Record ID: SWYOR-2AEB54
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold and gem finger ring of Medieval date, about AD 1150 - 1500, but most likely to be AD 1200 - 1300. It is a stirrup shaped ring, of angular D shaped cross-section on the hoop, with the sides rising up to a narrow upright bezel which is triangular in profile. There is a pentagonal setting at the apex. This holds a clear blue gem. It is white where damaged, perhaps suggesting it is glass. There is no other decoration, markings or inscription. It is 29.6mm long, 22.5mm wide, 19.7mm internal diameter, 5.4mm thick and 8.1g. This form of finger-ring was mo…
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2023
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-9D7CC4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold medieval finger ring with external inscription and foliate decoration dating from AD 1400 - 1500. The inscription is in dense blackletter script and probably reads: Je le veul which is medieval French and can perhaps be translated as "I wish/want it". This can be interpreted as a love motto. The three words are each embellished with leaves and buds and there are three panels of oblique grooves arrange alternately with the words. The hoop is rectangular and flat in cross-section and is plain on the inner face. The hoop is slightly distorted. It is 17.1mm diameter, …
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2022
Last updated: Monday 7th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Romanby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-EC17F8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold and gem finger ring of 'stirrup-shaped' type dating from AD 1150 - 1350. The hoop is D shaped in cross-section. It flares to steep undecorated shoulders and has a solid bezel, triangular in profile, set with a rectangular blue cabochon-cut polished gem with a convex surface. Scientific analysis identified this gem as a sapphire. There is a slight scrape on one face of the bezel. There is a severe dent in the side of the hoop, where it has been bent inwards in a series of right angles from a blow to the side, probably post-deposition. The external dia…
Created on: Tuesday 19th October 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-A52E73
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval gold and gem finger ring dating from AD 1200 - 1500. The hoop is plain, rectangular in section and is fairly wide, at 4.5mm wide at the back, and 8.5mm wide at the shoulder. The bezel is an irregular hexagon, determined by the shape of the cabochon blue gem or glass setting. This is held in place by a collet formed from a strip of gold which has concave outer faces. The bezel is 11.9mm long (along the hoop) and 12.5mm wide and 4.8mm thick. The width includes one of the subsidiary stones set in small circular collets round the main stone. Three survive, but there would have …
Created on: Tuesday 11th May 2021
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aldfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-140F4B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete gold Medieval annular brooch, dating from AD 1200-1300. It consists of a circular frame, of which half survives, and which has a flattened triangular cross-section. A tall collet projects from the centre of the front face, acting as a setting for a blue domed gem. The collet is broadly pentagonal and tapers towards the setting. The front face of the frame bears two rows of lettering reading VIFL / TO: on one side of the collet, and AMO / VND on the other side. This legend may be garbled or fictitious. There is a constriction of the frame where a pin would have been attac…
Created on: Tuesday 4th May 2021
Last updated: Friday 7th January 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-34A5B0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold medieval blackletter posy finger ring dating from about AD 1400 - 1500. It is rectangular in cross-section. The posy on the external face is in dense blackletter and is extremely difficult to read, but it has been suggested to read "a [...] Cervyr" (an alternative spelling to servir) meaning 'to serve' with the word in the middle perhaps being an adverb or a name. The first letter of the middle word has a florid ornament like a large letter Z, further confusing the interpretation of the letters. The three words are separated by recessed fan shapes, or foliage or wing motif…
Created on: Monday 4th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 28th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sheriff Hutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-FB2051
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval gold and gem seal matrix finger ring dating from AD 1200 - 1300, with a reused Roman intaglio set in the bezel, dating from 100 BC - AD 75. The ring has a large oval bezel, with the intaglio set in the centre, apparently flush with the surface. It is surrounded by a flat field of gold forming a border on which is engraved an inscription in lombardic lettering: "+ PENSE . DE MOY P:". This translates as 'Think of Me P' in Medieval French; presumably the P is the initial of the owner if the ring was used as a signet ring, or the giver if the ring was giv…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd September 2020
Last updated: Monday 31st July 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-712D2E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold and gem finger ring of Medieval date, about AD 1150 - 1500, but most likely to be AD 1200 - 1300. It is a slender stirrup shaped ring, of oval cross-section on the hoop, with the sides rising up to a narrow upright bezel which is triangular in profile. There is a setting at the apex. This holds a small turquoise cabochon opaque semi-precious or glass gem. There is a scratch on one face of the bezel, but no other decoration, markings or inscription. The ring is 20mm external diameter, 22.8mm long from the top of the bezel to the back of the hoop, and 2.2mm thick from face to fac…
Created on: Thursday 9th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 20th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Steeping', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-C1A2F5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval gold coin; a noble of Edward III (AD 1327 - 1377), Pre-Treaty coinage, probably Series G dating from AD 1356 - 1361. London mint. See North (1991) number 1179 - 1183 on page 52. The initial mark is not very clear, but it does not appear to be a cross, but just an upright. The coin was bent when it was found, as illustrated. The conservator who straightened the coin suggested that the bending was probably plough damage, but coins in the Medieval period are known to have been deliberately bent too. It has a diameter of 33mm and weighs 7.6g.
