IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 226491 accession number: CM.128-1954 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Wednesday 20 February 2019 updated: Monday 16 September 2019 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: This medal commemorates the escape of Charles II after the battle of Worcester, 3 September 1651, and the names inscribed are those of the principal actors in the enterprise. Lord Wilmot was the King's faithful and watchful attendant throughout the perilous journey. Lady Lane, Miss Jane Lane, conveyed him from her brother's house in Shropshire to Abbotsleigh, some miles beyond Bristol, passing him off as a neighbour's son, who was accompanying her for his health, having recently suffered from an attack of quartan ague. Captain Carlos or Careless was the King's companion in the royal oak of Boscobel, and Captain Tattersal the skipper of the bark which bore the King in safety to the coast of France. title: British Isles LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Coins and Medals STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/226491 CATEGORIES ------ category: medal DATING ------ creation date: 1651 - 1651 creation date earliest: 1651 creation date latest: 1651 CITATIONS -------- Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II: Vol 1 Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II: Vol 2 --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm64/large_CM_128_1954_281_29.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm64/mid_CM_128_1954_281_29.jpg height: 500 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm64/CM_128_1954_281_29.jpg height: 2835 pixels width: 2835 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm64/preview_CM_128_1954_281_29.jpg height: 250 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm64/large_CM_128_1954_282_29.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm64/mid_CM_128_1954_282_29.jpg height: 500 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm64/CM_128_1954_282_29.jpg height: 2835 pixels width: 2835 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm64/preview_CM_128_1954_282_29.jpg height: 250 pixels width: 250 pixels