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Description: | MED Ae seal matrix, hexagonally faceted conical handle with triple-collared pierced trefoil terminal, Circular, 22 mm. A shield bearing On a bend three lions passant. * S' IOhIS D'FLETE (Seal of John De Flete, the inscription is interrupted by the corners of the shield). Although these arms are not recorded for Flete, a likely candidate is perhaps John Flete, Abbot of West Dereham in 1398 (Doubleday and Page 1906, 418). It may also be significant that the find-spot for this matrix lies only 7.5km from Langley Abbey, which with West Dereham and Wendling comprise the only Premonstratensian houses in the county. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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