Tower: An Epic History of the Tower of London (78 page)

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

Oldcastle, Sir John 316–21

Oldcorne, Father Edward 283, 284, 322, 331

Oldhall, Sir William 100

Order of the Bath
see
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