An unusual medieval gold seal with a gemstone engraved with an elephant carrying a castle on its back has been added to a museum's collection. Discovered by a metal detectorist near King's Lynn, ...

She is known to have been an Anglo-Saxon of elite birth, perhaps a relative of King Ricberht ... This personal seal of Queen Balthild may have been returned to England, to her family, after ...

Dr Geake said: "We often forget French is the language of court and chivalry in medieval England and ... 1257 - a gift from King Louis IX of France to King Henry III. The seal matrix would have ...