Cloth Seal, Norwich Weavers' Company Seal, 1650

Cloth Seal, Norwich Weavers' Company Seal, 1650, Image by StuE, Found by Nasher.
Found near Baldock, Hertfordshire, 18mm, 2.6g.

... / WCBL / 165(0) / ..W... / ... // missing, O.. on rivet stub (cloth weave imprint on reverse of rivet disc)

A Norwich Weavers Company cloth seal with the letters in a well known style:- NOR / WICH on one side and the other side shows the surname initial of the 12 wardens of Norwich for that particular year. Unfortunately 1650 (if that is the correct last digit for the year) is seven years before records in the Norwich Mayor's Court Book held at the Norfolk Records Office in Norwich begin. The partial set of initials with the date are a useful addition.

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