Record ID: SF-7E457D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead medieval to early post-medieval penny sized 'Boy Bishop' token, dating to the period c.AD 1470-1539.  Variant not listed by Rigold (1978, 95), but probably part of his Bury Series I ('neat, inscribed Bury series'). Obverse: .:.SANCTE  nIChOLAE - Mitre Reverse: AVE/ REX/ GEn/TIS.  - Long cross dividing the legend with three pellets in each quarter. Diameter: 16.40mm, thickness: 1.78mm, weight: 2.22g
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7E3E36
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead medieval to early post-medieval penny sized 'Boy Bishop' token, dating to the period c.AD 1470-1539.  Rigold'S (1978, 95) Bury Series I ('neat, inscribed Bury series') Type F. Obverse: SAnCTVS nIChOLAVS - Mitre Reverse: AVE/ REX/ GEn/TIS.  - Long cross dividing the legend with three pellets in each quarter. Legend begins at 10 o'clock Diameter: 16.13mm, thickness: 1.53mm, weight: 1.54g
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FCA543
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval circular, disc-shaped lead seal matrix. The reverse has a small circular knop in the centre and two adjacent knops to one side representing the remains of a small attachment loop. The outer face/die is decorated with the central design of a a flower, bound at its lower end, with two leaf-like motifs - each consisting of a single line with a V-shape at its outer end - to either side of its upper end and an one to either side of its lower end. This is surrounded by a solid line inner circle followed by the inscription 'S' NICOLAI…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8A3F0A
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead medieval oval- (or vessica-) shaped seal matrix. Around 50% of the original object survives with a rough, worn break across the inner end. Originally this would have been a flat, pointed-oval shape. The reverse has a longitudinal ridge across its centre, which may have developed into a suspension loop originally and some unclear pellet and line decoration surrounding this. The outer face is decorated with a central engraved fleur-de-lis like motif formed from multiple single lines, surrounded by a solid line inner circle and then around the outside the reverse…
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F39E36
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead medieval to early post-medieval penny sized 'Boy Bishop' token, dating to the period c.AD 1470-1539. Rigold's (1978, 95) Bury Series I ('neat, inscribed Bury series'), Class G. Obverse: .:.SANCTV[S: N]IChO[LA]VS O - Mitre Reverse: AVE/ REX/ [GEN]/TIS.  - Long cross dividing the legend with three pellets in each quarter. Diameter: 16.32mm, thickness: 1.72mm, weight: 1.49g
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F39656
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead groat-sized boy Boy Bishop token, dating to the period c.1470-1539 AD. Rigold's (1978, 95, pl.IX,g) uninscribed Bury Series, crude, garbled Type B. Obverse: chevrons and scrolls - mitre and crozier Reverse: scrolls - long cross dividing the legend with three pellets in each quarter Diameter: 25.51mm, thickness:  1.29mm, weight: 4.17g
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F3902A
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead groat-sized boy Boy Bishop token, dating to the period c.1470-1539 AD. Rigold's (1978, 95, pl.IX,g) uninscribed Bury Series, crude, garbled Type B. Obverse: scrolls and pellets - mitre and crozier Reverse: scrolls - long cross dividing the legend with three pellets in each quarter Diameter: 27.64mm, thickness: 1.24mm, weight: 5.06g
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F387F7
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead medieval to post-medieval pendant. It is sub-discoidal with a small circular hole through one side. One face is decorated with a double linear border and a symbol or monogram in the centre, which appears to be composed of the letters ATM. The other face also has a double linear border with the outline of a five-pointed star in the centre with a broad H-shape in its centre. The object is corroded and slightly bent out of shape. The object may be a reused token or was possibly designed as a crude pendant or charm. The monogram shows some similarities to the Mas…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F37BD5
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead medieval to pist-medieval cloth seal. Only one sub-discoidal section survives. Two strips projecting from the centre of the reverse are all that is left of a section that would have passed through a hole on another disc originally, securing them together with the aid of a further strip joining one of the sides. The outer face of the surviving disc is decorated with an off-centre raised motif consisting of a pellet border and four spikey branch-like arms in cruciform in the centre. What looks like a fingerprint, but is probably part of another motif can be seen t…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-8E3919
