Henry II (1154 - 1189) is known for his close, but disastrous, friendship with Thomas Becket, his Chancellor. While they were still friends, Henry used many occasions to mock Becket :

“One day they were riding together through the streets of London. It was a hard winter and the King noticed an old man coming towards them, poor and clad in a thin ragged coat. ‘Do you see that man?’ said the King. ‘Yes, I see him’, replied the Chancellor.’ ‘How poor he is, how frail, and how scantily clad!’ said the King. ‘Would it not be an act of charity to give him a thick warm cloak?’ ‘It would indeed; and right that you should attend to it, my King.’ So Henry offered the man a cloak.

“Said the King to the Chancellor, ‘You shall have the credit for this act of charity,’ and laying hands on the Chancellor’s hood tried to pull off his cape, a new and very good one of scarlet and grey, which he was loth to part with. A great din and commotion then arose and the knights and great men of their retinue hurried up wondering what was the cause of this sudden strife. But it was a mystery; both of them had their hands fully occupied and more than once seemed likely to fall off their horses. At last the Chancellor reluctantly allowed the King to overcome him, and suffered him to pull the cape from his shoulder and give it to the poor man.”