★ Imprisonment of the 79th Archbishop of Canterbury ★

ENGLAND. William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1677-1690. Medal (Silver, 50 mm, 28.70 g, 12 h), Archbishop Sancroft and the Bishops, By G. Bower, dated 1688. * GVIL · SANCROFT · ARCHIEPISC · CANTVAR · 1688 · Bust of William Sancroft to right, wearing camauro and canonical robes. Rev. ·GB·F· Seven medallions of the Bishops committed to the Tower of London: Bishops Henry Compton (middle – London); proceeding clockwise around: Francis Turner (upper right – Ely), Thomas Ken (Bath), Sir John Trelawney (Bristol), Thomas White (Peterborough), John Lake (Chichester), and William Lloyd (St. Asaph); twelve stars around. Cf. MI 622/37 ( for type ). Eimer 288b. Lightly toned. Very fine.

From a collection in the USA.

William Sancroft was the 79th Archbishop of Canterbury, and was one of seven Bishops imprisoned in 1688 for seditious libel against King James II.