Record ID: SOM-7B7446
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval cast copper-alloy pedestal type seal matrix dating to the 14th century. The matrix face is sub-circular. The pedestal is faceted with six facets and thins as it rises before it widens slightly to a collar topped by a rounded terminal. Below the collar is an incised transverse groove that emphasises the collar. Above the collar there is a flattened crescent, ends upwards, within which the terminal sits. The rounded terminal is flat with a circular piercing through it. The pedestal has areas of abrasion and a few chips in it but no clear marks which indicate the orientation o…
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 23rd March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Keyneston CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-64EEAE
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval lead seal matrix, dating to AD 1200 - 1400. The seal is a pointed oval or vessica shape it is decorated with a raised cross with an integral lug set close to the upper end on the reverse. The front face bears a leaf/plant design. A circumferential legend is present which reads: + S' ROGER F' MICh. (Roger son of Michael) Length: 29.5 mm Width: 20.5 mm Thickness: 3 mm Weight: 13.84 g
Created on: Monday 9th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 12th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rutland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-442C46
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval (c.1250-1400) copper alloy circular seal matrix with a pierced semi-circular lug to the reverse. To the opposite (front) face it depicts a six-pointed star, a pellet in each angle, above a crescent. Surrounding this is the inscription + S'WILL'I FIL' REINBERD which translates as Seal of William (WILLELMI) son of Reinberd. The initial cross is a cross potent. The reverse of the seal matrix is undecorated although there is a transverse groove at the base of the lug which extends on one side slightly further than the other, into the centre of the reverse of the matrix. The…
Created on: Friday 4th August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 19th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishops Waltham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-14B2D1
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy vesica (oval with pointed ends) shaped seal. The seal is a flat plate with an incised design on the front and a lug on the reverse. The lug is by the top point of the seal and is semi-circular in profile with an oval hole through it. The hole has worn through at the top edge. Below the lug is a short stepped collar from which a tail runs down the centre of the seal to the bottom edge, tapering in width as it does so. The front of the seal has a central design and a legend around the edge. The design is a a pascal lamb (lamb and flab); lamb going right, head …
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 19th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Athelhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-DB3901
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy personal seal matrix of heraldic form, dating to the 13th or 14th century. The matrix has a circular die with hexagonally faceted conical handle to the reverse, expanding into a lozenge-shaped terminal with a central piercing 4.35mm in diameter. The matrix depicts a horned animal (possibly a stag) walking left, a branch extending from its back, within a shield (or straight top and convexly-curved sides). Beside each edge and within a grooved circle is ornamentation consisting of a curving line with a short transverse cross-bar at the centre. Around, and withi…
Created on: Friday 14th August 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 19th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nether Wallop', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-7B9E05
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy pointed-oval or vesica-shaped seal matrix dating from the medieval period, that is the 13th or 14th century. The matrix is made from cast lead-alloy with a plain reverse and what looks like a broken or damaged suspension loop at the top. The obverse is very worn and scratched; the image in the centre is no longer recognisable but it may have been capital letters or may be a bird. This is a personal seal matrix and probably reads S'IOhIS FIL ROB'TI - The Seal of John, Son of Robert. NB: The find was not seen by the FLO. Images and findspot information were kindly s…
Created on: Thursday 15th January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 18th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-6C97F2
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead seal matrix of medieval date (13th-14th century AD). The lozengiform matrix has a flat and plain, slightly dished lower surface with an integral semicircular suspension loop at the apex at which the inscription begins (max. H.: 8.8mm). The die features a central flower surrounded by a personal legend. The flower is of an elaborate quatrefoil form with eight petals around a central circular head. The petals at the cardinal points are of pointed oval shape while those in the angles are more rounded, broadly circular lobes. Beyond an incised linear border the legend reads: '+…
Created on: Wednesday 18th July 2012
Last updated: Sunday 16th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishops Sutton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-72F255
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken and incomplete Medieval cast copper-alloy pedestal type seal matrix with a circular face. The handle has been almost entirely truncated, and the upper third of the die has been lost, both to old breaks. The central pedestal type handle appears to have been circular in section from the scar, a triangular indent on the scar is possible a casting flaw. The matrix has a central design of a rampant lion on a triangular shield with straight sides. There is some reddish material in the lion but this is almost certainly iron deposit rather than enamel as enamel would prevent the seal…
Created on: Friday 22nd August 2014
Last updated: Sunday 16th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR152
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval cast copper alloy pedestal type seal matrix with a circular face. The matrix has a central design of a cockerel standing facing right (left on the impression) within a plain line border. The legend starts at 3 o'clock (9 o'clock on the impression) with a star and reads CROV M[E] DAI (CROW ME DAY, I crow at daybreak). The edges are chipped in places which has removed the upper edges of some the letters. The central conical handle rises evenly from the face with no facets on the lower part, narrowing as it rises to a waist from which it expands out slightly before ending i…
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 1999
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Cleeve CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-90D037
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval lead personal seal matrix (AD c. 1200 - c. 1400). The seal matrix is flat and vesica (pointed-oval) shaped. The reverse has a misshapen and incomplete loop at one end and the rest is decorated with a raised design, possibly representing a fleur-de-lis. The die design consists of a central fleur-de-lis motif with an oval plain grooved border. The inscription around the edge possibly reads S' A[LI]CIE VX' hEn' (Seal of Alice wife of Henry). The matrix is damaged on one side.
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 20th January 2020
Spatial data recorded.