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Gold medal presented to Bishop Joseph Hall (1574 - 1655) at the Synod of Dort, 1619 - obverse

The Synod assembled in the Chamber of the Doel at Dort, Holland; in the foreground are spectators with a dog, and on either side the date, 16...19. Legend: ASSERTA. RELIGIONE (Religion Maintained) m.m. Rose: stops, crosses saltire.

Bequeathed by William Jermy (the maternal great-great grandson of Bishop Hall) to Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1752


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