STEEL PLATE.--ROCHESTER CASTLE, from the River Medway SARGENT. ADLARD.
ARMS OF ROCHESTER CASTLE--Seal of the Town HERMAN. WALL. 133
ROCHESTER CASTLE, with the Outer Walls, taken from the South-east end of
the Bridge SARGENT. JACKSON. 134
GATEWAY. Portcullis and Sentinel on Guard WHIMPER. 138
THE DONJON; or GUNDULPH’S TOWER--showing the Entrance from the South SARGENT. EVANS. 140
ODO, BISHOP OF BAYEUX and EARL OF KENT HERMAN. COOKE. 141
ROCHESTER CASTLE. The Siege by King John, A.D. 1215 SARGENT. WHIMPER. 143
THE BATTLEMENTS OF THE MAIN TOWER--showing Arcades on the right, where
the Castle Chapel is supposed to have been SARGENT. EVANS. 146
ARCHWAY, with View into the Tilting Yard WHIMPER. 149
SMALL TOWER OF THE CASTLE--showing the thickness of the Outer Walls PRIOR. WALL. 153
PRINCIPAL ENTRANCE TO THE MAIN TOWER--showing the position of the ancient
Portcullis. View taken from the Entrance, looking Westward PRIOR. RIMBAULT. 154
THE STATE PRISON in Rochester Castle; as it is, and as it was PRIOR. WHIMPER. 155
STATE APARTMENTS IN THE CASTLE--showing the Norman Architecture. SARGENT. O. SMITH. 157
ROCHESTER CASTLE BY MOONLIGHT--with the supposed Secret Entrance from
the River HERMAN. WAKEFIELD. 159
INNER ARCHED GALLERY, surrounding the Apartments PRIOR. WALL. 160
WEST GALLERY OF ROCHESTER CASTLE--showing the Interior, with the Norman
workmanship PRIOR. RIMBAULT. 161
THE CASTLE PRISON. Entrance to the Dungeon, with Staircase and Archway PRIOR. WHIMPER. 162
ROCHESTER BRIDGE AND CASTLE, from the Medway, looking South HERMAN. NICHOLLES. 164
GADSHILL TAVERN--the scene of Falstaff’s adventure, as it now appears PRIOR. WALL. 167
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<g>Tewkesbury Abbey.</g>
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Confer salutem corporum
Veramque pacem cordium.”