by Jones, Nigel
Croney, Joseph 33
Crowmer, William 97, 98
Croyland Chronicle 108, 131, 148
Crown Jewels 17, 155, 359–63, 365, 399, 421, 422
Culpeper, Thomas 199–202
curtain walls 9, 14, 19, 35, 36, 51, 52, 57, 58, 105, 306, 328, 429
d’Alspaye, Gerard 311
Damport, William 202
Darcy, John 59
Darcy, Lord Tom 189, 190
Dartmouth, Lord 412
Davenant, Sir William 395, 396
David II, King of Scotland 59, 60
de Boissise, Monsieur 259
de Botton, William 21
de Bray, Henry 54
de Burgh, Hubert 17, 18, 47–8
de Burley, Simon 78
de Clare, Gilbert (Earl of Gloucester) 50, 51
de Commines, Philippe 130, 134, 136
de Flor, Henricus 22
de la Beche, Sir Nicholas 57
de la Pole, Edmund (Earl of Suffolk) 162, 165
de la Pole, John (Earl of Lincoln) 158, 162
de la Pole, William (Duke of Suffolk) 93, 94, 95
de la Pole, William 165–6
de Lisle, Leanda 243
de Lobell, Paul 292
de Lucy, Richard 12
de Mandeville, Geoffrey (Earl of Essex) 11–12, 307
de Mayerne, Theodore 291, 292, 296
de Monmouth, Richard 311
de Montfort, Simon (Earl of Leicester) 49, 50
de Segrave, Stephen 311, 312
de Stapleton, Walter 312, 313, 314
de Vere, John (13th Earl of Oxford) 119, 121, 157
de Vere, Robert (9th Earl of Oxford) 66, 77
de Vienne, Jean 60
Dee, John 286
Delaroche, Paul 243
Denham, Henry 350, 351
Denny, Anthony 205, 207, 209, 213
Dereham, Francis 198–202
Derwentwater, Lord 354, 358
Despenser, Hugh 308–15
Devereux, Frances 340
Devereux, Robert (2nd Earl of Essex) 254, 256–61, 272, 340
Devereux, Robert (3rd Earl of Essex) 288–90, 292
Devereux Tower 19, 258, 260
Dickens, Charles 187
dies from the Royal Mint 43–5
Digby, Sir Everard 283, 284
Digby, Sir John 161
Dighton, John 150
Donne, John 293
Downing, Sir George 376, 377
drawbridges 33, 52, 58, 368, 418
Dudley, Ambrose 234, 239, 246
Dudley, Edmund 164, 165, 205
Dudley, Lord Guildford 228, 229, 234, 239, 241, 243
Dudley, Henry 234, 239, 246, 247
Dudley, John (Duke of Northumberland) 180, 228, 230–37
Dudley, John (Earl of Warwick) 209, 217, 221–7, 230, 231, 234 235
Dudley, John (Lord Lisle) 205, 224,
Dudley, Lord (John Sutton) 127
Dudley, Robert (Earl of Leicester) 230, 231, 234, 246, 250, 251, 256, 262
Duffy, Gavan 424
Dutch Flemings 69, 122
eagles 26, 27, 28, 31
Edmund of Langley (Earl of Cambridge) 65
Edward (The Confessor) 4, 5
Edward I 19, 22, 23, 49, 50, 51, 54, 56–7, 69, 308, 359
Edward II 23, 56–7, 76, 308–15
Edward III 57–9, 61, 62, 72, 76, 80, 82, 91, 153, 312–13, 315, 316, 360
Edward IV (Earl of March) 106–29, 132–4, 135–6, 141, 145, 153, 159
Edward V 124, 135, 136, 138, 139, 140, 145, 146, 148, 152 see also Princes in the Tower
Edward VI 188, 210, 215–17, 219, 223, 226, 227, 228, 235
Edward, Prince (son of Henry IV) 100, 102, 106, 108, 109, 110, 112, 121, 123, 125, 126
