Thomas Becket

noun

Thomas Becket (says his historian Fitz-Stephen) gave 5, equivalent to 75 at present, for one dish of eels.

Another describes the return to England of Thomas Becket and his immediate martyrdom.

Thomas Becket, then Henrys chancellor, gave secret advice to the envoys to tarry long on their journey to Maine.

But of chief interest, perhaps, it was the refuge of the four knights who slew Thomas Becket.

Grander far than Savonarola was Thomas Becket, soldier, priest, and martyr.

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