Description: | From old card index -" sketch on reverse now in History File. Raised relief with 4 Fleur de Lys. Single pattern tile; square, worn. (Accidental damage)." Central diamond divided into 4 sections, each containing inward facing fleur-de-lys. Corners divided into 2 triangles, each containing three pointed oval and dot design. Repeating pattern unit. An Augustinian Priory, founded in 1171, in Woodbridge, on the Suffolk Coast. Late in its history, it is recorded as being
favoured by Mary Tudor, which may explain why, after its closure in 1538 as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries, it
remained in royal hands for some years, being used as a hunting lodge. Afterwards, it was granted to a member of the
aristocracy, and was at some point after this converted into a more permanent residence, with part of the priory surviving to
the present day as such.
Accession number: NCM 1963-342 |