SinisterCrimes

Perpetrator

Richard le Breton

Born
Unknown
Died
Unknown
Record
Wikidata Q3438073 · Wikipedia

Perpetrator in Murder in the Cathedral

One of the four knights; dates unknown.

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.