Arabella Stuart. (From a contemporary miniature) 12 Lady Arabella Stuart 14 The Earl and Countess of Somerset. (From a contemporary print) 16 Sir Walter Raleigh 18 Execution of the Earl of Strafford, May 12th, 1641. (From an etching by Hollar) 36 Archbishop Laud. (From an etching by Arnt Pieters) 40 London before the Great Fire. (From an etching by Hollar) 60 London after the Great Fire. (From an etching by Hollar) 62 The Tower in the time of Charles II. (From an etching by Hollar) 64 Colonel Blood. (From a contemporary engraving) 66 William, Lord Russell. (From the portrait in the National Portrait Gallery) 72 The Earl of Essex. (From an engraving by Picart after the painting by Lely) 76 James, Duke of Monmouth. (From a contemporary engraving) 81 Execution of the Duke of Monmouth, July 1685 82 Portraits of James, Duke of Monmouth; Arthur, Earl of Essex; William, Lord Russell; Archibald, Earl of Argyll; Colonel Algernon Sidney; Sir Thomas Armstrong; Alderman Cornish; and Sir Edmundbury Godfrey. (From an engraving by John Savage) 84 The Seven Bishops. (From a contemporary print) 86 The Seven Bishops going by Water to the Tower 88 The Flight of James II. 90 View of the Tower in the time of James II. 92 View of the Tower during the command of Lord Lucas 94 St Peter’s Chapel in the time of George II. (From an engraving by Robert West) 96 View of the Tower in the time of George I. 100 The Earl of Derwentwater. (From a contemporary engraving) 104 North-west view of the Tower in 1753 114 Scotch Prisoners entering the Tower, 1742 116 Tower Hill at the time of the Execution of the Earl of Kilmarnock and Lord Balmerino, 1746 122 View of Tower Hill and the place of Execution of the Rebel Lords, 1746 124 Charles Ratcliffe. (From a contemporary print) 126 Execution of the Rebel Lords, 1746 128 North-west view of the Tower at the time of the Execution of Lord Lovat, 1746 130 Execution of Lord Lovat, 1746 132