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Silver seal find at Hambleden 'gives life' to medieval woman
Published12 hours ago
IMAGE COPYRIGHTOXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
image captionThe seal matrix measures 33mm x 21mm (1.2 x 0.8in) and the Latin inscription on it translates as "Seal of Margerie Pevrel"
The discovery of a "not-far-off perfect" medieval artefact "gives life to someone dead for 700 years", an archaeologist has said.
The silver seal matrix, inscribed with the name Margerie Pevrel, was found on her family's land at Hambleden, Bucks, by a metal detectorist. Archaeologist Anni Byard said the oval-shaped object's discovery in April 2019 was "a very unusual occurrence".
Buckinghamshire assistant coroner Alison McCormick declared it treasure.
Miss Byard, an Oxford Archaeology South small finds expert, said: "Although personal seal matrices are not uncommon finds, one in silver of an identifiable individual, and, indeed, an identifiable context for the loss, is a very unusual occurrence.
"It conjures up romantic ideas of how she lost it - was she out riding or walking? It would have been an expensive item and was hardly used, so how did she react?"
Miss Byard knew the Pevrel family were "significant landowners" in the Hambleden area between 1248 and 1348, when the seal was made. ...
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-54031366
Silver seal find at Hambleden 'gives life' to medieval woman
Published12 hours ago
image captionThe seal matrix measures 33mm x 21mm (1.2 x 0.8in) and the Latin inscription on it translates as "Seal of Margerie Pevrel"
The discovery of a "not-far-off perfect" medieval artefact "gives life to someone dead for 700 years", an archaeologist has said.
The silver seal matrix, inscribed with the name Margerie Pevrel, was found on her family's land at Hambleden, Bucks, by a metal detectorist. Archaeologist Anni Byard said the oval-shaped object's discovery in April 2019 was "a very unusual occurrence".
Buckinghamshire assistant coroner Alison McCormick declared it treasure.
Miss Byard, an Oxford Archaeology South small finds expert, said: "Although personal seal matrices are not uncommon finds, one in silver of an identifiable individual, and, indeed, an identifiable context for the loss, is a very unusual occurrence.
"It conjures up romantic ideas of how she lost it - was she out riding or walking? It would have been an expensive item and was hardly used, so how did she react?"
Miss Byard knew the Pevrel family were "significant landowners" in the Hambleden area between 1248 and 1348, when the seal was made. ...
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-54031366
