Record ID: SF-F37BD5
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead medieval to pist-medieval cloth seal. Only one sub-discoidal section survives. Two strips projecting from the centre of the reverse are all that is left of a section that would have passed through a hole on another disc originally, securing them together with the aid of a further strip joining one of the sides. The outer face of the surviving disc is decorated with an off-centre raised motif consisting of a pellet border and four spikey branch-like arms in cruciform in the centre. What looks like a fingerprint, but is probably part of another motif can be seen t…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E348EA
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy cloth seal of medieval or post-medieval date. Only one disc survives. There is a raised letter or symbol in the centre of the outer face, much of which has now worn away. The remains of a lug projects from the centre of the reverse, which would have passed through a hole in the centre of another disc originally, securing them together with the help of a strip to one side.  Egan writes 'stamped lead seals were widely used in the European textile industry during the late-medieval/early-modern period. They were attached to individual cloths as part …
Created on: Monday 24th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Peasenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-88EC6D
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Post Medieval cloth seal, probably dating to AD 1600-1700. It consists of a disc with a protruding fragment of the connecting strip. The outer face of the disc has a stamped motif with a coat of arms depicting a chevron on a shield with unclear letters in the field. The other face of the disc is worn. No parallels found. Length: 23.22mm Diameter: 14.05mm Thickness: 1.32mm Weight: 2.30g
Created on: Monday 23rd March 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birdbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C06126
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead rectangular probable cloth seal of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. Only part of one face survives, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn. It is flat. On the front face are two lines of possible lettering; []VIIII or []MII with a cross pattee VII below. The back face is undecorated. This cloth seal measures 15.24mm in length, 10.48mm in width, 1.43mm in thickness, 1.16g in weight. There is a similar example recorded on the PAS database (SF-B64616).
Created on: Friday 19th September 2014
Last updated: Friday 19th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Framlingham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-F60F48
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small circular lead disc, probably from a lead cloth seal of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. There is a quartered shield on one side with a harp design in the bottom left quadrant. The other quadrants are not identifiable. It measures 13.90mm in diameter and weighs 1.75g.
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 14th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-10AC27
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval cloth seal. It is a two-disc cloth seal, with the two discs connected by a loop. The rivet bears a cruciform device, set to one side, with a possible pellet in one angle. On the reverse of the second disc there are three parallel scored lines with one line crossing them at right angles, and aslo two short parallel lines to one side. The cloth seal disc measures 15.71m in diameter, and 18.76mm in overal length including the loop. It weighs 6.96g.
Created on: Monday 14th November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 15th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Akenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F8AD42
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn two-part lead cloth seal, probably an Alnage seal, of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. It is formed from two flat discs joined together by a short rectangular connecting strip at the top of the seal and a central lead rivet. Disc one has an undecorated face and an integrally cast central lead rivet that is pushed through the central perforation of disc two and has a flattened front face. The connecting strip has decoration in the form of five vertical grooves that run from back to front faces. The front face of the seal incorporating disc 2 and the central lead rivet has extensiv…
Created on: Tuesday 15th September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-112523
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small circular lead disc, probably from a lead cloth seal of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. It measures 13.16mm in diameter and weighs 1.44g. Any decoration that may once have existed is now worn away.
Created on: Wednesday 17th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elveden, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-10DF74
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete two disc lead cloth seal of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. One near complete circular disc survives, along with the small lead rivet connecting the two discs, however the second disc is missing due to old breaks. The seal measures 21.69mm in diameter and weighs 4.40g. The near complete disc depicts a fleur-de-lis. Fleur-de-lis are found on numerous examples of cloth seals ranging in date from the Medieval period of the 15th-16th centuries, through to the Post-Medieval period of the 17th-18th centuries. See for example: Egan, 1995: nos. 52, 108, 124-125 and 165. It is pro…
Created on: Wednesday 17th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elveden, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-109C71
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete two disc lead cloth seal of uncertain date. The seal is circular in shape measuring 19.67mm in diameter and weighs 5.98g. One disc has the remains of the central rivet that would have held the two pieces together, upon which are traces of decoration, perhaps a portcullis or similar. The second disc is incomplete with nearly half of the disc missing due to old breaks. Lead cloth seals such as this were in use between the 14th and 18th centuries AD, although it remains uncertain precisely when in this period the current example belongs. See Egan, 1995: pp. 1-4
Created on: Wednesday 17th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elveden, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-74F127
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead cloth seal of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. All that remains is one of the circular discs, perforated through its centre by a circular hole, and a short section of the connecting strip, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. There is no decoration to allow for close dating of this example. It measures 19.65mm in diameter, 25.83mm in length including the connecting strip, 6.98mm in thickness, and weighs 12.77g. Lead cloth seals were utilised in Britain particularly between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries AD (see Egan, 1995: 4-5), and it is probable th…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Cornard, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D8B7E4
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn lead incomplete cloth seal, used to mark cloth for commercail sale in the medieval and post medieval period. Only one disc now survives, roughly circular in shape measuring 17.87mm in diameter. On the front face there is a a hand holding a possible arrow or with an arrow through it, on the back face there is a rivet.
