Record ID: NMGW-D356FD
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead seal matrix of Medieval date (c. 13th or 14th century). The seal matrix is of flat circular form, though is now distorted and missing much of its edge, with a maximum surviving diameter of 28.4mm, and a thickness of c. 4mm. The reverse is flat and undecorated but marked with multiple linear incisions and has a pierced suspension lug at the top. The lug is 11.7mm long, 4mm wide and 6.6mm deep. The die of the matrix has a central device of a stylised radial star or flower set withing a circular line border. The device consists of a total of 16 lenticular rays or p…
Created on: Tuesday 11th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 11th July 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-600CEC
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete cast lead seal matrix of Medieval date (c.13th or 14th century AD). The object is sub-circular measuring 23.3mm long, 20.9mm wide, with a max thickness of 3.5mm thick. The seal has a quatrefoil type foliate design in the centre. The circumferential inscription reads + SIGILL • ROBERTI • […] L •. Although much of the surname has been lost to old damage, the letters appear to form SOREL or some variation of the common surname in the Medieval period. The reverse depicts a moulded fleur-de-lis with the base accomodating an integraly cast suspension l…
Created on: Monday 5th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 5th September 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-0C5D04
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead flat circular seal matrix of Medieval date (Probably 13th century AD). The seal is flat and circular although distorted. The reverse of the seal bears a lug at the top and is decorated with a central pellet and three concentric moulded circles. The 9.2mm long, 8.3mm tall lug is unperforated and bent sideways against the reverse of the matrix. The edge of the reverse is raised all the way around. The central motif of the matrix is a fleur-de-lis with a central pellet and strongly curved petals within a concentric circular field. The lily is oriented in li…
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-AD2747
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead pointed oval seal matrix of Medieval date (Likely 13th Century AD) The seal matrix is flat and pointed oval in form. The reverse of the seal matrix has a 7.9mm long pierced lug projecting just below the top point. The lug is intact but flattened sideways. The remainder of the reverse is undecorated. The central device, set within an incised pointed oval border, is a fleur-de-lis executed in line work apart from the central petal, which is executed in relief. The inscription is well preserved and mostly legible, with a cross initial mark. The inscrip…
Created on: Monday 4th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 27th April 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-277494
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead circular seal matrix of Medieval date (likely 13th century AD). The matrix is of the flat circular type with a perforated lug and decorated reverse. The reverse bears a perforated lug at 12 o’clock (measuring 11.4mm long by 4.3mm wide) and decoration high relief. This decoration runs to the edges of the matrix and is in the form of an inverted modified fleur de lis emerging from the bottom of the lug. The flanking petals of the fleur de lis are strongly curled at the tips and the ends of the cross bar are flared like a cross pattée. The matrix is a maximu…
Created on: Tuesday 8th February 2022
Last updated: Monday 21st February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-26207C
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and badly damaged cast lead pointed oval (vesica) seal matrix of Medieval date (likely 13th century AD). The matrix is of the flat pointed oval (vesica) form, and is badly damaged- the matrix is distorted, cracked, and is missing the sections of the edge including the bottom point, rendering some of the inscription illegible. The reverse of the matrix is undecorated, with no evidence of a lug or raised rib. The inscription is executed in uneven, if large and deeply incised characters, with a small Greek cross initial marked squeezed between the first and last…
Created on: Tuesday 8th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-20F445
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast lead object, likely a crude seal matrix of Medieval date (c.1200-1500AD). The object is flat and sub-circular with a crude raised rib (4mm thick), with a broken central lug on the reverse. The matrix is decorated with a design of radiating lines. There is no inscription. The extremely crude and uninscribed nature of this object leaves doubt as to its identification as a seal matrix, although its form is very similar. It may have been a toy, imitation or practice piece, or simply a seal matrix for a purpose that did not require complex designs or an inscr…
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th December 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3E5B43
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix of 13th or 14th century date The matrix of pointed-oval form and is near-complete, with minimal peripheral damage (with a length of 37.8mm, a width of 21.6mm and a weight of 25.1g). At the apex of the rear is a loop (7.4mm deep) with an oval aperture (3.4mm x 2.3mm). There is no rib below the loop but the rear is convex, both across its length and width (7.5mm thick). The central device on the seal die appears to be a shield, decorated with a central cross, perhaps of Moline form. The encircling legend is in Lombardic script and is now difficult to inter…
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-67B953
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix of 12th or 13th century date The seal matrix is incomplete and distorted (with a weight of 17.0g) and was of flat circular form. The break along the seal does not appear to have been a deliberate cut. The remnants of a lug are evident below the apex on the rear. At the centre is an oval perforation (7.2mm x 4.5mm), seemingly deliberate and presumably secondary the seal’s use. The seal die was circular (of 35.5mm diameter and 3.0mm thick) but the damage has made the seal difficult to interpret and read. The central perforation and surrounding corrosion …
Created on: Friday 12th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C1D0C7
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix of 12th or 13th century date The seal matrix is complete but slightly distorted and corroded (with a weight of 17.4g). At the apex of the rear is a perforated, D-shaped lug (16.7mm long, 3.0mm thick and with a diameter of 3.4mm) now folded against the rear (with a distorted height of 5.1mm and a depth of 8.5mm). Otherwise the rear is flat, with no rib extending from the base of the lug. The seal die is sub-circular (with a diameter of 25.4mm – 26.9mm and a thickness of 2.7mm). The central decorative device on the seal is a geometric or floral motif or …
