Canterbury Castle from Rheims Way

In 1216 Louis, Dauphin of France, captured Canterbury Castle, but later retreated. In 1277 Jewish citizens of Canterbury were held in the Castle before being expelled from England as part of Edward I's policy. In 1380 Wat Tyler's rebellion raised the peasants and townsfolk of Kent and the southeast. A mob stormed the Castle and forced the constable to publically burn financial and legal records and release prisoners. Henry VIII's advisor, Thomas Cromwell, had two priests held at the Castle for 'permiting the Bishop of Rome's name in their books'. Henry's daughter, Queen Mary, had 42 people imprisoned at Canterbury Castle and put to death for their refusal to follow her Catholic faith.

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