Record ID: ESS-FE7782
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete, cast lead, post-medieval cloth seal. The object represents one half of the complete seal. It is a disc, being circular in plan and flat in section. The flat shank that would have linked this disc with its pair is now missing. One face of the disc is marked with a crude hexagram (star of David), suggesting it may be a kosher seal. A similar seal is reported from Lincolnshire as LIN-290B62. the seal is 20.33mm in diamter, 2.22mm thick and weighs 4.74g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th December 2008
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Oakley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-57FB48
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval lead pilgrim badge. The badge is sub rectangular in plan and flat in section. It shows the Virgin Mary crowned and enthroned holding a sceptre fleur-de-lys over her right shoulder. The Holy Child (possibly haloed) is seated on her left knee. The figures are framed by a gabled canopy. The gable is topped by three pinnacles which are now bent behind the badge. The sides and base of the canopy are decorated with a cross-hatched design. The reverse of the badge is plain. An integral shank, flat in section, extends from the top of the reverse and tapers to a broad…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Takely', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-1CB583
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead plug or pot mend for a ceramic vessel. On one side is a flat irregular sub oval surface, measuring 20.1mm by 15.18mm. On the other side is a smaller oval plug 16.84mm by 11.44mm. The two plugs are joined by an integral irregular ‘neck’ making the object 11.16mm long. The object weighs 10.30g. Sandwiched between the two plugs is a fragment of the original ceramic vessel. This has a black core that is clearly shell tempered. Dr Paul Sealey kindly suggested that this would date the vessel to the 4th century. Pot mends used melted lead to fill holes in damaged ceramic vessels…
Created on: Friday 27th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-0F7D76
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete lead alnage seal, probably of James II. The seal is complete, though worn and is formed from two circular discs joined by a rectangular strip or tag of lead, which was then folded over the edge of cloth, so that the discs align. One disc is moulded with a lion facing left with 2 ½ below, for the two and a half pence subsidy rate, within a border of dots. The opposite disc is moulded with a bust facing right, presumably James II, within a border of dots and seemingly no legend. The lead survives in good condition and is a creamy white. The seal is 21.62mm long, 14.12mm in dia…
Created on: Tuesday 27th June 2006
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thornham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-DDF246
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval lead ceiling or furniture mount. The mount takes the form of the Yorkist sun, which would have had six wavy rays or arms when complete. What survive on this object are four complete rays with two entirely missing. They are bevelled to the upper face and flat to the reverse, giving each arm a sub triangular section. A raised line runs along the raised apex on each ray. These raised lines run out from a simple raised circle at the centre of the rays. There are two raised pellets at the base of each ray, which in effect circle the central raised circle. There does not …
Created on: Tuesday 25th April 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Mapelstead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-282E18
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn, lead spindle whorl. The spindle whorl is circular in plan and oval in section. It has a central circular perforation through its length. The object has been cast with a series of crude raised dots around the circumference of one surface and presumably the opposite surface, though this is worn beyond recognition. The lead has a chalky white appearance. The spindle whorl is 27.68mm in diameter, 13.02mm thick and weighs 58.95g. This spindle whorl could be Roman to medieval in date as decorated spindle whorls have been discovered in Roman, Saxon and Medieval contexts and there is no …
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke Ny Nayland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-851916
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete 13th century non-heraldic, personal lead alloy seal matrix. This seal matrix is circular and flat, with a diameter of 29.26mm, a thickness of 2.76mm and weighs 14.06g. The seal die (in negative) is inscribed within a border, + S' IOhANNIS CROWE (Seal of John Crow). The Ns are ligated, and there is a space-filling curve after the end of the surname. The centre of the die has a design of an eight petalled flower, set within an incised circle. The reverse of the seal matrix is plain. The reverse has no mid rib or loop that would have been held when the seal was being applied. Th…
Created on: Friday 3rd March 2006
Last updated: Saturday 22nd February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kelvedon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-E46736
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy lead weight. The weight is conical. It is 25.68mm high, 15.4mm in diameter at the broad end and weighs 26.71g. The broad end is slightly concave and has a central circular perforation, which seems to run for the length of the object. The apex of the weight does not have any signs of an additional or integral suspension loop. The lead is creamy white in colour. Similar weights have been recorded with the PAS, notably LEIC-D7D5C7, which has the same circular perforation and lack of iron suspension loop. It is most likely, as with that example, that this weight was used …
Created on: Monday 30th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sible Hedingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-8ED7C8
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late 16th or early 17th century Colchester Dutch community lead tubular seal. The seal is now squashed flat. One side is plain, but may once have had an inscription 'Dutch Colchester'. The opposite side has LII within a recessed rectangle, which refers to 52, the number of yards of cloth that the seal was attached to. The object is creamy grey in colour and is 27.6mm long, 15.58mm wide, 3.54mm thick and weighs 8.60g. Though a Colchester example is not illustrated a similar example from Norwich is illustrated in Egan, 1994, Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum, Brit…
Created on: Thursday 26th January 2006
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmstead Market', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-270103
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Roman steelyard weight. The object is globular, with slight bevelling to the top and bottom faces, suggesting that it may have been biconical but is now worn. The surface is certainly worn and pitted. The iron suspension loop is missing and all that remains are two, slight iron knops where the loop has broken off. The lead is creamy white. It is 66.25mm in diameter and 60.74mm high. The weight weighs 1152g. A Roman pound or libra is the equivalent of 327.45g. Each pound was made up of twelve Roman ounces or unicae, each of these equivalent to 27.28g. Dividing this steelyard 
Created on: Monday 9th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weeley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-EC1755
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Roman steelyard weight. The weight is circular in plan and roughly biconical in section. The iron suspension loop is now missing, but there are the remains of iron or iron corrosion at the apex of one side where the loop was positioned. The lead is now beige or light brown in colour and the surface heavily pitted and abraded. The weight is 21.38mm long, 25.92mm in diameter and weighs 2.04 ounces or 57.90g.
