Record ID: DOR-B83652
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Silver vervel or hawking ring; small silver ring of D-shaped section engraved on the outside in italic script: *At mounckton in dorsett. Hawking rings record the owner's name and sometimes their placeof residence, and were attached to the leather jesses on the birds legs which attached the bird to the block. The script and form of this ring can be compared with others in the BM collection and published examples from Norfolk and elsewhere. The vervel dates to the 17th Century.
Created on: Tuesday 7th April 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 30th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-62DF93
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A Post-Medieval silver hawking vervel, A circular D-sectioned band with an inscription on the outside. The inscription reads "H S at Horton , Dorset". The initials may refer to a member of the Sturt family (local landowners), particularly Humphrey Sturt senior (1687 - 1740) or Junior (1725 - 1786). The latter was an architect and built a tower at Horton. Date: c. 17th century
Created on: Friday 16th November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 9th April 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-0FF02E
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A complete silver vervel (hawking ring) of Lewis & Richardson type C.ii. The object comprises a shield-shaped plate with a separately attached circular loop at the rear, set along the long axis of the shield. The shiled is square-topped and pointed at the base. It is decorated with a goat head facing left, bearded, both curved horns visible and the pelt decorated with small incised lines. The band of the loop is rectangular in cross section and stamped at either end with the letter C and H (C facing inwards at the end behind the point of the shield and the H at the opposite end beh…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Launceston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-8B87F1
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver annular hawking ring or vervel. The vervel is a flat ring with a rectangular cross section. Both faces are inscribed in serifed upper and lowercase lettering: Side one: Returne . to . Sir Side two: Thom. Trenchard Date: Post Medieval - c. 1600 - 1700 Dimensions: 11.97 mm x 4.86 mm x 1.28 mm Internal diameter 7.11 mm Weight: 0.71 g The inscription may relate to Sir Thomas Trenchard of Wolverton, Dorset (1582 - 1657), MP on three occasions between 1621 and 1648, Knighted in 1613 and High Sherriff of Dorset in 1634. The family held land at Charminster and…
Created on: Monday 21st September 2020
Last updated: Thursday 31st August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lytchett Matravers', grid reference and parish protected.