Traitors' Gate

The Traitors' Gate is an entrance through which many prisoners of the Tudors arrived at the Tower of London.

In the pool behind Traitors' Gate was an engine that was used for raising water to a cistern on the roof of the White Tower.

[1] The name Traitors' Gate has been used since before 1543, when that name is used on Anton van den Wyngaerde's panorama of London.

Notable prisoners such as Sir Thomas More entered the Tower by Traitors' Gate.

[5] Elizabeth was brought to the Tower on 18 March 1554, following Wyatt's Rebellion, and John Foxe vividly described her reception, without specific mention of the gate.