Record ID: NLM-AA844F
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal. A pair of cast discs, one smaller than the other, linked by a short stalk and pressed together. A small annular mark and numerals 2 4 appear on one side of the larger disc. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1700 Diameter: 23.2mm, Thickness (overall): 4.1mm, Weight: 6.89gms
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winteringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-23A82D
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal; source record suggests 'bale seal'. Circular half of a bale seal, lettering. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1700 Length: 20.8mm, Width: 17.6mm, Thickness: 3.10mm, Weight: 3.07gms
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-106B79
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal fragment. A single cast disc with a projecting tab flattened against its back. A device apparently comprising a crown above a five-branched star superimposed over a V appears on the display side. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1650 Diameter: 18.3mm, Thickness (clear of tab): 1.4mm, Weight: 3.33gms
Created on: Tuesday 31st October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 31st October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-BE9B68
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal. A pair of flat thin [0.8mm] discs linked by a narrow stalk and clamped together, with a projecting moulded tab threaded through a central hole in one of the discs. The tab bears a motif resembling a Masonic set-square flanked by initials: I[?]  L. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1650 Width: 20.4mm, Height: 16.1mm, Thickness (overall): 4mm, Weight: 3.98gms
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-8406D8
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal fragment, as kindly identified by the finder. A small cast disc and a short straight-sided integral tab, bearing the images of two lions left and a partial date below them [-]636. Patinated. The finder kindly identifies this as an alnage seal from the West Country dated to 1636-1637, citing Bag Seal Gallery CS [cloth seal] 00302. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1636-1637. Length: 15.6mm, Diameter/Width: 10.2mm, Thickness: 1.5mm, Weight: 0.90gms
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 13th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barton upon Humber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-5FDFB8
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead probable cloth seal fragment. A small cast disc with a narrow lug which probably connected it to a counterpart, now lost. One side bears a stamped figurative motif which resembles a harp, and may hint at goods of Irish origin. Patinated. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1800 Length: 16.1mm, Width: 12.9mm, Thickness: 1.4mm, Weight: 1.61gms
Created on: Monday 5th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 5th September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winteringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-8EC321
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal. A small cast pair of discs, probably linked by a strip passing through one of them. The other bears an incomplete stamped arc of pellets and a monogram letter or merchant’s mark with an annulet beside it. Patinated. Royer Michel kindly comments as follows: '..this is a textile seal lead from the city of Augsburg. Letter "A" on obverse and pine cone on reverse (city coat of arms)'.Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1700 Diameter (long axis): 12.6mm, Thickness (overall): 2.8mm, Weight: 2.06gms
Created on: Monday 9th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-22DA5E
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal fragment. Cast oval disc with a stamped heraldic shield charged with a chevron bearing [?]three mullets or crosses, with two crowns, hearts or skulls above and one below, and lettering [--]/M[--]/ TER along the three sides of the shield. A narrow continuation on one side is broken. A linear pattern on the back is probably a print of the textile sealed with this object. Paul Cannon kindly comments as follows: 'Can I suggest that the coat of arms consist of three leopards’ heads, holding a weaving shuttle in each mouth. On the chevron are three mullets. These are the m…
Created on: Tuesday 8th February 2022
Last updated: Monday 28th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Epworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-A293CB
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal. A pair of cast discs linked by a narrow strip; a lug projects from the back of one disc through a central hole in the other. Indistinct traces of a motif appear on one side. Patinated. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1725 Length: 21.5mm, Diameter: 14.9mm, Thickness (overall): 2.1mm, Weight: 3.94gms
Created on: Monday 14th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 15th February 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-E71F96
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal. A pair of cast discs with a lug passing from the back of one through a hole in the other. An indistinct capital letter appears in the middle on one side. Patinated. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1700 Diameter: 22mm, Thickness (overall): 3.2mm, Weight: 9.32gms
Created on: Friday 12th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 15th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-D42CCD
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead possible cloth seal fragment. A scrap of lead, possibly the conjoined fragments of two discs, of thickness 0.7mm and 2mm. The thinner is plain, the other bears the letter B in post-medieval style, possibly next to a tree. Patinated. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1750 Height: 13.3mm, Width: 15.5mm, Thickness (overall): 4.1mm, Weight: 3.63gms
