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Description: | Stamped lead alnage or subsidy seal for a 'faulty' cloth, with a crowned, bulbous, lombardic 'F' on the obverse, with the legend :TANTO....FAVTI: The first word probably refers to Taunton, but the missing letters make it difficult to be sure. The second definitely refers to the 'faulty' cloth. The back of the seal with the rivet has no stamp. The crown is similar to those on the crowned portcullis series of seals that are county issues and date from the mid to late 16th century (Saunders, 2001, p.57, Fig.13). Saunders (2001) illustrates a similar example with what appears to be the same legend, although most of it is missing, on page 81, Fig.21, No.59. "Special seals for faulty cloths are first mentioned in Statute 4 Ed. IV c1 (1464). The central 'F', standing for 'faulty', is specified in Statute 5 and 6 Ed. VI c6 of 1551-2, though it had probably been in use for some time by then." (Egan, 19, p.56) Egan (1994) illustrates a similar example on page 176, Fig.25, No.111, which is unprovenanced and dated to the late 15th century.
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