another fine view of the Tower
of London. So as part of our difficulty reading it. This is
one of the most impressive execution sites tour. This is
Tara Hill. And this is Sinead defense against this interface
on this side. The wall was by the Romans around 200 AD.
It's it's purpose may have been high. So there you have it
ladies and gentlemen and battlement so Roman Wall will
have been about 6. 4 meters 2000 year old city of London
that surrounded it. And just a reinforced by substantial earth
rampart. Outside was a wide was found in excavation. It's
probably contained a staircase ditch in the far right corner
evidence of an internal turret part of this characteristic
tile bonding purses was built to thank you personally. It
really does make a big as much to control the passage
of goods and people as for giving access to the entry
century wall. Complete with its are greatly appreciated. I see
some regular names all the gems and thank you so much for
all your fabulous comments as little bit of history about it
over here. The London Wall and time. There's Steve and Tina
and Maria and Mike. Uh too many well. And here is a statue
believed to be the Roman I'll read this out because I
know some of you have surviving sections of London's
former city wall. The lower the Church of the Old Hallows
by the Tower. So, to get here, history, we do do a tour of the
city of London. Be sure and surrounding the city and again,
if you are interested in Roman you would take the station here
at Tower Hill and this is Tower Hill Station. So, I'm just
gonna bring you around here. I Green as well as known as and
this is directly opposite the to mention but I will do my
best to get back to you all and with some of you. All your
donations, no matter how small coffees, and one of my
favorites is the new thanks Emperor Trezan. This is
evidence of the Roman Wall, the difference to our pockets
nowadays. So you really are button that's on YouTube.
That's proving a little popular 2000-year-old city of London.
This was built by the Romans gonna bring you up here to give
you a last amazing view of the of the Tower of London. What's
amazing as well is that it's thank for your PayPal
contributions, your buy me a all personally and
individually. This many to check that out. Once I'm
walking, I also wanna thank you execution ehm capital
punishment was ruled out in just wanna show you evidence of
that Roman Wall, the there. So, just as we're here,
so this is Tower Hill, a Tower Tower of London. Framed by the
shard and in the background, show you. And that is part of
the 2, 000-year-old Roman Wall and you can see this yourself
and there is a Roman soldier country when they they actually
outlawed capital punishment. Tower of London Now, when I
said it was a punishment for revelry surrounding you as you
were executed here around this subjects nowadays, ladies and
gents but there is just a amazing to think that the
Beatles were number one in this London's history. So I'll just
give you your view again there little bit around here which is
very interesting that I wanna area at the Tower of London.
One of the darkest periods in bringing back capital
punishment for any treasonous 1746. But can you just imagine
the rebel and the drunken So, not so long ago, in fact,
but what I wanna do is I'm just 1998. Not current day, of
course. I doubt they'll be famous sites again, the site of
the ancient scaffold where here treason, you can still be
executed. That was up until at the and Lord Balmarino
suffered on the 18th of August treason or sedition in this
country. So, one of the more 1965. But apparently it can
still be reenacted for high about executions ladies and
gents in London the last dedication to all the people
executed at Tower Hill. Now Seymour was executed here.
Thomas Seymour. They were both he objected to his move of
supreme head of the Church of sir. Simon of Sudbury. He was
an archbishop of Canterbury. Navy Memorial right here. A lot
of different memorials. But the Ladies and gents. A lot of
memorials. This is a Merchant have the dedication to the
people who were executed here more than 125 were put to
death. The names of some of king's good servant and God
first. Eh the interesting thing whom are recorded here. So we
have a couple more. So William Before Thomas Moore's execution
he would proclaim I die the stared their lives, stake their
lives and lost. On the site, executions proved so popular,
they would actually erect most important one is the one
we're facing right here. This at the Tower of London Tower
Hill. Now this is Tower Hill. here and Samuel Peeps, the
famous British, and the reason commemorate the tragic history
and in many cases the martyrdom brothers of Jane Seymour
Seymour, wife of Henry the Thomas Moore and he was high
chance to Henry the eighth and Hill and there's a lovely
plaque dedicated to the but on mentioned before that
executions were great in 1536. He was the brother of
Anne Bolin. Then you had Henry about the impending executions
and they themselves scaffolding this day, witnessed the great
fire from the very steeple of eighth. You had the likes of
George Bolin was executed here some of the more famous that
were executed here were sir Howard in 1547 and he was
executed here. He was the and up to 20 people died. Now,
that's a bit ironic but here we Hallows. Hi, guys. It's by the
Tower. Uh for my American cousin of both Amberlin and
Catherine Howard actually to of those who for the sake of
their faith, country, or ideals festivities. In fact they were
like bank holidays or public and you would be facing your
execution up here on Tower England or the Anglican Church.
So here's some more. Edward scaffolding and there has been
reports over the years of you. They would swear at you.
They would call you vile names wanna show you where the
majority of the public collapsing. One particular
time, I believe it collapsed that church. Church of the Old
Hallows by the Tower. So, I'm United States of America.
Married his English bride in as they call them all coming to
celebrate the great public people climbing up that
scaffolding overly excited executions and some of the more
famous took place here on Tower route, I just wanna show you.
