The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-29
Interesting Discoveries IL the
Tower Of London

AZ the present momert t8e Oiicc of
Works - engaged If Clearing out ard
restoring the chapel witAia tie pr
cinc's Of the Tower Of L5uboa. kn0uu
rs -. Peter. Gd riaca}a T. a., A.re
that the state prisoners wh0 de III the
Tower or were beheaded pn H.. al
Joining bill. were generally ia.errsd:
but according TO the custom. ~ piai4
deal collins. often wi'h quick !is3c u de
stroy them more rapidly. and a.aays
without plates by which their dies
NIGH. be 81 ubsequen,ly Identified
LackI!y at this tiue, the secretary 10
the Otiice Of Works, a gentleman who,
by his writ,ngs ss we'll as by such por-
tions OF his collections ns have pissed
into the Possession of the South Ken
sington Nu scum. shows himself 10 be
both student aud Al artist. aud il il
owing To his revereEt care that IN clear
ing out the vaults of the Tower coa,-.
the dead have given up some of their
seCr~ts. The Tower records have De n
carefully searched. aud the Information
has been applied to each coffin as it was
brought TO light
FIRST among TEN wa oAc lying far
down the nave containing bones which.
according 10 the opinion O; he surgeon,
were those of a Woman Of o. or - years
o! age. The records show that in some
such spot was inferred .he body of Mar
garet Polo, Countess of Salisbury.
whom Henry Viii caused TO be be head
Ell In l5i1. Near the altar. in A COM
moE elm tree chest made IL y,tit arrows
IN, were the remains Of another VIC
man. young and de!ica'ely made, aid
whose "lyttel ncckc" would give the
beadsman So little ir r.uble to sever.
These are almost certainly those If An
ne Boleyn.
Not far off the digger, came upon the
remains OF what must have. been A man
OF more than ordinary stature: and GA
comparing contemporary chronicles
with the official records, these were
Identified as the remains ot Dudley.
Duke of Northumbt riand. OF his
daughter. the unhappy Lady Jane
Grey, no trace has H. yet ever bren dis
covered. and 1t is feared ,hat IN her
case, AS probably Iii ;ha, OF mauy others,
the tatef corners have lI>tHTbct the
resting places Of the original occu-
pants. aud as IN no cas-, WAS there. even
the pretenCe of honor or respect shown
To the remains of state criminals, 1t is
not improbable tha, Lady Jane Grey
and her coffin may have long since been
ground TO powder.
Among the other persons buried in
the chapel may he mentioned Ssr John
Eliot. the Duke of Monmouth. Robert
Devereux. Earl of Essex. and Lords
Balmerino, Kilmsrnock and Lovat. i.n-
plicated i'll the Scottish rebellion Of
i;i5. 1t is gratifying too. t" learn that
there is some hope that this admirable
specimen of early English architecture.
dating at least as far back as Edward
ii. is likely to be restored in something.
like sympathetic spirit NJ historl
cal monument of real interes, has in
the course of ages sutfer.i uory from SO
many incompetent ''restorors.' a. they
are euphemistically termed, than ~.
Peters al rincula, and We ato glad tn
think the Office of Works j. alive TO a
sense OF ITS responsibility when dc,ling
with 50 interesting a landmark in Eng
lish history .-Loadoa Dajiy Nucs.