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Summary
Medal of Thomas Cromwell, armorial shield
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Medal of Thomas Cromwell, armorial shield |
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| Description |
English: Portrait medal made for Thomas Cromwell in 1538. Reverse: armorial shield of Cromwell, being two coats quarterly within the Garter. |
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| Depicted people | Thomas Cromwell | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1538 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | silver; gold | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | diameter: 51 mm (2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Inscriptions | Motto [. HONI . SOIT QUI . MAL . Y . PENSE .] [Shame on him who thinks evil of it] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
English: Silver medal; cast, chased and in high relief. An Earl's coronet in full relief is attached to the rim to enable it to be worn by suspension. The coronet may have been added later. Features the coat of augmentation granted to Thomas Cromwell after his son's marriage to the queen's sister: Arms of Thomas Cromwell: quarterly, 1st and 4th: azure, on a fess between three lions rampant or, a rose gules, between two Cornish choughs proper; 2nd and 3rd, Party per fess or and gules, a pale counterchanged all charged alternately with six fleurs de lys azure and pelicans with wings close vulning themselves of the first, 2 and 3., being the coat of augmentation granted by Henry VIII on his son, Gregory’s marriage to Queen Jane's sister, Elizabeth. NB blazon given incorrectly in Merriman, R.B. (1902) The Life and letters of Thomas Cromwell, Vol. II, p.284 [1]; also incorrect in MacCulloch, D. (2018) Thomas Cromwell: a life, p.679 (note 21): Per fess azure and or, a pale counter-changed, charged alternately with fleurs de lys of the second, and pelicans with wings elevated vulning themselves gules. |
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| Source/Photographer | Hawkins, E., Franks, A.; Grueber, H. (1885). Medallic illustrations of the history of Great Britain and Ireland to the death of George II. London: British Museum. vol. 1, p. 40. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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