Record ID: SOM-9B71CC
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post-Medieval lead cloth seal of the Norwich Weavers Company, from the late 17th century. The surviving part consists of two complete discs with an integral flat tab extending from, threading through a slot on the second and then being folded over to hold them together. A connecting strip projects from both discs and is folded over. Disc 1, the un-pierced disc, is circular in plan and stamped leaving the raised inscription [WOR//S]TE // REFOR//MED (Worsted Reformed) . The tab is integral to disc one, triangular shaped and pierces disc two. Disc 2 is also circular in p…
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilminster CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9B48ED
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post-Medieval lead cloth seal, probably dating to c. AD 1500 to 1700. The surviving part consists of two complete discs with an integral rivet attached to the first and piercing and then being squashed over the second. A connecting strip projects from both discs and is folded and then bent so it is perpendicular to the two discs. Disc 1, the un-pierced disc is circular in plan and stamped leaving a sub-oval depression, that may have intended to have a raised border now mostly faded within which is the raised number "7". The rivet is integral to disc one and pierces disc …
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilminster CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9B0E8E
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval lead cloth seal dating to the period c. AD 1500-1700. The surviving fragment consists a single disc (disc 1) of a two- or four-part cloth seal, with a smaller integral rivet projecting from the reverse that has been stamped flat The main disc is flat and would have been circular in form although it is now chipped along half of its diameter such that it is less regular in shape. The outside surface of this disc is flat and plain. Its reverse has the remains of an integral rivet which has been stamped flat. The squashed diameter of this rivet is 9.9mm. On …
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilminster CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-832FFE
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead cloth seal dating to the period c. AD 1500 - 1700. The cloth seal consists of the remains of two circular discs joined together by a connecting strip and a rivet that was pushed through the hole in one disc from the other disc and stamped flat. The pierced disc and the rivet squashed over it have a stamped design on them. This has the initials A P divided by a vertical lines running down the seal. This vertical line is part of a privy mark made of a continuous lines that first runs transversely near the top of the seal before curving down and upwards over itsel…
Created on: Wednesday 24th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 25th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Bagborough CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6D0E22
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval lead cloth seal, probably dating to c. AD 1500 to 1800. The surviving part consists of two complete discs with an integral attached to the first and piercing and then being squashed over the second. A connecting strip projects from both discs and is folded. Disc 1, the un-pierced disc is sub-circular in plan and stamped leaving raised letters "X" followed by "III" placed underneath the letter X on its surface. The rivet is integral to disc one and pierces disc two. It is otherwise plain. Disc 2 is also dub-circular in plan and a similar but not identi…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shepton Beauchamp', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6CCD1D
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval lead cloth seal of of Augsburg, Germany, dating to the period c. AD 1500-1650. The surviving fragment consists a single disc (disc 1) of a two- or four-part cloth seal, with an integral rivet projecting from the reverse. A small part at the edge of the disc is folded over and this may be a remnant of the connecting strip (or of disc 2 in the case of a four-part seal). The disc is stamped with a design featuring a large letter A in relief in the centre, with prominent serifs, a flat top and a slight v-shaped cross-bar. There is a small circle above the A,…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barrington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A582FC
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-medieval two-part lead cloth seal. The cloth seal survives as two circular discs held together by an integral rivet attached to one disc that pierces the second and then is squashed. The second disc is plain but the first is impressed with the Tudor Arms of England (being a quartered shield with three lis in the upper left and bottom right quarters and three lions passant guardant in the remaining two quarters). Part of this is abraded such that the bottom right quarter is no clear. The seal is a mid cream colour and has quite chipped edges. The cloth seal is …
Created on: Wednesday 19th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 27th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Stour CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A461E8
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead cloth seal dating to the period c. AD 1500 - 1800. The cloth seal consists of the remains of two circular discs joined together by a connecting strip and a rivet that was pushed through the hole in one disc from the other disc and stamped flat. One disc has a stamped incuse initial M at the base. The other disc has a merchants mark formed of a vertical line topped with a 4 or cross with a curved right arm and longer left arm that curls under at the end into a circle, possibly a stylised T. The base has a horizontal line ending in a P at the left and a D at the rig…
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lydford-on-Fosse', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A3D00C
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead cloth seal dating to the period c. AD 1500 - 1800. The cloth seal consists of the remains of two circular discs joined together by a connecting strip and a rivet that was pushed through the hole in one disc from the other disc and stamped flat. One disc has the initials E.I. stamped( incuse) across the centre. The other disc has a raised merchant mark. The mark has a design of an anchor with the initials C B flanking and conjoined with the shank with has a seriffed cross bar, suggesting a T, below the plain cross bar of the anchor, above which is a ring (annulet).…
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lydford-on-Fosse', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4F93E4
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-medieval lead four-part cloth alnage seal, probably dating to c. 1550-1724. Only one of the inner discs survives with a tab to connect it to another disk and an abraded break on the opposite edge. It is now bent. On a portcullis design has been stamped, with a 3 above, all within a pellet border. The seal has a diameter of 16.4mm, is 1.2mm thick (ignoring the bend) and weighs 2.29g. Egan (1994: 9) notes that the portcullis was "the main design for alnage seals in the late Tudor period... and continued in use into the early seventeenth century", however the design does app…
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2019
Last updated: Friday 17th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4B013F
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval lead cloth seal, probably dating to c. AD 1500 to 1800. The surviving part consists of one complete disc with its integral rivet and part of the connecting strip now broken at the end. The rivet is stamped with a partial raised privy or merchant's mark, with a central longitudinal line flanked on its right by the letter G and on the left by another symbol. Below the line are the tops of a design possibly the remains of a pair of Xs. The remainder of the mark has been lost with the second, ring shaped, disc. Disc 2 is stamped with the incuse initials N…
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2019
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Compton Bishop', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4BA1E8
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a Medieval to Post Medieval lead cloth seal, probably dating to between cAD1400 - 1650. Only one disc and part of the connecting strip survives. The pattern of numerous crossed lines on the front of the disc is too unclear to identify. A pattern from the cloth remains on the back. The piece measures 16.29mm in diameter and weighs 2.42g.
