14 June

The Archbishop of York crowns Henry's eldest son at Westminster, infringing Canterbury's right.

Thomas Becket Never caught

Four of Henry II's knights cut down the Archbishop of Canterbury in his own cathedral in 1170. Within three years he was a saint and the king did penance.

Palmer is hanged in public outside Stafford gaol.

William Palmer Executed

A Staffordshire doctor deep in racing debts, a friend's winnings at Shrewsbury, and a strychnine trial moved to London by Act of Parliament.