French mercer and father of Thomas Becket.
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Gilbert Becket
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Thomas Becket
{On the lower edge of the bust:} S. Thomas [On a modern plaque lower on the...
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City Road Basin
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Alfred Phillips
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John Pierpont Morgan
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