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The Tower of London From a MS of the Poems of Charles Duke of Orleans - photo 1
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
page
CHAPTER I.
Early History
CHAPTER II.
General Survey of the Buildings
CHAPTER III.
In the Days of the Later Plantagenets
CHAPTER IV.
In the Time of the Tudor Kings
CHAPTER V.
The Tudor Queens
CHAPTER VI.
The Stuarts
CHAPTER VII.
The House of Hanover
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.)
Assault on a Fortress. From a MS. of Boccaccio de Casibus
Virorum et Fminarum Illustrium. (British Museum, 35321)
Artillery of the Fifteenth Century. From a MS. of the
Chronicles of England. (British Museum, 14 E. iv.)
A Tournament. From a MS. of the Romance of the
Sire Jehan de Saintr. (British Museum, Nero D. ix.)
OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS
1.South Aisle of St. Johns Chapel. From a Drawing by
J. Wykeham Archer. (British Museum)
2.Building a Gateway. From a MS. of Le Trsor des
Histoires. (British Museum, Aug. A. v.)
3.Men-at-arms Crossing a Drawbridge. From a MS. of
Les Chroniques dAngleterre. (British Museum, 14 E. iv.)
4.Staircase of the White Tower. From a Drawing by
J. Wykeham Archer. (British Museum)
5.Indian Elephant and Rhinoceros brought over in 1686.
From a Mezzotint by P. Vander Berge. (Gardner Collection)
6.Lions Dens in the Tower. From a Drawing made in 1779.
(Gardner Collection)
7.The Tower, showing the East Outer Ballium. From a
Drawing by H. Hodge. (Gardner Collection)
8.The Salt Tower, and Part of the Ancient Ballium.
From a Drawing by J. Wykeham Archer. (British Museum)
9.The Prisoners Walk. From a Drawing by C. J. Richardson.
(Gardner Collection)
10.The Wakefield Tower. From a Drawing by C. Tomkins.
(British Museum)
11.Traitors Gate, from without. From a Drawing by C. Tomkins.
(Gardner Collection)
12.Traitors Gate, from within. From an old Engraving
13.Banquet given by Richard II. From a MS. of the
Chronicles of England. (British Museum, 14 E. iv.)
14.An Act of Arms before the King and Queen. From a MS. of the
Romance of Sire Jehan de Saintr. (British Museum, Nero D. ix.)
15.Gateway of the Bloody Tower. From an Engraving by
F. Nash, 1821
16.Queen in a Horse Litter, attended by her Ladies on Horseback.
From a MS. of Froissarts Chronicles. (British Museum, 18 E. ii.)
17.Vaulted Room in the Crypt of the White Tower, in which the Rack stood.
From a Drawing in the Gardner Collection
18.A Cell in the Bloody Tower. From a Drawing by
J. Wykeham Archer. (British Museum)
19.The Privy Council Chamber in the Lieutenants Lodging.
From a Drawing by P. Justyne. (Gardner Collection)
20.A Room in the Beauchamp Tower, with Prisoners Inscriptions
on the Walls
21.The Beauchamp Tower and St. Peters Chapel. From a
Drawing by P. Justyne. (Gardner Collection)
22.The Lieutenants Lodging. From a Drawing by C. J. Richardson.
(Gardner Collection)
23.The Collegiate Church of St. Katharine, looking West.
From an Engraving by J. Carter
24.The Collegiate Church of St. Katharine, looking East.
From an Engraving by B. T. Pouncey
25.The Execution of the Earl of Strafford.
From the Engraving by W. Hollar
26.The Seven Bishops taken to the Tower.
From a Dutch Etching of the time. (Gardner Collection)
27.The South View of the Tower of London.
By Samuel and Nathaniel Buck, 1737
28.The Tower and Old London Bridge. From an Engraving
after J. Maurer, 1746. (Gardner Collection)
29.The Moat. From an Engraving after J. Maurer, 1753.
(Gardner Collection)
30.The Tower and the Mint, from Tower Hill.
From a Drawing by T. S. Boys, 1842
31.The Tower from the Thames. After E. Duncan
32.The City Barges at the Tower Stairs. From a Drawing on stone
by W. Parrott.(Gardner Collection)
Plan of the Tower of London.
From a Drawing made between 1681 and 1689
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
CHAPTER I
EARLY HISTORY
Ancient LondonIts Port and TradeThe Tower its SafeguardInvasion by Julius CaesarThe Roman Province of BritainRoman Wall and TowerThe Roman AbandonmentSaxon InvasionLondon the East Saxon CapitalDanish InvasionsDesertion of LondonIts Restoration by AlfredThe Norman ConquestBishop Gundulf, the Conquerors Architect of the White TowerIt becomes a Royal Palace for the East as Westminster for the WestThe Royal Menagerie in the TowerGreat Additions made by Henry IIIHis unpopularityThe Civil WarHow the Tower became a State PrisonAdditions made by Edward IQuarrels of Edward II with his BaronsHis Occupation of the TowerHis FlightMurder of Bishop StapledonMurder of the KingResidence of Edward III in the Tower, first as his Mothers Prisoner, then independentExecution of MortimerThe Beginning of the Hundred-Years WarStrange use made of the Tower in the days of preparationImprisonment of illustrious French Captives, the Comte dEu, King John of France, Charles of BloisAlso of King David Bruce of ScotlandPeace of BretignyThe MintSt. Katharines Hospital.
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