MB. A3.
This medal is by John Eoettier, and is mentioned in the list
of his medals. (See Stuart Papers, Windsor.) Barbara Yilliers
was sole daughter and heir of William, second Viscount
Grandison, and wife of Boger Palmer, afterwards created Earl
of Castlemaine. She was one of the favourites of Charles II.,
who raised her to the peerage under the title of Duchess of
Cleveland, 3 Aug. 1670. . She died in 1709.
The die for this medal was never used till it was purchased
by Mr. Young from the representatives of Eoettier, when a few
specimens were struck. I t is now in the British Museum.
205. T h e E l e c t o r o f S axony. K n ig h t o f t h e G a r t e r .
1671.
St. George and the Dragon, r . ; the knight and his horse
armed and caparisoned as for a tournament. Leg. E n h o n n e u r
DU SOUVERAIN DU TRES NOBLE ORDRE DE LA IARTIERE. (In
honour of the Sovereign of the most noble Order of the
Garter.) m.m. Eose.
Rev. I n s c r i p t i o n w i t h i n a l a u r e l w r e a th , Du t r e h a u t
TRE PUISSANT ET TRES EXCELLENT PRINCE CHARLES . I I . PAR
LA GRACE DE D lEU ROY DE LA GRANDE B r ETAG : F r AN : ET
IRLANDE DEFENSEUR DE LA FOY . M . D . C . LXXI. (Of t h e
m o s t h i g h , t h e m o s t p u i s s a n t , a n d m o s t e x c e l l e n t P r i n c e ,
C h a r l e s II., by t h e g r a c e o f G o d , King o f G r e a t B r i t a i n ,
F r a n c e , a n d I r e l a n d , D e f e n d e r o f t h e F a i t h . 1671.)
1-9. See Med. Hist. xxvi. 5. Tentzel, I. PI. 57, v.
MB. At. ‘ Rare-
Struck at Dresden to commemorate the installation, at
Windsor, 29 May, 1671, of John George II., Elector of
Saxony, as a Knight of the Garter. The medal is thin,
in low relief, and of rude execution; the letters of rude and
ancient form. All this designedly to give an air of antiquity.
The inscription is in the language and form in which the style
of the Sovereign is proclaimed by the Garter King at Arms,
when he cries largess at the grand feasts of the Knights on
St. George’s day. The inscriptions affixed to the stalls of the
Knights in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, are in the same style.
It has been erroneously supposed that these medals were
tickets of admission to the ceremony.of the installation. (See
also No. 242, p. 572.)
206. C h a r l e s XI., o f Sw e d e n . K n ig h t o f t h e G a r t e r .
1671.
St. George and the Dragon, r. Leg. carolvs . x i . r e x . sv e .
e q . nob . ord . p e r is c . in a v g . (Charles XI., King of Sweden,
installed Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter.) Ex.
29 . m a ii .1671.
Rev. The Garter, inscribed, formed into a circle with the
star within, passing through two crowns and two pairs of C’s
interlinked; all within the collar of the Order with the George
suspended. Leg. concordia . r eg vm . salvs . po pv lo rvm . (The
concord of Kings is the safety of the people.)
1‘7. Ashmole, p. 455. Evelyn, 142. Brenner, Car. XI.
T. ii.
MB. At. Stockholm, N . At. Bare.
The installation of the King of Sweden did not take place
before the 29th May, 1671, and to commemorate this ceremony
his Majesty caused these medals to be struck in gold and
silver. “ The gold were bestowed upon the Knights companions
present, and other persons of quality, and those of
silver distributed among some of the officers attending at the
installation, and others.” (Ashmole, p. 455.) It is the work
of John Eoettier, and the die of the reverse is in the British
Museum.
207. B aron d e E e e d e . 1671.
Bust of Baron de Eeede, I., hair long, cap on his head, in
plain falling collar and doublet buttoned close ; badge of the
Order of the Elephant suspended to riband. Leg. io h a n n e s
BARO DE REEDE LIBER DOM . DE RENSWOUDE ET EMMICKHUYSEN.