The Tower of London

William Benham

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

INDEX

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 Foeminarum 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.

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