2. Med. Hist, xxxiii. 6.
MB. iR. Bibl. Paris, iR. Gotha, iR. Rare.
This rare medal commemorates the “ loyal Ormond.” James
Butler, Duke of Ormond, succeeded to the Earldom in 1633.
For his eminent services in Ireland, in subduing the rebels
and in establishing peace, he was created a Marquess in 1642.
When the Civil War broke out he held Ireland for the King
until the latter was taken prisoner, when he retired to France.
Returning from exile with Charles H., Ormond was advanced
to a Dukedom, and some time afterwards made Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland; dismissed by the intrigues of Buckingham and
Shaftesbury, he was reappointed in 1677, and again removed
upon the accession of James II. He died in 1688, aged
seventy-eight. He was an excellent soldier, an accomplished
orator, an able statesman, and a humane, benevolent, and
good man.
263. D u k e o r Y ork w r e c k e d ,. 1682.
Bust of the Duke of York, r., hair long, in mantle round the
shoulders. Leg. ia c o bu s . d u x . e b o r a c e n s is . e t . a l b a n e n s is .
(James, Duke of York and Albany.) Below, G b . f . (George
Bower fecit.)
Rev. Ship in distress off a rocky lee shore, to which a boat
approaches. Leg. im pa v id um . f e r iu n t . (They strike him
undismayed.—comp. Hor. Car. III. iii. 8.)
1-65. Med. Hist, xxxii. 7. Evelyn, 147.
MB. AI. Bibl. Paris, iR. Munich, JR. Gotha, iR.
Very rare.
When the Duke of York was returning to Scotland with
several noblemen and friends, the vessel, while proceeding
under easy sail, struck upon the Lemon and Oar sandbank,
off the Norfolk coast, 5 May, 1682. The Duke and some of
his attendants got into the pinnace and escaped to land. Other
boats were approaching to carry off the rest of the passengers,
when the crew, ignorant of the damage the ship had sustained,
contrived to push her off into deep water, where she instantly
sank. Amongst the survivors was Captain Churchill, afterwards
Duke of Marlborough, for whose preservation the Duke of York
is said to have shown much concern.
264. E l iz a b e t h P e r c y , D u c h e s s o f S o m e r s e t . 1682.
Monogram composed of the initials E S, beneath a ducal
coronet.
Rev. Shield of the Duchess of Somerset, garnished and surmounted
by a ducal coronet.
1'5. (See Woodcut.)
264. Jeton of the Duchess of Somerset.
MB. iR. Unique?
This piece is struck in imitation of engraving, and is a jeton
of the same style as No. 276 of Princess Anne. Elizabeth
Percy, Duchess of Somerset, was the daughter and heir of
Joceline, eleventh Earl of Northumberland, and in her own
right Baroness Percy. She married when only fourteen years
of age, in 1679, Henry Cavendish, Earl of Ogle, who assumed
the name of Percy, but who died without issue, 1 Nov. 1680.
Lady Percy next married, 30 May, 1682, Charles Seymour,
Duke of Somerset, “ The Proud Duke.” This marriage is
sometimes called her third marriage, but she appears only to
have been contracted or engaged to Thomas Thynne of Long