THE TOWER OF LONDON [Illustration: _View of the Tower in the time of Charles I._ (_From an etching by Hollar._)] THE TOWER OF LONDON BY LORD RONALD SUTHERLAND GOWER, F.S.A. ONE OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY With Numerous Illustrations IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. II. [Illustration] LONDON GEORGE BELL & SONS 1902 CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER XII. THE STUARTS—JAMES I. 1 XIII. CHARLES I. AND THE COMMONWEALTH 28 XIV. CHARLES II. 56 XV. JAMES II. 81 XVI. WILLIAM AND MARY 91 XVII. QUEEN ANNE 95 XVIII. GEORGE I. 100 XIX. GEORGE II. 114 XX. GEORGE III. 136 XXI. THE LATE REIGNS 142 THE FIRE OF 1841 142 THE FENIAN ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP THE WHITE TOWER, JAN. 24TH, 1885 145 APPENDIX I. DISPUTES BETWEEN THE CITY OF LONDON AND THE OFFICIALS OF THE TOWER AS TO THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF THE TOWER 151 APPENDIX II. THE BEHAVIOUR AND CHARACTER OF THE THREE HIGHLANDERS WHO WERE SHOT ON JULY 18TH, 1743 155 APPENDIX III. DATES OF RESTORATIONS CARRIED ON BY H.M. OFFICE OF WORKS AT THE TOWER OF LONDON TO THE PRESENT TIME 169 APPENDIX IV. RECENT DISCOVERIES AT THE TOWER (WITH A PLAN) 171 APPENDIX V. THE BLOODY TOWER 175 APPENDIX VI. STAINED GLASS IN THE TOWER 177 APPENDIX VII. LIST OF THE CONSTABLES OF THE TOWER 179 INDEX 183 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PHOTOGRAVURE PLATES PAGE View of the Tower in the time of Charles I. (From an etching by Hollar) _Frontispiece_ State Procession from the Tower in the days of the Stuarts 2