Augustine's Abbey
Cult of Saints before Becket
Canterbury in the Time of Becket
Canterbury within East Kent
Thomas Becket
100

Around AD 597

When was Augustine's Abbey founded?

100

Saints

What were holy men and women called?

100

Craftsmen and Craftswomen

What were the people called who produced goods for Monks, Citizens and other Nuns?

100

The Forest of Blean

Which Forest lies to the North of Canterbury?

100

Chancellor in 1155 and Archbishop of Canterbury in 1162

Which two jobs did Thomas Becket have?

200

The Rule of St. Benedict

Which rule did the Monks follow?


200

In the Tenth Century

When was St. Mildred's Monastery attacked by Vikings?


200

They were regular priests who came to Canterbury in 1133.

Who were the Augustinian Canons?

200

The Great Stour

What is the name of the River that runs through Canterbury?

200

At the Altar at Canterbury Cathedral

Where was Thomas Becket murdered?

300

2000 Hand-Written Books

How many books were in the St. Augustine's Abbey Library?

300
The Pilgrims

What was the name of people who visited the shrines of Saints?

300

The Rule of St. Augustine of Hippo.

Which Rule did the Augustinian Canons follow?

300

Caen Stone

What was the name of the stone that was brought from Normandy?

300

William De Tracy, Reginald Fitzurse, Richard Le Bret and Hugh de Moreville

What were the names of the Knights who murdered Thomas Becket?

400

7 times a day

How many times a day did the Monks pray?

400

In her Monastery in Minster-on-Thanet.

Where was St. Mildred buried?

400

Leather was cured.

What happened in a Tannery?

400

Fordwich

What was the name of Canterbury's port?


400

The Pope

Who made Thomas Becket a Saint?

500

Dormitory, Refectory and Scriptorium

Where did the Monks sleep, eat and write?

500
St. Augustine, early Archbishops and several Kentish kings

Who was buried in the church at St. Augustine?

500

Terric the Goldsmith

What was the name of one of the Goldsmiths in Canterbury?

500

It was used by the Archbishop, the King and the Monks of St. Augustine's Abbey

Who used the Caen stone?

500
Pilgrims or travellers

Who visited the shrine of Thomas Becket?

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