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Before dismissing the subject of modern Stable Fittings, 

 we would associate the ancient surroundings ; by referring 

 to the unique and highly- educational display of trappings 

 and accoutrements as preserved and shown to the world 

 in the Horse Armoury of the Tower of London. For the 

 inspection of which — '' at his leisure " — the writer is 

 favoured with special privileges, through the considerate 

 courtesy of the Governor of the Tower, Lieutenant-General 

 0. Maitland, C.B., who, in 1880, generously commanded* 

 the Chief Warder (Mr. T. Bunyan), ^'to give the Author 

 />very facility for studying the Tower and its antiquities " — 

 thus coupling the public and the reserved sights ; which 

 order, it is unnecessary to say, we have many times 

 appreciated as a privilege and honour indeed. 



In recording the name of Mr. H. Hughes, who holds the 

 office of " Headsman '^ of the Tower, and is known as the 

 Yeoman — or Gentleman — Gaoler, we think and speak of 

 him as a very dear friend, whom we cannot sufficiently 

 thank for his oft-repeated kindly assistance and information, 

 added to careful and punctual attention to the most minute 

 wishes and requirements during our researches ; the result 

 of which we purpose giving in another volume. 



We would say, in passing, that our friend the " Heads- 

 man's" residence (or "quarters"), is the actual old house 

 in the second storey of which Lady Jane Grey was im- 

 prisoned, and from the window saw the headless body of her 

 husband (Guildford-Dudley) carried across the Court-yard 

 (or Green) the same day as she herself was beheaded. 



It may not be generally known (and the Author can- 

 not find it anywhere recorded in history) that the head of 

 the father of Lady Jane Grey (Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk), 

 after being severed from the body, was exposed for some 

 days upon a spikef, and afterwards secretly preserved in a 

 glass casket, carefully concealed under the pulpit of the 

 Minories Church, near the Tower, where it can be seen to 

 this day. The sensations and emotions one experiences on 

 beholding this, the greatest historical antiquity in existence 

 of its kind, may be better imagined than described. 



But the above is only one of the many vivid illustrations 

 of the past the reader will meet with on a more minute 

 and extended examination and inquiry. 



* As shown in Mr. Bunyan's letter to the Author, August 14, 18S0. 



t In the Author's possession. , 



