Rev. The same Bishop and the others dismayed by lightnings
issuing from clouds encircling the Eye of Providence. Leg.
Chronogrammatic. C o n s p I r a t e a p e r I t D e V s e t Y os f V L -
M I n e p V L sa t . (Conspire ! God discovers and smites you with
his lightning, m d c l l w w i i i = 1723.) Ex. b r ita n n ic a [obv.
c o n s p ir a t io ] . (The British conspiracy.)
1’55. (See Woodcut.)
MB. lead. Extremely rare.
The Bishop is Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester, and the others
are the Earl of Arran, the Earl of Orrery, Lord North, and
Lord Gower, the five who formed the Jacobite Council or
“ Junta, and arranged the affairs of James in England. The
conspiracy was discovered by the Regent of France, who at once
gave notice of it to the British Government, and Atterbury was
deprived of his See and banished the kingdom. The object of
the conspiracy in 1722 was the restoration of the Stuarts to the
throne of England, which is announced on the obverse, while
the reverse alludes to the discovery and punishment of the
conspirators in the following year.
71. C o n y er s M id d l e t o n . 1724.
Bust of Middleton, r., hair very short, in loose drapery, which
terminates the bust. Leg. c o n v e r s . m i d d l e t o n . s . t . p .
(Conyers Middleton, Professor of Theology.) Below, g io
p o z z o . f . ROMA . 1724.
Rev. The interior of the University Library at Cambridge,
with a bust of Minerva and a table, on which are books. Leg.
ACADEMIC . CANTABRIGIENSIS . PROTO . BIBLIOTHECARIVS. (The
Chief Librarian of the University of Cambridge.)
3-25. Snelling, xxx.
MB. 2E. Somewhat rare.
This medal is cast and chased, and in high relief.
Conyers Middleton was born at York in 1683, and educated at
Trinity College, Cambridge, of which he was elected a Fellow in
1706. When the King purchased and presented Bishop Moore’s
library to the University, Middleton was made the first Chief
Librarian. In 1724 he visited Rome, and was received with
great distinction. Being exceedingly indignant at finding that
the Librarian of the Vatican supposed that Cambridge was only
a great school to prepare youths for Oxford, he caused this
medal to be executed as a record of the existence of Cambridge
and of its library, which was of sufficient extent and value to
make its librarianship a post of honour, worthy of commemoration
upon a medal. Middleton died 28 July, 1750. His works
are chiefly of a theological and antiquarian character, and contain
much that is valuable, learned, and curious.
72. S ta r k ey M t d d e l t o n . 1724.
Two children, hand in hand, naked, standing upon a pedestal.
Leg. STARKEY MYDDELTON . MAN . MIDWIFE : LONDON . 1724.
Rev. Armorial shield of Myddelton, with helmet, crest, and
motto, s p e s in d e o . (Hope in God.)
1‘55. (See Woodcut.)
72. Ticket of Starkey Myddelton.
MB. brass. Hunter, .¿R. Extremely rare.
This was probably a sort of advertisement ticket. Starkey
Myddelton was the second son of Henry, the fourth son of Sir
Hugh Myddelton (See No. 51, Vol. I. p. 260). He was born
3 April, 1688, and practised physic in London, and had a son,