Record ID: SF-93B48C
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Papal bulla probably of Pope Nicholas III (1277-80). It has been folded and broken post-deposition, neither the reverse or obverse are entirely clear. The reverse depicts the face of Saint Paul, moulded in bas relief surrounded by a separate pellet border with a croziernd enclosed within a circumferencial border. Above the face is the inscription SPA, an abbreviation for St. Paul - the other half of the bulla would have featured St Peter. St. Paul is seen on the left looking right, with a long pointed beard, and St. Peter would be right …
Created on: Friday 12th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Peasenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-D2842B
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken medieval lead alloy Papal Bulla of Pope Lucius III (September 1181 to 25th November 1185). The obverse or recta, bears the faces of Saints Peter and Paul with a cross between them, and pellet borders. Over the images appears the abbreviation of St Paul and St Peter 'SPA SPE'. The reverse or verso has the inscription LV / CIVS /. P P III within a border of pellets. The bulla is drilled for suspension with a small hole on the upper edge and has broken down the middle along the line of the channel for the cord which runs throug…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-E1BD3B
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval lead-alloy Papal bulla of Pope Boniface VIII dating to AD 1294-1303. It is discoidal in plan with straight edges. The obverse carries a border of pellets situated in which is an inscription in three lines reading BONI/FATIVS/P.P. VIII. The reverse bears the standard images of the faces of St. Paul and St. Peter each surrounded by an aureole of pellets, with a cross in between them and the inscription SPASPE above. The die axis is 12 o'clock.  Diameter: 33.4mm. Thickness 5mm; Weight. 40.68g.
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2024
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Record ID: BERK-7C2B7E
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Medieval papal bulla of Pope Urban V, dating to AD 1362-1370. Only 50% of the bulla is present with the right-hand side of the text. The front of the bulla shows the name of the pope with his abbreviated title: PP: Pastor Pastorum - Shepherd of Shepherds - and ordinal number V. This is placed in three lines. As only 50% of the bulla is present only the latter half of the text is present [UR]B / [AN]VS / [PP] V. This is placed within a border of pellets. The reverse when complete would have depicted the faces of both Saints Peter and Paul. Over…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Sunday 21st January 2024
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Record ID: ESS-C57F10
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval cast lead-alloy papal bull of Pope Urban IV dating to 1261-1264. Description: The obverse of the bulla carries the legend VR/BANVS/·PP.IIII· over three lines within a border of pellets. PP stands for Papa Patria (priest of Rome) or 'Pastor Pastorum'  ('Shepherd of Shepherds'). The reverse has the heads of St. Peter (right) and St. Paul (left), who face inwards, each surrounded by a beaded border and separated by a cruciform sword, with legend SPASPE ('Saint Paul and St. Pete…
Created on: Friday 15th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
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Record ID: BH-1CF552
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead 'papal bulla' of Pope Alexander IV (1254-1261). The seal is oval and relatively even in thickness. The obverse depicts the busts of St. Peter and St. Paul, each within a bordered compartment defined by hollow centred pellets. St. Peter, on the right, has pelleted hair and beard, with pelleted eyes and brow and nose defined by short angled grooves. St Paul, on the left, has pelleted eyes, short straight hair of angled grooves, a pear-shaped nose, and rounded beard descending to a point. There is a central cross pattee supported on a staff between the bo…
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
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Record ID: LIN-9D24B4
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval lead papal bulla of Pope Innocent IV dating to the period 25th June 1243 to 7th December 1254. The obverse of the bulla is stamped INNO//CENTIVS//.PP : IIII. within a border of raised pellets. The 'PP' stands for 'pastor pastorum' which translates as 'shepherd of the shepherds'. The reverse is stamped with the faces of the saints Peter and Paul within a border of raised pellets. Above the heads within the border, the saints' abbreviations are visible with 'SPA' for St. Paul to the left and 'SPE' for St. Peter to the r…
Created on: Friday 1st December 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Welbourn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-9ACBE4
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy medieval Papal bulla of Pope Clement VI, whose papacy lasted from AD 1342-1352. Obverse: CLE/MENS/.PP VI. (flower motifs in field) PP stands for 'Pastor Pastorum' or 'Shepherd of Shepherds'. Reverse: The faces of Saints Peter and Paul are depicted on the reverse, moulded in bas relief and each surrounded by a separate pellet border with a crozier between the two, and enclosed within a circumferential border. Above the faces is the inscription SPASPE, an abbreviation for St. Paul and St. Peter. St. Paul is seen on the left …
Created on: Friday 1st December 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
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Record ID: WILT-49200C
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval lead alloy Papal bulla of Nicholas V, dating to AD 1447 - 1455. Obverse: NICO/LAVS . PPV  (Nicholas, pastor pastorium, fifth) within a beaded border Reverse: the facing portraits of St Peter and St Paul within a similar beaded border and each with an oval beaded border, cross between, SPASPE (an abbreviation for St Peter and St Paul) above. The object is brown but with a greyish colour where the edges are chipped. There is an indent at the 12 o'clock position from where a chord probably extended. Dimensions: Diameter: 38.1 mm;…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
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Record ID: SF-F381D1
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval lead-alloy papal bulla of Pope Innocent III dating to AD 1198-1216. It is discoidal in plan and rectangular in section. Only just over half of the piece now survives, with an old worn break resulting in the missing apex. The obverse (recta) depicts the head of St Peter to the right and St Paul to the left. The inscription SPA/SPE above is missing. Both heads are enclosed within a border of pellets (or pearls).  The reverse (verso) side of the bulla shows the name of the Pope, which is written in the nominative, with his abbreviated title PP: (…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Butley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-A53183
