Rev. A church. Leg. e c c l è s ia ang'l Le . (The Church of
England.)
•95. (See Woodcut.) '
MB. At. . •Yery rare..
. Cast and chased.
20. T h e C htjbch b e s t o e e d . 1689.
Busts conjoined, r., of William and Mary. He, laureate, is
in armour: she is draped. Leg. g v l ie lm v s e t m ab ia,
Rev. Church founded upon a rock in the midst’ of the sea,
and assailed by the four winds. Leg. immota * * tbtvm phans.
(Triumphing unmoved.)
1-25. '
MB. JR. Extremely rare.
The obverse is from the die of a halfpenny. The reverse is
the same'as that of the medal of Archbishop Sancroft (No. 41,
p. 624). Unless an accidental combination of dies, it refers,
as weir as the preceding, to the protection of the Church by
William and Mary against the damage threatened to it by
James II.- and the Roman Catholics.
21. R oman Ca th o l ic C h a p e l s d e s t e o y e d , &c . 1689.
Busts conjoined, r., of William and Mary, &c. ; same' as
No. 18.
Rev. People rejoicing, round ,a bonfire in Lincoln’s Inn
Fields, while emblems of Popery are consumed; the west side
of the Fields is shewn with the Portuguese chapel in Duke
Street in ruins. Leg. n e c . l e x . e s t . iu s t io b . tjlla. (Nor
is any law more just.)
2-05. Chevalier, p. 119.
MB. At. Hunter, At. Brussels, At. Rare.
The populace, believing that Jtymes had acted under the
influence of the Roman Catholics, were very much irritated,
and pulled down the chapels of. that worship, as well as the
houses of many of its professors, taking and spoiling their
goods; “ they demolished the convent and chapel of St. John’s,
the convent and chapel of Lincoln’s Inn Fields, the popish
chapels in Lime Street and Bucklersbury and at Wildhouse.”
The Lincoln’s Inn Fields’ chapel was destroyed 11 Dec.
[O. S.] 1688, and the medallist thinks it a just act of retribution
for papal maladministration. This medal was not struck
till after the crown was offered to William, Feb.
22. R oman Ca t h o l ic C h a p e l s d e s t e o y e d , &o. 1689.
The reverse of the previous medal and that of No. 18 are
sometimes struck together.
Edge, dum . m icat . h o c -. g em in um . sy d u s . f u g it ; atba .
t y e a n n is . Same as No. 18.
2-05. Rapin, i. 9. Van Loon, III. 369.
MB. At. Bibl. Paris, At.- Hague, At. Gotha, At.
Rare.
23. J am e s II. la n d s in I b e l a n d . 12 March [0. S.], 1689.
James II., crowned, wearing royal robes and holding sceptre
in right hand, lands on sea-shore from a ship which is seen
behind him : before him a large crowd hailing his approach.
Leg. iacobvs . i i . d e i . g e a t ia .
Rev. In the centre, two. sceptres in saltire behind a crown
encircled by the motto, in t em e b a t a . (Undefiled.) Leg. mag .
b e . FBA . ET . HIB . BEX. 1689.
1-1.- Simon, Irish Coins, PL vii. 154.
No specimen of this medalet has been met with. ' Simon had
not seen the piece itself, but received a drawing of one in silver
in the possession of Mr. Charles Smith of. Dungarvan,' County
Waterford. It was struck to commemorate the landing of
James II. in Ireland at Kinsale, 12 March, 1689.