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Thomas Becket St

YearDay/MonthTitle
Henry II (1154 - 1189)
1155Spring Repairs to Westminster Palace
 The Palace at Westminster had been badly damaged by Stephen's supporters at the time of the Anarchy and it had become unfit as a Royal residence. Thomas Becket was given the task of repairing the buildings and by the summer of the same year Eleanor was able to move in.

See Also

Richard de Lucy
Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury
Henry II, King of England 1154-1189
 Canterbury Cathedral
 Ripon Cathedral
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