The Tower of London

by Arthur Poyser

INDEX

[A], [B], [C], [D], [E], [F], [G], [H], [I], [J], [K], [L], [M], [N], [O], [P], [Q], [R], [S], [T], [U], [V], [W], [Y].

Adam of Lambourne, [24]
Adams, John Quincy, [195]
Albemarle, Duke of, [90]
Allhallows Barking by the Tower, [42], [74], [96], [109], [155], [169-213]
Andrewes, Bishop, [193]
Anne, Queen, [83]
Anne of Geierstein, [40]
Apsley, Sir William, [194]
Arden, John, [149]
Argyle, Marquis of, [78]
Arundel, Earl of, [33]
Arx Palatina, [21]
Askew, Anne, [55]
Audley, Lord, [72]
Axe, processional, [93]
Badlesmere, Lady, [27]
Bailly, Charles, [129], [130]
Baliol, [112]
Ballium Wall, [94], [125], [135], [137]
Balmerino, Earl of, [164-167]
Banqueting Hall, [113]
Barlow, Lucy, [76]
Bastion, North, [136]
Beauchamp Tower, [33], [58], [61], [66], [83], [125], [131]
Beefeaters, [93]
Beer Lane, [23]
Beggars, [155]
Bell Tower, [48], [94-97]
Bishops, Seven, [82], [99], [143], [144]
Black Dwarf, The, [84]
Block, the (see Tower Hill, and Tower Green)
Blood, Colonel, [138-143]
Bloody Tower, [5], [73], [82], [83], [99-106]
Blount tomb, [133]
Boleyn, Anne, [50], [99], [107], [113], [132]
Bowyer Tower, [41], [136], [137]
Brackenbury, Sir Robert, [100]
Brasses (Allhallows Barking), [187], [201], [203], [209]
Brass Mount Battery, [138]
Brick Tower, [103], [137]
Broad Arrow Tower, [145]
Buckingham, Edward, Duke of, [48], [49]
Buckingham, Duke of (see Villiers)
Bulwark Gate, [87]
Burdett, Sir Francis, [85]
Burley, Sir Simon, [33]
Byward Tower, [88], [90-93]
Cade rebellion, [37], [38]
Campion, Father, [67]
Capel, Lord Arthur, [76], [106]
Capel, Lord, [91]
Carew, Sir Alexander, [75]
Casemates, [135]
Cato Street conspiracy, [85]
Cells, secret, [119], [145]
Chaderton, Dean, [175]
Chantry chapels, [173], [178]
Chaplain’s house, [131]
Charles I., [73-78], [105]
Charles II., [78-81], [126], [127], [143]
Charles Edward, Prince, [84]
Charles, Duke of Orleans, [37], [112]
Cholmondeley tomb, [133]
Civil War, [75], [198]
Clarence, Duke of, [41], [136]
Cobham, Lord (see Oldcastle)
Cobham, Lord, [72]
Coldharbour Tower (site of), [13]
Coleby, [6], [127]
Collins, Bishop (quoted), [74]
Communion plate (St Peter’s), [133]
Conqueror, William the, [21]
Constable Tower, [145]
Constable’s Garden, [99], [102], [121]
Constable of France, [29]
Coronation festivities, [30], [34], [40], [42], [47], [58], [65], [79]
Council Chamber (White Tower), [32], [45], [113]
Count d’Eu, [29]
Count of Tankerville, [29]
Court of Common Pleas, [108-109]
Court of King’s Bench, [108-109]
Coventry, Sir William, [137]
Cradle Tower, [149]
Croke, Sir John, [174], [188]
Cromwell, Oliver, [76], [182]
Cromwell, Thomas, [53], [54], [133]
Crown Jewels (see Jewels)
Crusades, [24]
Crypt (St. John’s Chapel), [116], [117]
Culloden (battle), [85]
Curfew bell, [177], [178]
Czar’s Head Inn, [159]
D’Arcy, Sir John, [29]
David Bruce (King of Scotland), [29], [112]
Deaths in Tower cells, [67], [68], [76], [100], [106]
Derwentwater, Earl of, [83]
Develin Tower, [135]
Devereux Tower, [135]
