Historical address before the fourth annual reunion of - Tracey/Tracy ...

lO THt TRACY FANIILV.
tented himself with holding back at the entrance of the tran-
sept, the crowils who were j^ouring in through tlie na\e.
In I 220, Becket's bones v.ere. according to tradition, raised
from the grave, where the_\- had been hastily bvnied iwo (ia\ >
after the murder, and were, by order of Henrv III., depuvitcd
in a splendid shrine, which, for three centuries, coiitinucd tii
be the object of the greatest pilgrimages of Christendom, and
btill lives in connection with Chaucer"s •• Ca!iterbur\- 'I'alcs.""
At the Reformation, Henrv A'lll. despoiled the shrine, erased
Becket's name from the calendar, since which time the tide of
sentiment has again turned. — Philadelphia T.nws.
This story differs from those of the several writers of I'nglish
history, insomuch, that Tracy simply put his hand on him.
and arrested him in the name of the king, but did not strike
him; but he was killed bv Fitzurse. His eldest son was
• • iS"".^,?— -^^ Henry de Tracv. father of
. . 14-34—i^ir
H-v^nr\- de Tracv. whose son
• • ^5" 35— '^''^' ^Villiam Tr.^cy. was father of
, . 16-36—
Sir William Tracv, who was Knight of Gloucestershire,
member ui Parliament. shLiiff. etc. His son and
heir was
. . 17-37—William Tracv. who lived in the time of Edward HI.
. .
His son
1S-3S— Sir John 'J'racv. was Knight of Gloucestershire. His
son v,-as
..19-39— Sir John Tracv. member of Parliament, and sheriff
. .
of Gloucestershire. His son was
20-40 —-William Tracv. Esquire, high sheritt of Gloucester-
. . 21-41—William
shire, in 1395. He was the father of
Tracv. Esquire who was called to the ]jriv}"
council of Henry l^',. and appointed high sheritt of
Gloucestershire in the reign of Henr\- \'. His son
was
. . 22-43—William Tracv. Esquire, who was high sherifl during
. . 23-43—
the twenty-second and twenty-third year.-- of the rt;;gn
of Henr)- VE He was the father of
Henry Trac\'. I-^scuire, who had a son
. . 24-44— Sir William Trac\-, sheriff" of (jloucestersliire. in
1513. ''He N\as a gentleman of excellent parts and
sound learning, and is memorable for being one of the
first of the nobility who embraced the reformed rt.-!'gi'"'n
in England, as apjjears by his last will, dated 12 Hei'p,
VHE (1530)." Because in his will he commiticd hisoul
to God through the mediation of (Christ o-vy. it
was deemed heretical, and hi-- body raided and b-irr.et!
in 1532. P^is eldest son. William, was ^he ancestor ot
the Viscount Trac} s of Rathcoole in the peerage of
Irclanfl. His seccjnd son, J\obert. was oise r,i the