Edward, Prince (Richard III’s son) 156
Edward the Black Prince 58, 60, 61, 361, 362
Edwards, Talbot 363, 365, 366–8, 371, 381
Edwards, Wythe 368, 369
elephants 22, 30, 31, 32
Eliot, Sir John 383, 384, 385
Elizabeth I 175, 179, 217, 218, 219, 220, 238, 244–7, 248, 249–63, 269–71, 360
Ellys, John 29
Elwes, Sir Gervase 291–5
Empson, Sir Richard 164, 165
Evans, Miss 353, 355–7
Evelyn, John 26, 370, 379, 382, 391, 409, 412
Fabyan, Robert 130, 132, 148
Fairfax, Lord Thomas 341, 344, 372, 373, 397, 400
Faunt, Nicholas 127, 132
Fawkes, Guy 279–85
Feckenham, John 241, 242
Felton, John 383, 384
Ferrour, John 72, 84–5
Feversham, Lord 405
fire 420 see also Great Fire of London
firing squads 423, 426
Fisher, John (Bishop of Rochester) 171–2, 173
Fisher, William 319, 320
FitzAlan, Henry (19th Earl of Arundel) 223, 225, 230, 232, 233, 234, 236
FitzAlan, Richard (11th Earl of Arundel) 66, 77–9
FitzAlan, Thomas (17th Earl of Arundel 82
Fitzosbert, William (Longbeard) 14–15
Fitzroy, Henry (Duke of Richmond) 166, 179
Fitzstephen, William 13
Fitzwalter, Robert 16
FitzWilliam, William (Earl of Southampton) 191
Flint Tower 19, 421
Flambard, Ranulf 305–8
Flamsteed, John 29
Fleming, Sir Thomas 325
Forest, Miles 150
Forster, Thomas 353
foxes 31
Foxley, William 36
Frank, John 323, 324
Franklin, James 290, 292, 293, 295
Frewen, Henry 333
Froissart, Jean 65, 67
Fulwood, Richard 324, 329, 330
Gage, Sir John 203, 204, 211, 216, 246
Garden Tower 52, 58, 145, 148
Gardiner, Stephen (Bishop of Winchester) 205, 209, 224, 234, 239, 240, 247
Garnet, Father Henry 279, 283, 284, 285, 330
Gate, Sir Geoffrey 123
Gates, Sir John 237
Gaveston, Piers 308, 310
George I 415
George II 25
George III 30, 31, 417
Gerard, Father John 321–31
Gifford, Gilbert 267, 268
Gill, Robert 26
Gill, William 26–7
Gloucester, Richard Duke of (Protector) 117, 122, 128–31, 132–3, 135, 136–46 see also Richard III
Goddard, John 133
Godfrey, Sir Edmund Berry 381
Gordon, Lord George 417, 418
Gordon, Lady Katherine 160
Gordon Riots 419
Gostlin, Mr 408
Gough, Captain Matthew 97–8
great halls 8, 19, 55, 82, 157, 163, 179, 216, 229, 249
Grand Storehouse 420
Grant, John 283, 284, 285
Great Anarchy, the 10
Great Chronicle 131, 147, 148, 151
Great Fire of London 378–80
Greenaway, Father 279
Gregory, William 111
Grenville, Sir Bevil 384
Grey, Catherine 228, 250, 251, 252, 335
Grey, Henry (Earl of Suffolk) 231–3, 239, 246
Grey, Lady Jane 218, 219, 228–44, 420
Grey, Sir Ralph 113
Grey, Sir Richard 138, 139, 141
Grey, Thomas (Marquess of Dorset) 138
Grey de Warke, Lord 349–52, 405
Grey of Ruthin, Lord 85, 105
Gundulf 7, 8, 9
gunpowder 60, 68, 379
Gunpowder Plot 279–86
Gurney, Sir Richard 394
Hales, Sir Edward 409, 411
Hales, Sir Robert 66, 67, 71, 72
