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1688 Archbishop Sancroft and the Bishops 50mm struck silver medal MI 622/37 E288a

1688 Archbishop Sancroft and the Bishops 50mm struck silver medal MI 622/37 E288a

£365.00 GBP
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  • Obverse: Archbishop Sancroft, wearing a cap and clerically robed.

  • Reverse: Seven medallions containing busts of seven bishops (William Lloyd, Francis Turner, John Lake, Henry Compton, Thomas Ken, Thomas White, and Sir John Trelawney) in a field of stars.

  • By G Bower

  • Struck silver, rather more rare than the cast silver version

  • 50mm

  • NGC UNC Details (Rim damage) i.e. edge nicks, not uncommon on this medal.     

 

  • Note : William Sancroft (1617-1693) Archbishop of Canterbury refused to read James II's 'Declaration of Indulgence' exempting Catholics and dissenters from penal statutes. The bishops were committed to the Tower for opposing the edicts of James II.
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