A Guide to the Exhibition of English MedalsBritish Museum. Department of Coins and Medals
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A Guide to the Exhibition of English Medals
British Museum. Department of Coins and Medals
Medals -- Great Britain
Edmund Withipoll with his father? Paul Withipoll received in 1545 the
great tithes of Walthamstow with the manor and rectory, and also the
manor of Marks in Essex upon the dissolution of the monastery of St.
Helen's.
33. Another. _Obv._ Bust, three quarters l., wearing bonnet,
doublet, &c. EDMVND WITHIPOLL. Æ. 48. STE. H. F. Silver. Size
1·7. Cast and chased. A plaque.
34. Sir Thomas Stanley, 1562. _Obv._ Bust r., wearing bonnet,
doublet, &c. THOMAS STANLEY. ÆT. 50. STE. H. _Rev._ Shield,
arms of Stanley, surmounted by crest, a stag. Silver. Size 1·7.
Cast and chased.
Sir Thomas Stanley, third son of Thomas Stanley of Dalgarth in
Cumberland, was one of the assay masters of the mint during the reigns
of Henry VIII. and Edward VI., appointed controller by Elizabeth, and
Master 1573. He died 1576.
35. Richard Martin and his wife Dorcas Eglestone, 1562. _Obv._
Bust of Martin r., wearing bonnet, cloak, &c. RICHARD MARTIN.
ÆT. 28. A^o. 1562. STE. H. _Rev._ Bust of Mistress Martin
l., wearing cap, fur cloak, &c. DORCAS EGLESTONE VX. RICHARD
MARTIN. ÆT. 25. Silver. Size 2·25. Cast and chased.
Richard Martin was Lord Mayor of London, 1589, and at various times
Warden and Master of the Mint. Died 1617. His wife Dorcas died 1599.
36. Elizabeth, Marchioness of Northampton, 1562. _Obv._ Bust
l., wearing cap, gown, &c. ELIZABET. MARQVI. NORTHAMPTON. STE.
H. F. _Rev._ Faith holding book, and supporting cross. SOLA
TVTA FIDES. A^o. 1562. Silver. Size 1·55. Cast and chased.
Elizabeth, daughter of George Lord Cobham, was the second wife of
William Parr, Marquis of Northampton.
37. Maria Newce, wife of John Dymock, 1562. _Obv._ Bust l.,
wearing cap, gown, &c. MARIA NEWCE VX. IOH̄S DIMOCK. STE. H.
_Rev._ Allegorical female figure holding stag by the horns near
a fountain. SICVT CERV'. AD FŌTES AQVARV̄. (cf. Ps. 41. 2.)
Silver. Size 1·5. Cast and chased.
From the 'visitation' of Hertfordshire 1579 it would appear that this
lady was one of the daughters of Clement Newce of Much Hadham, citizen
and mercer of London, who died in 1579.
JAMES I. 1603—1625.
38. James, as King of Scotland. Marriage, 1590. _Obv._ Bust
of King r., laureate, in armour. IACOBVS 6. D. G., &c. _Rev._
Between I.R. crowned and 6 beneath, thistles surmounted by
crown, &c. NEMO ME IMPVNE LACESSET. 1590. Gold. Size 1·6. Cast
and chased.
James married in 1590 Anne daughter of Frederick II. King of Denmark.
39. Accession to English Throne, 1603. _Obv._ Bust of King,
three quarters r., laureate, wearing armour, cloak, &c. IAC.
I. TOTIVS INS. BRYT. IMP. ET FRANC. ET HIB. REX. _Rev._ Royal
shield, garnished and crowned. IVGI CONCORDIA FLORENT. Silver.
Size 1·7. Struck.
On this medal James styles himself Emperor. This is the first instance
of an English sovereign assuming the title.
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