Record ID: NMS-01E153
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval gold finger ring or posy ring. D-sectioned band, now distorted, engraved internally with an open hand and heart before the inscription More loue cannot giue (i.e. 'More love cannot give') and a stamped maker's mark, G within a rectangle. Width of band 4mm. External measurements 23 x 15mm. Weight 2.59g. 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beeston with Bittering', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-0B9111
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger ring with a narrow D-sectioned band, now slightly distorted, which expands and thickens slightly before the bezel which is formed from four rectangular collects arranged around a central, slightly larger rectangular collet to form a cross. Three of the four outer collets retain table cut stones, the central collet a point cut stone, identified as diamonds. The rim of each of the four outer collets is defined by engraved lines with angled engraved lines between on one edge of one collet, forming a border. The edge of each face of the outer collets is further defined by an …
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Banningham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-67D827
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A modified (pierced and gilded) post-medieval silver groat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), mint: Tower (London), initial mark: lis (North 1986) dating to 1558-60. Ref: North 1991. The coin has been gilded and been pierced near the edge at 6 o'clock on the obverse, and it is probable that the modified coin was used as a pendant. The sharp condition of the coin suggests that this adaptation does not date very long after the striking of the coin, probably in the 1560s. Weight 2.1g.
Created on: Wednesday 16th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-337D13
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A post medieval silver threepence of Charles II dating to c.1664-70. This has been gilded and pierced at the 12 o'clock position on the obverse. Clearly the intention was that the coin might serve as a pendant. The display of the king's head in this way may well also have had an ideological element. This adaptation of the coin would, in all probability, have been carried out shortly after the coin's issue. Coin issued c.1664-70, adaptation in the late 1660s or 1670s. 18mm diameter, weight 1.38g.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cawston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-820371
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A sixpence of Elizabeth I, Tower mint, 1578 with a plain cross initial mark (North 1997), gilded on both sides and neatly pierced near the edge at 12 o'clock (on the obverse). This adaptation was clearly carried out to transform the item into a piece of jewellery, probably a pendant, and, as a coin of over three hundred years modified in this way, it now falls under the terms of the Treasure Act of 1996. 1578, modified at a later date, probably in the late 16th or early 17th century. Diameter 26mm, weight 2.67g.
Created on: Tuesday 1st February 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mattishall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-CFF3F5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold posy ring. D-sectioned band decorated externally with a foliate design consisting of two stems each with two pairs of leaves before a flower, originally reserved on an enamelled field of which only a tiny pink trace of which survives. Inscribed internally in lombardic script +CAVE+CVI+CREDAS (be careful who you trust) followed by a foliate sprig. Date: c. early 16th century. Dimensions: External diameter 21mm. Internal diameter 17mm. Width of band 4.5mm. Weight 3.7g.
Created on: Friday 9th May 2014
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-E24355
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Georgian or 19th century button cover, central domed boss surrounded by a flange decorated with an outer row of (machine?) stamped circles and an inner row of possible stamped rectangles leaving a ridge between each stamp. The flange is broken in two places with just under a quarter missing in total. Traces of white metal coating survive on the upper face. Diameter 16mm. Height 5mm. Weight 1.3g. *Edit, formerly identified as an Early Saxon sheet copper alloy scutiform (shield-shaped) pendant 6th century, now updated for reference.
Created on: Tuesday 21st July 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 9th August 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-3A3473
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver finger ring. Thick gauge sheet metal hoop engraved with stylised floral design on outer face. Bezel comprises a small cast four petalled flower. Date: Post-medieval; Early 16th century Dimensions: External diameter 21mm, thickness of band 1mm, width of band 3mm, bezel 8 x 9mm.
Created on: Tuesday 8th January 2008
Last updated: Monday 3rd July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E6D277
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A distorted fragment of a silver head-dress pin of the bodkin type, the upper end only, broken across an elongated rectangular aperture, with an ear-scoop terminal, a suspension hole and decoration on both broad faces consisting of engraved transverse, longitudinal and curving lines and punched dashes and sexfoils. 17th century.
Created on: Friday 21st August 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Loddon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-032A66
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A silver dress pin or bodkin, rectangular in section and tapering widthways to a blunt point. The terminal at the top is circular and pierced, with a small knop. The engraved decoration is alike on both faces and comprises of three transverse bands of rocker arm decoration divided from each other by diagonal crosses with three short lines in each resulting triangular field. The same motif is repeated below a longitudinal slot, followed by longitudinal lines which increase in length towards the centre. On one face the initials MC are engraved, on the other a makers mark is stamped, G wi…
Created on: Thursday 21st April 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pulham Market', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-028E14
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval probable dress pin of the bodkin type. Rectangular-sectioned, tapering to a blunt point. Undecorated, no marks, and thickly silvered. Now slightly bent. Surviving length (unbent) 62mm. Maximum dimensions at break 4 x 5mm. 17th century.
