. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . whom their Queen had treated with such scant the name is not used in any of the Surveys of the reign of Charles I,the tradition of the Spanish origin of some of the weapons must have beenof some standing, for we find in 1649 a warrant for Six halberts partizansand bucklers taken from the Spaniards in 1588.^ According to a planin the possession of Office of Works, dated 1730, the building wassituate to the south-west of the White Tower, on the site formerly calledCold Harbour, occupied at the present day b
. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . whom their Queen had treated with such scant the name is not used in any of the Surveys of the reign of Charles I,the tradition of the Spanish origin of some of the weapons must have beenof some standing, for we find in 1649 a warrant for Six halberts partizansand bucklers taken from the Spaniards in 1588.^ According to a planin the possession of Office of Works, dated 1730, the building wassituate to the south-west of the White Tower, on the site formerly calledCold Harbour, occupied at the present day by the Main Guard, adjoiningthe Jewel House and Bloody Tower. No mention is made of the SpanishArmoury in the guide books till the year 1753, from which we may gatherthat it was not shown to the public till that date. At one time it containedthe wooden gun Policy, which has been referred to before, Henry VIIIs Gentlemans Magazine, 1829. - Record Office, 55/1709. Record Office. 55/1722. * Record Office, S. P. Dom., Interreg. Councils of State I, 62 l)nnyn l^ffatmf/^t. £/W> tirWhfti h^/A^i ^a^tmoP^^dc^ ons & Implements of^;:Aj0i^/ee^t €/m^i/m£^m/i/^J^y»-i^-ElNGLISII.^*^7^^y^^7^/^TOWERr^Jir^/Af^i^ (Plate Irom Skinners History of London, 1795. INTRODUCTION—HISTORY AND BUILDINGS. 31 walkine staff (XIV. i), the axe and block, the collar of torture, the SpanishGenerals Banner, a leather covered shield (V. 3) and the Spanish GeneralsShield (V. 53). It was rebuilt in 1827, ^^^ ^^^ decorated with a Sun inSplendour, on which were inscribed the names of Drake, Hawkins,Frobisher and Howard of Effingham. An equestrian figure of QueenElizabeth, with her pages, reviewing the troops at Tilbury was the principalfeature of this Armoury. The authenticity of this group has been discussedon page 8. When the contents of the old Spanish Armoury were moved into thecrypt of the White Tower in 1831 the architectural authorities embellishedthe walls of the crypt with plast
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