1. Becket was martyred in 1170.

2. Thomas Becket modelled himself on Anselm - in his exile, his inflexibility, his austerities.

3. Henry, with Thomas Becket’s help, dominated his world.

4. Becket was at least as intemperate as Hildebrand, but he not only got his halo but did so in the fastest time on record.

5. Henry II was so angry that he drove Becket in to exile.

6. Spy expert Henry S. A. Becket writes that some germen spies worked in London during the war also worked for the British.

7. Thomas Becket, the archbishop who for years had very publicly stood for the privilege of the church against the secular power of the state, had been publicly killed by agents of that state.

8. Speaking on the Kidmans' behalf, Joe Becket of the Mountain States Legal Foundation in Denver says the family asked employees to sign a language policy in the summer of 2000.

9. In February 1173 the pope declared Becket a saint and a martyr for the liberty of the church.

10. Spy expert Henry S. A. Becket writes that some German spies working in London during the war also worked for the British.

11. I am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace. Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. 

12. The king demanded that the man should come forward to answer the charge in a civil court, but Becket refused to allow this.

13. I am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and truce. Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury.

14. "You also have to remember that commodities started falling first. Equities had a minor correction back in May, but commodities corrected quite aggressively," Becket said.

15. It was these exceptional privileges enjoyed by the clergy that brought King Henry into collision with Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury.

16. Next day he escorted him to Canterbury, where Louis prayed at Becket’s tomb and gave offerings, including the great ruby which Henry VIII was to grab for himself when he destroyed the shrine.

17. It was these exceptional privileges enjoyed by the clergy that brought King Henry into collision with Tomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury.

18. Yet he overcame it, and ironically he and many others came to believe that he owed his survival to the help of St Thomas Becket.

19. On Palm Sunday (17 April) 1177 King Henry was at Reading when he heard of Count Philip’s intention of visiting Becket’s tomb. King and count met at Canterbury on 21 April.