The Old Bailey Sword hangs behind the senior judge sitting at the Old Bailey, one of the buildings housing the Crown Court in London. When the Lord Mayor opens the term at the Old Bailey, it is placed above his-or-her chair. The Cutlers' Society records that this is the sword that was made by Richard Mathew in 1562–63 and presented to the City in 1563. They quote William St John Hope describing it as follows:
