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Description: | Incomplete lead cloth seal, for a worsted cloth from Norwich, c.1650-1705. The seal presumably has NORWICH hidden in the folded disc (Geoff Egan pers comm).
One side of the seal is embossed with letters:
C B D
S R I
I I I
The letters are the surname initials of the twelve Wardens of the Worsted Weavers Company of the city, listed in the order in which they swore to uphold the Company's regulations for the specific year, as recorded in the Mayor's Court Book (cf. Egan, 1994, pp.46-7, Nos. 81-5).
The closest comparable seal is No.81, but this example has one of the few initial sets that does not survive, which means it is probably one of 1660-4, 1678 or 1686, so a potential span of some 55 years (Geoff Egan pers comm). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Tyacke, Anna - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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