Cloth Seal, Buckinghamshire, Griffin, Image & Found by Paul Johnson.
Found near Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, 20mm.
Griffin segreant, BVCK ... around // Stuart arms?
From p.60, Provenanced Leaden Cloth Seals by Geoffrey Egan, Sub-Department of Medieval Archaeology, University College, University of London. submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, 1987, "Buckinghamshire's textile industry was not of great importance - 'the cloth trade never assumed very large proportions in the county, but a certain amount of weaving was done, presumably for local use (N. C. H. Buckinghamshire 1908,128-9, referring to the 17th century; cf. Heaton 1965, 85-6 for low production here in the late 15th century). Buckinghamshire is not mentioned by the Royal Commission on the Clothing Industry's report in 1640 (Thirsk & Cooper 1972,246-52), though in the late 1680s an annual average profit of £30 was made on the subsidy and alnage of the county's kersies (H. M. C. 1894,42). ... Only one seal, of the two-disc type, has the county name sufficiently legible to be certain".
