The plunder of the college was completed by Vane, the Parliamentary
governor of the castle, who seized upon the whole of the furniture and
decorations of the choir, rifled the tomb of Edward the Fourth, stripped
off all the costly ornaments from Wolsey's tomb, defaced the
emblazonings over Henry the Sixth's grave, broke the rich painted glass
of the windows, and wantonly destroyed the exquisite woodwork of the
choir.
Towards the close of the year 1648 the ill-fated Charles was brought a
prisoner to Windsor, where he remained while preparations were made
for the execrable tragedy soon afterwards enacted. After the slaughter
of the martyr-monarch the castle became the prison of the Earl of
Norwich, Lord Capel, and the Duke of Hamilton, and other royalists and
cavaliers.
Cromwell frequently resided within the castle, and often took a moody
and distrustful walk upon the terrace. It was during the Protectorate, in
1677, that the ugly buildings appropriated to the naval knights, and
standing between the Garter Tower and Chancellor's Tower, were
erected by Sir Francis Crane.
Containing the History of the Castle from the Reign of Charles the
Second to that of George the Third--With a few Particulars concerning
the Parks and the Forest.
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