King's Table
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The King’s Table was a carved stone table that was a symbol of royal power in England.
It was broken into pieces by Oliver Cromwell and buried under the Palace of Westminster. The broken pieces were placed in the foundations of a dais built in the 17th century in Westminster Hall, which was used by James II of England at his coronation banquet. The table was used by monarchs from the 13th century onward for coronation feasts and state banquets. A new table is created during the English Restoration. Archaeologists rediscovered pieces of the table in 2006. Edward I of England, the king who took the Stone of Scone from Scotland was the first monarch recorded to have used it. The mid 13th-century style of carving means that the table could date back to Henry III of England. Henry VIII used the table for feasts after his marriages to Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn. The first piece of the table was rediscovered in the 1960s beneath the floor of Westminster Hall.