Created on: Monday 18th October 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haxey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-5E47F2
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal. A pair of small cast discs with bevelled edges clamped together, with a flattened stalk appearing on one side, probably threaded through the hole as a projection from the other disc. A stamped motif on the other disc resembles a cat running left past two upright bars. Patinated. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1750 Diameter: 14.8mm, Thickness: 2.9mm, Weight: 4.27gms
Created on: Monday 6th September 2021
Last updated: Monday 6th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bainton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-35F098
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal fragment. Cast disc with compressed tab on its back; probably a searcher’s seal. The display side bears a column next to a complex angular monogram or privy mark. Patinated with one edge folded back; fine diagonal lines on the back may be from the fabric the seal was attached to. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1700 Diameter: 19.6mm, Thickness: 2.9mm, Weight: 3.22gms
Created on: Monday 23rd August 2021
Last updated: Monday 23rd August 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-E553C3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal. Small pair of discs with a narrow [3.3mm] strip linking them, and with a stud passing ?from the back of one through the middle of the other?. The side with the stud bears a schematic portcullis, a motif which appears on some Norwich seals. The other side bears an indistinct motif, possibly a small figure before a tall cross with another vertical element between them. Patinated. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1555-1650 Diameter: 13.4mm, Thickness (overall, but clear of stud): 2.3mm, Weight: 2.66gms
Created on: Thursday 19th August 2021
Last updated: Monday 23rd August 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-E5495E
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal. Three linked discs: two larger [diameter 19.3mm] and bearing no discernible notation, with a narrow [2.7mm] strip linking them; the third smaller [diameter 14mm] in front of these with a letter R or N rendered in angular style. Patinated. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800 Diameter: 19.4mm, Width: 26.5mm, Thickness (overall): 2.7mm, Weight: 5.44gms
Created on: Thursday 19th August 2021
Last updated: Monday 23rd August 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-E53DB8
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal. Three small [diameter 12.7mm] linked discs clamped together with a projecting tab formed by the sharp folding of a strip linking the dics. The two more complete discs bear no discernible notation, but the partially surviving third disc bears a legend over two lines: YOR[K] /[---] RE, possibly to read either Yorkshire, or York with a different word below. Patinated. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1555-1700 Length: 18.8mm, Width: 17.2mm, Thickness (overall): 4.0mm, Weight: 5.22gms
Created on: Thursday 19th August 2021
Last updated: Monday 23rd August 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-E5305C
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal fragment. Part of one disc [of an originally linked series of three], probably from London. An heraldic shield is charged with a plain cross of St George with an upright dagger in the top left quarter. A partial legend: CIVITAT [--] appears on the right side within a pelleted border. The legend recurs on cloth seal SOM-170440. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1555-1700 Diameter: 16.6mm, Thickness: 0.5mm, Weight: 1.37gms
Created on: Thursday 19th August 2021
Last updated: Monday 23rd August 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-E526EA
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal. A pair of discs, one larger and one smaller, clenched together with a flat narrow [4.8mm] strip projecting from the smaller disc, and with a similar strip passed through a hole in its centre. The larger disc bears stamped numbers: 17 ½ / 32 in lettering of probably 18th-century style. Patinated. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800 Diameter: 23.6mm, Thickness (overall): 5.5mm, Weight: 11.45gms
Created on: Thursday 19th August 2021
Last updated: Monday 23rd August 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-808CA2
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal, as kindly identified by the finder. A pair of flat discs joined by a sprue, clamped together. One side bears the stamped letter W set centrally. The other bears a Calvary flanked by the letters C I. Probably a searchers or alnage seal, the inscription may suggest of the reign of Charles I (1625-1649). Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1625-1649. Diameter: 18.0mm, Thickness: 2.8mm, Weight: 7.61gms
Created on: Wednesday 21st July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 21st July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Lincoln', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-794EED
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead possible cloth seal. Cast pair of discs, one with an octagonal central aperture, pressed together with a tidy rounded edge. There is a possibly stamped device, now indistinct, visible within the aperture. Patinated overall. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1750. Diameter: 25.6mm, Thickness: 5.6mm, Weight: 19.04gms.
Created on: Monday 3rd November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 9th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pilham', grid reference and parish protected.