92 DORSET TOKENS AND MEDALS. 



Silver and copper ; size, r65in. By John Dassier, a Swiss. ■ 

 Marlborough's age is inaccurately stated, He was born in his 



mother's home at Ashe in 1650, and therefore died in his 72nd 



year. 



John Churchill, the first Duke, was the second son of Sir 



Winston Churchill, whose family were seated at Wootton Glanville 



and Great Minterne. 



32. ohv: Profile portrait in robes, to the right. " Guilielmus 



Wake Arch. Cant." (Plate II., obv. only.) 

 r^jy; Dedicatory inscription by J. Dassier. " Illustrium 

 virorum, etc." silver and copper. Size i-yin. 

 William Wake, born at Blandford in 1657, was the son of 

 William Wake, of Shapwick, and the grandson of a Rector of 

 Holy Trinity, Wareham. The future Archbishop was educated 

 in his native town, and subsequently at Christchurch, Oxford. 

 In 1690 he preached a sermon at St. jMary le Bow to his fellow 

 countrymen of Dorset who were then living in London. In 

 1705 Wake became Bishop of Lincoln, and was translated to 

 Canterbury in 171 5. He died at Lambeth in 1727. 



33. obv: Portrait of Coram, three quarters face to left. "In. 



memory, of. the. foundling's, friend. 1805." 

 (J. Porter) 

 r<?z> ;" Foundling hospital instituted 17th October 1739, 

 Thomas Coram founder," in five lines. Above, 

 three serpents interlaced. ("Plate III.) 

 Silver and copper, the latter sometimes gilt ; size, i*5in. 

 Captain Coram, of Lyme Regis, sailor and philanthropist, was 

 born there in 1668. An interesting paper on his life and work 

 by Mr. Morton Stuart is printed in Proceedings, Yo\. XIII. , p. 144; 

 the writer does not, however, mention this medal, which was 

 engraved from the portrait by Hogarth, referred to on p. 148. 

 Coram died in 1751, and was buried in the chapel of the hospital 

 he loved so well. 



34. obv : Portrait of Sacheverell, three quarters to the right. 



" H : Sach. D : D." 

 rev : A mitre. " Is : firm : to : thee : " (Plate III., obv. only.) 



