BBC - History - Thomas Becket (c.1120 - 1170)
Like this page? Send it to a friend! Thomas Becket (c.1120 - 1170) Thomas Becket Thomas Becket Becket was a 12th century chancellorCanterbury whose murder resulted in his canonisation. Thomas Becket was born in around 1120, the son of a prosperousII, who made him his chancellor and the two became close friends. When Theobald died in 1161, Henry made Becket archbishop http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/becket_thomas.shtml