Thomas a Becket forbids the Earl of Leicester to pass sentence on him mb-artist Sunday_Pictorial by Richard Bradley (Emanuel Matthews

by Richard Bradley (Emanuel Matthews

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visited France to attend the inauguration of the newly fortified Cherbourg

Death of Brian Boru at the Battle of Clontarf

The Royal Naval College is in the background

View of the inner courtyard at Somerset House

Thomas a Becket forbids the Earl of Leicester to pass sentence on him mb-artist Sunday_Pictorial by Richard Bradley (Emanuel MatthewsThomas a Becket forbids the Earl of Leicester to pass sentence on him, 1162 (1864). Becket (1118 1170) became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1162. Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (1104 1168) was Justiciar of England from 1155 until 1168.