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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.

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Record ID: SF-ECCE65
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy post-medieval zoomorphic knife end cap or terminal. Shaped like a small three-dimensional animal's head with a circular indentation to either side creating eyes and a short upturned beak-like snout. The base of the object is oval and covered with iron corrosion where it would have attached to the iron knife tang originally.  An end cap from a scale-tang knife of post-medieval date. Similar examples are plentiful on the PAS database (e.g. SF-676ED2, SF-D9F891, BERK-D1C8B1, YORYM-1C6370, or NLM-53D197) and indicate a probable date range in the…
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dilham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-0BB98D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy post-medieval trade token issued by the Sun Tavern in Holborne, London, dating to the seventeenth century. Obverse: 'AT . THE . SVN . TAVERN' - surrounding a sixteen pointed sun. Reverse: 'IN . HYE . HOLBORNE' - surrounding 'C . A . E'. c.f. Williamson 1889, vol. I, p. 630, no. 1383var.
Created on: Thursday 29th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weeting-with-Broomhill', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-FE2DE7
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy post-medieval token farthing issued by Cornelius Fuller, a habersasher of Ely, Cambridgeshire during the 17th century. OBV: CORNELIVS : FV[LLER] - The Haberdashers' Arms. REV: [IN] . ELY . 1[654] - [C . F.]  Mint mark - a mullet Williamson 1967, 71, no.105
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-FE172A
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy post-medieval pin terminal. The object is flattened and crudely crucifom in shape with a raised cruciform ridge on one face and cruciform groove on the other. There is a break in the centre of the outer end of one arm, presumably where a shaft would have projected originally.  Other examples recorded on the PAS database have been attributed a post-medieval date: LON-A9B8F7, LON-A9B8F7 Length: 25.32mm, width: 19.91mm, thickness: 3.25mm, weight: 3.84g
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-8A46AD
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy post-medieval token farthing issued by Richard Wade of Bocking, Essex in 1667. Obv: RICHARD . WADE . 1667 - HIS HALF PENY Rev: IN . BOCKING . ESSEX - R . H . W Williamson 1967, 211, no.30 Diameter: 18.79mm, thickness: 1.25mm, weight: 2.12g
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-472974
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy mount of probable post-medieval date. It is a narrow strip shape with a complete terminal to one end, a break at the other end and a hooked section projecting at a right-angle from the outer face towards the break. The terminal consists of a rounded knop pierced with a small circular hole and a longer knop projecting from the centre of its outer end. The section of the strip between the terminal and the hook is D-shaped in cross-section with a rounded outer face while the remainder beyond the hook has a narrower rectangular cross-section. The surface of the m…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashfield cum Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-8EB10D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy post-medieval token farthing issued by John Greene, a grocer of Kings Lynn, Norfolk during the 17th century.  Obv: [IOHN]. GREENE . GRO[CER] - The Grocer's Arms Rev: OF . LYN[NE . IN . NORF]OLKE - I . G in monogram Williamson (1967) 849, no.83 Diameter: 15.35mm, thickness: 0.80mm, weight: 0.80g
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-8E6A1D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy post-medieval token farthing issued by John Turner of Little Wilbraham in 1666. Obv: JOHN . TVRNER . IN - In the field 1666 Rev: LITTLE . WILBRAM - In the field I . S. T. surrounded by three mullets Williamson 1967, 79, no.199 Diameter: 15.17mm, thickness: 1.03mm, weight: 0.90g
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Wilbraham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-8E297B
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete sheet lead post-medieval powder measure base. The object is a circular cup-shaped, but has been significantly bent, corroded and damaged, distorting its original shape. These are common finds from Civil War sites and the complete holder would have been attached to the bandolier via a cord running through two loops on the cap (Courtney 1988, 2). Length: 36.15mm, width: 26.63mm, thickness: 15.58mm, weight: 27.08g
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Buckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-8C31C6
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead post-medieval double cloth seal. Only one complete disc survives with a fragment of what was originally part of another disc attached through a hole in its centre. The raised design of a sheep can be seen in the centre of its outer face. It is heavily corroded and there is a break across its centre. Egan writes 'stamped lead seals were widely used in the European textile industry during the late-medieval/early-modern period. They were attached to individual cloths as part of a system of industrial regulation and quality control. In England seals of this typ…
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Buckenham', 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-937808
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy medieval to post-medieval purse frame. Only the attachment loop survives. This is oval in shape and horizontally flattened in cross-section with a short bar, circular in cross-section, projecting from its lower end culminating in a cylindrical knop. The surface of the metal is heavily corroded. It is not clear whether it belongs to Ward Perkins (1967, 167, fig.50-52) Type A or B because the bar is missing. Length: 44.77mm, width: 16.85mm, thickness: 6.46mm, weight: 5.33g
Created on: Wednesday 25th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashfield cum Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-65674A
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy post-medieval token farthing issued by Daniel Barnes of Framlingham in AD 1669. Obv: DANIEL . BARNES . 1669 - A wheatsheaf Rev: IN . FRAMLINGHAM . AT . YE - HIS HALF PENY  Williamson 1967, 1080, no.123
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2023
Last updated: Monday 23rd October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Snape', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-26070A
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
16 lead shot including 15 musket balls and one lead conoidal bullet, all of post-medieval date and all recovered from the same area. Musket ball max. diameters: 17.34mm; 16.78mm; 16.14mm; 12.09mm; 13.32mm; 9.11mm; 11.16mm; 9.99mm; 10.58mm; 11.76mm; 14.73mm; 17.25mm; 17.58; 14.59mm; 24.06mm
Created on: Friday 20th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Snape', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D0745C
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy late medieval to post-medieval shield-shaped mount. It is shield-shaped with a raised ridge running longitudinally down the centre of the outer face - the same ridge concave to its reverse. To either side of this the outer face is decorated with alternating wide diagonal ridges and recesses, the recesses filled with cross-hatching - probably an armorial design. There are small circular attachment holes in the centre of the lower end and to either side of the upper end - the latter two filled with iron corrosion.  Its style, decoration and pa…
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Snape', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D02881
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy post-medieval lozenge-shaped coin weight issued for uncertain denomination. Uniface, featuring a male bust right with long hair and cap. Probably continental. Length: 14.90mm, width: 15.35mm, thickness: 3.31mm, weight: 4.62g
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Benhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-80690A
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete enamelled copper-alloy post-medieval button. The button is discoidal with a convex outer face and concave reverse. The remains of a small integral attachment loop project from the centre of the reverse. The reverse is decorated with the raise arms of the Commonwealth comprising the shields England (St George) and Ireland (the Harp) placed next to one another, dating the object to the Commonwealth period - AD 1649-60. Traces of enamel can be seen within and surrounding this design, but this is now too corroded for the colours to be seen clearly. Traces of a white metal c…
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-54B7B4
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead medieval to early post-medieval penny sized 'Boy Bishop' token, dating to the period c.1470-1539 AD. Rigold's (1978, 95) Bury Series I ('neat, inscribed Bury series). Obverse: [S]ANTVS NICHOLAVS - Mitre Reverse: AVE/ REX/ GEN/TIS.  - Long cross dividing the legend with three pellets in each quarter. Diameter: 16.75mm, thickness: 1.59mm, weight: 1.91g
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', 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.