BISHOPS.

BISHOPS, THE SEVEN, their Petition
to James II., on the "Declaration
of Indulgence," 225; their inter-
view with the King, and his reply,
226; summoned before the Privy
Council, 226; their plea of privi-
lege as Peers, 227; committed to
the Tower, 227; at the end of a
week brought before the Court of
King's Bench, 228; their defence,
230; their acquittal, 231.

BISHOP, a police officer, arrests
Thistlewood, 280.

BLIGII, General, defeated at Cher-
bourg, 289.

BLOIS, Charles of, confined in the
Tower, 295.

BLOOD, Colonel, conceives the idea of
stealing the Crown jewels, 213;
his first visit to the Tower, 213;
his second visit with a present for
Mrs. Edwards, the Deputy-Keeper's
wife-proposes an alliance between
his nephew and Miss Edwards,
214; returns with accomplices,
214; makes a murderous attack
on Edwards and seizes the Crown,
215; is interrupted, and attempts
to escape, 215; seized and lodged
in the Tower, 216; his effrontery
when examined before the King,
216; released without trial, 217;
account of his outrage on the
Duke of Ormond, 218; becomes
a hanger-on at Court, turns Quaker,
219.

BLOODY TOWER, 8; probable scene
of the murder of the princes, 44.
BLOUNTS, father and son, monuments
to, 29.

BOLEYN, Anne, pretence for com-
mitting her to the Tower, 55;
account of her behaviour there,
56; her trial, 56; her barbarous
sentence, 57; her protestations of
innocence, 58; particulars of her

BOUCICAULT, Duke of, his death in
the Tower, 39.

BOURBON, Duke of, his death in the
Tower, 39.

BOWYER TOWER, supposed scene of
the murder of the Duke of Clarence,
6.
BRACKENBURY, Sir R., receives a
message to destroy Edward V. and
his brother, 22, 41; resigns tem-
porary charge of the Tower to
Tyrrell, 42; made keeper of wild
beasts, 310.

BRADDON, Mr., employed in the
inquiry into the Earl of Essex's
death, 223.

BRICK TOWER, 6.

BRIDGES, Sir Thomas, his brutal
speech to Sir Thomas Wyatt, 93.
BRITTAYNE, Cousin of Anne Askew,
intercedes with Bonner, 62.
BROAD-ARROW TOWER, 7.
BROMLEY, Sir H., his search for
Garnet at Hendlip, 145.

BUCER assists the English Prelates in
completing the English Liturgy,
79.
BUCKINGHAM, Villiers, Duke of,
supplants Carr, 171; assassinated
by Felton, 194.

BURDETT, Sir Francis, his riots,
305.

BURGH, Hubert de, dragged from

BURGOYNE.

sanctuary by order of Henry II.,
292; sent back, and scantily sup-
plied with food, 293; confined in
a vault at Devizes, 293; restored
to his titles and honours, 293.
BURGOYNE, Sir John, his appoint-
ment as Constable, 302.

BURLEIGH, Lord, vindicates Arabella
Stuart, 153; his conduct on
Raleigh's trial, 178; his death,
184.

BURLEY, Sir Simon, beheaded, 35.
BURGUNDY, Duchess of, her adoption
of the imposture of Perkin War-
beck, 43.

C.

CADE, Jack, his rebellion, 304.
CANTERBURY, an Archbishop of,
murdered by rebels, 33.

CAPEL, Lord, his escape from the
Tower, 206; recaptured at Lam-
beth, 207; debate on his wife's
petition to Parliament, 208; ac-
count of his execution, 209-211;
his character, 211.

CATESBY, takes part in treasonable

meetings, 131; his character, 132;
conceives the scheme of blowing up
the King and Parliament, 132; on
the seizure of Fawkes, proceeds to
Holbeach, 141; killed, 143.
CATHCART, Sir George, his plans for
restoring the Beauchamp Tower,
5; his appointment as Lieut.-
Governor, 14.

CATO STREET CONSPIRACY, 272;
the scheme originated by Thistle-
wood, 273; occasion chosen for the
outbreak, and details of the plan,
274; the plot betrayed, 275; con-
sultations in Cabinet, 277; pro-
posal of the Duke of Wellington,

CHARLES.

277, 278; the Duke's plan re-
jected, 278; some of the gang
arrested, 279; alarm in the metro-
polis, 279; the trials, 280; details
of the executions, 281; behaviour
of the spectators, 282; revelations
on the trials, 283.

CHAINS, hanging in, mode of, 104;
last instance of, 105.

CHAMBERS, arrested at Hendlip, 145.
CHANCELLOR of the Exchequer, his
veto on repairs and restorations,
17, 18.

CHAPEL of St. John in the White

Tower, improper use of, 21; saved
from further desecration by Gene-
ral Peel, 21; restored by Mr.
Salvin, 21; historical recollections,
22; the floor and gallery, 22;
plan of, 23.

