William Seymour Duke of Somerset
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This is an attempt to list all the people known to have escaped from the “impregnable” Tower of London. It may be that other names need to be added. The dates given are the dates of escape: Ralph de Flambard, 1101 Roger Mortimer, later Earl of March, 1322. Thomas Berkeley, 1320s. Note not listed in main…
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Bloody tales of the Tower….
“Tudors”, Anne Boleyn, Arbella Stuart, Barnet, Bloody Tales of the Tower, Calais, Catherine Howard, Channel Five, Coronation, Edward V, Edward VIII, Elizabeth I, espionage, executions, Father John Gerard, Guido Fawkes, Gunpowder Plot, Henry VIII, Jack Ketch, James of Monmouth, James VI/I, James VII/II, Jane, Joe Crowley, Josef Jacobs, Lucy Worsley, Mark Smeaton, Mary I, Peasants’ Revolt, Richard II, Robert Catesby, Simon of Sudbury, Suzannah Lipscomb, Tower Green, William Seymour Duke of SomersetI have only just found the series Bloody Tales of the Tower, previously on National Geographic and now on Channel 5 (http://www.channel5.com/show/bloody-tales-of-the-tower and http://www.natgeotv.com/za/bloody-tales-of-the-tower), and have to say that I enjoyed it very much. The presenters, Suzannah Lipscomb and Joe Crowley, are at ease in their roles and with each other, and do not adopt…
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