Rèv. Within a panel of four arches and four angles, a cross
flory with a fleur-de-lis in each angle. Leg. + garde . robe .
regis. Between each word are two crowns,
l 'l . (See Woodcut.)
MB. Æ. John Evans, Æ . , Yery rare.
5* W ardrobe Counter.
A lion of England with a banner attached to its neck,
bearing France (semé of fleurs-de-lis) and England quarterly.
Leg. + l e -op-ard . sve. (I am a leopard.) Between words and
syllables one or two crowns.
Rev. A cross flory with quatrefoils. Leg. + garde . robe .
regis. One or two crowns between each word.
1. Bouyer et Hucher, Histoire du Jeton, Pl. xvi. fig. 139.
M. Rouyer, Æ. Yery rare.
6- Counter.
Field powdered with fleurs-de-lis. Leg. getes . seurement .
getes. (Cast up correctly, cast up.)
Rev. Three lions passant guardant,' the arms of England.
Leg. e t . l e . compte . trouveres. (And you will find the
amount.) A rose after every word of the legend on each side.
Æ. Diameter (from recollection) about I f inch.
A jeton or counter bought at Mr. Miles’s sale by Mr. Thomas,
from whose collection it disappeared during the preparations for
the sale in 1844.
7. Counter.
Shield of England, viz., three lions passant guardant. Leg.
+ memen . to . domine . MEi. (Remember me, 0 Lord.)
Rev. A voided cross, flory, enclosing a fleur-de-lis. Leg.
+ ave . maria . gracia . p l e . (Hail, Mary, full of grace.)
•95.
MB. Æ.
A jeton or counter struck for use in the English provinces in
France.
g , D assier’s Medal.
Bust of Edward III., three-quarters, I., in armour, with fleurs-
de-lis on shoulder; riband of the Garter round his neck ; helmet
laureate, and decorated with a dragon, the device of Cadwal-
lader. Leg. edouard . h i . d . g . ang . fr . et . hib . rex. j . d .
(J. Dassier.)
Rev. A circular temple with a niche containing a statue of
Mars, symbolical of this warlike King.. On the base stand two
cupids, one holding the Garter, the other a shield and palm
branch, in allusion to the establishment of the Order of the
Garter, and the King’s victorious career. The base is inscribed,
NAT. 1312. COR. 1327. MORT. 1377.
MB. M.
RICHARD II. 1377—1399.
1 . J ohn W ic l if . Died 1384.
Bust of Wiclif, I., robed, cap on head. i. d. (J. Dassier.)
Rev. Inscription, joannes wiclefus anglus theologus flo-
RERE COEPIT AN . D . 1860 . OBIIT . 1887 • CREMATA SUNT EIUS
OSSA OXONLE 1428. (John Wiclif, Englishman, theologian,
began to flourish a.d . 1360 ; died 1387 ; his hones were burnt
at Oxford, 1428.)
1-1. Med. Hist. iii. 3. Mazzuchelli, I. PI. viii. 1.
MB. M . M . '
Wiclif was horn in Yorkshire 1324, and educated at Queen’s
and Merton Colleges, Oxford. In 1361 he was made Master
of Balliol College, and in 1365 Warden of Canterbury Hall,
from which he was expelled in 1367. He was then presented,
by favour of the Duke of Lancaster, to the living of Lutterworth,
where he died on the 28th of December, 1384 (not in
1387, as on the medal), and was buried in the parish church.
In 1415 the Council of Constance condemned his doctrines,
and ordered his bones to he dug up and burnt; and in 1428
the decree was executed, and his ashes were thrown into an
adjoining brook, the Swift; this was not at Oxford, as stated on
the medal, but at Lutterworth. Wiclif’s translation of the Bible
into English and his resolute opposition to the Papal Power
were the chief causes of this enduring resentment.