List of prisoners of the Tower of London

From an early stage of its history, one of the functions of the Tower of London has been to act as a prison, though it was not designed as one.

The earliest known prisoner was Ranulf Flambard in 1100 who,[1] as Bishop of Durham, was found guilty of extortion.

He had been responsible for various improvements to the design of the tower after the first architect Gundulf moved back to Rochester.

He escaped from the White Tower by climbing down a rope which had been smuggled into his cell in a wine casket.

Other prisoners include:

The Tower of London
The 15th century Tower in a manuscript of poems by Charles, Duke of Orléans (1391-1465) commemorating his imprisonment there (British Library).
The Two Princes Edward and Richard in the Tower, 1483 by Sir John Everett Millais , 1878, part of the Royal Holloway picture collection