Sir William Gascoigne refuses to sentence a prelate or peer Size:S: 30 x 25cm Late 1860s

Late 1860s

The plate is inscribed: 'A Chinese Quail

'Disembarkation of the Expedition to Kertch at Kamish Bournou'

is depicted opening his purse to give Policeman A1 an extra shilling per week in wages

Sir William Gascoigne refuses to sentence a prelate or peer Size:S: 30 x 25cm Late 1860sSir William Gascoigne defies King Henry IV, 1405 (1864). Gascoigne (1366 1423), Chief Justice of England, refusing to pass a sentence of death upon Lord Scrope (1350 1405), Archbishop of York, and Thomas Mowbray, the Earl Marshal, who had been implicated in the failed uprising against the King in the north. Gascoigne insisted that they had the right to be tried by thier peers. Both men were subsequently executed.