Title

'Medal to Commemorate the Murder of Godfrey', c1876

Caption

'Medal to Commemorate the Murder of Godfrey', c1876. Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey (1621-1678) English magistrate found dead in a ditch on Primrose Hill on 17 October 1678. A commemorative dagger, medal and pamphlets encouraged public perception the murder was a Catholic plot. From "Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. The Western and Northern Studies", by Edward Walford. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]

Date

1876

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F23_014

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,2Mb (2,1Mb) / 19,9in x 9,8in / 5958 x 2943 (300dpi)

Keywords

city animal hill hills London England close up people male man men horse country law guy crime British geography English death commemoration mystery text location Victorian century commemorative Britain murder concept medal medals magistrate close-up United Kingdom B&W slaughter lettering MONOCHROME 17th century commemorate publication Day plot 19th century black & white black and white B W Latin text nineteenth century history historic seventeenth century The Print Collector 1678 geographical feature murdering Popish Plot Primrose Hill slaughtering TGN engraving object anti-Catholic Old and New London Unknown King Charles II Charles II Edward Titus Walford Titus Oates Oates Co Edward Walford Latin Script Cassell Godfrey King of Great Britain and Ireland Petter Petter & Galpin King Charles the Second North London Edmund Berry Godfrey Edmund Berry Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey Titus the Liar engraving object