William De Tracy
Sir William II de Tracy, Knt., (died c. 1189) was feudal baron of Bradninch, near Exeter and Lord of the Manors of Toddington, Gloucestershire and of Moretonhampstead, Devon. He is notorious as one of the four knights who assassinated Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in December 1170.
Read more about William De Tracy: Origins, Murder of Becket, Excommunication and Exile, Death and Burial, Battle Abbey Roll Genealogy, 14th-century Tomb At Mortehoe, Descendants
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