Record ID: WMID-B2F234
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead spindle whorl, dating from the Medieval - Post Medieval period, between AD 1400 - 1600 (diameter: 25.5mm; thickness: 8mm; weight: 26.4g). This spindle whorl is circular in plan and bi-conical in section with a central circular drilled hole (diameter of hole: 8.5mm) for the probable wooden spindle to run through. The artefact appears to be faintly decorated on both sides with possible linear and pellet decoration, although the artefact is too worn to identify this clearly. The spindle whorl is in a worn and poor condition.
Created on: Friday 4th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tong', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-B60B94
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval weight; Cast lead weight of bell shape: The weight is essentially a circular cone, although it flares out towards the bottom and is flattened at the top. It has a curved suspension loop at the top, formed from a strap of lead, and is pierced in the centre of the base. The weight looks to have been reshaped after casting, although this is difficult to determine as it is also somewhat pitted and gouged across its surface. The lead has a white patina, of varying thickness. Height 41.3mm, width (“diameter”) 33.4mm, weight 185.3g Lead weights are difficult to date due the…
Created on: Friday 4th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: IOW-0DB9A1
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast lead tablet, possibly a form of seal matrix. Probably Medieval (c. AD 1200 - c. AD 1400). Length 19.0mm, width 16.1mm and 2.4mm thick. Weight 4.87g. In plan, the object has parallel sides. One end is rounded and the opposite end is straight. The straight end may be the result of an old break. However, due to corrosion it is difficult to decide whether this is a break or whether it is a finished edge which is merely abraded. One face of the tablet has a moulded inscription in three lines, one above the other. It starts at the straight end and ends at the rounded en…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-175102
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Circular lead cast object, probably a seal of some form. No details of the design remain. The seal measures 28,9mm in diameter, 3.6mm in thickness, and weighs 21.0g.
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-19EFC8
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast circular lead seal with a design on either face, in a very worn condition. The obverse depicts the busts of St Peter and St Paul each within a vessica-shaped field defined by pellets. On the right, St Peter's beard and hair are shown to be curly by the use of pellets. On the left, St Paul's beard is portrayed as being long, straight and pointed, whilst his hair is straight and swept back. There is a cross pattee supported on a staff between the busts. At the top of the bulla in the centre are the near-illegible letters 'SPA SPE', abbreviations for St Paul and St Peter. …
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-1B2F63
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead seal matrix dating to the thirteenth century AD. The seal is flat and circular. The face of the matrix comprises of a central flower of six petals and a cicumferential legend which reads +S' HALFREDI F' HVGON (The seal of Alfred, son of Hugo). On the reverse of the seal is a moulded lug in the form of a fleur-de-lis. The seal matrix measures 34mm in diameter and 8mm in thickness.
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2013
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Record ID: CAM-1BC7A7
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead seal matrix dating to the thirteenth century AD. The matrix is flat and oval in shape with a small portion of one end missing. The face of the matrix possesses a device of two central fleur de lis with a circumferential legend reading +S' AGNES [...]VBERTI (The Seal of Agnes ? of ?Hubert?). The reverse of the matrix is flat and plain. Length: 25.51 mm, Width: 24.31 mm, Thickness: 3.16 mm.
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Friday 24th January 2020
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Record ID: YORYM-2E58B5
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two lead spindle whorls dating to the medieval period. The diameter of the first is 23mm, the second has a diameter of 27mm. Both are undecorated.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 10th March 2020
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Record ID: YORYM-2F1068
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead and copper alloy spherical weight. The spherical body is composed of lead with a copper alloy suspension loop. It is more than possible that this was used as a clapper for a small hand bell, attached via a chain to the bell.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dunnington', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: YORYM-319207
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal of the medieval period. One face of the object has an inscription: I:B/VCSC/C. This seems to be encircled by light foliage. The other face of the object is damaged, but shows two, possibly three towers.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dunnington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-323476
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast lead rod, probably a pencil of Medieval or Post Medieval date (c. AD 1066 - c. AD 1650). Length 36.0mm, width 4.8mm and 4.7mm thick. Weight 16.62g. This object is roughly square in cross-section. One end has a small waist, probably for the attachment of a cord. The opposite end tapers to a rounded point. The object is in good condition and has a patchy buff patina. Dr Helen Geake of the Portable Antiquities Scheme has commented: "The use of lead pencils is still not really understood. At Winchester they are found mainly in 13th- or 14th-century contexts, and it…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: YORYM-33B006
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Crude, cast lead bun-shaped weight. The decorated face has a very simple design of a central raised knob and sub-triangular indentations. The reverse face is not decorated but has mis-cast lead on the surface.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dunnington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-429F86
Object type: DIE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval or early Post Medieval cast lead die. The die is a sub-cuboid. The numbers are marked by conical cells. The ‘1’ face has a conical cell in the centre and has fine grooves radiating from the centre as decoration. The ‘2’ face is decorated with an oblique linear groove joining the conicals. There is not a face with ‘3’ dots. There are two ‘4’ faces, each has a conical in each corner and a linear groove forming a border at the edges, joining each conical. The ‘6’ faces being square and the others are rectangular in plan. The surface of the die is slightly cr…
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DENO-44E377
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval token; Cast lead token. Circular disc of lead, blank on one face and cast with a rough cross across the other face. Diameter 20.1mm, thickness 2.3mm; Weight 4.68g These lead tokens are very problematic to date, due to the long period in which similar items were used.
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SF-495B36
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, distorted and worn probably groat size Boy Bishop token, of late 15th or early 16th century date.
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nettlestead', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-8723E6
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a lead Medieval pilgrim or religious badge fragment. It is trapezoid in shape and is probably one transverse arm of a Tau cross. It is an expanded arm, measuring 16.10mm in length, 3mm in thickness, and tapers from 13.09mm in width at one terminal, to 6.76mm at the other, which is incomplete. This would have attached to the rest of the cross. It weighs 2.06g. There is decoration on both sides, consisting of small pellets along the borders, and a raised curvilinear patten, with background criss-cross treatment. The object is worn and the pattern unclear, but may represent part of the h…
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Foxhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-8838B2
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 the capital letter W . The lead has gone a light brownish-grey colour. The reverse is blank. Due to a lack of excavated examples these tokens can only be loosely dated from between circa 1400 – 1850 AD.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Glynde', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-884485
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead token. The token is flat and roughly circular. The obverse of the token depicts a long cross. There are three pellets in each quarter. The reverse is blank. The lead has gone a mid brownish-grey colour. Due to a lack of excavated examples these tokens can only be loosely dated from between circa 1400 – 1850 AD.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Glynde', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-96E654
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead trading weight. The weight is shield shaped with a recessed border. There is a raised fleur-de-lis in the centre.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BUC-99F8E4
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead disc with a design of a raised cross and four pellets cast into it. The reverse has three scratches which may form a capital H
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.