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sible Hedingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-731FA5
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead spindle whorl. The whorl is biconical in shape (though irregularly so) with a central circular perforation. It measures 28.98mm in diameter and 11.3mm in thickness, the central hole is 9.06mm in diameter. It weighs 35.46g. One face of the whorl is decorated with six vertical raised lines, with a raised dot between each.The opposite side is decorated in a similar way, but is less clear. It may be a zig zag pattern with raised dots between. The object has a light grey patina. This spindle whorl could be Roman to medieval in date as decorated spindle whorls have been disc…
Created on: Friday 25th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Mapelstead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-A0DF34
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete post-medieval lead powder measure. This object is cup shaped with straight sides extending from a flat circular base. To either side of the measure, in line with the base is a horizontal loop. These were for suspending the object from a chord or string. There is a vertical casting seam to either side of the measure. It has a creamy white appearance and survives in good condition, though the walls of the measure are slightly bent. The object is 15.04mm long, 15.06mm in diameter across the base and weighs 13.22g. The object was used to measure gunpowder and is 17th century in …
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'White Roothing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-F83594
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead token. The token is circular in plan and flat in section. It is decorated to one side with a flower design of six, open 'petals' surrounding a central dot. Th elead is creamy white in colour, but damage to the decorated side has revealed a grey surface. The token is 19.82mm in diameter, 2.14mm thick and weighs 3.53g.It is probably 17th century in date.
Created on: Friday 14th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brightlingsea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-D05E97
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead token. This token is circular in plan and flat in section. It has a crude moulded design to one face of a cross within a rough circle, with four pellets spread around the circle, effectively one echoing each quadrant of the cross. The token is light grey in colour, and though slightly worn survives in good condition. It has a diameter of 19.22mm, is 2.56mm thick and weighs 5.22g. Though an exact parallel could not be found, there are a number of tokens known, showing variations of a cross with four pellets. It is likely to be 17th century in date.
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kelvedon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-5CAFF4
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead spindle whorl. The whorl is biconical(though irregularly so) in shape with a central circular perforation. It measures 23.3mm in diameter and 13.6mm in thickness, the central hole is 7.06mm in diameter. It weighs 22.73g. One face of the whorl is decorated with eight raised dots and the opposite face with seven raised dots. The object has a grey patina with exposed surfaces showing as creamy white. This spindle whorl could be Roman to medieval in date as decorated spindle whorls have been discovered in Roman, Saxon and Medieval contexts. A whorl of this weight may be a…
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-F1AB36
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete lead alloy cloth seal. This seal has both of halves pressed together, with the rectangular stalk between them intact (though split where it joins to the front half). The front portion is lozenge shaped in plan (probably through mishaping over time) with the smaller half of the seal, circular in plan, behind. The seal has an overall length of 22.32mm and is 29.28mm wide. It is 7.9mm thick and weighs 24.34g.the front was probably once decorated or marked but is now worn so that any design is obscured. The reverse, smaller side is also worn and plain and may or may not have had …
Created on: Friday 26th August 2005
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kelvedon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-0A54E6
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
18th Century Lead token inscribed 1721.Circular in plan, creamy white in colour, folded at one side.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thorrington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-4A44E6
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete 13th century non-heraldic, personal lead alloy seal matrix. This seal matrix is circular in plan with a diameter of 33.42mm, a thickness of 3.4mm and weighs 14.40g. It has a small semicircular gap to the edge of the die, which has obscured some letters. This gap may also have been where the knop for holding the seal was positioned, as there is no other evidence for it on the reverse. The break edges are worn, suggesting this damage occurred in antiquity. The seal die (in negative) is inscribed within a border, + [S]’ WALT[…]FL WILL DE LAhE. This may refer to Walter son …
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2005
Last updated: Monday 17th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sible Hedingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-D2CF33
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead token. Circular in plan, the token is decorated with a raised cross with arms that terminate in a pellet and with one pellet in each angle, all within a raised border. The reverse of the object is decorated with a raised design, possibly of a bird. Despite the medieval coin echoes in the motif, and given the realtive good survival, this token is probably 17th century in date. A similar 17th century token can be seen in Bailey, 2000, Finds Identified, page 15, figure 21.
Created on: Friday 1st April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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