The Corona, Canterbury Cathedral

After William of Sens had rebuilt the Choir, William the Englishman added the immense Corona as a shrine for the crown of St. Thomas (with a new shrine for the main relics in the form of the Trinity Chapel between the Corona and the Choir).

The anniversary of the occasion was celebrated each year as the Feast of the Translation of the Blessed St Thomas, until suppressed by royal injunction in 1536.

[1] The income from pilgrims who visited Becket's shrine, which was regarded as a place of healing, largely paid for the subsequent rebuilding of the Cathedral and its associated buildings.

In 1538 Henry VIII allegedly summoned the dead saint to court to face charges of treason.

Becket's remains were buried, and the treasures of his shrine confiscated, carried away in two coffers and twenty-six carts.