Record ID: SWYOR-F0F880
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver probable annular brooch (incomplete) or large finger ring of the Medieval period, probably AD 1200 - 1350. The hoop is triangular in cross section with an inscription on the two outer faces.  +DEINE : [-]INISAT+AVE + INVF : TRV : VIR[...] : IRNA[-] The colons have been used to transcribe a group of four small recessed dots in a lozenge shape. The tops of the letters are adjacent to the central line of the hoop on both external faces. The lettering is in a slightly unusual medieval style, with square topped As and angular closed Es. Some Ns, or suspected …
Created on: Monday 13th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Allerton Mauleverer with Hopperton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-C8DC45
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver halfpenny of Edward III (AD 1327-1377), Berwick Class 8b (North 1090; Withers Class 6a) dating to the period AD1333-42, mint: Berwick Upon Tweed. Ref: North 1989: 82, cf. pl. 43 no. 1159; North 1991: 40; Withers and Withers 2006: 56. In their discussion of Class 6a, the Withers describe it as having "lumpy hair with no separate strands visible", whereas this coin (which has the listed 6a obverse inscription) has some clearly visible hair strands. The crown and face belong to Class 6a and this detail on the hair may be due to an abov…
Created on: Monday 27th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Spatial data recorded.

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-F4F238
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver scabbard chape of probable Medieval date, AD 1350 - 1500, but it could also be Post medieval and a date range of AD 1300 - 1650 possible. The chape is narrow and tapering towards the pointed closed end. It is a rounded rectangle in cross-section and tapers to a blunt point. There is no visible seam or joint, nor is there any decoration. The top edge is irregular and is probably a break. This would explain why there are no visible rivet holes or other form of attachment. The corners are rounded and there is a crack from the open end part way down one face. There …
Created on: Thursday 24th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-E7BEAE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval silver incomplete finger ring dating from AD 1150 - 1250. Only the bezel and shoulders of the ring survive. The ring is a stirrup shaped ring with a tall bezel which is triangular in side view. It is surmounted with an oval setting for a gem, now missing. The long sides of the bezel are decorated with a recessed cross pommee on each face. There is a double groove collar dividing the bezel from the shoulder on each side. the shoulders are both decorated with a recessed cross saltire with punched annulets in the angles. The hoop is D shaped in cross-section. The surviving…
Created on: Tuesday 18th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 14th August 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-2C544F
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Medieval cast silver-gilt pin dating from about AD 1300 - 1400. The pin has a globular, solid, plain head and appears to have been cast in one piece. Beneath the head the shaft is circular in cross-section and it has a grooved line collar near the head. The end of the shaft tapers to a break. The surfaces are uneven and the gilding is very faint. There is an area of damage on the side of the head. The pin is 24.4mm long, 6.4mm diameter (head) and 1.9mm diameter (shank). 1.6g. Similar pins have been recorded as Treasure previously including IOW-496B01 (201…
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd August 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-B2B8D8
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval pointed oval silver seal matrix dating from AD 1200 - 1350. The die face has the legend +S' ROGERI: DE HELLESSAY (Seal of Roger of Hellessay) suggesting that this is a personal matrix. The lettering is in neat lombardic script and is flanked by beaded borders. The central design is a profile bust of a man facing left on the impression. He has neck length hair with a straight fringe, and does not appear to be tonsured. He also has rounded drapery at neck. On the reverse, the handle is unusual. It appears to be soldered to the back of the matrix. It is a s…
Created on: Friday 9th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holme upon Spalding Moor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-9E392A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver medieval annular brooch dating from AD 1200 - 1400. The frame is circular in plan, with a pin constriction. The frame is flat and rectangular in cross-section, probably cut from thick sheet. The front face is decorated with incised line borders and transverse lines. The pin missing, and the reverse is plain. The brooch is 19.9mm diameter, 1.3mm thick and 0.9g. Other sheet metal annular brooches include SWYOR-CDF0DB (2021 T537), BM-1A2026 (2012 T452) and SWYOR-86F704 (2012 T607). They are all assigned to the 13th and 14th centuries, and annular brooches are …
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-A4DCA8
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A silver fragment from an unidentifed object of probable late Medieval to Post Medieval date, about AD 1300 - 1700. The fragment is shaped like a fleur de lis. It has three trumpet shaped elements, each opening into three fluted petals. One element is vertical and the side components curve out from the central stem. Most fleur-de-lis have a transverse binding band across the base. It is missing in this example, but this may be owning to damage, as the base of the stem is a patinated break, as are the lower petals on each side fleur, suggesting the fleur element proj…
Created on: Monday 15th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 14th August 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-B7EDA9
