Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The Coundon pendant has been dated to circa AD 1450 – 1550. The pendant is named after a small hamlet which was part of the ancient parish of Holy Trinity, Coventry.
Records tell us the church had land in Coundon from at least the early 14th century. The Domesday book of AD 1086 records that Coventry Priory also held land in the hamlet at that time. The priory’s lands in Coundon were not administered as a unified demesne estate, and were subsequently easily divided at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries between AD 1536 – 1541.
We will never know of course the identity of the original owner of this religious object or the circumstances of its loss, however, there is a possibility that it could have belonged to a Prior or a local wealthy landowner.
Read more about the Coundon Pendant 🔽
finds.org.uk/counties/westmidlands/the-coundon-pendant
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The Coundon pendant has been dated to circa AD 1450 – 1550. The pendant is named after a small hamlet which was part of the ancient parish of Holy Trinity, Coventry.
Records tell us the church had land in Coundon from at least the early 14th century. The Domesday book of AD 1086 records that Coventry Priory also held land in the hamlet at that time. The priory’s lands in Coundon were not administered as a unified demesne estate, and were subsequently easily divided at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries between AD 1536 – 1541.
We will never know of course the identity of the original owner of this religious object or the circumstances of its loss, however, there is a possibility that it could have belonged to a Prior or a local wealthy landowner.
Read more about the Coundon Pendant 🔽
finds.org.uk/counties/westmidlands/the-coundon-pendant
#herbertartgallery #archaeology #short #museum #coventry
