Becket Collection

Thomas a Becket, Martyr
THOMAS A BECKET controversial archbishop of Canterbury depicted as Saint Thomas of Canterbury

Archbishop Thomas A Becket's Palace, Tarring, West Sussex Date: circa 1905

Transept of the Martyrdom, Canterbury Cathedral, Kent - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Thomas A Becket Cottages, Tarring, Worthing, Sussex

Knaresborough Castle
A landscape oil painting of a series of woodlands with a foreground clearing, encapsulating a view of Knaresborough castle, looming in the background, in north Yorkshire

The pilgrims way from London the Tabard inn to the shrine of a Becket in Canterbury Cathedral. A shine to St Thomas Becket who was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral 850 years ago

Thomas a Becket Walk, Northampton
Thomas a Becket Walk past Becket's Well (left) erected in 1843 over a spring outside the Old Town Walls, Cow Meadow (renamed Becket's Park in 1935), Northampton Date: 1906

12th Century 1200 Angel Angels Archbishop Art
12th, Century, 1200, Angel, angels, Archbishop, Art, assailant, Becket, british, Canterbury, carry, carrying, Catharijneconvent, Museum, Cross, dead, death, Detail, England, english, Europe

Thomas Becket's reliquary. France, ca. 1200
Reliquary of Thomas Becket (ca. 1118-1170). France, ca. 1200. Scenes depicting the dead of Thomas Becket and angels carrying the soul of the martir. Catharijneconvent Museum. Utrecht. Netherlands

An aerial view of Southwark and the Old London Bridge in 1600. Date: 1600

Becket, Saint Thomas. Saxon prelate and politician, archbishop of Canterbury. Scenes of the martyrdom and death of St. Thomas Becket that decorate the apse of the Church of St Mary in Barcelona, Spain

Ellen Terry as Fair Rosamund in Becket Date: 1890s

Costume of a prince, 12th century, and sword hilts, etc. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889

Relics associated with Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury - ivory grace cup (centre), two mitres (left: Sens Abbey, Normandy; right: at one time the property of Cardinal Manning)

The British Valhalla -- Archbishop Thomas Becket
The British Valhalla -- Bishop of Exeter at Northampton, supplicating Archbishop Thomas Becket to submit to King Henry II, and the reconciliation at Montmirail in France

Painting of an angel, verses, castle towers
Painting beneath the assassination of St. Thomas a Becket showing an angel, verses, castle towers and a corpse in winding robes

The Martyrdom, the place within (below the wall plaque) Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England, where Thomas a Becket (Archbishop of Canterbury) was assassinated in 1170. Date: 29 December 1170

Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket
Becket had been a trusted friend of Henry II, King of England, but they became entangled in a quarrel over the rights of the Church

Items from the Folk Museum, Cambridge including an eel trap
Items from the Folk Museum, Cambridge: Clockwise from top left, a Turf Becket and spade, an eel trap, and eel gleve, horse overshoes and a sedge knife. Date: circa 1920s

St Thomas Becket church, Kent
St Thomas a Becket church, Fairfield Romney Marsh Kent. The church is dedicated to St Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170 Date: 1990

NFS training / instructional photo, a hose becket, WW2
An instructional photo showing a hose becket in use, securing a line of charged hose to a fire brigade ladder just below the open drill tower window

Thomas Beckets shrine
Thomas Becket (1118 - 1170), English prelate Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170. He was buried in a fairly simple tomb in the crypt of the Canterbury Cathedral

Canterbury Cathedral. 1070-1498. UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND. Canterbury. Cathedral. Representation of the life of Saint Thomas Becket and his devotee. Gothic art. Glass window

Thomasa a Becket doing penance
" From " Historical Events", a series of postcards. " Date: 1905

Chantry of St, Thomas
The ancient ruins of the Chantry Chapel of St. Thomas a Becket, at Bodmin, Cornwall, England. Date: licenced in 1377

Barfreston Church
The South Door of the Church of St. Nicholas, Barfreston, Kent, England, famous for being one of Englands best preserved Norman churches. Date: 12th century

Canterbury - Martyrdom
The Martyrdom, the place within (below the wall plaque) Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England, where Thomas a Becket (Archbishop of Canterbury) was assassinated in 1170. Date: 29 December 1170

Becket Defies Henry II
Becket defies Henry II

Becket Argues with Henry
Becket argues with Henry II

Becket / Constition / 1164
Becket is confronted by the Earl of Leicester and refuses to seal the " Constitutions of Claredon" drawn up by Henry II to secure total obedience to the crown once more

Becket Assassinated / 1170
Thomas a Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated in the cathedral by four knights who believed they were carrying out Henry IIs wishes

Becket Murdered
Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, is murdered in the cathedral

Miracle / Becket
Thomas a Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, in exile at Sens, is visited by the Virgin Mary who gives him some oil which has been used ever since at English coronations

Coronation Oil
The Holy Oil used to crown English sovereigns was given to Thomas a Becket by the Virgin Mary, hidden, found during the 100 Years War, and first used by Henry IV

Thomas a Becket
THOMAS A BECKET English prelate Archbishop of Canterbury 1162

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