Thomas a Becket (1118-1170) English churchman, saint and martyr; Chancellor to Henry II; Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162; murdered by four knights in Canterbury Cathedral. Copperplate engraving of 1825

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Thomas a Becket (1118-1170) English churchman, saint and martyr; Chancellor to Henry II; Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162; murdered by four knights in Canterbury Cathedral. Copperplate engraving of 1825

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