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 PlotYounghusband, G. J. (George John)
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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
Younghusband, G. J. (George John)
Crown jewels -- Great Britain
Puritan, description of a, 93
Queen Consorts, ceremony of the Coronation of, 89
Queen Elizabeth’s gold salt-cellar, 103
Queen Elizabeth’s pearl ear-rings, 37, 38, 170, 171, 172
Queen Mary’s Crown, description of the, 41-48
Queen Mary of Modena. See Mary of Modena
Queen Victoria and the story of the Coronation Ring, 56, 86
Queen Victoria’s baptismal font, 76
Queen’s Coronation Ring, 229
Queen’s Ivory Rod, description of, 46
Queen’s Orb, 47, 48, 49, 229
Queen’s Sceptre with the Cross, description of, 45, 46
Queen’s Sceptre with the Dove, description of, 46
“Quis separabit?” motto of Order of St. Patrick, 198, 199
Raleigh, Sir Walter. See Sir Walter Raleigh
Regalia, the—
Abbot and Monks of Westminster first guardians of, 13
Abbot Wenlock’s imprisonment for stealing, 14
Alexandre de Pershore steals Crown Jewels, 14
Ampulla, or Golden Eagle, 72, 73
Anointing spoon, 73
Baptismal font of Charles II, 76, 77
Bargaining with Crown Jewels, 93
Black Prince’s Ruby, story of the, 144-151
Bogus jewel, a, 57-58
Bracelets, 55
Cage constructed to contain, 19
Cap of Maintenance, 36, 38, 39
Catalogue of Coronation robes destroyed, 101
Chapel of the Pix, Westminster Abbey, first Treasure House, 13
Chubb, Messrs., construct mechanical safeguards for safety of, 25
Colonel Blood and Crown Jewels, story of, 174-190
Colonel Blood’s attempt to steal Jewels draws attention to its
insecurity, 19
Commonwealth and, 91-108
Complete list of Regalia, Appendix C, 228-231
Crown, Sceptre, and Orb re-made in Charles I’s reign, 17
Coronation rings, 55
Coronation ring bequeathed to George III by Cardinal York, 57
Coronation ring of Edward the Confessor, 57
Coronation robes, 101
Crown jewels destroyed by order of Cromwell’s Parliament, 92
Crown of Alfred the Great, melting down of, 94
Cullinan diamond, model of, 59
Cullinan diamond, story of the, 161-165
Damage to, by Colonel Blood, 104, 105
Ecclesiastical Plate, 71-79
Edward the Confessor’s Sapphire, story of, 159-160
Exeter presents Charles II with State salt-cellar, 63
Fire imperils the, 22
Flagons, the, 77
Gold maces, description and uses of, 68
Gold tankards, 67
Golden alms dish, 78
Golden Eagle. See Ampulla
Golden Spurs, 54;
sale of, 96
Great Tragedy, the, 91-108
Great Gems, romance of the, 143-173
Ingenious stories re Crown Jewels during Great War, 30-32
Inventory of portions of Regalia broken up and sold by order of
Parliament, 97, 99
Jewelled State Sword, 52, 53
Keepers of Regalia, Appendix A, 221-223
King’s Sceptre, great value of, 44
Koh-i-Nur, model of, 58-59
Koh-i-Nur, story of the, 151-159
Lodged in White Tower, 15
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