MB. J2. gilt. Rare.
This medal is in high relief, cast and chased. The reverse
was originally attached to a medal of Gianello della Torre, an
eminent mechanician of Cremona; who, under the patronage
of Charles V. and Philip II., acquired wealth and honour. (See
Mazzuchelli, I. PI. xlix. 1.) It is supposed to be the work of
the artist Leone Leoni. The titles on it fix the date of the
medal between the summer of 1554 and the close of 1555.
27 . B ishop Ridl ey. Martyr. 1555.
Bust of Bishop Ridley, r., in cap and canonicals, j. d. (J.
Dassier.)
Rev. Inscription, nicolaus ridleus angles londinensis
episcopus crematus vrvus oxonl® an. 1555. (Nicholas Ridley,
an Englishman, Bishop of London, burnt alive at Oxford, 1565.)
1*1. Med. Hist. vi. 8. Mazzuchelli, I. PI. Ixiv. 8. Yan
Mieris, III. 880.
MB. M. M.
One of Dassier’s series of the Protestant Reformers.
Nicholas Ridley was born in Tynedale, 1500, educated at
Newcastle, and at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, of which he was
elected Master in October 1540. He was made Canon of
Canterbury in 1541, and of Westminster in 1545. In April
1550 he was elected Bishop of London, but on Mary’s accession
sent to the Tower, and deprived of his see. In September
1555 he was tried for heresy by Commissioners appointed by
Cardinal Pole, and burnt together with Latimer at Oxford
16 Oct. 1555.
28. B ishop L atimer. Martyr. 1555.
Bust of Bishop Latimer, r., in cap and fur habit, i. d .
(J. Dassier.)
Rev. Inscription, hugo latimerus angles wigorniensis
EPISCOPUS OCTUAGENARIO MAIOR CHRISTI CAUSA VTVUS EXUSTUS
oxonh an. 1555. (Hugh Latimer, an Englishman, Bishop of
Worcester, being upwards of eighty years of age, was burnt
alive for the sake of Christ at Oxford, 1555.)
P I . Med. Hist. vi. 9. Mazzuchelli, I. PI. Ixiv. 2. Van
Mieris, III. 880.
MB. M. M.
One of Dassier’s series of the Protestant Reformers.
Hugh Latimer was born at Thurcaston in Leicestershire
about 1490, and educated at Cambridge, where he was elected
a fellow of Clare Hall in 1510. He was a zealous and powerful
preacher, contributing much by his eloquence to the Reformation
in England. In August, 1585, he was elected Bishop of
Worcester, but compelled to resign 1 July, 1589. He was
committed to the Tower 18 Sept. 1558, where he remained in
confinement till removed to Oxford in 1554, with his fellow-
suflerers, Cranmer and Ridley; with the latter of whom he was
burnt at the stake 16 Oct. 1555.
The statement as to the great age of Latimer at the time of
his martyrdom, upwards of 80, as mentioned on the medal, is
now considered erroneous: there is good reason to believe that
he was born in 1490 or 1491. (See Memoir prefixed to his
Sermons, Camb. 1844.)
29. B ishop L atimer. Martyr. 1555.
Bust of Bishop Latimer, I., long beard, in cap and gown.
Leg. hvgo . latimervs . episcopvs . wigornien.
No reverse.
8'5. Perry, Supp. ii. 2.
This large medallic portrait was published by Perry, who
does not state of what metal it is, nor in what collection he
found i t ; and it has not been since met with.
80. Charles Y. and P h il ip II. 1556.
Bust of the Emperor Charles V., r., laureate, in armour, with
badge of the Golden Fleece. Leg. imp . caes . carolvs .v. avg.
On truncation, 1555.
Rev. Bust of Philip II., r., in armour, with badge of the
Golden Fleece. Leg. philippvs . d . g . h is p . et . anglle .
rex. On truncation, io n g e l i . f . (J. Jonghelinck fecit.)
1-4. Van Mieris, III. 878.