■ Ywk V ri jm mnm Pw!p^® S lm ^ji- • jj\ Mr ftf. . HE * ' ^ 1 <91 ^gM.% ■r^’M- rv . ImI I -• Mr-- jjSm flgj V* Kj :‘M. ■Say”- ‘ ,> ; Bet ' Hf ■ V K * +Jt./. .Tv #• ? WW~-\±.' f' - . 9 * j jL Jf Jl JpIteCjyJl A MEDALS, COINS, GREAT SEALS, AND OTHER WORKS O F ♦ THOMAS SIMON: ENGRAVED AND DESCRIBED BY GEORGE VERTUE. THE SECOND EDITION, WITH ADDITIONAL PLATES AND NOTES, AND AN APPENDIX BY THE EDITOR. LONDON* PRINTED BY J. NICHOLS, PRINTER TO THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES. SOLD BY T. PAYNE AND SON 5 C. DILLY; H. PAYNE 5 J. WALTER; AND N. CONANT. MDCCLXXX. W T o the Honourable JAMES WEST, E%. Secretary to his Majeftys treasury, One of the VICE PRESIDENTS of the Royal Society, and of the Society of Antiquaries LONDON. Honourable Sir, T HE following Collections of the Works of that great Artifi: Thomas Simon, to much admired tor their Exellmcy and Rarity, it has been my Happinefs to view with great Pleafure, in the choice Cabinets offeve- ral curious Noblemen and Gentlemen ; elpecially thole in your Pofieffion. Upon 2 D E D I C A T I O N. Upon my firft Intention of publifhing them together, from a Motion by yourfeif made to me, that fuch a Work would be acceptable to the Publiclc; and confidering it with my frequent Infpedlions of thofe rare Performances by Mr, Simon and his Brother, I refolved to bring the fame, in the following Manner, to a Conclufion. Your friendly Afliftance to forward this Defign, has been of the greatelf ufe to me; and will both give fome Idea of their Operations fo much valued and efteemed, and alfo commemorate many notable Fa6ts of thofe mutable Times. Therefore, with your Encouragement, this Communication to the Publick is humbly infcribed by, Honourable Sir, - Your ever obliged and refpedfful Servant, George Vertue . N eT o The T I T L E>. II. A Fragment or Part of the firft GREAT SEAL affixed to a Deed of the Common-wealth, on the Reverfe, circumfcribed the first year of freedom. 1648. Some Account of Great Seals made by T. Simons Engraver of the- Mint for K. Charles I. and other Works done by him . III. The Seal of the Court of Common-bench, for the ufe of the Common-wealth, and the Reverfe, dated 1648. IV. The Seal of the County Palatine of Lancafter, 1648. V. The Seal of the Parliament of England. The Seal of the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England.. The Seal of the Duchy of Lancafter, 1648. And a fmall Seal. A VI :c 4 i N° VL The moft Curiums Great Seal of the Common-wealth of England and Ireland, and the Arms in two Shields dated 1651. VII. The Reverfe of the Great Seal, reprefenting the Houfe of Commons fitting. The third year of Freedom, 1651. 8cc. XXX. The King’s Privy Seal, and Reverfe. XXXI. The Royal Society Seal, and other Seals. XXXII. Gold and Silver Hammered Moneys firft coined at the Reftoration. XXXIII. King Charles and his Queen Katherine’s Seals. XXXIV. The Great Seal for Ireland. XXXV. The moft Curious Crown Piece, by Simon, 1663, the Garter Seal, Abr. and T. Simon’s Heads. XXXVI. Jamaica Ifland Seals. XXXVII. The Great Seal of the Admiral Ship, and a Medal, 1665. XXXVIII. Oliver’s Privy Seal, fmall Heads, Seals, Corona- tion-Medal, and Royal Oak Medal. OBSER- OBSERVATIONS TO THE CURIOUS R E A D E R. T HE collecting of -Coins and Medals is known to be a noble Amufement ; the Delight of the Curious, a good Ornament to Hiftory, as well as a neceifary Ap- pendage to Books of that kind. Many Nations in former Ages, as well as the prefent, have Experience in this SubjeCt ; and it is allowed and encouraged in all polite Nations. From whence is feen and known the great Honour, Pleafure, and Ufefulnefs of fuch Studies; for which no Argument need be advanced, where the FaCt is paft Difpute. For thefe and many more Reafons, it has been often defired and wifhed, that an account of our National Coins, Medals, &c. with their Delineations engraved, printed, and publifhed, were juftly done. Firft, for our own Satisfaction, in honour of our Country ; which might appear to other parts of the learned World with as much Luftre, as the Grandeur and Power of this Kingdom doth appear on other occafions. As As it is evident, from many noble Collections, already made amongft the Curious, with great Diligence and Expence, fuch is the Variety and Scarcity of Coins as now renders it almofl impracticable for one Perfon to colleCt an intire Series of all the different kinds that have been from the Norman Conquejl , through fo many Ages, to the prefent Time : Yet the whole may be compleated, or conceived, from the feveral Cabinets of Noblemen and others, as a moft worthy Gentleman ^' has of late Years printed a very accurate ac- count of our Englifh Coins with the greateft exaCtnefs, and has alfo proceeded in caufing moft of thofe Coins to be engraven, with juft care and minute obfervations. Of thefe affairs I have long confidered fince I have had the Honour of being a Member of a Society of Gentlemen, whofe kind afliftance enabled me to undertake this part of fuch a curious Work, efpecially as I have for many years had free accefs to feveral rare Collections, and Cabinets of Medals and Coins, and my own Obfervations of thefe Works, with Broad Seals of the Common-wealth of England ; contain- ing chiefly thofe done by c t, Simon , the famous Engraver of the Mint in London , * Martin Folkes , Efq. [ 9 ] Ex eg l Monumentum JEre perennius . Hor. This curious Part, in hopes to compleat, is according to my beft Endeavours, wherein is contained many remarkable Works, relating to thofe Times, of publick Actions and Per- fons noted for their Service of the State and Government of England , during the Civil Wars, till the Reftoration of the Royal Family, Wherein will be exhibited Samples of our firft milled Mo- nies, Coins and Medals of the utmoft Delicacy, of excellent Workmanihip, which are allowed to be an Honour to this Nation, This Opportunity 1 have taken, as moll convenient alfo, to reprefent the true Draughts and Delineations of feveral Broad Seals of the Common-wealth of England , Ireland , and Scotland , which were never yet publilhed ; and are equally the Admiration of the Curious ; being highly prized, when the Impreffions of them are fair and well preferved ; as many and molt of them are ; for perfecting whereof I have had all poftible Opportunities, in Enquiries and Aftiftance neceflary, by many Years Study and Obfervation to adorn this Work, It is here only propofed to publifh the Prints of thefe, from fuch Collections, without any Obfervations, concerning right or wrong, juft or unjuft, leaving that to the impartial B Readers [ 10 ] Readers of the beft authentick Writers ; only having drawn out infome Sort of Succeflion the Works done to commemo- rate A6ts of thofe Times, wherein Simon , or his Brother Abraham Simon , were concerned, to illuftrate I hope thereby fome Parts in Hiftory, and to hand to Pofterity the Fame of thofe excellent and much admired Artilts. THE [ i 3 H E extraordinary Events of the Government of this Kingdom of England , and that of Scotland, and Ire- land, are fully related in the Annals and Hiftories of thofe Times, concerning King Charles the Firft, in the latter Part of his Reign, with the Civil Wars and Eftabliffiment of the Common-wealth , and many Volumes, Books, and Pamphlets have been written, and publifhed ; but without fuch addi- tional Delineations as printed Sculptures, to illulfrate feveral material Points by Draughts taken exa6lly from the Medals, Coins, and Broad Seals, The Want of thefe neceiTary Tables or Xnfignia has been my long Study to fupply, by fearching after, and colledling the various Impreffions in Gold and Silver, or thole in Wax, affixed to Deeds, or Proofs in any other Materials, of the Works of Thomas Simon chief Engraver of the Mint, Bril: in King Charles the Firll’s Time, and afterwards, when he was more particularly by the Parliament employed in the fame Office, to be chief Engraver alfo of the Mint, and Seals, Sec. for the Ufe of the Common-wealth , As to his Employment in the Reign of King Charles theFirft. J ffiall treat more diffin&ly thereof, in the Part referved for fome perfonal Particulars of his Life ; and only obferve here, that he was initiated into Buftnefs after Monlieur Briot , who was Engraver for the Mint, returned into France \ being recom- mended into his Place by Sir Edward Harley , Mailer of the Mint, under whom he graved fome Dyes for Goins, Medals, and Seals for the Government, Particularly about the year 1636, [ 2 3 1636, he finifhed a moft curious Great Seal for the Ad- miralty, when Algernon Sidney, Earl of Northumberland, was Lord High Admiral. This, and others of his accurate Per- formances, recommended him afterwards to the Common- wealth, when they propofed to have a Great Seal, and others, for their Ufe, and the Parliament. After the Siege and Surrender of the City of Oxford, in 1646, to Sir Thomas Fairfax the Parliament General, when the King’s State Seals were taken there, and ordered to be fent up to the Parliament, they were broken in the Prefence of the Lords and Commons there alfembled, on the Eleventh of Augufl that Year. Their Proceedings to conftitute a new Seal, under their own Authority, may appear in the following Extract thereof, from their own Journals. u Die Sabbati, 6 Januarii, 1648 a . Mr. Love, Mr. Blakifon, Mr. Scot, Mr. Purefoy , Mr. Milling- ton, Lord Munfon, Mr. Fry, Mr. Allen, Colonel Marten ; This Committee, or any two of them, are to take Order for the framing of a Great Seal ; and are to bring in the Form thereof, on Monday Morning next : The more particular Care hereof is referred to Mr. Henry Marten . Die Veneris, 26 Januarii, 1648. Ordered, That Thomas Simon be hereby authorized to engrave a Seal, according to the Form formerly directed. From the printed Journals of the Houfe of Commons . Ordered , 4 [ 3 ] Ordered) That Thomas Simon fhall have the Sum of two hundred Pounds, for graving the faid Great Seal, and for the Materials thereof. Die Sabbati , 3 Februarii , 1648. Ordered) That the Seal of the Court of Exchequer be altered in like Manner, as the Great Seal is altered : and that the Title of the faid Seal be from henceforth, sigillum. scaccarii. publici : and that the Writs and Procefs to iffue out of the faid Court, which bear Date the laft Day of Michaelmas Term laft, and the three and twentieth Day of January laft, fhall be fealed with the Old Exchequer Seal. And it is referred to the former Committee, appointed to prepare the Great Seal, to prepare an Aft for that Purpofe : And they are alfo to prepare an Aft for the Alteration of all other Seals belonging to the feveral Courts in Wefiminfier-hall : and they are likewife to confider of the antedating of Writs.” The Alterations of thefe, and other Seals, for the Courts of Juftice, and publick Offices, being made according to thefe Orders, it was a long time before I could obtain an im- preffion of the firft great Seal, which was graved according to their Appointment, and circumfcribed in the firft Tear of the Common- wealth. It was impreffed on Wax, and fixed to a Deed ; having, on one fide, this Infcription or Legend round it, In. the. first, yeare. of. freedome. by. God’s, blessing, restored. 1 648. Vide Plate II. reprefen ting the Houfe of Commons fitting, with the Speaker in the Chair. The other fide, undoubtedly dated the fame Year, and re- prefenting a Map of England , 8cc. being imperfeftly im- preffed. [ 4 ] prefled, and defaced in the Wax, is not, in this Plate, en- graved ; but may be feen, from a more perfect Irnpreflion, Plate VI. On the 7th of February that Year, this Great Seal was brought into the Houfe, and delivered to the Commifliom ers then appointed, who were W hillock , ELeeble, and I ijie . One of thole, mentioned in the Order afore fakh to be formed for theUle of th tzCorJirnon E>encb, is much alike on both Tides to the Great Seal, Vide Plate 111 ; bin the circ umfcrip- tiononone fide is, sigillum. pro. brevjbus coram. [usti- ciariis. communis, banci. 164S. And on the other fide, IN. THE. FIRST. YEARE. OF. FREEPOME* BY. GOP S. BLESSING. RESTOREP. 1648 c , Plate IV The Seal for the County Palatine of Lancafter , containing two ornamented Shields conjoined ; one, bearing the Crofs of England , and the other, the Harp for Ireland ; with this C ircum fcript ion. the. seal of. the. county, palatine, of. Lancaster. 1 648. The other fide* the Houfe fitting ; the. first, yeare. of. freedoms. by. god’s. BLESSING. RESTORED l 648 d . Plate V. Another Seal, of the Duchy of Dane after, lepre- fenting two Efcucheons conjoined ; the Crofs ot England in one, and the Harp of Ireland , in the other, encircled with a Wreath of Laurel, and circumfcribed, the. seal. of. the. DUCHY. OF LANCASTER. 1 648 e . In the fame Plate are engraved two Seals for the ufe of the Parliament. In one, are two Shields joined togethei , con- i’ The Irnpreflion of this Seal 13 fix Inches diameter, and it is affixed to a Gcnnmiffion of Bankruptcy againfl Daniel Gotberjon and Francis Soane, April, 1651, m the Foiiduon ci R. Ruwlinfon, ELD. r/ r c This Seal is four Inches diameter, and was communicated to me by James h ejt, mq. ^ From a Deed in the Pofleflion of Etaftnus Eat l, Lfip * From an Irnpreflion in my own Colie&ion. taming asnotder Uea l ddies tdi& dJwtc/iy erf JO anuumfe/r , 764.8 . -fj* and tAc d > aa'it aatientn Seals 164$ nw'e rtiaaL p?xrAaddy J do7teyvr t/ie Unen pr opoaed Ay °P 'znlzaanent . c f'/ze c Pao'Aamc7iJ7 Send The Great -Seal of the Common-Wealth of England Tho. Simon ,l T GH * MONT'' w/A/e/i ’ORTLAND 7no/i Au/nAAy ^A/creAiA /y/ . [ 5 1 taining the Engli/h Crofs, and the Irijb Harp ; with this Cir- cumfcription : the. seale. of. the. parliament, of. thu. commonwealth, of. England ^ i In the other, appears the Houfe of Commons fitting, with the Speaker ; circumfcribed PARLIAMENTUM. ANGLIC. ANNO. DOMINI. I 649 S. On March 26, 1650, there was an A 61 paffed for making a new Great Seal, for the Ufe of the Parliament, inftead of the firfi, made in the firft Year of the Common-wealth. The fmall time our Artift had to defign and engrave the firfi great Seal made it appear a furprizing Performance : the Prepara- tion only of a Report being ordered for forming that Great Seal, on the 9th of January 1648 ; and it was delivered to the Commiflioners on the 7th of February following. It may be here proper to explain to the Reader fome dif- ference obferved in that of the Firft, and this 01 the third Year, Plate VI. which is circumfcribed, the. great, seal. OF. ENGLAND. 1651 ; and is the moft curious and extraor- dinary work that was ever performed, as may be feen by the fair Imprefiions, whereof fome few were taken off by Simon himfelf ; one of which is here engraved, and had been in the Collection of the late Right Honourable Edward Earl of Oxford . On the fide of this new Great Seal, which has that Circumfcription, there is a Map of England and Ireland , more accurately reprefented, with the Iflands, SeaPoits, Counties, Cities, Towns, &c. of thefe Kingdoms ; fo diffin&ly expreffed and named in fuch minute Characters, as to make it a work truly admirable, and beyond compare. Between the two Iflands is engraved in Capitals, the Irish sea ; and, in the f The Diameter of this Seal is two Inches and half, communicated by Smart LethieuU lier Efq. who exhibited it to the Society of Antiquaries 1736-7. 1 This Seal is three Inches over, and belongs to R. Dinghy, Efq. lower [ 6 ] lower Part, the British sea ; which are not fo diftinguifhed in the fir ft Seal: The other fide, Plate VII, reprefents the Houfe of Commons fitting, with the Speaker in his Chair, as alfo in the former ; but the great Window at the end of the Houfe is not quite fo large, as in the other : And the Circumfcription hereon, is IN. THE. THIRD. YEARE. OF, FREEDOME. BY. GOD’S, BLES- SING. RESTORED. 1651 \ Both thefe Plates were infcribed to her Grace, Margaret Duchefs of Portland, who obliged me with the Favour of communicating them in this manner to the public. Soon after the King’s Death, the Common-wealth, finding it neceflary to eftablifh their Power and Reputation, thought it convenient to have Monies coined with their Stile and Au- thority, appointing the fame to be made of the Gold and Sil- ver Plate, which had been feized in the King’s Boulhold, or Treafury. All which was carried to the Mint, in the Tower of London, according to Directions from the Parliament and Council of State, to the Amount of many thoufand Pounds K Their Order is dated the 13th of February 1648-9, Vide Plate VIII. ‘Tie ft her hammered Money of the Commonwealth. Thereon was ftamp’d the Arms or Infignia for England, on a Shield, encircled with a Palm and a Laurel Branch : infcribed, b This Great Seal, as ufual, is fix Inches over. ‘ As appears by the ftated Accounts of the King’s Inventory of Plate, Jewels, Goods, Piftures, fee. taken by Order of Parliament, Anno 1649. Of all which Particular, I have procured Copies and Tranfcripts, from the feveral Litis and Inventories thereof, with In- tention to publifh the fame, when Opportunity permits. The /a 9Dy IU ^Vom& r i ar~& (JoUi a/ne A. A rcrm m < IX C 7 3 THE. COMMONWEALTH. OF. ENGLAND. with a figure of the Sun for the Mint Mark : the other fide has two Shields joined ; in one, is a Crofs for England , and in the other, a Harp for Ireland ; circumfcribed god. with. us. 1649. Over the two Shields, is, the numerical letter V. which fignifies the five Shilling Piece, being of the fame Weight and Standard with the former Crown Pieces. On the II and VI penny Pieces we have the like Device. Alfo in the XII and the VI penny Pieces; being likewife of the fame Weight and Standard, as the former coined Monies were. Gold Coins of the Common-wealth V Money ... PLATE IX. The XX Shilling Piece of Gold; two Shields, with the Badges of England and Ireland ; circumfcribed god. with. us. 1650. On the other Side, a Crofs in a Shield encircled with a Palm and Laurel Branch; circumfcribed THE. COMMON-WEALTH. OF. ENGLAND. The X Shilling and V Shilling Pieces in Gold bear the fame Figure and Infcriptions. In the fame Plate are Gold Coins, very beautifully milled in the fkrew Prefs; one with a grained Edge; (Aj reprefent** ing, on one Side, the Head of Oliver Cromwell , in profile, laureated, and circumfcribed thus G OLIVAR, C 8 J OLIVAR* D. G. R« P« ANG. SCO. ET. BIB, &?£• PRO. The Reverfe, a Scutcheon, quarterly; firft, the Crofs of England; fecond, the Crofs of Scotland ; third, the Harp of Ireland ; and the fourth as the firft. In the middle a fcutcheon of pretence containing a Lion rampant, the paternal arms of the Cromwells : Over all, v the Crown of; England , circumfcribed PAX. QUAERITUR. BELLO* 1658 Some of thefe are dated *656 ; a few others, a little larger and heavier 1 ; with, the fame head of Oliver y (B) Infcription and Reverfe; (B) alfo of the fame date.. And: on the Edge, fairly ftruck, this Motto,, PROTECTOR. LITERIS. LITERAL. NUMMIS. CORONA. ET. SALUS % Thefe Gold milled pieces are,, all of them, rare; but one moll extraordinary, which I have heard of, is of the weight, of fix Broad Pieces,^ 5 Penny-weights, 21 Grains. 