Record ID: SUSS-FE5D31
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn lead alloy discoidal object with circular band, possibly a Medieval or Post Medieval cloth or related seal. The seal itself is discoidal with completely broken and misshapen circumference; it is possible this was originally circular in plan. There seems to be a gap between two symmetrical discs, suggesting perhaps that another element may have passed through this element, such as a chord. The circular band is broken on one end, where it would have connected to the disc; it is generally flat in cross-section with a raised ridge on both inner and outer circumferential edge…
Created on: Sunday 11th November 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Angmering CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-05F012
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a lead two-disc cloth seal of Post-Medieval date. It consists of two discs linked by a twisted connecting strip. One disc is plain, with a diameter of 16.63mm, and the other is 17.48mm in diameter, with a roughly circular lead rivet pushed through the centre. There is a rectangular panel with criss-cross pattern between the connecting strip and the rivet. The cloth seal weighs 7.02g
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Cornard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-06C4E2
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cloth seal; very thin, circular, lead seal with torn section at the top where the back half has broken away. Seal has a raised oval section with the initials "I B" and a delicate twisted knot design between and around the letters. The reverse has some letters scratched rather crudely into its surface. The inscription is not clear, but may read 'et 9' above a horizontal line to the right of the seal. The style of lettering and design would seem to date this to the late 16th or 17th century. Diameter 21.36mm, thickness 2.96mm, weight 4.32g
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-1BB217
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cloth seal of Post-Medieval, seventeenth century date (AD 1600 - AD 1700). Diameter 27.0mm and 2.6mm thick. Weight 5.06g. This two-disc seal is of a type associated with imports from Haarlem in the Netherlands of a fine linen known in England as 'holland'. The seal has been deliberately cut in half and has a clean smooth break. Disc 1, 27.0mm in diameter. Moulded shield with arms? at centre? Surrounded by inscription [HAE]RLEMS [GOET] ('goods from Haarlem'), also moulded. Disc 2 (formed by rivet head), 15.5mm in diameter. Moulded numeral 19 1/2 contained within a beaded …
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 30th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-46E5A5
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible lead cloth seal. Damaged flat disc, probably originally circular. Raised circular central area with impression of a ship (like that on medieval gold nobles). The reverse is undecorated. Length (probably not quite diameter) 16.16mm, width 12.56mm, thickness across centre 3.45mm, thickness across edge c.1.2mm, weight 2.63g
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kings Newton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2DB251
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late 18th century Russian lead seal, stamped 1789.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milnthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-55C515
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead cloth seal, fragment of at least three conjoined saltires bisected by a horizontal line within a fragment of a pelleted border.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Postwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-5677A5
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post medieval lead two-part cloth seal, unidentified continental import. D.18.1x14.4mm//missing; casting seam and textile impression on reverse; weighs 2.75g. Draped figure facing within pellet border, holding sword. A ?feather extends from the neck to each side of the head// (on rivet) part of (?heraldic convention for fur) Geoff Egan comments: It may possibly be St Pol in France (cf. Egan 1994, British Museum Occasional Paper 93, Lead Cloth Seals and Related Items in the British Museum, no.304) where the heraldic convention for fur may perhaps be what is represen…
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-5757E1
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead cloth seal, crowned rose between [?] R // fragment of possible castle (perhaps part of the arms of Norwich)
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Postwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-B20737
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete stamped lead alnage cloth seal of Charles II (1660-1685), consisting of two sub-circular discs joined by a folded connecting strip. The obverse face bears the image in relief of the bust of Charles II facing right. On the reverse is the image of a crowned thistle with the letter 'I' in the left field, but nothing to the right where the duty in pence is normally represented. The images on both sides are contained within a circular border of incuse rays. There also appears to be part of a border of stamped beading around the rays on the obverse, but parts of the edges are miss…
Created on: Monday 28th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-D885C3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a four-part cloth seal. The seal bears a right-facing bust of George I and the legend FIDE[I] DEFEN.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-B3D8F2
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a Medieval - Post Medieval lead alloy fragment of a cloth seal, dating late 14th - 19th century. This is probably part of a four part cloth seal with two discs connected by a short rectangular tab. One of the discs has the remains of an illegible inscription or pattern. There are either radiating lines forming a border around the edge of the disc or it is an inscription. The central pattern is illegible. The other surviving disc is much smaller with the remains of a central perforation; it is incomplete. Dimensions: length: 28.36mm; thickness: 1.64mm; diameter: 17.56mm;…
Created on: Thursday 9th May 2013
Last updated: Monday 13th May 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-437C70
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One complete inner lead disc of a post-medieval four part cloth seal. These seals were cast as plain and then later stamped with the chosen design. This disc is plain on the reverse whilst the front carries the 'Charles II type head' with the inscription OF ENG LAND around the portrait, the border is decorated with a circle of beading. This particular seal probably dates to the reign of James II (1685-1688). This disc has been pierced directly above the portrait and was possibly used as a pendant or label after its initial use as a seal.
