Record ID: PUBLIC-B11B05
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy fragment from a Post Medieval cloth seal. The fragment is sub-discoidal (as flattened by the alnage seal matrix) with a short flat tab projecting to one side. The seal depicts a crenelated castle wall with an arched entrance gateway; above the wall part of an arcing beaded border can be seen. Cloth seals depicting images of castles are commonplace in Norfolk, as a lion surmounted by a castle is the arms of Norwich. No lion is evident on this partial impression and insufficient survives to be definitive, especially since many other non-Norwich seals depicting c…
Created on: Friday 10th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 9th August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-2901B2
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete four-part Post Medieval lead cloth seal. Only half of the seal survives with the other two discs missing from the remnant of the ligature strip. The disc closest to the joining strip has an impressed long-cross quartered flat-top shield with three lis in diametrically opposed quarters and an irish harp and a rose in the other two quarters. The reverse of the disc furthest from the adjoining strip has an integral distorted rivet. Circa AD 1500-1650.
Created on: Thursday 27th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 27th January 2022
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Record ID: NMS-2882A4
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Elizabethan two part lead cloth seal dating to circa AD1558-1600. Both circular addorsed discs survive but the connecting ligature strip is missing. The outer face of the impressed disc is decorated with a crowned portcullis surrounded by a circumferential inscription suggesting an Elizabethan date (Egan 1992, 2) the inscription is largely illegible. The reverse has a central integral rivet which has been flattened into a corresponding hole on the impressed face. The portcullis was "the main design for alnage seals in the late Tudor period... and continued in use into …
Created on: Thursday 27th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 27th January 2022
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Record ID: NMS-8E3471
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy possible Post Medieval cloth or bag seal fragment. A flat strip of lead is impressed on one side with a circular cartouche, within which there appears to be a cuirassed left facing male bust wearing peaked headgear, possibly an English civil war helmet. The strip has a full thickness sub circular hole in the 8 o'clock position relative to the upright bust. No parallel could be found. Circa AD1642-1750.
Created on: Thursday 2nd December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 14th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-70603A
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn or eroded fragment of lead alloy alnage cloth seal. It is sub-circular and is in all likelihood the rivet end of the seal that has been squashed flat by the matrix. Visible on the outside face of the seal is a chained portcullis design that was popular from the late Elizabethan period. The portcullis was an emblem of the Tudor dynasty and was stipulated by Elizabeth I to be stamped on cloth seals (S, Elton. Cloth seals, an illustrated reference guide to the identification of lead seals attached to cloth. page 218). Circa AD1570-1700.
Created on: Sunday 19th September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 14th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-488666
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Post-Medieval four part lead cloth seal. Only the two looped innermost discs survive, with the outer riveting discs missing from old breaks. Both extant discs carry shields in relief; one is quartered and is possibly the Royal arms, the other has a chevron ermine with irresolvable features in chief and base, possibly the arms of the Company of Clothworkers. For a similar seal see NMS-E57344 on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. Circa 17th century. Extant length 25.1mm, diam 14.4mm, weight 3.43g.
Created on: Friday 19th March 2021
Last updated: Saturday 20th March 2021
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Record ID: NMS-0B1D5E
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete Post Medieval lead alloy four-disc cloth alnage seal. The non-rivet discs are both impressed; one side has a shield with a bend between three birds, the other has the date 1667 surmounted by the letters [AY]. The surviving letters indicate the seal is for Kersey cloth, a coarse woollen material of the period. Cf. NMS-74BAF5 and NMS-F18241.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2019
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Record ID: NMS-F5FD82
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Post Medieval four-disc lead alloy cloth alnage seal. Folded half missing from the tab hinge, but a circular disc and integral rivet loop survive. Impressed on the disc is a crowned fleur de lis set within a double circle, the outermost of which is beaded. Circa late 16th-17th C.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2019
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Record ID: NMS-41DC26
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval lead cloth seal. Eroded edges render original shape unclear. A topmost ligature with a circular holed terminal, loops over the reverse and is held in place by a stub rivet integral with the back of the front face. Front face has partial legend SE[...]/RG [...] surmounted by roman numerals XVII/ XVI[.]I. Late 16th century-17th century.
