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Lambin Frese, Adam of Charing, and Hospital of Poor Priests, Canterbury grey plaque

Commemorative plaque
Lambin Frese, Adam of Charing, and Hospital of Poor Priests, Canterbury grey plaque
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This grey commemorative plaque records: House of Lambin Frese The Minter (1180) then of Adam of Charing, enemy of Becket (1200) Hospital of Poor Priests Founded here 1200
Lambin Frese was a minter active in Canterbury around 1180. Adam of Charing, active around 1200, was an adversary of Thomas Becket; the site also marks the founding of the Hospital of Poor Priests in 1200, highlighting medieval charitable institutions.

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