Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

The Seven Bishops Committed to the Tower in 1688 NPG 79

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Unknown artist

When James II began to infringe the religious monopoly of the Church of England he lost the support of many Anglican clergy. After the second Declaration of Indulgence (1688) which suspended the Test Act, William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury, and six other bishops petitioned the king against it. Sent to the Tower and tried and acquitted for seditious libel, the bishops became popular heroes and the episode undermined James's authority.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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