Record ID: NMS-1B88A3
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy composite horse harness pendant consisting of an elaborate quatrefoil outer frame with four arms, each projecting saltire-wise from the interstices of the quatrefoil and ending in a globular terminal. Broken suspension-loop at the apex of a vertical slotted projection transversley pierced with an iron pin and containing a separate swinging fleur-de-lis pendant. The pendant is corroded and covered with much iron corrosion. Measuring 32 x 45mm. See Griffiths (1986), no.18 and also related types in EAA 120, fig.5.93, SF 81 and SF609. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 18th December 2013
Last updated: Saturday 23rd April 2016
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Record ID: NMS-040E80
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy dagger guard. Sub-oval plate with one convex and cone pointed edge, a central rectangular slot for the (missing) tang, with a short oval-sectioned quillion expanding slightly to blunt terminals, at either end. There is a lozengiform-sectioned, crescent-shaped projection with a very worn and possibly broken terminal and traces of possible crosshatched decoration and the stub of a second on the pointed edge. Length 46mm. Maximum thickness (at terminal of quillion) 8mm. Tang slot 14 x 6mm. Very similar to two examples in Read (2001, 86, no.628 and 629. C. 15th century.
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Sunday 12th July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-03DD33
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Strap-end. An elaborate composite strap-end consisting of a front-plate, full-width sheet spacer, and an additional rectangular mount on the front face of the rectangular terminal knop decorated with radiating grooves. The front plate is broken at the attachment edge just above the terminal of the spacer. Two rivets survive, protruding slightly from the spacer. The upper part of the strap-end is rectangular, below which the edges of the plates are shaped and notched with two circular holes before the rectangular terminal. Surviving length 67mm. Width 15mm. For a less elaborate example…
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Thursday 19th December 2013
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Record ID: NMS-03BA27
Object type: NUT CRACKERS
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete nut crackers. Formed from two cast arms riveted together to pivot. At the pivot point the two arms are rectangular in section, tapering slightly towards either side. Just beyond the rivet both arms are broken. The rivet has a large separate domed rove on either side. The jaws of the tongs are turned 90 degrees to the plane of the riveted section and are in the form of two flat, oval animal heads which are both slightly hollow on the inner face. Each head has a mouth on the forward edge, two deep blind holes on the upper surface as eyes and moulded triangular ears to either …
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Thursday 19th December 2013
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Record ID: NMS-F3CCB7
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix, flat with median rib and pierced lug on reverse. Pointed oval, 44 x 27.5mm. Thickness 3mm (at lug 9mm). Weight 19.28g. Bishop facing left and holding a crozier, with a star above a fleur-de-lis in front and a sprig behind. The lug is considerably worn. + S' OFFICIALITATIS : HERFORDENSIS The literal translation is "Seal of the Herefordian Officiality" The Official (Officialis) was a legal officer of the Bishop, and his office was called the Officiality (Officialitas). 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 4th December 2013
Last updated: Monday 24th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-48B706
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Terminal from an incomplete medieval silver book clasp of Howsam type A.9.2. Box-like lozenge-shaped composite element formed from an front-plate, back-plate and separate sides, with four radiating engraved notches on the upper face, one in the centre of each edge, and four concave grooves, one across each corner. At one corner is a break and solder where the terminal would have been attached to the (missing) plates or socket for the strap, at the other there is a stylised animal-head terminal with pointed ears emphasised by notches on the sides and engraved dashes on the upper face (…
Created on: Tuesday 26th November 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2018
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Record ID: NMS-F737B3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle. Oval frame, off-set, narrowed bar, shallow notch for sheet pin with a transverse groove to either side. Rectangular plate tapering slightly towards attachment edge, recessed for frame, slot for pin, folded widthways, the much smaller back-plate secured by two rivets behind and to either side of the pin slot. Near the attachment edge are two more rivet holes through which a loop of fine wire has been wound with three and a half turns. The front-plate is decorated with a single line border around a foliate stem springing from the pin end, with two trefoil l…
Created on: Friday 22nd November 2013
Last updated: Thursday 28th April 2016
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Record ID: NMS-399617
Object type: BRASS
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval fragment of monumental brass. Broken across a black letter inscription, now indecipherable as only the upper part of four or five letters survives. One original edge angled towards the reverse, two long edges broken along deep cast grooves with a third groove surviving between which would have acted as keying to help secure the plate to a wall. Surviving dimensions 50 x 17.5mm. Thickness 3mm. Weight 16.2g. 14th - early 16th century.
Created on: Wednesday 13th November 2013
Last updated: Thursday 14th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burnham Norton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-20BF31
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Six coins, found in a very small area. All are sterling issues of Edward I and II, together with a sterling of Robert of Bethune. Given the fact that these coins were found so close together and are similar in date, it seems likely that they represent a purse loss at some stage in the third or fourth decade of the 14th century. Wear patterns are broadly consistent with this explanation. Edward I, penny, London, class 2a, North 1014, weight 1.18g, 1280 (no. 1) Edward I, penny, London, class 4b, North 1024, weight 0.95g, 1282-9 (no. 2) Edward I, penny, Canterbury, class 10cf3a,…
Created on: Tuesday 12th November 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 25th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Deopham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-A0C9D3
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant and suspension unit. Sheet suspension unit with rounded ends folded widthways across a slot to hold a copper alloy axis bar which passes through the transverse pierced suspension lug of the pendant. Hollow-backed, equal-armed cruciform pendant, each arm with a median arris and straight terminals, with a central perforation probably for a separate decorative rivet or stud, now missing. Very slight traces of gilding on the pendant. Pendant 37 x 26mm. Suspension unit 19 x 11mm. 12th century.
