Perpetrator
Thomas Blood
- Born
- 1618
- Died
- 24 August 1680, aged about 62
- Record
- Wikidata Q2032295 · Wikipedia
Perpetrator in Colonel Blood and the Crown Jewels
Anglo-Irish former officer and conspirator; led the attempt on the Crown Jewels and was pardoned by Charles II.
1671 · Tower of London · Convicted
In 1671 Thomas Blood flattened King Charles II's crown with a mallet and ran for the Tower gate. He was caught, then pardoned and given an Irish estate. Read the case.
Dated events
Thomas Blood is born in Ireland, probably in County Clare.
Blood's plot to seize Dublin Castle and the Duke of Ormond is betrayed; he escapes.
Blood's gang drags Ormond from his coach in St James's Street; Ormond escapes.
Blood is questioned by Charles II and pardoned, receiving Irish lands worth £500 a year.
Disguised as a clergyman, Blood visits the Jewel House and befriends the Edwards family.
Blood and his accomplices attack Talbot Edwards and seize the crown, sceptre and orb, but are caught at the Tower.
The Duke of Buckingham wins a £10,000 slander judgment against Blood.
Blood dies at his home in Westminster.