This is the Church of the Old back to King's Landing. Um they
would throw rotten fruit at place in the Tower of London.
The last public execution took Hill. So a terrifying walk to
your final death. Now we have eventually hacked her to death
with a blows of the axe. A we know of course so much about
the great fire of London to baptized in here. John Quincy
Adams, the 6th president of the she was sent to the Tower of
London. Now, she spent two and brutal end to the contest of
Salisbury. Now contrary to she was arrested and her
properties were seized. Thomas gonna take you up here. It was
a rowdy affair. Sometimes, the produced the shroud of tunic or
five wounds of Christ of of executions took place right
ahead of you up here where this trio located on Tower Hill. So,
you would have been taken from confirmed her devout
Catholicism. Six months after a/ 2 years here being brutally
interrogated and in the end, he and he missed and she jumped
up. Apparently the story goes from the execution block and
fled around the tower until he execution and every time I walk
this path, I often kind of that tunic. Well, a replica of
it in her home which actually inexperienced executioner was
brought to chop off her head to England during World War
two. But the majority of the You would be marched up here.
Now, you would have had a popular belief the majority of
public executions did not take rowdy, drunken mob of wenches
and drunken men and commoners place here on the 15th of
August in 1941 and that was a acknowledge him as Supreme head
of the Church of England. So compare it to, if you saw Game
of Thrones, ladies and gents, you would have seen Cersei when
she did that walk of atonement the pope he declared himself
supreme leader of the Anglican your prison cell from the main
exit of the Tower of London. 27th of May 1541 her brutal
execution began. Now an German spy. His name was Joseph
Jakobs. He parachuted in here Cromwell actually searched her
property and he in a criminal doubt was a fabrication. She
was convicted of treason and she was brought to the tower as
I mentioned in 1539 and on the sadistic Henry the eighth was.
So, he fled into exile. His the trial, this piece of
evidence was logged. So, no the famous nine-day queen, Lady
Jane Gray. Uh they are buried been executed in the tower
while she was herself mother the countest of
Salisbury she also refused to decided he was going to execute
her at 65 years of age. Now, as he was in exile in Europe.
So, he decided did that he Church of the Church of
England. Now, her son was an trial for her. She was
convicted of treason because he devout Catholic and a close
companion of Henry the eighth's really kind of reserved for the
upper echelons of society. They governance for a period of time
to Queen Mary who later became last remaining plantagenettes
and she was in favour with name was Reginald Pope. Now,
trying to exact his revenge on would exact his revenge on his
family members including his well Princess Mary who later
became the infamous Bloody Mary of London on Tower Hill on
Tower Green, my apologies but the majority of executions that
we know about inside the Tower imprisoned in there,
particularly if you were rich, they paid for the privilege.
Now, Sir Walter Rolli spelled which was a treasonous act at
the time and we all know how first wife, Catherine of
Aragon. In fact, she was a Reginald Pope, he couldn't
quite exact his revenge on him which we spoke about at
Smithfield's market. However, Henry 8th, Henry the eighth in
the court initially. She was a Aragon in the Catholic church
and was refused an annulment by outspoken well, he was opposed
to Henry the eighth and he was executions inside the Tower but
quite interestingly, there were most days and I believe he even
grew tobacco inside the Tower of course would have been Anne
Berlin and Catherine Howard and think how she must have felt
knowing that her mother had imprisoned there, including
Elizabeth the first, I often thirty years in there and he
lived in there with his wife a bit of background information
on her. Now, she was one of the imprisoned in there. Also, Sir
Walter Raleigh but it was and two children and he was
served very good food and wine the Tower of London and that
was the execution of Margaret excellent walking tour of the
Tower and we will include a time of the Norman Conquest.
Now, if you just look very Pope, otherwise known as the
contest of Salisbury and here's very few executions inside the
tower and anybody that was family members over the years,
even a polar bear at one stage. of London. However, my
colleague Margaret published an beef eaters of the tower and
he's starting his tour and that when Henry the eighth decided
he wanted to divorce Catherine closely straight ahead of you
there, you will see one of the did live in quite considerable
comforts. They when you were stage as well. Uh exotic
animals were gifted two royal tour usually takes place on the
hour every hour. It may have lions here. It was always a it
was actually a menagerie at one changed right now. Now, you're
wondering why there's a two Ladies and gents, the only
castle in London built in the Now, we all know about the
executions, the most famous gonna start with a stunning
view of the Tower of London. coming your way. Um I hope
you're enjoying the tours. This but it's not gonna be all doom
and gloom. I have some nice Stanley, there's sir Thomas
Moore and we have plenty more friends, William Penn, the
founder of Pennsylvania was holidays. So I'm just gonna
across the road here and I here in the city of London.
Now, plenty of information link to this video in the
description below. So, we're the Tower of London. Now, I'm
gonna continue my series of cheery stuff coming as well.
Thanks for joining me. Stay execution series of tours. We
have a good few coming your way the Tower and Tower Hill, the
most notorious execution site executions sites in London and
today, as you've guessed it, is tuned. A lot of information and
interesting information coming your way. On today's tour, we
won't venture inside the Tower Hi, everybody. We're back and
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