Record ID: LANCUM-15D308
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a post-medieval copper-alloy shoe buckle frame fragment probably dating 1660-1800AD. The buckle is decorated by lozenges and swirls. The length is 27mm, width is 25mm and the weight 1.90g.
Created on: Tuesday 21st March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 13th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-37A007
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Groat of Philip and Mary. AD1554-1558. Diameter 22mm. Weight 1.28g. North 1973.
Created on: Wednesday 1st April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'MAWDESLEY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-7F5742
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Scottish quarter thisle merk of James VI of Scotland 1601-1604. The reverse is a thistle which is the symbol for James. On the obverse is a square shield with rampant lion. The inscription is IACOBVS.6.D.G.R.SCOTORVM on the obverse and REGEM IOVA PROTEGIT on the reverse. The diameter is 20mm and the weight is 1.02g. Spink 5499.
Created on: Monday 11th May 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 4th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CLITHEROE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-ABDD14
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead weight or possibly a seal, probably of Post Medieval date from the 17th–19th century AD. The circular disc has a possible privy mark in the centre of one face. The reverse has a privy mark with a beaded border and looks like it originally had a lettering in it now illegible. A privy mark was originally a small mark or differentiation in the design of a coin for the purpose of identifying the mint, moneyer, or some other aspect of the coin's production or origin, for control purposes. The obverse has a central motiff of a flower possibly a rose. The diameter of the stamp i…
Created on: Wednesday 13th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'PRESTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1857B7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sixpence of Elizabeth 1 with Rose and date flan, large bust with hair swept back. ELIZEBETH 1 DGLC. Fifth Issue. The diameter is 24mm and the weight 2.69g. 1587. North 2578a.
Created on: Monday 18th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KENDAL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2D5066
Object type: TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy post-medieval hooked tag with rounded fastener, two hole loops with broken rounded ends. The tag would have had a common rectangular slot for attachment to a strap or ribbon and a flat openwork plate. The back of the tag is undecorated and flat. The general proportions, with the large circular perforations, tend to lead people to suggest an early post-medieval date (16th or 17th century). The object is probably a dress fastener or strap fitting. The length is 32mm, width 25mm and weight 8.89g. The tag is similar to NLM-7D3587 and SWYOR-37BA63.
Created on: Tuesday 19th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'ALSTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-690C26
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Oval lead weight. Possibly 16th or 17th century in date. Length 28mm, width 27mm , thickness 9mm and weight 35.43g. The types of weights vary greatly and are difficult to date accurately. It could have been used as a loom weight or a net weight for fishing or for catching small game.
Created on: Friday 22nd May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BRAMPTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-6978E7
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy object probably 17th-18th century possibly a seal matrix with what appear to be a glass setting with engraving of the letter 'B' which is probably the initial of the owner. The pierced lug that would act as a suspension loop.. Seal matrixes were commonly used in the medieval, as many people were illiterate and needed to mark legal documents. The copper alloy seals often date from the 12th – 15th centuries. The length is 15mm, the width 15mm, thickness 12mm and weight 2.97g.
Created on: Friday 22nd May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BRAMPTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-00D4A3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval silver halfgroat of Charles I dating from AD1635-6, mint mark crown (can only be seen on reverse; obverse too worn): crowned bust facing left with II behind [CAROLVS] D G [M B F ET H REX]oval garnished shield IVSTIT[IA] THRONVM FIRMAT North 2257, Group D, Fourth bust. The diameter is 16mm and the weight 1.03g
Created on: Friday 29th May 2009
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SOULDROP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-0124E3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Halfgroat of Charles I dating from AD1635-6, mint mark crown (can only be seen on reverse; obverse too worn): Crowned bust facing left with II behind [CAROL]VS D G M B F ET [H REX] Oval garnished shield IVSTITIA THRONVM FIRMAT North 2257, Group D, Fourth bust The diameter is 15mm and the weight .85g.
Created on: Friday 29th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 19th December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HULCOTE AND SALFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-3BA303
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead seal possibly used to seal bags of grain dating to the 19th to early 20th century probably originally bearing the name of the processor. This is a very common find on farmland. Lead seals of this type vary in size and the design impression is usually week. Some seals carry bust of monarchs and these were known as Alnage seals and were attached to rolls of cloth. The diameter is 30mm and the weight 25.21g.
