Editing Canterbury (section)

=== 11th–16th centuries ===
The [[siege of Canterbury]] saw a large Viking army besiege Canterbury in 1011, culminating in the city being pillaged. Remembering the destruction caused by the Danes, the inhabitants of Canterbury did not resist [[William the Conqueror]]'s invasion in 1066.<ref name="c4" />{{Dubious|date=August 2024}} William immediately ordered a wooden [[motte-and-bailey]] castle to be built by the Roman city wall. In the early 12th century, the [[Canterbury Castle|castle]] was rebuilt with stone.<ref>{{harvnb|Lyle|2002|pp=64, 66}}.</ref> Canterbury Castle was captured by the French [[Louis VIII of France|Prince Louis]] during his 1215 invasion of England, before the death of [[John of England|John]] caused his English supporters to desert his cause and support the young [[Henry III of England|Henry III]].{{sfn|Godfrey-Faussett |1878|p=29}}

[[Black Death]] reached Canterbury in 1348. At 10,000, Canterbury had the 10th largest population in England; by the early 16th century, the population had fallen to 3,000. In 1363, during the [[Hundred Years' War]], a Commission of Inquiry found disrepair, stone-robbing and ditch-filling had led to the Roman wall becoming eroded. Between 1378 and 1402, the wall was virtually rebuilt, and new wall towers were added.<ref>{{harvnb|Lyle|2002|pp=86–87}}.</ref> In 1381, during [[Wat Tyler]]'s [[Peasants' Revolt]], the castle and Archbishop's Palace were sacked, and [[Simon Sudbury|Archbishop Sudbury]] was beheaded in London. In 1413, [[Henry IV of England|Henry IV]] became the only sovereign to be buried at the cathedral. In 1448 Canterbury was granted a [[city charter]], which gave it a mayor and a [[high sheriff]]; the city still has a [[Lord Mayor]] and Sheriff.<ref>{{harvnb|Lyle|2002|p=91}}.</ref>

[[File:Huguenot canterbury.jpg|thumb|Huguenot weavers' houses near Canterbury High Street]]

In 1519 a public cage for talkative women and other wrongdoers was set up next to the town's pillory at the Bullstake, now the Buttermarket. In 1522 a stone cross with gilt lead stars was erected at the same place, and painted with [[bice]] and gilded by Florence the painter.<ref>''HMC 9th Report: Canterbury'' (London, 1883), p. 150.</ref>