are illustrated in the report on the Meols assemblage (Griffiths et al…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-FC944F
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval buckle with plate. The object consists of a simple D-shaped frame with thickened outer edge folded flat and corroded against a rectangular plate, obscuring some of the detail. A distorted copper-alloy pin is visible to one side folded back against the plate. The plate itself is formed from a long rectangular strip folded in two around the strap bar of the frame with a slot left for the pin. Two in situ copper-alloy rivets remain through the outer end of the plate and one in the centre with any at the inner end now not visible.  The frame is a…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-FC8C28
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy medieval key. The bow is lozenge-shaped with a hole of the same shape through its centre. The stem has a flattened rectangular cross-section and is attached to the bow with a simple moulding. The stem has a projecting, pointed outer end and a bit with a cleft cut into its outer edge only. The stem is bent slightly just behind the bit. The key most closely matches Winchester Type 7 (Biddle 1990, fig.328) as it has both a ring bow and projecting tip. This style dates approximately to the late 12th to 13th centuries AD. Length: 42.42mm, width:…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8A3345
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gilded copper-alloy medieval buckle with integral plate. The buckle frame is oval in shape, with a slightly thickened outer edge. The integral plate is D-shaped in cross-section with a rounded outer face, long, narrow and tapers slightly towards its outer end, which culminates in a slightly wider sub-rectangular section with a small, pointed hook extending from the centre of its outer end. There is a single hole through the outer end of the plate and two through the inner end. The outer face of the plate is decorated with two wide bands of stippling, one at the inner en…
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8A2731
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval English jetton dating to the period c.AD 1280-1343. Small circular hole through the centre. Obv: Bird right with head turned back over body holding branch which terminates in a trefoil of pellets Rev: Short cross moline with pellet in each angle and border of pellets Berry Type 8; Mernick reference 4a.4.4; c.f. Mitchiner 1988, 113, no.218 (but birth standing right); PAS record: HAMP-20FE99
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-861425
Object type: CANDLE HOLDER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy medieval to post-medieval looped socket from a candle holder. The object consists of an incomplete faceted socket at its upper end with a D-shaped loop projecting from the centre of its lower end. The socket has six-faceted sides, flares slightly towards its upper end and has two irregularly-shaped, longitudinally elongated holes situated on opposing sides. A wide, raised ridge encircles the lower end of its outer face and its base is open. Below this the D-shaped loop has a double cyldinrical knop projecting from the centre of its lower end, w…
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford', grid reference and parish protected.