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'Secret' ​14th Century seal unearthed in Leicestershire declared...

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A silver seal matrix from the 14th Century has been found in Leicestershire.Coroner Dr Christina Swann declared the medieval seal matrix, used to seal documents, as treasure.The Leicester inquest heard this week that the item was found on September 6, 2015, by Justin Owens on land in the Cotesbach area belonging to Richard Vernon.The seal matrix, which was pressed into hot wax to form a seal, was set with a jasper gem which is damaged.The seal matrix carried the words: "secretum...

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