Produced by Chris Curnow, Paul Marshall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Transcriber’s Notes: Underscores “_” before and after a word or phrase indicate _italics_ in the original text. Carat symbol “^” designates a superscript. Small capitals have been converted to SOLID capitals. Illustrations have been moved so they do not break up paragraphs. Old or antiquated spellings have been preserved. Typographical errors have been silently corrected but other variations in spelling and punctuation remain unaltered. [Illustration: THE TOWER OF LONDON. _From a MS. of the Poems of Charles, Duke of Orleans. British Museum_, 16 _F._ II.] THE TOWER OF LONDON By WILLIAM BENHAM, D.D., F.S.A. _Rector of St. Edmund the King, Lombard Street, and Honorary Canon of Canterbury_ [Illustration] LONDON SEELEY AND CO. LIMITED, GREAT RUSSELL STREET NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO. 1906 _To_ LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR GEORGE BRYAN MILMAN, K.C.B. MAJOR OF THE TOWER, THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNT OF THE NOBLE FORTRESS, OF WHICH HE IS SO EARNEST AND ENTHUSIASTIC A GUARDIAN, _is Dedicated_ IN TOKEN OF DEEP RESPECT FOR HIS NAME AND WORK, AS WELL AS IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE HELP WHICH HE HAS GIVEN ME IN THIS LABOUR OF LOVE. CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER I. EARLY HISTORY 1 CHAPTER II. GENERAL SURVEY OF THE BUILDINGS 13 CHAPTER III. IN THE DAYS OF THE LATER PLANTAGENETS 24 CHAPTER IV. IN THE TIME OF THE TUDOR KINGS 38 CHAPTER V. THE TUDOR QUEENS 52 CHAPTER VI. THE STUARTS 68 CHAPTER VII. THE HOUSE OF HANOVER 92 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE PRINTED IN COLOURS FROM ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS THE TOWER OF LONDON. From a _MS. of the Poems of Charles, Duke of Orleans_. (British Museum, 16 F. ii.) _Frontispiece_