Hugh de Morville, Lord of Westmorland
12th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and assassin of Thomas Becket / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sir Hugh de Morville (died c. 1173) was an Anglo-Norman knight who served King Henry II of England in the late 12th century. He is chiefly famous as one of the assassins of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury in 1170. He held the title Lord of Westmorland and of Knaresborough; his father was Hugh de Morville, Constable of Scotland.