Record ID: BH-ADB501
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead personal seal matrix of probable 13th century AD date. The die is circular and contains the central image of a fleur-de-lis within a circular border. The legend does not start at the top of the design and reads + S: RICI.SCORICh (Seal of Richard Scorich). On the reverse is a small lug handle. The object is corroded. It measures 19.7mm in diameter by 7.3mm thick and weighs 6.3g. The surname has no obvious modern parallel.
Created on: Thursday 22nd December 2005
Last updated: Sunday 16th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kensworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-958382
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast and wrought lead or lead alloy container, possibly a bird feeder, of later medieval or post medieval date (1400-1600). The container has been crushed and is incomplete. It is an irregular shape in plan and sub rectangular (square with a flared neck) in profile. The container was probably D-shaped before being damaged. It is formed from one sheet of metal with a seam at one of the rear corners; it consists of a front and rear face, as well as a base. It measures 46.9mm in length, 50.8mm width and is 30.5mm thick. The thickness of the metal varies from 3.7mm at the neck to 2.1mm…
Created on: Wednesday 21st December 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 1st May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-947182
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead biconical spindle whorl decorated on one side with moulded swirls. The other side is decorated with a series of transverse lines with two further lines coming off it at a right angle and a pellet in the angles.
Created on: Wednesday 21st December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-942221
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A unifaced cast lead alloy token or possibly a weight of probable late medieval / post-medieval date (1400 - 1650). The design on the upper face is off centre and consists of a curvilinear raised line possibly forming the initial N or Z it is possible that it might be a snake as one end of the line has a flared terminal. The reverse is plain. The token is sub-circular in plan and measures 21.9mm diameter is 4.2mm thick, and weighs 10.99 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 21st December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-8054D7
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A four disc lead cloth seal of probable late 16th to early 17th century AD date. The object consists of four sub-circular discs (two on each side) joined by a connecting strip. One side has a blank upper disc and a left-facing lion rampant on the lower one (symbol of England). On the opposite side, the upper disc is also blank, whilst the lower one has the numbers "6 1(?) 4" above a monogram of the letters "NB" with a star at the top left. This information presumably relates to the merchant and the size of the cloth. The seal measures 26.4mm long by 12.4mm wide and 3.7mm th…
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baldock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-7FD297
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly medieval roughly circular (but irregular) chunky lead ?weight with a ?bird shaped impression on each face. It measures 29.8x26.7mm in diameter and is 12.7mm thick to one side and 10.4mm at the opposite side. It weighs 58.38g (2.06oz, 901.0gn). The bird design consists of a relatively narrow body with rather wider wings to either side, measuring c.18x11mm and 22x15mm. The smaller bird has a V-shaped wingspan while the other is more vertical. Perhaps this had a use in medieval design?
