Cloth Seal, Norwich Weavers' Company Seal, 1672, Image & Found by James Crombie.
Found in Yorkshire, 25 x 22mm.
(N)O / (R)WI / (C)H // AD / (L)NSC / (G)LGB / CC
A Norwich cloth seal with the letters in a well known style:- NO / RWI / CH on one side and the other side shows the surname initial of the 12 wardens of Norwich for that particular year, AD / LNSC / GLGB / CC
These surname initials match those for the year 1672 as recorded in the Norwich Mayor's Court Book held at the Norfolk Records Office in Norwich, Vol.23 (fol. 205/205v):-
Wm Armes, James Garrod, Math Denny, Wm Lombe, Stephen Lilly, Math Gogine, Tho Nuthall, John Brown, Augustine Steward, John Clement, Edw Clarke, and Robt Claxton. This transcription by Ursula Priestley can be found on p.409 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. Also from this reference see seals 1118, 1624 and 4932 for matching seals.
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.
