Record ID: NARC-B0F190
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy Cloth Seal of late Medieval to Post-Medieval date (AD 1525 - 1724). The object is one disc from a two or four disc set. It is sub-circular in plan and flat in section. One side is stamped with a crown with 2 above within a beaded boarder. Crowns are a common motif on cloth seal of the Post-Medieval period. Length: 14.99mm, Width: 13.70mm, Thickness: 1.34mm, Weight: 1.4g The metal is cream in colour with a smooth patina.
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-88FF2E
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy Cloth Seal of late Medieval to Post-Medieval date (AD 1500-1650). The object is composed of two sub-circular discs which would have been connected by a short rectangular tab, now missing, with the two discs folded to meet. One face of the object has a moulded letter A, for the city of Augsburg. The second face has an unclear moulded linear motif. Diameter: 20.05mm, Thickness: 4.26mm, Weight: 10.0g The metal is grey in colour with a predominantly smooth patina.
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-075F65
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval two disc lead alloy cloth seal (alnage or subsidy seal), possibly for the city of Bristol. One side has a crown over a sun, fleur de lys and roses, with text around, possibly [...]BRIS[...]. The reverse disc has an unclear motif, possibly a ship sailing from a port in a castle tower (the arms of Bristol).
Created on: Thursday 29th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-32BB28
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval lead alloy cloth seal from the German city of Augsburg for linen and cotton fabric known as "Ousbrow or Augusta fustians" (Elton (2017) p296). One side has a stylistic, lower case letter ‘a’ within a beaded border. The reverse has a pine cone, the heraldic badge of Augsburg. Circa 16th to early 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th December 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-C5E35C
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy cloth seal of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1400 – 1900. The cloth seal is of the two-disc type though only one disc remains intact sealed by a central rivet. One surface is stamped with a five-pointed star. The other side appears plain. The metal has a light brown/white patina and is in fair condition. The seal is 21.8mm in diameter, 4.7mm thick and weighs 7.2g. Cloth seals attached to industrially produced cloths as part of ‘the alnage’: industrial regulation by officials who controlled the quality of cloth sold and levied a tax of a few pence…
Created on: Friday 15th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
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Record ID: NARC-492003
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead Cloth Seal of late Medieval to Post-Medieval date (AD 1500-1700) The object is composed of a two discs with an integral rivet forming the centre of the second, and a rectangular recurved tab connecting the two discs.   The disc is stamped with a design featuring a key, with a trefoil handle in relief in the centre, with two pellets below. The second disc has no visible motif.   Length: 25.89mm, Width: 18.97mm, Thickness: 5.09mm, Weight: 7.9g The metal is cream in colour with a smooth patina.
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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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: OXON-287975
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to Post Medieval (14th to 18th century) lead alloy cloth seal: This is a two-part cloth seal comprising two circular discs. Disc one is undecorated with the exception of two short linear ridges near one edge. These may have been part of a larger design which is not visible now. Disc two has a hole in the centre through which a stud protrudes and has since been flattened. This disc has an inscription in three lines reading '[    ] OA / [    ]MILLA / L[  ]XI[   ] The surface of the seal has a cream coloured. It measures 32.5mm long, 25.52m…
Created on: Friday 20th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2023
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Record ID: NARC-C27892
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy Cloth Seal of Medieval to Post-Medieval date (1350-1800). The object is a two-disc seal. The seal is circular in plan and comprises two equal sized lead discs linked by a recurved rectangular tab. One face has a punched inscription reading I F. The other face has the punched initials O H. Length: 32.91mm, Width: 18.94mm, Thickness: 2.89mm, Weight: 6.6g The metal is cram in colour with a predominantly smooth patina. Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database: SUR-125445, DEV-74F04C and SUR-258314.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Last updated: Friday 6th October 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-33B9A6
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead-alloy two disc cloth seal of Medieval to post medieval date, about AD 1350 - 1700. It is a two disc seal with the connecting loop surviving. Disc one is apparently blank. Disc two (the ring with the rivet from the other disc passing through it) is stamped with a portcullis. Any surrounding inscription is illegible. Length: 24.17mm Width: 16.59mm Thickness: 7.73mm Weight: 6.62g
Created on: Monday 21st August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-91ED52
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval cloth seal, circular, weight 7.85g, diameter 22mm. Device utterly obscured by multiple stabbed impressions made with circular-ended implement, ...0N...visible in encircling inscription // rivet only, similarly stabbed. Late 16th - 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
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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: OXON-7BD204
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to Post Medieval (14th and 18th centuries) cloth seal: The lead cloth seal is fragmentary and is a portion of a disc, which was probably originally part of a four-disc cloth seal. The disc has a broken edge, and is uniface. The design is a central shield with a chevron. The disc has a legend around the edge with a beaded border between the legend and shield. The legend is not illegible and the letters are widely spaced. The surface of the seal is oxidised forming a cream coloured surface. It measures 18.5mm long, 13.08mm wide and 1.59mm thick. It weighs 1.69g. Cloth sea…
Created on: Wednesday 19th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 20th July 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-22E5A2
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead-alloy cloth seal of Medieval to post medieval date, about AD 1350 - 1800. It is a two disc seal. The seal is circular in plan and comprises two equal sized lead discs linked by a lead tab. One face has an inscription in relief of "XV" surrounded by a raised border. If there was a legend, it is now totally obliterated. The other face is decorated with a circle enclosing an illegible design. The cloth seal has a pale grey patina.The object has a weight of 6.72g, a length of 25.05mm, a thickness of 3.04mm, a width of 20.47mm.
