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Description: | A copper-alloy seal matrix, dating from the Medieval period.The matrix is discoidal and has a damaged lug handle at 12 o'clock on the reverse, attached by solder. The central device comprises a shield with the following blazon: billety a fess. When printed, the legend reads +SIGILL MAThEI D'LVVAIN.Dimensions: diameter: 26.7mm; thickness: 5.3mm. Weight: 11.64g.The legend and coat of arms identify this as a seal matrix of Sir Matthew de Louvain* or of his son, also named Matthew. The former was born in about 1199, in Little Easton, Essex, and had the title 'Lord of Little Easton'; he died before 1258. His son, the Steward of Eye and Lord of Little Easton, was born in c. 1237, in Bildeston, Suffolk, and died in 1302. The arms of a Matthew de Louvain - Gules billety Or a fess Argent - are recorded in Glover's roll of c. 1245-c. 1250 (http://perso.numericable.fr/briantimms1/rolls/gloversB2.htm).
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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