In 1676 the ditch was filled up, and the terrace carried along the
south and east fronts of the castle.
Meanwhile the original character of the castle was completely
destroyed and Italianised. The beautiful and picturesque irregularities
of the walls were removed, the towers shaved off, the windows
transformed into commonplace circular-headed apertures. And so the
castle remained for more than a century.
Edward the Third's Tower, indifferently called the Earl Marshal's Tower
and the Devil Tower, and used as a place of confinement for state
prisoners, was now allotted to the maids of honour. It was intended by
Charles to erect a monument in honour of his martyred father on the
site of the tomb-house, which he proposed to remove, and
70,000 pounds were voted by Parliament for this purpose. The design,
however, was abandoned under the plea that the body could not be
found, though it was perfectly well known where it lay. The real motive,
probably, was that Charles had already spent the money.
In 1680 an equestrian statue of Charles the Second, executed by
Strada, at the expense of Tobias Rustat, formerly housekeeper at
Hampton Court, was placed in the centre of the upper ward.
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