A horn book and half a hammy

[Urien of Rheged]

Well you live and you learn as they say. And today I learned what a Horn book is.
At first I thought it was another rolled up piece of lead trash until noticing lettering just as it was entering the compartment where all the recycling is destined for.
I carefully unrolled it without breaking it up to find a floral design on the inner side.
A quick Google search out in the field revealed it's a Horn book given to kids back in the days (from the 14th century) before schooling was a thing to improve literacy among the common folk
I'm thinking this one is early 17th century especially so as half a Charles I penny came up not 10 yards away. But if anyone disagrees please do pipe up. I am no expert and appreciate that finds close to each other do not mean they are contempory.
Found in The county of Lancashire, Northern England on pasture using the equinox 600 field mode 1

 

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[pepperj]

Now that is really a cool recovery.
I would say it could be earlier than that being made of lead.
It's hard to date something even when a coin is found near by.
Reasons being the amount of history that you have is crazy long.

 

[Urien of Rheged]

Now that is really a cool recovery.
I would say it could be earlier than that being made of lead.
It's hard to date something even when a coin is found near by.
Reasons being the amount of history that you have is crazy long.

The reason I would put it into the 17th century rather than earlier is due to that floral design which looks just like designs popular in that era. I have some tokens with the same kind of pattern that are from the civil war period (1640's)
The alaphabet is pretty archaic though with the U and V being interchangeable and that fancy looking A.
Thanks for the interest as ever. ✌