Excerpt from The History of the Life of King Henry the Second, and of the Age in Which He Lived, in Five Books, Vol. 5: To Which Is Prefixed, a History of the Revolution of England From the Death of Edward the Confessor to the Birth of Henry the Second Out a proper warrant of legal authority, he re folved, by the advice of a council of lords, which he had fummoned on hearing the com plaints laid before him by the archbiihop of York, to fend infiantly into England his chief jufliciary of Normandy, Richard de Humet, with orders to the young king for the arrefi ing of Becket, if that prelate would not yield to what {hould be required of him on the part of the crown. This lord arrived in England before the murder was committed, and as foon as he landed difpatched Hugh de Gundeville and William F itsjohn to the palace at Winchefler, where the young king then refided, with di rections to take there fome knights of the houf hold, and go with them to Canterbury, as fecretly as they could, that their orders might be executed without any oppofition; while he himfelf had the care of diligently guarding the coafis and {ea-ports, left Becket, on form: notice of what was intended, {hould fly out of the kingdom. Thefe meafures appear to schanides: have been well concerted; but, before they P'9 Degrees Degrees could take effect, the blow was firuck, by which the jufiice of the crown was prevented, the reputation of the king was foully Rained, and his afiairs were more embroiled, than they. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.