Hugh de Morville, Lord of Westmorland, royal and baronial landholder, knight associated with the killing of Thomas Becket, Anglo-Norman baron
Dates: fl. 12th century
Biography
A member of the Morville family and one of the four knights who murdered Thomas Becket at Canterbury in 1170. The record states that his lands were subsequently seized by Henry II.
Notes / Sources
The precise extent of Hugh de Morville’s interest in King's Meaburn is presented in the record as part of a broader Morville estate and should not be treated as a fully documented separate conveyance without further evidence.
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