7/28/2019 Tower of London Research http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/tower-of-london-research 1/14 Ammek & Elvis The Tower Of London built in 1078 by William the conqueror and was finished by King Edward I after a lot of rebuilding and repairing. The Tower Of London The Tower of London is built near the the River Thames. The Crown Jewels are in the tower of london and are one of the most important things inside. Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard were both executed in The Tower of London Yeoman Warders and guards protect the Tower and they also give tours.They can be found outside and inside the tower. There are 6 ravens.There are rumours that all of them fly away the tower would fall and bad things will happen to the country. In the evening at 9: 53pm there is a ceremony to lock the castle everyday
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In the early 1080, William the conqueror started to build a hugestone wall in the center of London.
Executions:
Lots of the prisoners werebeheaded in the Tower of Londonbut most of them were executed
outside the wall so the publicto see.
The Ravens:
Legend says that if all six of theRavens fly away the Tower willcollapse. They are very
important.
Crown Jewels:
The Crown Jewels is regularly visited by theQueen and is part of the Royal Collection. She
doesn't usually wear a crown except on aspecial occasion such as 'The opening of theParliament'.
Tower Guards:
The guards of the Tower have a job to
guard it. They stand completely stillunless they think someone is going to dosomething bad, they then react to it.People come from all over the world justto see them and take pictures with them.They usually wear a red jacket and a hatmade out of bear hairs.
Yeoman Warders:
The Yeoman Warders are people fromthe Army, the Navy and the Air force. Theare commonly known as 'Beefeaters'. Inorder to be one you have to be in one of these jobs for t least 22 years! When theQueen visits the Tower they have to wear traditional dress' that were worn in theTudor times.
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K a t h e r i n e h o w a r d . Crown jewelsThe Crown Jewels are pricelessthey are kept in the tower of london . They are surrounded bythe queens guards.The crownare covered in expensivediamonds and part of the royalcollection.
● The Crown Jewels are quite modernalthough the tradition of Coronation is very
old.● In 1649 the Crown Jewels were destroyed y
the Parliament as they said the gold shouldbe used on coins and money
● The Crown Jewels were originally made forCharles II coronation but they are now usedfor many different things.
Anne Boleyn
● On the 19th May, Anne Boleyn wasexecuted
● She was arrested because of adulteryand incest
● Anne was granted to have her headchopped off by a expert Frenchswordsman
● She is now buried in the chapel of St. Peter
The Princes of the Tow er
Two sons of King Edward VI were sent to theBloody tower by the Duke of Gloucester. SinceJuly 1483 they were declared illegitimate and theDuke was crowned King Richard III. The two boyswere then left in the Bloody Tower.
We don't know if they were murdered by themain suspect was the Duke.
In later years, Two skeletons were found in theWhite building when it was demolished in 1674.they were later examined and found out theywere the bodies of a 10 and 12 year old
The crown jewelsThe crown jewels had the mostamazing diamonds ever in theworld the queen still uses them.Edwards crown was the mostheaviest crown weighing 2.23kg so 2023gs.
Information about Tower of LondonThe tower of London started when WilliamConqueror in 1078.The Tower of London is 930years old and its still staying up.Outside of theTower of London use to be a moat but now there isa big field