Late 15th century A.D. A lead-alloy pilgrim's badge depicting mitred bust of St Thomas Becket, the episcopal mitre surmounted by a cross, the upper part of the chasuble visible; pin to the reverse. Cf. Hammond, A., Artefacts of England & the United Kingdom, Fourth Edition, Coggeshall, 2021, p.775, no.M-240116. 2.76 grams, 40 mm (1 1/2 in.). Found in Thames mud approximately 50 yards south of London Bridge. Acquired 1980s. Collection of M. Cummings, Lincolnshire, UK. Ex J.M. collection. Accompanied by a typed collector's catalogue sheet. The badge is a pilgrim souvenir from Canterbury, intended to commemorate the famous reliquary known as Caput Thomae, the head of Thomas. The reliquary had the form of a richly jewelled mitred bust, and pilgrim badges, as this one, indicate that the head-reliquary became one of Canterbury's principal attractions to pilgrims.