Lyttelton, and Elizabeth, Lady Avalon. Her portrait by
Faithorne after Yandyck is one of the finest and rarest of our
English Portraits.
69. R i c h a r d W e s t o n , E a r l o f P o r t l a n d . 1633.
Bust of the Earl of Portland, r., head hare, in ruff, decorated
armour, scarf across the hreast, and George of the Garter
suspended to riband. Leg. d o . r i c h . w e s t o n . c o . d e . P o r t l
a n d . BA . DE . NAYLAND . SVM . ANG . THESAVR . CAPIT . ET . GVB .
i n s . v e c t . e t . t v r . p e r i s . e q v . b t . 56 . 1633. (The Lord
Richard Weston, Earl of Portland, Baron of Nayland, High
Treasurer of England, Captain and Governor of the Isle of
Wight and of the Tower, Knight of the Garter, aged 56,1633.)
Below, VARIN.
No reverse.
3‘5. Med. Hist. xix. 2.
MB. lead, 2E. Hunter, JE. Yery rare.
This fine medal is cast and chased and the work of Jean
Varin.
Richard Weston was of a good family.in Staffordshire. His
offices and titles are recorded on the medal. He died 1634,
and an effigy of him in bronze may be seen in Winchester
Cathedral.
70. W i l l i a m B l a k e . 1634.
Bust of William Blake, r., head bare, hair short, in deep lace
collar and dress close fitting and in plaits. Leg. g v l i e l . b l a k e .
NI . [IN ?] COM . BANCO . CHIROGRAPHARIVS . A3 TAT . SVB . 31 .
1634. (William Blake, Chirographer of the Court of Common
Pleas, aged 31, 1634.) Below, v a . (Jean Yarin.)
No reverse.
2-8. (See Woodcut.)
MB. Ait. Unique ?
This medal is in high relief, cast and chased, has loop for
suspension; and was executed by the medallist Jean Varin.
William Blake, born at Bridgewater in 1603, was a younger
brother of the famous Admiral Robert Blake. Nicholas Wadham
having been a friend of the family, William and his brother
Robert were educated at Wadham College, Oxford, of which
William afterwards became a fellow. After taking his degree
70. Medal of William Blake.
Blake remained for a short time at the University, and then
came to London and received the appointment of Chirographer
of the Court of Common Pleas, the officer whose duty it was to
engross all fines. The date of his appointment to this office is
not known, but in the Calendar of State Papers, Domestic
Series, under date Feb. 15, 1635-6, it is there stated that “ a
grant was made to Sir David Cunningham of the office of
Chirographer of the Common Pleas in reversion after William
Blake and Robert Blake, who then held the same.” William