for £3. 3s. At the dispersion of this collection in 1844
this specimen was not included. It has since, however, heen
presented to the British Museum. Of Kendal little is known.
In Willis’s Mitred Abbeys (1718, Vol. I. 132) he appears,
in 1491 and 1501, as Prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem,
in London. He was Lieutenant of the Grand Master
in Italy, England, Flanders, and Ireland, and was amply furnished
with indulgences and pardons for all who would assist
the Order. He was occupied in recruiting at the time of the
celebrated siege of Rhodes in 1480, for in that year Edward IY.
ordered all persons in authority in Ireland to aid Kendal in
procuring men and money to assist the Knights in resisting the
Turk. The indulgence granted by Sixtus IY. in 1480, in which
Kendal is mentioned, was printed by Caxton, and a specimen is
preserved in the British Museum. His arms, together with
those of England, still decorate the walls of the ancient house
of the Prior of England at Rhodes. (See Rottiers, Monumens de
Rhodes, PI. xlviii. liii.) The Turcopolier was Colonel-General
of Infantry, and this office was annexed to that of Grand Bailiff
of England.
4 . D a s s ie r ’s M e d a l .
Bust of Edward IY., r., in armour, helmet, draped. Leg.
EDOUARD . IV . D . G . ANG . FR . ET . HIB . REX. I . D. F . (J. Dassier
fecit.)
Rev. A monument, decorated with a figure of Fortune between
a dismasted ship and another ship sailing before the gale,
in allusion to the vicissitudes of the King’s career. Ex. n a t .
1441. c o r . 20. i u n . 1461. m o r t . 9. a p r i l . 1483.
MB. M.
The coronation was on the 29th, not the 20th of June.
EDWARD V. 1483.
D a s s ie r ’s M e d a l .
Bust of Edward V., I., draped, head bare. Leg. e d o u a r d . v .
D . G . ANG . FR . ET . HIB . REX. I . DASSIER F.
Rev. Monument on the top of which are two infants embracing,
in allusion to the affection of the King and his brother.
In front is a bas-relief representing the murder of the two
young princes. The base is inscribed, n a t . 8. o c t o b . 1470.
m o r t . 1483.
MB. M.
He was not crowned.
RICHARD III. 1483—1485.
D a s s ie r ’s M e d a l .
Bust of Richard III., r., diademed, draped. Leg. r i c h a r d v s
HI . D . G . ANG . FR . ET . HIB . REX.
Rev. A sarcophagus, on which is lying a fury holding a
crown and a dagger, the object of Richard’s ambition and the
means of his obtaining i t ; near her are the bodies of the murdered
princes. At the side a suspended drapery represents the
battle of Bosworth. Ex. c o r o n a t . 6. i v l . 1483. m o r t . 22.
a v g . 1485.
MB. M.
HENRY VII. 1485—1509.
1. M a r r i a g e . 1486.
Half-length figures of bridegroom and bride facing, their right
hands united; his left hand upon a book, his head encircled with
roses ; hers crowned. Above, celestial rays. Leg. + iu n g im u s .
o p t a t a s . s u b . am ic o . FOEDERE . d e x t r a s . (We unite in friendly
compact our desired hands.)
Rev. A wreath of roses enclosing the words u x o r c a s t a
e s t r o s a s u a u i s . (A chaste wife is a sweet rose.) Leg, -f
SICUT . SOL . ORIENS . D E I : (sic) SIC . MULIER . BONA. DOMUS . EIUS .
o r n am e n tu m . (As the rising sun is the ornament of the day, so
is a good wife the ornament of her house.—comp. Ecclus. xxvi.
21.)
2-25. Perry, front. Van Mieris, I. 174. Köhler, XII.
front.
MB. AT. Munich, AT, Rare.
This medal owes its place here solely to its having been supposed
to commemorate the marriage of Henry VII. and Elizabeth