1 1 4. Penny-weights, 15 Grains. * Mr. Weft fhewed one of them at the Antiquary Society, 1734*. Me da X C 9 3 Medals of the Earl of Essex, in Silver . P L AT E X, An oval Medal, (A) reprefenting the Houfe of Lords, with the King in Parliament; and the Houle of Commons with their Speaker. On the other fide, is the Earl of Effex in armour, with his fword in his right hand ; circumfcribed, in the inward circle, Pro Religione , Rege, Lege , et Parliaments . And in the outward circle, For the Religion and the Subjects Freedom , behold here both Houfes of Parliament . Another oval Medal (B) of the fame General, reprefenting, on one fide, the Houfes of Lords and Commons as in the fore- mentioned Medal; the Circumfcription, upon a border*, IN. THE. MULTITUDE. OF. COUNCELLORS. THERE. IS. PEACE. On the other fide, the General with his fword, and a right hand holding another fword over his head ; circumfcribed THE. SWORD. OF. THE. LORD. AND. OF. GYPEON. Another fmaller oval Medal (C) only his Head, a full face; the Reverfe, containing the arms of UEvreux , with a Coronet on the top. Another Medal, in a circle, (D) ; reprefenting the General in armour ; circumfcribed, R, R, R. P. P, P, FIDISSIMUS, 1 644. * Mr. Ames {hewed fuch an one at the Antiquary Society, 1742 5 the head in 3 wreath or civic crown, and over it S. X. Mr. Nixon, of Lombardflreet, had another fuch ihewn there by P, IVright , 1773. G a On [ 10 ] On the Reverfe S. X. in large capitals, with a Scroll beneath infcribed, G. L. for Generalis Legion is . And circum- fcribed MAG. PROTEC*. LIBERTAT V . PATRIAt. The Earl refigned his Commiflion to the Parliament in April, 1645. The laft of thefe is a fmall curious oval Medal in Gold,, ftruck upon the death of the Earl; reprefenting,. on one fide, his Buft in profile, infcribed ROB. ESSEX. COM. MIL. PARL. DUX. GEN. And below the Buft, T. S. F. for Thomas Simon fecit . On; the Reverfe, round a Figure of Grief, with a broken Column, infcribed, f. e. r. k , there is this legend, HINC. ILLE. LACHRYM.E. In the Exergue. abrup. sep. 14. 1646. In his Place, Sir Thomas Fairfax was declared General and Oliver Cromwell , Lieutenant General. k To fignify, Fortitudo Ejus Rhodum Tenuit. Medals [ ii 3 Medals of General Fairfax, in Silver and in Gold* PLATE XI. A Medal, ftruck in honour of Ferdinand Lord Fairfax , Father of Sir Thomas Fairfax , in an Oval of Silver y with an emboRed border of foliage about it (F) containing his Buft in armour ; the Reverfe, his arms, a Lion rampant over three Bars Sable. Another fmaller Silver Medal in Oval, (G) with his Head, and a laced fcolloped Band; the Reverfe, his Arms as before, circumfcribed FERD. LORD. FAIRFAX. LORD, GFNERAL, OF. THE NORTH. Another, much like it, of his fon, (H) his Head, with a plain fliort Band, and the fame Arms, on the Reverfe ; circumfcribed, SIR. THOMAS. FAIRFAX. KNT. FOR. KING. AND. PARL. The next, in Oval, (i) is the moil curious Medal in Gold ; with the Head in profile, of General Fairfax ; the Infcription about it, THO. FAIRFAX. MILES. MILIT. PARL, DUX. GEN. The Reverfe, infcribed in the middle, MERUISTJ. And round about it, POST. HAC. MELIORA. I 645. The fame Head in a fmaller Oval of gold, (K) without' any Circumfcription ; but, on the Reverfe, the fame Legend as before. Thefe two laft are frequently feen in the Cabinets' of-- [ 12 ] of the Curious, and were alfb in the Poftefiion of the late Bryan Fairfax Efquire LL. The very fame profile of Fairfax , faintly ftruck in a circular Medal of Silver; circumfcribed GENERAL. FAIRFAX. On the other fide., the Head of Oliver in profile, very boldly ftruck out, and circumfcribed OLIVAR. D. GR. ANG. SCO. HIE. Sc PROT. Thefe two Heads on one Medal feem to have been thus artfully ftruck, to indicate the Decline of General Fairfax^ and the Uprifing of Oliver to the Protectorate* And it may be further obferved, that this Head of Oliver is * Mr. Bart let fhewed the Society of Antiquaries copies of Certificates given by Sir Thomas Fairfax to John Sharpe of Horton , in the Parilh of Bradford , Yorkjhire, an Officer of his Army. The Originals are on Parchment; one dated 1645, the other 1647. r “ I do acknowledge that John Sharpe hath defervedly received a The Seal and Arms of J Medall from the Parliament and Citty of London , in remembrance Fairfax on Wafer. 1 of his faithful Service under my Command, in the Year 1645. J I latrjax . . f “ Sir Thomas Fairfax Knight, Commander in Chiefe of all the \ Land Forces under the. Pay of the Parliament, within the Kingdom The Seal and Arms of J of England, Dominion of Wales, and in the Illands oVGuernfey Fairfax in Wax. ^ and JerJey , in order to the Peace and Security of the Kingdom, / reducing of Ireland , and diibanding of fuch as flrall be thought fitt / by both Houfes. I-do hereby acknowledge that Mr. John Sharpe hath defervedly received a Medal! from the Parliament and Citty of London , in remembrance of his faithful Service under my Command. Given under my Hand and Seal att Kingflon , the 30 Day of Augujl 1647. F A I R F A X.” Mr. Bartlet fays, that of thefe two Medals, the Silver one is the larger, and is the fame with that given in Evelyn, p. u6. The Gold one wants the Infcription round the Head, but the reverfes of both are the fame, meruisti. post. Hi&c. meliora. 1645. thefe certificates it appears by whofe appointment and at whole expence thefe Medari were ftruck, about which the Hiftorians and Medallifts of the time give fo little Informa- tion. Vertue, Plate XI. gives four Medals of Fairfax , the largeft like that m hvelyn> n Gold, as is the fmalleft of the two here mentioned. ftruck [ *3 3 ftruck with the fame Puncheon as that of his figure or Morfeback in his Great Seal. Fide Plate XVII Medah of Oliver Cromwell. P L A T E XIL An oval Medal in Silver of General Crom- well, (A) a Profile; under the Shoulder,. Tbo. Simon , F. The Motto about the Head, du°nmr AT 1 THE, LORD. OF. HOSTS.j s Y ^ T ^; Behind the Head, a Profpedt of the Battle. The Reverfe, is the Houfe of Commons fitting ; as reprefented on the Par- liament Great Seal 1648, and alfo on that Great Seal of the Commonwealth of England, 1651* This Medal, it is thought, was ifruck by Oliver's own appointment ; being the firft drawn for him from the Life by Simon \ and is remarkable for his Likenefs when , Lieutenant General 1 ; as appears by comparing it with a Picture of him drawn by* IF dicker, his Painter, about that time. The profile of this Medal differs in fome refpe&s from that Medal (B) copied by Simon > alfo - from a curious Limning drawn by Samuel Cooper ; the Original *• This Medal was {hewn by Mr. Fertue at the Antiquary Society 174^ from the Collec- tion of Commiffioner Fairfax. Under Fairfax's Head a fmall t. s. f. (Thomas Simon fecit.) 1 The Dye of this Medal was kept in the Family; for there was an Houfe m the County ot Hants , where his Son Richard once lived, which being purchafed by one of the Heathcates, there was lately found, in pulling it down, the fa id Dye in the Walls thereof. * * This Eftate at Hurfley, eight Miles from Winchejlcr, the only one which the Go- vernment could notfeize, being fettled in Jointure on Richard Cromwell's Wife v was fold to the late Sir William Heathcote , who, it was pretended, made a vow that not a itone or brick of Oliver Cromwell’s Houfe fhould ftand even in the foundations, and accordingly- pulled it entirely down, and in part of the Wall the dye of a Seal was- found by a work- man, who brought it to him at Winchejler, where he then lived. He fold it for a Roman > Weight, it being very rufty. It was foon cleaned, and difeovered by the Infeription to be the Seal of the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England ; by which Mb. Vertue , who faw it 1741, among the Medals of a Mrs'. Roberts, fuppoled it to be the very Seal which Oliver took from the Parliament. (Ant. Soc, Mia. -Vol, IV. p. 78.) T whereof f I 14 ] 'whereof is preferved in the Colledion of the Duke of Devon - Jhire. The minute Reprefentation of the Houfe of Commons in this Medal is very extraordinary ; but much more fo in another Medal much lefs, which contains alfo the Ge- neral’s Head and Infcription, and on the Reverfe, the Par- liament fitting. Both thefe are frequently feen in Silver, and fometimes in Gold; and when fairly (truck, and well preferved, do great honour to the ingenious Artift who engraved thefe curious and memorable Medals. Another oval Medal, (G) with his Head in front, boldly projedted. About it is infcribed OLI. CROMWELL. MIL IT. PARL. DUX. GEN. A few being (truck, there appeared a flaw or crack in the (teel dye, for which reafon it was not much ufed ; or, as it was performed about the time that he was Lieutenant Gene- ral, and before he advanced to be Lord Protestor, the Stile being already cut, could not be altered, and therefore it was dif- ufed and laid by, without any Reverfe made to it. This Dye, it is faid, was conveyed into Holland about thirty Years (ince, and many were (truck off in Silver, &c. And, though cracked, the Medal fold for an high Price here. So great was the pro- fit made of it, that another was imitated after it, (C) but in a Circle, and probably at Geneva , wherein the Head was copied fo exactly, and the letters T. S. on it, that it paffes for the Original, though it differs alfo in the Infcription, which is OLIV . D« G. R. P. ANG. SCO. ET. HIB. PRO. When this was done, to make a Reverfe to it, they have copied from another Medal, reprefenting a Lion feiant, holding a Scutcheon of Arms. Vide (R) A fmall [ 15 1 A fmall oval Medal (D) with the Head of Oliver , circiun- fcribed HITHERTO. HATH. THE. LORD. HELPED. US. This I do not imagine to be the Work of Simon. But the fair, round, and large Medal (E. E ) of the Protestor in profile, is certainly genuine ; fometimes feen in Silver, and one I have feen in Gold m , representing an elegant bufto of him in profile, thus circumfcribed, OLIVARUS. DEI. GRA. REIPUB. ANGLIjE. SCO. ET. HIB. PROTECTOR. THO. SlMON. F. On the Reverfe, a Lion Seiant, with the Arms, quarterly, of 'England, Scotland, and Ireland : with a Scutcheon of Pretence in the middle, containing the Arms of Cromwell ; and the Iii- fcription, PAX. QUiERITUR. BELLO. (F) A curioift fmall Gold Medal in oval ; ftruck in memory of the Ob lit of Oliver Cromwell ; reprefenting his Buft laure- ated and in armour, circumfcribed, OLIVAR, D. G. R. P. ANG. SCO. HIB. ET. PROTECTO. The Reverfe, an Olive tree, with this infcription round it, NON. DEFITIENT. OLIVA. SEP. 3. I 658. Thefe Medals were, in all likelihood, ftruck to be given away at his pompous Funeral to his friends and followers n * Another Medal of Oliver (G) and the Reverfe like the for- mer, but larger, and in a circle ; and there is about the neck a little drapery, inftead of armour. This medal of Cromwell, being ftruck feveral years after his death, to gra- m In the Colleftion of the late Mr. Thomas Granger* n One of thefe Medals was in the Collettion of the late Earl of Oxford, and another in that of the late Sir Hans SIo ane . tify D C 16 ] tify his admirers, appears in the head, face, and drapery, to be an imitation probably done in Holland, of his milled Shil- ling ; ’tis circumfcribed, as the laft medal, (F) with the fame motto and date, which was the day and year of Oliver's death. A day remarkable to him ; being that on which he fought the battle at Dunbar, 1650. and on which he ob- tained the victory at Worcejler , 1651. Befides thefe, there is a Gold Medalion, the largelt of all with the fame Head and Reverfe, but of groffer workman- fhip ; therefore not here repreferited among Simons Perfor- mances °. It fold at an auction for ten Guineas, being no more than its weight. As I do not propofe to mention any Medals of the Lord Protestor but what are done by Simon , therefore, though I have feen one amongft the feries of medals of the Kings of England, on account of its having been done among thofe Geneva I have not defcribed it in this work* • But in Evelyn , p. 119. The C 17 3 c Ihe Common-wealth' s milled Monies. THE Council of State and Commons in Parliament having had it reprefented to them, that the coins of this Go- verntment might be more perfectly and beautifully done, and made equal to any coins in Europe , propofed to fend to France for an artift, who had invented and improved a machine, and method to make all coins, by a j crew Prefs and Mill, with the molt beautiful polilh, and equality on the edge, or any proper infcription, or graining, which might denote the time of coining, or prevent the fallifying of coins, or their being dipt (as ufually) and counterfeited P. “ By the Council of State, ordered 8th of Augujl 1649 to fend for Peter Blondeau , from Paris , to come to London , to treat with him, ujDon the price and expence of coining money after his new Invention.” He arrived at London Sept . 3, 1649, being allowed for his journey and expences. “ By the Council of State, a Committee of the Mint was appointed to examine all the circumllances of the way of coining propounded by Blondeau . And having heard all ob- jections that could be alledged by the Mailers, Officers, and Workmen of the Mint, the faid Committee concluded, and voted, that the manner of coining by Blondeau was better, more advantageous, and honourable for the State, than that which was already ufed by the Common-wealth.” But the Moniers of the Mint made fuch a Itrong oppolition to^this r See T. Violet's Myfteries and Secrets of Trade and the Mint. D 2 Be- [ i8 ] Refolution, notwithflanding what the Committee had ap- pointed, that Blondeau could not proceed for fome time. However, feveral fpecimens were made and produced, finely wrought, and milled ; having a molt beautiful polifh, and grained round the edges; fome of them imprefled on the e dg e . Plate XIII. (A) Of thefe pieces thus coined, one was the Half Crown, containing on one fide, the Crofs in a Shield, with a Palm and Laurel about it, circumfcribed, THE COMMONWEALTH. OF. ENGLAND. And on the other fide, the Crofs and Harp, within two Efcutcheons ; and over them, II. VI. infcribed about, god. with. us. 1651. With this Infcription round the edge, TRUTH. AND. PEACE. 165!. PETRUS. BLONDEUS. INVENTOR.- FECIT. In other refpe&s, the fame as the hammered money made current by the Government of the Common-wealth. The Shilling, or XII pence, (B) coined in the fame manner, with the fame Arms, Motto, Infcription, Date, and grained Edge. Alfo a fmall Piece of VI Pence, (C) of the fame kind and form ; all neatly and perfectly performed ; the Half Crown has the imprefled Infcription and Name of the Inventor on the edge. The Council of State having confidered Blondeau's trouble, bellowed on him Forty Pounds Sterling. And Mr. Fro/ 1 , then Secretary to the Council, told Blondeau , befoie feveial Wit- neffes, 1 that, if the State could not agree with him about the price,’ and that he fhould be neceffitated to withdraw him- 1 ? fclf. [ 19 ] felf, the State would - indemnify him for his journey, both coming and returning. Still the Moniers of the Mint, being a Corpoiation m the Tower of London, conteded againft Blondeau, that they would produce monies wrought of equal perfe&ion, and beauty; by which they got further time to perform it, and dive into his Invention. After feveral debates and reprefentations, they objected, that thofe pieces fent by Blondeau to the Council of State, were not, probably, performed wholly by himfelf ; befides, that it was an old Invention, which they themfelves knew bow to do ; and that fuch pieces were only made foi curiofity T It is thought that Simon fecretly graved the dyes for Blondeau, though he invented the machine, the infcription on the edge, and the beautiful polifh. Thereupon was prefented the following propofition of the Provoft , and Moniers of the Mint, in the lowet of London , u That, whereas fome people delire to have the Monies made by the Mill for the future, that your Honours did order David Ratnage, one of our fellows, to fet down the lowed rate that we could afford to make monies, as fair and beau- tiful as the prefent Louis, and Car d'Ecues, or as any coins of the French Nation are at this day. And, “ Whereas we have nine pence per pound weight Troy, for working the prefent monies in diver by the Hammer, we do undertake for ourfelves and our Company, to make fail mid d money for twelve pence the pound weight Lroy; and to make it as fair as any milled money current in Chridendom. “ Whereas we have two dhllings five pence for making of the pound weight froy of Gold, and the State hath fifteen drillings for the coinage; we will for our Company undeitake 9 See Violet , as before. to [ 20 ] to make fair milled Gold , as fair as the gold coins in France , for five {hillings the pound weight, if it be the State’s plea- fure that they will have it fo made. “ That whereas we are an ancient Corporation and Company fettled by Charter, for many hundred years paft; and in re- gard we undertake to do it as exadlly as any Frenchman in the world, and at a cheaper price than the Frenchman has offered ; we being willing and deiirous to put it to the trial between David Ramage and our fellow Moniers, and: the Frenchman , if the State pleafe to command us. 8 Feb. 1650-1. Simon Corbet , M, Garret , 7 *. Brook , &x.” “ At the Committee of the Mint y for the tryal between David Ramage and Peter Blondeau, “ It is ordered, that they make Patterns to prefent to the Committee, with this Motto. TRUTH. AND. PEACE. 1651. ' ' ' A « The Impreffion the State's Arms ; as upon a XX Shilling Gold Piece. Two of the fame in Silver, in value half a Crown. Two of the fame pieces are to be made with gramng about the edge, without the Motto. “ The Moniers are to give in their Propofition the . . Day of July following. The Frenchman is to make the like, and prefent it to the Committee, on the fame day, or fooner. James Harrington r .” r Chairman of the Committee. r “ Matter [ 21 ] “ Mailer Simon is to fend to David Ramage's Office in the Tower, on Monday next, two Rollers, and a drawing Mill. J. H. u Matter Violet is defired to go to Matter Simon , from the Committee for the Mint, upon T'uefday next, for thofe tools ; if he do not deliver them on Monday according to the above order. May 8 , 1651 . 7 - nr “ To Sir 7. Harrington . “ A Letter from David Ramage ; to fignify by warrant your pleafure to Matter Simon , to deliver certain puncheons of the State’s Arms, and Tools for that ufe to Z). Ramage . May 27 , 1651 . Whitehall f June 14 , 1651 . “ To David Ramage . Thefe are to authorize you, to make fome patterns, as broad as a Shilling, a Half Crown, a Twenty Shilling Piece of Gold, in a Mill ; and if you can do it, with letters about the edge ; or other ways, according to Queen Elizabeth's patterns of milled Money, or any other models, or pieces, you are to make ; that fo the Committee of the Mint may fee what is fitted: to prefent the Committee of State, for the more hand- fome making of the monies for the honor of this Common- wealth. James Harrington , Thomas Chaloner? Plate [ *2 ] Plate XIII. (E.) A Pattern Piece of the Moniers in Silver ; the Arms of the State, a Crofs in a Shield, on one fide ; on the other, a Harp in a Shield ; and both fides infcribed, TRUTH. AND. PEACE. And the fame Motto alfo upon the edge, and a Star for the mint mark. (D.) Another Pattern Piece made by the Moniers in Silver, of the fize of a milled Shilling, with the Arms of the State in a Shield adorned with Laurels, on one fide. THE. COMMON-WEALTH. OF. ENGLAND. With a Star for the Mint Mark. On the other Side, an Angel fupporting the Arms of England and Ireland in two Shields. GAURDED. WITH. ANGELES. 