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
Tower of London—
Air raids and, 26-29
Anne Boleyn’s imprisonment in, 17
Armoury, the, 19, 22
Bloody Tower, 20, 21, 22, 24, 180, 184
Bombs dropped near, 26-29
Builder of, 159
Bulwark Gate, 185
Byward Tower, 185
Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula, 176
Colonel Blood’s crime, 174-190
Crown Jewels placed in Martin Tower by Charles II, 17
Doubt about name of Martin in Martin Tower, 16, 17
Executions at, 105, 116
German air-raids and the, 26
German lady’s visit to, during Great War, 25-26
Ghosts in, 20, 21
Henry Percy murdered in, 20
Henry VI murdered in, 23, 24
Heriot’s imprisonment in, 18
Hotspur’s imprisonment in, 18, 20
Iron Gate, 185, 186
Jewel Houses of, 15, 16
Lieutenants’ Lodgings, 21
Martin Tower, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 33, 175, 176, 180
Middle Tower, 16, 17, 185
Murder of Princes in, 24
Northumberland’s Walk, 19
Once the residence of monarchs, 23
Queen Elizabeth’s imprisonment in, 23
Special Jewel House built in 1597, 16
Sir Robert Brackenbury, Constable of Tower, 24
St. John’s Chapel, 15
St. Thomas’ Tower, 29
Sir Walter Raleigh’s confinement in, 15
Thomas Cromwell escorts Anne Boleyn to, 115
Traitors’ Gate, 22
Visits to see Crown Jewels, 90
Viscount Rocheford’s imprisonment in, 17
Wakefield Tower, 22, 23, 24, 33
White Tower, 15, 24, 33, 63, 80
Townshend, Charles, Lord Lynn, Keeper of the Jewel House, 123, 222
Tragedy, the Great. See Great Tragedy
Traitor’s Gate, 22
Treasure House of the King, 12
Tsar of Russia, the late, 165
Two young Princes, murder and burial of by Richard, 24
Union of South Africa, 161, 162, 164
Vane, Henry, Earl of Darlington, Keeper of the Jewel House, 123, 222
Victoria, Queen, 56, 67, 76, 77, 85, 104, 124, 125, 157, 158, 161,
171, 205, 206, 209, 211, 214
Victoria Cross, 211-214
Victoria Cross Warrant, quoted, 212
Vyner, Sir Robert. See Sir Robert Vyner
Wakefield, William de, 23
Wakefield Tower, 22, 23, 24, 33
Westminster Abbey, 13, 14, 33, 81, 110, 159
Whitehall, 18, 244
White Tower, 15, 24, 33, 63, 180
St. John’s Chapel in, 15, 24, 202
William and Mary, 48, 68, 74, 76, 78, 106, 107
William de Wakefield. See Wakefield Tower
William III, 48
William IV, 56, 85, 161
William the Conqueror, 159, 172, 173
Windsor Castle, 32, 33, 76
Wolsey, Cardinal, 112, 113
Wyndham, Lieut.-Col. Charles, Keeper of the Jewel House, 124, 223
Wynne, Sir Arthur, Keeper of the Jewel House, 31, 126, 223
Younghusband, family of, 18 n.
See also Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
Younghusband, Major-Gen. Sir George, 126, 223
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