Cloth Seal, Norwich Weavers Company Seal, 1692, Image by StuE, Found by Doug Turner.
Found in Somerset, 21 x 18mm, 4.2g.
A Norwich cloth seal with the letters in a well known style:- NOR / WIC / H on one side and the other side shows the surname initial of the 12 wardens of Norwich for that particular year, CC / HPBG / GBLL / CC
These surname initials match those for the year 1692 as recorded in the Norwich Mayor's Court Book held at the Norfolk Records Office in Norwich, Vol.25 (fol. 292):-
William Cockman, John Cowell, John Howes, Gilbert Pickeringe, Nich Booty, Thos Goskar, James Garrett, William Barker, Nathaniel Lubbocke, Henry Lincoln, James Codlin, Nick Chamberlayne. The first six wardens are for Norwich and the last six are for the rest of Norfolk. This transcription by Ursula Priestley can be found on p.413 of 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.
See Nos.81-85 Figs.21-22, Egan, Lead Seals and Related Items in the British Museum.
Also see the 'Worsted Reformed' seals that were attached to the other end of these cloths.