Created on: Monday 4th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-52F0F0
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged and corroded lead cloth seal of probable 16th to 18th century AD date. The object consists of two sub-oval discs which are joined by a folded connecting strip. One of the discs is stamped with the inscription 'FD' over '24' (probably). The other disc is blank. The seal measures 30.1mm long, 16.3mm wide and 3.5mm thick. The weight is 6.28g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hertfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-53A4A2
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead cloth seal of 18th century AD date. The presence of a bust of queen Anne provides a terminus post quem for this seal; however, such seals were often produced and used after the reign of the depicted monarch. The disc consists of two sub-circular seals which are joined at both ends by folded connecting strips. One side bears the relief design of the left-facing head of queen Anne. The inscription 'MAG BRI-T ANN[E]' runs clockwise around the head. On the other disc is a left-facing lion gardant within a beaded border. The number '1' is stamped in the bottom left hand corner and…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hertfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-7DB025
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded lead cloth seal of probable 16th to 18th century date. The object consists of two sub-circular discs which are joined by a folded connecting strip. One surface has a relief design depicting a quadruped (possibly a unicorn) facing left; this design sits within a ropework border. There is no remaining detail on the other disc. The artefact measures 32.8mm long, 22mm wide and 3.9mm thick. The weight is 11.37g.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dunstable', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-E7F025
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead seal with the bust of Queen Anne facing to the left, and the letters MAG BRI[T ANNE] around the outside. Part of a four-disc seal from the series featuring a monarch's head. It wass comprised of four discs in two conjoined pairs, joined in the centre with a rectangular tab of which only two disks survive, back to back. The disk back to back with the one with a bust also has an unclear design. It measures 15.96 mm in diameter, 1.38 mm thick and weighs 1.47g. Egan (1994, 60) states, the relief designs on these alnage seals (seals that show tax has been paid) a…
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2007
Last updated: Saturday 20th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tiverton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-F9EAB2
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval lead alloy cloth seal (17th century). This is a two disc seal with an interconnecting strip. On the first disc is a privy mark and the initials “WA”, probably a clothier or weaver. Any mark on the second disc is illegible. Identification and dating by Tony Pilson and Ian Smith based on foreshore context.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'City of London', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-427004
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly corroded and squashed cast lead-alloy probable cloth (alnage) seal of post-medieval date (c. 17th century AD). The object is sub-oval in form, with one flattened side where it has been squashed. It appears to consist of a main disc which has a rim on the reverse as with a cap. At the centre of the reverse, within the rim, are the sub-oval ?remains of a ?second element. At the centre of both faces is a stamped device. On the upper surface is an elaborate shield shaped cartouche in low relief within a circular line border. Stamped within the cartouche is a capital letter …
Created on: Wednesday 6th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tisbury CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-1594E2
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead cloth seal. The seal is a clothiers personal seal and comprises two flat circular discs connected by an integral stem. The obverse is decorated with lettering reading: - // TO/-S-/-M-. The seal is similar to No 224, Fig 31 in Egan 1994.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Threekingham', grid reference and parish protected.