1651 s . The computation Mr. .Violet makes, that the expence to the State of a dozen pattern-pieces, was an hundred pounds, agrees pretty well with the following ;« Accompt of the Moniers of the Mint of the Common-wealth , upon Trial with Peter Blondeau, about making of Monies for Patterns . /. S. d. For Tools, Gold and Silver, and other Expences, 87 18 5 One Penny per. pound weight, for Silver, 1216 7 Six Pence, for Gold, upon one pound weight, 6 9 o 107 4 . The Device of an Angel for the Supporter of the Arms feems to be taken from a Gold Coin ft ruck in France in the reign of our Henry VI. See Figure de Monnoyesdc France, par Hautin , 4 °, 1619. p. 1*5, i 3 r - Alfo, Traite Hijionque de Monncyes de France, par M. le Blanc. 4 0 , p. 244* ^ r L 23 ] fhe Subjlance of Violet’s Petition offered to the State, 15 A ov. 1651. 8 December , 1652, a lift of th eProvofl, Simon , Corbet, and Fellow Moniers; being in number 59 ; of them, 5 1 labourers. No mention of the Gravers, although Mr. Simon and others were then in the fervice of the Mint. Blondeau propofes, that the invention of milling after his fecret manner needed not to be made publick, if it be not the pleafure of the State; and that the engines wherewith the rims were marked might be kept fecret amongft few men, who fhould be fworn to keep it concealed: and fo it is ftill continued. The Moniers of the Mint, fays Blondeau in his Mentor arid. did obtain an order for me to make trial in the Mint; the Moniers hoping thereby they fhould be able to difcover the fecret : accordingly I did work there, but they could not come at their end, only they have made fome few r pieces after the old manner. But to prevent their further difcovery, he re- moved his engines to an houfe in the Strand, Jan . 25, 165 2-3. In the Corporation of Moniers’ anfwer, they defire that Blondeau may be profecuted for making and counter- feiting monies of the fame form, ftamp, weight, and value as the monies coined in the Mint for the Common- wealth, without an A£t of Parliament, or a Com m illion under the Great Seal of the State, or Common-wealth, contrary to the laws of the land and ftatutes in being; he having alfo coined monies; Half Crowns, Shillings, and Six-pences, which he caufed to be made in a private houfe in the Strand. Therefore the Moniers threatened him in feveral ways; upbraiding him with a former cafe of the like kind: Peter Blondeau , what became of the coiner that made milled monies E in [ 2 4 ] in Queen Elizabeth’s time ? The Queen and her Council,, liked very well the way of making milled money, within her Mint in the Tower of London : But, when fhe knew, and had it proved, that the Monfieur w T ho coined her milled money in the Mint did alfo at the fame time counterfeit and make milled money out of the Mint, all his friends at court could not fave him, though he had many, (as Blondeau might have) but according to the ftri£l laws of this nation, he was condemned to death, and did fuffer execution c . This Affair has been drawn out to a greater Length than was intended ; but being fo circumftantial in this cafe, I hope the Reader will excufe it- 1 His Name was Philip Mejlrel , a Frenchman, who fu fibre d death, 17 Jan. 1 569, See Stow’s Annals, p. 662. * ' i F Oliver’s Milled Monies PLATE XIV. Some of his Monies in Gold and Silver were dated 1656; when it appeared that Simon became perfect mailer of Blondeau' s fecrets in milling : and after- wards in 1658, as the Grown Piece (A) is dated, with this motto on the edge, HAS. NISI. PERITVRVS. MIHI. ADIMAT. NEMO. The Half Crown (B) the Shilling (C) and the Six-pence (D) are grained on the edges; with his Head and Titles on one fide, and the Arms quarterly on the reverfe. They are all rare to be feen, fairly preferved, but the 1 aft is exceeding fcarce. 1 Medals Oliver Lord Protector’s Mill’d Moneys 1658. COM: TLOWDO’ SVM MYS°S£ OTIEA* CA J¥€ IE ]L 1LAJR IVS 1 O N- 35: MOM: SAR-BINCHINCT P. JPR MS12S o FJROV*, howtonie i ffigie^of-S^vH W / Iame s-JHIartongxon^P /OF* SWEAKLEV-IN •Y-CO\M| f OF :MlI» :K* KBARWAtGEl»Al ' of-y*fqhces *OF.\:*CrrrinEa OF-LoMDON . &WESTMIKS TER.| APY BATTELl/ffiF "NEWBEKOT . IN* I 0M 4*A*MBM»FTR-OF * / i EaRUAmethf oR.r» c o v : i \ OE*RVTLAVD*4; ONE-®F- /A |0\ YC OVNCEt/ OF-StMT/jp . AG ED • 45 . MEDALS [ 25 ] Medals cf the Lord Loudon, k§c. Plate XV. A S the defign of this Colledtion and Defcriptions is rather to explain each fculpture reprefented, than to form a regular fucceffion of time and affairs; I propofe to give fome account here of fome Medals of certain eminent perfons relating to the Government; beginning with thofe I have met with, and delineated from fome preferved in the cabinets of the curious. And as thefe times of adtion for and againft the Re- public or change of monarchical Government frequently employed and encouraged many men of learning, parts, and capacity, as the Public was affedted more or lefs, fo the ufe of Medals was multiplied, and they were then more handed about to denote their refpedtive leaders, in favour of the parties they efpoufed. Upon fuch occalions many were executed by T’homas Simon the Engraver of Medals, and fome other from models in wax, after the life, by Abraham Simon , and caff in Gold and Silver; this laft artiff being in high repute at the fame time with his brother, who often highly repaired his works , In this Plate (A) is a medal of Lord Loudon , from a model of Abraham Simon , caff and repaired in Silver; a cap on his head, and A. S. under the fhoulder. On the other fide, IOHAN. COM. LOUDON. SUMMUS. SCOTIiE C ANCELLARIUS. I 645 . The Medal is of the fame fize as the engraving. The next, (B) an oval Silver Medal, has a buff in armour, infcribed, NON. VIR. SED. VIRTVSt E 2 The r 26 ] The Reverfe in an efcutcheon a chevron between three griffins heads erafed charged with three cattles, circum- fcribed, FOR. KING. AND. PARLIAMENT. l 644 u . The next, (G a Silver round Medal of the Lord Inchinquin . The Reverfe infcribed, 1646. hqn: d: mor: bar. dinchinquIn d. prases. prov*. MOMONIE. JE T . 30. Between thefe is a fmaller oval Medal, (D) with a laurel border about it containing the butt: in armour of Edward Montagu , Lord Kimboltm\ On the Reverfe, the Earl’s arms in a ffiield, three lozenges in fefs; and over it an Earl’s coronet. The laft in this Plate, (E) is a curious round Medal of Sir James Harrington ; containing on one fide, his head, with a fcarf about his Ihoulder, and on the Reverfe, this Infcription, THE. EFFIGIES. OF. S\ I AMES. HARRINGTON. OF. SWEAKLEY. IN. Y COV. OF. MlD. K N . St Bar. Mai. Gen. of. y. forces, of. y. Citties. of. London. St Westminster, at. y. . Battell. of. Newbery. in. 1 644. a member, of. Parliament, for. y. cov. of. Rutland. St, one. of. y.Councel. of. State., AGED. 45 • 1653- U J n the printed Catalogue of the late Earl of Oxford's Coins and Medals, Page 36 , this Medal is laid to have been ftruck for Alderman Brown. Medals C ] Medals of Ships , Sea Fights , &c. /o Naval Commanders . Plate XVI. ANOTHER laudable encouragement given to per- fons of merit in the fervice of the Common-wealth, efpecially Sea Officers, was by publick honour in Chains of Gold with Medals appendant thereto to be conftantly worn. Many of thefe w r ere given by order of the Council of State, and by the hands of Oliver , Lord Protestor.- I- An oval Medal in Gold *, reprefenting on one fide, feveral fiiips, with this Infcription in two lines at top ; . SERVICE. DONE. AGAINST. SIX. SHIPS', IULY. Y. 31 . & AUGUST. Y. I. 1 650. On the Reverfe, an anchor with its cordage, and three elcutcheons with the arms of England , Scotland , and Ireland appendant on the beam; infcribed at top meruisti. . II. The next is a large weighty Gold Medal given to Admiral Blake , after a terrible fight and victory at fea, on the 3 1 ft of July 1653, in which General Monck was Commander; Blake Admiral; Pen Vice Admiral; and Lawfon Rear Admi- ral. Captain Peacock of the Triumph was wounded in this fight, Van Trump was killed, and at lead four thoufand five hundred Dutch flain and wounded : and it is certain that, of one hundred and twenty fail, there returned but ninety into the Texet. This Medal reprefents a fleet of * Mr. Ames fiiewed fuch an one in Silver to the Society of Antiquaries, 17^9. [ as ] fhips curio u fly difplayed in this fmall compais ; and on the other fide, the arms of England , Scotland , and Ireland , in three fliileds, exactly as in the former. The magni- tude of this Medal is increafed by an additional border, whereon are engraved naval and military trophies x ,;r . This is drawn from a fair and mod: valuable Medal in the Pofleffion of Dr. Meade t. III. Another oval Gold Medal, without the prominent bor- der; exhibiting the fleet of fhips as before; and in the vacant fpace over them, infcribed or rather engraved after it wasitruck, FOR EMINENT SERVICE IN SAVING Y TRIUMPH. FIRED. IN. FIGHT. W Y DUTCH IN JULY 1653 J. The Reverfes of thefe Medals are alike, and on the beam of the anchor there is infcribed T. S. the initial letters of the artift’s name. “ Augu fi the 8th, 1653. The Houfe ordered feveral Gold Chains to be fent to General Blake , and General Monck , as a mark of favour from the Parliament, and in token of their good acceptance of the eminent fervices per- formed by them againft the Dutch', ; and likewife to the Vice- admiral Ben , and Rear-admiral Lawfon , upon the fame confideration ; and fome other Chains, to be given to the four flag-officers ; and Medals to be bellowed among the officers of the fleet, as a mark of the Parliament’s favour, and good acceptance of their fervice y .” x Befides feveral of the feme kind, I have feen one, in the late Lord Colerain’s Cabinet of coins at his houfe in c Tottenham near London. Another of thefe Medals was in the Pofleffion of J. Ames , Sec, of the Soc. of Antiquaries , London, ■* who had the ori- ginal commiflion, appointing his grandlon yojeph Ames, captain of the Somerfet man of war, fignecl by the Commiflioners of the Admiralty, H. P cine, Gccige Thomfon, and Jofeph Car f iv, 1653, and the inftrudions of Robert Blake, Richard Deane, and George Moncke, March 31, 1653, to the faid captain among others. * The lion rampant in a fhield in this border may be the arms of Cromvjell. ■j- Sold for twenty guineas. ♦ The Triumph was fo effectually fired that moil of her crew threw themfelves into the fca, yet thofe who {laid behind were fo lucky as to put it out. Campb. Lives of Admirals, p. 184. y See Henry Scobell's Acts of Parliament, 1653. 4to. The P> C 29 3 7 ’he Great Seal of the Lord Protector. Plate XVII. XVIII. XIX. WHEN Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protedlor, the nd of April 1653; for his ufe, and the public adls under his government, having difcharged the Parliament, or Com- mon-wealth, he had this broad Seal made by 'Thomas Simon ; reprefenting himfelf in armour, on horfeback, his truncheon in his right hand. Underneath appears, the river Thames , the city of London , and the bridge. Behind him, in a fhield, are the arms of the Common- wealth. The Seal is circumfcribed, OLIVARIUS. DEI. GRA. REIP. ANGLIC. SCOTIA:. ET. HIBERNIAN ETC. PROTECTOR.' Plate XVIII. The Reverfe of the Lord Protedlor’s Great Seal ; being the arms of England , Scotland , and Ireland , quarterly ; with his paternal coat in the middle : fupported by a Lion and a Dragon. For the Creft, on a Helmet in front a Royal Crown or Diadem, a Lion pafiant, regardant, crowned ; with this motto at bottom, PAX QUARITUR BELLO. - And the Circumfcription, MAGNUM. SIGILLUM. REIPUB. ANGLIA. SCOTIA. ET. HIBERNIA. &C z . z This Seal, like the other Great Seals, is fix Inches in diameter. A fair Impref- fion of it was in the Harleian Collection. * (Dr. Rawlinfon fliewed the Society of Antiquaries, 1742, a call of this great feal in bra'ls, and obferved that the fame teal ferved tor Richard Cromwell , by the alteration of Olivarius into Ricardus. But fee hereafter) There was alfo a Privy Seal for Oliver Cromwell , which is engraved Plate XXXVIII. Plate t 3° 1 Plate XIX. As the Protestor and the Parliament had endeavoured to unite the kingdom of England and Scotland together; fo, to exprefs that union, it was by his manage- ment and concurrence ordered, that this Seal, with others, for Scotland , fhould be made by Simon for their ufe.’ On one bde is reprefented himfelf on horfeback, with a view of Edinburgh Cattle, and armies marching ; with a profpedf of the fhips in the river Eeith . And in a fhield behind him, the Grofs of Scotland , furmounted with his paternal arms. The Seal is circumfcribed, OLIVARIVS. DEI. GRA. REIP. ANGLIC. SCOTI^E. ET. HIBERNIA. 8tC. PROTECTOR. The Reverfe, on the fame Plate, is the arms of Scotland , fupported by the Lion and the Dragon, circumfcribed, MAGNUM. SIGILLUM. SCOTIAN 1656’. * This Seal, fomewhat lefs than the former, is only five inches over. * Dr. Mortimer (hewed and gave the Society of Antiquaries a plaifter cafl of it, 1730. Medals C 3i ] M E D A L S, Plate XX. From the Cabinet of MAURICE JOHNSON Efq; Secretary of the Gentlemen’s Society at Spalding . A MEDAL of General Lambert . A profile head in the Roman tafte , 'which , when engr aued^ will do your work and Simon’s good credit x .” This Medal in Silver, is in the poffeffion of the heir of the family, from whence this caft was made. The other Silver Medal, in oval, environed with Rofes, is of General Rojfiter ; his Bull in armour, with a collar band : “ ‘This General was my County-man ; to whom my “ Grandfather , when but juft a man , was Commijftary . He “ was afterwards Sir Edward Rofliter, Knight y .” Amongft the many Works of Simon , that have paffed under my confideration, I found myfelf obliged to infert thefe three Medals in this Plate, as they came lately to hand. They belong more properly t o the end of this work ; but are placed here, nearer the time in which the perfons whom they reprefent figured. * From a Letter of Maurice Johnfon of Spalding Efq; S.G.S. dated April , 1655. • } ^ e W3S Somerby, in the County of Lincoln , and married Jane Daughter of Su Knhar a Samwe/l of Upton, in the County of Northampton, Bart. (Baronet. IV. 58c.) Le commanded the Lincolnfhire troops, and with Pointz befieged Shalford-houfc Z645 (Clarend. II. 719.722); and afterwards concurred with Fairfax and Monk in the Reftoxation. {Baker’s Chron. Ed. 1670. Reign of Charles II.) F On On the fame Plate, are reprefented feveral Cyphers, or Signatures, briefly to diftinguifli or flgnify the perfons to whom I have been chiefly obliged for their communica- tions to this Work. An oval Medal, call: from a Model; being the face of James Afh , Efq. Member of Parliament for Bath in 1640; and afterwards in 1656: alfo Recorder of the faid City ; and one of the Committee at Guildhall for Compounders Eftates ; circumfcribed, JACOBUS. ASHEUS. JET. 56. A medal, whofe reverfe has this infcription, CAR. SETONYS : , EERNELINO: DVNI. con: 1 646. for Charles Seaton, fecond Earl of Dunfermline , who, in the beginning of the troubles, engaged with the Covenanters, and was one of the Committee of Parliament i 640 ; one of the Scotch Commiffioners appointed to treat with the King for peace, and appointed Privy Counfellor for life by the Parliament 1641. He was alfo one of the Committee of Eifates from 1644 to 1646; but returned to his alle- giance, in which he died 1674, having been appointed by Charles II Lord Privy Seal, 1671. XXL C 33 3 Gold and Silver Medals. Plate XXI. A Medal of the Speaker, William Lenthall y Efq. in Silver z . Secretary John \ fhurloe in Gold 3 , under the fhoulder t. s. An Oval Medal of Mr. Henry Cleypole Another, in a Circle, of Mrs. Mary Cleypole **, the fa* vourite Daughter of Oliver Cromwell , both in Silver. A Medal of General Pointz +, in Silver tt, with his Head in profile, from a model in wax, by Ab . Simon : On the Reverfe, 1646. SIDENI PONTZ. IOOOO EQUIT ET PED ASSOCIAT SEPTENT DUX. SUM. EBOR.GUBERN. A Medal of Henry Scobell , Clerk in Parliament. From a model after the life, with his head on one fide b . z In the Collection of the late Earl of Oxford. a From the Cabinet of Dr. Mead . * This gentleman's name was John, and he was brother to Henry, grandfon of AdamCley- pole of Nar borough, in the county of Northampton . He married Elizabeth Cromwell , the fa- vorite daughter of Oliver, who firlt made him mailer of the horfe; and on July 16, 1657, ■created him a Baronet, and appointed him one of the lords of his bed-chamber. The family had a fine old houfe at Narborough, which now belongs to Earl Fitzwilliam. ** This lady’s name was Elizabeth (not Mary). She did not die till towards the middle of the year 1658. Should not Ihe be called Lady Cleypole, and her hufband Sir John Cleypole? Mr. Theobald fiiewed the Society of Antiquaries, 1728, a medal of Mrs. Cleypole in gold, modelled by Abraham , and finilhed by Thomas Simon whofe initials were over it. f Sydenham Pointz was a very fuccefsful General againfl King Charles the FirE. By this Medal he feems to have been appointed Governor of York, on its furrender to the Parliament’s army 1644, though Mr. Drake does not name the new-made Governor •(p- 1 7 1 ) . On the 26th of Augu/l, 1645, he fought the King’s forces at Roivton Moor near CheJlcr, and obtained a complete Victory over them, killing about eight hundred men, md taking many prifoners. In November he ftormed Shelford Houfe, a feat of the Earl of Chejicrjield for which he received the thanks of the Houfe of Lords ; and in ATay 1646, was appointed Commander of the Parliament Troops at the Siege of Newark. He was probably of the lame Family as An Robert Pointz, who in the Year 1626, was committed to prifon with many other Gentlemen for refufing a Loan to the King. ft Mr. Le Neve fiiewed the Society of Antiquaries, 1727, a Medal in poffieffion of Mr, Willi am Pointz, Receiver of the Excife. ' b This Medal, in Gold, was in the pofleffion of Mrs. Anne Rowe, the Widow of Nicholas Rowe Efquire, late Poet Laureat. Mr. Vertue fiiewed it to the Society of Antiquaries, 1746, as in pofleffion of one of Scobell's defendants.- F a Medals . [ 34 I Medals. PLATE XXII. (A.). The Head of John Lilborne, circum- fcribed with feveral circular lines, JOHN. LILBORNE. SAVED. BY. THE. POWER. OF. THE. LORD*- AND. THE. INTEGRETY. OF. HIS. JURY. WHO. ARE. JUDGES., OF. LAW. AS. WEL. AS. FACT. OCT. 26. 1649. Reverfe, a Rofe in the middle, circumfcribed in feverali circular lines with the names of the Jury. MYLES. PETTY. STE. ILES. ABR. SMITH. ION. KING. NIC. MVRIN . THO. DAINTY. EDM. KEYSAR. EDW. PARKINS. RAL. PACKMAN. W 1 L. COMINS. SY. WEEDGN. HEN. TOWLEY. OCT. 2 . 6 .. 1649. Some of thefe Medals were ftruck in Silver, and many in copper, on occaiion of his trial.. (B.) A fmaller Medal of the fame perfon, infcribed, JOHN LILBORN. On the Reverfe, his Arms, October. 26. 1649; (G.) A Silver Medal; a bull: in a circle, and the neck with- out any drapery ; thought to be the Head of Henry Ireton . Round it QUID TIBI RETRIBVAM. Reverfe, a foldier climbing up a rock near the fea, reaching with a torch, to fire an eagle’s nefl : Infcribed, JUSTITIA. NECESSITASQ. JUBET. He CONTVX iGAT-IAM* ©1DIM JN.jBKnpsMrsaa 4 $ Iodide IReede MeNTiSWCTVDE ' SSSVoCELSSET EE C©"RfMESSVo lar Gw ©HE) jpflt^or Vmt i FJROI atom:: bokv*iv CarsM\g-o JBtat]BbEGE>ir<»Ai ^iRMimAo noEsm bi&siidfa jURCATV^ KttVAJK EJffRAJ BASmtEt* EOBtEM E'JEkv 0 & CBEATV C 3S 3 He wis, in the Year 1650, appointed Deputy Governor in Irelani when Oliver left it d . (D.) X Silver Medal of a bull in armour facing to the right, with a crowned fkull behind : round it, MORS MI HI VITA.