Record ID: SF-0D0167
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead-alloy cloth seal probably of 17th or 18th century date The seal is comprised of to flat discs joined by connecting loop. One disc has a central tab indicating a second set of discs would have been attached. The original detail of the seal is missing.
Created on: Tuesday 31st October 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashfield cum Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F8A64D
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead / lead alloy weight or spindle whorl probably dating to the medieval to post medieval period. The object is plano convex. It is undecorated and has a large central perforation measuring 10.53mm in diameter. The object has a light cream patina. Weights found outside of secure archaeological contexts such as these are difficult to date because their use and style remains continuous from the Roman period onwards. Most examples likely date from the medieval period onwards. It is unclear what the original mass of the weight was as it has become worn and irregular,…
Created on: Monday 30th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', 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-7B2CCA
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post Medieval lead-alloy cloth seal dating to circa AD 1500-1700. The seal is formed of two discs, of which one is just a fragment. The letter T can be seen on this fragment. It is attached to the other disc by a surviving integral lead-alloy rivet. Most of the other disc remains and a raised letter X sits in the center. The seal has a creamy white patina. 
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett cum Brockford', 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.

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Record ID: SF-5D44D4
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead post-medieval two-part cloth seal. Both parts are sub-circular in shape with damage to their outer edges and the strip that once connected them is now missing. One part has a sub-circular hole through the centre and the other a projection from the centre of the reverse, which has been passed through the hole and hammered flat to fill it. One face has the letters '[I]DE' on it and the other a three towered castle with part of a lion passant guardant below (arms of Norwich). It is heavily corroded and bent out of shape. Egan (1995, 43-4, no.70-5) illustrates a…
Created on: Monday 4th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sibton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-32E65E
Object type: MUSKET BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Six lead post-medieval musket balls.  Weights: 15.85g, 22.65g, 17.49g, 19.39g, 6.80g, 4.51g
Created on: Monday 21st August 2023
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hoxne', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-CD3E35
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval to Post Medieval lead penny-sized Boy Bishop token, Series 1, dating to c AD 1470-1539. As Rigold 1978: pg 94, F. Obverse: SAnCTVS nichoLAVS depicting a mitre within a circle. Reverse: AVE/REX/GEN.TIS depicting a long cross with three pellets in each quadrant 
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Gislingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-77784F
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead cloth seal of post-medieval to modern date. Obverse - LATE [O]HLENDOR[FF] is inscribed in the centre of the cirdle with the inscription ANGLO CO[...] surrounding it.  Reverse - TRADE is inscribed with a picture of a cornucopia in the middle of the seal.  Shares similarities with ESS-187D45 and SF-775460. 
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sibton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-775460
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead cloth seal of post-medieval to modern date. Obverse - LATE [O]HL[END]OR[FF] LONDON is inscribed in the centre of the circle with the inscription AN'O CO / [GUAN]O W[ORKS] surrounding it. There appears to be a linear border.  Reverse - [TR]ADE MARK is inscribed with a picture of a cornucopia in the middle of the seal.  Shares similarities with ESS-187D45 and SF-77784F
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sibton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E71E05
Object type: TOBACCO HOLDER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead post-medieval tobacco jar lid. The outer face of the lid is octofoil in shape with a prominant central pellet surrounded by two concentric grooves and a circle of eight lobes. To the reverse is an integral rivet with a two disc-shaped lugs around it, the outer smaller in size. The surface of the metal is hevaily corroded and it is bent out of shape.
Created on: Monday 24th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sibton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E37FCD
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead token of medieval to post medieval date. An irregular sub-lozenge-shaped section of sheet lead alloy with a recessed rounded figure of eight-like symbol on one face. Objects such as these are often identified as apothecary tokens of 15th to 16th century date (see Biggs 1992, 7).
Created on: Monday 24th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Peasenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E378E0
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead token of medieval to post medieval date. An irregular sub-lozenge-shaped section of sheet lead alloy with a recessed fleur de lis on one side. Objects such as these are often identified as apothecary tokens of 15th to 16th century date (see Biggs 1992, 7).
Created on: Monday 24th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Peasenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E341C0
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy post-medieval cloth seal. Only part of one disc remains. This is sub-circular with sections missing around the sides. The outer face is decorated with a square-shield bearing an unclear heraldic device featuring fleur-de-lis to either side, its style suggesting a post-medieval date. There is a small circular hole to one side of the centre. There is a break to one side of the reverse where a long lug would have projected originally. This would have sat through a hole in another disc, the two attached together via a strip at one side. Egan writes 'stamp…
Created on: Monday 24th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Peasenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2DEED6
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead post-medieval cloth seal. Both discs survive, but the connecting strip is now missing. One disc features raised unclear letting with what appears to be the date 155[] below. The other features a sheep fleece/hanging sheep surrounded by a circle of pellets.  See PAS records YORYM-1684C3, PUBLIC-A6EBF2, NMS-F74ACA, HESH-136956, LIN-7988E4, DUR-AE5581 for comparison. The sheep fleec/hanging sheep features on the City of Leeds coat of arms and it seems likely that these seals are alnage/subsidy seals associated with the wool trade there.
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradfield St George', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2DDF92
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead post-medieval cloth seal. The object comprises two connected discs with a narrow strip joining them to one side. One face features a raised letter B in the centre and the other the coat of arms in the centre featuring two creatures running left at the top, a smaller shield in the centre and another creature left below, with part of a legend '[...]DER' to the right.  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 sys…
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradfield St George', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2D220B
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead post-medieval cloth seal dating to the year AD 1664. Only one disc of an originally two-part seal survives. The outer face has the raised letters 'CAR/ SAY/ 1664' in three lines. There is a small break to one side where a strip would have projecting originally, attaching this to another disc. The lettering suggests that this is most likely to be aa clothier, weaver or searcher's seal. Egan (1995, vii) writes that 'stamped lead seals were widely used in the European textile industry during the late-medieval/early-modern period. They were att…
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lavenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C72655
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead post-medieval double cloth seal. It is formed from two double discs of lead joined to one side via an integral loop while an integral rivet projects from the reverse of one of the outermost discs, passing through a hole in the other outermost disc. Decoration seems to be restricted to the outer faces of the innermost discs. One has the raised design of a harp and the other raised lettering in three lines: 'M []//FA X//[][] The style of lettering suggests a 16th or 17th century date. Egan writes 'stamped lead seals were widely used in the European textile …
Created on: Friday 16th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 25th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Benacre', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-755047
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead, or lead alloy, button of 18th century AD date, of a type often made in silver or cut steel (see Bailey, G. 2004 p.65). Compare with PAS record CAM-7EE27C, which has almost identical decoration. This complete object weighs 21.03g. It has a circular shape with diameter of 26.5mm. In profile the button's head has a semi-circular form, convexly domed to the front with a flat reverse. The current maximum thickness over the button is 7.5mm. However, this was originally slightly greater due to damage to the central decorative boss.&n…
Created on: Friday 19th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 23rd June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-A66067
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead penny-sized boy Boy Bishop token, dating to the period c.1470-1539 AD. Rigold's (1978, 94) Bury Series 1F. Obverse: :SANCTVS: NICHOLAVS[...] - Mitre Reverse: AVE/ REX/ [GEN/TIS] - Long cross dividing the legend with three pellets in each quarter. Diameter: 17.00mm, thickness: 1.10mm, weight: 1.59g
Created on: Thursday 27th April 2023
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.