Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

The Seven Bishops committed to the Tower in 1688 NPG D18862

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Robert White, published by Thomas Basset, published by Thomas Fox

Educated at Oriel and Jesus Colleges, Oxford, Lloyd was ordained in 1646. In 1667 he published a work questioning the Catholic contribution to the royal cause during the civil wars. A rapid series of ecclesiastical promotions followed. In 1688 he was one of the seven bishops who signed a petition to King James II asking him to reconsider his policy of religious tolerance to Catholics. He supported William and Mary of Orange when they acceded to the English throne in 1689, attending... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.