Becket, as Chancellor, was considered by Peter of Celles [Abbot of La-Celle] to be "Second only to the King". He wrote in
Letter 72, to Thomas Becket January 1855 x May 1162
Early Letters of Peter of Celle, p. 328/9-
Peter (of Celle, Bishop of Chartres) (2001). The Letters of Peter of Celle. Oxford University Press. pp. 328–. ISBN 978-0-19-820445-9.
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Secundus post regem in quattuor regnis quis te ignorat?
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Who is ignorant [of the fact] that you are second after [only to] the king in the four kingdoms?
[First might be considered to be the Chief Justiciar.]
References
William Stubbs. Gesta Regis Henrici Secundi Benedicti Abbatis. The Chronicle of the Reigns of Henry II and Richard I, AD 1169-1192: Known Commonly Under the Name of Benedict of Peterborough. Cambridge University Press. pp. 78–. ISBN 978-1-108-04876-7.
James Craigie Robertson. Materials for the History of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. Volume 5 MTB Letter 2 Cambridge University Press. pp. 40–. ISBN 978-1-108-04929-0.
Petrus : Cellensis (1855). *Patrologiae latinae: 202: Petri Cellensis primum deinde S. Remigii apud Remos abbatis demum carnotensis episcopi opera omnia ... Epistola XXIV: Migne. pp. 425–.
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