The tower had hundreds of prisoners that stayed there. They also had hundreds of people that were beheaded, tortured, hung by a noose, hung in chains, mudered, burned at the stake, slain, died as a prisoner, cut down, or drawn and quartered. However, some of the people imprisoned were lucky enough to escape.
Escapees From The Tower of London
NAME DATE TOWER HELD NOTES Alton, William (Dutch
spy) 1672 unknown escaped 1673 Arden or Ardent,
John 1586 Cradle Tower escaped 1597 Capel, Arthur 1648 unknown escaped/ swam moat/ recaught;
beheaded Cooke, George 1651 unknown escaped Dalyell, Thomas 1651 unknown escaped 1652 Dorrington, Maj
General 1691 unknown escaped Flambard, Ralph de 1100 White Tower escaped Fortescue, Sir
Anthony 1561 unknown escaped Gerard or Gerratt,
John 1597 unknown tortured/ escaped Griffen, Lord
Edward 1690 unknown escaped/ recaught; died as a
prisoner 1710 Hauley, Robert 1378 unknown escaped Hudson, Michael 1647 unknown escaped 1648 Kelly, George (held
twice) 1722 Beauchamp Tower escaped 1736 Lambert, John 1660 St. Thomas' s Tower escaped Layer, Christopher 1722 unknown escaped/ recaught/ hanged;
drawn and quartered Lea, William 1665 unknown escaped Maccarthy, Donough 1690 unknown escaped 1695 Macmahon, Hugh Oge 1641 unknown escaped/ recaught/ hung/ drawn
and quartered Mallory, Colonel 1658 unknown escaped/ recaught; released
1650 Martin, Edward 1642 unknown escaped/ recaught/ released
1650 Massey, Sir Edward Lt General
(POW) 1651 unknown escaped Maxwell, William 1715 unknown escaped 1715 Middleton, John 1651 unknown escaped Montgomerie, Robert Maj
General (POW) 1651 unknown escaped 1654 Mortimer, Roger 1322 unknown escaped Neville, Sir
Humphrey 1461 unknown escaped O' Connor, Brian 1548 unknown escaped 1552 O' Neill, Daniel 1640 unknown escaped1642 Ogier, William 1560 unknown escaped Oldcastle, Sir John 1413 Beauchamp Tower escaped1413 Parker, Colonel
John 1694 unknown escaped 1694 Seymour, William 1610 St. Thomas' s Tower escaped Shakell, John 1378 unknown escaped 1378 Stucley, Thomas 1553 unknown escaped abroad Subaltern, (the unknown
Subaltern) 1916 unknown escaped/ returned Tankerville, Alice 1534 unknown escaped Tudor, Thomas 1654 unknown escaped/ recaught; later
released
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