Halliwell, Robert 367, 368, 369
Hampden, John 385
Harbord, William 382
Harold II 3, 4
Harriot, Thomas 275, 286, 287
Harvey, Sir George 274, 281
Hastings, Selena (Countess of H
untingdon) 416
Hastings, Lord William 122, 126, 137, 138, 139, 141, 142, 143
Hatton, Sir Christopher 265
Hawkins, John 118–19, 255
Hawthorne, Nathaniel 421
Henry I 9–10, 21, 55
Henry II 12, 13
Henry III 17, 18, 19, 36, 47–51, 52, 53, 359
Henry IV 82, 83, 85, 86, 87
Henry V 23, 85, 87, 88, 90, 99, 320, 360, 361
Henry VI 18, 19, 23, 81, 86, 90–91, 93–106, 108–10, 112–15, 119–31, 153, 430
Henry VII 23, 24, 157–62, 163–5, 362 see also Tudor, Henry
Henry VIII 164–86, 187–214
Henry, Prince of Wales (son of James I) 25, 270, 275–6, 278, 288
Henslowe, Philip 24
Herbert, Lord Henry (Earl of Pembroke) 228, 230, 232, 250
Herbert, Winifred 353, 354, 357
Hess, Rudolf 426
Hilton, Miss 355–6
History of the World 274, 276–8
Hogarth, William 415
Holinshed, Richard 63
Holland, Elizabeth 211
Holland, Henry (Duke of Exeter) 95, 101–7, 110, 120, 125, 132
Holloway, Thomas 41
Hope Theatre 24
Hopton, Sir Owen 265
Hotham, John 394
Howard, Frances (Countess of Somerset) 288–9, 290, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296
Howard, Henry (Earl of Surrey) 205
Howard, Henry (Earl of Northampton) 289, 290, 293, 294
Howard, Katherine 188, 196, 197–204, 205
Howard, Jane 263
Howard, Edmund 197
Howard, John (1st Duke of Norfolk) 140, 144–5, 149
Howard, Philip (20th Earl of Arundel) 265–6
Howard, Thomas (2nd Duke of Norfolk) 141, 142, 155, 167, 177, 179, 180, 185, 188, 189, 191, 194, 196, 197, 201–3, 205, 209–11, 215
Howard, Thomas (3rd Duke of Norfolk) 234, 235
Howard, Thomas (1st Earl of Suffolk) 259
Howard, Thomas (4th Duke of Norfolk) 262–4
Howard, Thomas (c.1512-37) 335
Howell, James 26
Huggons, Elizabeth 227
Hughes, Thomas 287
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester 91, 92, 93
Hungate, Thomas 230
Hungerford, Sir Thomas 120
Hungerford, Lord Walter 196
Hunter, John 29, 3
Hutton, Ronald 379
Hyde, Henry (Earl of Clarendon) 412
hyenas 31, 32
Iden, Alexander 98
Imeworth, Richard 69
Inglis, Charles see Lody, Carl Hans
Ingoldsby, Sir Richard 346, 347
Inner Ward 20, 52, 177, 204, 216, 234, 236, 243, 325, 356, 357
invisible writing 327
Isabella, Queen 57, 58, 309, 311, 312, 313, 314
jackals 26, 27, 31
Jacobs, Josef 426
James I of Scotland 85–7
James I (VI of Scotland) 24, 25, 257, 270, 272, 277, 278, 280, 281, 284, 288, 289, 296, 297, 334, 336, 339, 340
James II 27, 39, 351, 352, 409, 410, 411
James IV of Scotland 160
James, Duke of York (brother of Charles II) 347, 348, 370, 374–6, 382, 404
James Edward (son of James II) 352–3, 409, 415
Jean II (‘Jean the Good’, King of France) 60
Jeffreys, George 350, 408, 410–11
