Inscription
around circumference: NEC.META.MIHI.QVAE.TERMINVS.ORBI (Nor is a limit to me, that which is a boundary to the world)
Provenance
Made 1639 for Charles I, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland [1600-1649], London; believed given January 1649, or possibly earlier, to William Juxon [c. 1582-1663, Bishop of London 1633-1649 and Archbishop of Canterbury 1660-1663], London; gift to his niece, Elizabeth Osborne [d. 1707/1711], possibly on the occasion of her marriage to William Merlott later in 1649;[1] by inheritance to her son, John Merlott [1654-1731];[2] by inheritance to his son, Richard Merlott [1678-1742], London; by inheritance to his brother, Joseph Merlott [d. 1782], Itchingfield, Sussex; by inheritance to his nephew (son of his brother, Abraham Merlott), John Merlott [d. 1784]; by inheritance to his sister, Elizabeth Merlott [d. 1810/1817]; gift during her lifetime to a distant cousin, Charles Merlott Chitty [d. 1815]; by inheritance on his premature death to his father, Charles Chitty [1781-1866, Elizabeth Merlott’s second cousin once-removed]; bequest to his wife, Susannah Elizabeth Jourdan Chitty [1786-1876]; gift 1867 to her son, William Farington Chitty [1822-1891]; bequest to his friend, Percy Sanden Godman [1836-1922];[3] by inheritance to his son, Lt. Col. Edward Shirley Godman OBE [1876-1951];[4] by inheritance to his son, Desmond Frederick Shirley Godman, alumnus of Magdalene College, Cambridge University, England [1927-2011];[5] displayed 1986-2009 on loan from him at Pepys Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge University;[6] purchased 2010 by (Classical Numismatic Group, LLC, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and London); sold jointly 2010 with (Nomos AG, Zurich) to Dr. Arnold-Peter C. Weiss, Barrington, Rhode Island; gift 2019 to NGA.
Exhibition History
- 1916
- Loan Exhibition of Relics of Past and Present Wars, South Lodge, Horsham, 1916, no. 20, repro.
- 1986
- Loan to display with permanent collection, Pepys Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge University, England, 1986-2009.
Bibliography
- 1898
- Godman, Percy S. "Itchingfield." Sussex Archeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County 41 (1898): 95-118, pl. 7.
- 1904
- Forrer, Leonard. Biographical Dictionary of Medallists. 8 vols. London, 1904-1930: 1(1904):289-290.
- 1969
- Hawkins, Edward. Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II. 2 vols. London, 1969: 1:285, no. 97.
- 2011
- England, Jr., Victor. "Charles I Dominion of the Seas Gold Medal." MCA Advisory. The Journal of the Medal Collectors of America 14, no. 7 (October 2011): 7-8.
- 2012
- Lopez, Tony J., and Skyler Liechty. "The Sovereign of the Seas Medal: An important Historical medal worth a closer look." MCA Advisory. The Journal of the Medal Collectors of America 15, no. 2 (March/April 2012): 4-14.
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