Inscription in Latin by Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel, 1587 (1803) Size:S: 40 x 30cm looking east

looking east

showing the new common sewer under construction

Woolwich Arsenal was named the Royal Arsenal by George III in 1805

His wife is sitting waiting for him

Inscription in Latin by Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel, 1587 (1803) Size:S: 40 x 30cm looking eastInscription in Latin by Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel, 1587 (1803). Copied from the wall of the Beauchamp Tower, Tower of London. Howard (1557 1595) became Catholic during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He spent ten years in the Tower of London, although charges of high treason were never proved. He asked the Queen, as he lay dying of dysentery, to allow him to see his wife, and his baby son who had never seen. The Queen told him that if he would