Ka cika wannan jumla: Aldgate yana da aikin karewa, kuma, tsakanin farkon karni na 13 da farkon karni na 17, an keta shi sau biyu kawai. Na farko ya faru a lokacin
Babban Tashin hankali a lokacin rani na 1381 lokacin da dubban 'yan tawaye daga yankunan da ke kewaye da su, da taimakon masu tausayi a ciki da waje, suka shiga Birnin ta Aldgate. Na biyu karya ya kasance a lokacin Siege na London, a cikin bazara na 1471, lokacin da sojojin karkashin jagorancin Bastard na Fauconberg tilasta bude ƙofar. A cewar masanin Chaucer Paul Strohm, harin ya yi nasara ne kawai "ta hanyar zane na masu kare [Aldgate]: bayan da aka ba da dama daga cikin mutanen Fauconberg damar shiga, an saukar da ƙofar "portcullis don kama su a ciki, inda aka kama su kuma aka kashe su".