Created on: Wednesday 13th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 13th November 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-6EFFAB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval gold finger ring dating from about AD 1300 - 1500. It is a form of posy ring inscribed in blackletter script on the external face: "[...]bon [...]", possibly part of 'de bon cuer' (of good heart) or a similar phrase. The lettering is in three groups, divided by foliage. The hoop is sub-rectangular in cross-section. It has a row of square beading or billeting along each edge, framing a slightly concave area. This middle area is filled with the inscribed words divided by sprigs of foliage including heart shaped leaves and cinquefoil flowers. Part of the ring is distorted…
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2019
Last updated: Thursday 13th May 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-C739CA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A late Medieval gold finger-ring, dating from about AD 1400 - 1500. The ring has a rectangular sectioned loop and is inscribed on the outer surface with three words divided by foliate engraving. The writing is a French inscription in gothic or 'blackletter' script, which read "Sans de partier", translated as 'without end or leaving', and meaning 'I am yours forever', an amatory phrase. The hoop is slightly distorted and is cracked across in one place. The ring measures 21.5mm maximum diameter, 3.9mm wide and 0.8mm thick. 1.61g. Compare LEIC-85FFE3 (2012 T605) which has the s…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-5BD3C6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold Medieval finger ring dating from about AD 1250 - 1450. The hoop is plain, sub-rectangular in section with the outer face bevelled, and there are no makers' marks or hall marks. The bezel is double in the form of two oval settings positioned next to each other along the hoop. One contains a damaged green coloured setting, either gem or glass, which is now in two pieces, and the other a red or pink setting. Both are cabachon cut gems. Overall the ring has an external diameter of 21.4mm, 19.3mm internal diameter, and 2.18g. Comparable finger rings include SWYOR-61ADFC (2015 T27…
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 12th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tockwith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-5B9C01
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Published
A gold Medieval finger ring dating from AD 1150 - 1300. The hoop is plain, D-shaped in section and there are no makers' marks or hall marks. The bezel is oval in plan, and hexagonal in profile and in cross section, measuring 8.6mm long, 7.7mm wide and 5.3mm thick. The setting is missing, leaving the bezel empty. There is a dent in the hoop. Overall the ring has an external diameter of 21.5mm, internal diameter of 18.1mm and weighs 1.73g. Comparable finger rings include SWYOR-6F2635 (2015 T608), HAMP-EBA980 (2014 T11) and ESS-49D8F6 (2008 T580).
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 12th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kexby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-CC23E3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval gold finger ring probably dating from the 15th or 16th century. It is D shaped in scross section and the band is made up of nine hollow half round lobes and a circular bezel set with a pinkish red stone in cabochon style with a smooth rounded top. The hoop is slightly distorted. The lobes are decorated with short oblique dashed or cross hatched lines, with a worn letter or symbol on the apex of each one reading: "S, d, (n), p, (d), (l), +, l, (r)" in gothic or black letter script. The finger ring is 25.5mm long, 22.6mm wide and 5.9mm thick. The internal diameter …
Created on: Monday 18th January 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pontefract', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-112707
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval gold finger ring dating from the 15th century. It is rectangular in cross-section and the hoop is slightly distorted. There are no marks on the inside of the hoop. The outer face is covered with long, angled leaves arranged alternatiely with simple incised lines on the same oblique angle. In spaces between the leaves is the inscription: "+ de bon" in blackletter (Gothic) style, with a large incised Roman V or rebus heart following the last word. This is probably an abbreviation of the French phrase "de bon coeur" meaning 'of good heart' or 'willingly', with the heart symbol…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-1091E4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Published
An unusual gold finger ring of Medieval date, probably AD 1200 - 1500, with a cabochon gem set in the bezel, surrounded by three clusters of gold spherical pellets. The bezel is a tall, biconical collet with the rounded pink gem or glass setting protruding from the top. From the sides of the bezel project three equally spaced clusters of gold pellets. There are three pellets in two of the groups, and only two surviving in the third. A single pellet is mounted on the side of the bezel half way between two of the clusters, and there is a scar from a missing pellet similarly placed on an…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 13th February 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-6F2635
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold Medieval finger ring dating from AD 1150 - 1300. The hoop is plain, D-shaped in section and there are no makers' marks or hall marks. The bezel is hexagonal in plan, in profile and in section, measuring 8.1mm long, 7mm wide and 3.5mm thick. It contains a gem, rock crystal or glass setting which is clear and has a domed top. The gem has slipped in the setting, or is a replacement, and is deep within the hexagonal opening rather than sitting proud. There is asome slight damage to the edges of the bezel. Overall the ring has an external diameter of 20.3mm, internal diameter of 18.…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2017
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Record ID: SWYOR-61ADFC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval gold and gem finger ring dating from the 15th century. It has a bezel in the shape of a figure-of-eight set longitudinally, each half moulded to look like a flower, with a rounded flat-topped gem in the centre of each half. Around the gems, filling the rest of the space on the bezel, are ridged crosses, made by recessing four quarter-circles around the gem in each half. One of the gems is pink or red and one is green. The shoulders have three ribbon-like bands which curve obliquely around the hoop. To either side the bands are recessed and apparently keyed for enamel, none …
Created on: Tuesday 21st April 2015
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-C538F4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold quarter noble of Edward III (AD 1327 - 1377), Pre-Treaty period (AD 1351 - 1361), a mule with obverse as Series B (North number 1141) with cross 1 initial mark and a pellet below the shield, and reverse probably as Series E (North number 1162) though the initial cross looks more like cross 3 (Series G). There is a spelling error in the reverse legend which reads: EXALTABITVR annulet IN GNLORIA. The erroneous letter is not clear and may be a backwards F (et). Another example with a similar spelling mistake is SF-CB2C57. The coin is 19.9mm diameter, 0.53mm thick and 1.87g. There …
Created on: Tuesday 24th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 24th February 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-8A5C01
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval gold coin; a half noble of Edward III (1327 - 1377), treaty series (1363 - 1369), London mint with an E in the centre of the reverse. See North number 1238. This variety has HIB instead of HYB as listed in North, but the UKDFD entry notes that this variety is listed in Schneider, SCBI 47, No. 78.
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetherby', grid reference and parish protected.