William Juxon (1582-1663)

William Juxon (1582-1663), Bishop of London (1633-1649) silver counter, 1637, by Nicolas Briot, arms of the See of London impaled with Juxon, a mitre above, GVIL LOND EPVS ET ANGLIÆ THESAVR, rev., hand issuing from a cloud holding a crozier, on which stands a stork holding a pebble in one claw, view of London beyond, with St. Paul's to left, NON DORMIT QVI CVSTODIT, 25.5mm (MI 279/85; BMC [Jones] 169). Very fine and rare.

Following the Restoration in 1660, Juxon was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. He had been appointed Lord High Treasurer in 1635 and MI suggests the counter could have been used in the Treasury. He served as First Lord of the Admiralty (1636-1638). He attended Charles I on the scaffold (see lot 337) and, as Archbishop of Canterbury, crowned Charles II at his Coronation.