was the first of the Sutton-Dudleys. Dugdale (Bar. of England,
p. 216) says that Dudley was Treasurer of the king’s household:
so that this counter may have been struck for use in his office.
The date of the appointment is not given, but it was probably
sometime between the years 1440 and 1460. The Badge of
the Sutton-Dudleys was a window-grating formed of four perpendicular
and three transverse bars (See Collec. Top. et
Geneal. E L 67).
6. D assier’s Medal.
Bust of Henry VI., I., crowned, draped in ermined robe.
Leg. henrious . v i . d . a . ang . fr . et . hib . rex. On shoulder,
j. d . (J. Dassier.)
Rev. A monumental temple, in which is a niche with a
statue of Time, holding a crown in one hand and manacles in
the other, in allusion to the throne and the prison alternately
occupied by this unhappy Prince. The base is inscribed, nat.
1421. oor. 1422. mort. 1471.
MB. M.
EDWARD IV. 1461—1488.
1. F ederigo, D uke of Urbino. K night of the Garter. 1474.
Bust of the Duke of Urbino, I., in armour, head bare.
Around, the Garter inscribed, ijonp, gogt. qg . w a l. g . pnigc.
Rev. Five winged genii supporting a slab, on which is an
eagle displayed between two cornucopias, ducally crowned,
standing on globe and holding shield of the Duke. In the
field, f e . DVX.
4-85.
MB. 2E. Very rare.
A fine medal of Italian work, cast, and in high relief.
Federigo del Montefeltro, a distinguished general, natural
son of Guidantonio, eighth Count of Urbino and Vicar of the
Holy See, born in 1422, was a pupil of Nicolo Piccinino and
an ally of Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, whom he served
at different times. He was created Duke of Urbino by Pope
Sixtus IV. in 1474, and on the 18th August of the same year
he was elected a Knight of the Garter. He died in 1482.
2. J ames III. of Scotland. 1478.
James III. of Scotland, enthroned, holding a sword and the
shield of Scotland; round the canopy of the throne, in mi
deffen ; above it, villa berwioi. (Town of Berwick.) Leg.
moneta nova iacobi ter t ii dei gratia regis scoTHE. (The new
coinage of James III., by the grace of God, King of Scotland.)
Rev. St. Andrew. Leg. salwm fac popvlvm twm domine.
(0 Lord, save thy people.—Psal. xxviii. 10.)
2-85.
AT. Weight six or seven pistoles.
This medal, now lost, is described in the “ Traité historique
du chef de St. Jean Baptiste, par Charles du Fresne, Sieur du
Cange (Paris, 1665, p. 128),” and stated to be attached to the
lid of the reliquary at Amiens.
In 1475 James received a safe-conduct from Edward IV. to
go to Amiens to perform a pilgrimage. In 1478 another safe-
conduct for the same purpose was granted. The pilgrimage,
however, was not made, and this medal was probably sent by
the King himself to testify his veneration for the head of St.
John the Baptist, traditionally preserved at Amiens.
3. J ohn Kendal. 1480.
Bust of John Kendal, r., in armour ; on his breast the cross
of the Knights of St. John, head bare, hair straight and long.
Leg. IO . KENDAL . RHODI. TVRCVPELLERIVS.
Rev. Arms of Kendal ; fretty on a chief three escallops,
with another chief of the Order of St. John. Leg. tempore .
obsidionis . tvrchorvm . McoccLXXX. (At the time of the siege
[of Rhodes] by the Turks, 1480.) m. m. Cross pâtée.
2-2. Med. Hist. iii. 5. Perry, Supp. ii. 1.
MB. 2E. Very rare.
This medal is cast, of good but rather rude Italian work.
There are two specimens of it in the British Museum ; one of
these was found on Knaresborough forest (Thoresby’s Leeds,
1816, Ap. 181), and deposited in the collection of Mr. Thoresby,
at whose sale it was purchased for the Duke of Devonshire