Perpetrator in Murder in the Cathedral
Lord of Westmorland; the four knights sheltered at his castle at Knaresborough after the murder. He joined the rebellion of 1173 to 1174 before going to Rome. Date of death uncertain.
1170–1174 · Canterbury Cathedral, Kent · 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. Read the case.