- Reverie ; a fhield of his arms, three flars on abend: impa- ling a cbievron between three caftles. Over all, the bloody hand of Uljler\ being the arms of a Baronet (E.) A Silver Medal of Sir George Lane's Lady; and on, the Reverfe, DORCAS. BRABAZON GEORGII. LANE. EQJ AV : DILECT. CONJUX. MCLXII. This was made by Abraham Simon at the expence of Sir George . Two of thefe Medals in River were preferved by his lady, and after her death, came into the pofleflion of Charles Crompton Efq; her relation a Mr. Humphry Wanley's manufcript Remarks on the Earl of Oxford's Coins and Medals. * Quaere Bampfylde. ** In Kennet's Regifter, Sir George Lane , who was Secretary to the Marquis of Ormond , is faid to be appointed one of the Clerks of the Privy Council at the Re flora tion (p. 167 •) and in the fame year an AT of Parliament palled to reftore to him the manors of Rachline and Linfdurf in Ireland (lee p. 255). Sir George Lane of Fuljke, in the county of Rofcomon in Ireland , Knight and Baronet, was fon of Sir Richard Lane , of T ulfk, Baronet, who was a younger fon of the Lanes of Coworth , Berks. Sir George was Principal Secretary of State, and Privy Counfellor to Charles II. in Ireland, Anno 1672, and married Dorcas daughter of Sir Anthony Brabazon , knight, brother of William Earl of Meath. He was created Vifcount Lanejhorovgh in Ireland, and had ifl'ue James Vifcount Lane, who died without ilTue 1724, and a daughter Frances, heir to her brother, who married LIen>y Fox, and was mother to George Fox-Lane , late Lord Bingley, who afl timed the name of Lane by AT of parlia- ment, whole nephew James Fox-Lane is poffeft of the eflates of the family. (F.) A [ 36 ] (F.) A Medal in Silver, of Monfieur De Reede , one of the Ambafiador s extraordinary from Holland , his Face in profile, On the Reverfe, 1645. J o: de: Reede. d : de. renswov.de in : consessv. cels : et, prjepot. D. D. ord: Gen: Vnit : Pro: nom: eorvm. ad. Car: Mag: Brit: Regem. ad. sedanda. intesti: dissidia* LEGATVS : EXTRA. ET. AB. eodem. in. Baronem. de. Reede, creatvs. ALTAT. 52. (G ) Another Silver Medal, reprefenting the Head of Sir Albertus Joachim , Knight, Ambafiador from Holland, who had long refided in England. This Medal has been accounted one of Abraham Simon's belt performances, and has the initial letters of his Name A. S. under the Ihoulder. On the Reverfe, 1 646 alb: ioachimi. eqj faderat: belg. POST. VAR 1 AS. IN. EVR 0 P. LEGAT. I AM. ORDINAR. IN. brit: an: 22. jet : 86 *. * It appears from Finetti Philoxenis , 1656, p. 1$$, that on “The 19th of June (1625) *.< an extraordinary ambaflage from the States brought Monfieur de Arfennes , Monlieur de “ Joachimi (both formerly here) and Monfieur Burmannia , from Gravefend, with Sir “ 'Lcives Lcwkner's conduction to Tower Wharffe, where received by the Earle of Lincolne, it they paifed on wdth his Lordlhip to their lodging at General Cecil’s Houie in the Strand: “ their imployment was chiefly to -congratulate the King’s marriage,” (with Queen Henrietta). On the 23 d of June they had an audience; loon after which, “ Mon- ti hear de Arfennes and Monfieur Burmannia taking their leave returned home, Monfieur n jf oachim. remaining here with the charge of Ambafiador Extraoidinaiy. [ 373 (H.) Amongft other Medals of Foreigners in England , , done by Simon } is this, of Monfieur La Martinay. On the Reverfe. * IE NE vis QUA REGRET I647. The [ 38 j The Great Seal O F RICHARD CROMWELL, Lord Protestor. PLATE XXIII. Soon after the Death of Oliver Cromwell , his Son Richard was declared Lord Protector ; and this Great Seal was made for him, in all refpebts like that of his Father; being of the fame Form, Magnitude, and Arms ; varying only, in the Face and Name ; to lignify that his Succeflor made no alterations in the Government, as was affirmed by the party who managed affairs at that time. As it is the fame, and probably made from the Matrix or Mold of the former Great Seal, on both Tides, it was done more expeditioufly, and with lefs coft*. And the Reverfe being fo uniformly the fame, with the fame Infcription, MAGNUM. SIGILLUM, REIPUB. ANGL. SCO. ET. HIB. and the arms of England, Scotland , and Ireland, quar- terly, fupported by the Lion and Dragon, as in Plate XVIII; it is not here engraved over again. After the Removal or Refignation of Richard Cromwell Lord ProtecRor, the Proceedings in Parliament with relation to the Great Seal were as follow. * See the Note, p. 29, Journals [ 39 ] Journals of the Houfe of Commons. Die Sabbati , 1 4 May , 1659. Mr. Love , according to former order, brought in the Great Seal laft in ufe in England . Ordered , That the faid Great Seal be forthwith broken. Memorandum , That the faid Great Seal was broken in feveral pieces, the Houfe fitting. Mr. Love further prefented, according to former order* a new Great Seal, dated 1659. See Plate XXIV. Ordered , That Mr. Simon , who made the new Great Seal, now pre- fented to the Houfe, be referred to the Committee of Safety ; who are to confider what is fit to be allowed the faid Mr. Simon for the faid Seal, and the making thereof ; and agree with him for the fame, and to give order for payment thereof unto him accordingly. That the confideration of the debt claimed by Mr. Simon , for making the former Great Seals of England, for which he remains yet unfatisfied, be referred to the Council of State , when the faid Council fhall be conftituted. A Bill for eflablifhing a new Great Seal, was read the firfl and fecond time ; and, after fome amendments at the table, the Bill was read the third time, and upon the queftion paffed ; viz . u An A <51 for the Great Seal of England . G “ Be [ 4 ° ] u Be it enadled, by this prefent Parliament, and the autho- rity of the fame, that the Seal on the one fide whereof is en- graven the maps of England , Ireland* , and the ifles of Jerfey , Guernfey y and Man, with the arms of England , and Ireland ; and this infcription, viz. “ The Great Seal of England, One u Tboufand Six Hundred Fifty-one And on the other tide, the fculpture of the Parliament fitting, with this infcription ; viz. “ In the third Tear of Freedom by God's Blejfmg refiored ; u One Tboufand Six Hundred Fifty-one ,” fhall from hence- forth be the Great Seal of England , and none other ; and lhall be, and is hereby, authorized and eftablifhed to be of the like force, power, and validity, to all intents and purpofes, as any Great Seal of England hath been, or ought to be.” Ordered , That William Eenthall , Speaker of the Parliament, be, as he is hereby, nominated, conlfituted, and appointed, Keeper of the Great Seal of the Commonwealth of England : to have, hold, exercife, and enjoy, the faid office, to the faid VAlliam Lent - hally from this fourteenth day of May 1659, for thefpace of eight days from hence next enfuing, and no longer ; and that in as full, ample, and beneficial manner, to all intents and purpofes as any Lord Chancellor of England , Lord Keeper, or Lords Commiffioners of the Great Seal, may, might, fhould,, or ought to have held, exercifed, or enjoyed, the fame. Purfuant to thefe Orders, there was a Great Seal made by T Simon y Plate XXIV. conformable to that, before made and approved of, in the Year 1651; in the fame manner and ftile with the Houfe of Commons fitting ; circumfcribed, god. with. us. 1659 In r It is obfervable*. that one of the members, fitting in the front, with long curled locks,., was permitted to fit without his hat.. This is thought to reprefent Sir James Harrington ; and,. 1 41 3 In the fame Plate there is a fmaller Seal ; the Dye of which is preferved : from whence the impreffion was taken. It re- prefents in a fcutcheon, quarterly, the arms of England , a crofs ; Scotland, a faltire ; and Ireland, a harp. The ffiield fupported by two angels holding a laurel crown over it, and in their other hands, the one, a laurel, the other a palm branch ; circumfcribed, THE. SEAL. OF. THE PARLIAMENT. OF. THE. COMMON-WEALTH. OF. >' ENGLAND S. and thus it appears alfo in the impreffions of this Seal, in the pofleffion of the Right Hon. Arthur Onflow , Efq. Speaker of the Houfe of Commons, and others. The dimenfion of it, notwithftanding the order or dire&ion of the houfe, is not fo broad as that in 1651, from which it was appointed to be imitated : no notice being taken of the Great Seal of the firjl Tear of Freedom, 1648 ; probably for the reafons obferved in the defcription thereof The perfon who is Handing, and fpeaking to the Houfe, with his left arm extended, and his hat in his right hand, is faid to be Harifon, The fame figure is reprefented in the Seal of 1651. s The Dye of this Seal was in the pofleffion of Mr. Richard Blake , Goldfmith of Read- ing, who obliged me with an impreffion of it, from whence this was engraved. * Mr. Ward (hewed the Society of Antiquaries, 1748, this Heel dye, two inches diameter, much damaged by ruft. G 2 e Scotch I 42 ] Scotch and Irijh Seals , &c. ON fuefday , Feb. 7. 1659. A Bill for the Great Seal of Scotland was read the firft and fecond time ; and, upon the queition, pa£Ted. A Bill for the Great Seal of Ireland was alfo that day read, the firft and fecond Time; and, upon the queition, palfed. Ordered , That it be referred to the Council of State to take care and give order, that the Great Seals of Scotland and Ireland be forthwith made, and paid for. There were alfo other Seals ordered to be made for Scotland and Ireland ; of which thofe here defcribed were fome. Plate XXV. A Seal for the Exchequer of Ireland . The arms of England , Ireland , and Scotland , quarterly ; the ground behind them femes with Englifk crofles, and Irifb harps, circumfcribed, THE. SEAL. OF. THE. EXCHEQUOR. FOR. IRELAND 11 . A Privy Seal for Scotland : The arms of England , , Scotland , and Ireland quarterly ; the ground behind this femee with faltires and thiltles ; circumfcribed, THE. PRIVIT. SEALE. FOR. SCOTLAND The Council’s Seal, as affixed to an order fent to Guernfey by Oliver Cromwell ; the arms of England , , Scotland \ and Ire- h This Seal is three inches and a quarter diameter . — * Mr. Vertue fhewedthe Society of' Antiquaries, 1749, imprellions of this and the next in lead, *• This, Seal is near two inches and half over. land^ [ 43 3 land, quarterly ; with Oliver's fcutcheon in the midft. Cir- cumfcribed, SIGILLUM. CONSILLII. The Cinque Port Dover Seal ; reprefen ting Oliver on horfe-back; with a view of the cattle, ftfo circum- fcribed, OLIVARIUS. DEI. GRA. REIP. ANGLIAN. SCOTIA. ET. HIBERNIAu ET. PROTECTOR * Dr. Rawlinfon gave the Society of Antiquaries, 1746, an impreflion of afilverfeaf 1 being the arms of the Commonwealth, and round it the $iai. of the cheque of rtbv * Common* £ 44 ] Common-wealth Farthings. SMALL pieces of money, of copper, brafs, and other bafe metals, having been at feveral times propofed for ne- ceflary change, and relief of the poor, whereof fome ex- amples had been in former reigns ; and Inch efiays having been, about the beginning of the lettlement of the Common- wealth, more ftrenuoufly advanced by workmen, or rather projectors of various fchemes in divers forms; of which fome being likely to be performed by Simon , I have therefore here thrown them into Plate XXVI. for variety, if not for value. Some of them are become very fcarce, as that called Oliver's Farthing, done not long before his death ; therefore but few of them were publifhed, and thofe very rare to be met with. N° i. The Farthing Tokens of England , for neceflary change, 1649. 2. The Farthing Token, for the relefe of the pore. 3. England's Farthing for neceflary change. 4. Another fort, with the fame circumlcription. 5. Another, generally in Copper. 6. A quarter of an ounce of fine Pewter, for neceflary change. T. K. over a fliield with a crofs. Reverfe, the Irifh harp*. 7. The infcription on this, fuitabie to the impreflions of a fun and rock, is, GOD. IS. OUR. SUN. AND. SHIELD. OUR. FOUNDATION. IS. A. ROCK. A. TOKEN. 165I. * We fhould almoft fufpeft, from the T. K. and the different crofs on this piece, that it .might rather belong to a . private tradefman. Sneliing, View oftheCopper Coinage, p. 33. 8, With / # C 45 ,3 8. With the head of Oliver laureated, on one fide, in- fcribed, OLIVAR. PRO. ENG. SC. IRL. and on the other, the arms of the three kingdoms* quarterly, with his own in the middle ; and over all* the Crown of England , infcribed, CHARITIE. AND. CHANGE.. 9. This laft appeared near the time of the Reiteration* reprefenting three pillars joined with a cord, and the arms of the three kingdoms feverally on the tops of them : cir~ cumfcribed, ^ THUS. UNITED. INVINCIBLE. On the Reverfe, a Ihip under fail. * AND. GOD. DIRECT. OUR. COURSE. Many other fmall pieces of Brafs and Copper were flruck by all forts of tradefmen and dealers in cities, towns, and boroughs throughout the nation, for many years. * * The farthings above defcribed were certainly prior to the town pieces, and therefore., thofe of the. latter with parallel infcriptions were probably taken from thefe, Snelling, lb. Rejlo* [ 46 j Reftoration Medals . A S foon as the reftoration of kingly government came about, immediate care was taken to authorize public a6ts, to have the Great Seals and other Office Seals different in every refpedt from thofe ufed and appointed in the Governments be- fore. Therefore were thofe famous artifls Abraham Simon , and efpecially Thomas Simon , then employed, to engrave the Great Seals and other Office Seals ; as alfo, the Coronation Medals, and others upon many momentous occalions. Plate XXVII. The firfl is a curious milled Medal, and finely wrought, by Thomas Simon . Several were ftruck in gold and filver, reprefenting the head of king Charles II. circumfcribed, CAROLUS. II. D. G. MAG. BR. ET. HIB. REX. And on the reverfe, the arms of England , Scotland , France , and Ireland , quarterly ; with the royal crown over them. Thus circumfcribed, MAGNA. OPERA. DOMINI. l66o. The next is a large Gold Medal, from a model finely em- boffied by Abraham Simon ; to whom, it is faid, the King fat for himfelf. It reprefents his Majefly’s head laureated, in his mantle of ermine, & c. circumfcribed, CAROLUS. II. D. G. MAG. BRIT. FRA. ET. HIB. REX. FIDE. . . . The reverfe, a full grown {lately oak with three royal crowns in it; and the fun fhining over it; circumfcribed, I AM. FL 0 RESC 1 T. At bottom, 23. APR. 1661 k . k This very medal was in the pofl'eflion of the late Right Hon. the Earl of Oxfordy and weighed four ouuces. 1 This [ 47 ] This Medal was defigned and made for a badge or cogni- zance, to be worn by the new intended Order of Knights of the Royal Oak* The laft, is alfo from a beautiful Medal, {truck both in gold and filver, by tho* Simon ; reprefcnting the King’s head in a wreath of laurel : infer ibed, CAROLUS. II. REX.- On the reverfe ; the arms of the four kingdoms, in feparate ihields; with the King’s cypher, crowned ; and a {tar in the centre, circumfcribed, MAGNALIA. DEI 1 . This is grained upon the edge* Another of the fame dye, was in the poffeflion of Dr. Meade, with this legend on the rim. REVERSUS. SINE. CLADE. VICTOR. SIMON. FECIT.- 1 Vide Mr. Evelyn's Book of Medals, Fol. 126.. fhe H C 48 ] The Great Seal o/King Charles II. At the Reftoration. HERE it may be obferved, that Thomas Simon, having difpleafed the late King Charles I. by accepting the employ- ment under the Commonwealth, of making other Great Seals for the Parliament, by their order, in imitation of his ; it w^as yet thought neceffary at the prefent, to employ him on the account of his fuperior lkill, and even to grant him a frefh patent, as one of his Majefty’s chief gravers of the Mint, and feals, with the fee of fifty pounds per annum ; which patent was dated June 2, 1661 m . Plate XXVIII. This Great Seal for England ', made after the Reftoration, of the ufual diameter, reprefents the King in armour on horfeback ; his drawn fword in his right hand; with a view, as in other feals, of the City of London ; the river Thames and the bridge over it; the circumfcrip- tion. COROLUS. SECUNDUS. DEI. GRATIA. MAGNA. BRITANNIA. FRANCIS. ET. HIBERNIA!. REX. FIDEI. DEFENSOR. K Entry of Patents, from June to Sept, n, 1660. Medals f. 49 ] Medals at the Reft oration - THE u n fettled Rate of the Common-wealth, being divided by parties and powers of different views and interefts, loon brought on the Reftoration of the Royal Family. And among the great men principally con- cerned theiein, the medals of fome few are reprefented in Plate XXIX. fiom the collections of the. curious. That of Geneial Monk , is finely done in gold, by Ab, Simon. His head, on. one fide, embofied moft artfully! The reverfe is infcribed, Georgivs. Monke. omnivm. copiarvm. in. Angliae. Scotia, et. Hiberniae. Dvx. Svpremvs. ET. ThALASSIARCHA. AIT. 52. l66o. Another medal (whereof, fome are in filver, and fome in gold) reprefenting the head of Edward Earl of Clarendon , on one fide. And infcribed on the reverfe, EDO ARD VS. COMES. CLARE ND ONI AE. S VMM VS. ANGLIA1. C ANCELLARIVS.- &£ MDCLXII.. Of the fame dimenfions and workmanfhip, is the next, of Thomas IVriotheJley earl of Southampton His head finely clone from a model in wax,, call: and repaired in gold, and fome in filver. . The reverfe is infcribed, THOMAS. COMES. SOVTH AMPTONIAE. SVMMVS. ANGLIA1. T H E S A VR A R I VS . - Sc MDCLXIIII. * From a gold medal, in the colle&ion of the late Sir Hans Sloanc. He died 166;. [s° 3 The lafl reprefents the buft of the famous Secretary of State, Sir Edward Nicholas ; who fo many years, on all occasions, faithfully ferved the Royal Family. The infcrip- tion on the reverfe, unfinifhed, is EDOARDVS. NICHOLAS. EQV. AVR. / His effigies, modelled in wax, by Ab. Simon , is well preferved ; in the poffeffion of a relation of the family, Charles Compton , Efq. This model is highly finifhed, and touched, with great fkill and art; as many others are, that I have feen, equal to the pencil of Cooper , or Vandyck . 