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Record ID: SF-059DA8
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy 'Ship penny' jetton, anonymous Nuremberg issue, c.1490-1550 AD. Similar to Mitchiner, 1988, p.370, no. 1152. Obverse: []EBVLEm:RG[]m[] (fictitious), Profile of a sailing ship bearing a central mast with yard-arm, stays and single sail all indicated. Above the yard-arm the mast has the letter 'G' (interrupting the marginal inscription) and is topped by a monogram. On the right is a stern - castle, with rudder below and flag staff above. On the left the bow - castle is surmounted by a crossed-staff with pennants, all within an inner circle. Reverse: (crown initial m…
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 18th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-056179
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but worn lead cloth seal of Post-Medieval date. Comprising of two flat circular discs, joined at the top by a short rectangular connecting strip. The front disc has an integral rivet that has been pushed through the second disc and has a flattened oval head. The front face of the front disc is worn but there are the letters []F/IV/X, perhaps indicating that this is a seal of the Worsted Reformed and the value or length of the cloth. On the back disc there is a X with three diagonal grooves. This cloth seal measures 22.81mm in diameter, 4.09mm in thickness, 7.67g in we…
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 18th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-055D22
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from an oval copper-alloy dress hook of Post-Medieval date of Reads Early Post-Medieval Class A, Type 13. Only part of the base of the plate survives, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn. It is flat with a decorated front face with open work decoration. Consisting of tendrils, foliate and small multi-petalled flowers. At the juncture of the plate and hook there are two transverse grooves to form a collar. This dress hook measures 11.38mm in length, 16.75mm in width, 1.37mm in thickness, 0.94g in weight. There is a similar example publ…
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-055816Z
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy double-sided full length standing figure for a Hungarian dukat coin weight of Post-Medieval date. It is flat and square in form with worn surfaces. The front face depicts a standing figure within a beaded circular border, holding an orb and axe, the letters H D to the sides. The reverse carries a maker's mark comprising of a hand within a circular beaded border, flanked by the letters A I. It measures 16.89mm in length, 15.22mm in width, 1.47mm in thickness, 2.48g (38.27 grains) in weight. There is a similar example recorded by Withers and Withers (P and BR Wit…
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Saturday 17th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-052B6E
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy double-sided Three lis in shield, Shield of Arms coin weight of Medieval date. It is flat and square in form with worn surfaces. The front face depicts three lis in a crowned shield, with opposing crowned lis on the outer edge. The reverse carries a maker's mark comprising of a hand, flanked by the letters N? []. It measures 14.76mm in length, 14.24mm in width, 1.75mm in thickness, 2.47g (38.12 grains) in weight. These are French or English weights for the French ecu and half ecu, which were issued with minor weight variations, from Charles VII (1422-61) to the…
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-0455FE
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and damaged hollow copper-alloy circular button of Post-Medieval date. It is missing its lower half due to old breaks, now worn. It is flat with a convex front face and there is a flanged seam line where the two halves would have originally been joined together. There are traces of solder on the front face. This button measures 15.92mm in diameter, 8.13mm in height, 0.83mm in thickness, 1.83g in weight. There are similar examples recorded on the PAS database (SF4999), (CAM-D366A7).
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0425AD
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete trapezoidal copper-alloy strap fitting of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. It is flat with a convex front face and a circular knop at the base. The upper half of the front face is decorated with two transverse grooves. Above these is a central circular rivet hole still containing the corroded remains of a separate iron rivet. This strap fitting measures 47.76mm in length, 15.79mm in width, 1.80mm in thickness, 6.64g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-03ED26
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval rectangular copper-alloy dress hook of possibly Reads Early Post-Medieval Class C, Type 2. It is missing the hook due to old breaks, now worn. The front and back plate survive but are no longer held together. The front plate is flat with a flanged seam line where the two halves would have originally been joined together. It has a central longitudinal raised panel. The front face of the panel is decorated with diagonal criss-cross grooves. The front plate measures 20.38mm in length, 16.53mm in width, 1.11mm in thickness, 2.45g in weight. The back face …
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-0397DB
Object type: CANDLESTICK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy candlestick of Post-Medieval date. Only the socket and part of the stem survive, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn. The socket is cylindrical in shape measuring 22.47mm in external diameter. The front face is decorated with three circumferential grooves around its top, two around its middle and a similar, single, groove around its base. Below the single groove the socket tapers to the cylindrical stem. Its underside is decorated with a single incised groove. A small moulded band and groove is visible where the stem and so…
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-027F8C
Object type: CASKET
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy curved casket handle of Medieval date. Only one attachment end and part of the handle survives, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn. It is hexagonal in section. The main body of the handle is curved and the attachment end has been bent outwards to an angle of 90 degrees from the plane of the handle. All surfaces display coarse filing marks from finishing. This mount measures 23.48mm in length, 16.04mm in width, 6.25mm in thickness, 7.30g in weight. There is a similar example from Norwich (Margeson, 1993, pp. 80, no. 484).