Created on: Monday 1st June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HALTON WITH AUGHTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-3BA9B4
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Token of John Nuttall 206 Deansgate, Manchester Family Grocer Importer Tea Dealer from the earliest 19th century. John Nuttall, of 206 Deansgate, Manchester, is described as family grocer, tea-dealer and importer, and a tea-chest is the device. It is comparative to other tokens which are dated 1803, 1814, and 1813. Robert Orchard issued tokens of the value of a halfpenny and of a farthing in 1803, and again of a farthing in 1804. On the farthing of the former year his head is reproduced, with the lettering of his name and place of business surrounding it. The reverse of the coin bears …
Created on: Monday 1st June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SHERIFF HUTTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-4F99B6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Halfgroat of Elizabeth I, dating from AD1591/2-94, mm tun, third issue, North 2016 EDG ROSA SINE SPINA Crowned bust left with two pellets behind. CIVITAS LONDON. Long cross fourchee over square shield dividing legend. Diameter 17mm and the weight is 0.82g.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd June 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 31st August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KIRBY LONSDALE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-502B24
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This object is probably a cast lead token. The earlier tokens were made from pewter but the lead tokens are normally associated with the 17th – 18th centuries. The exact purpose has not been ascertained but it seems most likely that they were used by the working class as a form of low denomination currency as they were made at a time when small change was in short supply. The lead tokens seem to be mainly associated with rural areas. They were often used as a gap filler when when copper and brass tokens ceased to be produced in 1672. Landowners often found lead tokens a useful way to…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HALTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-D725B7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy trapezoidal buckle likely to be 17th century AD probably from a shoe. Although they are known from the 16th and 15th century AD. Most were used for buckling spurs and date between c1620-1680. This buckle appears have asymmetrical openwork expanded outer loops with an elaborate moulding with ovoid knops on each external corner. The length is 25mm, width 15mm and the weight is 6g.
Created on: Monday 24th January 2011
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SHERIFF HUTTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-CD0516
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead disc probably an Alnage seal dating to the late Medieval to early Post-Medieval, 1500-1700. Alnage seal Alnage selas cloth seals and bale seals were widely used in Europe between the 13th and 19th centuries as a means of identification and as a component of regulation and quality control. Cloth seals appear to be the most thoroughly documented type of seal. Cloth seals were typically two disc seals joined by a connecting strip. These were intended to be folded around each side of a textile and stamped closed, in a manner similar to that in which coins were stamped. Bale seals s…
Created on: Monday 5th December 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'RIPON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-39D126
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Scottish silver twentypence of Charles I dating from c. AD1637-42 (third coinage, possibly Spink 5588). The diameter is 16mm.
Created on: Monday 28th November 2011
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BURY ST EDMUNDS', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2E5C81
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver seal most likely from the 16th-17th century and there is a record of arms related to the arms on it from the early 16th century. The matrix is not from Lancashire and it is curious how it turned up there. It is possible that it's deposition relates to the English Civil War 1642-1651 when men of Shropshire are known to have fought in Lancashire. The Kings army was originally based in Shrewsbury and then moved into Cheshire and then Lancashire. The Royalists recieved a defeat at Whalley which is not too far from the findspot. The arms are, "Argent, a chevron gules between thr…
Created on: Monday 11th April 2011
Last updated: Monday 21st October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WEST BRADFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B921C8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Post-medieval silver hammered penny of Henry VIII dating from c. AD1526-44, mm star. North 1813. King enthroned holding orb and sceptre H D G ROSA SIE SPIA Long cross over square shield dividing legend with C D beside shield CIVITAS DVR[RAM] Mint: Durham. The diameter is 8mm and the weight is 0.52g.
Created on: Tuesday 25th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 26th July 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WHARLEY END', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-69CF18
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a very unusual coin that appears to be a forgery of a silver William and Mary possibly tin farthing. It is the right size for a tin farthing according to Spinks 345 but the portarait and reverse are all wrong. The double bust is facing left when it is always right and the reverse portrays a shield which is only portrayed on Guineas or half-gineas and sometimes the half-crown. Making this coin would not have been simple as it is well made and seems an awful lot of work to make an obvious forgery. All denominations appear to be double bust facing right. I wonder if it is a forie…
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTHLEACH', grid reference and parish protected.