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On 29 December 1170 they arrived at Canterbury.
According to accounts left by the monk Gervase of Canterbury and eyewitness Edward Grim, they placed their weapons under a tree outside the cathedral and hid their mail armour under cloaks before entering to challenge Becket.
The knights informed Becket he was to go to Winchester to give an account of his actions, but Becket refused.
It was not until Becket refused their demands to submit to the king's will that they retrieved their weapons and rushed back inside for the killing.
Becket, meanwhile, proceeded to the main hall for vespers.
The four knights, wielding drawn swords, caught up with him in a spot near a door to the monastic cloister, the stairs into the crypt, and the stairs leading up into the quire of the cathedral, where the monks were chanting vespers.

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