Created on: Monday 26th August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 27th August 2019
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Record ID: NMS-D5C37E
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead two-disc Medieval to Post Medieval cloth seal. One disc with a central rivet the other with a corresponding hole, linked by an integral strip of lead folded back to back and impressed with alnage marks on both sides. The rivet is impressed with a plain cross with a pellet in each quarter, all within a beaded circle. The other side has an equal-ended ship, rigged around a central mast. Circa AD1350-1724 but most likely early Post Medieval.
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 17th May 2018
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Record ID: NMS-A500A8
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Single disc from a Post-medieval lead cloth seal, a shield bearing: A pale; on a chief quarterly, four lions passant (arms of Rotterdam: Vert a pale Argent; on a chief Or quarterly four lions passant 1 & 4 Sable 2 & 3 Gules) within a fragmentary inscription: RO [...] Diameter 21.2mm. Weight 4.08g. 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd May 2017
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wood Dalling', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-117698
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Corroded and complete post medieval lead alloy two part cloth alnage seal. One side is faintly impressed with a linear alignment of a flower, lis and star all surmounted by a single crown. A legend around the outside cannot be properly resolved but appears to read [...]COMSO[...]. The other side is blank. A parallel seal with a similar impression could not be found. Circa 1500 -1700 AD.
Created on: Thursday 19th January 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 8th February 2022
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Record ID: NMS-E794BC
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete leaden post medieval cloth seal. The disc with the rivet attached is extant but the second disc and one half of the joining strip is missing. The outside of the surviving side is marked with the raised number 54. The style of the numbering indicates a post medieval date. Circa 1500-1724 AD.
Created on: Tuesday 19th July 2016
Last updated: Thursday 20th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Taverham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-6E3A69
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of lead alloy post medieval circular cloth seal with half of the joining loop tab missing. The two part seal is biface with a very faint irresolvable impression on one side and an incuse flower on the other. Circa 1550-1700 AD.
Created on: Friday 1st July 2016
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Taverham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-2856F5
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete leaden post medieval two-disc cloth seal with missing end to the connecting loop. The compressed rivet side is plain, but the other face has the impressed capitalised initials RC. Given the find was made in Norfolk these initials could be those of the warden that oversaw the quality of worsted cloth, which tally for the year 1702 AD. (Egan 1987, 416.) However, with the absence of any other corroborating marks this conclusion can only be tentative.
Created on: Saturday 16th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd July 2019
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Record ID: NMS-2F3EA7
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy two-disc post medieval cloth seal. The seal has the impressed arms of Norwich on one side and a rose on the other, and would have been attached to worsted cloth produced in the city. Reference Egan, G. FRG Datasheet 3 Leaden Cloth Seals p3. Circa early 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2016
Last updated: Thursday 24th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Taverham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-BF6578
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Post Medieval lead alloy cloth seal. The fragment consists largely of the compressed rivet and has a discernable but illegible mark on one side. Circa 17th-18th century.
Created on: Saturday 13th June 2015
Last updated: Saturday 13th June 2015
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Record ID: NMS-DCB97F
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy two disc rivet type cloth seal. The ligament between the two discs is broken otherwise the seal is complete. The alnage stamps on either side are very difficult to resolve but on the side with the compressed rivet a capitalised R can be seen possibly in the upper left quadrant of a long cross. Circa 17th- early 18th century.
Created on: Friday 13th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 11th August 2015
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Record ID: NMS-89A209
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incompletelead cloth seal of Post-Medieval date. The seal is atwo disc type which were joined by an integral central strip and sealed by compressing a central rivet. The front of the seal bears the raised design of the letter "A" the chevron crossbar of which remains clear. The reverse depicts a pinecone or thistle device.The 'A' and pinecone design indicates the seal will have originated in Augsburg, Germany as the pinecone is the heradlic badge of the city. It is suggested that such seals were attached to fustians, a variety of heavy cloth woven from cotton and chiefly prepared f…
Created on: Monday 9th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 9th February 2015
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