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
Footnote 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.
Footnote 2:
This Henry Percy, “Hotspur,” appears as an early ancestor in the
genealogy of the Younghusband family.
Footnote 3:
See Chapter XI.
Footnote 4:
See Chapter X.
Footnote 5:
See p. 151.
Footnote 6:
See p. 162.
Footnote 7:
_The Crown Jewels of England_, by Younghusband and Davenport, p. 34.
Footnote 8:
See p. 96.
Footnote 9:
From the Coronation Service.
Footnote 10:
_The Crown Jewels of England_, by Major-General Sir George
Younghusband and Cyril Davenport.
Footnote 11:
A stole made of cloth of gold.
Footnote 12:
See p. 73.
Footnote 13:
_The Crown Jewels of England_, by Younghusband and Davenport.
Footnote 14:
See p. 74.
Footnote 15:
See p. 78.
Footnote 16:
See Appendix B.
Footnote 17:
Now spelt Glenorchy.
Footnote 18:
See Appendix A for list of Keepers from 1042-1920.
Footnote 19:
From the MS. written in 1680, in possession of Mrs. Lowndes. See
Appendix D.
Footnote 20:
See p. 183.
Footnote 21:
Afterwards Lord Lawrence and Viceroy of India.
Footnote 22:
See _The Tower from Within_, Chapter VIII.
Footnote 23:
Victoria Cross Warrant, 1856.
Footnote 24:
These have been lately considerably increased.
Footnote 25:
Eighteen million medals are in course of being struck.
Footnote 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.
Footnote 27:
Enjoined.
Footnote 28:
Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, temp. Henry VIII.
Footnote 29:
King Charles II.
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● Transcriber’s Notes:
○ Footnotes have been gathered together and appear after the
Index.
○ An entry for the Footnotes has been added to the Table of
Contents.
○ The abbreviation of a tilde (~) over the letter “m” was
replaced by “mm” on pages 239, 244 and 248.
○ Page 238 - “he might i00£ together” was changed to “he might
receive i00£ together”.
○ Missing or obscured punctuation was silently corrected.
○ Typographical errors were silently corrected.
○ Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation were made consistent only
when a predominant form was found in this book.
○ Text that was in italics is enclosed by underscores
(_italics_).
○ Words quoted from old texts often contain abbreviations where a
caret (^) is followed by one or more superscript characters.
For example, “K^g” instead of “King”.
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