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead medieval to post-medieval token, tally or gaming piece. The object is a flattened lozenge-shape, its outer face decorated with a recessed circle containing a central raised pellet with siex arms radiating from it at irregular intervals. The surface of the metal is heavily corroded.  Objects such as these were made on a small scale from the medieval period onwards and as such are difficult to date more precisely.  Length: 23.53mm, width: 21.80mm, thickness: 2.06mm, weight: 3.67g
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Buckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-8E297B
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete sheet lead post-medieval powder measure base. The object is a circular cup-shaped, but has been significantly bent, corroded and damaged, distorting its original shape. These are common finds from Civil War sites and the complete holder would have been attached to the bandolier via a cord running through two loops on the cap (Courtney 1988, 2). Length: 36.15mm, width: 26.63mm, thickness: 15.58mm, weight: 27.08g
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Buckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8C401B
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead post-medieval token. It is disc-shaped with a raised shield on one face decorated with multiple raised, transverse rectangular sections. It is heavily corroded, bent out of shape and there are sections missing from the edges with a long break running from one side towards the centre.  Simple tokens such as these were in use for much of the medieval period and into the post-medieval period. Without specific diagnostic details they are difficult to date more precisely. Length: 30.21mm, width: 28.60mm, thickness: 1.86mm, weight: 10.14g
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-8C31C6
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead post-medieval double cloth seal. Only one complete disc survives with a fragment of what was originally part of another disc attached through a hole in its centre. The raised design of a sheep can be seen in the centre of its outer face. It is heavily corroded and there is a break across its centre. 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 system of industrial regulation and quality control. In England seals of this typ…
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Buckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A4BE8E
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead spindle whorl. It is disc-shaped/plano-convex with slightly convex faces, rounded edges and wide a central circular hole - diameter c.12mm. One face is decorated with a ring of narrow, raised saltire crosses and the other with a ring of raised widely spaced diagonal, parallel lines. There is a section missing to one side and the central perforation is more worn to this side. The surface of the metal is heavily corroded.  The use of a spindle whorl in spinning spanned the Iron Age to very early post-medieval periods. Lead examples have been found in 10…
Created on: Thursday 26th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hopton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-A24E46
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete 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'), Class f. Obverse: .:.SA[NCT]VS: NICh[OLAVS] - Mitre Reverse: [AVE]/ RE[X]/ GEN/[TIS].  - Long cross dividing the legend with three pellets in each quarter. Diameter: 17.67mm, thickness: 1.19mm, weight: 1.62g
Created on: Thursday 26th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-938F1C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead weight of probable medieval to post-medieval date. The object is a crude, flattened, sub-square shape with a simple raised cross on one face dividing it into four sections. The surface is heavily corroded and there is damage in places. Weights like these were made locally on small scale from the Roman period onwards and as such are difficult to date precisely when not found in a secure, dated archaeological context. The form and decoration on this example suggests a medieval to post-medieval date. Length: 67.06mm, width: 63.83mm, thickness: 18.76mm
Created on: Wednesday 25th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashfield cum Thorpe', 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-801AA9
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete 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), Class J.  Obverse: .INTERCEDAT. PRO. NO - Mitre Reverse: AVE/ REX/ GEN/TIS.  - Long cross dividing the legend with three pellets in each quarter. Diameter: 15.78mm, thickness: 2.04mm, weight: 1.78g
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nowton', 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.

Record ID: SF-82C078
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead medieval papal bulla of Pope Julius II, dating to AD 1503-13. It is sub-circular in shape with an indentation in the centre of each end where a central hole is located allowing a cord to pass through for attachment. The surface has a corroded whitish patina. Obverse: ·IV·/LIVS·/PAPA/·II· Reverse: The heads of saints Peter and Paul (each set within a beaded aureole) with the letters 'PP / AE' above in two lines for 'Paul' and 'Peter'. Die axis: 12 o'clock Papal bullae such as this would hav…
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 26th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Knodishall', grid reference and parish protected.