Cloth Seal, Devon, James I, Crowned Thistle, Image by StuE, Found by Saddlers.
Found at Woodbridge Suffolk, 21 x 12mm, 2.8g.
Two discs from a four part alnage seal showing crowned thistle I R to sides, inscription around (flower head) DE[NSHE]RE (flower head) // NB, inscription around :16(18?) DE(V?)EN
See 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. "[Seals]239 & 883 (missing) // (missing) // crown over thistle, IR to sides *DENSHERE* around //- These seals probably date from the reign of James I rather than from the briefer reign of James II." and “The alnager NB is also known on seals of Devon, Gloucestershire, Somerset alone and Wiltshire, which include examples dated 1618.”
