1 6 8 . E a r l o p D u n f e r m l in e . 1 6 4 6 .
Bust of the Earl of Dunfermline, I., hair long, in plain falling
collar, armour, and scarf across the breast. On truncation,
A. S. (Abraham Simon.)
Rev. Inscription, c a r : s e t o n i v s . f e rm e l i n o d v n i . com :
1646. (Charles Seton, Earl of Dunfermline.)
1'4. Med. Hist. xxiv. 9. Vertue, xx.
MB. lead. Very rare.
Cast and chased. Mr. Tyssen had one in silver. Charles,
second Earl of Dunfermline, the son of Alexander, first Earl,
and the grandson of George, Lord Seton (See No. 27, p. 102),
was one of the Committee of Parliament in 1640, and also one
of the Committee of Estates from 1644 to 1646. After the
King’s execution he joined Charles Hi, and accompanied him
to England at the Restoration. He was in 1669 appointed an
Extraordinary Lord of Session, and Keeper of the Privy Seal in
1671. He died in 1674. There is a recent copy of this medal
which is without the artist’s initials on the obverse.
169. E a r l o f L a u d e r d a l e . 1646.
Bust of the Earl of Lauderdale, I., hair long, in plain falling
collar, armour, and scarf across the body. Leg. io : m e t e l l a -
n v s . l a v d e r l e . co : (John Maitland, Earl of Lauderdale.) On
truncation, A. S. (Abraham Simon.)
Rev. Lion sejant, holding sword and lis—crest of Maitland.
Leg. The Earl’s motto, c o n s i l i o . e t . a n im is . (By counsel and
courage.) Ex. 1646.
1‘4. Med. Hist. xxv. 6.
MB. At. Advocates, At. Soc. Ant. Scot. At.
Yery rare.
Cast and chased. John Maitland, second Earl of Lauderdale,
was appointed one of the Scottish Commissioners to treat with
Charles I. at Uxbridge, and was frequently employed as a
Parliamentary Commissioner in the subsequent transactions
relative to the King. Although a party to the surrender of
Charles I. to the English army at Newcastle, he assisted in
the attempt to rescue the King from imprisonment, and was
present at the battle of Worcester, where he was , taken prisoner,
and confined during the whole period of the Commonwealth.
At the Restoration Lauderdale was appointed Secretary of State,
and in 1669 High Commissioner of Scotland, and directed the
affairs of that country till 1680, when he was deprived of all
his offices. He was raised to a Dukedom in May, 1672, and
was created a peer of England by the title of Earl of Guildford
in 1674. He died 24 Aug. 1682. (See also No. 208, p. 550.)
170. E d w a r d R o s s i t e r . G e n e r a l . 1646.
Bust of Edward Rossiter, I., hair long, in plain falling collar
and armour. Floral or headed border.
No reverse.
1*15 by 1. Med. Hist, xxiii. 9. Vertue, xx.
MB. N . At. Rare.
A small medallic portrait by Thomas Simon, cast and chased,
and with ring for suspension: probably a military reward.
Edward Rossiter was of Somerley in Lincolnshire, commanded
the troops of that county for the Parliament, and in 1645, in
company with Pointz, besieged Shalford House, a garrison
belonging to Newark. He concurred with Monk and Fairfax
in the Restoration, and was knighted.
171. M a r t i n a y ? 1647.
Bust of Martinay?, I., hair long, in plain falling collar,
armour, and scarf across the breast. On truncation, A. S.
(Abraham Simon.)
Rev. Inscription, i e n e v i s q v ’a r e g r e t . 1647. (I live but
with regret.)
1’4. Med. Hist. xxv. 4. Vertue, xxii. fig. H.
MB. lead. . Extremely rare.