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 Mick Sharples.
Found in Pembrokeshire, 21mm.
Missing // crowned fleur-de-lise, pellets to sides // W / I.I / G, COM...EBOR around // missing // missing
The inner discs from a 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.