TREASURE ANNU AL REPORT 2005/6 - Portable Antiquities Scheme

483. berwick, East sussex: 15th-century silver signet
ring inscribed ‘pL’ (2005 T316) pAs ID: suss-5C4256
Found by Mr S Rogers while metal-detecting in August
2005; Barbican House Museum, Lewes had hoped to
acquire but withdrew; returned to finder.
B NENK
484. Chippenham area, Wiltshire: 15th-century gold
finger-ring inscribed ‘+ GoD hELp AmEN’
(2005 T13) pAs ID: pAs-2bE214
Found by Mr C Chandler while metal-detecting in
November 2004; disclaimed, returned to finder.
J P ROBINSON
485. Kirk Deighton, North yorkshire: 15th-century
silver finger-ring with worn inscription (2005 T247)
pAs ID: sWyoR-C80962
Found by Mr S Lewis while metal-detecting in April
2005; disclaimed, returned to finder.
B NENK
486. scarborough, North yorkshire: 15th-century
gold iconographic finger-ring (2006 T65)
pAs ID: pAs-2bF598
Found by Mr A Fisher while metal-detecting in August
2005; Scarborough Museum and Yorkshire Museum had
hoped to acquire but withdrew; returned to finder.
B NENK
487. south stainley, North yorkshire:
15th-century silver-gilt fede ring (2005 T84)
pAs ID: sWyoR-81E5D5
Found by Mr P Spencer while metal-detecting in
January 2005; disclaimed, returned to finder.
B NENK
488. Duffield, Derbyshire: 15th–16th-century
silver-gilt finger-ring fragment (2005 T242)
pAs ID: DENo-3D2890
Found by Mrs A Wright while metal-detecting in May
2005; disclaimed, returned to finder.
J P ROBINSON
489. Corscombe, Dorset: 15th–16th-century silver
finger-ring with incised decoration (2006 T486)
pAs ID: DoR-E9D834
Found by Mr K Welch while metal-detecting in
September 2006; disclaimed, to be returned to finder.
J P ROBINSON
490. Great Tey, Essex: 15th–16th-century silver-gilt
finger-ring fragment with clasped hands
(2005 T169) pAs ID: Ess-0DFA24
Found by Mr S Elton while metal-detecting in May
2005; disclaimed, returned to finder.
C McDONALD
491. brighstone, Isle of Wight: 15th–16th-century
gold iconographic finger-ring (2006 T591)
pAs ID: IoW-6C4ED7
Found by Mr R Gates while metal-detecting in
November 2006; disclaimed, returned to finder.
F BASFORD & J P ROBINSON
492. Fulletby, Lincolnshire: 15th–16th-century silver
iconographic finger-ring fragment (2006 T2)
pAs ID: NLm-3048D3
Found by Mr K Wright while metal-detecting in 2002;
disclaimed, returned to finder.
K LEAHY
493. Gosberton, Lincolnshire: 15th–16th-century
silver-gilt finger-ring fragments, with clasped hands
and inscribed ‘de don co [er] . .’ (‘of/from good
heart’ or ‘the gift of/from a heart’) (2006 T540)
pAs ID: LIN-D242E6
Found by Mr L Flayven while metal-detecting in
October 2006; disclaimed, returned to finder.
J P ROBINSON
494. holton Le moor, Lincolnshire: 15th–16thcentury
silver-gilt finger-ring fragment with
facetted bezel (2006 T371) pAs ID: NLm-AbC2C4
Found by Ms M Bates while metal-detecting in June
2006; disclaimed, to be returned to finder.
J P ROBINSON
495. Irnham Area, Lincolnshire: 15th–16th-century
gold finger-ring with quatrefoil turquoise setting
(2006 T49) pAs ID: pAs-2C69D6
Found by Ms S Goodacre while metal-detecting in
2000; disclaimed, returned to finder.
A DAUBNEY
496. Elsing, Norfolk: 15th–16th-century gold posy
ring inscribed ‘mon cuer aves’ (my heart you have)
(2006 T469) pAs ID: Nms-4b7FF0
Found by Mr R Barney while metal-detecting in August
2006; disclaimed, returned to finder.
