Record ID: SF-E66AE9
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn cast copper-alloy harness pendant and pendant hanger of Medieval date. The suspension lug has a hemispherical body with large, integrally cast lug or rivet at the centre of the back face. From the base of the body extends a double oval shaped lug that is pierced by an iron bar. This holds in place the separately cast pendant, allowing it to swing. The penmdant itself is quatrefoil in form, with slight triangular projections in each angle of the foil. Extending from the upper foil is an integral oval shaped suspension loop through which passes the iron bar of the suspension lug.…
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 10th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Snetterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-A918EB
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy harness pendant, dating from the Medieval period. Unusually, this shield-shaped pendant is decorated on both sides. The arms on the upper surface are difficult to decipher, with much of the enamel missing, but they can be described as 'Azure [...] on a bend Gules three mullets [...]'. The reverse arms are of '[...]' a lion rampant Gules'. The centrally located loop tapers towards its perforated apex, which is worn at the top. Height: 39.8mm; width: 23.7mm; depth (with loop): 5.8mm. Weight: 7g. Because of the incomplete nature of the devices, attribution o…
Created on: Monday 5th January 2015
Last updated: Saturday 13th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chrishall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-40471A
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy medieval (1200-1400) shield-shaped horse harness pendant with traces of red enamel and gilding, missing the top of the loop (which is turned through 90 degrees). The harness pendant has a heraldic device which can be described thus: Or, a lion rampant gules. The tail of the lion, which faces left, trifurcates. The shield is rectangular in shape with two adjacent rounded corners. The loop has worn through at its top (old damage). To the reverse is a patch of original surface, now a mid-green colour and smooth and shiny. The pendant measures 33.83mm in leng…
Created on: Wednesday 31st December 2014
Last updated: Monday 5th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitchurch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-819176
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval coppper alloy and enamel harness pendant, 33mm long, 21mm wide at top and 2mm thick. The obejct is in fair condition, missing a small fragment at its base and weighs 4.17grams. The pendant is shield shaped with an integral suspenion loop. It depicts a lion rampant over a field of red enamel. This is surrounded by a wide foliate border which is mostly filled with blue enamel, but has a small section at each side which are filled with red, in a slightly darker shade than the centre..
Created on: Wednesday 10th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 19th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Notts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-1C858B
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy heraldic harness pendant of probable 14th-century date (c.1250 - c.1450). The pendant is mostly complete apart from the suspension loop which is partially missing. The inlaid enamel surface is visible in places as a dark blue decoration. In plan the pendant is sub-triangular (shield shaped). In cross section the pendant is sub-rectangular. An integral cast suspension loop located off centre on the upper edge of the pendant is partially intact. The loop is set at an angle of 90 degrees to the plane of the pendant. The pierced loop is incomplete. The front face of…
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 18th September 2020
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Record ID: WMID-08A2DE
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy harness pendant of the Medieval period, dating to AD 1200 - AD 1400. The pendant is lozenge shaped in plan and sub rectangular in cross section. At the top of the artefact, there is a worn integral oval suspension loop (length: 13.3 mm; width: 7.5 mm; thickness/ depth: 3.03 mm, diameter of loop: 3.4) on the end of a rectangular sectioned shank set at a 90° angle to the main body of the pendant. The front of the pendant depicts, possibly, a two tailed, crowned lion rampant sinster (facing left). There is a lozenge shaped border surrounding the design. The…
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 5th December 2014
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Record ID: NLM-B5D48C
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy harness pendant. Cast heater shield shaped plate with the heraldic figure of a ?lion rampant left modelled in bold relief against a sunken field with a rough surface confined by an upstanding rim. A suspension loop projects at right angles to the plane of the display face. Relict traces of silver plating appear on the lion; the scant remains of enamel on the field are now stained green. Had they originally been of gules/red, this might represent the Earls of Norfolk, though other background tints could allude to distinct noble lines. Suggested date: Medieval, 1300-1400. …
Created on: Tuesday 18th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 10th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-61CF91
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy harness pendant of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. The object is lozenge shaped in plan and flat with a large transverse attachment loop. The attachment loop measures 5.41mm thick, with an internal diameter of 6.47mm and an external diameter of 13.90mm. The object is decorated on one face with a lion rampant facing. The decoration on the opposite face appear to be similar but is too worn to be certain. The object is mid-brown with traces of mid-green patina remaining in places. The object is shiny in places where abrasion within the plough soil has polished th…
Created on: Friday 14th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 30th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-0D5A9E
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy heraldic harness pendant with enamel decoration. The pendant is shield shaped with a straight top and convex sides which meet at a point at the bottom. From the middle of the top edge projects a transverse suspension loop. On the front is moulded design of six lions divided into groups of three by a triple diagonal line with traces of blue enamel in the field, blazoned: azure a bend argent, cotised or between six lions rampant or. There is some damage to the left edge of the pendant. Date: Medieval - c. 1200 - 1400 Dimensions: 40.21 mmx x28.63 mm x 7.90 mm Weight:…
Created on: Monday 10th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 18th September 2020
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Record ID: BUC-B82119
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete medieval copper-alloy enamelled heraldic horse harness pendant, dating to the 13th to 14th century. The pendant is in the shape of a shield with a flat top and curved sides. The upper edge has an integrally cast suspension loop set at right angles to the pendant, and set centrally over the top. It is an inverted drop shape and has been perforated centrally. The front of the pendant bears a low relief design within a slightly sunken field. The design is of a lion rampant, possibly crowned, overlaid in chief (at the top) by a label of difference with three pendent arms. Unfor…
Created on: Saturday 25th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cosgrove', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-286F11
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval cast copper alloy shield-shaped heraldic harness pendant. The pendant displays six gilded lions rampant, three on either side of three diagonals, against a blue enamel field (Azure a bend cotised between six lions rampant). The arms are those of the de Bohun Earls of Hertford and Essex.
