>* Richard Whiting, abbot of Glastonbury, and companions,
>martyrs (1539)
>- among the 'incriminating' documents he possessed was a
>life of Thomas Becket; the abbot was hanged, drawn and
>quartered on Glastonbury Tor, along with his treasurer and
>sacristan
>
This reminds me of an article I just finished reading: R.E. Scully Jr.,
"The unmaking of a saint: Thomas becket and the English Reformation," The
Catholic Historical review 86 (2000): 579-602.
Tom Izbicki
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