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According to Allison Fox, Curator for Archaeology at Manx National Heritage: “The ring is small and quite delicate in form, but of a high quality and intact. The quality suggests that it was made for, or on behalf of, an individual of high status. It is unlikely that we will be able to establish for certain who owned the ring or whom it commemorated, but there is a possibility that it may have been associated with the Stanley family, previously Lords of Man. The initials JD may refer to James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby and Lord of Man, a supporter of the Royalist cause in the Civil War

The crystal ring was probably made to honor James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby  Stanley's family ruled the Isle of Man for centuries, starting in the 1400s In the 1600s, mourning rings were given out as mementos when someone died The ring has a gold band and the initials 'JD' on it Stanley, who signed his letters 'J. Derby,' was a supporter of King Charles I  He was beheaded by Cromwell's forces after Charles' defeat in the Civil War 

DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN— Manx Radio reports that a metal detectorist on the Isle of Man uncovered a piece of jewelry identified as a Stuart-period mourning ring made of crystal and gold inlaid with black enamel. The ring bears the letters “J” and “D,” and may commemorate James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby and Lord of Man, who signed his name as J Derby. Allison Fox of Manx National Heritage explained that Stanley supported the Royalists during England’s Civil War and was executed by the Parliamentarians in 1651. His wife Charlotte, Lady Derby, may have distributed such a high-status r...

Civil war era crystal and gold ring declared treasure Mon, 19 Apr 2021 A 350 year old gold and crystal ring discovered on the Isle of Man has today been declared Treasure by the Isle of Man Coroner of Inquests, Mrs Jayne Hughes. Discovered in December 2020 by metal detectorist Lee Morgan, the ring is 21.5mm in diameter, made from gold, with a crystal stone 12mm diameter, covering gold lettering of the initial capital letters  J (or I) and D. Each shoulder of the ring is decorated with an engraving of a leaf inlaid with black enamel. It dates to the mid to late AD 1600s and is a Stuart-per...