Created on: Monday 24th September 2012
Last updated: Sunday 5th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rocklands', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-481693
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval or post-medieval silver probable couching needle, 'lawyers bodkin' or perhaps a dress pin with a slightly pointed terminal of sub-triangular-section with a short longitudinal groove on each face and a narrow collar before a twisted, triple ribbed shank. The shank, which is now bent, terminates in a flat head with rounded end and sub-triangular eye (rounded at one end and pointed at the other). The eye on a couching needle and lawyers bodkin is positioned just before the point, and not at the head end of the needle as with normal sewing needles. The eye on this example…
Created on: Tuesday 26th November 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-8FEDA0
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval incomplete dress pin of the bodkin type. Only the lower part survives, octagonal in section, tapering to a blunt point. Multiple scratches on the surface appear to be damage rather than the remains of engraved decoration. 17th century. Surviving length 39mm. Weight 1.87g. Similar examples can be found from the Colchester area, Essex (2011 T206, PAS database ref. ESS-339E98); and Broughton, Hampshire (2009 T234, PAS database ref. WILT-9C13B5).
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemblington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-AB3763
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval silver dress pin of the bodkin type. Rectangular-sectioned with slightly convex sides, tapering gradually from the pointed upper end to the blunt lower end. At the upper end on both faces a longitudinal groove runs through a circular piercing and rectangular slot before tapering to a point, the pin is otherwise plain. Now bent almost in half. Length (unbent) 92mm. Maximum width 4mm. Maximum thickness 2mm. Weight 3.52g. Circa 17th century.
Created on: Friday 10th June 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-F31252
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete silver headdress pin or bodkin. Rectangular sectioned, broken across a perforation at one end and tapering very slightly towards a break at the other end. Now bent twice and badly cracked across one bend. The bodkin is decorated alike with engraving on both faces with (from just below the perforation) two transverse lines, a trifoliate design similar to a tulip, two transverse lines, three pairs of parallel lines with short dashes to either side forming a zigzag, an elongated V with short angled dashed within. On one face the decoration continues with the inscri…
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMS-A6C433
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of elaborate silver head-dress pin of the bodkin type, or unidentified object. Rectangular-sectioned, comprising a break across a piercing or slot, rectangular collar with three horizontal ribs on each face below an openwork lozengiform quatrefoil each foil separated by a rib radiating from a central blind hole with a circular hole in each foil (one blind) and an external transverse rib on the edge of each side foil, surmounted by a standing bird with engraved eyes and folded wings. Surviving length 24mm. Maximum surviving width 9mm. Weight 1.8g. An almost identical lozengif…
Created on: Thursday 1st August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-9B39B7
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver gilt dress hook. Sub-triangular back-plate which is cusped around the edge. The front plate consists of three domed bosses, a central pellet and three further pellets, one between each boss. On the reverse is a separate soldered hook and solder scars from the missing loop. Similar to a Class D, type 6 example in Read, (2008, 77, no.254). 16th century. Plate 15 x 15.5mm, total length including hook 24mm. Weight 3.23g. 16th century.
Created on: Wednesday 4th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wormegay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-CF8A96
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold mourning ring. D-sectioned band decorated externally with a shallow rib at either edge, between which four oval cells alternate with five quatrefoil cells (resulting in two quatrefoils next to each other). The oval cells contain a raised quatrefoil and the quatrefoil cells a raised pellet, originally reserved on a field of white enamel only traces of which now survive. Each cell is connected to the next by a median rib with two pellets to either side which were also probably reserved on an enamelled field, possible tiny black traces of which survive. The internal Lat…
Created on: Friday 9th May 2014
Last updated: Thursday 1st September 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-259F75
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver, gilded dress hook. Rectangular plate with a rounded knops at each corner, a flattened knop to either side and a double or collared knop above the pin. The plate is decorated with a groove around a central rectangular platform surrounded with a border of twisted filigree wire, within which are four pellets each surrounded by a wire annulet, and a further four smaller pellets one in each corner. On the reverse is a separate soldered hook, the very tip of which is missing, and a rectangular attachment loop. Gilding survives on the front of the plate, with traces of the back, but …
Created on: Friday 24th January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 10th March 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-EE0D53
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver gilt composite dress-hook. Triangular plate with knop (in the form of three linear lobes decreasing in size) at each corner. The plate has three sub-rectangular projections or knops on each edge the central larger one decorated with two grooves, and a grooved border around a recessed centre. A separate central plate consisting of three trefoil knops separated by small rounded pellets is secured to the main plate by a circular headed pin through a central hole. The stub of one side of a raised transverse bar and the incomplete hook are soldered to the reverse. The burred over en…
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 17th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Postwick', grid reference and parish protected.