A third medal upon this subject differs .from the preceding.
I t has the obverse the same as No. 72; but on the reverse the
genii and crown are larger, and the Leg. r e g i s . p o p v l iq v e .
sat,vs . 1685. (The safety of the King and the people.) to. m.
Three roses.
1-25.
MB. At gilt. Very rare.
These varieties are also by Nicholas Briot.
75. T h om a s B a l d w i n . 1685.
Bust of Thomas Baldwin, nearly full face, head bare, hair
long, in' deep lace collar and plaited coat • in the field, Etxtis
hum., below, m n em o s in vm . (A memorial.) Leg. t h o . B a ld w in .
DE . STOCKTON . MAG . ARMIGER . QVONDAM . HVNT . ET . CANT . VICE .
COM. (Thomas Baldwin, of Stoughton Magna, Esquire, formerly
75. Memorial of Thomas Baldwin.
Sheriff of Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire.) to. to.
Quatrefoil.
Rev. A shield, per pale az. and or, a fleur-de-lis between
three crescents counterchanged, hanging from a trunk round
which is a scroll inscribed Trunco vx (sic) Frondibus vmbra.
(A shade to the trunk, scarcely to the boughs.) Leg. n v n c .
o l im . p a r t a . r e l i o t a . (Once fruitful, now deserted.) 1635.
Stops, stars.
1‘65. (See Woodcut.)
MB. AT. Unique ?
This medal is engraved. Thomas Baldwin was the son of
John Baldwin of Southampton. He married Juditha, daughter
of Thomas Howes of Bedford, and was Sheriff of the counties
of Huntingdon and Cambridge in 1612. The date of his
death has not been ascertained, but it was probably in 1635,
when this medal was executed as a memorial by direction of a
relative or friend.
76. E a r l o f T r a q u a i r . C o u n t e r . 1635. .
Armorial shield of the Earl of Traquair, with coronet, between
two double triangles. Leg. i o h . s t v a r t v s . com . t r a q v a r i i .
MAG . SCOT . THBSA*. (John Stewart, Earl of Traquair, High
Treasurer of Scotland.)
Rev. A triangle, from the apex of which is suspended a pair
of scales ; behind, a table, diapered with thistles, on which is a
roll of money. Leg. h a s . r e c t o . m e t a s . p o s v i t . d e v s . (God
has placed these restraints upon honesty.) to. to. A thistle,
marking the country of the High Treasurer, and b . , the initial
of the artist, Nicholas Briot.
P®. See Perry, Supp. ii. 5.
MB. At. Kare.
This statesman was the eldest son of John Stewart the
younger, of Traquair. His father dying during his infancy, he
succeeded his grandfather in 1606, and being a man of loyal
principles, and much devoted to the crown, was first made a
knight, and then raised to the peerage under the title of Lord
Stewart of Traquair. He became Treasurer Depute in 1630, and
at the coronation of Charles I. at Edinburgh was created Earl
of Traquair. In 1635 (Whitelock says 1633) he was appointed
Lord High Treasurer, which office he held till 1641, when he
was impeached by Parliament as an incendiary, and afterwards
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