Record ID: NMS-DFF770
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy gilt strap-end from scabbard belt or book clasp, of characteristic 14th-century design, of box-like construction. The part that contained the strap is rectangular with separate side strips before a box-like circular boss and broken transversely pierced terminal. On the reverse of the circular boss is a highly corroded protrusion. Tiny traces of gilding are visible, but the any detail is obscured by a layer of corrosion and dirt. These strap-ends are interpreted by Fingerlin (1971), p.111, nos.174-8) as scabbard belt-mounts, but have also been identified at book c…
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-C3D56B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of medieval silver, gilded finger ring. Slightly more than half of the hoop survives, the rear of the hoop missing with jagged breaks at either side. The ring is divided longitudinally from one broken edge to the other by a median rib to either side of which the outer face is concave. The sides are curved with each concave field engraved with longitudinal lines and short radiating dashes, possibly intended as a stylised leaf. A change of angle defines the edge of the bezel, with the median rib and a central transverse arris dividing the bezel into four rectangular fields each…
Created on: Tuesday 26th August 2014
Last updated: Friday 17th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Halvergate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-B88926
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy sword or dagger pommel of shortened, hollow 'scent-stopper' form (London Museum Medieval Catalogue, 1967, 43 and fig.9, no.11). Circular, with concave sides. The domed top is divided by six deep v-shaped notches radiating from the edge towards a central irregular hole for the (missing) tang, with six straight grooves defining the edge of each resulting foil. Diameter 36mm. Height 20mm. Similar to an example from Norfolk HER 35831 Tacolneston, Norfolk (Gurney, 2002, 161, fig.7D), and NMS-0C90A0 (Norfolk HER 56838). Second half of the 15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Last updated: Monday 19th January 2015
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Record ID: NMS-B74F61
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Papal bulla of Boniface IX (1389 - 1404). A reasonably well-preserved bulla which despite having some corrosion of the lead surface, still has enough of the original patina preserved to show the reading very clearly. The obverse reads BONI/FATIUS/•PP•VIIII. The reverse is of the normal design with the figures of SS Paul and Peter in pelleted aureoles with SPA SPE above, although the corrosion is slightly worse than on the obverse. Neither side is preserved well enough to enable any die flaws to be observed. Weight 43.206g. Diameter 37.5. Obverse sealed at 2° to the re…
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Last updated: Friday 15th August 2014
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Record ID: NMS-B24B0C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle and incomplete plate of thick sheet now broken across the start of the apertures separating the body and wings, folded widthways to form a short, rectangular back-plate, with a slot for the (missing) pin. Decoration comprises lines of very tight rocker-arm engraving resembling addorsed triangles. The frame is oval, with off-set, narrowed bar with exaggerated terminals and a notched li for the (missing) pin defined by a rib to either side. Frame 16.5 x 35mm. Plate at least 14 x 28mm. Several close parallels from Norfolk have been recorded: Barton Bendish…
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Last updated: Friday 15th August 2014
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Record ID: NMS-7FAD0D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle. Oval frame, with only the terminals of the off-set, narrowed bar surviving. The outside edge is formed from three lobes each decorated with two angled transverse ribs forming a chevron. Externally the lobes are slight, internally the edge is scalloped with four concave foils. Measuring 20 x 34mm. Broadly similar in style to double-looped frames in Egan and Pritchard (2002, 84, fig.51, no.345 and an example illustrated from the Museum of London collection), although this is certainly a single-looped example. Probably 14th - 15th century.
Created on: Monday 23rd June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 29th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-7F1646
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle. Frame oval internally with trapezoidal outside edge, off-set, narrowed bar, sheet pin. The outside edge of the frame is extended to form an elongated notch with small rounded knops to either side of the blunt terminal, with a bordering line of finely executed interrupted rocker-arm engraving giving the appearance of tiny addorsed dots around the edge of each half of the frame and at least one end of the bar. Rectangular plate, recessed for the frame, with a slot for the pin, folded widthways, with two large ball-headed rivets at the attachment edge. Th…
Created on: Monday 23rd June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2018
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Record ID: NMS-7E7E52
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle plate. Short, rectangular plate, recessed for the (missing) frame, slot for (missing) pin, folded widthways, the back-plate narrower than the front-plate, with two globular-headed rivets securing front-plate, back-plate and (missing) strap. The front-plate is gilded and engraved with an outer border of rocker-arm and an inner single line. One corner of the front and back-plates is missing. Measuring 14 x (reconstructed) 27mm. Circa late 12th - 14th century.
