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Description: | Silver hawk-ring or vervel consisting of a D-section ring with a shield-shaped plate soldered to the flat outer face. There is a small gap between the ends of the ring at the junction with the plate. The flat outer surface of the hoop is engraved:Tho. Gryme. of.The shield is engraved three times with the letter T, two side-by-side above a slightly larger example. This motif is the arms of the Grime family of Trimingham, Antingham and Suffield, Norfolk: Azure three cross taus Or (Rye, W. Norfolk Families 1913, 271), although no tincture survives.The owner of the object was almost certainly Thomas Gryme, lord of the manor of Antingham, whose will was proved in 1591. His second son was also called Thomas (Hoare, C.M., The History of an East Anglian Soke 1918, 391). It is unlikely that he would have born the arms undifferenced.Date: Late 16th - mid-17th century.Dimensions: Weight 1.02g. Int. diam. 6mm, ext. diam. 8.5mm. Shield 8.5 x 7mm.
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