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-021CF7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead object probably a weight or gaming piece of uncertain date. It is rectangular in form and section. The front and back face are have inlaid decoration consisting of a pair of wavy longitudinal lines that contain what appears to be inlaid iron, some of which is now missing due to old breaks. This object measures 41.11mm in length, 34.97mm in width, 14.37mm in thickness, 210.54g in weight. There are similar examples recorded on the PAS database (SF-EB7D11), (LON-6A4983), (NMS-7F64B5), (NMS-05E756). These all suggest a variety of dates, however a later date …
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-01E030
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of John, short cross class 5b2*, moneyer Ricard T of London, obverse contains orthographical error and reads hERICVSRE X, weight 1.29g, 1205-7
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Friday 20th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS-01C567
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy jetton of Hans Schultes II, rose-orb type of Nuremberg with master's name on both sides, cf Mitchiner 1388ff, further details illegible, 1586-1603
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
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Record ID: NMS-012284
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I, tower, tun initial mark, North 2016, 1591-4
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
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Record ID: SF-00E4C0
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy fragment from a sword belt decorative plate of Post-Medieval date. Only the base of the plate survives, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn. It is a flattened D-shape in section with a flat back face. The front face of the plate is decorated with scrolled foliage decoration. The back face is undecorated. At the base of the plate is a central circular rivet hole, still containing the remains of a corroded separate iron rivet. This decorative plate measures 11.20mm in length, 12.60mm in width, 1.78mm in thickness, 0.97g in weight. …
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-00A750
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy semi-circular back plate from a dress hook of Post-Medieval date. It is missing the front plate due to old breaks, now worn. It is flat and undecorated. Towards the base of the plate is a pair of circular rivet holes, still containing the corroded remains of separate iron rivets. At the bottom of the plate is an integrally cast hook. This is D-shaped in section, tapers to a point and bent forwards. The top of the hook is decorated with two transverse grooves. This dress hook measures 26.04mm in length, 19.93mm in width, 1.73mm in thickness, 4.75g in w…
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-00899D
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval honestone of Norwegian Ragstone. The cross-section is sub-rectangular with the narrow sides quite flat but the two broad faces irregularly convex. Close to the slightly damaged narrower end an encircling V-sectioned groove with overlapping ends was presumably to take a suspension cord (a drilled perforation is the more normal method). Below the groove the sides are straight and then gently diverge before a rounded lower end. Length 84mm. Width 21.5 - 28mm. Thickness 10.5 - 14.5mm. Weight 55.98g. Norwegian Ragstone was imported in quantity before the Conquest (Moore, D.T. and …
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
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Record ID: SF-007B46
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and flattened cast copper-alloy domed type thimble of Post-Medieval date. The rim is unthickened and has a circumferential groove. The straight sides are covered with extensive circular indentations that spiral from the crown to the base of the thimble. This thimble measures 18.56mm in height, 21.89mm in diameter, 1.11mm in thickness, 6.12g in weight. There are similar examples from London (Egan, 2005, pp. 132, no. 629).
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-006F16
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and flattened cast copper-alloy domed type thimble of Post-Medieval date. The rim is unthickened. The straight sides are covered with extensive circular indentations that spiral from the base to the shoulder of the thimble. The top is rounded with a continuation of the spiral indentations. This thimble measures 20.01mm in height, 26.68mm in diameter, 1.22mm in thickness, 10.54g in weight. There are similar examples from London (Egan, 2005, pp. 132, no. 630, 631).
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-005205
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and damaged circular copper-alloy sheet spherical bell of Medieval date. It is missing its lower half and pea due to old breaks, now worn. There is a flanged seam line where the two halves would have originally been joined together. At the top are the remains of a separate copper-alloy loop. This is inserted upwards through a hole cut in the upper half of the body and the ends were bent outwards and then inwards, so that the loop remained rigid rather than swivelling. Either side of the loop is a circular sound hole. This bell measures 32.00mm in diameter, 0.98mm i…
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.