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Cloth Seal, Yorkshire, Alnage, Crowned Fleur-de-Lise, W I I G

Cloth Seal, Yorkshire, Alnage, Crowned Fleur-de-Lise, W I I G, Image & Found by Chasm_norwich.
Found in Swannington, Norfolk, 19mm, 10.1g.

Blank // W / I.I / G, COM...EBOR around // crowned fleur-de-lise, pellets to sides // blank

A complete four-disc alnage seal for Yorkshire, COM EBOR - County of Yorkshire in post medieval abbreviated Latin. The initials probably stand for the alnager / searcher. These types of seals are usually dated to the early 17th century.

See p.143, MOL 78.227/15, Elton, Cloth Seals, Archaeopress, 20017.

See also PAS SF-5C779E, which shows that an outer disc was probably stamped with the legend [SE]RCHED.
And see PAS NLM-731615 for a parallel.

Date: 10/18/2019
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Keywords: Unique Identification Number - BSG.CS.01488 Date early 17th century
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