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.

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Record ID: SF-8C31C6
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead post-medieval double cloth seal. Only one complete disc survives with a fragment of what was originally part of another disc attached through a hole in its centre. The raised design of a sheep can be seen in the centre of its outer face. It is heavily corroded and there is a break across its centre. 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 of a system of industrial regulation and quality control. In England seals of this typ…
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Buckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0D0167
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead-alloy cloth seal probably of 17th or 18th century date The seal is comprised of to flat discs joined by connecting loop. One disc has a central tab indicating a second set of discs would have been attached. The original detail of the seal is missing.
Created on: Tuesday 31st October 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashfield cum Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7B2CCA
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post Medieval lead-alloy cloth seal dating to circa AD 1500-1700. The seal is formed of two discs, of which one is just a fragment. The letter T can be seen on this fragment. It is attached to the other disc by a surviving integral lead-alloy rivet. Most of the other disc remains and a raised letter X sits in the center. The seal has a creamy white patina. 
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett cum Brockford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-5D44D4
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead post-medieval two-part cloth seal. Both parts are sub-circular in shape with damage to their outer edges and the strip that once connected them is now missing. One part has a sub-circular hole through the centre and the other a projection from the centre of the reverse, which has been passed through the hole and hammered flat to fill it. One face has the letters '[I]DE' on it and the other a three towered castle with part of a lion passant guardant below (arms of Norwich). It is heavily corroded and bent out of shape. Egan (1995, 43-4, no.70-5) illustrates a…
Created on: Monday 4th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sibton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-77784F
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead cloth seal of post-medieval to modern date. Obverse - LATE [O]HLENDOR[FF] is inscribed in the centre of the cirdle with the inscription ANGLO CO[...] surrounding it.  Reverse - TRADE is inscribed with a picture of a cornucopia in the middle of the seal.  Shares similarities with ESS-187D45 and SF-775460. 
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sibton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-775460
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead cloth seal of post-medieval to modern date. Obverse - LATE [O]HL[END]OR[FF] LONDON is inscribed in the centre of the circle with the inscription AN'O CO / [GUAN]O W[ORKS] surrounding it. There appears to be a linear border.  Reverse - [TR]ADE MARK is inscribed with a picture of a cornucopia in the middle of the seal.  Shares similarities with ESS-187D45 and SF-77784F
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sibton', 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-E341C0
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy post-medieval cloth seal. Only part of one disc remains. This is sub-circular with sections missing around the sides. The outer face is decorated with a square-shield bearing an unclear heraldic device featuring fleur-de-lis to either side, its style suggesting a post-medieval date. There is a small circular hole to one side of the centre. There is a break to one side of the reverse where a long lug would have projected originally. This would have sat through a hole in another disc, the two attached together via a strip at one side. Egan writes 'stamp…
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-E3395E
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a lead-alloy cloth seal of probable post-medieval date. Originally this would have comprised two discs attached together via a lug projecting from the reverse of on and passing through a hole in the centre of the other. Now all that remains is the lug, squashed flat, with part of an unclear heraldic design on its outer end where it would have sat through the hole. The surface of the metal is hevaily corroded and the details are unclear. The design suggests a post-medieval date. Egan writes 'stamped lead seals were widely used in the European textile industry during t…
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-690B7C
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Post Medieval two-part cloth seal. It is a double disc seal, which is folded along a narrow connecting strip. The seal has been squashed.  One disc has a stamped decoration slightly off center of the middle; the decoration consists of a gate comprised of a raised square with nine squares within it. The second disc is undecorated and the rivet can be seen in the centre.
Created on: Thursday 6th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-2DEED6
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead post-medieval cloth seal. Both discs survive, but the connecting strip is now missing. One disc features raised unclear letting with what appears to be the date 155[] below. The other features a sheep fleece/hanging sheep surrounded by a circle of pellets.  See PAS records YORYM-1684C3, PUBLIC-A6EBF2, NMS-F74ACA, HESH-136956, LIN-7988E4, DUR-AE5581 for comparison. The sheep fleec/hanging sheep features on the City of Leeds coat of arms and it seems likely that these seals are alnage/subsidy seals associated with the wool trade there.
