Watch List notes:

temp. STUART. William Sancroft. Archbishop of Canterbury, 1677-1690. Cast AR Medal (49mm, 32.89 g, 12h). Archbishop Sancroft and the Bishops. By G. Bower. Dated 1688. (star) GVIL · SANCROFT · ARCHIEPISC · CANTVAR · 1688 ·, bust right, wearing camauro and canonical robes / Seven medallions of the Bishops committed to the Tower of London: Bishops Henry Compton (middle – London), Francis Turner (upper right, proceeding clockwise – Ely), Thomas Ken (Bath), Sir John Trelawney (Bristol), Thomas White (Peterborough), John Lake (Chichester), and William Lloyd (St. Asaph); twelve stars around; ·GB·F· below. Cf. MI 622/37; Eimer 288b. Toned. EF. Cast and chased as made.

From the Peter J. Merani Collection, purchased from Hedley Betts.