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
