Record ID: BUC-D98EA8
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver-gilt dress hook of tear drop form, pinked border with hollow-cast cushion at the centre decorated with three circles formed in filigree with central knops, arranged around a central knop. Heavily gilded. Complete with recurving hook soldered onto backplate at top and rectangular bar attachment soldered onto the backplate below. A common type reported through PAS, see an example from Phillack Cornwall, 2004T339 and another from Landkey, Devon, 2004 T425; Treasure Annual Report 2004, nps.262-3. Conclusion: This object constitutes potential Treasure under the Treasure Act 19…
Created on: Thursday 19th November 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 15th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crewkerne area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-897D3D
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a decorated pin of bodkin type, made of silver [?], the head and point both missing,. Decoration incised on both side with wavy line and foliate scrolls, and * M* with a heart. Bent tip. A number of bodkins of similar style and decoration have been recorded on the database and reported as potential Treasure. Compare LANCUM-BB6172A , a fragment from St Michael's on Wyre, and another fragment previously recorded from Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire (CAM-3728C6; 2013T824) and two nearly complete examples from Burton Overy, Leicestershire (LEIC-B982D4; 2013T57) and Sedgeford, Norfol…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tring', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-17DD46
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A heavy silver dress fitting, comprising openwork trefoil head made of heavy silver wire with flower head, gilt, soldered at centre; on the back, remains of silver wire (broken) soldered to centre. No sign of rectangular bar attachment, but this appears to be an early kind of dress fitting which can be compared with two others so far reported through the Treasure Act: see TAR 2005-6 nos. 695-6. As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996. Dr Dora Thornton, The British Museum
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Potterspury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-C09A34
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Small gilded silver hooked tag comprising central book-shaped section with seven projecting knops, and foliate finial at the top covering the base of the recurving hook soldered onto the backplate; also on the backplate a soldered rectangular bar attachment. Engraved on the front, which is gilded, at the centre of the book, with a single letter, possibly a capital A with a line above (?) or possibly a K. Length: approx. 1.8 cm including hook. English, probably 16th Century. The orientation of this letter raises the question as to which way round the item was worn as a hook, probably t…
Created on: Friday 7th August 2009
Last updated: Friday 3rd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Soulbury area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-AC8337
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver fob seal, fluted handle terminating in a single attachment loop. The die engraved with a shield, mantling and crest of a griffin passant. The shield engraved with a central lateral bend with three flower heads on it, and two birds above and two below. These arms unidentified. 17th Century. As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Tuesday 17th February 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke Mandeville area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-0A3C95
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver seal-die, matrix with broken-off loop attachment in two pieces. Matrix engraved with bleeding heart pierced by two arrows beneath a stylised eye. Imagery and form suggest a 17th Century date. Report for Coroner by Dora Thornton
Created on: Wednesday 28th January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-679C67
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver button, circular and made from silver sheet, samped design above a flaming heart pierced by flaming arrows. On the back there is a shank and loop attachment. Late 17th century. Can be compared with other buttons \& cdufflinks recorded throuigh the Treasure Act which share the same design, dimensions and decoration: compare TAR 2005-6 nos 615-6 for a pair of cufflinks with this device [slightly smaller]and a button like this one, with the same dimensions. As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as Treasure under the provisions of the Treasure Ac…
Created on: Friday 21st November 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Hampden area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-575178
Object type: MEDAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast silver medal with decorative scrolled border pierced top and bottom for attachment to clothing. Double-sided: on the obverse a profile bust of Charles I , and with his consort, Henrietta Maria, on the reverse. The portrait types are well-known from Medallic Illustrations, I, p. 357, 223. Presumably made for a Royalist supporter in the Civil War or Interregnum. Compare TAR 2003 no. 274 in which a similar model has only the profile of Charles I with initials of a local supporter on the reverse. Mid 17th Century. As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualif…
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Medmenham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-9A0F76
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
Silver dress pin of flattened quadrangular section, tapering to a point at one end, and with an earscoop at the other, and with circular and longitudinal opening. Etched along its length with chevrons and initials AC, probably for the original owner. Bent and twisted, apparently despite attempts to straighten it. 17th Century. A common type: compare pin from the Ivinghoe Aston area, Bucks, reported through the Treasure Act, 2006T168, which also has owner's initials etched in. As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations o…
Created on: Tuesday 11th November 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sherington area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-699487
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
A silver disc with turned down edge and shank soldered on the reverse, stamped on the front with a flaming heart bisected by two arrows with drops of blood dripping from the heart. Edge broken away in one area. The fragility of the shank may indicate that this is part of a pair of cufflinks rather than a button; although the size suggests a button rather than a cufflink. Both types are regularly reported through the Treasure Act. The design is close to that the two hearts conjoined, often associated with the marriage of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza in 1662. The same design of …
Created on: Monday 17th December 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sherington area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-F0BFA8
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Squashed and flattened silver thimble, domed top missing, plain edging. The body covered with regular waffle-shaped indentations applied on a lathe, in the centre a transverse band of engraved ornament with lozenges containing rectangles of indentations interspersed with four-petalled flowerheads (roses?) On the reverse, at what would have been the lower edge, maker's mark DA. Mid to late 17th C type as frequently reported through the Treasure Act. Silver thimbles were used increasingly by the European nobility and gentry during the 17th Century but surviving examples are rare given …
Created on: Monday 5th November 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Markyate Area', grid reference and parish protected.