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Thomas Blood (1618 – 24 August 1680) was an Anglo-Irish officer and self-styled colonel best known for his attempt to steal the Crown Jewels of England from the Tower of London in 1671. [1] Described in an American source as a "noted bravo and desperado," [ 2 ] he was also known for his attempt to kidnap and, later, to kill, his enemy James ...
9 May – Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. [4] He is immediately caught because he is too drunk to run with the loot. He is later condemned to death and then pardoned and exiled by King Charles II.
At the end of the civil war, Cromwell promoted Blood to the rank of captain. Three years later he was elevated to Commissioner of Parliament. Blood is most famous for devising a plot to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London and using them as a ransom for Charles II. In 1671 he and Maria disguised themselves as a parson and his wife ...
[5] [6] Other accounts state that, in the struggle between Blood and his captor, Martin Beckman, 'the great pearl and a fair diamond fell off, and were lost for awhile with some other smaller stones ; but the pearl was found by Catharine Maddox, a poor sweeping woman to one of the warders, and the diamond by a barber's apprentice ; and both ...
In 1671, Thomas Blood briefly stole the crown from the Tower of London, flattening it with a mallet in an attempt to conceal it. [19] A new monde was created for the coronation of James II, and for William III the base was changed from a circle to an oval. [20]
A builder who committed the "bloodthirsty" murder of a 38-year-old woman and then dismembered her body has been jailed for the rest of his life.
[2] [6]: 148 One of the tombs is the burial site of Neptune Blood, the uncle of Thomas Blood, who tried to steal the English crown jewels in 1671. [9]: 6 Detail of a pillar on the east window in the chancel of Kilfenora Cathedral. The Lady Chapel was in a rectangular wing leading to the north of the chancel.
Knightdale, N.C. — It was just a dumb fight. Two boys, both juniors, stood in the hallway discussing a classic teenage hypothetical: whether one of them could win in a fight against another student. But when one of the teens, Scott, said he didn’t think his friend could win, things turned personal.