Devereux (Earl of Essex), [99], [135]
Dighton, John, [101]
Dudley, Lord Guildford, [60], [61], [130]
Dudley, John, [129]
Dungeon, great (White Tower), [119]
Edward I., [26], [27], [173], [177]
Edward II., [27-28]
Edward III., [28-30]
Edward IV., [40]
Edward V., [41]
Edward VI., [57-60]
Edward, Earl of Warwick, [44]
Edwards, Talbot, [133], [139], [140], [141]
Eleanor, Queen, [25]
Eliot, Sir John, [105], [133]
Elizabeth, Queen, [64], [65-69], [90], [99], [113]
Elizabeth of York, [46]
Entrance to Tower, [88]
Erkenwald, Bishop, [171]
Escapes from Tower, [22], [26], [71], [77], [78], [90-92], [121-125], [149-150]
Evyngar brass, [209]
Executions (Tower Green), [48], [49], [52], [54], [64], [116]
(Tower Hill), [20], [33], [40], [45], [46], [47], [48], [51], [52], [53], [57], [58], [59], [64], [65], [67], [72], [73], [74], [75], [76], [78], [81], [82], [83], [164-168], [199]
Fair Maid of Perth, [34]
Fawkes, Guy, [72], [97], [118]
Felton, John, [72], [106]
Fenwick, Sir William, [82]
Fire, Great, [80], [156], [189]
Fisher, Bishop, [94-96], [133], [196]
Flambard, Ralph, Bishop of Durham, [22]
Flint Tower, [136]
Forrest, Miles, [101]
Fortunes of Nigel, [127], [128]
Froissart (quoted), [29], [31], [114]
Galleyman Tower, [151]
Gaoler, Yeoman, [93]
Gardiner, S. R. (quoted), [33]
Gaskarth, Dr., [192]
Gateway, postern, [92]
George I., [83]
George III., [85]
Gerard, Father, [146]
Gibbons, Grinling, [201]
Gloucester, Duke of (see Richard III.)
Gosse, Edmund (quoted), [57]
Green, J. R. (quoted), [36]
Grey, Lady Jane, [60-64], [99]
Grey, Lord Thomas, [196]
Griffen, son of Llewellyn, Prince of Wales, [26]
Gundulf, Bishop of Rochester, [21], [22]
Guns, old (Tower Green), [120]
Hales, Treasurer, [31], [32]
Hamilton, Duke of, [76]
Harvey, Lieut. Sir George, [102]
Hastings, Lord, [115]
Henry I., [22]
Henry III., [24-26], [94], [106], [131], [135], [138], [152]
Henry IV., [33], [34], [35], [114]
Henry V., [35-37]
Henry VI., [37-40], [107]
Henry VII., [17], [44-46], [93]
Henry VIII., [47-57]
Hertford, Lord and Lady, [66]
Hewitt, Dr. John, [76]
Hexham, battle of, [39]
Hickes, Dr., [161], [183], [207]
Highlanders shot, [84]
Holland, Earl of, [75]
Hotham, Sir John, [75], [198], [199]
Howard, Lady Frances, [104]
Howard, Queen Katherine, [54], [99], [132]
Howard, Thomas, [66]
Inglesant, John, [74]
Inscriptions on walls, [128-130], [145], [146]
Isabella, Queen of Edward II., [28]
Isabella of Valois, Queen of Richard II., [33]
James I., [70-72], [97], [103]
James II., [81-82], [143]
James I. of Scotland, [34]
Jeffreys, Judge, [82], [106], [195]
Jewels, Crown, [17], [107], [138]
Jews imprisoned, [27]
Joan of the Tower, [27]
John, King, [24]
John II., King of France, [29], [112]
Keep, the (see White Tower)
Ken, Bishop, [200]
Kenmure, Lord, [83]
Ketch, Jack, [82]
Kettlewell, the Non-juror, [200]
King’s House, [121]
King’s Justiciars, [176]
Knighthood, order of, conferred in St. John’s Chapel, [34], [40], [47], [79]
Knyvett, Lieutenant, [55]
Lancaster, Henry of (see Henry IV.)