Created on: Monday 15th May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 25th May 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-FE3F56
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead cloth seal of medieval to Post medieval date, dating from AD 1350 - 1750. It is a small two disc seal, with the connecting tab and the integral rivet surviving. No design on either face is visible. The seal is 17.5mm long, 11.3mm wide, 7.0mm thick and weighs 5.06g.
Created on: Wednesday 19th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
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Record ID: DENO-FEE565
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: City of Derby
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead alloy probable cloth seal of medieval to post-medieval date, c.1300-1900. It is sub-circular in plan and comprises two thin discs connected by a short, wide strip. The remains of a second connecting strip (opposite the intact one), are pressed over the edge of the second disc. This second disc has a shallow, curved groove running across its width, possibly the impression left from a fibre tag. Both outer faces are undecorated. These discs are possibly from a four-part seal as neither have or show evidence of a rivet. The metal's su…
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
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Record ID: OXON-31E1B4
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, Medieval to Post-Medieval lead cloth seal, probably dating to c.AD 1450-1550. The seal is made of two sub-circular discs, which are placed flat upon one another and connected together by a rectangular tab that had been folded over at 180 degrees. There is also a slight projection from the far  end of the rove disc, the nature of which is unclear. The first disc, termed a rove disc, has a circular hole through which a sub-oval rivet is pushed through which is attached to the second, rivet, disc.  A raised ridge runs down the central axis of the c…
Created on: Friday 9th December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 22nd December 2022
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Record ID: WILT-4AC756
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval lead cloth seal from Augsberg dating to c.AD 1500 - 1650.  It comprises two circular discs joined by a narrow strip of lead, folded to bring the discs together. Both discs are impressed with a raised design. On the front disc is an incomplete upper case letter A, for Augsberg, surrounded by four annulets within a cusped border. The reverse carries a design of a stylised pine cone above a horizontal band containing six pellets. The seal has a dark grey patina. It is 19.4 mm in diameter, 4.1 mm thick and weighs 10.15g.  Cf. Ega…
Created on: Monday 28th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 19th December 2022
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Record ID: NMS-22709D
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval or post-medieval lead cloth seal. The greater part of a single disc (disc one) is extant. Irregular in shape, but probably originally sub-circular. Stamped on the front with a relief design consisting of a large letter E surmounted by a crown with the number 4 inside. The integral rivet on the reverse bears a fragment of the design from disc two: part of a lattice, probably a portcullis. Cloth seals began to be applied in the medieval period, with documentary references from the late 14th century onwards (Egan 1998, 261); the alnage was administered until 1724 (Ega…
Created on: Monday 14th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 15th November 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-FCDCD5
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: South Tyneside
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval or  Post Medieval lead incomplete cloth seal dating from AD 1350 - 1724. One incomplete disc survives, and it could be from a two disc or a four disc seal. It is thickened in the centre and both faces are illegible. Length 23.5mm; width 19.3mm; thickness 3.2mm and weight 5.12g. See https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsrecordingguides/cloth-seals/.
Created on: Monday 31st October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 24th November 2022
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