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-7C7BA4
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead cloth seal seal of the Norwich Weavers’ Company dated 1679. The object consists of two sub-circular discs joined by a connecting strip. One of the discs has the letters ‘NO / RWI / CH’. The other disc reads ‘A B / F C R D / S R G P / B G. ‘. The seal measures 18.9mm diameter by 2.9mm thick and weighs 6.64g. Paul Cannon, who kindly identified the seal, states that :‘this is one of a series of Norwich cloth seals which contain the surname initials of the twelve wardens who were responsible for supervising the standard o…
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baldock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-6F2DD4
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged lead wool seal of probable 16th to 18th century AD date. The object consists of two sub-oval discs on one side of which are the initials "WH" within a woolpack motif. The seal measures 23.2mm long by 16.2mm wide and 3.5mm thick. It weighs 7.05g.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baldock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-6EB0E0
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified lead cloth seal of probable 16th to 18th century AD date. The object consists of two circular discs joined by a connecting strip. One disc has the number "8" within a wreath and presumably refers to the length of the fabric. The other disc shows a damaged symbol (also within a wreath) which may be a combination of the initials "I", "G", and "H". The object measures 17.5mm in diameter by 3.5mm thick and weighs 8.11g.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baldock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-6EABA3
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead papal bulla of Nicholas III (1277-80). The bulla is disc shaped and flat. One side is very worn and depicts the heads of St Peter and St Paul facing each other, each in a vesica shaped compartment defined by beading. Above are the letters SPA [SPE]. The other side contains the name of the pope as follows: NICO/LAVS/PP:III/. There is a drilled hole located through the chin of the right hand figure, which relates to beneath the first 'P' on the other side.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-6D7895
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small votive lead axe of possible 2nd to 4th century AD date (I.M.Stead and V.Rigby, 1986, p.136). The object is trapezoidal in plan and increases in thickness from the "cutting edge" to the "attachment end" where there is a vertical shaft hole. The surfaces of the object are corroded. It measures 16.4mm long by 11mm wide and 6.1mm thick. It weighs 4.69g.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baldock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-6C63E5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged and incomplete lead plaque of uncertain date. The object has been cast and would probably originally have depicted a classical style bust. It may be Roman in date or may be a much later decorative plaque from a funerary monument or garden ornament. Only the head-dress now survives. It is elaborate in design, with a pointed crown-like base and a scallop-shaped or acanthus leaf portion above. Extending from the left hand side (as you look at it) is a feather-like protrusion (now bent). It is likely that a similiar protrusion originally existed on the opposite side also.…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baldock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-69B5D8
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Lead ampulla, elaborate quatrefoil // oblique crosshatching, one triangular lug survives, 33 x 54mm.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beeston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-18C6B0
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead personal seal matrix of mid to late 13th century date. The seal die is pointed-oval and flat, and has a projection at the top containing a horizontal attachment hole. The object is worn, bent and corroded. It measures 44.1mm high by 25.5mm wide and 5.6mm thick. The central image sits within an indented border and, when printed, depicts a man standing on the left hand end of a boat, facing right and steering the boat with a long rudder pole. A second figure, possibly a child, sits at the centre of the boat. The legend runs around the outside and reads: SIG.........N.S.BARVN (one…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 25th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Royston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-188153
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead token. The token is flat and circular. The obverse of the token depicts a short cross. The reverse is blank. The lead has gone a light brownish-grey colour. Due to a lack of excavated examples these tokens can only be loosely dated from between circa 1350 – 1850 AD.
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Southease', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-1872C8
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead token. The token is flat and circular, with a thickened rim. The obverse of the token depicts a large capital letters CB. The reverse is blank. The lead has gone a mid reddish-brown colour. Due to a lack of excavated examples these tokens can only be loosely dated from between circa 1350 – 1850 AD.
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Southease', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-185DA6
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead token. The token is flat and circular. The obverse of the token depicts two ellipses, with two straight lines crossed over each other and a pellet in the centre. The lead has gone a light whitish-grey colour. The reverse is blank. Due to a lack of excavated examples these tokens can only be loosely dated from between circa 1350 – 1850 AD.
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Southease', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-1757D3
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cast lead token. The token is flat and circular. The lead is very corroded. The obverse of the token depicts a eight pointed wheel motif. The lead has gone a dark greyish-brown colour. The reverse is blank. Due to a lack of excavated examples these tokens can only be loosely dated from between circa 1350 – 1850 AD.
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Southease', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-166286
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval lead seal matrix, flat with pierced lug at upper edge on reverse. Circular, 30 mm. The central design is a 6-petalled flower. The inscription is set between grooves and reads + S' ROGERI : KNIT (Seal of Roger Knight).
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2005
Last updated: Monday 19th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fransham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-160345
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead disc, possibly a mount, with relief decoration depicting lines or spokes radiating from a central domed boss. Possibly a post-med cloth seal - there are slight remains of a projection on one side. The back disc would have a raised rivet/dome to decure the front disc?
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.