Henry II (r. 1154 – 1189) expresses his disgust for Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury) and their ongoing power struggle, asking some of his knights, “Will no one rid me of the turbulent priest?” Whereupon four of them murder Becket.
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References:
Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, four volumes. (London: Cassell, 1956-58), 1:210-11.
Becket controversy – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becket_controversy#End_of_the_dispute
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