The Tower Of London

THIS IS NOT A FULLY DATED TIME LINE, JUST KEYPOINTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE TOWER OF LONDON.

The tower of London is a huge magnificent place. William the conqueror built the tower in 1078.

In 1100, the bishop of Durham ranulf flambard was the first ever prisoner in the tower of London. But a year later ranulf flambard escapes.

In 1210 king john decides to live in the tower. It’s been said for centuries now that in 1216 king john lost the crown jewels.

1216- Henry 3^rd was crowned king at the aged of ten.

1236 and 1238 Henry 3^rd hid in the tower for his safety from the barons.

Welsh prince gruffydd was sent to prison inside the tower in 1241. But in 1244 prine gruffydd tried to escape the tower and ended up killing himself.

Henry 3^rd had the first elephant ever seen in England in 1255. He was given the elephant by king Louis of France.

Edward 1^st resumed building work for the towers.

In 1303 the crown jewels were moved to the tower as a safer place than west minister abbey.

The barons had a rebellion going on against Edward the 2^nd. Roger Mortimer helped lead the barons. Then he was later imprisoned. He escaped from the tower and got to France with the wife of King Edward the 2^nd. Isabella (Queen of England).

Rulers of England roger and Isabella are thought to have ordered the death of Edward 2^nd.

King of England Edward 3^rd imprisoned and ordered the death of roger Mortimer in 1330.

In the summer of 1349, a bubanic plague, also referred to as the Black Death, the Black Death killed off between one 3^rd and one half of the population of England. One of Edwards’s daughters was killed by the plague.

1381- Wat Tyler and john ball paved the way for peasant revolt. Later on that year wat Tyler was killed but john ball experienced a more grisly death. He was hung, drawn and quartered.

In 1478 Edward the 4^th s brother was killed for treason.

The chapel of st peter ad vincula was sadly burned down in 1512 but in 1515 was later rebuilt.

1509- Henry the 8^th married Katherine of Aragon. Katherine married henrys brother Arthur first but he died at the age of 15. Henry divorced Katherine in 1533.

Henry the 8^th second wife Anne Boleyn was taken to the tower and charged with adultery, incest and treason in 1536. She was later killed on the tower hill.

Eleven days later Henry married Anne of Cleves. Thomas Cromwell was imprisoned in the tower because of their failed marriage and later executed.

In July of 1540 Henry married Catherine Howard aged 19. Two years later she was beheaded for adultery.

Five months after Catherine Howard’s death, Henry married Katherine Parr.

1547- Henry the 8^th dies of breathing problems.

1548- Thomas Seymour was sent to prison in the tower and then executed.

For nine days Lady Jane grey was the Queen of England.

Queen Mary locked up her sister in the tower basically of jealously of her prettier sister. Elizabeth was locked in the tower of 8weeks.

1585- 8^th earl of Northumberland Henry Percy died inside the tower. He had been shot.

The poet sir Thomas Overbury was poisoned inside the tower in 1613.

In 1666 the tower escaped being burnt out by the great fire of London.

During the First World War a bomb landed into the moat around the tower of London. And eleven German spies were found out and shot inside the tower.

During the Second World War the towers of London was damaged by bombs.

Today the tower of London is a museum to the public.