GALMOLE, THOMAS (Brit.). Master and Worker of the Money of silver in Devylyn (Dublin) and Warerford under Edward IV. In 1483 "an indenture for Ireland was made with Thomas Galmole, gent., master and worker of the money of silver, and keeper of the exchanges in the cities of Devylyn and Waterford. He was to make two sorts of monies : one called a peny, with the king's arms on one side, upon a cross trefoyled on every end ; and with this inscription REX ANGLIE & FRANCIE, and on the other side the arms of Ireland upon a cross with this scripture, DNS HIBERNIE. Of such penyes in the pound weight of the Towre iiij c. 1. pecs which is in nombre xxxvijs. v)d. The other money to be called the halfpenny with the like impression and inscription, and in weight one half of the first. All of the old sterling". His name appears also as Thomas Archibold, Master of the Dublin Mint, temp. Richard III. and Henry VII. Bibliography. — Ruding, Annals of the Coinage of Great Britain, &c. London, 1840, p. 289. — Dr Aquila Smith, Irish Coins of Edward III., p. 42, note.
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
FRANCOIS, HENRI LOUIS
FRANCOIS, HENRI LOUIS (French). Contemporary Gem-engraver and Medallist, born at Vert-le-Petit (Seine-et-Oise), in 1841, died at Paris in 1896. Pupil of Bonnat and Chapu. M. Babelon says concerning him : " C'est un ma?tre véritable, aussi modeste qu'habile, qui nous paraît avoir, mieux que tout autre, réussi ? s'inspirer des nobles traditions du XVIII si?cle ". He was an officer of the Legion of Honour. The following works by him may be seen at the Luxembourg Museum, Paris : The French Republic,...
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FRANCOIS, HENRI LOUIS (French). Contemporary Gem-engraver and Medallist, born at Vert-le-Petit (Seine-et-Oise), in 1841, died at Paris in 1896. Pupil of Bonnat and Chapu. M. Babelon says concerning him : " C'est un ma?tre véritable, aussi modeste qu'habile, qui nous paraît avoir, mieux que tout autre, réussi ? s'inspirer des nobles traditions du XVIII si?cle ". He was an officer of the Legion of Honour. The following works by him may be seen at the Luxembourg Museum, Paris : The French Republic,...
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FREEMAN, SIR RALPH
FREEMAN, SIR RALPH (Brit.). Mint-master at the Royal Mint, London, under Charles I, anni 11-16 of his reign, and again under Charles II. Kenyon (Gold Coins of England, p. 169) mentions the following fact: " Charles II. upon his restoration made no alteration in the coins, except by restoring the type used by his father, with a laureated bust substituted for a crowned one. The indenture for this coinage was made with Sir Ralph Freeman, on the 20th of July, 1660, and Unites, Double Crowns, and Bri...
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FREEMAN, SIR RALPH (Brit.). Mint-master at the Royal Mint, London, under Charles I, anni 11-16 of his reign, and again under Charles II. Kenyon (Gold Coins of England, p. 169) mentions the following fact: " Charles II. upon his restoration made no alteration in the coins, except by restoring the type used by his father, with a laureated bust substituted for a crowned one. The indenture for this coinage was made with Sir Ralph Freeman, on the 20th of July, 1660, and Unites, Double Crowns, and Bri...
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FREI, HANS
FREI, HANS (Swiss). Contemporary Medallist, and Sculptor. Born at Basle on the 30th of April, 1868, he was destined in his first youth to the calling of a copper-plate engraver, and, with that object in view, was apprenticed to a professional of his native town. While still working under him, he applied himself to design and studied modelling, in which he met with uncommon success, thanks to his natural ability and a display of extraordinary perse- verance under trying circumstances. He then vis...
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FREI, HANS (Swiss). Contemporary Medallist, and Sculptor. Born at Basle on the 30th of April, 1868, he was destined in his first youth to the calling of a copper-plate engraver, and, with that object in view, was apprenticed to a professional of his native town. While still working under him, he applied himself to design and studied modelling, in which he met with uncommon success, thanks to his natural ability and a display of extraordinary perse- verance under trying circumstances. He then vis...
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FREMANTLE, THE HON. SIR CHARLES WILLIAM K. C. B.
FREMANTLE, THE HON. SIR CHARLES WILLIAM K. C. B. (Brit.), born at Swanbourne, Bucks, on Aug. 12, 1834; third son of the late 1st Lord Cottesloe. "In 1868 he was appointed Deputy-Master and Comptroller of the Royal Mint; and in 1870 was constituted principal executive officer of that department, the Mastership of the Mint having by the Coinage Act of that year been vested in the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the time being. He retired from that appointment in 1894. He was appointed, in 1876, a ...
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FREMANTLE, THE HON. SIR CHARLES WILLIAM K. C. B. (Brit.), born at Swanbourne, Bucks, on Aug. 12, 1834; third son of the late 1st Lord Cottesloe. "In 1868 he was appointed Deputy-Master and Comptroller of the Royal Mint; and in 1870 was constituted principal executive officer of that department, the Mastership of the Mint having by the Coinage Act of that year been vested in the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the time being. He retired from that appointment in 1894. He was appointed, in 1876, a ...
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