The chronicler William Rishanger records that during the difficult delivery his mother prayed, as was the custom at the time, to Thomas Becket, and Thomas of Brotherton was thus named after the saint and his place of birth.
Kronikář William Rishanger zaznamenal, že během obtížného porodu se matka modlila, jak bylo v té době zvykem, k Tomáši Becketovi, a Tomáš Brotherton byl tak pojmenován po tomto světci a místě narození.