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lakenheath', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-EB1512
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but worn lead medieval to post medieval cloth seal of two disc form. Oval in shape, 19.33mm by 15.55mm in size. No design can be seen on one face and the other has cross hatching and possible lettering which is no longer clear.
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wixoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E86BE3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three lead incomplete probably originally two-piece cloth seals. 1: 21.98mm in diameter, 9.32g in weight, moulded lines on one face. (no.30) 2; Circular 19.11mm in diameter, shield with lions in one quarter, the rest unclear, 5.78g in weight. (no 45) 3; circular fragment, c17.51mm diameter and 3.27g in weight. One face has XVIII//[ ]XIX[ ] on it. (field 2)
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E85162
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead two-disc cloth seal circular in shape the disc are now worn, disc two has a port cullis depicted on it and a border inscription which reads [ ]LOND[ ] indicating that this cloth seal is probably from London. Disc one is plain. The cloth seal measures 28.63mm by 23.11mm in size. Cloth seals were used to mark cloth for commercail sale from the 13th-19th centuries.
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-ECB2B3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete two disc lead cloth seal probably late medieval or post medieval in date. This cloth seal would have marked a cloth for commercial sale, it is large, measuring 40.54mm in diameter and weighing 42.09g in weight. Its large size indicates that it probably marked a coarser fabric such as a decorative hanging or sail cloth. Disc one has a central shield with flowers above it and a border inscription which reads S W [ ]E N V M, disc two has a number across it which appears to be 15.23. No parallel could be found for this cloth seal but it is perhaps likely to be foreign r…
Created on: Friday 25th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bures Hamlet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6DAF78
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead two-disc cloth seal with connecting loop bent back. One disc shows a portcullis stamp in the centre, with a border legend now unradable due to wear. It is 18.32mm in diameter and weighs 6.89g. The second disc is plain, and is 16.78mm in diameter.
Created on: Tuesday 13th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Henstead with Hulver Street', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E311E2
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead possible reused cloth seal disc probably or late medieval or post medieval date. This object is lozenge shaped and measures 21mm in height and 19mm in width, it is flat and 1mm in thickness. Projecting from the tip of the upper point of the lozenge shape there is a rounded protrusion with a probable circular piercing through it. The back face is plain and the front face is decorated with a central crowned 'R' which is within an inner circle. Surrounding this is border legend which is also within circular borders. It is worn and reads [ ]THM. COVNTV.[ ]. There is a…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wattisham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B64616
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable lead cloth seal, consisting of a rectangular flat plate measuring 16mm by 18mm in size. On the front face there is two lines of possible lettering; cross pattee, V I - // cross pattee [ ]cross pattee. On the reverse there is an integral cylindrical rivet. This probable cloth seal may be incomplete and could be late medieval or post medieval in date.
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isleham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B501B3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A square lead item, probably a cloth seal. It is 20mm square and 2mm thick with some slight variation from distortion. One side is decorated with a figurative design - possibly a right facing head, breast and wings of an eagle or other bird. Details are obscured by wear and lines possibly the result of a past bend. The other side is inscribed 'dot OATE/DABI/TYR' the style of the letters is unusual - possibly indicating an early medieval or continental origin. The item may have been cut down as the edges of some of the letters have been lost, this may have removed any loops. The edges a…
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westley', grid reference and parish protected.