in history, is it, Thomas Beckett, or Thomas o' Beckett, & what was his occupation woteva ?

Answer 1

It was Beckett.

Also, please learn to spell, it is 'whatever', not 'woteva'. There are young children using this site, and it would be great if they don't see your spelling mistakes!

Answer 2

The name is Thomas Beckett, Archbishop of Canterbury, sometimes also known as Thomas a' Beckett or simply Saint Thomas Beckett.

Beckett was martyred while holding Mass at the High Alter in Canterbury Cathedral. He is buried inside the cathedral and prayers are said over his grave every single day.

You will understand more about Thomas if you see a movie called Beckett made in the 1960s starring Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton.

Beckett was much loved by the people then and to this day.

Answer 3

It's Thomas Beckett (or Becket).

It's is NOT Thomas a Becket - the "a" was added after the Reformation and it became fashionable.

He was Chancellor of England from 1154-1162, and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162-1170. His quarrel with Henry II meant that he spent 6 years in exile in France. On his return to England in December 1170 he immediately excommunicated three bishops who had colluded in the coronation of Henry's son (something which should have been performed by the exiled archishop), which led to Henry's outburst and subsequently the journey of the four knights to Canterbury. Originally they appear to have intended only to arrest Thomas, but violence took over and he was murdered by the knights.

The four knights, incidentally, were: Richard Brito, Hugh de Morville, William de Tracy and Reginald FitzUrse.

Answer 4

Thomas Beckett (or Thomas a Beckett) was the archbishop of Canterbury. He the became a saint and was martyd.
He had to wear a jumper of human hair as part of his martyrdom.

I think that there may be a few historical Thomas Beckett's. This one was around about 1120.

Answer 5

Thomas Becket who became Archbishop of Canterbury was a good friend and confidant of Henry II, King of England. He was even Chancellor of England before Henry had him appointed to the Archbishop position. Previous to that, Thomas Becket was NOT a priest, but a deacon in the church. He became a priest overnight, then the Archbishop.

He had warned Henry that he couldn't serve two masters (both God and King), but Henry didn't take him seriously. Later they had a falling out over the right of clergy to be tried by the church or by the civil courts. That led to other problems and Henry finally declared to some followers that he wanted to be rid of that troublesome priest.

Becket was murdered within a fortnight in his own cathedral. The murderers were executed, but it couldn't be undone. Becket became a saint and a martyr and Henry II paid dearly for the loss of the one who had once been a friend.

Answer 6

Thomas Becket was archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 til 1170.
He is venerated as a saint and martyr by both the catholic church and the Anglican church.
He was assassinated in 1170 by followers of the king in Canterbury cathedral
He is also known as Thomas a Becket although this is considered to be a popular myth.

Answer 7

There never was a Thomas A'becket who was archbishop of Canterbury. The A' was added to his name by Victorian romantic writers when madievalism became popular in Britain in the earlier part of the 19th century.The man was born and christened Thomas Becket and is now known as St. Thomas Becket.

Answer 8

Thomas a Beckett was the archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Henry II and after a falling out he was exiled to France.He returned to Canterbury and on hearing Henry is reputed to have said 'Who will rid me of this man'.Four of his court followers took horse to Canterbury and killed Thomas whilst he prayed at the altar.He was made a saint after this.

Answer 9

It is either Thomas Beckett or Thomas a Becket and he was the Archbishop of Canterbury who was slain by the king of England for not divulging confessional secrets.

Answer 10

His name was Thomas Beckett, but his name was misprinted as Thomas a Beckett in one of the history books and he has been known as that ever since. He was the Archbishop of Canterbury, the leader of the Christian church in England. He was murdered by order of one of the kings, I can't remember which one.

Answer 11

Thomas a Beckett was a good friend of Henry the Second and was his Spiritual Adviser . Henry listened to him but sometimes Henry felt he could run away because Thomas spoke a lot of sense ,
Henry said in fun he wished someone would rid him of Thomas and soldiers overhearing this murdered poor Thomas.