No reverse.
2-4. Med. Hist, xviii. 4.
MB. At. Unique ?
This is an embossed plate, chased, in high relief and of good
workmanship; perhaps by Thomas Rawlins. Beal is said to
have been Serjeant Trumpeter to the King.
161. L obd T n c h i q u i n . 1646.
Bust of Lord Inchiquin, L, hair long, in falling lace collar,
lace cravat, decorated armour, and scarf across the breast. On
truncation, A. S. (Abraham Simon.)
Rev. Inscription, 1646 . h o n : d : mo b : b a b : d ’i n c h i q v i n
d : p e a s e s . p b o v m om o n h e . ® t . 30. (The Honourable Lord
Murrough, Baron of Inchiquin, Lord President of the Province
of Munster, aged 30.)
1*4. Med. Hist, xxiii. 11. Vertue, xv. fig. C.
MB. At gilt. T. M. Whitehead, N . Rare.
Cast and chased. Murrough O’Brien, Lord Inchiquin, who
was by turns the partisan of the King and of the Parliament,
commanded in Ireland for the King till 1643, when he joined
the Parliament, and was afterwards President of the Province
of Munster. At the ehd of 1646 he returned to the King’s
party; but, betrayed by his own officers, he was compelled by
Cromwell in 1650 to retire to Holland. In October, 1654, he
was created an Earl, and returned with Charles II. at the
Restoration. He died in 1674. There is a recent copy of this
medal which varies in the inscription on the reverse.
162. A l b e b t J o a c h im . 1646.
Bust of Albert Joachim, I., hair short, bearded, in official
robes and broad plain falling collar. On truncation, A. S.
(Abraham Simon.)
Rev. Inscription, 1646 . a l b : io a c h im i . e q : f ® d e r a t :
BELG : POST . VABIAS . IN . EVBOP . LEGAT : IAM . OBDINAB :
in . b b it : a n : 22 . ¿e t : 86. (Albert Joachim, Knight, having
served in various embassies in Europe for the United Provinces,
already 22 years Ambassador in Ordinary in Britain, aged 86.)
1*45. Med. Hist. xxiv. 5. Van Loon, II. 287. Vertue,
xxii. fig. G.
MB. At. A3. T. M. Whitehead, N . Bibl. Paris, At.
Hague, At. Rare.
Cast and chased. In 1624 Albert Joachim visited England
on two occasions in the capacity of Ambassador Extraordinary
of the United Provinces ; on the first occasion to solicit aid for
Frederick of Bohemia, and on the second to settle the dispute
with the East India Company, which arose out of the attack
on Amboyna. Noel de Caron, the then resident Ambassador
in Ordinary, dying in Dec. 1624, Joachim was appointed his
successor. When the United Provinces sent over De Reede
and Boreel to negotiate between Charles I. and the Parliament,
Joachim was specially attached to the mission, in order that he
might advise them in “ so difficult a matter.”
163. S ib S id e n h am P o i n t z . 1646.
Bust of Sir Sidenham Pointz, I., hair long, in plain falling
collar, armour, and scarf across the Abreast. On truncation,
A. S. (Abraham Simon.)
Rev. Inscription, 1646 . s i d e n : p o i n t z . 10000 . e q v i t :
ET . PED : ASSOCIAT : SEPTENT : DVX . SVM : EBOR : GVBER :
(Sidenham Pointz, Commander-in-Chief of ten thousand horse
and foot of the Associated Northern Counties, Governor of
York.)
1-4.
MB. At. Rare.
Cast and chased. Sir Sidenham Pointz was an ardent antiroyalist,
and .commanded for the Parliament during the Civil
War. The most memorable act of his career was the defeat of
the King’s forces at Rowton Heath, near Chester. There is a
recent copy of this medal, slightly varied in the inscription.
(See Med. Hist. xxiv. 11. Vertue, xxi.)