Jenkinson, Mary 27
Jewel House 229, 363, 367, 368, 399, 431
Jews 22, 50, 53–4, 69
‘Joan of the Tower’ 58, 59, 310
Joan (‘Fair Maid of Kent’) 65, 71, 72–3
John, King 13–17
John of Gaunt (Duke of Lancaster) 60, 65, 68, 72, 77, 80, 91, 92, 153
Johnson, John 416
Johnson, Otwell 204–5
Johnson, Samuel 206
Jonson, Ben 275, 293, 396
Jourdemain, Margery 92
jousting 80, 104, 163, 164, 188
kangaroos 32
Keeper of the Crown Jewels 430
Keeper of the Jewel House 421
Keeper of the King’s Arrows 87
Keeper of the King’s Lions and Leopards 23, 28
Keeper of the Records 393
Ken, Thomas 407, 409
Kenmure, Lord 354, 358
Kent, Edmund Earl of 315
Kerby, William 23
Ketch, Jack 407–8
Kett, Robert 221–2
Keyes, Robert 284, 285
Keymis, Lawrence 275, 297, 298
Killigrew, Tom 375
King, Samuel 298
King’s House 356
Kingston, William and Lady 173–4, 178, 179, 180, 183, 184, 185
Kneller, Godfrey 408
Knights of the Bath 87, 91, 110, 116, 155, 157, 166, 168, 177, 217
Knipp, Elizabeth 381
Knyvett, Sir Anthony 207, 211, 212
Kray, Reggie and Ronnie 427
Kymberley, William 114
Kyriell, Sir Thomas 108
Lambert, John 344–7, 402
Landseer, Sir Edwin 30
Lanthorn Tower 19, 163, 421
Lascalles, John 198, 208
last execution in the Tower 426
Latimer, Bishop Hugh 220, 238, 246, 248, 274
Laud, William (Archbishop of Canterbury) 383, 384, 386, 387, 390, 392, 393
Laurens, Henry 418
le Despenser, Hugh 50
Lee, Rowland 237
Legge, John 64, 66, 71, 72
Legge’s Mount 36, 215
Leggett, Roger 69
Levenson, Thomas 42
Leving, William 365
leopards 21, 26, 27, 28, 31, 33
‘Libertie of the Tower’ 336, 384 see also ‘Tower liberties’
‘library’ 59
lieutenants of the Tower 16, 172, 251, 274, 295, 311, 318, 325, 330, 350, 376, 377, 378, 388, 391, 394, 409, 426
Lieutenant’s lodgings 203, 216, 233, 273, 281, 355, 342, 348, 378, 387
Council Chamber/Queen’s House 355, 430
King’s House 356
Lilburne, John 277, 397, 398
Lillie, John 328, 329, 330
Lion Gate 216
Lion Tower 23, 24, 26, 27, 52, 59
lions 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31
Lisle, Lady Alice 408
Lisle, Sir George 341
literary works written in the Tower 158, 165, 274, 276–8, 384, 401
‘Little Ease’, cell 266, 281, 282
Lody, Charles Hans 422–4
Lollards 64, 317–21
Lombards 69
London Bridge 5, 49, 68, 127, 203, 240, 329, 379
heads on 56, 72, 75, 97, 98, 119, 128, 175, 190, 197, 203, 320
London, mayor of 49, 66, 77, 84, 97, 123, 127, 143, 145, 169, 179, 377, 394, 417
Longchamp, William 13–14
Longland, John (Bishop of Lincoln) 203
Lords Appellant revolt 76, 77
Louis, Prince (Dauphin of France) 16, 17
Lovat, Lord 415, 416, 422
Lovell, Lord Francis 140, 159
Lovell, Lord John 104
Lowndes, William 38, 39
Lucas, Sir Charles 341
Lunsford, Sir Thomas 391, 392
lynxes 23, 26
