Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE JEWEL HOUSE

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THE
JEWEL HOUSE

An Account of the Many Romances Connected with the Royal Regalia Together with Sir Gilbert Talbot’s Account of Colonel Blood’s Plot Here reproduced for the first Time

BY MAJOR-GENERAL
SIR GEORGE YOUNGHUSBAND
K.C.M.G., K.C.I.E., C.B.
KEEPER OF THE JEWEL HOUSE

ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR, ETC.

HERBERT JENKINS LIMITED
3 YORK STREET ST. JAMES’S
LONDON S.W. 1 ❦ ❦ MCMXXI

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

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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 22
1042-1920

B. LETTER FROM QUEEN ANNE BOLEYN TO 24
HENRY VIII

C. COMPLETE LIST OF THE REGALIA IN THE 228
JEWEL HOUSE

D. SIR GILBERT TALBOT’S MSS. 232

INDEX 250

FOOTNOTES 257

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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 16
Reign (double page)

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 43
Introduction of the Star of Africa

The Jewelled State Sword 83

The Keeper of the Jewel House in his 109
State Robes

Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex 116

The Black Prince with the famous Ruby 144

The Duke of Wellington at the first 158
cutting of the Koh-i-Nur Diamond

Portrait of Colonel Blood 174

Colonel Blood stealing the Crown 181

Facsimile of a Page from Sir Gilbert 232
Talbot’s MSS.

Facsimile of a Page from Sir Gilbert 233
Talbot’s MSS.

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THE JEWEL HOUSE