SinisterCrimes

Perpetrator

William de Tracy

Born
Unknown
Died
Unknown
Record
Wikidata Q1383083 · Wikipedia

Perpetrator in Murder in the Cathedral

Somerset and Devon landholder, one of the four knights; dates of birth and death 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.