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Record ID: SF-5A5CCD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver post-medieval groat of Philip and Mary, dating to the period AD 1554-58. Lis initial mark.  North vol.II, no.1973
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bures St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B8190D
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description:  A complete Medieval to Post Medieval gilt silver hat badge (dress hook) dating to circa AD 1500-1550. It consists of a discoidal plate with recessed panel and separately made soldered S-shape hook projecting from the reverse. The S-shaped hook tapers into a point and is now flattened. The plate contains a border of two concentric circles of moulded twisted rope design. The interior has a recessed circular cell which would have carried incised decoration but is now very heavily worn and this cannot be discerned with clarity. There are possibly two opposed initials or …
Created on: Friday 27th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C47FD7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gilded silver post-medieval dress hook. The object consists of a composite, ornately moulded, sub-circular central section with a sub-rectangular silver wire attachment loop projecting to one end of its reverse and a silver sharp rear-facing hook to the other end. The central section is composed of a separate circular, annular-shaped border, eight knops projecting from regular intervals around its edge, with a flower-shaped disc and then a smaller flower-shaped boss attached via a silver rivet to the centre of its outer face and a solid disc-shaped plate coverin…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Troston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5825E2
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gilded silver openwork eye-element of a two-piece hooked clasp or dress fastener. The object is very roughly D-shaped with a curved outer edge and straight inner edge. It is pierced with two longitudinally aligned rows of small circular holes flanking a moulded heart design in the centre of the outer face. Moulded foliage decorates the remainder of the outer face, weaving between the holes and two very small knops project from the centre of the outer edge. The curved outer edge is wavy and a circular loop projects from the centre of the outer edge. It survives i…
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Troston', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-65D787
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver post-medieval threepence of Elizabeth I, dating to the year AD 1574. Second issue. Eglantine initial mark. Tower of London mint. North vol.II, no.1998
Created on: Monday 24th April 2023
Last updated: Monday 24th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-756362
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver post-medieval halfgroat of Elizabeth I, dating to the period AD 1600-1601. Third issue, cypher initial mark.  Noth vol.II, no.2016
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke-by-Nayland', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-F90104
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy trade token farthing issued by Benjamin Mills of Lavenham, Suffolk in 1657. 0bv. BENJAMIN . MILLS . 0F = 1657. Rev. LAVENHAM . 1657 = . M . // B A Williamson (1967, 1090) writes 'the will of Robert Ryece, a great preserver of Suffolk antiquities, is dated 1637. By it he gives to William Mills, of Lanham, in the county of Suffolk, painter and glazier, 40s., with some boxes of painting colours for to keep, renew, and amend the tables, writings, and inscriptions as they are fixed in the parish church of Preston, in Suffolk. A Mr. William Mills resided in the…
Created on: Friday 17th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-619C02
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver post-medieval shilling of Elizabeth I, dating to the period AD 1560-61. First issue, martlet initial mark. London Tower mint. North vol.II, no.1985
Created on: Friday 10th February 2023
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haughley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-007739
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver penny of the commonwealth dating to the period AD 1649-1660. North vol.II, no.2729
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mendham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-E87D03
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete (clipped) silver post-medieval shilling of Charles I, dating to the period AD 1625-49. Group E. ?/tun initial mark. North vol.II, no.2227-9
Created on: Tuesday 18th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 27th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blythburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-401257
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver post-medieval clipped halfcrown of Charles I, dating to the period AD 1625-49. Uncertain type. The coin has been clipped and filed so that only the central part remains.
Created on: Tuesday 5th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worlington', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-F1AAE1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete (clipped) silver post-medieval penny of Elizabeth I, dating to the period AD 1560-61. First issue, cross crosslet initial mark. North vol.II, no.1988
Created on: Tuesday 7th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 7th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beck Row, Holywell Row and Kenny Hill', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-F19D4B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete (clipped) silver post-medieval penny of Elizabeth I, dating to the period AD 1560-61. First issue, cross crosslet initial mark. North vol.II, no.1988
Created on: Tuesday 7th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 7th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beck Row, Holywell Row and Kenny Hill', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-DCFF0D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver post medieval Scottish half thistle merk of James VI, dated to the year AD 1602. Eighth coinage. Minted in Edinburgh. Seaby 1984 no.5498
Created on: Monday 6th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 6th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hinderclay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0C4205
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete (clipped) silver post-medieval half crown of Charles I, dating to the period AD 1625-49. Unclear initial mark and group. c.f. North vol.II, no.2200ff
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 20th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sibton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8D2F26
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver coin, probably of post-medieval date, bent into a shallow S-shaped profile to form a love token. No details or traces of legend survive on either face. 
Created on: Thursday 2nd December 2021
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blythburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E7F699
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A fragment of a silver post-medieval bodkin. The surviving section of the main body is rectangular in cross-section and an hourglass-shaped terminal projects from its outer end. There is a rectangular hole extending inwards from behind the lower break and above this a solid section, either face of which is decorated with two incised transverse lines followed by an outwards facing V-shape. The inner part of the terminal is pierced with a small circular hole, while the outer section has one concave face and one convex face creating an small spoon or scoop. The object is slig…
Created on: Friday 12th November 2021
Last updated: Friday 27th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winston', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-AD1794
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver post-medieval penny of Henry VIII, dating to the period AD 1509-26. First coinage. Portcullis initial mark. Mint of London. North vol.II, no.1773
Created on: Friday 23rd July 2021
Last updated: Monday 26th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6F6843
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval to modern machine-made thimble. The upper section and top are decorated with incised flower motifs and below this there are various linear and pierced basket-work-like bands of motifs. Around the base are the hallmarks '8', 'JF', anchor, lion, '0' - probably James Fenton of Birmingham The hallmarks suggest a relatively modern date. Length: 21.44mm, diameter at base: 15.64mm, weight: 3.02g
Created on: Thursday 8th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 7th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradfield St Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-882436
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver post-medieval groat of Mary, dating to the period AD 1553-1554. Privy mark - pomegranate. North. vol.II, 104, no.1960
Created on: Tuesday 15th June 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 15th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Layham', grid reference and parish protected.