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Description: | Medieval seal matrix, hexagonally facetted conical handle with triple collared pierced trefoil terminal. Circular, 24mm. A shield, set within elaborate tracery, bearing Per fess a demi lion rampant in chief a chevron in base. * S' · hVGONIS · DE · LAVENhAM (Seal of Hugh de Lavenham). In the Norfolk Lay Subsidies of 1327/1332 the surname de Lavenham occurs at Great Cressingham, Hargham, Redenhall and Swanton Morley (Hawes 2002, 617).
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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