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| 1078 | William I the Conqueror |  |
| Tower of London Begins construction of the Tower of London starting with the white Tower |
| 1091 | William II Rufus | |
| Tower of London The White Tower of the Tower of London is completed |
| 1100 | Flambard, Ralph de | |
| 15th Aug Tower of London Arrested by Henry I for extortion, the Tower's 1st recorded prisoner |
| 1101 | Flambard, Ralph de | |
| 2nd Feb Tower of London Escapes from the Tower of London |
| 1130 | Mandeville | |
| Tower of London Appointed Constable of the Tower of London |
| 1141 | Mandeville | |
| June Tower of London Londoners besiege Matilda's ally Geoffrey de Mandeville |
| June Tower of London Matilda is driven out of London due to her arrogance |
| 1141 | Matilda | |
| June Tower of London Londoners besiege Matilda's ally Geoffrey de Mandeville |
| June Tower of London Matilda is driven out of London due to her arrogance |
| 1141 | Stephen | |
| Tower of London Takes refuge in the Tower of London |
| 1161 | Becket, Thomas a | |
| Tower of London Appointed Constable of the Tower of London |
| 1196 | Fitzosbert, William | |
| Tower of London Arrested for protesting against the taxation levied for the rescue of Richard I |
| 1199 | Courcy, John de | |
| Tower of London Arrested during the Irish rebellion |
| 1215 | John | |
| 17th May Tower of London The Tower of London is held by the royalists |
| 1215 | Langton, Stephen | |
| Tower of London Helps capture the Tower of London to secure King John's agreement to the Magna Carter |
| 1226 | Herlisun, John | |
| Tower of London Arrested for the murder of Lambert Leglis |
| 1232 | Burgh, Hubert de | |
| Tower of London Imprisoned by Henry III, charged with treason & stripped of his offices |
| 1235 | Henry III | |
| Tower of London Frederick II sends Henry III 3 leopards, kept in the Tower of London |
| 1261 | Henry III | |
| Tower of London Retreats to the Tower of London |
| 1263 | Henry III | |
| Tower of London Forced to seek refuge in the Tower of London |
| 1264 | Despenser, Hugh | |
| 25th Jan Tower of London Londoners join Despenser who hold the Tower & burn the manor of the King of the Romans |
| 1267 | Clare, Gilbert de | |
| Tower of London Lays siege to the Tower of London |
| 1289 | Hengham, Ralph de | |
| Tower of London Arrested for corruption |
| 1289 | Lithbury, Robert de | |
| Tower of London Arrested for criminal partiality in high office |
| 1305 | Bosgo, Thomas de | |
| Tower of London Arrested for arrempting to steal the crown jewels |
| 1306 | Boys, Thomas Le | |
| 7th Sep Tower of London Beheaded for supporting the Scots |
| 7th Sep Tower of London Death of Thomas Le Boys, executed |
| 1322 | Edward II | |
| Jan Tower of London Leads an army & captures Roger Mortimer & keeps him in the Tower |
| 1322 | Mortimer, Roger | |
| Jan Tower of London Arrested by an army led by Edward II |
| 1323 | Mortimer, Roger | |
| Tower of London Escapes from the Tower of London |
| 1327 | Edward III | |
| Tower of London Held at the Tower of London by Roger de Mortimer |
| 1327 | Mortimer, Roger | |
| Tower of London Keeps Edward III as a prisoner after the murder of Edward II |
| 1330 | Mortimer, Roger | |
| Oct Tower of London Held in the Tower of London |
| 1346 | Edward III | |
| 17th Oct Tower of London Imprisoned in the Tower & ransomed for œ100,00 |
| 1381 | Richard II | |
| 13th June Tower of London Arranges to meet the crowd the next day |
| 13th June Tower of London Takes refuge in the Tower & addresses the crowd in the Green |
| 13th June Tower of London The Peasant's revolt reaches the Tower of London |
| 14th June Tower of London Peasants break into the Tower of London & execute, among others, Simon Sudbury |
