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Description: | Medieval copper alloy seal matrix, flat with pierced lug projecting from upper end on reverse. Pointed oval, 43 (including lug, 50) x 27mm. St Michael slaying the dragon. + SIGILLVM VILELMI DE CRVCE (William Cross, or at Cross). The cruciform terminal of St Michael's spear forms the initial mark of the inscription, slightly to dexter of the upper point of the oval, with the first letter I of the inscription at its apex. Blomefield (1806, 284) records that, in 1283, the manor of Launde's in Tibenham was owned by 'Will. de Cruce, de la Croyz, or at Cross'.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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