Information for record number MWA9421:
Medieval finds from Donnative Farm, Polesworth.

Summary Findspot - a harness pendant and a cloth seal were found at Donnative Farm, Polesworth.
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 Find made by metal detector in 1994: Copper alloy Medieval harness pendant. Probably late 13th - 14th Century. Find made by metal detector in 1994: Lead cloth seal or alnage seal. One side has a royal crown, the other "63" below two lions passant.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Finds from Alvecote, Polesworth and Seckington
Author/originator: Symons D
Date: 1994
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Glossary

 
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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 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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