Record Details
| NHER Number: | 15229 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Early post medieval gold ring and seal |
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Summary
In 1979 a gold ring with a very finely carved seal matrix depicting a coat of arms was recovered from a garden in this area. The coat of arms was identified by the College of Arms as the seal of Matthew Pratt of Tittleshall, who was buried 1 December 1619, and of his wife Catherine Reymes.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 55 20 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF52SE |
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| Parish: | TERRINGTON ST CLEMENT, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
August 1979. Found in garden.
Gold ring with seal matrix, depicting coat of arms, very finely carved.
Information from R. Trett (KLM).
E. Rose (NAU), 7 September 1979.
Identified by College of Arms as seal of Matthew Pratt of Tittleshall, buried 1 December 1619, and of his wife Catherine Reymes.
See Bysshe Visitation of Norfolk 1664.
Photographs etc in KLM.
Inquest - not treasure trove.
KLM have a replica as well as the original [1].
See (S1) and newspaper cutting (S2) in file.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- FINGER RING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1979. [Article on the medieval gold ring found in 1979]. 26 October. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Trett, R. 1980. A Gold Signet Ring from Terrington St. Clement. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXVII Pt III pp 356-57. p 356. |
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