Medal - John Horne Tooke
TitleMedal - John Horne Tooke
ReferenceBADGE/SUBJ/TOKEN/017
Date
1794
Production date 1794 - 1794
Scope and ContentMedal commemorating the aquittal of John Horne Tooke for high treason. Front: Portrait of John Horne Tooke. Reverse: ‘British Justice Displayed, Erskine Gibbs’ and ‘Nov’r 22. 1794’. Also inscribed are the names of the twelve jurors. [Tooke was tried for high treason and acquitted. Erskine and Gibbs were defending lawyers]
Extent1 item
Physical description27mm diameter
LanguageEnglish
Persons keywordTooke, John Horne, Erskine, Thomas, Gibbs, Vicary
SubjectRadicalism, Parliamentary reform, Trials, Treason
Conditions governing accessOpen - Restricted access
Levelfile
Normal locationBadges Box 2 (Tokens Box 3) (BS/0)