<P> `` Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest ? '' ( or turbulent priest ) is a cry attributed to Henry II of England , expressing his frustration regarding his conflicts with Thomas Becket , the Archbishop of Canterbury , in 1170 . While this was not a direct order , upon hearing this comment from their sovereign , four knights -- Reginald FitzUrse , Hugh de Morville , William de Tracy and Richard le Breton -- traveled from Normandy to Canterbury and killed Becket . </P>
<P> `` Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest ? '' ( or turbulent priest ) is a cry attributed to Henry II of England , expressing his frustration regarding his conflicts with Thomas Becket , the Archbishop of Canterbury , in 1170 . While this was not a direct order , upon hearing this comment from their sovereign , four knights -- Reginald FitzUrse , Hugh de Morville , William de Tracy and Richard le Breton -- traveled from Normandy to Canterbury and killed Becket . </P>
will someone not rid me of this troublesome priest
will someone not rid me of this troublesome priest
a cry attributed to Henry II of England , expressing his frustration regarding his conflicts with Thomas Becket , the Archbishop of Canterbury , in 1170
a cry attributed to Henry II of England , expressing his frustration regarding his conflicts with Thomas Becket , the Archbishop of Canterbury , in 1170