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Medieval lead alloy Papal bulla of Pope Innocent (AD1130-1492); there were a number of popes that bore this name, each differentiated form their predecessor by a sequential number at the end of the name, but unfortunately this element of the inscription in now missing.   The obverse depicts the heads of St Paul to the left with SPA above which is the is an abbreviation of Sanctus Paulus and the head for St Peter to the right with SPE above which is the abbreviation for Sanctus Petrus. The reverse has the inscription INNO/CEN[T]IV[S]/[…]
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th November 2023
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Record ID: WAW-50FB70
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete, lead Medieval Papal bulla issued under Pope Honorius III (AD 1216-1227). On the obverse is an inscription reading "HONO/RIVS/•P•P•III•" with an omega above the "P•P", all within a pelleted circular border. The "P•P" either stands for Papa Patria (Priest of Rome) or Pastor Pastorum (shepherd of shepherds). The reverse depicts the portraits of St Peter and St Paul below an inscription reading "SPA SPE", all within a beaded border. St Paul is seen on the left, looking right wit…
Created on: Sunday 22nd October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2023
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Record ID: NLM-FD1CA4
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead bulla fragment. Cast disc stamped with the Papal ‘logo’ on one side, with the single bearded image remaining identified by letters above it – PE – as Saint Peter, and a legend over three lines on the other: HO[--]/RI[--]/P[?--], probably for Pope Honorius III (1216-1227). Both sides have a peloidal border. The bulla is now patinated overall, before which it had been cut twice to halve and cancel the seal, and presumably the document which it verified. Honorius III was a supporter and sponsor of the Mendicant Orders. If this bulla related to donations on the…
Created on: Friday 6th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 6th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Glentham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-D82722
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead Papel Bulla of Boniface IX (Papacy: 1389-1404). It is reasonably well preserved and very nearly circular, with a minor flattening or indention on the top and bottom and a very slight bending forward at the centre-right edge of the obverse. It is also noticeably thicker on this side. There is a recent small scuff at one edge of the reverse to which a fragment of the light-greyish patina has been lost, revealing dark-grey metal beneath.  The obverse inscription begins with a vertical line of three dots and reads ⋮BONI/FATIUS/PP:VIIII, with a contraction mark above t…
Created on: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: WILT-1A8EFC
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval lead Papal bulla of Pope Clement V, pope from AD 1305-14.  CLE/MENS/:PPV obverse depicting the legend in three lines within a beaded border. PP stands for 'Pastor Pastorum' or 'Shepherd of Shepherds'.  The reverse depicts the faces of Saints Peter and Paul in moulded bas relief, each surrounded by a separate pellet border with a crozier between the two.  Above the faces is the inscription SPASPE, an abbreviation for St. Paul and St. Peter. St. Paul is seen on the left looking right, with a long pointed beard, and St. Pe…
Created on: Monday 25th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th November 2023
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Record ID: SF-82C078
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead medieval papal bulla of Pope Julius II, dating to AD 1503-13. It is sub-circular in shape with an indentation in the centre of each end where a central hole is located allowing a cord to pass through for attachment. The surface has a corroded whitish patina. Obverse: ·IV·/LIVS·/PAPA/·II· Reverse: The heads of saints Peter and Paul (each set within a beaded aureole) with the letters 'PP / AE' above in two lines for 'Paul' and 'Peter'. Die axis: 12 o'clock Papal bullae such as this would hav…
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 26th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Knodishall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-81C007
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead papal bulla, issued by Pope Innocent IV (AD 1243 to AD 1254), dating to the period AD 1243 to AD 1254. The obverse depicts the worn faces of St Peter and St Paul, below the inscription SPA SPE (SPA = Sanctus Paulus, SPE = Sanctus Petrus), all of which are surrounded by a beaded border, flanking the outside edge of the bulla. Some of the beaded border is missing. St Peter is seen on the right, looking left, with St. Paul on the left looking right, with a long pointed beard, within a backwards-C shaped beaded border, joined to the main.…
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2023
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Record ID: LANCUM-0166FD
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy papal bulla of Pope Nicholas IV. On the obverse are the images of the faces of Sts Peter and Paul, with the legend SPASPE over their heads. Paul is shown on the left facing right, with a pointed beard composed of curving vertical lines, and curving lines for his hair. St Peter faces him, his bear and hair formed of raised dots. They are surrounded by a border of raised dots. On the reverse is the popes title, written as 'nico laus ppIIII' over three lines. This is also surrounded by a pelleted border. Pope Nicholas IV was in power from AD 1288 to 129…
Created on: Tuesday 12th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Tottleworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-86949B
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval lead papal bulla of Martin IV, dating from AD 1281-85.  The obverse has  MAR//TINVS//.PP.IIII. in raised lettering, with an omega above the Ps. The reverse depicts St Peter to the right looking left, and St Paul on the left looking right. They have a beaded border around each of them, with a cross inbetween them. Above them is the inscription SPA SPE (SPA = Sanctus Paulus, SPE = Sanctus Petrus).  The bulla is a yellow orange colour with patches of grey. It measures 37.8mm by 35.2mm, and weighs 33.62g. 
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd September 2023
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Record ID: OXON-842FF5
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead papal bulla of Pope Boniface IX (c. AD 1350 to AD 1404), dating to the period AD 1389 to AD 1404, when he held the papacy. The front (recta) face of the bulla depicts the faces of Saints Peter and Paul with a cross between them. 'SPASPE' is written above the busts which is an abbreviation for St. Paul St. This face of the bulla is not as deeply impressed as the reverse. The reverse (verso) face of the bulla shows the name of the Pope, which is written in the nominative, with his abbreviated title (PP: Pastor Pastorum…
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th September 2023
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