Rev. A sepulchral monument decorated with a bas-relief
representing Gournay and Maltravers about to cover up the
body of the monarch, whom they have just murdered in Berkeley
Castle. Ex. nat. 1284. cor. 1307. mort. 1327.
MB. ^E.
The coronation did not take place till 25 Feb. 1308. In the
damasked impression in the British Museum the king’s name
reads edourad.
EDWARD III. 1327—1377.
1. [Coronation Medal.]
A young prince laying a sceptre on a heap of hearts, with the
motto, populo dat jura volenti. (He gives laws to a willing
people.)
Rev. A hand held forth, as if saving a crown falling from on
high, with the words non rapit sed reoipit. (He does not
seize, but receives.)
Such is the description of a medal which Barnes, in his History
of Edward III. (p. 4), says was distributed amongst the
people at the coronation of that Prince. It is scarcely necessary
to say that Barnes was mistaken; the supposed medal
being doubtless one of the jetons or counters struck in the
Low Countries and in other parts of Europe in the 16th and
17th centuries.
2. Sir J ohn H awkwood.
The following notice appears in the memoirs of Thomas
Hollis (p. 311). “ In the winter, 1765, the effects of Mr.
Angel Carmey, antiquarie, of Chelsea, were disposed of by
auction, at Langford’s, in Covent Garden; among which was a
gold medal of great singularity and beauty, of ancient and finest
Italian workmanship; it represented the bust of a man in
armour, and was stricken to commemorate Sir John Hawkwood,
whose exploits in Italy, particularly in the Florentine war, are
celebrated by several historians.”
“ This medal Mr. Hollis was desirous to purchase, and sent
a person expressly to the auction to that end; but, by a strange
accident, it was knocked down to Mr. Pinchbeck, toyman, who
sold it to the Princess of Wales, and it is now in his Majesty’s
possession.”
No such medal exists in the King’s collection now in the
British Museum, nor is any such noticed in the catalogue
which was made in 1770. Mr. Carmev’s sale took place in
Feb. 1766, and in the sale catalogue no medal of the kind is
mentioned.
3. W ardrobe Counter.
Half-length figure of Edward III., facing, issuing from
clouds, sword in his right hand, on his left arm the shield
of France and England : the field semé with fleurs-de-lis.
Leg. + edwardvs . rex . regnat. (King Edward reigns.)
Between each word are two crowns.
Rev. Within a panel of four arches and four angles is a cross
formed of four lions passant guardant and four crowns, with a
fleur-de-lis in each angle. Leg. + garde . robe . regis . (Of
the king’s wardrobe.) Between each word are two crowns.
1*1. Med. Hist. iii. 1. Perry, Supp. i. 1. Hollis’s Memoirs,
673.
MB. Æ. Rare.
A jeton or counter struck for the use of his Majesty’s wardrobe.
Pinkerton says, erroneously, that one is in the Hunter
Collection.
4. W ardrobe Counter.
A sixfoil enclosing a shield of arms, on a bend three keys
palewise; in the spaces alternately a lion passant and a crown.
4. Wardrobe Counter, Edward III.
Leg. + edwardvs . rex . regnat. Between each word are two
crowns.