A thirteenth century ring from Fishlake in Yorkshire

Quite by chance I came upon an online article from 2023 on the BBC News website about the purchase for Doncaster Museum of a medieval ring found by a metal detector in 2020 at Fishlake, a village which lies a few miles north east of the city-

The striking gold ring dates, as his thought from the thirteenth century but its bezel is a first century Roman intaglio. The reuse of such stones was by no means uncommon in the medieval era. Around the stone is an inscription indicating that the ring was commissioned as a love token or friendship item. Photographs of the ring would suggest that it had been worn for a considerable time as the hope of the rain has become distorted. It is still a very impressive piece and when originally made would doubtless have resembled the type we are used to seeing in modern costume dramas set in the mediaeval centuries.

The BBC article can be seen at Treasure: Medieval ring found by detectorist bought 'for the people of Doncaster'

The ring is also featured on Detecting Finds at 

"Exciting find" goes on display

An article from the Yorkshire Post has additional images and can be viewed at Medieval ring fit for a king found by metal detectorist in Yorkshire village

Fishlake, as its name suggests, is in the formerly marshland area around the outfall of the rivers Don and Trent into the head of the Humber. Until it was drained in the early seventeenth century it had a distinctive and prosperous fenland-type economy, to which a series of impressive mediaeval parish churches, including that at Fishlake itself, still bear witness. Partly used as a hunting area known as Hatfield Chase it was used on occasion by royalty in the period. King Edward iII’s second son William was born at nearby Hatfield in 1336 when his parents were staying there for Christmas. He died very shortly afterwards and was buried in York Mister in February 1337. By the fifteenth century the Chase had become the property of the Dukes of York. With such royal and aristocratic connections, the discovery of such an impressive piece of jewelry should not perhaps be so surprising. Inevitably, its history is lost to us, and we can only speculate as to who commissioned and owned it or how it came to be lost.