. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . indicationof the site of the Armouries. ^We may, therefore, gather thatthey were by this time situated inthe White Tower. In the year1623 James I ordered a survey ofthe Tower to be made by SirRichard Moryson and Sir JohnKaynes, Surveyors of the Ord-nance, together with Sir AllenApsley, Lieutenant of the Tower,but no specific reference is madehere to the Armouries. In thesame volume of manuscripts,however, we find a document,compiled by William Franklyns,sometime Yeoman Warder, anddated March 16, 1641, whichgives the names of all
. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . indicationof the site of the Armouries. ^We may, therefore, gather thatthey were by this time situated inthe White Tower. In the year1623 James I ordered a survey ofthe Tower to be made by SirRichard Moryson and Sir JohnKaynes, Surveyors of the Ord-nance, together with Sir AllenApsley, Lieutenant of the Tower,but no specific reference is madehere to the Armouries. In thesame volume of manuscripts,however, we find a document,compiled by William Franklyns,sometime Yeoman Warder, anddated March 16, 1641, whichgives the names of all the towersand prison lodgings which go tomake up the Tower of these is the followingentry : Brick Tower.—By theArmory, the Mr. of the Ordnancelodging. There is no plan ofthe Tower of this date, and thenearest is that drawn by JohnOgilby in 1673, in which theBrick Tower is shown as beingincorporated in the Magazines u • iT ^ .. i_ J 1 1 1 MILL AT THE TRAITORS GATE. which stretched along the north inn,^.son?^utropolis.^m>.. Brit. Mus. Harl. MS., 1326. The Brick Tower was handed back to the Armouries for a store and workshop in June, 1914. 20 THE ARMOURIES OF THE TOWER OF LONDON. wall. It is probable, therefore, that the Armouries were located, in partat any rate, in these buildings. After this date there are no topographical records of interest in thisdirection till we come to the year 1708, when John Nicholson publishedhis New View oj London. As the matter contained in this and in otherguide books of a later date is somewhat confusing, and in some respectsmisleading, the Armouries will be considered under the headings of thedifferent buildings in which they were stored from time to time. Thesketch map on page 15 shows clearly the various removals which havetaken place, extracted from maps and plans in the possession of Officeof Works from the year 1717 onwards. It will be noticed that among the extracts from the State Papers givenon page
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