'The Curious SEALES by Simon. XXXI. tb.e Seale the Society. Hen . Cr omwel . Sec. Nicholas. [ 51 3 Sthe Kings Privy Seal and Reverfe. PLATE XXX. This was the Privy Seal, for the King’s Ufe, after the Reftoration ; and appears to be a curious piece of work, by tfbo. Simon. It is here drawn from a fair impreffion in wax, well preferved, and in my poifellion. It reprefents the King, in his royal robes, fitting on his throne, and holding the fcepter and globe. His title, CAROLVS. II. D. G. MAG. BRITANNIA. FRAN. ET. HIB. REX. FID. DEF. The reverfe: the arms of England , France , and Ireland , quarterly, within the garter, infcribed, HONI. SOIT. QVI. MAL. Y. PENSE. Over it the royal crown : the fupporters, a lion and dragon : circumfcribed as above, with the date i66t, and at bottom, PRO. BREVIBVS. CORAM. NOBIS. The Royal Society Seal \ and other curious Seals , By Simon. PLATE XXXI. The firft is the family feal of Oliver Cromwell ; and that oppofite to it, the feal of his fon Henry ; circumfcribed, SIGILL. HENRICI. CROMWELL. HIBERNIAN DEPVTATI. The feal in the middle, is that of the Royal Society; copied from the Reel dye, engraved at their expence, and in [ 5 * ] in their cuftody. The arms, fupported by two hounds. The motto, NVLLIVS. IN. VERBA. Circumfcrihed, SIGIL. PRALS. CONC. ET. SOC. REGAL. SOCIET. L. PRO. SCIEN. NAT. PROMOVEN. The other fix feals are alfo the work of Simon ; and the fmall one at bottom is the Seal of Secretary Nicholas . Gold and Silver hammered Monies,firft coined at the Reparation. PLATE XXXII. The firft and fecond, of the King’s head in buft laureated, are gold pieces of twenty fhillings value ; infcribed ; , CAROLVS. II. D, G; MAG. BRIT. FRAN. ET. HIB. REX. The next, is the half of one of thole, with an X behind! the head, for ten fhillings. The other pieces are of filver, with the King’s head crowned; one is the half crown, with XXX. for thirty- pence. The others are fhillings ; with XII. behind the head ; and in the mi dll of them a fix-pence. Thefe are reprefented from very fair coins, the heads only being done by Simon;, who was then reinftated in the Mint ; as appears by a patent, granted to him from the King, dated * The firft of them bears the arms of John Doiune, one of the Regicides; the fecond the quarterings of General Lambert ; the third St. Car be ; the fourth unknown; the fifth is inlcribed stgtl. officii sfalden. over a portcullis g. r.; the fixth Secretary Nicholas’s leal, his paternal arms Arg. a fefs wavy between 3 ravens Sable quartered by Arg. on a crois Gules an imperial crown Or. which was an augmentation granted by Sir Edward Walker, Garter, 17 Dec. 1649, at the command of Charles II. which augmentation the Society ot Antiquaries have afi'umed for their arms,, without due authority, I Seals t 53 ] Seals of King Charles II. and Queen Catharine. PLATE XXXIII. A Seal, exprefling the King’s fove- reignty on the Britijb feas ; reprefenting him crowned, in royal robes, and a trident in his hand j fitting in a car, drawn by fea horfes, circumfcribed, ET* PENITVS. TOTO. REGNANTES. ORBE. BRITANNOS. This was made for the life of the Commiffioners at the Admiralty Oifice. The Royal Seal of Catharine, King Charles the Second’s Queen, Infanta of Portugal: married to the King, May 2, 1662, reprefents her Handing under a canopy, crowned, and in royal robes ; with a fcepter and globe in her hands. The arms of England on one fide, and thofe of Portugal on the other. Circumfcribed, CATHERINA. DEI. GRA. MAG. BRIT ANNIAL. FRANCIAE. ET. HIBERNIvE. REGINA. 1662. Thefe were engraved from two fair impreflions in wax, well preferved, in the po Hellion of Robert Dingley Efq. The warrant for engraving this Seal of the Queen’s with a draught ol it on paper was in the pofTelTion of the late Sir Hans Sloane *. Mr. Blander (hewed a wax impreffion of the Queen’s feal to the Society of Antiquaries, The / i 54 1 The Great Seal for Ireland. PLATE XXXIV. This Great Seal reprefents King Charles II. on horfeback with his fword drawn, and a grey- hound running by his lide, as was nfual in former Royal Seals. Behind the King, is the harp of Ireland ; and ■underneath, is a profped; of Dublin , with Ihips in the river ^ circurnfcribed, CAROLVS. II. DEI. GRATIA. MAGN 1 . BRITANNIA. FRANCIiE. ET. HIBERNIA. REX. FIDEI. DEFENSOR. Mr. Rawlinfon fhewed the Society of Antiquaries 1746, the original warrant of Charles II. to his engraver for feals for Scotland , with the duke of Lauderdale’s receipts It was on fine velom, but it is not faid whether the engraver was Simon,. lie t tfSeOMA . cT W MOST - HVMBLY.FILfflrS YOVK -JHcAcfS^^ r»VTV,-raumt ,t r,M«nSsh'»rolE • 6KACE: -/ncA*SWo o fmY I ss •] I'he Crown Piece of Thomas Simon. AFTER fo many proofs and fpecimens of the fuperior fkill of Mr. Thomas Simon in medals, coins, and feals, he being employed and encouraged by the King and publick authority, as well as numbers of the curious judges of art, it would hardly be expected by any one, that he fliould be fupplanted. After the Reftoration of King Charles , his Majefly had confirmed Simon in his place and employment, by a frcih patent granted to him, to be his Majefty’s chief Graver of the Mint, with, as was before partly obferved, the fee of fifty pounds per annum, and ufual houfe-room. This Patent is dated June 2, 1661 p . But fuch is the inconftancy of Fortune, and the power of variety, not long after, the Roetiers coming over from Flanders into England, the King, according to a former promife, granted them employments, as engravers in the Mint, with liberal falaries. But their work in the coins not appearing to be of equal merit with thofe of Simon, he therefore made his famous Trial-Piece ; which Mr Evelyn has defcribed in thefe words, — “ For the honour of our countrymen, I cannot here omit “ that ingenious trial of fkill which a commendable emula- “ tion has produced, in a Medal performed with extraordi- “ nary accuracy, by one, who having been defervedly em- “ ployed in the Mint at the Tower was not willing to be “ fupplanted by foreign competitors V’ This was a curious crown piece; which I have alfo re- prefented, in plate XXXV. having his Majefty’s head on one fide infcribed, CAROLVS. SECVNDUS. DEI. GRA, p From an office book in the Rolis-chapel, kindly communicated to me by Mr. Henry Pock, clerk of the faid office. q See Mr. Evelyn’s Difcourfe of Medals, fol. 239, I And C £6 ] and Simon at bottom. The reverfe, the arms of England , , Scotland , France , and Ireland , in four feparate efcutcheons, crowned, and the King’s cypher intermixed: In the center, St. George on horfeback, furrounded with the Garter and motto, fo minutely, yet exactly expreffed, that it is much admired. Circumfcribed, MAG. BRI. FR. ET. HIB. REX. 1663. Here is alfo a view of the infcription and petition, in two lines round about the edge, the like never before done by any artift, in thefe words : THOMAS SIMON , most, humbly, prays, your MAJESTY to. compare, this. HIS. TRYALL. PIECE. WITH. THE. DUTCH r . AND. IF. MORE. TRULY. DRAWN. AND. EMBOSSD. MORE. GRACEFULLY. ORDERED. AND. MORE. ACCURATELY. INGRAVEN. TO. RELEI VE. HIM. There were but few of thofe pieces ftruck. This was engraved from one that was in the collection of the late Earl of Oxford , and was formerly in the polfeffion of the Lord Chancellor Clarendon ; and is now in that of Martin Folkes , Efq. * Another of the fame kind was alfo ftruck by Simon , with the fame beauty and excellence, differing only on the edge; intended as a Medal to pofterity, with this infcription round the edge in lieu of the petition. REDDITE. C.ESARIS. CiESARI. With a Sun breaking through a cloud, Post, nvbila. Phoebus Both thefe are preferved in the higheft perfe&ion . After this, Simon was appointed engraver of the feals to his Majefty for life, and performed feveral, befides other works. r The milled coins of King Charles II. by the Roetiers , 1662, fsV. * Francis Perry engraved one in the poffeiTion of the late Thomas Hothis, efq. magnified 1760. ** Mr. Well Ihewed cne of thefe at the Antiquary Society, 1731. In [ 57 j In the fame plate is The Great Seal of the Order of the Garter. There was one made, in the time of King Charles I. fimilar to this s , by Thomas Simon . But that being deftroyed and melted down with other plate and veflels brought from Windfor to the Mint at London , it was found neceffary, after the Reftoration, to have another made ; from a fair impref- fion whereof, in lead, this is engraved. There is fome little variation in the ornaments, but the infcription is the fame. MAGNVM. SIGILLVM. NOBILLISS. ORDINIS. GARTERII. This Seal being neatly and highly finifhed, is four inches and half over. In this plate, I have taken the opportunity to reprefent the pictures of the ingenious brothers and coeval artifts, Abraham and Thomas Simon . Their fir ft fetting out in art, or from whom they had their rudiments, like many other geniufes in their early bud, has been unobferved, till time gradually expanded them, and ripened them to a degree of perfection worth the notice of the curious. The elder brother, Abraham , was trained to fcholarfhip, with intention to recommend himfelf to fome ecclefiaftical preferment ; but by what means his ftudies were diverted does not appear. Upon fome account, or the offer of fome opportu- nity, he went to Sweden , and there by his art and ingenuity in modelling in wax the portraits of feveral noted and eminent perfons, he obtained the favour of Queen Chrijlina , and attended in her court as a gentleman of her retinue. There he fo ingratiated himfelf, that in confideration of his fervices and merit, lhe prefented him with a golden chain and medal; which he commonly wore. That Queen ‘ Anno Regnl 13°. Vide .AJhmole, fol. 247. I 2 was '[ S3 ] was a curious cojle&or of the works of art in painting, fculpture, &*c. from Italy, and other parts of Europe ; and he was one of her principal agents; for, when fhe went to vi fit the Court of France, Simon was in her train. As he was a man of fmall ftature ; of a primitive philofophic afpedt, always wearing his hair and beard, according to the mode of his anceftors, the following odd adventure hap- pened to him there. Lewis XIII. was then king of France . When Queen Chrif- tma went to the royal chapel, Simon , being of her retinue, placed himfelf in a gallery within view of the King, in order to model his pidture in wax, according to his man- ner of working. During this operation, the King, re- marking how bufy he was, and the oddnefs of the man, did not know what he was about; but ordered one of the captains of the guard to take him into cuftody, till he could underhand who he was, and what he was doing. The next morning, the King was told that he was an artift, and attendant on the Queen of Sweden . Being ordered to Appear before the King, he was afked feveral quehions, and being flridlly examined, he boldly faid to the King ; Sire, What art afraid of, to fee a man , with bis own hair, and a beard ; which the King your father would have been afhamed to have been feen publickly without, for fear of be- ing thought a boy, or no wife man f Finding himfelf little employed, after the Queen left Sweden, he went to Hol- land, and refided there fome time. But his countenance and habit, conftantly wearing boots and fpurs, with his long fword en cavalier, made him every where remark- able, and to fome people ridiculous. 4 About [ 59 ] About this time, he became acquainted with feveral Sivedifh gentlemen fent to ‘England from that court, whole portraits he modelled ; as he did alfo thole of fome Hollander s, embalfadors from the States ; as that of old De Joachim , $cc. before-mentioned, fo much approved of. At the Reftoration of King Charles and the Royal Family, he, with many others, returned to England ; where he foon got recommended to the court, and to the King ; to whom he was well known for his skill and merit, no lefs than for the Angularity of his figure, and his cynical humour. On this great turn of affairs, he w r as employed to make medals in his way; there being then on foot the intention in honour of many fignal loyaliffs to eltablilh an Order of the Royal Oak , as was before obferved ; the King fat for his picture to be modelled on that occafion by him ; which being completely finilhed in gold, the king gratified him with the reward of an hundred Broad Pieces . It was his chief employment to model the faces of eminent perfons ; and for the likenefs or refemblance his talent was much elteemed. Some . time after, he was alfo employed to model the portrait of his Majefty’s brother, the Duke of Tork 9 in the fame manner as he had done the King’s; which when he had performed in wax, an enquiry was made, what re- ward he expe£ted ? he anfwered an hundred Pieces, as his Majefty had given him. But it being reported, that the Duke intended to give him only fifty, Simon , pretending that fomething was further to be done, for the improvement thereof, got the model into his own hands again, and fqueezing it together, entirely defaced it. This ralh and contemptuous [ 6o ] contemptuous a&ion loll him all favour at court among perfons of honour and dillindlion, and little more of his works were afterwards feen. Thus difregarded and de- fpifed, he waited the remainder of his days in obfcurity and want ; hill retaining the antique habit and appearance, pride and poverty, before defcribed, till fome years after the Revolution, when he died. That affe< 5 lation tempted feveral eminent painters, in his life-time, to draw his pic- ture. This medal of his own portrait is engraved from a model of his own making in wax, in the colledtion of Sir Hans Sloane . Further reports of greater uncer- tainty are omitted, for fear of being tedious. I wifh I could be more particular about his brother, who died fo many years before him. Thomas Simon is conhantly reported to have been born in Yorkfhire ; but in what part, or what town* I could never be alcertained. Nor at this day have we any better au- thority to depend upon relative to his firh inducements or in- flrudlions in the art, than the tradition, that his natural genius recommended him to the notice of Nicholas Briot , engraver of the mint to Charles I. when he was ordered to go to Edinburgh to engrave fome dyes for medals and coins, in the year 1633. In his way thither through Yorkfhire , or in his return, he met with, and took Simon under tuition. Afterwards, when Sir Edward Harley was made mailer- worker of the mint, he preferred him to be one of the engravers there.. The firlt fpecimen of Simon's curious works in feal-graving which I have feen, with T. S . the initial letters of his name, is that Broad Seal, for the Admiralty, with his Majelty’s royal fhip, when Algernon Piercv, earl of Northumberland , was made lord high admi- ral, in 1636, which feal, for its curiofity, was much admired. [ 6i ] admired. After Briot returned to France, in 1646, Simon fucceeded him as chief engraver of the Mint. Between the time of his graving that Admiralty Seal, and the King’s death, other works and feals were alfo doubtlefs performed by him ; but for imitating the Royal Seal for the ufe of the Parliament he incurred his Majefty’s difpleafure. However, continuing in his office, the Parliament employed him, to engrave their firft Great Seal in 1648; reprefenting the Houfe of Commons fitting, & c . as in Plate II : befides other Seals for the publick offices; of which fee the Journals of the Houfe of Commons. Some few fmall Medals of EJJex and Fairfax , and the oval Medal upon Oliver's victory at Dunbar in 1650, appearing to be done by him, it preferred him to the favour of Cromwell , who employed him to grave other medals, and alfo his curious milled crown, half crown, and fhillings, with fome gold pieces, in the years 1656 * and 1658, when his patron Oliver died. Continuing ftill in his office, he was employed to make the Great Seal for Richard Cromwell , and thofe for the ufe of the Commonwealth, in 1659. Being fettled in that employment at the Ref- toration, he was found necefiary to make fome remarkable Medals upon that momentous occafion; and the Coronation Medal, with the Great Seals, and others, as here engraved and reprefented, till the Roetiers got into his employment in the Mint in 1662, which occafioned the contefl between thofe eminent artifts and him, and produced the next year that lingular mafter-piece of art, his ‘ Trial-piece , with the petition or appeal to his Majefty for redrefs. All that is to be further faid of him, will appear in the defcrip- tion of Plate XXXVII. * See bis appointment to this office in the Appendix. T'be<~ I 62 ] The Great Seal for Jamaica, &c. PLATE XXXVI. This Seal reprefents the King, crowned, in his robes, and on a throne, with a Negro on his knee, prefenting fome pine apples to him. In the Exergue. Dvro. de. cortice. frvctvs. qvam. dvlces. And this circumfcription, CAROLVS. II. D. G. MAG. BRIT. FRAN. ET. HIB. REX. DOMIN. JAMAICA. > The Reverfe, on a fhield five pine apples on a crofs: The fupporters, a male and female Indian. The Creft, an aligator pafTant : The Motto at bottom, INDVS. VTERC^. SERVIET, VNI. circumfcribed, ECCE. AL1VM. RAMOS. PORREXIT. IN ORBEM. NEC. STERILIS. CRVX. EST. fbe C 6 3 ] ¥he Great Seal for the Lord High- Admiral,. James Duke of York, Brother to King Charles II. PLATE XXXVIII. In the early times of Y. Simon he made a Seal like this for the Earl of Northumberland, \ then Lord high Admiral, as before-mentioned, and of the fame dimenfions with this, being at that time, efteemed a moft curious ' piece of art. Yet as it was melted down, and varied from this only in the name, titles, arms, and other Infignia on the fails, flags, but the fliip, and moft remarkable particulars were the fame; I have not intro- duced it here from any impreflion. This which is here engraved was made after the Reitera- tion for the ufe of James Duke of York, his Majefty’s bro- ther, as the titles round it fully exprefs : SIGIL. ILLVST. JACOBI. DVCIS. EBOR. & ALBAN. COM. VLTON. SVMMI. ANGLIAN ET. HlB. ARCHITHAL. GVARD. QVINQ,. POR.T. PRAECLA. ORD. GAR. MIL. ETC. Over this feal is the fketch of a medal intended for the Duke of York . Belides this there is a Medal of King Charles II. which was ftruck on account of the wars between England and Holland ; reprefenting on one fide the King’s head encir- cled with laurel, with his name and titles circumfcribed, and Simon's name at bottom : On the reverfe, the King, riding in his fea-car, drawn by four fea-horfes, and a fleet at fome diftance. Over all, this infcription : ET. PONTVS. SERVIET. 