. Pilgrimages to Saint Mary of Walsingham and Saint Thomas of Canterbury . the centre of the ancient apse*]. Thus, comparingrepresentations of this murder on the seals of the arch-bishops, that of Boniface, 1259, has no altar; on theseal of Robert, 1273, the altar is in the background, andBecket has his back to it; on the seal of John Peckham,1278, the altar again disappears; but in the seal of JohnStratford the victim kneels at the altar with his back tohis assailants, and this position is retained in the seals ofIslip, Langton, and Arundel. At the moment whenBecket was encountered by the kin
. Pilgrimages to Saint Mary of Walsingham and Saint Thomas of Canterbury . the centre of the ancient apse*]. Thus, comparingrepresentations of this murder on the seals of the arch-bishops, that of Boniface, 1259, has no altar; on theseal of Robert, 1273, the altar is in the background, andBecket has his back to it; on the seal of John Peckham,1278, the altar again disappears; but in the seal of JohnStratford the victim kneels at the altar with his back tohis assailants, and this position is retained in the seals ofIslip, Langton, and Arundel. At the moment whenBecket was encountered by the kings knights, he hadjust crossed the north transept from the door leadingfrom the cloisters, and was mounting the steps towardsthe choir, in which the monks were then performingtheir vespers. He turned round to confront his enemies,and after an altercation, which is fully described by thechronicler, was struck and fell on the spot. The scene • The apse, which is shaded in the Plan, was removed in 1449,anil in its plaro was erected the Lady Chapel, wliioh still PLAN 01- PART OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL. NOTES. 115 of this great event in the annals of Canterbury was after-wards walled off, in the manner shewn in the Plan, andcalled The Martyrdom, the following verses beinginscribed on the door of entrance : Est sacer intra locus venerabilis atque beatusPresul iibi sanctus Thomas est martyrizatus. This partition was removed in 1734, in consequence ofits foundations having given way from interments. The espousals of king Edward the First with Mar-garet of France were solemnized by archbishop Roberton the 9th Sept. 1299, at the cloister-door near the doorof the Martyrdom. (43) TTie point of the sword. The sword of Richard Brito, one of the murderers,supposed to have been that which inflicted the fatal blow,was fractured on the spot by striking against the pave-ment ; and the monks consequently preserved the piecebroken off, as an object of veneration, and a source ofprofit. In
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