Front matter
Reading edition
The Tower of London.
From a MS. of the Poems of Charles, Duke of Orleans. British Museum, 16 F. II.
THE TOWER OF LONDON
By WILLIAM BENHAM, D.D., F.S.A. Rector of St. Edmund the King, Lombard Street, and Honorary Canon of Canterbury
LONDON SEELEY AND CO. LIMITED, GREAT RUSSELL STREET New York: E. P. DUTTON & CO. 1906
To LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR GEORGE BRYAN MILMAN, K.C.B. MAJOR OF THE TOWER,
THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNT OF THE NOBLE FORTRESS, OF WHICH HE IS SO EARNEST AND ENTHUSIASTIC A GUARDIAN,
is Dedicated
IN TOKEN OF DEEP RESPECT FOR HIS NAME AND WORK, AS WELL AS IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE HELP WHICH HE HAS GIVEN ME IN THIS LABOUR OF LOVE.
CONTENTS
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CHAPTER I.
Early History 1
CHAPTER II.
General Survey of the Buildings 13
CHAPTER III.
In the Days of the Later Plantagenets 24
CHAPTER IV.
In the Time of the Tudor Kings 38
CHAPTER V.
The Tudor Queens 52
CHAPTER VI.
The Stuarts 68
CHAPTER VII.
The House of Hanover 92
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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PRINTED IN COLOURS FROM ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
The Tower of London. From a MS. of the Poems of Charles,
Duke of Orleans. (British Museum, 16 F. ii.) Frontispiece
Assault on a Fortress. From a MS. of Boccaccio de Casibus
Virorum et Fœminarum Illustrium. (British Museum, 35321) 26
Artillery of the Fifteenth Century. From a MS. of the
Chronicles of England. (British Museum, 14 E. iv.) 34
A Tournament. From a MS. of the Romance of the
Sire Jehan de Saintré. (British Museum, Nero D. ix.) 42
OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS
1. South Aisle of St. John’s Chapel. From a Drawing by
J. Wykeham Archer. (British Museum) 8
2. Building a Gateway. From a MS. of Le Trésor des
Histoires. (British Museum, Aug. A. v.) 8
3. Men-at-arms Crossing a Drawbridge. From a MS. of
Les Chroniques d’Angleterre. (British Museum, 14 E. iv.) 8
4. Staircase of the White Tower. From a Drawing by
J. Wykeham Archer. (British Museum) 8
5. Indian Elephant and Rhinoceros brought over in 1686.
From a Mezzotint by P. Vander Berge. (Gardner Collection) 8
6. Lions’ Dens in the Tower. From a Drawing made in 1779.
(Gardner Collection) 8
7. The Tower, showing the East Outer Ballium. From a
Drawing by H. Hodge. (Gardner Collection) 16
8. The Salt Tower, and Part of the Ancient Ballium.
From a Drawing by J. Wykeham Archer. (British Museum) 16
9. The Prisoners’ Walk. From a Drawing by C. J. Richardson.
(Gardner Collection) 16
10. The Wakefield Tower. From a Drawing by C. Tomkins.
(British Museum) 16
11. Traitors’ Gate, from without. From a Drawing by C. Tomkins.
(Gardner Collection) 16
12. Traitors’ Gate, from within. From an old Engraving 16
13. Banquet given by Richard II. From a MS. of the
Chronicles of England. (British Museum, 14 E. iv.) 24
14. An Act of Arms before the King and Queen. From a MS. of the
Romance of Sire Jehan de Saintré. (British Museum, Nero D. ix.) 24
15. Gateway of the Bloody Tower. From an Engraving by
F. Nash, 1821 24
16. Queen in a Horse Litter, attended by her Ladies on Horseback.
From a MS. of Froissart’s Chronicles. (British Museum, 18 E. ii.) 24
17. Vaulted Room in the Crypt of the White Tower, in which the Rack stood.
From a Drawing in the Gardner Collection 40
18. A Cell in the Bloody Tower. From a Drawing by
J. Wykeham Archer. (British Museum) 40
19. The Privy Council Chamber in the Lieutenant’s Lodging.
From a Drawing by P. Justyne. (Gardner Collection) 40
20. A Room in the Beauchamp Tower, with Prisoners’ Inscriptions
on the Walls 40
21. The Beauchamp Tower and St. Peter’s Chapel. From a
Drawing by P. Justyne. (Gardner Collection) 40
22. The Lieutenant’s Lodging. From a Drawing by C. J. Richardson.
(Gardner Collection) 40
23. The Collegiate Church of St. Katharine, looking West.
From an Engraving by J. Carter 40
24. The Collegiate Church of St. Katharine, looking East.
From an Engraving by B. T. Pouncey 40
25. The Execution of the Earl of Strafford.
From the Engraving by W. Hollar 80
26. The Seven Bishops taken to the Tower.
From a Dutch Etching of the time. (Gardner Collection) 80
27. The South View of the Tower of London.
By Samuel and Nathaniel Buck, 1737 80
28. The Tower and Old London Bridge. From an Engraving
after J. Maurer, 1746. (Gardner Collection) 80
29. The Moat. From an Engraving after J. Maurer, 1753.
(Gardner Collection) 96
30. The Tower and the Mint, from Tower Hill.
From a Drawing by T. S. Boys, 1842 96
31. The Tower from the Thames. After E. Duncan 96
32. The City Barges at the Tower Stairs. From a Drawing on stone
by W. Parrott.(Gardner Collection) 96
Plan of the Tower of London.
From a Drawing made between 1681 and 1689 104
The numerous subjects drawn from the collection formed by the late Mr. J. E. Gardner are reproduced by kind permission of Mr. E. T. Gardner. The skill of Miss E. A. Ibbs has contributed to the production of the illustrations in colour.
THE TOWER OF LONDON