az. 8 stags’ heads or, a bordure engrailed gu., Stanley; 2, per
fesse daneetty arg. and sa., six fleurs-de-lis, counterchanged,
Hilton; 3, gu. a chevron between three combs or, Tunstall;
4, harry of six arg. and az. in chief three lozenges gu., Flem-
ing> 5, a fret, Audley; 6, sa. six annulets or, Lowther?),
helmet, and mantlings. Crest, a stag.
1*7. (See Woodcut.)
MB. Unique ?
Cast and chased. From the Visitation of Cumberland made
by St. George in 1615 (Harl. MSS., fo. 1536), it appears that
Thomas Stanley was third son of Thomas Stanley, of Dalgarth,
in Cumberland, by Margaret, daughter of John Fleming. He
married Joyce, daughter of John Barrett, of Aveley, in Essex,
and widow of Sir James Wilford, Knight; he left an only
daughter, Mary, who married Sir Edward Herbert, second son
of the Earl of Pembroke, and ancestor to the Marquesses of
Powis. His arms are given in the MS. above noticed, but somewhat
differently arranged, being placed thus—1 , 5, 4, 2, 3, 6.
It is further stated that Thomas Stanley was buried in St.
Peter Le Poer, London, in which parish he dwelt. Stanley
was one of the Assay Masters of the Mint, in the thirty-fifth
year of Henry VIII., and in the second of Edward VI. In
the first year of Elizabeth he was Comptroller of the Mint,
and one of the two Under-Treasurers of the Mint from the first
to the thirteenth year of that Queen’s reign. In 1573 he
became Master of the Mint, and he seems to have had disputes
about his accounts, and likewise with the goldsmiths. He died
18 Dec. 1576.
38. R i c h a e d M a r t i n a n d h i s W i f e D o r c a s . 1562.
Bust of Richard Martin, r., bonneted, in cloak with stiff
collar, ruff small. Leg. r i c h a r d . m a r t i n . ^ t . 28 . a 0 1562.
Stops, lozenges. On truncation, s t e . h . (Stephen of Holland.)
Rev. Bust of Martin’s wife, L, cap turned back with lace,
sleeves striped with fur, cloak lined and faced with fur, ruff
small. Leg. d o r c a s . e g l e s t o n e . vx . r i c h a r d . m a r t i n .
.¡ET . 25 . Stops, lozenges.
2‘25. Med. Hist. x. 1 .
MB. At. Unique ?
This medal is cast and chased, in very high relief and of
excellent workmanship.
Richard Martin was appointed Warden of the Mint in the
second year of Elizabeth ; he was also Master of the Mint, in
which office, at the latter part of his life, his son was associated
with him. He was an active servant of the Queen, and zealous
to introduce a general scale of weights and measures throughout
the country, and to prevent the deterioration of the coin.
In the British Museum is a MS. Tract by him, “ A brief note
of those things which are to be done by the Warden of the
Mint.” He was a goldsmith, the maker of Her Majesty’s
plate and jewellery. In 1562 he became a governor of the
Highgate free school, upon its first foundation by Lord Chief
Justice Cholmeley. In 1579 he held the Manor of Barnes
under the Chapter of St. Paul’s. In 1589 he was Lord Mayor
of London, a firm supporter of the city’s rights, resisting even
the Queen’s officers in an encroachmeut upon the river near
the Tower; his remonstrance to Burleigh is still extant. In
the same year he urged upon the Lord Treasurer the settlement
of his accounts with the court, upon which it appeared
that there was due to him the enormous sum of £80,000. He