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Record ID: NMS-590E51
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy seal matrix. Oval (11 x 14mm), fleur-de-lis within a single line border, conical handle broken across openwork trefoil terminal. Surviving height 13mm. 17th century.
Created on: Monday 7th December 2015
Last updated: Thursday 28th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-9B905B
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver seal matrix. Octagonally faceted handle with triple ribbed collar and globular terminal pierced for suspension. Maker's marks stamped twice on the reverse, both worn but probably BC or BG with a pellet above and below within an oval. There is a well-defined line of differential patination inset from but following the edge of the reverse which goes through both marks. Incised bell with canons, vertical ribs on the crown, a band of dots and transverse ribs on the body, the clapper protruding below the rim, with an inner single line and outer beaded border. Octagonal…
Created on: Tuesday 11th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-7BA57C
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late medieval silver seal matrix. Hexagonally faceted handle with ribbed collar before pierced quatrefoil terminating in a circular suspension loop pierced in the same plane. Circular, stag's head with a cross between the antlers, foliate sprigs and r b in black letter to either side, all within a cabled border. The stag and cross may relate to St Hubert or St Eustace. Diameter 14mm. Height 27mm. Weight 7.7g. Probably late medieval or early post-medieval, 1400 - 1600.
Created on: Friday 10th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 4th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mundham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-3DC82C
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver seal matrix. Octagonal, a standing bird facing right holding a foliate sprig in its beak within a single line border, the faceted reverse tapering smoothly to a break across the narrow stem. Face 13 x 15mm. Surviving height 10.5mm. Weight 4.6g. 17th - early 18th century.
Created on: Monday 12th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
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Record ID: NMS-C63355
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy seal matrix. Oval, with a conical handle terminating in an openwork trefoil with an additional central hole. The matrix depicts a bird sitting on a branch within a single line border. Face 13 x 11mm. Height 27mm. 17th century.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 28th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

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-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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Record ID: NMS-4F6121
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix: hexagonally faceted handle with a triple-collared quatrefoil terminal with four blind holes on one face (the quatrefoil may have been intended as openwork but is unfinished), surmounted by a small perforated circular lobe forming a suspension loop. There are three incised lines forming a six-pointed star at the upper edge to indicate orientation. The circular bezel (diam.28mm) carries a shield bearing Three flasks (or costrels), with two foliate sprigs above forming the initial mark and others used as spacers within the remains of a worn and damaged …
Created on: Friday 9th August 2013
Last updated: Thursday 26th September 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-251545
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete lead seal matrix, flat, slightly more than half surviving, relief fleur-de-lis with the longitudinal rib ending in a broken perforated lug at its base. Pointed oval, 21.5 x 19.5mm. Fleur-de-lis. [the initial mark comprises a vertical stroke with three cross-bars] S' hVG[.........]DONE (Seal of Hugh ?). The N is retrograde. 13th century.
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2013
Last updated: Monday 23rd September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.

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-D4B666
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix, flat with median rib ending in broken pierced lug on the reverse. Oval, (slightly more than) 18 x 16.5mm, in poor condition, with a small amount missing from the perimeter. An eagle displayed. FRANGE LEGE TEGE (Break, read, conceal).14th century.
Created on: Monday 21st January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd April 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-7712C1
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late post-medieval oval silver seal matrix. Faceted conical reverse with central collared openwork handle, broken accross openwork. There is a stamped 'V' on one side of the handle, probably a maker's mark. 20 x 17mm. Surviving height 22mm. A shield within a ribbed border. Blazon: A saltire charged with a mullet on a canton a lion passant guardant impaling on a fess two fleurs-de-lis between two fleurs-de-lis in chief and two in base. 18th century.
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2012
Last updated: Thursday 29th November 2012
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Record ID: NMS-3AB323
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete post-medieval silver seal matrix. Hexagonally facetted conical handle, now bent, collard before broken openwork trefoil terminal. Oval, 14 x 16mm. Lamb and flag (Agnus Dei), lamb statant sinister. c. 1650 - 1700. 14 x 16mm. Weighing 4.5g.
Created on: Wednesday 14th November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tacolneston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DFA0E5
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver seal matrix, flat with cuboid boss and pierced lug on end of median rib on reverse. Pointed oval, 22.5 x 13.5mm. Weighing 3.38g. Hawking lure in the form of a bird with featureless head and loop and line near neck. + SIGILVM SECRETI · (Secret seal). 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Monday 10th September 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 8th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sustead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-63AB93
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete oval, concave-sided, hollow, composite silver seal matrix. The reverse is broken with a joining fragment with a separately cast and applied decorative trefoil sprig. The central setting (probably an intaglio) is missing. There is a separate ribbed loop at upper edge. The inscription reads * : FEMME : SANZ : LOYAVTE (Woman without loyalty). 13th-14th century. Measuring 22 x 20mm, empty bezel 14 x 12mm.
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stratton Strawless', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-4BE5B6
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Oval silver seal matrix. Rectangular-sectioned handle broken above transverse expansion, terminal missing. Damaged outside edge. A griffin segreant within a beaded border. Dimensions: Matrix 16 x 14 mm. Weight 4.19g. Date: 17th–18th century.
Created on: Wednesday 9th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 13th August 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-725FA8
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy seal matrix, flat with pierced lug on reverse. Pointed oval, 39 x 24mm. St Margaret of Antioch, under a church-like canopy, holding a cross-shaped staff and standing on a dragon. S’ PRIOR’ FRM PENIE Ih’V XPI LENIE (Seal of the Prior of the Brothers of Penitence of Jesus Christ of Lynn). There are contractions marks above M, IE, P and EN. The N’s are retrograde. The house of the Friars of the Sack or De Penitentia in Lynn had been founded by 1272(Emery 1943; 325) and was suppressed in or before 1307.
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 14th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kings Lynn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8EE545
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Seal matrix, hexagonally facetted conical handle with broken pierced terminal, much of edge missing. Oval, 19 x 15mm. Head of a stag with a cross paty between it’s antlers. ]DE IONIS’ DO[ (…of John ?).
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wymondham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-FEA645
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Seal matrix copper alloy, flat with cast pin from buckle soldered onto reverse to act as median rib ending in pierced lug, traces of solder visible. Pointed oval, 39 x 25 mm. Two lions addorsed reguardant. + SIGILL’ ROBTI · DE BOTEMT’ (Seal of Robert Butement/Bootman. From Le Boutimont (Pas-de-Calais), or Boutement (Calvados), Reaney and Wilson 1991, 76).
Created on: Wednesday 15th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thornham', 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.