Who will free me from this turbulent priest Speaking of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, who refused to be subservient to the king and was later murdered by four of the King Henrys knights, 1170.
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What a parcel of fools and dastards have I nourished in my house, that not one of them will avenge me of this one upstart clerk.Henry II of England
I order you to hold a free election, but forbid you to elect anyone but Richard my clerk.
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