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Introduction: Great Seals of England

The sketches of details from the Great Seals have generally been taken from the Seals themselves, and have been checked by reference to the admirable book on the Great Seals of England by Alfred B. Wyon, completed by Allan Wyon, London, 1887.

The drawings from the coins are in many cases from the coins themselves, but in this work much assistance has been received from Rogers Ruding's Annals of the Coinage of Britain, etc. London, 1819.

GEORGE YOUNGHUSBAND, CYRIL DAVENPORT.

TOWER OF LONDON, PREFACE • • • CHAPTER CONTENTS I. THE CORONATION II. THE REGALIA III. THE ROYAL CROWNS • IV. THE ROYAL SCEPTRES V. THE ROYAL ORBS • VI. THE LESSER REGALIA VII. THE KING'S PLATE • • • .

VIII. THE GREATER GEMS IN THE JEWEL HOUSE IX. THE THRONE OF ENGLAND X. THE REGAL VESTMENTS • • PAGE vii 1 • 5 .. 12 • • 25 31 • 34 41 53 59 64 • • APPENDICES A. LIST OF THE CROWN JEWELS AND PLATE IN THE JEWEL HOUSE, TOWER • B. THE CORONATION SERVICE (SUCH PORTIONS AS ARE CONCERNED WITH OF LONDON, A.D. 1919 THE REGALIA) C. KEEPERS OF THE REGALIA INDEX 73 74 • LIST OF PLATES HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE V..

Frontispiece PLATE FACING PAGE I. ST. EDWARD'S CROWN 2 .