| 1381 | Simon of Sudbury | |
| June Tower of London Takes refuge in the Tower of London |
| 1381 | Tyler, Wat | |
| 13th June Tower of London Rebels attack John of Gaunt's palace at the Savoy |
| 13th June Tower of London Richard II seeks refuge in the Tower |
| 1397 | Beauchamp, Thomas de | |
| Tower of London Arrested by Richard II & imprisoned in revenge for his action as a Lord Appellant |
| Tower of London Tried by Richard II, confesses to treachery |
| 1399 | Henry IV | |
| 29th Sep Tower of London Richard II abidicates, Henry IV becomes the 1st Lancastrian monarch |
| 1399 | Richard II | |
| 19th Aug Tower of London Surrenders to Henry Bolingbroke at Flint Castle & is then imprisoned in the Tower |
| 29th Sep Tower of London Abdicates under pressure from the nobles in the Tower of London |
| 29th Sep Tower of London Forced to abdicate by the Earl of Hereford, son of John of Gaunt, who claims the crown |
| 1413 | Henry V | |
| 21st Mar Tower of London Sends James I to the Tower of London |
| 1450 | Pole | |
| 7th Feb Tower of London Arrested & taken to the Tower of London |
| 1450 | Pole, William | |
| 7th Feb Tower of London Arrested & taken to the Tower of London |
| 1453 | Beaufort, Henry | |
| Tower of London Henry V becomes insane & without his protector Somers et is locked up |
| 1454 | Beaufort, Henry | |
| Tower of London Released from the Tower after Henry VI regains his sanity |
| 1455 | Beaufort, Henry | |
| Tower of London Released from the Tower of London by Henry VI |
| 1459 | Harrow, John | |
| July Tower of London Begins pounding the walls of the Tower of London |
| 1459 | Montacute | |
| 3rd July Tower of London Begins to help organixe the details for the siege of the Tower of London |
| 1459 | Wenlock, John | |
| July Tower of London Begins pounding the walls of the Tower of London |
| 3rd July Tower of London Begins to help organixe the details for the siege of the Tower of London |
| 1460 | Henry VI | |
| July Tower of London Warwick besieges London & forces the Lancastrians to retreat to the Tower of London |
| 1460 | Neville Kingmaker, Richard | |
| 3rd July Tower of London Organizes a siege of the Tower of London with the Mayor of the City |
| 1465 | Henry VI | |
| Tower of London Imprisoned in the Tower, Louis XI of France comes to his aid, siding against Edward IV |
| 1471 | Edward IV | |
| Tower of London Henry VI dies in the Tower & Edward reclaims the throne |
| 21st May Tower of London Death of Henry VI, assassinated, Edward reclaims the throne |
| 1471 | Henry VI | |
| Tower of London Imprisoned for a 2nd time in the Tower of London, in the Wakefield Tower |
| 1478 | George of Clarence | |
| 14th Feb Tower of London Death of George of Clarence |
| 14th Feb Tower of London Executed for treason |
| 1483 | Edward V | |
| Tower of London The " Princes in the Tower" are killed by Richard III |
| 1483 | Richard III | |
| Tower of London The " Princes in the Tower" are killed by Richard III |
| 13th June Tower of London Has Morton arrested for treason during a meeting of the Council at the Tower |
| 13th June Tower of London Has Stanley arrested for treason during a meeting of the Council at the Tower |
| 16th June Tower of London Has Edward V's brother Richard Duke of York moved from the sanctuary of Westminster |
| 1483 | Woodville, Elizabeth | |
| Tower of London Death of Richard Duke of York, assasinated, 1 of the 2 "Princes of the Tower" |
| Tower of London Edward V is assasinated by Richard III, 1 of the 2 "Princes of the Tower" |
| Tower of London Richard is assasinated by Richard III, 1 of the 2 "Princes of the Tower" |
| Tower of London The " Princes in the Tower" are killed by Richard III |
