bodkin
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Probably my best find to date no matter who it belonged to. I hope there is more stuff to find.
Medieval find.
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Probably my best find to date no matter who it belonged to. I hope there is more stuff to find.
bodkin
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Without our dreams, we are nothing. I dream all the time and sometimes dreams come true - sort of..... I wasn't dreaming of this, but a coin from that period. Glad you liked.
bodkin
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Museum update.
As requested.....
A medieval copper alloy heraldic harness pendant. The pendant is shield-shaped with a straight top and convex sides which meet at a point at the bottom. Above the shield is an integral suspension loop, turned through 90 degrees, that is ovoid in form with an offset apeture that is 2.6mm in diameter.
The front of the pendant depicts an eagle with outstretched wings and feet. There are the remains of red enamel on both the beak and feet of the eagle. Whilst the head of the eagle is heavily corroded, the presence of red enamel to the left side of the head suggests that the eagle is single headed and facing left.
The pendant was found within 250 meters of the site of a manor which was a house and estate of note having been owned by a known family for a time from the reign of Edward II (Gilbert, p.783). Walter Stapleton, Bishop of Exeter 1308-1326 and Lord Treasurer of England in 1320 and 1322, owned the estate and is known to have visited 1314. Whilst the Stapleton's were a Devonshire family, both Walter and his elder brother Richard had interests in the county. In 1311, Richard received a grant of one acre in the county along with the advowson; this process was authorised by the overlord, Gilbert De Clere, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford. There is a similar pendant recorded which is suggested as having the arms of Sir Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Lord Monthermer who was a squire in the service of the Earl of Gloucester and Hereford. At his death Monthermer also owned another manor in the county. His arms were 'Or, an eagle displayed vert beaked and membered gules'.
The pendant measures 43.2mm in length, 24.9mm in width and 2.6mm thick. It weighs 9.2 g.
Harness pendants are generally dated from the twelfth to the fourteenth century, with enamelled and heraldic types predominating in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
So, not who I thought.....
But worth travelling to find.
As requested.....
A medieval copper alloy heraldic harness pendant. The pendant is shield-shaped with a straight top and convex sides which meet at a point at the bottom. Above the shield is an integral suspension loop, turned through 90 degrees, that is ovoid in form with an offset apeture that is 2.6mm in diameter.
The front of the pendant depicts an eagle with outstretched wings and feet. There are the remains of red enamel on both the beak and feet of the eagle. Whilst the head of the eagle is heavily corroded, the presence of red enamel to the left side of the head suggests that the eagle is single headed and facing left.
The pendant was found within 250 meters of the site of a manor which was a house and estate of note having been owned by a known family for a time from the reign of Edward II (Gilbert, p.783). Walter Stapleton, Bishop of Exeter 1308-1326 and Lord Treasurer of England in 1320 and 1322, owned the estate and is known to have visited 1314. Whilst the Stapleton's were a Devonshire family, both Walter and his elder brother Richard had interests in the county. In 1311, Richard received a grant of one acre in the county along with the advowson; this process was authorised by the overlord, Gilbert De Clere, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford. There is a similar pendant recorded which is suggested as having the arms of Sir Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Lord Monthermer who was a squire in the service of the Earl of Gloucester and Hereford. At his death Monthermer also owned another manor in the county. His arms were 'Or, an eagle displayed vert beaked and membered gules'.
The pendant measures 43.2mm in length, 24.9mm in width and 2.6mm thick. It weighs 9.2 g.
Harness pendants are generally dated from the twelfth to the fourteenth century, with enamelled and heraldic types predominating in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
So, not who I thought.....
But worth travelling to find.NectarDetector
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Some amazing finds, love the pictures! Thanks for sharing
That is really a fantastic one of a kind find right there!
Congratulations and thank you for sharing
Congratulations and thank you for sharing
bodkin
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Thank you. Well any of the Knights of King Arthur's round table would have been nice, but I was hoping it belonged to an Earl of the county.... Maybe next time eh?
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