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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:2002.68.333 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name seal impression Description Impression of the seal of Edward II for recognizances (court ordered obligations) of debtors, Exeter, dating AD 1307-1327.The object has been identified as part of the LGBT+ collections as it depicts King Edward II of England. Edward II ruled for 20 years (AD 1307-1327) but unusually for rulers at the time, he abdicated. Rumour circulated that it was as a result of a relationship he had with Piers Gaviston (a young noble) and even worse, after his death it was suggested he had been murdered by having a hot poker inserted into his anus as punishment. Production period Modern Material gutta percha Dimensions diameter: 45.00 mm Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:2002.68.333
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

seal impression
Description

Impression of the seal of Edward II for recognizances (court ordered obligations) of debtors, Exeter, dating AD 1307-1327.The object has been identified as part of the LGBT+ collections as it depicts King Edward II of England. Edward II ruled for 20 years (AD 1307-1327) but unusually for rulers at the time, he abdicated. Rumour circulated that it was as a result of a relationship he had with Piers Gaviston (a young noble) and even worse, after his death it was suggested he had been murdered by having a hot poker inserted into his anus as punishment.
Production period

Modern
Material

gutta percha
Dimensions

Details