Litchfield enquirer., 1855-10-04

teenth century, the person who had the chief supervision 1.-the ordinances office was styled ...he Master of the King 's ordnance." The <. Horse Armoury" oonsti,uses . very ss- ,ractive feature of the l. exhihition' such it is. This structure is l50 feet in length aud S4 feel. .ia breadth. Thro0gh the entire centre ars raaged in order large number of equestrian figures. of the size of life or larger, clothed in the costume and armour that were in use at diffssent eras, and each representing some monarch on other military chieftain of antiquity. Some of these figures ara encased in the very ar nnour that was worn hy the individuals them- selves when in battle. The first efiigy on entering the armory is that of Edward I. (ia7a.) who is covered by an entire suit of cAoia-maii. He is represented in the act of drawing his sword with his right hand, while in his left he bears shield. This species of armour was in use in the days of Bruce and Wallace, and was worn by tho crusaders ot that era. It subsequently gave place to piate-armosr, which, by means of pivots and joints, was made flexible. Here also is Edward ". equipped for tourna- mant; Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Q560,) in tiitiag sui. worn by the Earl, bearing his initials and the family badge of the D.dleys; Guy, Earl of Warwick, Francis Hastings, Earl of Huntingdon Edward Clinton, Earl of Lincoln: Robert Devereux. Earl of Essex; Sir Henry Lee, Master ofthe Ar,nories to the Queen. l57O); Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel; Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Stafford, tl640) and others, each armed and equipped with a strict regard to historical accuracy. Sus- pended around the hal or arranged in cases, are great variety of implements and tro. phies of al ages and nations, consisting of spears. pikes, lances, cross-hows, arrows, sashes. helmets, swords, saddles, brides, war-clabs, cannon, moriars, bomb-shells, Indian tomahawks. eic. The cloak upon which General Wolfe was laid when mor- tally wounded at Quebec, September l2, i75S, and upon which he died, is enclosed in a glass case in this room.
 In Queen Elizabe,h's aimoury we were shown the axe with which the Earl of Els. sex and Lady Jane Gley were beh-adcd and the block used at the decapita,ion of Lords Balmrr;ao, Kiimarnock and I.ovat in l746. Here also were various ins,ru. ments Of torture used in the time of the ia. quisiiion eii2ies, coats of mail, weapons and trophies without number.
 Beaaellamp Tower" issupposed to have derived it's name from Thomas de Beau. champ, Eah Of Warwick. who wss impri. soned ht:e ia 1897. The principal upper room was long used as prison, and still hears many names and inscriptions which were radeiy carved by it's unhappy inmates. Among them 1 saw The autographs of Phi- lip Howard, Earl oi Arundel, oldest son of the Duke of Norfolk, who was beheaJed in i573. for aspiring to the hand of Mary, Queen of Scots Eg Egremond RsdcIy y yde, 1876, only son of the Earl of Essex; Thomas Fitzgerald. son of the Earl of Kildare, who was hung at Tyban in i533; ]" William 1yrrell, i54l ; since fortune hath chosen that my hope should go to the wind to complain. wish the time were destroyed my planet being ever sad and uapsopi.ious." ]" The more suffering with Christ ia this world, the more glory with Christ in the mex, world." John Dudley, Earl of War; wick, has in one place carved design thirteen inches square, representing lion and bear graspiag the ragged staff, the fa- mily badge, with an inscription as followst
 a You that these Besss do well behold and see. My deem w'th sass wherefore made here Win borders eke wherein
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 The i. four brothers" referrej 10 wsfs Ambrose, Robert. Cuilford and Henry Dud- Icy. who were all imprisoned in the Tower, with their father, in July i5s3, for atiempt- ing to make Lady Jane Grey, Queen. The word !. IANE." near the nofth-wsstsrn rs. cess. is supposed by BrsyIey, the historian. to have been carved there by Lord GMilfofd Dudley, the husband of Lady Jane Grey.
 h another department, ! visited the room where Sir Walter Raleigh was imprisoned for twelve years. and where hs wrote his :" History of the World" His lodging room is simply a hoe in the wall. scarcely high enough fo permit person to siand erect. and without window. Ia the open court, our gaisle showed us tiss presise spot where Anne BoIeyn was beheaded by order of her brutal husband Henry VIII. In ihs Record
 Tower are still psesarved . collection of grants and official rolls extending from ihs reign of Edward the Confsssor to ehs be- giaaisgof she i3,hcentury. and many other documents of more modern dates Previous 10 Charles the tower wss oiisn . royal