Chapter I: Appendix: VII. List of the Constables of the Tower 179

INDEX 183

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PHOTOGRAVURE PLATES
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View of the Tower in the time of Charles I. (From an etching by Hollar) _Frontispiece_

State Procession from the Tower in the days of the Stuarts 2

Arabella Stuart. (From a contemporary miniature) 12

Lady Arabella Stuart 14

The Earl and Countess of Somerset. (From a contemporary print) 16

Sir Walter Raleigh 18

Execution of the Earl of Strafford, May 12th, 1641. (From an
etching by Hollar) 36

Archbishop Laud. (From an etching by Arnt Pieters) 40

London before the Great Fire. (From an etching by Hollar) 60

London after the Great Fire. (From an etching by Hollar) 62

The Tower in the time of Charles II. (From an etching by Hollar) 64

Colonel Blood. (From a contemporary engraving) 66

William, Lord Russell. (From the portrait in the National Portrait
Gallery) 72

The Earl of Essex. (From an engraving by Picart after the painting
by Lely) 76

James, Duke of Monmouth. (From a contemporary engraving) 81

Execution of the Duke of Monmouth, July 1685 82

Portraits of James, Duke of Monmouth; Arthur, Earl of Essex;
William, Lord Russell; Archibald, Earl of Argyll; Colonel
Algernon Sidney; Sir Thomas Armstrong; Alderman Cornish; and
Sir Edmundbury Godfrey. (From an engraving by John Savage) 84

The Seven Bishops. (From a contemporary print) 86

The Seven Bishops going by Water to the Tower 88

The Flight of James II. 90

View of the Tower in the time of James II. 92

View of the Tower during the command of Lord Lucas 94

St Peter’s Chapel in the time of George II. (From an engraving by
Robert West) 96

View of the Tower in the time of George I. 100

The Earl of Derwentwater. (From a contemporary engraving) 104

North-west view of the Tower in 1753 114

Scotch Prisoners entering the Tower, 1742 116

Tower Hill at the time of the Execution of the Earl of Kilmarnock
and Lord Balmerino, 1746 122

View of Tower Hill and the place of Execution of the Rebel Lords,
1746 124

Charles Ratcliffe. (From a contemporary print) 126

Execution of the Rebel Lords, 1746 128

North-west view of the Tower at the time of the Execution of Lord
Lovat, 1746 130

Execution of Lord Lovat, 1746 132

Waggons going into the Tower with Treasure taken from the
Spaniards (temp. George II.) 134

West Front of the Tower in the time of George III. 136

Entrance to the Tower Menagerie in the time of George III. 138

The Tower from Tower Hill in the time of George III. 140

The Fire at the Tower in 1841 142

Another View of the Fire in 1841 144

Breaking into the Strong Room in the “Jewel Tower” and removal of
the Regalia on the night of the Fire, Oct. 30, 1841. (From an
etching by George Cruikshank) 146

The Great Court of the Tower, _circa_ 1790 151

View of St Peter’s Chapel in 1817 174

BLOCKS

The Moat, looking West 6

The Byward Tower and Moat from the Wharf 8

Entrance to the Bloody Tower and Steps leading to Raleigh’s Walk 24

The Byward Tower 28

Vaulting in the Cradle Tower 54

Old Cannon and Mortars on the West Side of the White Tower 58

Gate and Portcullis in the Bloody Tower 76

The Beauchamp Tower 98

Window in the Cradle Tower 102

The Tower from Tower Hill 108

Middle Gate 112

The White Tower, showing the Exterior of St John’s Chapel and remains of the Roman Wall 172

PLAN showing Recent Discoveries in the Tower 170

THE TOWER