Created on: Monday 23rd June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 29th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-2C0900
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle or annular brooch. Plain, flat-sectioned annular frame without constriction for the sheet pin. External diameter 18mm. Internal diameter 11mm. Thickness 2mm. Length of pin 19mm. Circa 12th - 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 19th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 29th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-1A8CC2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle. Oval frame, off-set narrowed bar, pin missing. The surface is grey with file marks on the bar and is either white metal coated or has a high white metal content. There is a deep grooved casting flaw around part of the inside of the outside edge and a casting seam around most of the outside edge. Possibly unfinished. Measuring 14 x 15mm. 12th - 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 18th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 24th May 2018
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Record ID: NMS-1A3DF2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle. Oval frame, off-set narrowed bar, flat-sectioned outside edge decorated with two pairs of opposed spirals or scrolls. Rectangular plate folded widthways, recessed for the frame, slot for the sheet pin, the back-plate smaller than the front-plate with two rivets at the attachment edge. The plate is decorated with a lion passant guardant in low relief on a stippled ground. The surface is very corroded but gilding survives on the frame and plate. Late 12th - 13th century. Frame measuring 13 x 17mm. Plate 20 x 13mm. Combined length 30mm.
Created on: Wednesday 18th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 24th May 2018
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Record ID: NMS-DEB91E
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver, gilded belt mount in the form of a conical sexfoil with a slightly flared base and a hole in the apex. The edge of the base has been carefully shaped with a small notch in the centre of each foil with a convex edge to either side and a slightly projecting triangular point between each foil to either side of which the edge is slightly concave. The sides are divided into six vertical facets, each decorated with a median panel of gilded crosshatching which tapers towards the apex and forms a point which meets the notch in the centre of each edge at the base. Diameter …
Created on: Tuesday 3rd June 2014
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2016
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Record ID: NMS-C3580F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Medieval gold iconographic finger ring. The flat-sectioned hoop, now squashed, has zigzag edges and deep transverse grooves giving the impression of two flat bands twisted around each other, which meet the elongated hexagonal bezel without forming shoulders. The bezel is engraved within a single line border around a nimbed saint wearing a v-necked, belted robe with elbow length sleeves, one hand raised in blessing, the other holding a book or box on which sits the Lamb of God looking over its shoulder at a cross emerging from its back. No seals hang from the book. The sai…
Created on: Monday 2nd June 2014
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8A5B6D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of the hoop and shoulder of a medieval silver finger ring. Flat-sectioned, expanding smoothly from a break at the side of the hoop to a break probably at the change of angle for the shoulder or at the (missing) bezel. The outer face of the hoop is decorated with alternating angled lines of pellets and ribs, with engraved foliate decoration either side of the final line of pellets which change angle to form a median longitudinal rib forming the start of an originally bi-concave shoulder or bezel. There are slight traces of gilding on the outer face. Surviving length 15mm. Wi…
Created on: Friday 30th May 2014
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holme Hale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-5DF599
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy composite strap-end. Rectangular front and back-plates with single rivet at attachment edge, full width sheet spacer, with a small groove on each edge before the terminal which consists of an oval lobe followed by a lozengiform lobe with a second rivet before a trefoil knop at the end. Length 59mm. Width 11.5mm. Circa 14th - 15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-5CBF67
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead ampulla, rounded base, almost straight sides, the upper edge complete an crimped together, the surface worn and abraded with only very slight traces of possible decoration, now unintelligible, on one face. The stubs of the missing lugs survive on each side. Length 48mm. Width 25.5mm. Circa 1350 - 1539.
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-5BACD4
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of medieval knife consisting of a short section of extremely corroded iron whittle tang and copper alloy oval D-sectioned hilt band, flattened at one end and now split apart by the force of the corroding iron at the other. Width of band 7mm. Length circa 20mm. Width uncertain due to distortion. 12th - 15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Monday 13th July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-590CCA
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead pot mend, probably medieval or post-medieval. Oval on one face, irregular with no original edge on the other. The smaller face has the impression of course cloth on the surface. Measuring 23 x 30mm. Gap for missing pot 1mm.
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-5C704B
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Three short cross pennies found very close together; all are issues of Henry III without much evidence of wear (although two are badly struck). They are: Henry III, short cross penny class 7a, moneyer Elis of London, weight 1.43g, 1218-22 Henry III, short cross penny class 7b, moneyer Simund of Bury, weight 1.30g, 1222-36 Henry III, short cross penny class 7c, moneyer Nichole of uncertain mint, weight 1.15g, 1236-42 Date: The coins have seen little wear although the poor striking of two makes them appear to be more worn than they are. Short cross pennies cease to be used i…
Created on: Friday 16th May 2014
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spixworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-0DB9A5
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver, gilded pendent cross consisting of a central flat roundel with four oval-sectioned projecting arms each tapering slightly to a globular terminal decorated with multiple stamped annulets, now very worn. A large, transversely pierced suspension loop projects from the terminal of the upper arm. The central disc is decorated on both faces with an outer border of stamped anulets around an engraved AG on one face and LA on the other. The G is much smaller than the A. AGLA was a popular amuletic charm in the medieval period. The letters stand for "Ata gibor le'olam Adonai…
Created on: Monday 12th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
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