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Object Type
Museum number: M.7702
Description: Silver medal; cast and chased. (whole); A Jesuit and a Monk, with spade and pickaxe, endeavouring to undermine a church, which is supported by a hand from heaven. (obverse); Seven medallions of an Archbishop (in the centre) and six Bishops (in a circle around), a mitre over each, and the name in English below. (reverse)
Production date: 1688
Production place: Made in: British Isles; Made in: Netherlands
Materials
Technique: cast; chased
Dimensions: Diameter: 58.000 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Medallic Illustrations 1, published in 1885, states: Very rare. Cast, chased, and of coarse workmanship; executed in Holland. This medal refers to the seven Bishops committed to the Tower for opposing the Declaration of Indulgence issued by James II, and for refusing to allow it to be read in their churches. The church on the obverse is the Church of England built so strongly upon the conduct of her seven episcopal pillars, that the Jesuits and Monks of James are not able to prevail against it.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: church; christian cleric
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury; Named in inscription & portrayed: William Lloyd, Bishop of Worcester; Named in inscription & portrayed: Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells; Named in inscription & portrayed: John Lake, Bishop of Chichester; Named in inscription & portrayed: Francis Turner, Bishop of Ely; Named in inscription & portrayed: Thomas White, Bishop of Peterborough; Named in inscription & portrayed: Sir Jonathan Trelawny, Bishop of Exeter and Winchester
Associated events: Commemoration of: Imprisonment of the Seven Bishops
Acquisition name
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: M.7702
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: H38
C&M catalogue number: MB1 (Medallic Illustrations 1) (625) (42)

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