Created on: Wednesday 6th November 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2017
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Record ID: NMS-BF8406
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of medieval silver finger ring. Only the bezel survives, narrowing from the centre to the breaks at either side. Engraved with clasped hands with traces of gilding on the outer face, and slight traces at the edge of the inner face. Original external diameter (estimated) 15mm. Width 7.5mm. Weight 0.7g. Late medieval, 1300 - 1500.
Created on: Monday 14th October 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 4th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roudham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-32AF17
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver finger ring. Very slender D-sectioned band expanding only slightly before narrow transverse ribs forming shoulders either side of a collet retaining a cabochon, probably amethyst or perhaps glass. Faint traces of gilding around the shoulders and bezel. Height 23mm. Width 21mm. Internal width 18mm. Weight 0.9g. For similar examples see KENT-56F957 and NMS-F2F921. c. 13th century.
Created on: Friday 13th September 2013
Last updated: Thursday 30th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Postwick with Witton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-31D763
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver pin from brooch or buckle. Cast, oval-sectioned, the point now bent over and recessed on the reverse for the (missing) frame, collar covered with multiple overlapping stamped annulets before loop. Length 22mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Friday 13th September 2013
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stradsett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2F65A0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of late medieval or post-medieval silver finger ring, broken at both ends and partially straightened, with traces of pale gilding surviving on one face, probably the internal face. Inscribed ]*GOD * IS * A[ on probably the internal face, and ]T E * I * H O[ on the probably external face, which is worn and damaged with multiple scratch marks. An English inscription in roman capitals suggests a 16th or 17th century date. Width of band 5.5mm. Thickness 1.5mm. Weight 1.8g.
Created on: Friday 13th September 2013
Last updated: Monday 20th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lingwood and Burlingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2F0775
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold finger ring. Flat-sectioned band inscribed externally in black letter: + tut * dys * en * ioye The cross may mark the start of the inscription, with an eight petalled flower or star separating the other words. There is no trace of enamel or niello surviving. External diameter 19mm. Internal diameter 18mm. Width of band 5mm. Weight 2.8g. For similar rings with engraved stars, flowers or sunbursts and black letter inscription see WAW-70FD41, DUR-FA3454, LANCUM-082840, and also ESS-FA2D57 which has a possibly similar internal inscription. Late 14th - 15th cen…
Created on: Friday 13th September 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Foxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F37E23
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a medieval buckle of unusual form. Copper alloy sheet cut and bent to form two parallel sides and outside edge. The sides, one of which is incomplete and both of which are now bent flat to the back of the buckle, were pierced twice to hold two (missing) bars, iron corrosion from which surrounds one of the surviving holes. The extremely elongated outside edge of the buckle is curved, and bent to form two hollow-backed longitudinal ribs, with a deep central notch at the end. The plate is decorated with a median longitudunal line and multple angled lines forming staggared chevro…
Created on: Tuesday 10th September 2013
Last updated: Friday 13th June 2014
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Record ID: NMS-F2B867
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy composite strap-end. Rectangular, back-plate broken accross single rivet hole at attachment edge, openwork sheet spacer with bevelled edges either side of rectangular aperture with trefoil terminal and longitudinal groove on the reverse through rivet hole at attachment edge. Lower half of front-plate only survives broken accross trefoil terminal of central aperture. There is a second rivet through all three plates, before a concave notch on either side before a transverse break. Lower terminal missing. File marks and traces of solder on the exposed front face of …
Created on: Tuesday 10th September 2013
Last updated: Friday 13th June 2014
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Record ID: NMS-F25726
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle plate. Front-plate only from composite buckle, rectangular, with rivet in each corner at attachment edge, tapering slightly to straight inner edge. No slot or hole for pin, not recessed for a frame. Decorated with an engraved rocker-arm line along each long edge with three rocker-arm X's forming a zig-zag, with a short line of rocker-arm in the centre of each resulting lezengiform and triangular field. File marks on the reverse and possible traces of solder. Length 48mm. Width 23mm. 13th - 15th century. Find B.
Created on: Tuesday 10th September 2013
Last updated: Friday 13th June 2014
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Record ID: NMS-E00DA6
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead ampulla, bent, lugs squashed against sides. On one face a scallop shell of Spencer's (1971 and 1990) Type II, and on the other a crowned reversed S. The latter device may possibly be for Our Lady of Sudbury, a minor cult (Spencer 1971, 64). Height 54mm. Width 27mm. 14th-early 16th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 7th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Watton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DF9D95
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix, flat with rib ending in pierced lug on reverse. Octagonal, width 20mm. Lion passant on an octofoil in relief. LEO RVGIENS QVERIT QVE D'VO'ET (the roaring lion seeks someone to eat, an abbreviated version of the Vulgate version of the first letter of St Peter, Chapter 5 verse 8: tamquam leo rugiens circuit quaerens quem devoret meaning 'as a roaring lion goes about seeking whom he may devour'). 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2013
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