Lansdowne, Earl of, [83]
Lanthorn Tower, [152]
Lambert, Colonel, [77]
Laud, Archbishop, [5], [73], [106], [197]
Layfield, Edward, [206]
Legend of Montrose, [137]
Legge’s Mount, [135]
Leiburn, Sir Roger de, [176]
Lennox, Countess of, [66]
Lion Gate, and Tower, [88]
Lisle, Viscount, [55]
“Little Ease,” [118]
Lollards, the, [35], [36]
London Tavern (Fenchurch Street), [64]
London Wall, [21]
Longchamp, Chancellor, [24]
Louis VIII. of France, [24]
Lovat, Lord, [167]
Love, Christopher, [76]
Macguire, Lord, [90]
MacMahon, Colonel, [90]
Mandeville, Geoffrey de, [23]
Margaret, Queen of Henry VI., [39]
Martin Tower, [82], [138]
Mary, Queen, [60-65], [111], [196]
Mason, Dr. A. J., [208]
Menagerie, Tower, [23], [88], [89]
Middle Tower, [89-91]
Mint, the Royal, [162]
Mission College of Allhallows Barking, [205], [207], [208]
Mitre Tavern (Fenchurch Street), [164]
Moat, the, [26], [40], [88], [90-92]
Models of the Tower, [112]
Modernisation of the Tower, [15-16], [120]
Monk, General, [77]
Monmouth, Duke of, [76], [82], [97], [99], [132]
More, Sir Thomas, [95], [96], [99], [133]
Mortimer, Lord, [28]
Nithsdale, Lord and Lady, [121-125]
Norman Chapel (see St. John’s Chapel)
Northumberland, Duke of, John Dudley, [60], [111]
Oates, Titus, [81]
O’Connor, Arthur, [85]
Oldcastle, Sir John, [35]
Oratory, [17], [99], [107]
Organ (Allhallows Barking), [179], [211], [212]
Otway, Thomas, [158]
Overbury, Sir Thomas, [104]
Owen, Sir John, [76]
Palace, royal, in Tower, [23], [108]
Parish dinners, [157], [181]
Parr, Samuel, [194]
Passages, underground, [119], [136]
Penn, William, [81], [158], [194]
Pepys, Samuel (quoted), [77], [78], [79], [80], [97], [137], [182], [189]
Pepys, Samuel, in Tower, [80], [81]
Percy, Henry, Earl of Northumberland, [100]
Perrot, Deputy, [68]
Peter the Great, [159]
Peveril of the Peak, [4-6], [126], [127]
“Pilgrimage of Grace,” [51]
Plague years, [195]
Popish plot, [81]
Portcullis (Bloody Tower), [106]
Prince of Wales, H.R.H. the, [164]
Prince Consort, [111]
Princes in the Tower (Edward V. and his brother), [41], [100], [110]
Privy Garden, [151]
Prothero, Mr. (quoted), [96]
Prynne, [74]
Pulpit, Jacobean, [210]
“Queen Elizabeth’s Walk,” [64]
Queen’s Garden, [146]
Rack, the, [117]
Raleigh, Sir Walter, [101], [113], [137]
Raleigh, Lady, [158]
“Raleigh’s Cell,” [116]
Registers, parish (Allhallows Barking), [193-199]
Restoration, the, [78]
Richard I., [24], [135], [173], [174]
Richard II., [30-34], [114]
Richard III., [39], [41], [42-44], [100], [107], [114-116], [175]
Richard de Lucy, [23]
Rising, Jacobite (1745), [107]
Robinson, Dr. A. W., [208]
Rochester, Earl of, [160]
Rochford, Lady, [54]
Roman Catholic prisoners, [67]
Roman London, [172]
Roman remains, [21], [22]
Ros, Lord de, [133]
Russell, William, Lord, [81]
Rye House Plot, [81]
St. Dunstan’s-in-the-East, [161], [162]
St. Ethelburga (Abbess of Barking), [171], [184]
St. John’s Chapel (White Tower), [24], [34], [100], [110], [111]
St. Olave’s (Hart Street), [160], [161]
St. Peter ad Vincula, [25], [96], [105], [131-133], [143]
St. Thomas’s Tower, [25], [48], [98], [99]
Salisbury, Countess of, Margaret Pole, [52], [132]
Salt Tower, [146]
Say, Lord, [38]
Scaffold, site of, Tower Hill, [153]
Scott, Sir Walter, references to, [1], [3], [23], [34], [40], [126]
Scottish prisoners, [27]
Seething Lane, [160]
Seymour, Jane, Queen, [50]
Seymour, Baron Thomas, [58]
Seymour, William, [71]
Shakespeare, William, references to, [1], [3], [7], [8], [9], [34], [36], [38], [57], [70], [101]
