Record ID: SUSS-A2CEC6
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy disk, probably part of a Medieval or Post Medieval cloth seal although there is no visible stamped design. It was found near SUSS-A2A403 and may be related. It is 19.1 by 18.1mm, 1.9mm thick and weighs 1.09 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 24th March 2010
Last updated: Friday 26th March 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Redgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-A2A403
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead alloy cloth seal. Fragment of a two or four part seal consisting of the central plug of lead, circular in section, withthe front disk and part of the back disc attached. The front is stamped with the portcullis badge of the Tudors, surrounded by a legend, mositly illegible reading: [...]E[...]M[...] . The portcullis was "the main design for alnage seals in the late Tudor period... and continued in use into the early seventeenth century" (Egan 1995:9). Alnage seals indicated the cloth had been checked for quality by a Crown official and that the subsidy (tax) h…
Created on: Wednesday 24th March 2010
Last updated: Friday 26th March 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Redgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-09B418
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A flat circular lead seal matrix. The central design is of a cross pattee with a pellet in each quarter. The legend reads S' RO[...]TI : STEL (Seal of Robert Stel). There is no border between the central motif and the inscription. The edges of the matrix are broken in several places, with a mixture of old and new breaks. There is no loop or lug on the back to allow it to be lifted from the wax; there is a break at the top, however, which may mark the loss of a top loop in a form similar to SUSS-36EC53. It measures 29.5mm long by 26.7mm long and 2.1mm thick. It weighs 8.66g. The sur…
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woolpit', grid reference and parish protected.