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1688 silver cast medal Archbishop Sancroft Archbishop of Canterbury & 7 Bishops by G Bower

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1688 silver cast medal Archbishop Sancroft Archbishop of Canterbury & 7 Bishops by G Bower

cast silver 49.95mm   good cast with some light tooling

MI I, 622/37; Eimer 288

 

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

note the cast version is more common than the struck  version