The Mayflower Press, Plymouth, England. William Brendon & Son Ltd.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.The Jewel House[11]
II.The Regalia in the Tower[34]
III.The Regalia (continued)[50]
IV.The Royal Plate[61]
V.The King’s Ecclesiastical Plate[71]
VI.The Regal Emblems[80]
VII.The Great Tragedy[91]
VIII.The Keepers of the Jewel House[109]
IX.Pomp and Circumstance[127]
X.The Romance of the Great Gems[143]
XI.The Crime of Colonel Blood[174]
XII.The Orders of Chivalry[191]

APPENDICES

A.The Keepers of the Regalia from 1042-1920[22]
B.Letter from Queen Anne Boleyn to Henry VIII[24]
C.Complete List of the Regalia in the Jewel House[228]
D.Sir Gilbert Talbot’s MSS.[232]
Index[250]
Footnotes[257]

ILLUSTRATIONS
COLOURED PLATES

The King’s State Crown[Frontispiece]
The Queen’s State Crown[41]
The King’s Orb[47]
The King’s Royal Sceptre[86]
The Jewel House in Queen Elizabeth’s Reign (double page)[16]
The Jewel House in 1815[19]
The Jewel House in 1920[22]
The Imperial Indian Crown[38]
The Diadem of Mary of Modena[40]
The King’s Sceptre before and after the Introduction of the Star of Africa[43]
The Jewelled State Sword[83]
The Keeper of the Jewel House in his State Robes[109]
Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex[116]
The Black Prince with the famous Ruby[144]
The Duke of Wellington at the first cutting of the Koh-i-Nur Diamond[158]
Portrait of Colonel Blood[174]
Colonel Blood stealing the Crown[181]
Facsimile of a Page from Sir Gilbert Talbot’s MSS.[232]
Facsimile of a Page from Sir Gilbert Talbot’s MSS.[233]