1 665. K This t 64 } This being dated in the . year of the great ficknefs, it is conftantly reported that Thomas Simon died at that time ; but where he was buried after having fearched many Regif- ters of Wills and Burials in and about London ineffectually, I have not been able to difcover ; and it being faicl he re- tired to his native country, my enquiries there proved alfo fruitlefs. I would not be underftood by any thing that has been faid in praife of thefe two excellent artifts to depre- ciate the merit of any fkilful matters in their way, who have been here, or were eminent in Holland, France , or Italy, having only intended to exprefs the regard that is duo to their performances, in honour of their own country Oliver’s L d Protector Oliver, Am "Pnkry JeaA, smaZ/AA/eas// ^Portnzofr *feaZs. PL^sxvm. t 6s ] Oliver^ Privy Sea /, with the Coronation and Restoration Medals , &c. PLATE XXXVIII. In this additional Plate, the Privy Seal of Oliver is like that mentioned Plate XVIII. but its diameter is only two inches and a half. The Arms, Sup- Dorters and Crefb the fame as in the reverfe of that feal. Jl But the infcription on this is, OLIVAR. DEI. GRA. REIPVB. ANGLIC. SCOTItE. ET. HIBERNIiE. Sc PROTECTOR. This is engraved from the impreffion of the original dye in heel, which was, until the year 1749, in the polfelfion of Thomas Freeman of Chelmsford , in the county of EJfex, gent, to whofe hands it came by defcent from his anceftor, keeper of this Seal, and is now in the polfeffion of his foil Thomas Freman of Chelmsford aforefaid, who favoured me with this opportunity to oblige the pubiick. At the bottom is the Coronation Medal of King Charles II. On one fide, the King’s head crowned, with his name, and titles : On the reverfe, the King fitting in the regal chair, and an angel holding a crown over his head ; circumfcribed, EVERSO. MISSVS. SVCCVRRERE. SECLO. XXIII. APR. t66i. The other is one of the Medals firuck on the Reftoration, containing the King’s head on one fide, infcribed with his name and titles ; and on the reverfe, three royal crowns in a tree, the fun Alining above : circumfcribed, TANDEM. REVIRESCET. K 2 Thefe [ 66 ] Thefe were engraved from gold medals. The other fmall feals in this Plate are portraits of private perfons, of which kind for feals Simon made great variety The favours and free accefs to the cabinets of feveral of my honoured friends, I juftly acknowledge with all due thanks; and would, on this occahon, more largely exprefs: But having, in thefe memorials of Simon's works, ftudied clearnefs and brevity; only here and there, where it was abfolutely requilite, I have endeavoured to deliver myfelf more fully, without being thought, I hope, either tedious to the prefent readers, or offenfive to pofterity, in this particular attempt to embellifh the hiftory of thofe times. G. K * Mr. Nicholas Ihewed the Society of Antiqxtaries 1723, an intaglio of his grandfather the fecretary, by Symon, finely done. Dr. Cromwell Mortimer exhibited there 1735, a Heel feal, about the fize of the head of a fteel pencil, formerly belonging to his father’s firft wife, a daughter of Richard Cromwell, having the- head of Oliver Cromwell by Symon. Oliver i *7 3 Oliver Cromwell’s Appointment of Thomas Symon to the Office of Chief-Engraver and Medal-Maker. From a MS. on Vellum in the Library of Thomas Astle, Efq. (p.86.) containing the Inrollments oflnftruments of State, Grants of Offices, &c. from June 24, 1654, to the Death of Oliver Cromwell, and alfo during the Protectorate of Richard Cromwell, and the adminiftra- tion of the Parliaments O LIVER LORD PROTECTOR of the Commonwealth of Eng- land, Scotland, and Ireland, and the dominions thereto belonging. To all to whom thefe prefents ffiall come, greeting. Know ye , that we of our efpeciall grace, certain knowledge, and meere motion, have given and granted, and by thefe prefents for us and our fucceffors, do give and grant unto our fervant, Thomas Symon, the office of foie cheife Engraver of the irons of and for the moneyes of us and our fucceffors within our Tower of London, with all and lingular profitts, commodities, emoluments, dyetts, and advantages, to the faid office belonging, or therewith had, ufed, and enjoyed, at any time heretofore, and him the faid Thomas Symon, foie cheife engraver of the irons of and for the moneyes of us and our fucceffors within our faid Tower of London, we doe make, ordaine, and copflitute, by theife prefents, to have, hould, occupy, enjoy, and excerciffe the faid office unto him the faid Thomas Symon, by himfelfe, or by his fufficient deputy or deputies, or under- engraver, to be appointed by him for and during the tearme of his natural life, with the annuity, fum, or falary,. of thirty pounds of lawful money of England by the yeare, to be paid att the receipte of the Exchequer of us and our [ 68 ] our fucceffors, or by the hands of the Warden of the Mint of us and our fuc* ceflors in our faid Tower of London, to be allowed on his accompt by the com miffioners of our treafury, treafurer, under-treafurer, and barons of our Exchequer, for the tyme being, on the four-and-twentieth day of June, the nyne-and-twentieth day of September, the five-and-twentieth day of March, yea rely, by even and equal portions, the firfl payment thereof to be made for one quarter of a yeare, to begin from the five-and-twentieth day of March, which was in the yeare of our Lord One Thou fit nd Six Hundred Fifty-five; and we do, by thefe prefentsfor us and our fucceffors, will, require, and autho- rife the commiffioners of the treafury, treafurer, chancellor, under-treafurer, and barons of the Exchequer, of us and our fucceffors for the tyme being, and all other officers and minifters of the receipte of the Exchequer, of us and our fucceffors for the tyme being, to whom it (hall or may any waies apper- teyne, that out of the treafure of us and our fucceffors, from tymd to tyme remayneinge in the faid receipte of the Exchequer, they pay, or caufe to be paid unto the faide Thomas Symon, or his affignes, the faid annuity, fum, or falary of thirty pounds by the yeare, quarterly, by even portions as aforefaid, in cafe the fame be not paid by the Warden of the Mint in our faid Tower of London for the tyme being, together with the arrears thereof already incurred from the faid five-and-twentieth day of March, which was in the yeare of our Lord One Thoufand Six Hundred and Fifty-five, and which (hall hereafter happen to incurr, and for their foe doeing theife our letters pattent, or the inrollment thereof, being produced, fhall be to them and every of them refpe&ively, a fufficient warrant and difeharge in that be- halfe. And if it fhall happen that the faid annuity, fum, or falary, of thirty pounds, or any parte thereof, or of the arrears thereof, be paid by the Warden of the Mint in our faid Tower of London, we will and require the commiffioners of the treafury, treafurer, under-treafurer, and barons of the Exchequer, of us and our fucceffors for the tyme being, that they make allowance unto the faid Warden of the Mint for the time being, upon his re- fpe&ive accompts, for foe much thereof as fhall be paid by him to the faid Thomas Symon as aforefaid. And thefe prefents, or the inrollment thereof, being produced, fhall be a fufficient warrant and difeharge unto them in that behalfe, as alfoe unto the faid Warden for the tyme being for payment thereof accordingly. And wee do likewife, by thiefe prefents for us and our fuccef- fors. AVU2, t % ] fors, grant unto the faid Thomas Symon, for the exercife and occupation of the office aforefaid, all and fingular other profitts, commodities, emoluments,, dyetts, and advantages, to the faid office belonging, or therewith, or by rea- fon thereof, heretofore had, held, or enjoyed, to have, perceive, receive, and enjoy the faid profitts, commodities, emoluments, dietts, and advantages to the faid Thomas Symon, and his affignees,, foe long as he fha.ll continue in the office aforefaid. And further know yee, that wee of our efpecial grace, cer- tairie knowledge, and meere motion, have given and granted, and by thiefe prefen ts for us and our fucceffors, doe give and grant unto the faid Thomas- Symon the foie office, priviiedge, right, intereft, and full power and autho- rity of makeing, cutting, and engraveing all and fingular cognizances and badges of honor, feals, efcutchions, ftampes and armes, wherein the armes of us and our fuccelTors, or of the commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the dominions thereto belonging, at any tyme or tymes here- after fhall be cutt or engraven, by virtue of any writs, warrant, or commande- ment of us or our fucceffors, or by command or warrant of the lords and* other of the privie councell of us and our jucceffors, or of the juftices of the courts of us and our fucceffors, or of any other or others having authority in this behalfe, to have, hould, excercife, and enjoy the foie office,, priviiedge, right, intereft, power, and authority, laft-mentioned, unto him the faid Thomas Symon, by himfelfe, or by his fufficient deputy or deputies, for and during the tearme of his naturall life, together with all and fingular fuch and the like fees, rewards, allowances and profitts as Thomas Anthony, Charles Anthony, or Derricke Anthony, deceafed •, John Gilbert, Edward Greene, or any of them, or any other engraver or cutter belonging to any King or Queen of England, hath, had, or received, in and for the excerfife of the office laft mentioned, to bee hereby granted as aforefaid. And wee doe by theife prefents for us and our fucceffors, ftraightly charge and com- mand all and fingular gold fmiths and other makers, engrnveis, and cutter^ of cognizances or badges, feales, efcuchions, ftampes, and armes \ and ail other people, as well natives as others, within this commonwealth, or the dominions thereto belonging, of what quality or degree foever, he, or they, or any of them, be (other than the faide Thomas Symon, his under- engraver, and fuch his fufficient deputy or deputies, to bee appointed by him as aforefaid), that from henceforth they, and every of them, doe forbear ta- in aka [ 7 ° ] make, engrave, and cult, any cognizances, badges, feales, efcutchions, (lamps, and armes, wherein our owne armes, or the armes of our fucceffors, or of this commonwealth (hall be cutt and engraven. And that they nor any of them doe in any wife hinder the faid Thomas Symon, or fuch his fufficient deputy or deputies in the premiffes, upon paine of our high difpleafure and the forfeiture of all and Angular fuch cognizances, badges, feales, efcutchions, itampes, and armes, which (ball be fo made or engraven or cutt by them, or any of them, and alfoe the treble value thereof; the one moiety whereof to bee brought into the receipt of the Exchequer for the ufe of us and our fuc- celTors; and the other moiety to bee to the ufe of the faide Thomas Symon or his deputies. And wee doe likewife, by theife prefents for us and our fuccef- fors, command and require the commiffioner, chancellor, or keeper of the greate feale of England, the commiffioners of the treafury, treafurer, under- treafurer, and barons of the Exchequer, and all and Angular judges and ju dices of our courts of records att Weftminfter, and in our city of London and elfewhere within our dominions for the tyme being, and all juflices of the peace, mayors, (herriffes, baylifFs, conftables, wardens of citties, townes cor- porate, and companies, and all other officers and minifters of us and our fuc- ceffors, to be ayding and affifling unto him the faide Thomas Symon, and his . fufficient deputy and deputies, in and about the due execution of the premises. And further, wee doe by theife prefents for us and our fuccelfors, unto the faide Thomas Symon, that it (hall and may be lawful!, to and for him the faide Thomas Symon (and noe other) from time to time during his naturall life, to prefent unto us and our fuccelfors able and fufficient perfons, to bee admitted by us and our fucceffors into the offices of under-engraver and (inker of our faide (lamps, foe often as the faide places, or other of them, (hall hap- pen to be void. And further knowe yee, that wee of our mere ample grace, certeine knowledge and mere motion, have nominated, conflituted, and ap- pointed, and by theife prefents, for us and our fucceffors, doe nominate,, conftitute, and appoint him, the faide Thomas Symon, to be our meddall-. maker of the meddalls of and belonging to us and our fucceffors, to have and exercife the foie making of all medalls for us and our fucceffors, dureing the uaturall life of him the faide Thomas Symon, and likewife the makeing- of all and Angular the chaines thereunto belonging : Giving, and by theife prefents for us and our fucceffors granting, unto the faide Thomas Symon freedome and liberty to ufe all or any Angular preffes, rolls, and cutters, or any other inftruments [ 7 1 3 inftruments neceffary for that worke, as doe or may belong to us or our fucceffors, whether the fame {hall bee remayning in our {aid Tower of London or elfewhere. And wee doe, by theife prefents for us and our fucceffors, giant unto the faide Thomas Symon one annuity or yearely falaiy of thirteene pounds, fix {hillings, and eight pence, lawfull money of England, by the yeare, for and during the time of his naturall life, if he {hall foe long continue our meddall-maker as aforefaid, to bee paid at the receipt of the Exchequer of us and our fucceffors, on the fower and twen- tieth day of June, the nyne-and-twentieth day of September, the five-and- twentieth day of December, and the five-and- twentieth day of March, year ely, by even and equall portions j the firft payment thereof to be made for one quarter of a year, to begin from the five-and-twentieth of March afore- laide, which was in the yeare of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred fifty- five. And theile our le.ters patterns, or the inrollment thereof, {hall be a {efficient warrant and difeharge to the commiffioner of the treafury, trea- furer, chancellor, under-treafurer, and the barons of the Exchequer, of us and our fucceffors, for the tyme being, and to all others the officers and minifters of the receipts of the Exchequer of us and our fucceffors, to whom it fhall or may any waies apperteyne, for payment of the faid an- nuity or yearely falary of thirteene pounds, fix {hillings, and eight-pence, together with the arrears thereof, already incurred from the faide five- and-twentieth day of March, which was in the yeare of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred fifty-five, or which fhall hereafter happen to incurr unto them the faid Thomas Symon as aforefaid, out of the treafury of us and our fucceffors from tyme to tyme remayning in the faid receipte of our Exchequer. And further wee will, and by theife prefents for us and our fucceffors, doe grant to the faid Thomas Symon, that thefe our letters pattents, or the inrollment thereof, {hall bee in and by all things good, valid, {efficient, and effeflual in law, againft us and our fucceffors, and foe {hall bee adjudged, conftrued, and taken to bee for the beft benefitt and ad- vauntage of the faid Thomas Symon in all our courts and elfewhere, although expreffe mention of the true yearely value, or of the certainty of the pre- miffes, or any of them, or of any other guifts or grants to the faid Ihomas Symon heretofore made in thefe prefents is not made, or any ^ flatute, [ 7 2 3 ftatute, aft, ordinance, provifion, proclamation, or reflrainte, to the con- trary thereof heretofore had, made, ordained, or provided, or any other matter caufe, or thing whatfoever, in any wife notwithftanding. In Witnefs whereof wee have caufed theife our letters to be made pattents. Witnefs our felfe at Weftminfter the nymh day of July, in the yeare of our Lord one thou- fand fix hundred and fifty-fix. By Writ of Privy Seale, BEALE. Direc- [ 67* 3 THOMAS SIMON had five children, three Tons and two daughters: only one of the latter furvived him, the wile of Mr. Hibberd a of London, by whom (he had one daughter married to Samuel Barker efq; of Fairford, c. Gloucefter, high fheriff of the county, 1691. who left two daughters. Of thefe the eldeft died an infant; the other, Efther, was married to James Lamb of Hackney, efq; who died 1761, and his widow is now lady of the manor of Fairford. Some Farms in Kent (one at Gad’s Hill near Rochefter) belonged to Thomas Simon, and were inherited by Mrs. Lamb, together with feveral original Warrants to this ini- mitable Artift, on which are drawings molt exquifitely finifhed by himfelf of the feveral Seals and Coins therein directed to be executed by him. Having been favoured with the ufe of thefe Warrants, I am enabled to enrich this fecond Edition of Mr. Vertue’s work with two addi- tional Plates. Mr. Raymond alfo favored me with the fight of a book on vellum, figned 66 Thomas Simon” in the firfi leaf, con- taining twenty-five heads in pencil and ink, beautifully drawn, and probably from the life for medals. We have only to lament that it does not appear that any of them were executed by the artiff. 3 See Rudder’s Hid. of Gloucederfhire, p. 443. Atkins, p, 226. 2d edition . K 3 Plate [ 68 * ] Plate XXXIX. and XL. (A.) exhibit the Great Seal of 'England made after the Reflo- ration, agreeable to the following warrant. The obverfe reprefents the King royally habited and feated on a throne, as in Plate XXX. A. and on the Privy Seal hereaftermen- tioned, with this only difference, that from the fides of the throne hang fix banners, with the arms of England, Scotland, Ireland, France, St. George and the union flag. On the reverfe, Plate XL. is the King laureat on horfeback, with a drawn fword in his right hand : a view of London on the back ground. “ Charles R. Our will and pleafure is that you forthwith make and prepare a Great Seale according to this draught. And for fo doing this fhall be your warrant. Given at our court at Whitehall the fecond of December, 1662. By his Maieftyes command, Will. Morice.” To Thomas Simon, one of our chiefe gravers “ Warrant for making of Seales Steele for letters of State to Forraigne Princes. Charles R. Our will and pleafure is that you forth- with engrave the fteele feales for our fervice, to be deliver’d to our right trufly and wel beloved councellor fir Henry Ben net, knt. one of our principall fecretaries of Rate, ac- cording to the draughts here above expreffed. For which this fhall be your warrant. Given at our court at White- hall the 7th day of Aprill, 1664. By his Majelly’s command, Henry Bennet. To our trufly and well beloved Thomas Simonds, one of our chiefe gravers.” * Tt does not appear how there happened to be two Great Seals of England actually executed within two years of one another, as this and that in PI. XXVIII. The [ 6 9 » ] The leaft of thefe feals is about the fize of a crown piece; the larger two or three fizes bigger; they have the arms of England in a garter, with their refpective mottos and fup- porters, and round them the King’s title : CAROLUS. II. DEI. GRA. MAG. BRITAN. FR£N. ET. HIB. REX. FID. DEFEN. Plate XL A. B. C. 4 ‘ Warrant of the 26 of September, 1664, for engraving of a fteele fignet, and two fmall fteele feales of fir Henry Bennet. Charles R. Our will and pleafure is that you forth- with engrave three fteele feales for our fervice, to be deli- vered to our right trufty and well beloved councellour fir Henry Bennet, knt. one of our principall fecretaries of ftate, according to the draughts hereabove exprefted; for which this lhall be your warrant. Given at our court at White- hall the 26th day of September, 1664. By his Majefties command, Henry Bennet. To our trufty and well-beloved Thomas Simonds, one of our chief gravers.” 