The assassination of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral, 1170. Four knights in armour, Reginald FitzUrse, Hugh de Morville, William de Tracy and Richard le Breton, attack him with swords and mace. Murder of Becket. Copperplate engraving from M. A. Jones’ History of England from Julius Caesar to George IV, G. Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, London, 1836.

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