Record ID: NMS-090A85
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon lead nummular brooch, cast pattern in relief on face, unusual arrangement for attachment on reverse comprising opposed twin lugs on outside edges with transverse perforations linked by groove with raised sides, diameter 41mm. Pattern derived from penny of Cnut (pointed helmet type), North no.787, pl.13, 1024-30. There is no other English coin with this design.
Created on: Friday 4th June 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Felixstowe', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-161F93
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval toy. Two dimensional cast lead horses head, broken across the neck, with details of bridle, reins and mane on both sides. The neck and head are stretched perhaps indicating the horse was depicted in full gallop. For very similar possibly 16th century two dimesional lead horses, and 16th - 18th century two dimensional lead coaches see Forsyth and Egan (2005, 320 - 322, no.10.7, 10.8 - 10.13 and ).
Created on: Tuesday 25th March 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 30th June 2021
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Record ID: NMS-146893
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four lead balls. Diameter: 19, 13, 10 and 9mm.
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2013
Last updated: Thursday 18th June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-15C283
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four disc lead cloth seal. Blank or illegible // ..]F COMMON W[... around Arms of the Commonwealth // Portcullis surrounded by illegible text // blank. Diameter of discs 15mm. Length 31mm. 1649 - 60.
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2013
Last updated: Thursday 18th June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-7FAE53
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead cloth seal fragment. Blank // fragment of indecipherable letter, perhaps a reversed R, and therefore perhaps from a Russian seal. Diameter 20mm. Surviving fragment of second disc 10 x 13mm.
Created on: Thursday 16th January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 7th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Taverham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-84A972
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix, flat, pointed oval, 37mm x 24mm with (squashed) pierced lug on reverse at top of median rib flanked by stylised plant ornament in relief. Fleur-de-lis. S·SARE·HODE·CROT (Seal of Sara Hode “the clod”). Hode, or Hood, is a common surname ‘meaning maker of hoods’ (Reaney 1991, 234). Crot, which also appears as a surname Crote or Croot, is a nickname from the Middle English crut ‘lump or clod’ (ibid. 118). Thirteenth century.
Created on: Wednesday 15th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 23rd January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Quidenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-018666
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead cloth seal. Two discs RT / TBBM / BPRM / [SV] // NO / RWI / [C]H. Diameter 20mm. The letters on the first disc are the initial letters of the surnames of the wardens of the Norwich Weavers' Company for one year between 1650 and 1705 (Egan 1994, 46-7). The year in question is 1683 (Egan 1987, 412). An identical cloth seal has been recorded from Dunton, Norfolk (HER 51659, NMS-0F2B01).
Created on: Monday 24th March 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd July 2019
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Record ID: NMS-BEE056
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval papal bulla of Clement V (pope 1305-14). The bulla is poorly preserved, being very worn on both obverse and reverse sides. The obverse reads CLE/MENS relatively clearly, but wear and some loss at the bottom of the bulla makes it difficult to see the numeral after the :PP. Two visible vertical strokes make this most likely to be the V typical of Clement V's bulla, as Clement II (1046 - 7) used bullae of a very different design (without the SPA SPE reverse, introduced by Gregory VII, 1073-85) and there does not appear to be space for any further vertical strokes to have been lo…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 21st February 2019
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Record ID: NMS-2C5B33
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead weight. Flat, rectangular, low relief on one face forming a cross with three linked circles in a diagonal line across two opposed quarters, and a pellet in each of the opposite opposed quarters. One corner missing. Measuring 14.5 x 14mm. Thickness 1.5mm. Weight 1.79g / 27.6gn / 0.06oz.
Created on: Thursday 17th December 2015
Last updated: Thursday 3rd January 2019
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Record ID: NMS-017135
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead powder change cap. Flat, sub-circular top with pierced lugs and straight sides with a vertical seam. Lugs and sides now distorted. Diameter of top (without lugs) 20mm. Height 19.5mm. 17th century.
Created on: Monday 24th March 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 12th July 2017
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