Vincula

Vincula, which is yet fresh, let us bear this thither, and take we out of that morian's flesh and fill this place withal.

The Golden Legend, vol. 5 1230-1298 1900

Then the Christians being herewith animated, made a third voyage or road, and came as farre as the fort called Vincula sancti Petri, and to S. Georgius, and when they had slain certaine there, not finding any to make resistance against them, they retired againe from whence they came: when thus the fame of prince Edward grew amongst his enemies, and that they began to stand in doubt of him, they deuised among themselues how by some pollicy they might circumuent him, and betray him.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

Then the Christians being herewith animated, made a third voyage or road, and came as farre as the fort called Vincula sancti Petri, and to S. Georgius, and when they had slain certaine there, not finding any to make resistance against them, they retired againe from whence they came: when thus the fame of prince Edward grew amongst his enemies, and that they began to stand in doubt of him, they deuised among themselues how by some pollicy they might circumuent him, and betray him.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584

“There is more to the Tower than benighted St. Peter ad Vincula, so filled with death and pain.”

Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011

We turn in the direction of the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula.

Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011

I dismount on the green—for all I know on the very spot where my mother died or near enough—and look toward the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula.

Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011

From my perch on the far side of the altar window outside St. Peter ad Vincula, I could see the two of them but faintly through the veil of time.

Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011

I dismount on the green—for all I know on the very spot where my mother died or near enough—and look toward the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula.

Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011

I went to St. Peter ad Vincula in hope of finding her and I was not disappointed.

Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011

I cannot explain the impulse that took me into the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula, but once there, I remained to pray.

Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011