Becket
THOMAS À, an bishop of Canterbury, the son of a London merchant, born in 1118; studied THOMAS À BECKET at Oxford and Bologna. Henry II., in 1158, made Becket his chancellor, in 1162 he was appointed to the primacy. chancellor, and He then laid aside all pomp and luxury, and led a life of monastic austerity. In the controversy which immediately arose, respecting the limits of civil and eccle- BECKWITH BEDDOES for many years at the art Students' League, New York.
Among his paintings are "Under the ings are "Under the Lilacs"; "The Falportraits of Mark Twain, General Scho- coner; etc. His best works were his field and others, at Yale, Johns Hopkins, Union League, etc.
He died in October 1917. siastical authority, Becket asserted Carolus Duran, and became a member of against the King the independence of the National Academy in 1894. He taught the Church, and refused to sign the "Constitutions of the Church, and refused to sign the "Con- ." By a Council, or Parliament, held at Northampton, in 1164, Becket was condemned and susfrom_his office. He escaped, in disguise, to France, where he obtained the protection of its King. In response of the clergy who signed the " Constitutions," and some of the King's officers, the King, in 1166, banished all the relations of Becket and communication with him. War with France followed. Peace was made in 1169, between Henry and Louis. In 1170, a meeting took place between the King and the Archbishop at Fretteville, where they were professedly reconciled, and Becket returned to Canterbury. He at once published the Pope's sentence of suspension against the Archbishop of York, and other prelates, who had crowned Prince Henry.
The King's Brito, angry expressions, on learning this, induced four of his barons (Richard Br Reginald Fitzurse, Hugh de Morville, and William Tracy) to go immediately to Canterbury; and after unsuccessfully with Becket, they followed him into the Cathedral , and murdered him on the steps of the altar, Dec. 31, 1170. The King denied all share in this deed, and was absolved; but in 1174 he prelate's tomb. Becket was canonized by Alexander III. , in 1172. His remains were, in 1220, transferred to a splendid shrine, which attracted crowds of pilgrims, and was loaded with rich offerings. This immense treasure was seized by Henry VIII., and the shrine destroyed in 1538.