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradfield St George', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2DDF92
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead post-medieval cloth seal. The object comprises two connected discs with a narrow strip joining them to one side. One face features a raised letter B in the centre and the other the coat of arms in the centre featuring two creatures running left at the top, a smaller shield in the centre and another creature left below, with part of a legend '[...]DER' to the right.  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 of a sys…
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradfield St George', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2D220B
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead post-medieval cloth seal dating to the year AD 1664. Only one disc of an originally two-part seal survives. The outer face has the raised letters 'CAR/ SAY/ 1664' in three lines. There is a small break to one side where a strip would have projecting originally, attaching this to another disc. The lettering suggests that this is most likely to be aa clothier, weaver or searcher's seal. Egan (1995, vii) writes that 'stamped lead seals were widely used in the European textile industry during the late-medieval/early-modern period. They were att…
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lavenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C72655
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead post-medieval double cloth seal. It is formed from two double discs of lead joined to one side via an integral loop while an integral rivet projects from the reverse of one of the outermost discs, passing through a hole in the other outermost disc. Decoration seems to be restricted to the outer faces of the innermost discs. One has the raised design of a harp and the other raised lettering in three lines: 'M []//FA X//[][] The style of lettering suggests a 16th or 17th century date. Egan writes 'stamped lead seals were widely used in the European textile …
Created on: Friday 16th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 25th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Benacre', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-28F93D
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead post-medieval two-part cloth alnage seal. Both parts are sub-circular in shape and they are joined by a long strip folded in half at one side, although this has become detached from the reverse section, which is now loose. One part has a sub-circular hole through the centre (the detached disc) and the other a sub-circular projection from the centre of the reverse, which has been passed through the hole and hammered flat to fill it. The designs and legends on each face are as follows: Crown over shield with arms of England, E/R to either side, ['S'V…
Created on: Friday 21st April 2023
Last updated: Friday 19th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Redgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F627F8
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead medieval or post-medieval cloth seal. Only one disc now survives. A sub-cylindrical sprue projects from the centre of the reverse, which would have passed through a hole on another disc originally, securing them together. The outer face is decorated with unclear lettering surrounding a porcullis design in the centre.   Similar designs are found on a number of two-part late medieval and early post-medieval seals illustrated by Egan (1995, 175-6, fig.24&25) and suggest that it is probably an alnage or subsidy seal. Diameter: 22.79mm, thickness: 5.26mm, …
Created on: Wednesday 1st March 2023
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woolpit', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F610E3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead post-medieval or modern tag or button. The object is disc-shaped with a misshapen sprue projecting from the centre of the reverse and squashed against itself. A section of the disc is missing to one side. The outer face is decorated with the raised letters 'L//IONA/STAB' in three lines in the centre surrounded by unclear lettering around the outside. The style of lettering suggests a relatively modern date and the object may be some sort of button or more probably a trade or customs tag for commercial goods.  Diameter: 23.69mm, thickness: 6.39mm, weigh…
Created on: Wednesday 1st March 2023
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woolpit', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8F502F
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Six incomplete post-medieval lead cloth seals in variable condition. The style of lettering suggests 16th and 17th century dates. Monograms and initials on suggest that most are clothier, weaver or searcher's seals. 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 of a system of industrial regulation and quality control. In England seals of this type were current from at least the late fourteenth to the early nineteenth centur…
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Framlingham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-38B589
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval lead-alloy cloth seal dating to circa AD 1649-1660. The extant piece consists of one disc of a probable 4 disc alnage seal. One face bear the arms of the Commonwealth (shields of St George and harp for England and Ireland respectively). The other has a raised pellet in the centre. The tab for the seal is now survived by a short stub protruding from 12 o'clock of the front face.  Similar examples are recorded under: LVPL-13A655; LEIC-BD1E08 and  NMS-A1C53A Diameter: 14mm; Thickness: 1.6mm; Weight: 1.35g.
Created on: Monday 22nd August 2022
Last updated: Monday 22nd August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Harkstead', grid reference and parish protected.