According to one of Becket's correspondents, Henry was knighted by his father before the coronation, but the biographer of William Marshal asserts that the king was knighted by William in the course of the rebellion of 1173.
Henry was knighted by his father before the coronation. This was according to one of Becket's correspondents. The king was knighted by William in the course of the rebellion of 1173. This is what the biographer of William Marshal asserts.