The Templar Knight

Archives

Celebrating murder at Christmas – a true story!

Posted on December 22, 2019 by Tony McMahon

Leave a Comment

The murder of Thomas Becket was celebrated on the fifth day of Christmas to remember his killing in the year 1170 as Tony McMahon discovers

Read More

Category: Templar History Tags: 29 December, A Becket, Archbishop, becket, beckett, book, canterbury, cathedral, Christmas, Film, Henry VIII, movie, murder, pilgrims, play, Richard Burton, saint, T S Elliot, Templar, thomas becket, tomb

How the murder of Thomas Becket netted the Templars a tidy sum

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Tony McMahon

The murder of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, by Henry II led to a massive pay out to the Knights Templar

Read More

Category: Templar History Tags: altar, assassin, assassination, becket, beckett, canterbury, death, FitzUrse, henry, ireland, jerusalem, John, killed, knight, lionheart, mcmahon, Medieval, money, murder, richard, saint, Templar, Thomas, thomas a becket, treasure, veneration