Thomas a Becket forbids the Earl of Leicester to pass sentence on him Size:XL: 100 x 75cm In the foreground a water

In the foreground a water vessel can be seen on the River Thames

The plate is inscribed: 'Drawn Engraved & Published by Rd

'St John Preaching in the Wilderness'

'Explanation of Plate XXVI'

it was sold in 1971 and the Authority moved to smaller offices in St Katharine's Dock

Thomas a Becket forbids the Earl of Leicester to pass sentence on him Size:XL: 100 x 75cm In the foreground a waterThomas a Becket forbids the Earl of Leicester to pass sentence on him, 1162 (1864). Becket (1118 1170) became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1162. Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (1104 1168) was Justiciar of England from 1155 until 1168.