Sidney, Algernon, [81]
Simnel, Lambert, [44]
Slingsley, Sir Henry, [77]
Smithfield, [36], [54], [56]
Snayth, George, [185]
Somerset, Protector, [58], [59], [133]
Somerset, Robert Carr, Earl of, [104]
Spenser, Edmund, [159]
Stafford, William, Lord, [81]
Stanley, Sir William, [45]
Stapledon, Walter, Bishop of Exeter, [28]
State apartments, [112]
Stephen, King, [23]
Stocks, public, [154]
Strafford, Earl of, Thomas Wentworth, [73], [133]
Stuart, Lady Arabella, [70], [99]
Sudbury, Simon of, [31], [32], [111]
Suffolk, Earl of, Edmund de la Pole, [48]
Suicides in the Tower, [67], [68], [76], [100], [106]
Surrey, Earl of, Henry Howard, [57], [196]
Syndercombe, Miles, [76]
Talbot, Sir Gilbert, [142]
Theodore, Archbishop, [172]
Thomson, James, [159]
Thynne, William, [201]
Tiptoft, John, [174]
Torture in Tower dungeons, [42], [55], [67], [117], [118], [146-149]
instruments of, [113]
Tower Dock, [103]
Tower Green, [48], [49], [50], [52], [53], [54], [64], [84], [116], [120-121]
Tower Hill, [20], [33], [37], [40], [45], [46], [47], [51], [52], [57], [58], [59], [64], [65], [67], [72], [73], [74], [75], [76], [78], [81], [82], [83], [87], [103], [145], [153-159], [162-168]
Tower Hill, Little, [95], [162]
Tower of London: foundation of, [21];
beginning of its history, [21];
first prisoner, [22];
becomes Royal Palace, [23];
besieged, [24], [40];
Edward III. finds it ill guarded, [29];
mobbed in Richard II.’s reign, [32];
oldest picture of, [37];
attacked by Cade, [38];
cannon used for first time against, [40];
its darkest days, [40-43];
improved by Edward IV., [40];
prominence in Tudor times, [44];
festivities at, [46], [56];
becomes notorious as State prison, [47];
improvements in Henry VIII.’s reign, [47-48];
fires its guns upon City, [48];
attack on (Wyatt rebellion), [62];
seized in reign of Charles I., [73];
in keeping of Parliament during Civil War, [75];
in danger during Great Fire, [80];
Jacobite plot to seize, [84];
fire in, [85];
Fenian outrage in, [86]
Tower Street, Great, [160]
Towton Heath, battle of, [39]
Traitor’s Gate, [25], [64], [98]
Trevelyan, G. M. (quoted), [69], [105]
Trinity House, [162-164]
Trinity Square, Tower Hill, [84], [157], [166]
Tudenham, Sir Thomas, [40]
Turner, Mrs., [104]
Tyler, Wat, [30], [32]
Tyrrell, Sir James, [46], [101]
Tyrrell, Sir William, [40]
United Irishmen, [85]
Vane, Sir Harry, [78]
Victoria, Queen, [85], [108]
Villiers, George, Duke of Buckingham, [80]
Virby, Thomas, [185], [186]
Waad, Sir William, [102], [148]
Wakefield Tower, [39], [106-108]
Wallace, William, [27]
Walpole, Sir Robert, [83]
Walsingham, Sir Francis, [160]
Walworth, Mayor, [31]
Warbeck, Perkin, [45]
Warders’ Parlour, [92]
Warders, Yeomen, [93]
Wars of the Roses, [37], [39]
Warwick, the King-Maker, [39]
Waverley, [84], [108]
Welsh prisoners, [27], [34]
Wharf, [25], [142], [150]
White Tower, [12], [16], [22], [34], [37], [48], [86], [108], [109-120], [148]
William the Conqueror, [21]
William and Mary, [82-83]
William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, [38]
Wilton, Lord Grey de, [72], [99], [137]
Worcester, battle of, [76]
Wren, Sir Christopher, [83], [108], [162]
Wriothesley, Chancellor, [55]
Wyatt rebellion, [62], [116]
Wyatt, Sir Henry, [42-44]
Wycliffe’s followers imprisoned, [35]
Wyndham, Sir John, [46]
Yeomen of the Guard (Savoy opera), [10], [11]
Yeomen of the Guard, [93]

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