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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 92 NE 162
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Merchant's seal matrix

Summary

Seal matrix, probably of a merchant, 1400-1500 found by metal detector, Brookland parish, Romney Marsh.


Grid Reference:TQ 97 25
Map Sheet:TQ92NE
Parish:BROOKLAND, SHEPWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1400 AD? to 1500 AD?)

Associated Finds

  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1400 AD? to 1500 AD?)

Full description

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Copper alloy seal matrix, circular die with conical handle with suspension loop. The die shows a sheep facing right (on the impression), with a cross above and behind it. Possibly a merchant's seal.Length: 26 mm
Diameter: 17 mm (PAS database).

'Agnus Dei motif, Son of P le Ranblron' 1400-1500(1)


<1> Romney Marsh Research Trust, 2010, Romney Marsh Research Trust Gazetteer 2010 (Unpublished document). SKE16034.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Unpublished document: Romney Marsh Research Trust. 2010. Romney Marsh Research Trust Gazetteer 2010.