‘I, Thomas de Haverell [formerly sheriff of London]… give 20s annually for the service due on the land where St Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury was born in the parish of St Mary Colechurch… which the citizens of London are buying in order to build a chapel there in honour of St Thomas the Martyr’ Charter of the Hospital of St Thomas of Acre, c.1220 [NB have image of this MS]
‘I, Thomas son of Theobald of Helles [nephew of Thomas Becket]… give to the master and brethren of the Hospital of St Thomas the martyr of Canterbury in Acre all the land which once belonged to Gilbert Becket, father of blessed Thomas the martyr and Archbishop of Canterbury, on which the said Thomas the martyr was born, in order to build a chapel in honour of God, the Virgin Mary, and the most glorious martyr.’ Charter of the Hospital of St Thomas of Acre, c.1228 [NB have image of this MS]
‘While we were in London we were taken into the church where St Thomas [Becket] was born, the tombs of his mother and sister are visited there.’ Václav Šašek, Bohemian Chronicler, 1466.