Record ID: ESS-2C7476
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete lead alloy cloth seal dating to the Post Medieval period. The seal comprises of two circular discs, connected by a rectangular tab. The seal is of the Norwich Weaver's Company. The front disc has raised letters spelling NO/WIC/H. The back disc bears the surname initial of the 12 wardens of Norwich for the year of manufacture arranged CCWH/CGBL/LC. The initials match those recorded in the Norwich Mayor's Court Book (Vol. 25, folio 277) for 1691. They are: William Copman, George Bayfield, William Cockman, Rich Witherington, John Cowell, John Howes, Nick Chamberlayne, James G…
Created on: Friday 2nd May 2014
Last updated: Friday 2nd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Foxham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: ESS-3FD913
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy complete cloth seal, probably dating to the late Post Medieval or early Modern periods. The object is circular in plan with one large open slot at one side and two oval holes opposite to affix to cloth or other goods. Both faces of the seal appear plain and undecorated. The seal measures 6.8mm in thickness, 16.9mm in diameter and weighs 8.45g.
Created on: Thursday 26th September 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 19th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-994B12
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete two part lead cloth seal dating to the Post Medieval period. The cloth seal is formed of two discs and the connecting tab. Both the front and back disc bears a circular stamp, both stamped off centre. The front bears an M and the reverse bears an E or F. The seal has a mid grey patina with traces of the original surface visible in small patches of recent damage. The seal also bears a 'squashed' appearance and is not uniform in thickness across it's surfaces. It is difficult to tell whether this was a result of fixing the seal to the cloth and therefore contemporary dagame, …
Created on: Tuesday 25th June 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 26th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2AB154
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval or Post Medieval lead cloth seal, of two disk type. Both discs survive, along with the projecting attachment tab and connecting strip. The front has a raised design of a crowned shield of Englandflanked by small roses within a pellet border and surrounded by a legend. The legend is mostly stamped off the seal and worn, only [...]SEM[...] can be read. The reverse has a design of a crowned rose within a pellet border and similarly the legend is mostly mis-stamped. It reads [...]I(A)[...]S+(D)E[...]. It is 24.1mm by 22.1mm and 4.6mm thick; it weighs 8.32g. The seal would …
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 14th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stogumber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-11C221
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead alloy cloth seal. Fragment of a two or four part seal consisting of the central plug of lead, circular in section with the front disk and a fragment of the back disc attached. The front is stamped with the portcullis with a B underneath, surrounded by a legend, now illegible. It measures 18.1mm in diameter and 4.6mm thick. It weighs 4.82g. The portcullis was "the main design for alnage seals in the late Tudor period... and continued in use into the early seventeenth century" (Egan 1995:9). Alnage seals indicated the cloth had been checked for quality by a Crown o…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 2nd March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-93DA36
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead cloth seal, of two disk type. Only one disk now survives with the projecting attachment on the back. The second disk and connecting strip has been lost or broken away and the break is worn. The front has a raised design of a large letter A flanked with annulets. There are the remains of a pellet border around the edge of the disk, very worn in places. It is 19.3mm by 18.5mm and 4.3mm thick; it weighs 5.63 grams. The 'A' design indicates it originates from Augsberg, Germany and the reverse disk would probably have had a pinecone; the heradlic badge of the city (Eg…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 9th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Montacute', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-ECC3B7
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead cloth seal, issued during the reign of Queen Anne. Part of a four-disc seal from the series featuring a monarch's head. It is comprised of four discs in two conjoined pairs, joined in the centre with a rectangular tab. The seal is bent in the centre at the tab so the pairs of disks are back to back. A projecting tab on the back of one outer disk has been pushed through a hole in the other outer disk and stamped flat, joining them. One of the disks next to the tab is stamped with the bust of Queen Anne around which is the legend FIDEI DEFEN (Defender of the Faith). T…
Created on: Monday 31st October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilchester', grid reference and parish protected.