The Tower of London, (Vol. 1 of 2)Gower, Ronald Sutherland, Lord
History
The Tower of London, (Vol. 1 of 2)
Gower, Ronald Sutherland, Lord
Tower of London (London, England)
| descendant, the present Lord Dillon, has inherited his ancestor’s |
| love of armour and all that appertains to the study of knightly |
| panoply and weapons. The country owes Lord Dillon a debt of |
| gratitude for the admirable manner in which he has classified and |
| re-arranged the collection of arms and armour in the White Tower, |
| and for the exhaustive and excellent catalogue of the same. |
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| [15] These executions took place on the 20th and 21st September |
| 1586. Seven on the first day, and the remainder the next. The |
| centre of Lincoln’s Inn Fields, which at that time had not been |
| laid out, was the scene of these horrible barbarities. |
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