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 15th Century - Then  Now 500 years later (2009)   Traitors Gate     Queens house in the background with Raven enclosure in the foreground.  House of Royal Collection of Jewels |  Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard, Sir Thomas More, John Fisher, and Sir Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex among others were imprisoned and executed within the precincts of the medieval fortress known as the Tower of London. Traitors Gate: This would be the Gate in which Anne Boleyn, Katherine Howard, Thomas More, and even Elizabeth I came through on their way to imprisonment. The White tower was originally built by William the Conqueror in 1078 but more building had been added over the centuries. The tower's primary function was a fortress, a royal palace, and a prison (particularly for high status and royal prisoners). It has also served as a place of execution & torture an armoury, a treasury, the Royal Mint, a public records office, & since 1303, the home of the Crown Jewels. There is a legend that if the Ravens ever leave the Tower of London, the White Tower, the Monarchy, and the entire Kingdom will fall so the Ravens wings are clipped to make sure that never happens. There are currently 9 ravens and they are cared for by the Ravenmaster, a duty given to one of the Yeomen WardersThis could be due to the fact that Ravens notoriously gathered at gallows and were used by the Yeomans of the Guard to dramatise their tales of torture and executions.   Although the Tower of London is often identified with the White Tower, the tower as a whole is a complex of several buildings set within two concentric rings of defensive walls and a moat. The White Tower is situated in the Inner Ward, defended by a massive curtain wall, which has13 towers: Bloody Tower (or the Garden Tower), so named after a legend that the Princes in the Tower were murdered there. Bell Tower Beauchamp Tower(pronounced 'Beecham') Deveraux Tower Flint Tower Bowyer Tower Brick Tower Martin Tower Constable Tower Broad Arrow Tower Salt Tower Lanthorn Tower Wakefield Tower The entrance to the Inner Ward is on the south side under the Bloody Tower. Outside of this is the Outer Ward, defended by a second massive curtain wall, flanked by 6 towers facing the river: Byward Tower St Thomas's Tower, built between 1275-1279 by Edward I to provide additional royal accommodation for the King. Cradle Tower Develin Tower Middle Tower Well Tower |
| Tower Green - The Site of Executions  | Tower Green where Anne Boleyn was beheaded on May 19th, 1536 and Katherine Howard and Jane Boleyn on February 13th, 1542. Margaret Plantagenet Pole, Lady Salisbury, governess to Princess Mary as Lady Jane Grey and Robert Devereaux, earl of Essex and favorite of Elizabeth I were also executed here. There site is now a memorial dedicated to those who died there. The Memorial was dedicated in 2006. Designed by British artist Brian Catling |
| Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula within the Tower of London  | Anne Boleyn, Katherine Howard, Jane and George Boleyn, John Fisher, Thomas More, and many others are buried in this chapel. The ghost of Queen Anne Boleyn has allegedly been seen haunting the chapel of St Peter-ad-Vincula, where she is buried, and walking around the White Tower carrying her head under her arm. |
 | The Queen's House in the Tower where distinguished prisoners were held, including Anne Boleyn. Ironically the House was built for Queen Anne before her coronation. Little did she know that she would die soon after in her very own back yard. The last prisoner to stay in the Queen's House was Rudolf Hess, the Deputy Fuhrer of Nazi Germany. |
| Anne Boleyn's Grave Stone  | In 1876 during restoration of St. Peter ad Vincula Chapel, the bones of Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard were identified and reburied under the pavement before the altar. Memorial stones engraved with their titles of Queen and their coats of arms were laid above the graves. |
 | This area rather than the tourist monument is where the scaffold more than likely was erected. |
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| Historic Royal Palace's official youtube - The Tower | |
| Travel video of the Tower | |
| An amatuer video clip showing the Crown Jewels in the tower where filming is forbidden. | |
| Spring 2008 - Report on BBC News about the drawing by Rydal Hanbury which is now covering the Tower of London. A 3 year reconstruction project in now underway. | |
| Slideshow of stills from the Tower |
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