Black Prince’s Ruby, 37, 38, 93, 105, 144-151, 182, 183 Blood, Colonel. See Colonel Blood Bloody Tower, 20, 21, 22, 24, 180, 184 Boleyn, Anne. See Anne Boleyn Boleyn, George, Viscount Rochefort, 17, 21 “Bolleyn,” inscribed on wall in Martin Tower, 17 Bombs, dropped near Tower, 26-28 Boscobel. See Oak of Boscobel Bracelets, ancient insignia of Royalty, 55 British Empire, expansion of, 189 Broad Seal of England, 131 Brudenell, Hon. James, Keeper of the Jewel House, 123, 222 Bulwark Gate, 185 Burglars viewing the Crown Jewels, 25 Burmah War of 1886-1887, 215 Byward Tower, 185 Cage in Jewel House, 21 Campbell, John, Lord Glenorchie, Keeper of the Jewel House, 123, 222 Cap of Maintenance, 36, 38, 39 Cardinal York, 57 Catherine the Great, 165 Cavalieri, 205 Chapel of the Pix, 13 Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula, 78, 176 Charles I, 16, 62, 72, 118, 119, 120, 134, 160, 171, 234 Charles II, 17, 24, 37, 43, 48, 50, 54, 55, 57, 63, 65, 68, 69, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 93, 94, 95, 104, 107, 118, 119, 121, 132, 135, 160, 161, 174, 177, 188, 189, 232 Charles the Bold of Burgundy, 166 Chitterne, Thomas, Keeper of the Jewel House, 111, 221 Chubb, Messrs., the mechanical safeguards of, 25 Colonel Blood, 19, 25, 103, 104, 105, 122, 174-190 Commonwealth, 13, 17, 35, 36, 47, 48, 53, 62, 74, 83 Commonwealth, tragedy of, 91-108 Companions of Honour, decoration, 215 Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, 217 Coronation, ceremony of the, described, 80-90 Coronation ceremony of Queen Consort, 89-90 Coronation Chair, 87 Coronation of King George IV, Sir George Naylor’s book, referred to, 140 Coronation Proclamation, 67 Coronation Ring, 55-57, 85 Coronation Ring of Edward the Confessor, 38 Coronation Service, extract from, 87 Coster, Messrs., and the Cullinan diamond, 59, 163 Crime of Colonel Blood. See Colonel Blood Crimean War, 211 Cromwell, 171 Cromwell, Thomas. See Thomas Cromwell Cross of St. George, 56 Crown of Alfred the Great, 94-98 Crown of Queen Edith, 94, 98 Crowns of England. See Royal Crowns of England Crown, ancient mark of sovereignty, 11, 12 King of the Ammonites’, 12 King Alfred’s, 13, 94 Queen Mary of Modena’s, 39, 42 Queen Mary’s, 41 Prince of Wales’, 42 Crown Jewels. See Regalia, the Crown Jewels of England, The, alluded to, 97, fn. 7 Crown Jewels of England, The, quotations from, 97-100 Crown Jewels and the European War, 172 Cullinan diamond. See Star of Africa Cullinan, Mr. T. M., 162 “Curtana,” or the Sword of Mercy, 54 Daffodil of Wales, 43 David, King, 12, 55 Demidoff, Prince, 167 Distinguished Conduct Medal, 217 Distinguished Flying Cross, 217 Distinguished Service Cross, 216