Where is traitors gate

The door was designed by medieval architect James James of St George on the orders of King Edward I between and to provide a new door by which King Edward could arrive at the Tower by the Thames. He built rooms for his personal comfort, it was his personal residence. When he was there he always had a boat to go out directly by the river, without having to go through the usual gates.

Over the following centuries, as the Tower of London became increasingly a prison for state enemies accused of treason, it acquired its current name of "Traitors Gate" because of the number of prisoners accused of treason which are passed through. The prisoners were taken by a barge along the Thames, passing under the London Bridge, where the terrible heads of the prisoners recently executed were displayed on pikes.

Queen Anne Boleyn was arrested on charges of treason, adultery and incest in Sir Henry Norris and Queen's brother George Boleyn, Lord Rochford were arrested on charges of adultery with the Queen and taken to the tower of London by barge and also crossed the entrance of the door of the traitors.

Anne's behavior during her time in the Queen's House ranged from resigned calm and hysteria to moments of depression. Sometimes, laughing, began to cry uncontrollably. It was executed on May 19, and was buried in the chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula.

Elizabeth was captured on Palm Sunday and was led by barge to the Tower. The fate of her mother, Anne Boleyn, who had been executed on Tower Green three years before, had to be in her mind as she walked through the door.

The map of the tower of London with the list of the buildings. Copyright - - Any reproduction prohibited without the authorization of the author. This Internet site is a private, unofficial site, resulting from the work of compilation of the works of various authors. In the proceeding centuries, as the Tower of London increasingly came to be used as a prison for enemies of the state accused of treason, it acquired its current name of Traitors Gate due to the the number of prisoners, accused of treason, who have passed through it.

Prisoners were brought by barge along the Thames, passing under London Bridge, where the grisly heads of recently executed prisoners were displayed on pikes. Queen Anne Boleyn was arrested on the charges of treason, adultery and incest in On May 2 , the Queen was taken to the Tower by barge from Greenwich, as she passed through Traitors Gate she was met by William Kingston the Constable of the Tower at the top of the steps leading from Traitors Gate.

Sometimes laughing, the next weeping uncontrollably. Peter ad Vincula. Elizabeth was taken on Palm Sunday , by barge, to the Tower.

The fate of her mother, Anne Boleyn, who had been executed on Tower Green when she was but three years old, must have been paramount in her mind as she passed through Traitors GateElizabeth, in a state of terror, believed that she would never leave the Tower once she had passed through Traitors Gate.

She refused at first to land at the gate, angrily proclaiming that she was no traitor. There was a heavy downpour of rain. Elizabeth had no choice but to be lead into the Tower. She passed under the arch of the Bloody Tower where she may have seen, across the inner ward, the scaffold on Tower Green leftover from the execution of her cousin, Lady Jane Grey, who was also implicated in Wyatt's Rebellion.

At the age of 21, Princess Elizabeth was imprisoned in the Bell Tower.