1.It is very clear from all historical records that Sir Walter Raleigh was never imprisoned in the White Tower, so that a misguiding notice in the crypt might well be removed.

2.This Henry Percy, “Hotspur,” appears as an early ancestor in the genealogy of the Younghusband family.

3.See Chapter XI.

4.See Chapter X.

5.See p. 151.

6.See p. 162.

7.The Crown Jewels of England, by Younghusband and Davenport, p. 34.

8.See p. 96.

9.From the Coronation Service.

10.The Crown Jewels of England, by Major-General Sir George Younghusband and Cyril Davenport.

11.A stole made of cloth of gold.

12.See p. 73.

13.The Crown Jewels of England, by Younghusband and Davenport.

14.See p. 74.

15.See p. 78.

16.See Appendix B.

17.Now spelt Glenorchy.

18.See Appendix A for list of Keepers from 1042-1920.

19.From the MS. written in 1680, in possession of Mrs. Lowndes. See Appendix D.

20.See p. 183.

21.Afterwards Lord Lawrence and Viceroy of India.

22.See The Tower from Within, Chapter VIII.

23.Victoria Cross Warrant, 1856.

24.These have been lately considerably increased.

25.Eighteen million medals are in course of being struck.

26.Named at various periods, Master and Treasurer of the Jewel House, Keeper of the Regalia, Keeper of the Crown Jewels, and as now Keeper of the Jewel House.

27.Enjoined.

28.Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, temp. Henry VIII.

29.King Charles II.