1554. Under a bear and a lion
supporting a ragged staff is the name "JOHN DVDLE," and surrounding
them is a wreath of roses (for Ambrose), oak leaves (for Robert,
_robur_, an oak), gillyflowers (for Guildford), and honeysuckle
(for Henry). Below are four lines, one of them incomplete, alluding
to the device and its meaning. It is on record that the Lieutenant
of the Tower was allowed 6_s._ 8_d._ a day each for the diet of these
captive brothers.

33. This is one of several inscriptions relating to the Poole or Pole
family (see also Nos. 45, 47, 52, 56, 57). They were the sons of the
Countess of Salisbury, by Sir Richard Pole, K.G. No. 45 contains the
name of "GEFFRYE POOLE 1562." He was the second son and gave evidence
against his elder brother, Lord Montagu, who was beheaded in 1539.

48. "IANE." This interesting inscription, repeated also in the window
(85), has always been supposed to refer to the Lady Jane Grey, daughter
of the Duke of Suffolk, and wife of Guildford Dudley, fourth son of the
Duke of Northumberland. A second repetition in another part of the room
was unfortunately obliterated in the last century when a new window
was made to fit this chamber for a mess-room. It is sometimes, but
erroneously, supposed that the name was carved by this Queen of ten
days herself, but it is improbable that she was ever imprisoned in the
Beauchamp Tower. She is known to have lived in the house of Partridge,
the Gaoler. It is much more probable that the two inscriptions were
placed on the wall either by Lord Guildford Dudley, her husband, or
by his brother, whose large device has been described above.

66. In the window is the rebus, or monogram, of Thomas Abel: upon
a bell is the letter A. This was Dr. Abel, a faithful servant to Queen
Katharine of Arragon, first wife of King Henry VIII. He acted as her
chaplain during the progress of the divorce, and by his determined
advocacy offended the King. For denying the supremacy he was condemned
and executed in 1540.

The visitor who has time to spare will find many other records of this
kind in the Beauchamp Tower, the oldest of all being the name of "Thomas
Talbot 1462" (89), supposed to have been concerned in the Wars of the
Roses. Emerging again upon Tower Green we see on the right the

_Lieutenant's Lodgings_ (Pl. VI),

now called the King's House. The Hall door, where a sentry stands, is
the same through which Lord Nithisdale escaped in female dress, the
night bef