E DARCH
497. Itteringham, Norfolk: 15th–16th-century
incomplete gold finger-ring with sexfoil turquoise
setting (2006 T92) pAs ID: Nms-3A5135
Found by Mr J Golden while metal-detecting in
February 2006; disclaimed, returned to finder.
A ROGERSON
498. montacute, somerset: 15th–16th-century
silver finger-ring bezel (2005 T100)
pAs ID: somDoR-D9E932
Found by Mr J Gaylard while metal-detecting in
November or December 2004; disclaimed, returned to
finder.
J P ROBINSON
499. Wiveliscombe, somerset: 15th–16th-century
silver-gilt finger-ring with heart-shaped bezel
(2005 T480) pAs ID: somDoR-0bC434
Found by Mr J Slade while metal-detecting in January
2005; disclaimed, returned to finder.
J P ROBINSON
500. Kingston Deverill, Wiltshire:
15th–16th-century silver-gilt finger-ring
(2005 T111) pAs ID: WILT-2C75F1
Found by Ms V MacRae while metal-detecting in
February 2005; disclaimed, returned to finder.
K HINDS
501. Ruckinge, Kent: Early 16th-century gold fingerring
with quatrefoil bezel inscribed ‘* Dum VINo
spIRo’ (2005 T301) pAs ID: KENT-7F9736
Found by Mr Archer while gardening in 2002 or 2003;
disclaimed, returned to finder.
J P ROBINSON
502. Ashwell, hertfordshire: 16th-century silver
finger-ring with oval setting (2006 T437)
pAs ID: pAs-341274
Found by Mr C Reader while metal-detecting in August
2006; disclaimed, returned to finder.
J P ROBINSON
503. shalfleet area, Isle of Wight: 16th-century gold
finger-ring with quatrefoil bezel and empty setting
(2006 T226) pAs ID: IoW-b21107
Found by Mr T Orme while metal-detecting in May
2006; disclaimed, returned to finder.
F BASFORD
504. brabourne, Kent: 16th-century silver-gilt
finger-ring with crown and clasped hands
(2006 T336) pAs ID: KENT-E5D766
Found by Mr K Phillips while metal-detecting in June
2006; disclaimed, returned to finder.
J P ROBINSON
505. snape area, North yorkshire: 16th-century
silver-gilt finger-ring fragment with clasped hands
(2006 T411) pAs ID: pAs-3424b8
Found by Mr B Driske while metal-detecting in August
2006; disclaimed, to be returned to finder.
J P ROBINSON
506. Wigginton, york: 16th-century gold signet ring
with a wolf’s head and initials E F (2006 T400)
pAs ID: pAs-345404
Found by Mr G Scanu while metal-detecting in August
2006; disclaimed, returned to finder.
M MELLOR
(VI) mouNTs AND FITTINGs
507. Exton, hampshire: medieval silver circular
mount (2006 T239)
Date: 14th century
Discovery: Found by Mr M Gaines while metaldetecting
in July 2005.
Description: A mount with a quatrefoil in its centre
depicting a bird with outstretched wings, lowering its
head. The length of the neck and the shape of the beak
suggest that it may be a swan. The surface is much
pitted and abraded but may once have been enamelled.
Diameter: 14.5mm.
Disposition: Generously donated by the finder and
landowner to Winchester Museums Service.
J P ROBINSON
508. oakley, buckinghamshire: medieval silver-gilt
terminal or mount (2006 T456)
Date: Late 14th or 15th century
Discovery: Found by Mr P Manning while metaldetecting
in September 2006.
Description: A Medieval terminal or mount in the
shape of a male bearded figure issuing from two sprigs
of foliage. The beard is forked. The back of the mount
is entirely flat and without gilding, and may have been
designed to lie flush with the surface of a box or book
cover. Length: 27mm; width: 27mm.
Disposition: Buckinghamshire County Museum.
J P ROBINSON
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