CHAPEL of St. Peter, on Tower

Green, modern disfigurements of,
28; restored, 29; monuments,
29; remarkable persons buried in,
29-30; Pepys's visit to, 30; dis-
covery of coffin-plates in, 31;
monument to Talbot Edwards, 31;
proposed alterations in, 31.

CHARLES I., forced to dismiss Roman
Catholic soldiers, 199; sends an
assurance of protection to Strafford,
203; assents to the Bill of At-
tainder, 204; signs the death-
warrant, and entreats Parliament
for a commutation of the sentence,
204; interview of Sir W. Balfour
and the Marquis of Hamilton with
him to intercede for Lord Loudon,
296; grants the paidon, 297;
disputes with the Parliament on
the subject of the custody of the
Tower, 297.

CHARLES II., adopts the tradition of
the murder of Edward V. and his
brother, and transfers their bodies
to Westminster Abbey, 46; his

CLARENCE, Duke of, supposed scene
of his murder, 6.
CLARENDON, Earl of, his account of
the escape, recapture, and execu-
cution of Lord Capel, 206-209;
his character of that nobleman, 194.
CLOSING the Tower Gates, ceremonies
practised on, 303.

COBHAM, Lord, intrigues against
Raleigh, 177; his conviction and
pardon, 179.

COFFIN-PLATES, discovery of, 31, 254.
COKE, Sir E., his abuse of Raleigh on
his trial, 178; his surprise at
Raleigh's conviction, 178.

"COLD HARBOUR," a cell under the
White Tower-the name of several
hamlets, 25.

COMBERMERE, Lord, succeeds the
Duke of Wellington as Constable,
15, 301.

CONSTABLES of the Tower, abuses
formerly practised by, 12; their
difficulties in the matter of repairs
and restorations, 16-18; early
Constables-ecclesiastics who held
the office, 291; Mandeville, Earl
of Essex-Hubert de Burgh, 292;
Hugh le Bigod, Earl of Norfolk-
Bishop Stapleton, 293; De la
Beche, 294; Sir Thomas Rempston,
296; peculiar privilege of the
Constable, exercised by Sir William

DECLARATION.

Balfour, 296; appointments dur-
ing the seventeenth century, 297:
Duke of Bolton-Lord Cornwallis,
298; question raised, and debate,
on the appointment of Lord George
Lennox, 298, 299; the appoint-
ment since restricted to military
officers, 300; reform of abuses by
the Duke of Wellington, 300, 301;
Lord Combermere, 301; Sir John
Burgoyne-the Constable's salary
abolished, 302; list of, 317.

CORK, Earl of, assists Raleigh, 186.
CORNWALLIS, Lord, appointed Con-
stable, 298.

COWPER, Hon. W., restoration of St.
John's Chapel under his auspices,

21.

CRANMER, Archbishop, advises a
visitation to correct Church abuses,
69.

CRISPE, Mr., arrests Lord Hertford,

121.

CROFTS, Sir James, confronted with
Elizabeth in the Tower, 90; his
speech to her, 91.

CROMARTY, Lord, his appeal for
mercy, 252; pardoned, 252.
CROMPTON, Hugh, a servant of Ara-
bella Stuart, assists her to escape,
157; sent to the Fleet, 164.
CROMWELL, Oliver, destroys the
Tower Palace, 8; his speech in the
debate on Lord Capel's petition,
208.

CROMWELL, Thomas, Earl of Essex,
his grave, 30.

CROWN JEWELS, Blood's attempt to
steal the, 213.

D.

"DECLARATION OF INDULGENCE,"
its nature and real object, 224;

DE GREY.

resistance of the Seven Bishops, and
general refusal of the clergy to
publish it, 225; the Tower Chap-
lain refuses to read it in the
chapel in presence of the imprisoned
Bishops, 228.

DE GREY, Earl, 16.

DE LA BECHE, his favour with Ed-
ward III., 294; neglects the duties
of his office of Constable, and sent
to prison, 295.

DEPUTY-LIEUTENANTS of the Tower,
list of, 324.

DERWENTWATER, Lord, his execu-
tion, 249.

DESMOND, Earl of, his secret relations
with the Earl of Kildare, 50.
DESPARD, Colonel, his conspiracy, 305.
DEVEREUX TOWER (Robin the
Devil's), 6.
DEVONSHIRE,

Edward Courtenay,
Earl of, his long captivity, 65; reason
for committing him to the Tower,
65; released by Mary, again com-
mitted, and again released, 66;
his death, 66.

DIGBY, Sir Everard, joins in the
Gunpowder Plot, 136; executed,

144.

DIGHTON, assists in the murder of
the princes, 41; his reward and
confession, 47.

DITCH of the Tower, 2; drained, 14.
DOGS employed to bait lions and
other animals, 311-314.
DORSET, Earl of, reply of Felton to,
195.

