London,) was sent back to Newgate, and upon the 27th of the said Month was sent from thence to the Tower.

In the Year 1655, on the 16th of January, Collonel Overton was committed to the Tower.

And in the same Year, on the 18th of May, three Sergeants at Law, viz. Maynard, Twisden, and Windham, were committed to the Tower. And on the 9th of June the same Year, the Lord Willoughby of Parham was committed to the Tower.

In the Year 1656, Nov. the 1st the Silver was taken; the Spanish Galeon brought into the Tower; and the Marquiss of Baden and his Brother imprisoned in the Tower. And in the same Year, February the 9th, Miles Sundercomb was brought to his Tryal in Westminster Hall, and the Sentence of Death passed against him for Treason; and on the 13th he was found dead, being said to have poysoned himself. But notwithstanding that, the 17th he was drawn at the Horses Tail to Tower Hill, where (under the Scaffold) a Hole being digged, he was turned in naked, and a Stake driven through him.

In the Year 1657, July the 24th, Coll. Edward Saxby was committed to the Tower; and on the 17th of August following, Mr. Ashley, and Mr. Alanson, were committed to the same Place.

And in the same Year, on January the 13th, Collonel Saxby dyed in the Tower.

In the Month of April 1658, Dr. Hewet was committed to the Tower. And on the 1st of June following, he and Mr. Mordant were brought to their Tryals before a High Court of Justice. Mr. Mordant was acquitted, but Sir Henry Slingsby, and Dr. Hewet received Sentence of Death; and on the 8th of June following were both beheaded on Tower Hill.

In the Year 1658, August the 24th, the Duke of Buckingham was committed to the Tower.

In the Year 1659, June the 29th, the Lady Mary Howard was committed to the Tower; and at the same time many other Persons of Note were seized, and secured in several Prisons.

In the same Year, on January the 7th, - Morley was made Lieutenant of the Tower; and on the 25th of the same Month, Sir Robert Pye, and Major Fincher, were thither committed; and on the 21st of February following were discharged. Also on the 15th of March the same Year, Bishop Wren, after 18 Years Imprisonment in the Tower, was enlarged.

In the Year 1660, on January the 9th, Lambert submitted to the Parliament, but was committed to the Tower; from whence upon the 9th of April following he escaped; and upon the 21st he was proclaimed Traitor; upon the 22d he was taken by Collonel Ingoldsby near Daventry; and on the 24th was brought to London, and again committed to the Tower.

In the Year 1660, June the 25th, Sir John Robinson, Knt. and Baronet, was made Lieutenant of the Tower by K. Charles IId, soon after his Majesties happy Restauration. On the 16th of September following Robert Overton was committed to the Tower for Treason.

On the 22d, Mr. John (some time Sir John) Lentall was committed to the Tower. On the 23th of March, Zachary Crofton, Presbyterian Minister, was committed to the Tower, for Matters of High Treason.

In the Year 1661, on Monday the 21st of April, his Majesty King Charles II. made his Cavalcade from the Tower to Westminster, in such a glorious and splendid manner, that it seemed to outvie whatsoever had been seen before of Gallantry and Riches. In preparation to which Days Solemnity, 4 stately and magnificent Triumphant Arches were Erected by the City (according as their Charter obliged them unto, upon such an Occasion) for his Majesty to pass through the City to his Coronation.

The First of them was Erected in Leaden-hallstreet, made after the Dorick Order, representing his Majesty's happy Arrival in England.

The Second was a Naval Representation, and was Erected in Cornhill, near the Royal Exchange.

The Third, consisting of the Corinthian and Composite Orders, being the Representation of Concord, was Erected in Cheapside, near to Woodstreet End.

The Fourth, consisting of the Dorick and Ionick Order, and was the Representation of Plenty; this was Erected in Fleetstreet near to White Fryars.

The whole manner of the Proceedings in this Cavalcade would be too large to be here inserted; but shall refer the Reader to a Volume of that Subject, published by John Ogilby with Sculptures.

In the Year 1661, July the 1st, the Lord Mounson, Sir Henry Mildmay, and Mr. Robert Wallop (three of the King's Judges in the pretended High Court of Justice) were brought to that Bar in the Parliament House, and there sentenced to be drawn upon Sledges, with Ropes about their Necks, from the Tower to Tyburn, and back again to the Tower, which was accordingly executed on the 27th of January following.

Upon the 16th of March, the same Year, Miles Corbet, John Okey, and John Baxter or Baxsted (three other of the King's Judges, who fled) were taken at Delft, by Sir George Downing, and brought Prisoners to the Tower; and on the 16th of April following they received Sentence of Death, justly due unto them; and on the 19th of the said Month they were all three drawn upon Sledges from the Tower to Tyburn, and there Hanged and Quartered, and their Heads and Quarters set up as customary for Traitors.

In the Year 1662, Sir Henry Vane was Indicted, and found guilty of High Treason; and Collonel Lambert the like on the 9th of June; and on the 11th both received their Sentence of Death; but Lambert's Execution was respited by order from his Majesty, because of his prudent, and civil Deportment at his Tryal; but on the 14th Sir Henry Vane was beheaded on Tower Hill.

On the 16th of January, 1662, Mr. Edward Bagshaw, a Minister, was committed to the Tower, for Treasonable Designs and Practices. Upon the 18th Philip Gibbs was removed from Newgate to the Tower. And upon the 26th, Archibald Johnston was committed to the Tower for Crimes of High Treason; and on the 22d of July following, was Executed at Edinburgh in Scotland, upon a Gibbet 22 Foot high.

In the Year 1663, Abraham Goodman was committed to the Tower, for attempting to murther the Duke of Buckingham.

In the Year 1665, on the 30th of October, Sir Thomas Bludworth was sworn Lord Maior of London, at the outmost Gate of the Bulwark by Sir John Robinson, Lieutenant of the Tower, by vertue of his Majesty's Commission for the Purpose to him directed.]

The rest of the Executions on Tower Hill, of such as were detained Prisoners in the Tower, it would be too long to insert, and may easily be searched for in our Chronicles by such as are desirous to know them. Therefore we shall step back to the Year 1590, when Sir Michael Blount first became Lieutenant of the Tower. Commissioners were then, in the Month of June, appointed to take a careful View of the State of that Place, as it was at that time; as likewise of the Prisoners at that time there, the Queen being in great Apprehension that Year of another Invasion from Spain, that threatned as much, or more than that