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Description: | Medieval double-sided lead seal matrix, flat. Circular, diameter 34.5 - 36.5mm. Thickness 2.8mm.Sexfoil. * S' EDE GEYRE (Seal of Eda Geyre)Sexfoil. X S' KATERIN' GEYR ∙ (Seal of Katherine Geyre) The N is retrogradeThe surname is perhaps a variant of Gear (Reaney and Wilson 1991, 187). Four males named Geyre, John, Robert and two Richards, were taxpayers in the neighbouring parish of Forncett in 1332 (Hawes 2000, 75).13th century
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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