Cloth Seal, Norwich Weavers' Company Seal, 1654

Cloth Seal, Norwich Weavers' Company Seal, 1654, Image & Found by Simon Bourne.
Found on Thames Foreshore, 21mm.

(N)SBH / CNPP / WBB / 1654 // NORW / ICH / 1654

A Norwich Weavers Company cloth seal with the letters in a well known style:- NORW / ICH on one side and the other side shows the surname initial of the 12 wardens of Norwich for that particular year. Unfortunately 1654 is three years before records in the Norwich Mayor's Court Book held at the Norfolk Records Office in Norwich begin. The set of initials with the date are a useful addition.

PAS LON-935519 is also dated 1654 and suggests N for the first letter on the top line.

See Nos.81-85 Figs.21-22, Egan, Lead Seals and Related Items in the British Museum.