Conquest House

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Introduction
17 Palace Street is the second of three Canterbury models commissioned by the owners. It is said to be where Henry II’s four knights from London lodged before murdering St Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral, 1170.

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Hazle Ceramics
Conquest House
Open Edition
on Canterbury Conquest

UK/Europe £48.50
Rest of World £41.28

 Behind the half-timbered, much carved Tudor facade is an 1100s Norman undercroft.
 Casket for witness Abbot Benedict to take some of the saint’s relics to Peterborough Abbey. C1180 with the murder (at front) and funeral (on top).

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Thomas Becket 1118-1170
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to his death and revered as saint and martyr. He clashed with King Henry II over the rights of the Church and the King uttered a desire to be rid of him. Four knights took this very literally and killed Becket after he refused to submit to the King’s will. Eyewitness accounts of the murder are gruesome. In 1174 Henry did penance at Becket’s tomb.

 Hanging sign with one knight.
St Thomas Cathedral window. ▼

 A 1951 film poster of the 1935 poetic drama.

 The Martyrdom where Thomas died.