Read Tower: An Epic History of the Tower of London Online
Authors: Nigel Jones
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
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‘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
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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
Oldcastle, Sir John 316–21
Oldcorne, Father Edward 283, 284, 322, 331
Oldhall, Sir William 100
Order of the Bath
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Knights of the Bath
Order of the Garter 57, 82, 190, 210, 403
Orkney, Earl of 85
ostriches 30
Ottobuono, Cardinal 50, 51
Overbury, Sir Thomas 278, 288–96
Overton, Richard 397
Owen, Hugh 283
Owen, Nicholas 323, 328, 330, 331
owls 27, 32
Oxford, Lord 122, 123, 124, 125, 161
Page, Richard 176, 177
Paget, Charles 267
‘palises’ 108
Palmer, Sir Thomas 225, 237
Palmer, William 173
panthers 28, 31
Paris, Matthew 22, 47
Parker, Matthew 249
Parr, Catherine 206, 207, 209, 217, 218, 235
Parry, William 331
Partridge, Sir Miles 225
Paston Letters
95
Paulet, Sir Amyas 268
Paulet, William (Earl of Wiltshire, Marquess of Winchester) 223, 229, 231, 232, 245
Peasants’ Revolt 63–76
Peers, John 41
pelicans 23, 32
Penn, William 403
Pennington, Sir Isaac 394
Pepys, Samuel 26, 28, 37–8, 374–82, 383
Percy, Algernon (10th Earl of Northumberland) 287
Percy, Henry (2nd Duke of Northumberland) 103
Percy, Henry (3rd Duke of Northumberland) 103, 107
Percy, Henry (9th Earl of Northumberland, Wizard Earl) 264, 286–7, 296, 386
Percy, Lucy (Countess of Carlisle) 386
Percy, Thomas (7th Earl of Northumberland) 263, 264, 265
Percy, Sir Ingram 189
Percy, Thomas 189
Percy, Thomas (Gunpowder plot) 280, 283, 286
Perrot, Robert 367, 368, 369
Petition Crown 37
Peyton, Sir John 272, 274, 330
Phelippes, Thomas 267–9
Philip II, King of Spain 36, 155, 238, 239, 241, 248, 249, 250, 270
Philippa of Hainault, Queen 58, 60, 61
Philips, Thomas 193
Pilgrimage of Grace 188–90, 193, 210
plague 37, 61, 62, 85, 252, 255, 272, 274
Plantagenet, Arthur 115
Plantagenet, Margaret (Duchess of Salisbury) 192–3, 197
poisoning 81, 290–93, 295
polar bears 21, 22
Pole, Sir Geoffrey 191, 192
Pole, Henry (Lord Montague) 191–2
Pole, Cardinal Reginald 191, 192, 248
Popish Plot 347, 381
porcupines 26, 28
portcullis 52, 58, 127
Potter, Gilbert 230, 233
Poynings, John 119, 120
Preston, Lord 412
‘priest holes’ 323
Princes in the Tower 145, 147–52, 162, 430
Privy Council 42, 133, 171, 177, 194, 199, 200, 203, 219, 222, 258, 265, 330
Privy Garden 246
Provence, Eleanor of 20, 49
Prynne, William 277, 392, 393, 394
pumas 26
Pym, John 385, 386, 388, 392, 414