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The name "Thomas à Becket" is not contemporary but was first used by Thomas Nashe in the 1590s.
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There is a legend that claims Thomas's mother was a Saracen princess who met and fell in love with his English father wh
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Barlow "Becket, Thomas (1120?–1170)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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Jenkins 'Who put the 'a' in Thomas a Becket'.
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Barlow Thomas Becket pp. 3–9.
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Giraldus Cambrensis – The Conquest of Ireland
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Butler and Walsh Butler's Lives of the Saints p. 430
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Staunton Lives of Thomas Becket p. 29.
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Hutton Thomas Becket – Archbishop of Canterbury p. 4.
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Barlow Thomas Becket p. 11.
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Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 84.
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Huscroft Ruling England pp. 192–195.
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Analecta Sacri Ordinis Cisterciensia
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"V&A plaque", with latest count; Binski, 225, with a catalogue entry on one in the Burrell Collection in Glasgow.
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Duggan; Thomas Becket page 182: Barlow; Thomas Becket p.206
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Henry II
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Huscroft Ruling England p. 194.
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Warren Henry II p. 508.
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Notes and Queries
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Schama History of Britain p. 142.
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Stanley Historical Memorials of Canterbury pp. 53–55.
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Invasion, Plague and Murder: Britain 1066–1558
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Lee This Sceptred Isle p. 97.
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Grim, Benedict of Peterborough and William fitzStephen are quoted in Douglas, et al. English Historical Documents 1042–1
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'Houses of Benedictine nuns: Abbey of Barking', A History of the County of Essex: Volume 2
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Barlow Thomas Becket pp. 257–258.
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anglicannews.org
http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2016/05/beckets-bones-return-to-canterbury-cathedral.aspx -
Jenkins 'Modelling the Cult of Thomas Becket', pp. 104–114.
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A painted tragedy The martyrdom of Thomas Becket in Santa Maria de Terrassa and the diffusion of its cult in the Iberian Peninsula
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The Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/monument-to-murder-an-irishman-s-diary-about-dublin-s-forgotten-abbey-of-st-thomas-the-martyr-1.3251261 -
Speculum
https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0038713400006679 -
The Catholic Historical Review
https://doi.org/10.1353%2Fcat.2000.0094 -
"The Origins of Canterbury Cathedral"
http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/conservation/history/ -
"The Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket (Getty Museum)"
https://web.archive.org/web/20070709071459/http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=3927 -
Reviews in History
https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/2303 -
Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León: Soria III. Fundación Santa María la Real – Centro de Estudios del Románico
http://www.romanicodigital.com/documentos_web/pdf/PDF%C2%B4S_VISOR%20On-Line%20Abierto/SORIA/SORIA.swf -
Victoria & Albert Museum
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O70796 -
Victoria & Albert Museum
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O70791 -
Victoria & Albert Museum
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"Canterbury (England) – Coat of arms"
http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php/Canterbury_(England) -
Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement)
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1912_supplement/Irving,_Henry -
The Times
https://web.archive.org/web/20100610212236/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1083473.ece -
Telegraph
https://web.archive.org/web/20080516004148/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/722471/Music-festivals-We-pick-10-of-the-best.html -
"Becket: The kiss of peace=Le baiser de la paix=Der Kuss der Friedens"
https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/17218963 -
"Becket Fund"
http://www.becketfund.org -
"UK | 'Worst' historical Britons list"
https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4561624.stm -
BBC News
https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4663032.stm -
"Portsmouth Cathedral, St Thomas' Cathedral, Old Portsmouth"
http://www.welcometoportsmouth.co.uk/portsmouth%20cathedral.html -
"Welcome to Monmouth, St Thomas Church Monmouth"
http://www.welcometomonmouth.co.uk/Things-to-do/Churches/St-Thomas-Church-Monmouth.html -
Heritage at Risk
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/heritage-at-risk-register-south-west-region/harsouthwestacc.pdf/ -
National Heritage List for England
https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1394116?section=official-list-entry -
"Church of St Thomas a Becket, Capel, Kent"
http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/Church-of-St-ThomasBecket-Capel-Kent/ -
"Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Bristol"
http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/Church-of-St-Thomas-the-Martyr-Bristol-Bristol/ -
A Church Near You
https://web.archive.org/web/20070927010426/http://www.acny.org.uk/venue.php?V=214 -
"Saint-Thomas de Cantorbéry"
http://www.mondes-normands.caen.fr/france/patrimoine_architectural/normandie/roumois/montstaignan/0308montstaignan/index.htm -
"Saint-Thomas Becket (Bénodet)"
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Filológiai Közlöny
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The Church of England
https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/calendar -
Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2018
https://books.google.com/books?id=bEq7DwAAQBAJ