| 1485 | Edward of Clarence | |
| Tower of London Kept in the Tower, the last Plantagenet & a threat to Henry VII |
| 1485 | Henry VII | |
| 23rd Aug Tower of London Has the Yorkist heir Edward Earl of Warwick put in the Tower of London |
| 1485 | Howard, Thomas | |
| Tower of London Arrested by Henry VII |
| 20th Aug Tower of London Arrested at Bosworth & kept at the Tower for 3 years by Henry VII |
| 1488 | Howard, Thomas | |
| Tower of London Released from the Tower having obtained a reversal of his & his father's attainder |
| 1497 | Touchet, James | |
| 28th June Tower of London Executed for leading e rebellion in Cornwall |
| 1497 | Warbeck, Perkin | |
| Sep Tower of London Arrested & taken to the Tower after the siege of Exeter |
| 1498 | Warbeck, Perkin | |
| Tower of London Escapes briefly from the Tower of London |
| 15th July Tower of London Pretends to be Edward Earl of Warwick & is arrested |
| 1499 | Edward of Clarence | |
| Tower of London Executed for allegedly conspring with Perkin Warbeck as a 2nd pretender to the throne |
| 1499 | Warbeck, Perkin | |
| 23rd Nov Tower of London The pretender to the throne is hanged in the Tower of London |
| 1499 | Wulfard | |
| Tower of London Death of Ralph Wulfard, executed for treason |
| Tower of London Pretender to the throne, son of Edward IV's brother the Duke of Clarence |
| 1509 | Dudley, Edmund | |
| Tower of London Imprisoned in the Tower of London |
| 25th April Tower of London Empson & Dudley are scapegoats for the extortion of Henry VII's ministers |
| 1509 | Henry VIII | |
| 24th April Tower of London Rides to the Tower with an escort led John de Vere with fears of unrest |
| 25th April Tower of London Empson & Dudley are scapegoats for the extortion of Henry VII's ministers |
| 1510 | Henry VIII | |
| Tower of London Executed for "constructive treason" & preventing the King from removing him from power |
| Tower of London Really executed as a scapegoat for financial irreguarities |
| 1513 | Henry VIII | |
| 4th May Tower of London Edmund de le Pole, supported by France as the "White Rose" pretender |
| 4th May Tower of London Has Edmund de le Pole executed for acting as a mercenary in the French Army |
| 1533 | Henry VIII | |
| Tower of London Mark Smeaton is arrested for adultery with Anne Boleyn |
| Tower of London Thomas Wyatt is arrested for adultery with Anne Boleyn |
| 23rd Nov Tower of London Elizabet Barton, the "Holy Maid of Kent", is arrested for treason |
| 1534 | Barton, Elizabeth | |
| 20th April Tower of London Death of Elizabeth Barton, executed |
| 20th April Tower of London Elizabeth Barton is hanged at Tyburn for heresy |
| 1534 | Bocking, Edward | |
| 20th April Tower of London Edward Bocking is hanged at Tyburn for heresy |
| 1534 | Fisher, John | |
| 21st April Tower of London Like Thomas More, Fisher takes the line that since the statute condemns only those speaking maliciously against the King's new title, there is safety in silence |
| 21st April Tower of London Sent to the Tower for refusing to take the oath of succession |
| 2nd May Tower of London Falls into a trap laid for him by Richard Rich, who perjures himself to obtain Thomas More's conviction, Rich tells Fisher that for his own conscience's sake the King wished to know, in strict secrecy, Fisher's real opinion |
| 2nd May Tower of London Fisher was taken in by Richard Rich and says that he is convinced "that the King was not, nor could be, by the Law of God, Supreme Head in earth of the Church of England" |
| 2nd June Tower of London The See of Roches ter is declared vacant |
| 17th June Tower of London Put on trial in Westminster Hall before a court of seventeen, including Thomas Cromwell, Anne Boleyn's father, and ten justices, the only testimony is that of Richard Rich, Fisher is condemned to death |
