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See also:TOWER OF See also:LONDON, THE , an See also:ancient fortress on the See also:east See also:side of the See also:City of London, See also:England, on the See also:north See also:bank of the See also:river See also:Thames. On a slight See also:elevation now called the Tower See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill, well protected by the river and its marshes, and by See also:woods to the north, there was a See also:British stronghold. Tradition, however, pointed to See also:Julius See also:Caesar as the founder of the Tower (See also:Shakespeare, See also:Richard III., III., i; and elsewhere), and remains of See also:Roman fortifications have been found beneath the See also:present site. The Tower contains See also:barracks, and is the repository of the See also:regalia. It covers an irregular hexagonal See also:area, and is surrounded by a ditch, formerly fed by the Thames, but now dry. Gardens surround it on the north and See also:west, and an See also:embankment See also:borders the river on the See also:south. Two lines of fortifications enclose the inner See also:bail, In which is the magnificent See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White Tower or Keep, flanked by four turrets. This was built by Gundulf, See also:bishop of See also:Rochester, c. 1078. Its exterior was restored by See also:Sir See also:Christopher See also:Wren, but within the See also:Norman See also:work is little altered. Here may be seen a collection of old See also:armour and See also:instruments of See also:torture, the rooms said to have been Sir See also:Walter See also:Raleigh's See also:prison, and the magnificent Norman See also:chapel of St See also:John. Among the surrounding buildings are the barracks, and the chapel of St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter ad Vincula, dating from the See also:early See also:part of the 14th See also:century, but much altered in Tudor times. The Ballium See also:Wall, the inner of the two lines of fortification, is coeval with the keep. Twelve towers rise from it at intervals, in one of which, the See also:Wakefield Tower, the Regalia or See also:crown jewels are kept. The See also:chief entry to the fortress is through the See also:Middle Tower on the west, across the See also:bridge over the See also:moat, and through the Byward Tower. The See also:Lion See also:Gate under the Middle Tower took name from a See also:menagerie kept here from Norman times until 1834. On the south, giving entry from the river through St See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Tower and the Bloody Tower, is the famous Traitor's Gate, by which prisoners of high See also:rank were admitted. The chief See also:historical See also:interest of the Tower lies in its association with such prisoners. The See also:Beauchamp Tower was for See also:long the See also:place of confinement, but dungeons and other See also:chambers in various parts of the See also:building are also associated with prisoners of fame. Executions took place both within the Tower and on Tower Hill. Many of those executed were buried in the chapel of St Peter ad Vincula, such as Sir Thomas More, See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VIII.'s queens, See also:Anne See also:Boleyn and Katharine See also:Howard, See also:Lady Jane See also:Grey and her See also:husband See also:Dudley, Sir Walter Raleigh, and the See also:duke of See also:Monmouth. The Tower was not only a prison from Norman times until the 19th century, but was a royal See also:residence at
intervals from the reign of See also:Stephen, if not before. The royal See also:palace was demolished by See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of See also:Cromwell. The tower is under the governorship of a See also:- CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
- CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
- CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
- CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
- CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)
constable. The attendant See also:staff, called Yeomen of the Guard or familiarly " Beefeaters," still See also:wear their picturesque Tudor See also:costume.
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