Record ID: NMS-474405
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Lead seal matrix, flat. Approximately quarter surviving with small fragment of outside edge. Circular, approximately 32 mm (reconstructed). Cross-crosslet between four radiating crosses (reconstructed). ][?G] · W[ (Seal of ?).
Created on: Monday 7th June 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ormesby St Margaret with Scatby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-476F72
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Lead seal matrix, flat with vertical median rib ending in short backward projecting lug at upper edge on reverse. Circular, 26 mm. Quatrefoil between four pellets. S’ WALTERI · PIGV (Seal of Walter Pig).
Created on: Monday 7th June 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-47A370
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Lead seal matrix, flat with perforated lug projecting from top of outside edge. Circular, 25 mm. Fleur-de-lis. S’ GOSCEL’ FIL’ WILL’ · (Seal of Joselyn son of William).
Created on: Monday 7th June 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8C3C31
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Lead object, possibly a mount. Crudely cast oval (24 x 62mm, 5mm thick), once bent, now straightened-out, with cross in relief and incised border, and two tiny holes at one end and slightly larger hole at other end.
Created on: Thursday 29th July 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Winch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F94864
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval fragment of lead seal matrix, flat. Less than half surviving with pierced lug projecting from top. Circular, approximately 25-6 mm (reconstructed). Unidentified central motif. + S’[………]P (Seal of ?).
Created on: Tuesday 3rd August 2004
Last updated: Friday 5th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Barningham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6F76F1
Object type: CRUCIFIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval pendent lead crucifix. The figure of the haloed Christ and the INRI scroll immediately below the suspension hole are in low relief. No letters are visible on the latter. Christ is draped and his legs flexed. The arms of the cross are straight-sided and have straight terminals. Height 34mm, width 19.5mm, thickness
Created on: Tuesday 14th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 18th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Stratton', 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.

Record ID: NMS-066085
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead ampulla. Rounded lower half, only slightly waisted with flat, pointed pierced lugs to either side (one missing), and a slightly flared upper half, the mouth crimped together but damaged. Decoration in low relief consisting of a crown on one side and a shield with a chevron and in base a roundel and one bar reserved on a crosshatched field on the other. Length 47mm. Width (excluding lug) 34mm. Very similar to an example in Spencer (1971, Lincolnshire History and Archaeoloy Vol..1, no.6, A scallop-shell Ampulla from Caistor), fig. XXII, o. 13th - early16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 18th June 2013
Last updated: Friday 3rd January 2014
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS-067FC0
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon to Medieval lead weight or spindle whorl. Circular, flat back, domed top, central hole. Diameter 27mm. Height 7mm. Weight 29.2g.
Created on: Tuesday 18th June 2013
Last updated: Friday 3rd January 2014
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Record ID: NMS-D53341
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead ampulla. Straight top crimped together, very slightly wasted with remains of broken loops to either side, Spencer (1990, 59) type 2 scallop shell on one face, ribbed border around a now unidentifiable design within a circle on the other. 1300 - 1530. A2.
Created on: Monday 21st January 2013
Last updated: Monday 21st January 2013
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Record ID: NMS-3C9687
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead spindle whorl. Disc with convex front, flat back and central hole. Decorated with cast grooves or ribs radiating from the hole on the upper face, now very worn. Weight 19.9g. Diameter 23mm. Height 7mm.
Created on: Thursday 7th February 2013
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-F72E08
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead ampulla. One side with Spencer (1971) type II scallop shell below pair of ribs joined by angled lines at neck, other side crowned W inside a circle with angled lines on the engled edge and pair of ribs with angled lines between at the neck. Two lugs, now squashed, at the neck. Top crimped together. The crowned W is likely to stand for Walsingham, but also could signify Virgo Virginum (Virgin of Virgins). See Spencer 1971 and Spencer 1990 for similar examples. 14th-16th century. Length 51mm. Width 30mm.
Created on: Thursday 28th February 2013
Last updated: Thursday 24th November 2016
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Record ID: NMS-5DE0D7
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix, flat with broken loop projecting from the upper edge, outer edge chamfered on reverse. Circular, diameter 24mm. Septfoil. + SIGIL' SEGALLI (Seal of ?Segar or ?Sewall, perhaps a variant or muddled version of either, see Reaney, P.H., and Wilson, R.M. 1991 A Dictionary of English Surnames (London), pp. 389 and 401).
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 31st July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Newton with Dagworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-AE1108
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead ampulla. Lower half only survives, neck and loops missing. Spencer's (1990) type 1 scallop shell on one face, an uncertain design on the other consisting of two pellets surrounded by a circular border with intersecting lines crossing the border to the edge of the ampulla. A scratched X accross the face appears deliberate. Surviving length 32mm. Surviving width 37mm. 1300 - 1530.
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Record ID: NMS-FE7214
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead pot mend, probably medieval. Irregularly-shaped on both sides. To hold pottery c. 3mm thick.
Created on: Thursday 18th April 2013
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2013
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Record ID: NMS-A73805
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval - post-medieval lead weight, probably for fishing nets. Pointed oval pierced at one end for suspension, oval-sectioned, with rough grooves defining the edge on both faces. Length 48mm, width 20mm, thickness 11.5mm. Weight 45.2g / 1.59oz / 697gn. Circa 1500 - 1800. The patina suggests this weight may be later in the date range.
Created on: Wednesday 24th June 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 24th June 2015
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Record ID: NMS-DA1C21
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably medieval lead pot mend. Sub-oval, recess for missing pot circa 2mm thick. Measuring 41 x 25mm.
Created on: Wednesday 26th August 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 26th August 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-158BE7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead weight. Rectangular, flat reverse, slightly convex upper face with a crude cross in low relief. Weight 293g / 4521 grains. This is slightly under weight for 2/3rds of an avoirdupois pound. Measuring 54.5 x 47 x 14mm. 1300 - circa 1500.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-15A854
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead weight. Conical (sub-circular / pentagonal base), with five prominent, angled ribs from the base to the off-centre apex. Base 29 x 32mm. Height 24mm. Weighing 112.0g / 1728grains, which is slightly less than an avoirdupois ¼ pound (1750grains). 1300 - circa 1500.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-7A20F3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead 'standing' weight. Square-sectioned, flat base, tapering slightly from th base to an integral pierced tab at the apex forming a suspension loop. Each face is slightly concave. Base 12.5 x 13mm. Height 33mm. Weight 35.3g / 545gn.
Created on: Friday 9th October 2015
Last updated: Friday 9th October 2015
Spatial data recorded.