THE TOWER'S TREASURE
A treasure worth anything from £7OOO - to £50,000 may be buried somewhere lander the Tower of London. The history " of the treasure begins with Colonel John Barkstead, Lieutenant of the Tower under ', Oliver Cromwell, one of the "regicides" who signed the warrant for the execution of King Charles I. Believing, rightly, in 1660, that a restoration was imminent, - Barkstead fled to Holland, taking care ; before he left to bury his private hoard somewhere in the great fortress. lie was captured while abroad, brought to England, and executed in 1662. Several - months, after his death a search, in which Pepys assisted, was made for the treasure, but nothing was found; and so, through the centuries, the secret of an old Puritan hag remained hidden. The truth of this story is vouched for by Mr Walter G. Bell, one of the leading authorities on the Tower of London, in his book, '' The Tower of London." " I think I have the * spot where the treasure was buried pretty close," he writes. The best is cheapest in -the long run— .. order Kaitangata Coal.—Advt.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22751, 11 December 1935, Page 5
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