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    Sir Reginald FitzUrse (1145–1173) was one of the four knights who murdered Thomas Becket in 1170. His name is derived from Fitz, the Anglo-Norman French...
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    and French. Reportedly, upon hearing the king's words, four knights—Reginald FitzUrse, Hugh de Morville, William de Tracy and Richard le Breton—travelled...
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  • England (died 1189), son of Empress Matilda, known as Henry FitzEmpress Reginald Fitzurse (1145–1173) Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester (died 1204,...
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  • Stephen p. 153 Franklin "Fitzurse, Reginald" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Franklin, R. M. (2004). "Fitzurse, Reginald (d. 1173x5)". Oxford Dictionary...
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    William. During the attack on Becket in 1170 by the four knights, Sir Reginald Fitzurse, Sir Hugh de Morville, Brito and Sir William de Tracy, Brito is said...
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    murdered Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. His accomplices were  Reginald Fitzurse, Hugh de Morville and Richard le Breton (or de Brito). They afterwards...
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    of the four knights that committed the assassination, along with Reginald Fitzurse, William de Tracey, and Richard le Breton. After Becket's assassination...
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    turbulent priest?" As a result, Becket was assassinated by four knights: Reginald Fitzurse, Hugh de Morville, Lord of Westmorland, William de Tracy, and Richard...
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    been the private chapel of a Saxon royal manor. In the 12th century Reginald Fitzurse was the Lord of the manor when he was one of the four knights who...
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    following day. Hugh de Moreville was one of the knights, along with Reginald Fitzurse, William de Tracey and Richard le Breton. From the moment Hythe came...
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    (d. 1185) Najmuddin Kubra, founder of the Kubrawi order (d. 1221) Reginald FitzUrse, English knight and assassin (d. 1173) Ruben III, ruler of the Armenian...
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    rank. Hugh de Morville and three other of King Henry II's knights, Reginald Fitzurse, William de Tracy, and Richard le Breton (or de Brito), plotted Thomas...
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    a Free Companion (mercenary) Waldemar Fitzurse, Prince John's advisor - a fictional son of Reginald FitzUrse, a murderer of Archbishop Becket. Hugh de...
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    troubadour (b. 1147) Rajaraja II, Indian ruler of the Chola dynasty Reginald Fitzurse, English nobleman (b. 1145) Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford (b...
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  • troubadour (b. 1147) Rajaraja II, Indian ruler of the Chola dynasty Reginald Fitzurse, English nobleman (b. 1145) Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford (b...
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    suggests signifies "a bear". Similarly the proto-heraldic emblem of Sir Reginald FitzUrse (1145–1173), one of the four knights who murdered Thomas Becket in...
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    Godwin. The castle was the overnight resting place of four knights (Reginald fitzUrse, Hugh de Morville, William de Tracy, and Richard le Breton) on their...
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  • offspring also. Through her daughter, Sibyl was the grandmother of Reginald fitzUrse, one of the murderers of Thomas Becket. Sibyl was called the "nepta"...
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    only the barn remained by the late 1950s. There is no evidence that Reginald Fitzurse, one of the Knights who murdered Thomas Becket, was ever resident...
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    church. In 1280 Brother Philip, believed to be Philip Fitzurse, a descendant of Reginald Fitzurse one of the knights who murdered St Thomas, is a witness...
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    Thomas Becket. The founder, William de Courtney, was a grandson of Reginald Fitzurse, one of Becket's murderers. In 1849 a reliquary was found in St Paul's...
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  • December – murder of Thomas Becket by four of Henry II's knights – Reginald Fitzurse, Hugh de Morville, William de Tracy and Richard le Breton (who believe...
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  • Sir Reginald Fitzurse, became one of the murderers of St Thomas a Becket. Following the murder the ownership of the manor passed to Reginald's brother...
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    Alicia FitzUrse, daughter and co-heiress of Ralph FitzUrse of Williton in Somerset, son and heir of Sir Reginald FitzUrse. The canting arms of FitzUrse showed...
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    Henry said, it was interpreted as a royal command. Four knights, Reginald FitzUrse, Hugh de Morville, William de Tracy and Richard le Breton, set out...
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  • descended from Robert de Berham, upon whom the estates of his kinsman, Reginald Fitzurse, notorious as one of the murderers of Thomas Becket, devolved upon...
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  • As conventional in images of the murder, Thomas is shown kneeling, with Fitzurse making the final blow into his head and mitre, slicing off the top of his...
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  • second marriage to Hawise d’Avranches: Robert de Courtenay married Matilda FitzUrse Egeline de Courtenay married Gilbert Basset Sanders, I.J., English Baronies...
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  • Canterbury Sidney Paxton as Archbishop of York Percy Standing as Sir Reginald Fitzurse Harry J. Worth as De Brito "Becket (1924)". Archived from the original...
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  • Broc received at Saltwood Castle four knights – William de Tracy, Reginald fitzUrse, Hugh de Morville, and Richard le Breton – who had arrived from the...
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