PECKHAM, SIR EDMUND (Brit.). High Treasurer of the London Mint from the reign of Henry VIII. to that of Elizabeth. The coins he is said to have issued bear his crest, an ostrich's head, as mintmark. His appointment as Master of the Mint dates from 1546; in 1554 he was a Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire; later, he was made a privy councillor, and knighted in 1555. He retained his post till his death, although during 1552-54 his place was filled temporarily by Martin Pirri, master of the Dublin Mint. In 1549, during the reign of Edward VI., he was directed with others to restore the old standard of gold. In 1551 he coined the pound weight of silver — three quarters alloy and one fine — into seventy-two shillings' worth twelve pence apiece. Under Queen Elizabeth he helped to carry into effect measures for the restoration of the coinage. Sir Edmund Peckham was buried in Denham Church, 18. September 1564. Bibliography. — S. Lee, Dictionary of National Biography. — Ruding, op. cit. — Hawkins, op. cit. — Kenyon, op. cit.
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
OTTLEY, JOHN
OTTLEY, JOHN (Brit.). Medallist, and Engraver of Tokens, of the end of the eighteenth century, and first half of the nineteenth. He is perhaps best known by his large series of Tokens, known as "Ottley's Birmingham Buildings". Silver specimens were struck specially for Sir George Chetwynd. They were engraved early in the ninetenth century ; Kempson engraved the obverses. Among these are: Coventry Token, 1790 (Ashted Chapel, erected 1790); — St. Bartholomew's Chapel ; — St. Martin's Church ; — St...
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OTTLEY, JOHN (Brit.). Medallist, and Engraver of Tokens, of the end of the eighteenth century, and first half of the nineteenth. He is perhaps best known by his large series of Tokens, known as "Ottley's Birmingham Buildings". Silver specimens were struck specially for Sir George Chetwynd. They were engraved early in the ninetenth century ; Kempson engraved the obverses. Among these are: Coventry Token, 1790 (Ashted Chapel, erected 1790); — St. Bartholomew's Chapel ; — St. Martin's Church ; — St...
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OTTO, THOMAS FITZ
OTTO (or OTHO), THOMAS FITZ (Brit.). Goldsmith, and Mintengraver in London, under Henry III., presumably from 1265 to 1268 or 1269, when he was replaced by Ralph Le Blound ; and again, under Edward I., from 1290 to 1294. He is styled Die Graver in Fee. We read in Ruding : " In the 49th year of Henry III., Thomas Fitz Otho claimed, in the Court of Exchequer, the broken dies, as belonging to him of inheritance, and had his claim allowed ; and in the 52nd year he presented before the barons, Ralph ...
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OTTO (or OTHO), THOMAS FITZ (Brit.). Goldsmith, and Mintengraver in London, under Henry III., presumably from 1265 to 1268 or 1269, when he was replaced by Ralph Le Blound ; and again, under Edward I., from 1290 to 1294. He is styled Die Graver in Fee. We read in Ruding : " In the 49th year of Henry III., Thomas Fitz Otho claimed, in the Court of Exchequer, the broken dies, as belonging to him of inheritance, and had his claim allowed ; and in the 52nd year he presented before the barons, Ralph ...
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OTTO, WILLIAM FITZ
OTTO (or OTHO), WILLIAM FITZ (Brit.). Goldsmith, and Mintengraver in London, under Henry I. He succeeded Otto the Younger, who presumably died in 1120. Andrews supposes him to have been very young when his father died. Between 1120 and 1125 we note the hand of a very inferior designer, who produced work of so rude and uncertain a character that two dies are rarely alike ... In 1126 there is a great improvement in the dies. William Fitz Otho is now serving his apprenticeship under some one who, ...
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OTTO (or OTHO), WILLIAM FITZ (Brit.). Goldsmith, and Mintengraver in London, under Henry I. He succeeded Otto the Younger, who presumably died in 1120. Andrews supposes him to have been very young when his father died. Between 1120 and 1125 we note the hand of a very inferior designer, who produced work of so rude and uncertain a character that two dies are rarely alike ... In 1126 there is a great improvement in the dies. William Fitz Otho is now serving his apprenticeship under some one who, ...
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OTTO, WILLIAM FITZ I(2.)
OTTO (or OTHO), WILLIAM FITZ II. (Brit.). Goldsmith, and Mintengraver in London, in office from about the 6th year of King John, 1205, when he is recorded to have made the dies for the Mint at Chichester, until the 27th year of Heny III., 1243, when Richard Abel, goldsmith, succeeded him. It however appears that William Fitz Otho's death did not occur before about 1257, unless the Engraver designated by OTTO FITZ WILLIAM was not the same person, but his son. William Fitz Otho was Goldsmith to ...
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OTTO (or OTHO), WILLIAM FITZ II. (Brit.). Goldsmith, and Mintengraver in London, in office from about the 6th year of King John, 1205, when he is recorded to have made the dies for the Mint at Chichester, until the 27th year of Heny III., 1243, when Richard Abel, goldsmith, succeeded him. It however appears that William Fitz Otho's death did not occur before about 1257, unless the Engraver designated by OTTO FITZ WILLIAM was not the same person, but his son. William Fitz Otho was Goldsmith to ...
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