Editing Richard le Breton (section)

==Aftermath==
After the assassination the four knights fled to Scotland and from there to [[Knaresborough Castle]] in [[Yorkshire]]. All four were excommunicated by the [[Pope Alexander III]] at Easter in 1171 and ordered to undertake penitentiary pilgrimages to the [[Holy Land]] for 14 years.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.barhamhistory.com/history/chapter4.html |title=The Name and Family of Barham by Nobby Clark. Chapter 4 - Reginald fitzUrse |access-date=22 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707212449/http://www.barhamhistory.com/history/chapter4.html |archive-date=7 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Brito eventually retired to the island of [[Jersey]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}} A [[ledger stone]] for one of the le Bretons of Jersey survives in [[St Thomas's Church, Salisbury|St Thomas's Church]] in [[Salisbury]]. The Brett family of [[Whitestaunton]] in Somerset are said by the Duchess of Cleveland to be descended from the Brettes of Sampford Brett, and are the ancestors of the present Brett family, [[Viscount Esher|Viscounts Esher]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}