1661. To Thomas Simon, one of our chief gravers.” This feal exa&ly refembles that for the lord privy feal, plate XXX. except that the fupporters are here a Rag and antelope. See Simon’s own lift N° 9,, for which he had 40 L Dr- Harris, in the Appendix to his “ Hiftorical and Cri- “ tical account of O. Cromwell,” p. 538. printed an ori- ginal letter of Cromwell’s to the parliament (then in the poffeffion of James Lamb, E% of Fairford, in Gloucef- tcrilure, now of John Raymond, efq; of the fame place) ■ on their fending Symonds to Edinburgh, for his orders about [ 74 * ] about the famous medal {truck in memory of the vidory at Dunbar. See PL XII. p. 13. For y e Hono hle the Comitt ee for the army thefe . Gentl. I T was not a little wonder to me to fee that you fliould fend Mr. Symonds fo great a journey about a bufinefs importinge fo little as far as it relates to me, when as if my poore opinion may not be rejeded by you, I have to offer to that w ch I thinke the molt noble end, to witt the comemoracon of that great rnereie at Dunbar , 8c the gra- tuitie to the Army, w ch might better be expreffed upon the meddal by engraving as on the one fide the parlianf w ch I heare was intended 8c will do fingulerly well, fo on the other fide an Army w th this infcription over the head of it, the lord of hosts, w ch was o r word that Day ; where- fore if I may begg it as a favo r from you I mod earneftly befeecli you if I may do it w dl out offence that it may be foe, Sc if you thinke not f tt to have it as I offer, you may alter it as you fee Caufe, only X doe thinke I may truely fay it wil be verie thankfully acknowledged by me, if you will fpare the having my Effigies in it. The Gentlemans paynes 8c trouble hither have been verie great, 8c 1 fhall make it my fecond fuite unto you that you will pleafe to Conferr upon him that i inploy nr in yo v fervice w ch Nicholas Briott * had before him, indeed the man is ingenious and worthie of incouragemk I may not prefume much, but if at my requefl 8c for my fake he may obteyne this favo r , 1 fhall putt it upon the accompt of my obliga- cons w ch are not a few, 8c I hope dial be found readie grate- fully to acknowledge 8c to approve myfelf, Gentl. Edinburgh, 4th molt ieall feiv , of Feb. 1650. o. Cromwell. * In the original this name is inferted in another hand. [ 75 1 Since the printing of the preceding Sheets, Mr. Charles Combe, F. R. and A. S. has favoured the Editor with Corrections and the following Notes and Original Papers. Page 7. line 2. The fun mint mark was continued only to the end of the year 1657, after which the anchor was always made ufe of as a mint mark on the gold and filver coinage. Line 12. There were likewife half groats, pennies, and half-pence of this coinage, the two former of the fame type as the larger pieces, with the value marked, but without date or infcription ; the halfpenny has only a fingle fliield on each fide, in one is the crofs for England, in the other a harp in both fhields for Ireland* The following is a lift of all the pieces of this coinage which have come to my knowledge. M P. S. C 16 ] V p. 8. Mr. Vertue not accurately diftinguifhing in this place between the broad and half broad, has made fome confufiou as to the dates of thefe pieces; all the broads are dated 1656, and all the half broads, of the type here engraved, are dated 1658 ; but there is a half broad different as to the form of the fhield, dated 1656; and another of the fame type and date in Dr. Hunter’s colle&ion, which muft be confidered only as a pattern, the &c. before pro . in the infcription on the obverfe being omitted, on which ac- count I fuppofe it to have been laid aftde. PLATE X. I do not fuppofe any of the medals in this plate, except the laft, to be the work of T. Simon, but of a much inferior artift. P. 9. 1 . 9. This medal is generally feen with three X’s engraved over the head, in the outward circle the infcription always runs, FOR TRUE RELIGION AND SUBJECTS FREDOM STAND, BHOULD HEAR BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT* P. 10. Note k , laft line. This fhould be read, Fortitudo ejus rempublicam tenuit. I fhall in this place take notice of a very rare medal of Sir William Wal- ler, which is evidently the production of the fame artift as the firft-mentioned of the earl of Effex* It is in the collection of Dr. Hunter. On the obverfe is a full-faced buft in armour of Sir William: in the circle round the buft FOR TRUE RELIGION AND SUBJECTS FREDOM STAND, BHOULD HEAR BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. in the inner circle, THE VALIANT COMMANDER SIR WILLIAM WALLER. On the reverfe both houfes of parliament, without infcription. p l A. T E XL I am inclined to think that none of the medals marked F. G. H. in this plate are the work of Simon. p. i2. 1. 7 . from the bottom. Each of thefe medals is to be met with both in gold and filver. There is in Br. Hunter’s collection a round thin plate of filver, ftruck from a dye, with the head of General Fairfax, and round it the following infcription, THO. FAIRFAX, MILES. Mi LIT. PARLI. DUX. CENER. This [ 77 ] This Teems to be the work of T. Simon, but for what intended, or why laid afide, we cannot now determine. P. 14. 1 . 6. The fmall medal without the reverfe is not uncommon, but with the reverfe is extremely rare. P. 18. 1 . 18. There is another half crown of Blondeau, the obverfe and reverfe the fame as the one here engraved, but infcribed round the edge, IN THE THIRD YEAR OF FREEDOME BY COD’s BLESSING RESTORED, 1651. P. 22. 1 . 10. A mullet for the mint mark. L. 13. The piece here mentioned by Vertue, I take to be what is called the (hilling, the half crown having infcribed round the edge TRUTH AND PEACE, 1651, in the fame manner as the piece e, which is commonly called the fixpence. As all Ramage’s patterns are remarkably fcarce, I (ball fubjoin a lift, which was given me by Mr. Tutet, of all fuch pieces as are now known. c O 5X0 c Oliver’s crown, in Mr. Granger’s Biographical Hijlory of England , vol. III. p. 138, where, fpeaking of Oliver Cromwell’s crown, engraved by T. Simon, he fubjoins the following note: “ This piece is fcarce; it fold, credite pojleri S9 u at the late Mr. Weft’s fale, for fixty eight pounds. I, who know T not who 4 ‘ was the purchafer, and therefore am abfolutely free from perfonal preju- “ dice, cannot help obferving, that he appears to be far gone in the phrenfy “ of Virtu. Dr- Monro, though a virtuofo himfelf, would furely in this “ inftance have pronounced him infane, if he had given only a quarter of ** the money.” The truth is, Mr. Weft’s whole fet, which was a very fine one, confiffingof crown, half-crown, (hilling, and the proof fix-pence here- after mentioned, fold in one lot for five pounds , /even J hillings , and fix-pence . . There are two pieces, commonly fuppofed to be Dutch, the fmalleft of which is often called the nine-pence, and fometimes admitted as a fubflitute for the fix-pence, which is exceeding fcarce.- As the dyes of both thefe pieces ftill remain in the Tower, I fuppofe them to have been intended for a fhil- ling and fix-pence, but laid afide, as was the firfl half-broad, on ac- count of the &t. being left out of the infeription on the obverfe; confer quently they muff be put among the patterns. ELATE C 79 J PLATE XV. The medal, fuppofed to be done for alderman Brown, marked B. as likewife that of Lord Kimbolton, marked D. are certainly the work of an artift much inferior to either of the Simons. Under the (houlder of the medal marked E. are the letters t. s. PLATE XXII. In the medal marked C. after retribuam, is a mark for vs. (Retribuamus) and under the neck is t. s. 1650. The medal marked D. in this plate, is of too indifferent workmanfhip to give us the leaf! reafon to fuppofe it done by either of the Simons. P L AT E XXVI. To this place belongs a piece, which is in the col- le&ion of Dr. Hunter; it is of pewter about the fize of a modern (hilling, on one fide is a (liield bearing the crofs of England encircled in a palm, and a laurel branch ; on the other fide are two (liields conjoined with the crofs of England and the harp of Ireland, and over them 1649 ; what it was intended for is uncertain. N® 6; Smelling’s conjecture, that this piece belonged to a private trader, feems well founded.. After N° 8. There is another farthing of Oliver, apparently the work of T. Simon, the head nearly the fame, and round it Oliver, pro. eng. sco. & ire. on the reverfe the arms as in N° 8. and round them convenient CHANGE, 1651. N° 9. I do not think to be the work of T. Simon, as there is another apparently the fame in every other refpeft but having an r. under the pillars. PLATE XXVII. For a very different account, both as to the artift and intention of this medal, vide App. V. art. 24. 28. PLATE XXIX. Under the buft of the earl of Clarendon is Tho a Simon f. and under that of the earl of Southampton ¥ 1 Simon f. PLATE XXXII. This plate and the defeription are fo very imperfect, that we mud refer for a more accurate account of what coins were engraved by T. Simon after the Reftoration to Appendix V. §.22, 23, and the laft article; befides which, it appears from the fame Appendix, under the article Goins for Scotland , that he did a fet of coins for that kingdom. See alfo be~ - fore, p. 71*, 72*. £*» 55 * • C 80 ] P. 55. ' 1 . 16. How Mr. Venue got this information about a former pro- life I cannot tell, but I believe, with Mr. Alchorne (fee his letter) that the Rotiers were taken into the Mint folely for difpatch. P. 56. 1 . 4. from the bottom. There is a third fort of this famous crown piece in the colleRion of Tho. Lee Dummer, Efq. infcribed round the edge. Render unto Ccefar the things that are Cafar's', this piece is flruck in pewter. I {hall here fubjoin a lift (given me by my good friend Mr. Tutet) of all thefe crown pieces which are at prefent known. Earl of Pembroke. Britilh Mufetim. Dr. Hunter, formerly Dr. Sadler’s. Mr. Browne. Mr. Cotton. Mr. Hodfoll, formerly Dr. Mead’s. Mr. Brand Hollis, fucceffively in the pofleffion of Mr. Robert Dingly, Mr. Ainfworth, Lord Oxford, and Mr. Folkes. Mr. Miles, formerly Mr. Lawrance’s and Mr. White’s. Mr. Barret, formerly Lord Oxford’s. Mr. Bootle, formerly Mr. Selby’s. Mr. Linaergreen. Ditto, in tin. Dr. Tyfon, ditto. Mr. Mafchell ; bought at his fale by Snelling on commiffion. Late Mr. Weft’s; bought at his fale by Morrifon on commiffion. With Render to Cafar, &c. Mr. Dummer, in tin. PLATE XXXVIII. The laft medal certainly was not the work of T. Simon. It mult be confidered rather as a prophetic than a reftoration medal, and is fuppofed to be done foon after the prince was obliged to fly this country. It was probably very pleafing to the King, as it was evidently referred to in the medal by T. Simon, engraved PI* XXVII. N 2. Copy [ 81 ] Copy of a Letter from Mr. Alchorne, Aflay Matter of the Mint, to Mr. Combe Y OU inquire of me as a Mint officer for anecdotes of Thomas Simon* formerly engraver here ; and I ffiould be very happy if it was in my power to oblige you and the publick with any interefting particulars of fo famous an artift. But you know Simon flouriffied chiefly when Oliver Crom- well was in pofleffion of the Mint; and we have reafon to believe, that after the reftoration of King Charles, the royalifts zealoufly deftroved all records of the Ufurpation in our office, as the Ufurpers had probably done before in refpeX to every mark of Regal authority; for we have no official journals in his Majefty’s mint of an earlier date than the year 1660: add to this, that the in- troduction of a new mode of buflnefs, under new officers, feems to have pro- duced much difficulty and confufion ; whence our books, for fome years fub^ fequent to the above period, do not afford the information that might reafon- ably be expeXed from them. The little intelligence we can furnifti is, how- ever, copied for your ufe : To this is added, an account of all the work done by Simon for the Royal fervice after the Reftoration, from a manufeript, faid to be his own hand-writing, which has come to my poffeffion through a fucceffion of mint engravers; and thefe, with a few obvious reflexions, are very much at your fervice. Whatever difpleafure might have been conceived againft Mr. Simon, he muft have been employed in the Mint immediately after the King’s return; and his firft buflnefs that of engraving Seals; for on the 10th of Auguft, 1660, a Royal warrant to the mint officers* requires that they fhould caufe 'Thomas Symonds to draw and grave all neceflary patterns, puncheons, and irons, with his Majefties effigies, &c. for coining the new money ; and on the 1 8th of the faid month, an order iffued from the Treafuryf, complaining of delay on ac^ count of Thomas Symonde’s pretence of graving feals for Scotland and Ireland; * Appendix I.. f Appendix IIv and C 82 3 and directing him to forbear other fervices, until he had perfected all things for fetting the Mint at work. This feems to have produced a compleat fet of (lamps or dyes for every fpecies of hammered money both of gold and filver But on the 21ft September, 1661, a Royal warrant f, directed to Thomas Symonds, requires him again to lay afide all other other occafions, and prepare puncheons, charges, and dyes, for the gold and filver coins, according to order of the 27th June preceding: which was, no doubt, to provide for the new intended coinage by the prefs or ferew. It does not appear, how- ever, that Simon did more in this bufmefs than make necefiary (lamps or dyes for the unit or twenty (hilling piece of gold, which we now call a guinea ; and this coft the labour of nine or ten weeks to himfelf and affiftants From hence we may compute the time required to grave and prepare matrices, puncheons, and dyes, for a compleat feries of Engliffi coins, in the manner neceffarily pra&ifed at the Mint. Indeed the talk is not only long and labo- rious, but fubjeCt to various accidents and interruptions, fcarcely to be ima- gined by perfons unacquainted with the bufmefs! This (low progrefs of Mr. Simon mud needs be very inadequate to the preffing occafion of the publick ; efpecially, when a general recoinage of the Common-wealth money was in agitation: and the zeal of our new mint officers might therefore produce fome reprimand or reflection, which men of Simon’s genius feldom know how to brook. Under thefe circumflances he might eaffiy be led to treat his directors improperly, and they in return induced to feek for other affiftance. This probably introduced the Roetiers; as we do not meet with the names of thefe artifts till after the date laft-mentioned. Whence, if they were employed in preference to Simon, it ffiould feem only in expectation of greater difpatch. However this might be, Thomas Symonds was directed, by order of Council [|, dated the 24th of January, 1661, to deliver up all tools and engines for coining then in his cuftody ; and from that time we find no more directions to him on our books. T. Simon was chief-graver of the Mint for feals and medals •, but when he delivered up his coining tools, we mud fuppofe that branch of emolument was taken from him. This was probably the grievance alluded to on his famous * Appendix V. §-22. f Appendix III. + Appendix V. § 23. |j Appendix IV. crown [ 83 3 crown piece ; for certainly he was dill employed to grave feals, mod likely continued in office, and a&ually refident in the Mint, as he would fcarcely have dared to grave the dye for the crown above-mentioned in any other place; and as it appears by the Mint Journals, that Medieurs Rotiers were fet to work in the houfe of another officer, by agreement, which would not have been the cafe, if the graver’s appartments had been vacant. T. Simon, by his own account was alfo employed fome months, at the beginning of the year 1665, in altering damps for the fmall monies. But after this we can trace no more of him *, fo that, as hath been conje&ured, he probably died about that period. I am. Dear Sir, Your mod obedient Servant, S. ALCHORNE. APPENDIX I. CHARLES R. WHEREAS Our affaires doe require and much import, that fome fpeedy courfe be taken to fett in hand the making and imprinting of Our moneys, and that iron damps and other indruments may be prepared : Our will there- fore is, and we doe hereby require and authorize you forthwith to make, or caufe to be made ready, all forts of irons, puncheons, indruments, draughts, and patterns, and all other expediencies for the well making and imprinting of Our new moneys; and that you caufe Thomas Symonds to draw and grave, and caufe to be drawn and graven, all fuch paternes and irons with Our effigies, title, and infcriptions, according to fuch dire&ions and commands, as you (hall receive from us. And for foe doeing, this (hall be your warrant. Given at Our court at Whitehall, the tenth day of Augud, in the twelveth yeare of Our Raigne. To Our trudy and well beloved Sir William Parkhurd and Sir Anthony St. Leger, knt. wardens of Our Mint, Sir Ralph Freeman, knt. fnader and worker of Our moneys. (Copy.) * Appendix. N APPEAL [ *4 ] APPENDIX II. By the Lords Commiffioners of the Treafury, the x8th of Auguft, 1660. His MAJESTY Prefent. THE greate publique inconveniences and damage that arifeth from the {landing flill of the Mint being this day reprefented to his Majefly, and the occafion of it being alleiged to bee, that Mr. Symonde had not yet fitted the damps and tools that were of neceffary and prefent ufe; and that by reafon hee pretended hee had other warrants for graving feveral feales for Scotland and Ireland, his Majefly prepared and required a perremptory and abfolute order from this board to be fent to Mr. Simonde : And in conformity at his Majefly’s pleafure, the Lords Commiffioners doe hereby order, That Mr. Simonde forbeare all other fervices, until he hath perfe&ed all things which belonge to him to doe, for fetting the Mint prefently at worke; and that he ufe all fpeed and dilligence herein, fuitable to the abfolutenefs of this order, and hereof he is not to fade. Per WARWICK, To Mr. Simonde. (Copy.) APPENDIX III. CHARLES R. O U R will and pleafure is, that laying afide all other occafions, you forth- with prepare the original or mafler puncheons and charges, as alfo fome dyes or flamps, for Our gold atid filVer coins, according to Our order of the xxvii of June lafl ; hereof you may not fail : And for foe doeing this (hall be your Warrant. Given at Our court at Whitehall the xxi of September, 1661. By his Majeflies command, EDW. NICHOLAS. To Thomas Symonds, one of Our cheife gravers. (Copy.) A P P E N- C 85 J APPENDIX IV. At the Court at Whitehall the 24th of January, 1661. Prefent the KING’s moft Excellent Majefiie, &c. UPON piopofalls and defires of the officers of his Majefiies Mynt, con- cerning the fabiick of moneys, by way of prelTe or fcrew, and the preventing of abufes therein, on the 2 2d infiant, it was this day ordered, by his Majefiie in Council!, That no gravour, or gravers whatfoever, (hall henceforth grave or make any originall, or mailer puncheons, matrices, Itamps, and dyes, or any irons for coining, either by the way of the prelTe or hammer, in any place but in his Majefiies Mynt, in the Tower of London. And that Thomas Symonds graver, be required fpeedily to bring in, and deliver to the officers of his Majefiies Mynt, all fuch counter-puncheons, charges, letters, and dyes, and all other «.ools and engines for coining, by way of the prefs or hammer, as he hath in his cufiody. (Extra#.) APPENDIX v. The Account of Thomas Simon, one of His Majefiies Chief Gravers for the Mint Seals and Medalls. A particular of all fuch feals, coynes, and meddalls, and other fervices and disbui fements, made by Thomas Simon, one of his Majefiies chief gravers, for the ufe of his Majefiies kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and other Forreigne Plantations belonging to his Majeftie, fince his Majefiies happy return, beginning June the 12th, 1660. Seals for England. 1. For the Great Seal of England, engraven on the one fide I with his Majefiies effigies, reprefented fitting in his royal robes, crowned and enthroned with his fcepter and globe, the ^ 2 bafe 1. s. d. [ 86 ] bafe or bottom of the throne being two lyons gardant iupport- ing catooryes, on which two eagles (land difplayed, about the middle of the throne, bearing up the canopy or top, on which two angells lye fupporting his Majefties arms, with the royall diadem or crown; the throne being adorned with frutrigefs, and the banner of St. George, the rofe and crown, and the r2oo 12 o thiftle and crown on the right hand, and on the left hand I the banners of the union of England and Scotland, the flower de lis and crown, and the harp and crown : in the circum- ference, a fcrole with his Majefties titles, furrounded with a laurell*, and on the other fide his Majefties effigies on horfe- back, in a running pofture, reprefented in an ancient R.oman manner, a laurell on his head, and a fword drawn in his hand ; and in a profpett the city of London: in the circumference the title in a fcrole, furrounded with a laurell f as on the other fide, weighing 109 oz. 3 dwts. at 5 s. 4d. а. For a Privy Seal with his Majefties arms, garter,, and crown, with two lyons fupporters, and his Majefties titles round on the circumference, weighing in filver i6.oz. 3. • For a fygnet of ftcel of his Majefty’s royall armes, garter," and crown, and titles, for Mr. Secretary Maurice. 