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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.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 December 2024. 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 ...
Contemporary drawing portraying the murder of Becket. Sir William de Tracy (died c. 1189) was a knight and the feudal baron of Bradninch, Devon, with caput at the manor of Bradninch near Exeter, and was lord of the manors (amongst very many others) of Toddington, Gloucestershire and of Moretonhampstead, Devon. [1]
Contemporary drawing portraying the murder of Becket. The cognizance of a bear can be seen on the shield of FitzUrse. Sir Reginald FitzUrse (1145–1173) [1] was one of the four knights who murdered Thomas Becket in 1170.
Edward Grim (died c. 1189) was a monk from Cambridge who visited Canterbury Cathedral on Tuesday 29 December 1170 when Thomas Becket was murdered. He researched and published a book, Vita S. Thomae (Life of St. Thomas) in about 1180, which is today known chiefly for a short section in which he gave an eyewitness account of the events in the ...
Contemporary illustration portraying the murder of Thomas Becket in 1170 Sir Richard le Breton or Richard de Brito [ 1 ] ( fl. 1170) was one of the four knights who in 1170 murdered Thomas Becket , Archbishop of Canterbury .
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William of Canterbury (floruit 1170–1177) was a medieval English monk and biographer of Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury murdered in December 1170. He was present at the murder of the archbishop and admitted in his writings that he ran from the murder scene. Later he collected miracle stories about Becket. [1]