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver medieval seal matrix of conical form, dating from AD 1300 - 1400. It has a circular face with a central design of a quatrefoil of four leaves surrounded by a simple incised line border. The French inscription reads: * IE SVI FLVRE DE FINN AMWR meaning I am a flower of courtly love. The handle is hexagonal, faceted with six faces, and conical. There is a triple collar below a trefoil terminal, perforated to accept a silver rivet that attaches a silver loop. This is a strip of metal bent into a U shape, with a circular terminal at each end joined by a silver rivet that…
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd January 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-980C81
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver gilt Medieval iconographic style finger ring inscribed 'ihc' on the bezel, dating from AD 1350 - 1500. The bezel is divided into three panels running along the hoop, separated by ridges. Each concave (fluted) panel is decorated with a gothic or blackletter style letter left in relief on a ground covered with incised cross-hatching. Together they read 'ihc' for Jesus. Ridges define each end of the bezel, and the hoop is also decorated. The longitudinal ridges continue, but obliquely, so the fluted grooves spiral around the hoop. The first two groo…
Created on: Tuesday 1st February 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-E38943
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver gilt finger ring with a soldered butt joint covered by an applied bezel. The ring is probably Medieval, AD 1200 - 1400.  The applied bezel is an elongated hexagon, aligned along the hoop, with the upper face faceted, angling away from the centre towards each end of the bezel. The bezel also has six vertical sides and a small knob projecting from the angle between the two long sides on each edge. One knob is more spherical than the other. There is also rough solder visible on the side face of the side with the more prominent knob. The upper faces are de…
Created on: Monday 6th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 14th August 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-D43489
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver gilt and gem cross pendant dating from the Medieval period, about AD 1200 - 1300. The cross has equal arms, each of which flares slightly from the centre to the tip. The top arm terminates in a suspension loop at right angles to the plane of the cross. In the centre, an oval collet is mounted on the front of the cross. This holds a cabachon (domed) purple gem or glass setting. It i held by twelve pointed tabs or petals extendding from the top of the collar and bent forward over the edge of the gem. Each tapers to a point and is decorated with incised longitudinal lines. …
Created on: Thursday 11th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Thirsk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-FE25E8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Medieval Scottish penny of Alexander III (1249-86 AD), second coinage, Class E1 (Spink S5056) dating from AD 1280 - 1292. A star of seven points in the first and third quarters and a mullet of six points in the second and fourth quarters, giving a total of 26 points. Ref: Spink 2015, pg 19. Diameter 17.9mm; thickness 0.5mm; weight 1.18g.
Created on: Monday 1st November 2021
Last updated: Friday 26th November 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-A1ED97
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A hoard of two Medieval silver Irish pennies of John (AD 1199-1216). Third 'Rex' coinage (Spink 6228) dating from AD 1207-1211. Minted by Roberd at Dublin. Spink (2003: 123). 1. IOHA/NNES/RE-X Crowned bust in triangle, hand holding sceptre, flower in right field. ROBE/RD ON/DIVE Sun, moon and three stars in triangle. 17.6mm diameter, 0.7mm thick and 1.34g. 10o'clock die axis. 2. IOHA/NNES/RE[-X] Crowned bust in triangle, hand holding sceptre, flower in right field. ROBE/RD • ON/[D]IVE• Sun, moon and three stars in triangle Reve…
Created on: Thursday 9th September 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 12th July 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-CDF0DB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Medieval annular brooch dating from AD 1200 - 1400. It is made from thin sheet silver, and was probably stamped. The circular frame is flat, and there is a crack across it. There is a constriction for the missing pin. One face of the brooch is decorated with radiate transverse recessed lines. The other face is slightly concave and does not appear to be decorated. It is 14.3mm diameter, 0.6mm thick and weighs 0.4g. The record for NLM-DC0A05 (2019 T364) notes that "The use of small - often very small - annular brooches had a 13th-to-14th-century fl…
Created on: Wednesday 18th August 2021
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Normanby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-3AE34A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kirklees
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Medieval finger ring dating from AD 1300 - 1500, with applied quatrefoil bezel and inscribed on the outer face with a slightly blundered version of 'Ihc nazarenus rex iudeorum'. The hoop is rectangular in cross-section and the inner face is plain. The outer face is decorated with an incised line border at each edge, and the inscription in gothic or blackletter style writing. It reads: "Ihc : nazaren : rex . Iudeorm". The stops are either double or single lozenges. The hoop has a butt joint and this is (just) covered by the applied quatrefoil shaped …
Created on: Tuesday 18th May 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

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-41B1B7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver hammered Medieval coin: a Scottish halfpenny of Robert II (AD 1371 - 1390). probably belonging to the first period (class IIIa?) (Spink S5152) dating to 1371-85/6 AD. Mint: Edinburgh. Ref: Spink 2015, 29. The coin has a diameter of 14.35mm, a thickness of 0.48mm, and weighs 0.44g.
Created on: Monday 12th April 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd September 2021
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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.