Cloth Seal, Norwich Weavers' Company Seal, 1680
Cloth Seal, Norwich Weavers' Company Seal, Image by StuE, Found by Nasher.
Found near Baldock, Hertfordshire, 20mm, 5.6g.
NO / RW(I / CH) // AC / DRF? / MSS? / GB
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 & Norfolk for 1680, AC / DRF? / MSS? / GB.
It is possible to identify the missing letters from the Norwich Mayor's Court Book held at the Norfolk Record office under reference: NCR Case 16a/24,(fol. 64v). With the help of a transcription found in Appendix 6a, Provenanced Leaden Seals, Geoffrey Egan, Department of Medieval Archaeology, University College,University of London, 1987, for that year the Norwich wardens were -
Edward Attesley, Wm Cooke, Anth Dawson, John Ryle, Tho Freeman, Wm Gedge, Jo More Jnr, Jo Shepheard, Wm Spurrell, Wm Ransome, James Gray, Tho Bretingham.
Also see the 'Worsted Reformed' seals that were attached to the other end of these cloths.
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