151. S ir T homas F a ir fa x . G e n e r a l . 1645.
Bust of Sir Thomas Fairfax, exactly the same as the preceding,
but without legend.
Rev. Inscription, m e r v is t i , Leg. po s t . hag . m e l io r a . 1645.
1 by ‘8. Med. Hist. xxi. 11. Vertue, xi. fig. K.
MB. AT. At. Hunter, Af. Gotha, .it. Bare in silver.
Cast and chased, and with ring for suspension. A military
reward bestowed by the Parliament and the City of London, and
that in gold probably to superior officers. (See Vertue, p. 12,
for certificates of 1645 and 1647.)
These medals were issued upon the appointment of Fairfax
to the office of General-in-Chief of the parliamentary forces, and
were probably bestowed upon all who had fought with him at
Marston Moor, to which event, as well as to his other successes,
the inscription on the reverse relates. This medal was also
bestowed after the year 1645, as will he seen by the certificates
mentioned by Vertue.
152. S ir T homas F a ir fa x . G e n e r a l . 1645.
Bust of Sir Thomas Fairfax, L, &c.; the same portrait as
the two preceding. Leg. t h o . Fa ir fa x . m il e s . m il it : p a r l i :
dvx . g e n e r : m. m. Bose.
152. Medal of Sir Thomas Fairfax.
Rev. Inscription, m e r v is t i . Leg. po s t . hac g m e l io r a .
Stops, roses. No date, and all very faint.
1'25. (See Woodcut.)
MB. iR. Hunter, iR. - Very rare.
Struck, and in very low relief. The specimen in the Hunter
collection has the reverse plain. This medal is unfinished, and
is the work of Thomas Simon. From its shape it may not have
been intended for a military reward.
153. S ir T homas F a ir fa x . G e n e r a l . 1645.
Bust of Sir Thomas Fairfax, three-quarters, r., hair long, in
plain falling collar and armour.
Rev. Arms of Fairfax in garnished shield, between branches
of palm and laurel.
Wreath border on both sides.
1‘7 by l -5. Med. Hist. xxi. 12. Vertue, xi. fig. F.
MB. JR. Bare.
Cast and chased, and with rings for suspension; probably
not Simon’s work. A military reward.
This medal is attributed by Pinkerton and Vertue to Lord
Fairfax; but the portrait is too young, and it can only be that
of his son, Sir Thomas Fairfax.
154. C h ie f J u s t ic e H e a t h . 1645.
Bust of Sir Bobert Heath, I., cap on head, in plain falling
collar, official robes and collar. Leg. e f f ig : r : h e a t h : m il :
cap : ivs : d : banc : r e g : (Portrait of Bobert Heath, Knight,
Chief Justice of the King’s Bench.) Beneath, ie ta t : svie : 7 1 .
1645. r . (Thomas Bawlins.)
Rev. Armorial shield of Heath, between branches of laurel.
1"8 by 1. Med. Hist, xviii. 6.
MB. iR. Extremely rare.
Cast and chased : the reverse is in imitation of engraving. • . o o
Sir Bobert Heath, after filling the offices of Solicitor-General,
1621, Attorney-General, 1625, was raised in 1641 to the bench
as a Judge of the King’s Bench, and in 1643 was appointed