REVEALED!!!
How the Theft of the Crown Jewels Really Happened
You probably all know of the incident that is the Theft of the Crown Jewels. You may have not heard the whole story though, of how it really happened. Let's start off with the man himself, Colonel Blood. He was born in 1618 in Country Meath as an Irishman. Blood came to England to fight for Charles I, but changed to the side of the roundheads once he saw that Charles I was going to lose the fight.
After the war when Cromwell came power, Blood was made Justice of Peace in 1653. Then, when Charles II came to power in 1660, he fled to Ireland. There, he joined a plot to take the governor, Lord Ormande, prisoner, which failed and so he returned to England as a most wanted man; however, he came back under a new name. This new name was Ayloff and he practiced medicine.
He started off his plot by, disguised as a parson, becoming friends with Talbot Edwards, Keeper of the Jewels. He was invited to dinner, and so when Blood came, he brought his “wife” along. The wife brought a big interest in the Crown Jewels, and asked Talbot if she could see them. When she saw them, she had a violent upset stomach, and was brought to the Edwards' private apartments. Colonel Blood now knew where the jewels where being kept.
He accepted an invite for dinner another night, and this time he brought along his “nephew” and two other friends. In the meantime, when waiting for his wife, he asked if he, and the people he brought along, could see the crown jewels. Talbot allowed them, and they went downstairs. When he opened the door, Blood gagged him and one of Blood's accomplices hit Talbot on the head with a mallet, but refused to give up until he was stabbed in the stomach. He and his accomplices ran out and Blood was caught when he tried to unsuccessfully to shoot a guard and Talbot's son came back and rang the alarm. That is the whole story of how Colonel Blood attempted, and failed, to steal the crown jewels.
