Produced by deaurider, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE JEWEL HOUSE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: THE KING’S STATE CROWN. Reproduced by permission of Messrs. Cassell & Co., from a painting made by Mr. Cyril Davenport (Copyright).] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE JEWEL HOUSE An Account of the Many Romances Connected with the Royal Regalia Together with Sir Gilbert Talbot’s Account of Colonel Blood’s Plot Here reproduced for the first Time BY MAJOR-GENERAL SIR GEORGE YOUNGHUSBAND K.C.M.G., K.C.I.E., C.B. KEEPER OF THE JEWEL HOUSE ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR, ETC. HERBERT JENKINS LIMITED 3 YORK STREET ST. JAMES’S LONDON S.W. 1 ❦ ❦ MCMXXI ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: HERBERT JENKINS’ BOOK] The Mayflower Press, Plymouth, England. William Brendon & Son Ltd. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE JEWEL HOUSE 11 II. THE REGALIA IN THE TOWER 34 III. THE REGALIA (continued) 50 IV. THE ROYAL PLATE 61 V. THE KING’S ECCLESIASTICAL PLATE 71 VI. THE REGAL EMBLEMS 80 VII. THE GREAT TRAGEDY 91 VIII. THE KEEPERS OF THE JEWEL HOUSE 109 IX. POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE 127 X. THE ROMANCE OF THE GREAT GEMS 143 XI. THE CRIME OF COLONEL BLOOD 174 XII. THE ORDERS OF CHIVALRY 191 APPENDICES A. THE KEEPERS OF THE REGALIA FROM 22 1042-1920 B. LETTER FROM QUEEN ANNE BOLEYN TO 24 HENRY VIII C. COMPLETE LIST OF THE REGALIA IN THE 228 JEWEL HOUSE D. SIR GILBERT TALBOT’S MSS. 232 INDEX 250 FOOTNOTES 257 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ILLUSTRATIONS