page_title: William de Tracy
hierarchical_section_title: William de Tracy
caption_attribution_description: English: Earliest known portrayal of Thomas Becket's murder in Canterbury Cathedral. Polski: Morderstwo Tomasza Becketa, najwcześniejsze znane przedstawienie z XIII w.
context_page_description: Sir William de Tracy was a knight and the feudal baron of Bradninch, Devon, with caput at the manor of Bradninch near Exeter, and was lord of the manors of Toddington, Gloucestershire and of Moretonhampstead, Devon. He is notorious as one of the four knights who assassinated Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, in December 1170.
context_section_description: Sir William de Tracy (died c. 1189) was a knight and the feudal baron of Bradninch, Devon, with caput at the manor of Bradninch near Exeter, and was lord of the manors (amongst very many others) of Toddington, Gloucestershire and of Moretonhampstead, Devon. He is notorious as one of the four knights who assassinated Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, in December 1170.
caption: Contemporary drawing portraying the murder of Becket
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