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Flashcards by Natasha Keys, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Natasha Keys
over 5 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| who was the explorer that was held in the Tower? in which year(s) was he held there? | Walter Raleigh. 1591 and 1603. |
| who was the archbishop of Canterbury that was held as a prisoner? | Simon Sudbury. |
| Who was the first prisoner of the Tower? | Ranulf Flambard. |
| which wife of Henry VIII was held prisoner and beheaded in the Tower? when did both these things happen? | Anne Boleyn. arrested - 2nd may 1536. beheaded - 19th may 1536. |
| Who was the Tower's first escapee? | Ranulf Flambard. |
| Who attempted to steal the crown jewels in 1671? | Thomas 'Colonel' Blood. |
| who were the last prisoners to be held in the Tower and in which year did this happen? | the Kray twins. (Ronald and Reggie) In 1952. |
| who was Hitler's second in command that was held in the Tower for a few days during the war (1952)? | Randolf Hess. |
| how long have the beefeaters (yeoman warders) been guarding the Tower? | 1485 until present. |
| which hero of war was constable of the Tower for 26 years during the industrial period? | Duke of Wellington. |
| who was the catholic traitor held and tortured in the Tower during the reign of King James I? | Guy Fawkes. |
| what happened to the Princes in the Tower in 1483? | they disappeared, presumed murdered. |
| who was the architect that began to medievalise the Tower in 1850? | Antony Slavin. |
| name the three queens executed in the Tower and in which years? | Anne Boleyn - 1536 Catherine Howard - 1542 Lady Jane Grey - 1554 |
| who imprisoned Elizabeth I and why? | her sister Mary I because Elizabeth was a protestant and Mary was a catholic. |
| Medieval Period =? | 1066 - 1500. |
| Early Modern Period =? | 1500 - 1750. |
| Industrial period =? | 1750 - 1900. |
| Modern =? | 1900 - present. |
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