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Field 312, Reynoldston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-AED0B7
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix of 12th or 13th century date The circular matrix is near-complete (with a weight of 17.7g), with some damage to the lug and edges. The D-shaped lug (7.0mm high, 11.0mm long, 4.6mm thick and giving an overall depth of 10.5mm) is not perforated. The rear of the seal has a midrib extending from the lug with symmetric scroll mouldings either side. The seal die is sub-circular (with a diameter of 26.1mm - 27.7mm and a thickness of 3.4mm). The inscription is crude and comprises a central star made up seven simple incised lines within a circular border. The enc…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-048634
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix of 13th or 14th century date The circular seal matrix is fragmentary, represented by approximately half (with a diameter of 23.5mm and a weight of 4.2g). The rear of the matrix is flat with a loop at the apex, now damaged and truncated (with a surviving depth of 6.0mm, a surviving height of 3.6mm, a width of 3.2mm and an internal diameter of 5.4mm). The area beneath the loop does not survive, making it unclear whether there was a rib. The seal die is heavily-worn and corroded with little surviving detail. The central device depicted a five-pointed star o…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-03E7DE
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix of 13th or 14th century date The seal matrix is of circular form and is complete but heavily-worn and slightly distorted (with a diameter of 24.7mm, an overall depth of 6.1mm, a die thickness of 1.9mm – 2.6mm and a weight of 9.5g). At the apex of the rear is a loop (8.5mm long, 3.7mm high, 2.4mm wide and with a diameter of 3.1mm). The rear is otherwise flat with no evidence for a rib descending from the loop. The seal die has a central geometric eight-pointed star. The encircling legend is now difficult to read, with many of the letters lost. It is pos…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EDC291
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal of 13th or 14th century date The seal matrix is of circular form and is near-complete, with a truncated lug on the rear (with a diameter of 21.5mm, a thickness of 3.6mm and a weight of 10.5g). The rear of the matrix is slightly convex with a lug at the apex (9.4mm long, 4.7mm thick, with a surviving height of 4.5mm and giving the matrix a maximum surviving depth of 7.5mm). There is the suggestion the lug has broken through the perforation, now worn and the lug may have extended along the rear as a low rib. The seal die has a central device, comprising four pet…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bosherton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-EC617E
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix of 13th or 14th century date The seal matrix was of circular form and is incomplete with edge damage, wear and corrosion (with a dimeter of 27.1mm - 29.4mm and a weight of 20.9g). The rear of the seal has a perforated D-shaped lug (17mm long, 6mm thick at the base and 3mm at the apex, 7mm high and with an internal diameter of 2.7mm). The rear of the matrix is bevelled towards the central axis but there does not appear to have been a rib below the loop. The seal die has lost nearly all of the incised design by either wear and corrosion or edge damage. The…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-703514
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix of 12th or 13th century date The seal matrix is of pointed–oval form and is complete but heavily damaged (with a length of 34.2mm, a width of 20.6mm and a weight of 19.6g). The rear of the matrix has a loop at the apex (giving an overall depth of 11.6m, 6.4mm wide and with an internal diameter of 3.7mm). Beneath the loop, a rib descends to the base. The seal die is damaged and now difficult to discern. The central device depicts a fleur-de-lys at the apex, with an uncertain motif beneath, possibly a cross. The beginning of the encircling legend has be…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C5B2CE
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix of 13th or 14th century date The seal matrix is of pointed oval form and is fragmentary, represented by approximately half of the original length (with a surviving length of 17.8mm and a weight of 4.8g). The seal matrix has broken or been cut along its central axis, just below its widest point (with a width of 26.0mm and with a thickness of 2.6mm). The rear of the matrix has a midrib bounded by an oval border, parallel to the sides (5.2mm from the edge). At the centre there appears to have been a pellet and there is the suggestion of a transvers mouldin…
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C3788D
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix probably of mid 13th to early 14th century date The seal matrix was of circular form and is fragmentary, missing both the lower and upper fragments (with a diameter of 25.6mm, a surviving length of 19.0mm and a weight of 6.9g). The rear of the matrix has the lower return of the loop surviving below the break (giving a maximum surviving depth of 8.0mm). The rear of the matrix appears to have been comparatively with tendril-like mouldings arranged around a central rib (giving a thickness of 4.0mm). The seal die had a floral central device comprising four l…
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C27F9C
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable medieval lead seal matrix of 13th to 15th century date, possibly reworked The seal matrix is of triangular form (23.6mm long, 21.5mm wide and weighing 7.1g). The rear has a loop at the apex, now damaged (4.5mm wide, 2.3mm surviving height and 3.2mm internal diameter), from which a rib descends to the base. The seal die has a floral central device within a recessed triangle, comprising eight droplet shaped petals around a central pellet. There is a flat border around the seal die but no surviving evidence for any letters, possibly suggesting that they have been deliberate…
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-492783
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix of 12th to early 14th century date The cast lead seal matrix is of pointed oval form and is near-complete but is worn and distorted (with a length of 35.8mm, a width of 27.3mm and a weight of 18.7g). The rear has a loop just beneath the apex (3.8mm wide and 3.0mm high), with a bevelled top edge, which extends along the rear face as a gradually weakening rib. The seal die (2.4mm thick) is now distorted and uneven. The central device comprises a trefoil or fleur-de-lys, with a weaker trefoil at its base. The encircling legend is now difficult to decipher b…
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 5th January 2021
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