ration, and was perhaps one of a projected series to commemorate
some of those who had suffered in the cause of the Church and
of Royalty; the portrait is taken from the preceding. The
legend of the reverse gave offence to several persons, who
considered it too hold a parallel between Laud and St. John
the Baptist.
148. A r c h b is h o p L a u d . E x e c u t e d , 10 Jan. 1645.
Arms of the See of Canterbury impaling those of Laud, on
a garnished shield : above, a mitre. Leg. g u il ie lm : laud .
ARCHEEP : cant : ia n : x . 1644.
Lev. Inscription, r . p . g . lavd . ar ch : cant . io h : h e r n e .
ARM : FILIO . IOH : HERNE . ARM : ARCH : CONSILIARII . CUM . IN .
DOMO : SUPERIORE . PARLIAMENT! . PRODITIONIS . INSIMULARETUR .
HOC . AURUM . DONAVIT . UNA . CUM . BENEDICTIONE . PATERNA . SIBI .
ET . SUIS . POSTERIS . SUB . ID . TEMPORIS . QUO . EXECRABILI .
CATASTA . RECISUM . EST . E l . CAPUT . IN : CUIUS . REI . MEMORIAM .
HOC . NUMISMA . EX . EODEM . AURO . CUDI . IUSSIT . IOH : HERNE .
arm : n e p o s . e t . HiERES . su c c ed a n eu s . (The Reverend Father
William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, gave this gold,
together with his paternal blessing to him and his posterity, to
John Herne, Esq., son of John Herne, Esq., the Archbishop’s
counsel when he was accused of treason in the Upper House
of Parliament, at the time when his head was cut off on an
execrable scaffold. In memory of this circumstance John
Herne, Esq., the grandson and heir, ordered this medal to be
struck out of the very same gold.)
2-2.
MB. electrotype from Hugh Percy, M. Unique.
This piece is engraved, not struck, upon a flat piece of gold,
weighing 8 oz. 21 grs., the produce of “ eighteen ten shilling
pieces and eight five shilling pieces,” which were given by
Archbishop Laud upon the scaffold to John Herne, the son
of his counsel at his trial. In 1826 it was purchased by
Archbishop Manners Sutton, and bequeathed by him to his
son-in-law, Hugh Percy, Bishop of Carlisle.
149. S ir T homas F a ir fa x . G e n e r a l . 1645.
Bust of Sir Thomas Fairfax, three-quarters, I., hair long, in
plain falling collar, armour, and scarf across the breast.
Rev. Armorial shield of Fairfax, suspended to a chain.
Leg. S’- . t h o : Fa ir fa x KKi- fo r k in g & pa r l®*.
Wreath border on both sides.
1‘1 by '95. Med. Hist. xxi. 10. Vertue, xi. fig. H.
MB. 2R. iR gilt. Bodley, iR gilt. J. Evans, JR. Rare.
Cast and chased, and of coarse work, with ring for suspension.
The reverse is in imitation of engraving. A military reward.
Sir Thomas Fairfax was the. son of Ferdinand, Lord Fairfax,
and one of the most enterprising and successful of the
parliamentary generals. He served in the first instance under
his father as General of the Horse, and commanded the right
wing of the cavalry at Marston Moor. On the retirement of
Essex in 1645, Sir Thomas Fairfax was made in his stead
General-in-Chief of the parliamentary forces, and won the battle
of Naseby. On his father’s death, in March, 1648, he succeeded
to the title and estates. In 1650 he resigned his offices, and
retiring into the country, remained there till 1660, when
he actively exerted himself to forward the Restoration of
Charles II. He died 12 Nov. 1671.
150. S ir T homas F a ir fa x . G e n e r a l . 1645.
Bust of Sir Thomas Fairfax, I., hair long, in plain falling
collar, armour, and mantle fastened on left shoulder. Leg.
th o : Fa ir fa x . m il e s . m il it : pa r l : dvx . g e n . (Thomas Fairfax,
Knight, General-in-Chief of the Parliamentary Army.)
Rev. Inscription, m e r v is t i. (Thou hast merited.) Leg.
po s t . hao . m e l io r a . (Better hereafter.) 1645.
1’8 by l 'l . Med. Hist. xxi. 13. Van Loon, II. 323.
Evelyn, 116. Vertue, xi. fig. I.
MB. JR. iR gilt. Hunter, rit. Not common.
Cast and chased, and with ring for suspension ; the work of
Thomas Simon. A military reward bestowed by order of the
Parliament and the City of London.