Battlements Gallery

Conway Castle, a Strong and Noble Medieval Fortress, Conway, Wales, c1930s. Creator: Unknown

Conway Castle, a Strong and Noble Medieval Fortress, Conway, Wales, c1930s. 1820s Grade I listed suspension Bridge by Thomas Telford to Conwy Castle built by Edward I from 1283-1289 on the River Conwy in Wales, a UNESCO World Heritage site. From "Tour of the World". [Keystone View Company, Meadville, Pa., New York, Chicago, London]

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London, from the top of Arundel House, c17th century, (1881). Creator: Unknown

London, from the top of Arundel House, c17th century, (1881). View of the River Thames and old St Paul's Cathedral from Arundel House which stood between the Strand and the Thames. St Paul's was burned down during the Great Fire of London in 1666, and Arundel House was demolished in 1678. From Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. Westminster and the Western Suburbs, by Edward Walford, Vol. III. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York, 1881]

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Sir Thomas Wyatt attacking the By-ward Tower, 1554 (1840).Artist: George Cruikshank

Sir Thomas Wyatt attacking the By-ward Tower, 1554 (1840). An exaggerated depiction of fighting at the Tower of London during the rebellion against Queen Mary led by Sir Thomas Wyatt. Wyatt led the rebellion in opposition to Mary's plans to marry Prince Philip (later King Philip II) of Spain. He occupied Rochester on 26 January 1554, but his uprising had little support outside Kent. He marched on London with 4000 men but an anticipated rising amongst loyalist troops failed to materialise and Wyatt's supporters began to desert. After an attempt to force entry into the City at Ludgate failed Wyatt surrendered. He offered no defence when tried for treason, but his execution was delayed because Mary hoped that he would implicate her sister Elizabeth in the plot. Wyatt did not do so, instead clearing her of any involvement from the scaffold. Elizabeth was however placed under house arrest and spied upon for the rest of Mary's reign. A print from The Tower of London a Historical Romance by William Harrison Ainsworth. (London, 1840)

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