| 1534 | Henry VIII | |
| 17th April Tower of London Sir Thomas More is arrested for refusing to take the oath of succession |
| 20th April Tower of London Elizabeth Barton is hanged at Tyburn for heresy, the "Nun of Kent" |
| 21st April Tower of London John Fisher is arrested for refusing to take the oath of succession |
| 1534 | More, Thomas | |
| Tower of London Refuses to swear to Henry VIII's oath of succession |
| 17th April Tower of London Imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he writes his devotional Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation |
| 1534 | Wilson, Nicholas | |
| Tower of London Refuses to swear to Henry VIII's oath of succession |
| 1535 | Fisher, John | |
| 17th June Tower of London Found guilty of treason & sentenced to death |
| 22nd June Tower of London Death of John Fisher, executed |
| 1535 | Henry VIII | |
| 22nd June Tower of London John Fisher, Bishop of Roches ter, is executed |
| 6th July Tower of London Sir Thomas More is executed |
| 1536 | Boleyn, Anne | |
| 2nd May Tower of London Arrested at the May day jousts in Greenwich & taken to the Tower of London |
| 5th May Tower of London Richard Page is arrested for infidelities with Anne Boleyn |
| 5th May Tower of London Thomas Wyatt is arrested for infidelities with Anne Boleyn |
| 19th May Tower of London Buried in the Chapel of St Peter-ad-Vincula in the Tower, where she remains |
| 1536 | Boleyn, George | |
| 4th May Tower of London George Boleyn is arrested for high treason |
| 1536 | Brereton, William | |
| 4th May Tower of London William Brereton is arrested for high treason |
| 1536 | Henry VIII | |
| Tower of London Found guilty of adultery with Anne Boleyn & condemned to die by beheading |
| Tower of London Lord George Rochford is arrested for adultery with Anne Boleyn, Anne's brother |
| 30th April Tower of London Mark Smeaton is arested for having an affair with Anne Boleyn |
| 1st May Tower of London Henry Norris is arrested for having an affair with Anne Boleyn |
| 2nd May Tower of London Anne Boleyn is imprisoned in the Tower of London |
| 2nd May Tower of London George Boleyn is arrested for high treason |
| 4th May Tower of London Francis Weston is arrested for high treason |
| 4th May Tower of London William Brereton is arrested for high treason |
| 5th May Tower of London Richard Page is arrested for infidelities with Anne Boleyn |
| 5th May Tower of London Thomas Wyatt is arrested for high treason |
| 1536 | Norris, Henry | |
| 1st May Tower of London Henry Norris s is arrested for having an affair with Anne Boleyn |
| 1536 | Page, Richard | |
| 5th May Tower of London Arrested for infidelities with Anne Boleyn |
| 1536 | Smeaton, Mark | |
| 30th April Tower of London Mark Smeaton is arested for having an affair with Anne Boleyn |
| 1536 | Weston, Francis | |
| 4th May Tower of London Francis Weston is arrested for high treason |
| 1536 | Wyatt, Thomas | |
| 5th May Tower of London Arrested for infidelities with Anne Boleyn |
| 1540 | Cromwell, Thomas | |
| 10th June Tower of London Henry VIII has Cromwell arrested for his part played in the marriage to Anne of Cleves |
| 1540 | Henry VIII | |
| 10th June Tower of London Henry VIII has Cromwell arrested for his part played in the marriage to Anne of Cleves |
| 28th July Tower of London Largely for organizing the King's Marriage to Anne of Cleves |
| 1541 | Culpeper, Thomas | |
| 10th Dec Tower of London Death of Thomas Culpeper, executed for treason |
| 1541 | Culpepper, Thomas | |
| 10th Dec Tower of London Executed after Catherine Howard confesses unchastity with |
