Gilbert Foliot
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Gilbert Foliot was a medieval English monk and prelate, successively Abbot of Gloucester, Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of London. Born to an ecclesiastical family, he became a monk at Cluny Abbey in
Interior view of Hereford Cathedral. The lower sections predate Foliot's time as bishop.
Pope Innocent II (left) from a mosaic in Rome
Matilda's seal
12th-century depiction of Becket with King Henry II
Thomas Becket
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Thomas Becket, also known as Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas of London and later Thomas à Becket, was an English cleric and statesman who served as Lord Chancellor from 1155 to 1162, and then as Ar
Thomas Becket from the Collectio Epistolarum Sancti Thome Cantuariensis, c. 1180
Plaque marking Becket's birthplace on Cheapside in London
A Seal of the Abbot of Arbroath, showing the murder of Becket. Arbroath Abbey was founded 8 years after the death of St Thomas and dedicated to him; it became the wealthiest abbey in Scotland.