Created on: Saturday 18th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 17th September 2020
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Record ID: BUC-64E38C
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete medieval copper-alloy enamelled heraldic horse harness pendant, dating to the 13th to 14th century. The pendant is in the shape of shield with a flat top and curved sides. The suspension loop is vestigial on the top edge having been broken off. The front of the pendant bears a low relief design within a slightly sunken field. The design is of a gilded lion rampant on a red enamel background, which can be described heraldically as Gules a lion rampant Or. Much of the enamel has been lost, with much that survives around the lion; only a patch of the gilding survives. The r…
Created on: Thursday 9th October 2014
Last updated: Friday 16th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aston Clinton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-24F24A
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy shield-shaped harness pendant with enamel inlay. The upper part of the suspension loop and all of the gilding or tinning/silvering are missing. The enamel, in contrast, has survived well and stands proud of the surrounding ground. Or / Argent a lion rampant gules. Extant height 38.2mm. Width 23.5mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Monday 6th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 29th June 2016
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Record ID: KENT-81D271
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy and enamelled heraldic horse harness pendant and pendant hanger (c. 1200-1400). The pendant consists of a copper alloy heraldic shield which is decorated with blue enamelling, forming two raised diagonal lines which run from the top left of the shield to the lower half of the opposite edge. On either side of this band, there is more enamelled decoration, although it is difficult to discern the intended decoration. It is probably [azure] a bend or, cotised between three lions rampant or and are probably those of the de Bohun family. There is a thin copper a…
Created on: Tuesday 16th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
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Record ID: IOW-3D6739
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and corroded Medieval cast copper-alloy and enamelled shield-shaped heraldic harness pendant (c. 1200-cc. 1400). Part of the suspension loop is missing. The front is decorated but no colour or surface treatment has survived: A bend cotised between six lion rampants The rear face is plain. This harness pendant is purplish brown and the break on the suspension loop has probably been caused through wear while in use. Height: 31.3mm; width: 18.1mm; thickness: 2.5mm; thickness including suspension loop: 5.6mm. Weight: 3.58g. A similar pendan…
Created on: Monday 14th July 2014
Last updated: Saturday 13th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-4096B7
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn medieval cast copper alloy harness pendant. The pendant is shield-shaped with patches of surviving gilding. It shows a lion rampant facing left against an enamel field. Little of the enamel survives but appears to be blue. The suspension projection is notably off-centre.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd July 2014
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Record ID: BERK-EC8D3E
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and incomplete copper alloy heraldic horse harness banner dating to the medieval period. The banner is in the form of a flag, with the hollow 'flag-pole' enabling the banner to be mounted on a rod and swivel freely. The banner has an heraldic device on either face, apparently the same on both faces. The blazon is very worn but is identifiable on the reverse of the banner, where the device is in sinister. However turned back the correct way and the blazon is Azure, a bend cotised or between six lion rampants, probably the arms of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford (c. 1249 …
Created on: Saturday 28th June 2014
Last updated: Friday 18th September 2020
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Record ID: NMS-ACA62C
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gilt copper alloy shield-shaped enamel inlaid harness pendant. Or a lion rampant azure Probably for Percy of Northumberland or Rivers of Devon (Chesshyre and Woodcock 1992, 133-4). The enamel is no longer a true blue but has a greenish tinge. The suspension loop has worh through at the top. Height 38mm. Width 23.5mm. Thickness (of shield) 1 - 3.3mm. Mid 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 25th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 15th October 2015
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Record ID: SOM-2E1D47
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy enamelled heraldic harness pendant. The pendant is shield shaped with a straight top and convex sides which meet at a point at the bottom. From the middle of the top edge projects a transverse suspension loop. The loop has a rectangular sectioned shank widening to a transverse ring shaped terminal which has worn though on the top edge.The front is decorated with: Azure a lion rampant queue fourchy or; ie a gold lion on rear legs with front legs raised and a split (double) tail on a blue background. The blue enamel is well preserved but only traces survive of…
Created on: Thursday 19th June 2014
Last updated: Friday 2nd October 2020
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Record ID: SF-EAD286
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Medieval Heraldic shield-shaped harness pendant with a concave back, probably from being bent. The suspension loop is oval and flat with a central circular hole and set at right angles to the plane of the pendant. The front face of the shield bears the armorial device. Probably gules, a lion rampant (argent or Or). There are traces of gilding on the back face, perhaps suggesting Or. This suggests it could be the Arms of Edmund Fitzalau, 1st Earl of Arundel (1267-1302), or his son Edmund Fitzalau, 2nd Earl of Arundel (1285-1326). There are full biographies …
Created on: Monday 16th June 2014
Last updated: Saturday 13th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.