DUDLEY, Lord Guildford, desires a

last interview with his wife, III;
his execution, 111; his grave, 30.
DUDLEY, Lord Robert, intercedes with

ELIZABETH.

Elizabeth on behalf of Lady Cathe-
rine Grey, 120.

E.

ECCLESIASTICS who have been Con-
stables of the Tower, 291.

EDWARD III., imprisons De la Beche
for neglect of his duties, 295; his
French prisoners, 295.

EDWARD V., murder of, 41; no re-
cord of his existence after Richard's
usurpation, 43; his remains trans-
ferred to Westminster Abbey by
Charles II., 46.

EDWARD VI., his acquiescence in the
execution of his uncle Somerset,

82.

EDWARDS, Mr. Talbot, exhibits the

Crown jewels to Colonel Blood,
213; invites him to dine, 214;
murderously assaulted by Blood
and his confederates, 215; his cou-
rage ill requited, 219; his grave
and monumental tablet, 219.
ELEPHANT presented by the King of
France to Henry III., 309.
ELIZABETH, Queen of Henry VII.,

22.

ELIZABETH, Queen, arrested (when

Princess) at Ashridge, 84; her
journey to London, and imprison-
ment at Whitehall, 85; charged
with being privy to Wyatt's con-
spiracy, 86; her attendants re-
moved, 86; allowed to write to
the Queen, 87; conveyed to the
Tower, 87; compelled to land at
Traitors' Gate, 88; enters the
Tower, 89; consultation of the
Council concerning her, 89; at-
tempts to extort evidence against
her, 90; examined by Bishop
Gardiner and others, 90; her
rigorous confinement, 91;

sus-

ELWAYS.

pected of corresponding with the
Earl of Devonshire, 92; quarrel
about her provisions, 92; released
from the Tower and conveyed to
Woodstock, 93; her rare friend-
ship for Miss Williams, 93; her
letter of condolence, 94; tradition
of her present to some City
churches, 94; rejoicings on her
accession, 94; her return to Lon-
don and sojourn in the Tower, 95;
account of her procession through
the City, 96-98; sends Lady
Catherine Grey to the Tower, 120;
her severity and harshness, 123;
refuses permission to the Earl of
Arundel to see his wife and child,
129; her coquetry, 175; her fury
on discovering Raleigh's intrigue
with a maid of honour, 176; an
effect of her iron rule, 193.

ELWAYS, Sir Gervase, replaces Sir
W. Waad at the Tower, 190; his
share in Overbury's death, 191;
his committal, 191; his trial and
sentence, 192; his dress when
brought to the scaffold, 192; his
address and execution, 193; his
grave, 30.

ESSEX, Countess of, instigates the
committal of Overbury, 170;
causes him to be murdered, 171;
committed to the Tower, 171;
her trial, pardon, and death, 174.
ESSEX, Mandeville, Earl of, adopts
the life of an outlaw, 292; killed
at Burwell, and buried in the
Temple, 292.

ESSEX, Earl of Queen Elizabeth's),

his rivalry with Raleigh, 176; pre-
judices James against him, 177;
his grave, 30.

ESSEX, Earl of, son of the preceding,
his service in the Low Countries,
174.

ESSEX, Earl of (grandson of Eliza-

FITZ WILLIAM.

beth's Earl), found with his throat
cut, 220; position of his lodging,
220; inquiry into his death, 220;
was it murder or suicide? 221,
222; allusion to the subject by
Earl Russell, 222.

F.

FARMER, a Romish priest, thrust
into the Presidency of Magdalen Col-
lege, Oxford, by James II., 224.
FAWKES, Guy, joins the Gunpowder
conspirators, 132; undertakes to
fire the powder, his precautions,
136; arrested and examined, 141;
tortured, 143; executed, 144; his
cell under the White Tower, 24.
FELTON, assassinates the Duke of
Buckingham, 194; tried and exe-
cuted, 195; his reply when
menaced with the rack, 195.
FIELD, Mr., his experiment on the
metal of a Turkish gun, 288.
FIRE of 1841, barracks and store-
house destroyed by, 14.
FISHER, Bishop, his cell under the
White Tower, 24; his grave, 29.
FITZCLARENCE, Mr. F., commands
the military at the arrest of the
Cato-street conspirators, 279.
FITZGERALD, Lord Thomas ("Silken

Thomas"), his rebellion, 51; be-
sieges Dublin, 52; sanctions the
murder of Archbishop Allen, 52;
withdraws from Dublin, surrenders,
and is sent to the Tower, 53;
hanged at Tyburn with his five
uncles, 54.

FITZ-WALTER, Matilda, scene of her
imprisonment and murder, 26.
FITZWILLIAM, Sir W., charged with
complicity in the murder of the
Keatings, 126.