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William de Tracy was one of the four knights who, supposedly at the behest of King Henry II, in 1170 murdered Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. His accomplices were Reginald Fitzurse, Hugh de Morville and Richard le Breton (or de Brito). They afterwards invaded the Archbishop's Palace plundering Papal Bulls and Charters, gold, silver ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 January 2025. Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170, Christian martyr "Thomas a Becket" redirects here. Not to be confused with Thomas à Beckett (disambiguation). For the school in Northampton, see Thomas Becket Catholic School. For other uses, see Thomas Beckett. This article contains too many ...
The Becket controversy or Becket dispute was the quarrel between Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket and King Henry II of England from 1163 to 1170. [1] The controversy culminated with Becket's murder in 1170, [ 2 ] and was followed by Becket's canonization in 1173 and Henry's public penance at Canterbury in July 1174.
Sir Reginald FitzUrse (1145–1173) [1] was one of the four knights who murdered Thomas Becket in 1170. His name is derived from Fitz, the Anglo-Norman French term meaning "son of" and urse meaning a bear, likely the nom de guerre of an ancestor.
13th-century depiction of Thomas Becket's murder; Hugh de Morville was among the assassins. Sir Hugh de Morville (died c. 1173) was an Anglo-Norman knight who served King Henry II of England in the late 12th century. He is chiefly famous as one of the assassins of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury in 1170.
When Becket joined Theobald's household, their contemporary William fitzStephen recorded that Roger disliked the new clerk, and twice drove Thomas away before the archbishop's brother Walter arranged Thomas' return. [3] According to John of Salisbury, who first reported this story in 1172 after the death of Thomas Becket, as a young clerk Roger ...
"By the time he died, I wasn't surprised," she admitted. "I was incredibly sad. I hadn’t heard from him in four days. They sent police officers to check on him, and then I was told, 'He's gone.'"
He served in the household of Henry II's brother William, Count of Poitou [citation needed] and was a near neighbour of the FitzUrse family of Williton in Somerset, [citation needed] a member of which family was another of the assassins of Thomas Becket. Simon le Bret had two sons: Richard Brito, one of the assassins of Thomas Becket and Edmund ...