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Record ID: SOM-D38CAC
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a Medieval to Post Medieval lead cloth seal dating to between cAD1300 to 1700. Only the central rivet of the seal remains with a small part of the back plate it was cast integrally to. The front is stamped with a fleur de lis, the back is plain. It measures 12.99mm in length, 9.70mm in width, 3.88mm in thickness and weighs 2.32g.
Due to the limited amount of the design visible, close dating is not possible.
Created on: Tuesday 26th November 2019
Last updated: Friday 6th December 2019
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This findspot is known as 'Lindridge', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-61B2CC
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval or Post Medieval lead cloth seal, probably dating to c. AD 1400-1714. Disc 1 of a 2- or 4-part seal. The surviving fragment comprises of a flat disc of lead with an integral rivet projecting from the reverse. The front of the disc is stamped with a crowned F flanked by fleur-de-lis, all in low relief.
Dimensions: diameter 17.3mm; thickness 7.2mm; weight 2.48g.
With so little of the design surviving any specific identification must be slightly tentative, however very similar seals for faulty cloths are published by Egan (1987: nos. 110-111), suggested to da…
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2018
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Record ID: SOM-BB5262
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead-alloy cloth seal. Complete two part seal consisting of two discs joined by a connecting strip and also the integral rivet from one disc which has gone through the hole in the centre of the other disc and, unusually, not stamped flat. On the disc with integral rivet is stamped a crowned ornate six or eight sided shield with the royal arms flanked by five petalled 'tudor' roses and surrounded by a line border. It would have been surrounded by a legend but this has gone off the edge. The other face, with the hole and rivet, is plain. The seal measures 25.3mm in dia…
Created on: Thursday 22nd December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd January 2017
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: SOM-37AA16
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead alloy two disc type alnage cloth seal. Only part of one disc remains with the central rivet which would have attached it to the other disc. The edges of the disc, with most of the connecting strip, have also broken away. The complete disc is plain or possibly very worn. The end of the rivet shows part of the stamped design of the royal arms. It is now 17.3mm by 17.2mm and 3.3mm thick and it weighs 3.06 grams.
Cloth seals bearing a the royal arms were used to show the piece had paid the appropriate taxes (alnage). Without more detail of the design it is hard to d…
Created on: Tuesday 18th February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 20th February 2014
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This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-2AB154
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval or Post Medieval lead cloth seal, of two disk type. Both discs survive, along with the projecting attachment tab and connecting strip. The front has a raised design of a crowned shield of Englandflanked by small roses within a pellet border and surrounded by a legend. The legend is mostly stamped off the seal and worn, only [...]SEM[...] can be read. The reverse has a design of a crowned rose within a pellet border and similarly the legend is mostly mis-stamped. It reads [...]I(A)[...]S+(D)E[...]. It is 24.1mm by 22.1mm and 4.6mm thick; it weighs 8.32g.
The seal would …
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 14th March 2012
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Stogumber', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-117977
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or Post Medieval lead alloy cloth seal. Fragment of a two or four part seal consisting of the ring shaped front disk with a central hole. The central plug, back disk and connecting strips are missing. The front is stamped with a design that may be a bust or thistle flanked by crescents and small salrires within a pellet border. The reverse is plain with no impression of the cloth. It measures 20.5mm in diameter and 1.8mm thick. It weighs 2.4g.
The design is unclear and might be Medieval or post medieval in style.
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 17th February 2012
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This findspot is known as 'carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-9C1687
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval to post-medieval lead cloth seal, possibly Dutch. Figure 1 on one side and letters I and B on the other.
Created on: Thursday 1st November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Corfe Castle', grid reference and parish protected.
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