sent duke.” 1 It was probably intended to form part of a series
of medals of eminent men remarkable for their loyalty, a series
to which Charles II. himself gave great attention with regard
to their designs. Henry Somerset was elected a Knight of
the Garter 29 May, 1672, created Duke of Beaufort 2 Dec.
1682, and is mentioned in the patent as “ having been
eminently serviceable to the King since his most happy restoration.”
He exerted himself against the rebellion of Monmouth
in 1685, and refusing to take the oath of allegiance to
William III., lived in retirement, and died 21 Jan. 1699, in
the seventieth year of his age. He was buried in the Beaufort
Chapel at Windsor.
268. J o h n G id l e y . 5 1682.
Bust of Gidley, r., hair long, neck bare, in ample mantle
round the shoulders. Leg. incuse, jo a n n e s g id l e y . lo n d .
a .d . 1682. e . s. 50. (John Gidley, London, 1682, aged 50.)
No reverse.
2-85 by 2-85. Med. Hist. xx. 6.
MB. JE gilt. Extremely rare.
This is a medallic portrait, cast, and without reverse.
269. J o h n G id l e y . 1682.
Inscription, io h n g id l e y o f . London c h ir v r g e o n .
Rev. Armorial shield of Gidley; or, a castle sa. a bordure
of the second bezant^e. Leg. b o r n e . may . 21 . 1632.
1. Med. Hist. xx. 5.
MB. At. M. Very rare.
From these two medals it appears that John Gidley was
a surgeon residing in London in 1682. The family held
the Manor of Gidley in Devonshire, and were patrons of the
parish till towards the close of the eighteenth century, when
the property descended through the female line to a gentleman
of the name of Rattery.
270. M em o r ia l o f B a r th o lom ew G id l e y . 1688.
Armorial shield of Gidley, as on the reverse of the preceding,
decorated with festoons of flowers and fruit, and within a
mantle. Crest, an eagle issuant or, the wings sa. bezantee.
Rev. Inscription, M. S. Mnemosymon et vel cere perennius
Bartholomai Gidley Armigeri Comitatus Devonice Quem non
avita magis illustrant Insignia quam fe fua virtus illustrior
Insignivit, Quem Regi fuo Constantem agnovere res Anglorum
versatiles, et extrema fidelitatis tentamina Pax et Bellum. Pro
exule Garolo. In Bello prcefectum. Pro reduce ad pacern.
Justitiarium. Vtroque ■munere fidelifsimum. Annos agit 72.
Salutis anno 1683. Non cetate, non munere, gravatus; Nee
adhuc d id voluit emeritus. (A memorial, even more durable
than brass, sacred to the memory of Bartholomew Gidley, Esq.,
of the County of Devon, whom his family blazonry does not
render more illustrious, than his more illustrious virtue has
emblazoned, whom the variable affairs of England, and Peace
and War, extreme trials of fidelity, have acknowledged loyal
to his King. For the exiled Charles in war an officer; at
his peaceful restoration a Justice. In both offices most faithful.
Aged 72 years, in the year of the redemption 1683, not
weighed down by age or labour; nor desirous of being released
from service.)
2'85. ■ Med. Hist. xx. 3.
MB. At. AS. Very rare.
A large struck medal, neatly executed by the direction of
John Gidley, the subject of the two preceding medals, to the
memory of his father.
271. I zaak W a l t o n . Died 1683.
Half-length figure of Walton, three-quarters, r., in falling
collar and doublet buttoned; stick and gloves in his hand.
Leg. IZAAK WALTON. Ex. MDCCCXXIV. AVERN . F .
Rev. An angler leaning against a tomb inscribed, izaak