Editing Richard le Breton (section)

==Becket assassination==
During the attack on Becket in 1170 by the four knights, Sir [[Reginald Fitzurse]], Sir [[Hugh de Morville, Lord of Westmorland|Hugh de Morville]], Brito and Sir [[William de Tracy]], Brito is said to have broken his sword when striking at Becket's head.

According to [[Edward Grim]]:
{{quote|... But the third knight inflicted a grave wound on the fallen one; with this blow he shattered the sword on the stone and his crown, which was large, separated from his head so that the blood turned white from the brain yet no less did the brain turn red from the blood; it purpled the appearance of the church with the colours of the lily and the rose, the colours of the Virgin and Mother and the life and death of the confessor and martyr...}}

He shouted "Take that, for the love of my lord William, the king's brother!" when he delivered the fatal blow.<ref>Amt, Emile, "William FitzEmpress (1136–1164)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/46709]</ref> It was believed by William's friends that the count had died of a broken heart after Thomas Becket refused to allow his marriage.