
Contemporary drawing portraying the murder of Becket
'Reginald Fitzurse' was one of the four
knights who murdered
Thomas Becket. He delivered the first blow to Beckets head.
His name is derived from 'Fitz' which means son of, and 'Urse' which means bear. He had a bear logo on his shield. Fitzurse held lands at Willaton Somerset, in Northamptonshire and at Barham, between Canterbury and Dover.