Information for record number MWA8314:
Findspot - Medieval coin

Summary Findspot - a coin dating to the Medieval period was recovered from a location 250m east of Donative Farm.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Polesworth
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SK 27 03
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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Description

  
Source Number  

1 An Irish Long Cross penny of Henry III (1216-72) was found at or near this location. The coin is class IIa (Seaby 6240), with reverse - RIC ARD OND IVE (Richard, Dublin). Issued 1251-4, out of circulation by c1280 at the latest - looks relatively unworn so probably lost well before then.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Finds in Polesworth 1993
Author/originator: Symons, D
Date: 1993
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period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. back
monument CROSS * A free-standing structure, in the form of a cross (+), symbolizing the structure on which Jesus Christ was crucified and sacred to the Christian faith. Use specific type where known. back
monument FARM * A tract of land, often including a farmhouse and ancillary buildings, used for the purpose of cultivation and the rearing of livestock, etc. Use more specific type where known. back

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