
What is recorded here
This grey commemorative plaque records: Here stood the King's Mill granted by King Stephen to St. Augustine's Abbey 1144, recovered by the crown and granted to Rohesia, sister of St. Thomas Becket 1174
King Stephen of England ruled during The Anarchy; his reign was marked by civil war over the succession. Rohesia Beket, sister of Thomas Becket, gained lands including King's Mill in Canterbury after her brother's martyrdom, highlighting the political influence of the Becket family post-martyrdom.
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