Here the royal menagerie was once housed. Henry I kept lions in the tower, hence its name.
Henry II was sent three leopards by Frederick III, and a white bear from the king of Norway, and later an elephant from Louis of France. James I is said to have entertained his guests to a bear baiting display in the bear pit. In 1834 the menagerie was sent to Regents Park where it formed the nucleus of the present London Zoo. The tower is no longer there, now serving as a restaraunt for tourists.
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