Lynom, Thomas 144
Lyons, Sir Richard 69
Macaulay, Thomas Babington 216
Macaulay, Lord 39
Magna Carta 16, 49
manacles 88, 89, 120, 177, 282, 283, 324, 326, 329
Mancini, Dominic 134, 136, 147, 148, 149, 152
Manfeld, Robert 23
mangonels 14
Manox, Henry 198–201
Mansel, John 49
Mansfield, Lord 417
Margaret of Anjou 93, 95, 98, 100, 101, 103, 104, 106, 108, 109, 110, 112, 117, 119–20, 121, 125, 126, 129, 131, 132, 134
Markham, Sir John 118
Markham, William 337, 340
Marlowe,
Christopher 256, 286
Marshal, Earl William 17, 18
Martin Tower 19, 177, 182, 287, 296, 363, 366, 421, 430
Mary I 36, 155, 179, 184, 193, 217, 220, 228, 230–35, 238–46, 248–9, 250
Mary, Queen of Scots 252, 262–4, 267, 268, 270
Mason, Captain John 365, 371
Massie, Edward 396–7
Master of Bears, Bulls and Mastiff Dogs 24
Master of the Mint 37, 46, 141
mastiffs/dogs 24–5
Matilda 10, 11, 12
Maudelyeyn, Richard 84
Maxwell, William (5th Earl of Nithsdale) 353–8, 396, 415
menagerie 21–34, 57, 275–6, 376, 381, 417
Menteith, Sir John 55
Merssh, Margaret 87–8
Merssh, William 87
Middle Tower 52, 416, 419
Middleton, John 396
military technology 14, 108
Milton, John 277, 396
Mint Street 35, 36, 40, 43
moat 19, 51, 52, 255, 282, 421
Monck, George 345, 346, 400–402, 403
Monmouth, James Duke of 347, 350, 351, 352, 404–7
Monson, Sir William 340
Montagu, Lord and Lady (Earl of Sandwich) 26, 376, 377
Montague, Charles (Earl of Halifax) 42
Monteagle, Lord 279–80, 283
Mordaunt, Charles (Earl of Monmouth) 42
More, Sir George 295
More, Sir Thomas 136, 142, 146, 148, 150, 151, 168–71, 172–5
Morgan, Mrs 355, 356
Morgan, Thomas 267, 268
Morley, Dr (Bishop of Winchester) 343
Morley, Sir Robert 318
Morris, Mark 53
Mortimer, Geoffrey 316
Mortimer, Roger 57, 58, 59, 308–16
Morton, John (Bishop of Ely) 130, 141–2, 143, 148
Mowbray, Thomas (Earl of Nottingham, Duke of Norfolk) 77, 79, 80
Murdoch, Graham (Earl of Menteith) 60
Mynot, Nicholas 87, 88
Neale, Thomas 43
Nevill, Edmund 331–4
Neville, Anne, Queen 147, 156
Neville, Charles (6th Earl of Westmoreland) 263, 264, 331
Neville, George (Archbishop of York) 116, 120, 123, 124
Neville, Humphrey 113
Neville, Isabel 133, 134, 157
Neville, John (Earl of Northumberland) 112
Neville, John, Marquess of Montagu 121–2
Neville, Marmaduke 189
Neville, Thomas (‘Bastard of Fauconberg’) 126–8
Neville, William (Lord Fauconberg) 104, 126
Neville, William 128
Newport, Lord 389, 391
Newton, Isaac 38–46
Newton, Sir John 66
Newton, Richard 65
Norfolk, Dowager Duchess of 117, 197, 201
Norfolk, Duke of see Howard, Sir Thomas
Norris, Henry 176–9, 182
Northampton, Marquess of 235
Northern Rising 263, 264, 321, 331
Norwich, Lord 342
O’London, John 58
O’Neill, Hugh 257
Oates, Titus 381
observatory 29
Okey, John 346, 376, 377