After the slaying of Archbishop Becket in Canterbury Cathedral, the four murderers fled South West, arriving the following night at Old Malling Farm just outside Lewes. Hungry, thirsty and saddle-weary, the four flung themselves around a table and placed their fatal weapons upon it's surface; but the table immediately rose up and threw the arms to the ground. Again the weapons were placed upon the table, and again they were thrown to the floor.

 

Another version of the story places the table in the nearby Malling Deanery, but as the deanery was a peculiar of Canterbury it seems unlikely the fugitives would seek food and rest there.

 

In the Anne of Cleve's House Museum in Southover High Street, Lewes, there is a slab of stone claimed to be the actual table.

 

 

 

 

 

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