Created on: Tuesday 8th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Henstridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7BC837
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Post Medieval lead-alloy Somerset alnage cloth seal. Only part of one of the inner pair of four discs survives with part of the joining tab to one side. The other disc in the inner pair, and the outer pair with their peg and hole for attaching the seal to cloth are missing. The surviving disk is stamped with an unclear central design, probably an S or a 5, encircled by the legend 'SO[ME]RSET' within an outer bead border. The piece is 13.1mm across including the tab by 11.0mm wide and 0.8mm thick, it weighs 0.69 grams. Similar cloth seals bearing county names are known …
Created on: Monday 17th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 31st December 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-D42AA2
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a lead Post Medieval tubular cloth or bag seal or possibly knife handle, probably dating from AD1500 to 1700. The piece is now squashed flat with only a sort length surviving, one end may be complete or just worn straight, the other has a worn and patinated break. It widens towards the definitely broken end before the edge starts to curve in again just before the break, but that could be a distortion caused by squashing/ stamping. On one face is an inscription in Roman capitals, possibly [...]GANE[...] with a beaded border below and possibly above. The edge is worn and p…
Created on: Tuesday 27th November 2018
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9C7FB0
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval lead two disc cloth seal, from the Norwich Weavers' Company, dating to the second half of the seventeenth century. The seal consists of two discs a front one that is inscribed and a rear one that is plain. These would have been linked by a tab but which has been broken and is now folded down onto the rear disc. A projection on the back of front disc would have been pushed through the other and bent flat, holding them together but this structure has come apart leaving the flattened projection on the back of the front disc. The rear disc has a central hole fo…
Created on: Friday 19th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke sub Hamdon CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2C9E7A
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval lead cloth alnage seal, probably dating to c. 1525-1610. It comprises discs 1 and 2 of a probably two-part seal together with the connecting strip. Disc 1 is plain and smooth on the outer face and had a rivet which projects though the rings shaped disc 2. Disc 2 is stamped with a depiction of a crowned portcullis flanked by chains, within a semi-legible inscription that possibly contains: [...]VG[...].AE[...]; an oval mark shows where the rivet came though the hole in this disc and was squashed flat when stamped. The seal is almost circular in shape but bent trans…
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2018
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitelackington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2C8FDF
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval lead cloth alnage seal, probably dating to c. 1525-1610 but possibly as late as 1724 (see below). It comprises discs 1 and 2 of a two-part seal together with the connecting strip. Disc-1 is plain but a raised semi-circular area can be seen, probably corresponding to the head of the rivet that would have protruded from the other side. Disc-2 is stamped with a depiction of a crowned portcullis, possibly chained, within an illegible inscription; an irregular sub-oval mark shows where the rivet was squashed flat when stamped. The seal is oval in shape and measures 22.…
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2018
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitelackington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9BB3AD
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval lead cloth seal, probably dating to c. AD 1500 to 1800. The surviving part consists of two complete discs conneted by a connecting strip now broken at the end and an integral rivet projecting from the reverse of disc 2. Disc 1 is smaller and stamped with an unclear design, probably a crown over portcullis. Disc 2 is stamped with a crown surmonting an unclear feature, surrounded on one side by a letter, probably a S or a R. The cloth seal measures 16.0 mm in length, 12.6 mm in width, 4.6 mm in thickness and weighs 3.57 g. Cloth seals were in use betwee…
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 2nd August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-7D5A82
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Post-Medieval lead cloth seal, probably dating from the 17th century. The fragment consists of approximately 25-30 per cent of two discs pressed together. It has worn breaks almost all the way around it's edge. About 10 per cent of the edge is not broken and is part of the original edge of the seal. On one side, in the centre, some numbers have been stamped. probably 10 with the O partly lost. These are surrounded by two concentric circles with a legend in between. The surviving fragment of the legend reads (T)AVN(T). The other side is stamped with a design that fea…
Created on: Thursday 1st March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
Spatial data recorded.