4. For Mr. Secretary Nicholas four fteele feals of his own arms, two larger and two lefler, for his Majefties ufe, for paffes and the like. 3. For fix fteele feals of feverail phantafies, of heads and figures for private letters to forreigne parts, for Mr. Secretary Nicholas. б. For four fteele feals of knots, for private letters for Mr.' Secretary Nicholas, for his Majefties ufe. 7. For four fteele feals, with a rofe and crown, fupported with a lyon and a dragon, and the motto sigill privi. con. for the four clerks of his Majefties privy counfell. 8. For a large double feal for the King’s Bench, on. the one fide lfts Majefties effigies, fitting in his royall robes, inthroned, as in the Great Seal, with the rofe and crown on the right fide, and the flower de lis and crown on the left, and his 291 2 1 > 20 o o 20 O Q, IO G O o o 6 O Q 40 O Q * PI. XXXIX. 4 -j- PL XL. Majefties C s 7 ] Majefties titles in the circumference, and on the other fide his Majefties royall coat of arms inclofed with a garter, and a compartment fupported with a lyon and a dragon, and the Emperiall crown over it, with this motto underneath, pro brevibus coram nobis, the filver weighing 38 oz. 9 dwt. * - 9. For a large double feal for his Majefties Court of Exche- quer, rough, being his Majefties effigies on the one fide, in his royall robes, inthroned, with his titles in a fcrole, and 1 on the other fide his Majefties coat of arms in a garter crowned, fupported with an Antilope and Stagg, with this motto in a fcrole, sigill. scacarij. DOMINI, regis, with his Majefties titles in the circumference in filver, weighing 31 oz. 10. For a large double feal for the Dutchy of Lancafter, in- graven on the one fide with his Majefties effigies on hoife- back, and his titles round the circumference, and on the other fide the arms of the Dutchy, in a compartment fliield, j fupported with grey hounds, and the ducall crown over it in j filver, weighing 40 oz. . J xi. For a fingle feal, being three lyons in a compartment ftiield,) with mantles, helmet, and creft, between two feathers, with j this motto in the circumference; sigill. caroli ii. dei. } GRAT. ANG. SCO. FRA. ET. HIB. REGIS. DE. DVCATU SUO. | LANCAST. in filver, weight 28 oz. 16 dwt. j J2. For a large double feal for the County Palatine of Chefter,' on the one fide his Majefties effigies on horfeback in armes, with his titles, in the circumference, and on the other fide the arms of the Dutchy, it being three wheat-ftieaves, fupported by > two dragons, holding each of them a feather, with the crown ducall over, and the title in the circumference in filver, 40 oz. 19 dwt, J X3. For a large double feal for the Order of the Garter, having on one fide St. George a horfeback, fighting with the dragon **,. and on the other fide St. George’s crofs, empal’d with his > Majefties armes, with the garter adorned with trophies, and [ the Imperiall crown thereon, in filver, weighing 38 oz. 5 dwt.j * pi. xxx. ri. xxxv. For 1. s d. 65 O © 40 o o 50 o o 25 o. o 50 o o 70 o o 88 ] 14 - * 5 - 20 Q 0 16. * 7 - i8. 19. 20. 21 For a fteel fygnet, of the largenefs of his Majefties fygnet, ' of the crofs of St. George, and his Majefties arms impal’d within a garter and the crown. For a great double feal, for the Queen's Majefty, engraven on the one fide with her Majefties effigies (landing in a throne, with a fcepter in one hand, and a globe in the other, robed and crowned with her Majefties titles round * ; and on other ftde, her Majefties arms, being the arms of England and Portugal!, impalled in a compartment ftiield, fupported by a lyon and a dragon, and an Imperiall crown thereon, furrounded alfo with her Majefties titles, in filver, weighing 42 oz. 8 dwt. For four fteele feals for Mr. Secretary Bennet, with his own coat of arms, mantle, and creft:, for his Majefties fervice. For two fteel plates, for Mr. Secretary Bennet, one larger than the other, with his own coat of arms, mantle, and creft, for his Majefties fervice. For three fmall filver feals for Mr. Secretary Bennet, two of them with his own coat of arms, mantle, and creft, and the other with a knot. For a large originall feal, for the Countyes of Radnor, Brecknock, and Glamorgan, ingraven with his Majefties effigies on horfeback, in arms and tytle on the one fide, and on the ^ other fide his Majefties arms, crown, and fupporters, with the feathers and crown on either fide, and titles, in filver, 24 oz. J For a large originall double feal, for the counties of Denbigh and Montgomery, on the one fide his Majefties effigies on horfeback in arms, with the princes arms and titles, and on y the other fide, his Majefties arms with a crown, fupported with a grey- hound and a ftagg, with his Majefties titles, in in filver, weight 28 oz. 5 dwt. j For a judicial feal for the counties of Denbigh, Mont- gomery, and Flint; ingraven with his Majefties effigies on horfeback in arms, and his Majefties titles on one fide, and on the other fide his Majefties arms in a compartment Ihield, with a crown, and fupported with a lyon and an antilope, with the princes arms underneath, and in the circumference this motto, SIGILLVM JUDICALE. PRO COMITATIBVS DENBIGIJ, MONTGO- MERY, et flint, 16 6i, in filver, weight 15 oz. 3 dwt. * PI. XXXIlL 1 . S« di f>100 00 10 0 0 o o o o o o d J o 0 o 0 STAMPS C 89 J Stamps for Coins for England. 22 , I. 23, 2 4 2 5 ' 26. 27. 28. 2 20 28 For fourteen feveral original ftamps by way of the hamer,' viz. the crown, the half-crown, the fliilling, the fix-pence, the four-pence, the three-pence, the two-pence, the penny, and >280 the half-penny, in Giver; and for gold, the twenty, the ten, and the five fliilling pieces, and the angel piece ► For making Gamps for a twenty fliilling piece, by way of the mill, working myfelf and my fervants, nine or ten weeks time.J 45 M E D D A L L S, 1 F° r tWo meddalls for his Majefiies two mafler cooks,"] on the one fide his Majeflies effigies in royall robes, with a j laurell on his head, and the other fide the royall oak, with the !> fun ihining upon it, and this motto, jam flore scit, the j 22 Aprill, 1 661, weight 30Z. 2dwts. i6gr"f. 1 For the originall embofiing of the head of the faid med-i dalls, and graveing the reverfe in fleel. j For the coronation meddall, being engraven on the one fide with his Majeflies effigies in his royall robes, crowned with his Majeflies titles in the circumference, and on the other fide, his Majeflies effigies from head to foot, fitting in his royall robes, with his fcepter in one hand and his other hand upon the globe, crowned by an angell, with this motto everso missus s\ c c errere seclo, the 23 April, 1661 J. tor makihg and engraving the originall (lamp of the faith meddalls, and coyning ro to the valine of five hundred pounds 1 worth for the prefent occafion, for the ufe of his Maiefie J For another gold meddall, according to the pattern of the] i Sr" 1 "' a " Jtali ‘‘ n mUiicia "’ vvei S ht j ;;s r 7 n ^ei] See before, p. 69* 70*. . + P1 . XXVI , 10 1 6 + A *• AAA v coats s. d. o o o o 10 o o o o o :o o o o o o I# Si (I. C 9 ° ] coats of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, fmgly quar tered, with this motto (magna opera domini). j 50. For the (lamps of another Meddall, with his Majefties "1 cyphers, and the badge of the four kingdoms between them* J ^ 1. For a large and perfect double feal for his Majefties Court of Exchequer, being ingraven on the one lide with his Majefties effigies, inthroned according to the form of the new great feal of England, differing only, that inflead of the banners, there is on the right hand, the rofe and crown, and on the left hand the flower de lis and crown; and on the other fide his Majefties royall coat of arms in a compartment fhield, furrounded with a garter, fupported with an antelope and a ftagg, with this motto, sigill scacarii domini regis, and on the circum- ference his Majefties tytles. 1 6 00 65 00 Severall things made for his Majefty’s own particular Ufe. For engraving an antick head in a cornelian *. 1000 For two blew faphirs ingraven with his Majefties cypher. 1 2Q 0 0 For the ftones. J For the graving. *4 0 0 For the gold, and making. 3 0 0 Seals for Scotland. For the great feal for Scotland, being on one fide his* Majefties effigies on horfeback, galloping with his fword in his band, and the profpea of the city of Edepborough, and round about his Majefties titles, and on the other fide his Majefties y I5 o arms, fupported by two unicorns, the Imperiall crown, with the banner of England and Scotland, with his Majefties titles, filver, weight 76 oz. iqdwts. j For another feal for Scotland, being the juft half of the! great called the quarter feal. •' * Qu if that engraved in Pi. XXXVIII. For o o o © 1. S* d. C 9 * ] For a privy leal of Scotland, with his Majefties royal coaC of arms att large, with the fupporters, mantle, helmet, and l creft, motto, and titles, weight i6oz. For a fteele fygnet for Scotland (being of the fame with- that of England) with the arms of Scotland, firft and laft quar- tered, with England and Ireland, in a garter, with the Impe- * riall crown, and his Majefties titles round it. For his Majesties royall fignature in filver, of his- name ■) for Scotland- f For two filver fignetts for Scotland,, with his Majefties arms! and crown, weight X 15 o ° 20 o- o 6 o o 10 o a Coynes tor Scotland.. tor the originall ftamps for eight feve rail forts of coynes for gold and fiber moneys, viz, for gold, the twenty mark peece, the ten mark peece,. the two mark peece, the mark peece, the half mark peece, and the forty penny peece, all in a new mannei and form, to coyn by way of the mill, or prefs ingraven ; on the liber, on one fide his Majefties effigies in an Imperial! manner, head and Ihoulder in arms, with a fcarfe, and a laurell on his head, and the order of St. George, with his Majefties titles; and, on the other fide, four efcutchions concentiing in the form of a crofs, and between every arms cyphers, being two ce’s Aowned, and the tides round it; and }■ 100 o o on the gold his Majefties oftigies, in an Imperiall manner, with a laurell about his head, and a fcarf about hi$ nfeck, and his Majefties titles round it, and on the other fide, the four arms and cyphers, with the difference from the fiber, that the arms are all crowned, and the cyphers not. For making of all the original punfons of heads, arms, letters, granings, figures, and all the reft of the punfons that thereunto belong, I have only delivered the fiber ftamps, and mu ft reckon for them as for thofe of England made by the mill, I have not made all the | arms of the gold which I reckon not. O Scab; C 92 ] 1. s. d. Seals for Ireland. For die great feal of Ireland, being on the one fide engraven' with his Majefties effigies in arms on horfe-back, galloping with his fword drawn in his hand, and the profpedt of the city of Dublin, with the armes and titles round it, and on the other . fide, the effigies of his Majefty in a throne, robed and crowned with his fcepter and globe, and his Majefties titles in the cir- cumference in filver, weight 78 oz. J4dwt*. For three large double feals for the three courts of Ireland, - viz. for the Exchequer, being on the one fide his Majefties portrafture fitting in a ffiipp robed and crowned, with his fcep- ter and globe on one fide ; and the others of the King’s Bench and Common Pleas, his Majefties effigies inthroned like as in one fide of the great feal of Ireland, and on the other fide of h them, all his Majefties coat of arms in a garter, fupporters helmet, mantles, and creft, and in a fcrole the motto dieu et mon droit, with his Majefties titles in the circumference in filver, weight 89 oz. For a large feal for the Court of Wardes in Ireland, of his^ Majefties arms, garter, mantles, helmet, creft, and fupporters, with the motto and titles, being a filver feal fingle, weight | i6oz. For three fmall feals of the bignefs of a half crown filver,' an ivory one, with the rofe and crown, and two of them with „ his Majefties armes, garter, and crown. 150 *55 35 9 For my journey into France for his Majefties fpecialP fervice I expended 30I. and a month’s time. ^5 o o o o o 0 o o o o Seals for his Majefties forreigne Plantations. For the I (land of Jamaica. For a large double feal for the ifland of Jamaica, ingraven' on the one fide with his Majefties fitting in a throne robed and crowned, with his fcepter in his left hand, and his globe lying * See PI. XXXIV*- This account takes no notice of the greyhounds. in 1* Si d. [ 93 3 in his lapp, and his right hand extended towards a prefent of pine apples, prefented to him as the fruits of that country, by an Indian kneeling before him, with this motto, duro de cortice frvctvs qvam dvlces, the curtains drawn up, and held by little angells, and his Majefties titles in the circumfe- rence, with the addition domin. jamaicas, and on the other fide, the armes of the country, viz, the crofs of England, charged with five pine apples, fupported with two Indians, one being a woman on the right hand holding a difii with five pine apples in it ; and on the left hand a man armed with a bow, according to the manner of the country, the mantles and helmet, and for the creft an allegator, with this motto under- neath, indvs uterque, serviet uni, and round about the circumference ecce alium ramos porrexit in orbem nec sterilis crux est, in filver, , weight 3102, I4dwt*, ’ 70 & 0* For Virginia^ For a large fieel feale for Virginia, with his Majefties arms T in a garter, and the Imperial! crown, with this motto, judat , VIRGINIA QUINTUM* 20 O O For Barbadus. For a large double feal for his Majefties ifland of Barbadus;'} on the one fide his Majeftie reprefented as a Neptune in a chariot in his royal robes, with a crown on his head, and a trident in his hand, drawn by two fea-horfes, with this motto in the circumference, et penitus toto regnantes orbe . BRiTTANNosfj-, and on the other fide his Majefties Royall arms in a garter and crown, and his Majefties titles in the circum- ference, with this addition, dom. barbad^: et jnsul. carib. in filver, weight 370Z. pdwt.. j * PI. XXXVI. ft The fame device, &c. on the admiralty feal, engraved in Pi. XXXIII, O z For 70 Q O' [ 94 I 1 . *. & For feverall Draughts and Imboftings. For the draughts and imbofting of the great feal of Eng- land, For embofting the King’s Bench feal, For embofting the great feal of Ireland on the one fide, For the draughts and imbofting of the Barbadus feal, For the draughts and imbofting of the Jamaica feal. For feverall draughts of coynee and medalls, For fundry expences and extraordinary attendances at the court, for dire&ions about the draughts of feals, coynes, and medalls. My brother Laurence that deferved leaft "had 30I. of me. For three afuftant workmen beftdes myfelf, for making of dozens of piles and treftells att the firft coynage at 5 s. per diem, working fo many days about them. 65 25 5 ° 2 5 25 1 5 20 60 o o o o o o o o o o o -o o o o 0 For feverall Preffes. For a , large prefs for Mr. fecretary Nicholas, 16 00 For a prefs of the like bignefs for the counfell, 16 00 This prefs is my gard- For a middle fized prefs for Mr. Secretary ncr’s, who is to have the XJ pnnp *. money when paid, and c * this is promifed to be p or a f ma B prefs for Mr. Secretary Ben- paid by my lord Afliley r to Mr. Onlly. net. Here follows feverall other Seales, made and delivered to his Majeftie, and for his Majelhies Service. Auguft, 13. Delivered to Mr. Godolphin two fteel feals 1 of Mr. fecretary Bennett’s coat, J November 28. Delivered to Mr. Williamfon one fteel feah for hard wax of Mr. fecretary Bennett’s coat, as the former ; and alfo a fiver feale of a cypher, in imitation of another, alfo the fame cypher new ingraven within a week after, S 4 o « o o July 1. s. d. C 95 ] 28 July, 1664. . Delivered to Sir Henry Bennet two fteeP Teals for his Majefties ufe, being one larger Teal, with his Ma- 1 jetties arms, garter, crown, fupporters, motto, and titles, the }■ other a fmall one, with his Majefties arms, garter, and crown, for private letters. Sept. 26. Delivered to Mr. fecretary Maurice fix fmall fteel feales for private letters, for his Majefties ufe, three of figures, and three of heads. This large feal in the December 5, 1664. Then delivered to the articles above the larger v-‘ n t • n.- he mentions, my mafter ■*^ in § s Majeitie a very large fteel feal for letter Green had 4,1. allowed 0 f ftate t0 f orraig „ e princes, of the fize of thofe I made for his Majefties father of bleffed me- mory when a fervant, with his Majefties whole atcheivments, his Majefties arms in a garter in a compartment, the fupporters helmet, creft, titles* and motto; as alfo a fmall fteel feal, with his Majefties arms, garter, and crown, both for Mr. fecretary Bennet, Alfo delivered two fteel feales of Mr. fecretary Bennett coat, one larger and one lelfer, of the fecond alteration of I his coat, j March at, 1664. Delivered to Mr. Lee three fteel feales' of Mr. fecretary Bennet’s coat, with mantle and creft of the fecond alteration of his coat, April 1665. Delivered two fteel feals of Mr. fecretary’s'l arms, being tne third alteration when created a baron*, one feal p larger than another, * j Alfo made for Mr. fecretary Maurice three fteel feals, the ^ like is made for Mr. fecretary Benner, as appears by his Majefties Warrant for letters of Bate to forreigne princes, and one very fmall one of his Majefties arms in a garter, and the " crown over, parallel to the other, Alfo made for Mr. fecretary Bennet three feals in fteel, l one larger and two letter, of the third alteration of Mr. fccre- [ 7 tary’s coat, For altering of the ftamps for the four-pence, three-pence, v two-pence, and penny, by way of the mill, wherein I and my l 35 fervants wrought two months. Arii„ B L the tty,e - a ‘‘£ d A> lin « ton - >7 c. II. and vifcount Thetford ear! of Arlington, 24 ejufd. He died a catholic July *8, 16*8 c 0.3 I J 30 o o IOOO o © 40 o o 10 00 o o 6 3 ° 4 ° o o o o o o IQ OO o o o o o 0 Dire&ions for Binding the Sculptures. N° I. The Engraved Title to XXI. To face P* 33 follow the Letter-prefs Title XXII. — — 34 II. To face p* 3 XXIII. — 3 8 III. — — 4 XXIV. — — 40 IV. V. ibid. — — ibid. XXV. XXVI. 42 44 VI. VII. VIII. — — 5 — — 6 — — ibid. XXVII. XXVIII. XXIX. — 46 — 48 49 IX. X. 7 XXX. XXXI. — — 51 »'*■ * 9 XI. — 1 1 XXXII. — — 5 2 XII. — — 13 XXXIII. 53 XIII. — — 18 XXXIV. — — 54 XIV. — — 24 XXXV. — — 55 XV. — — 25 XXXVI. _ — 62 xvi. XVII. — — 27 XXXVII. XXXVIII. ' — 6 3 - 6 5 XVIII. — — >29 XXXIX. — — *68 XIX. XX. _ _ J — — 31 XL. 1 11 *69 There are Head-pieces to pp. i. and 3. of the Introduction 5 and a Tail-piece to p. 10. * ** Befides the additions to this Work mentioned in the Appendix, there is, in the collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonftiire, a medal by Abraham Simon, of the Duke of Lauderdale. On one fide, his head in profile; on the reverfe, the family creft. P. 70*. 1 . 24. for pL XL. read pi. XXXIX. 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