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Description: | A worn fragment of a cast copper-alloy tinned bell of medieval date. The surviving upper half of the bell has an integral suspension with a small circular hole. The lower truncated edge of the body has notches, which suggests that the bell may have been openwork. The outer face of the bell is decorated with four moulded evenly spaced square topped shields. Each shield is within in a circular border and has heraldic arms within it. Although the shields on this example are very worn, similar examples of the database all have the same arms on and have been identified by Edward Martin (SCCAS). The arms identified are probably those of Ralph de Monthermer, Earl of Gloucester and Hereford, and his first wife Joan of Acre (daughter of King Edward I and widow of Gilbert de Clare), who he married in 1297, she died in 1307. The surviving length of the bell is 24.1mm, the diameter is 30.1mm and the weight is 25.78g.
Similar bells have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See finds from Icklingham Parish, Suffolk (SF-A43191), Great Barton Parish, Suffolk (SF-A43191) and Compton Abbas Parish, Dorset (SOMDOR-0B1D95). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Staves, Lisa - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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