Illustrations
Figures
Figure 1 Conjectural plan of Temple Balsall, based on records from 1308, 1541 and 1759, from E. A. Gooder, Temple Balsall: The Warwickshire Preceptory of the Templars and their Fate (Chichester, 1995), p. 68
Figure 2 General site plan of South Witham preceptory, showing all the buildings of phase 2 and 3, with earthworks, adapted from P. Mayes, Excavations at a Templar Preceptory: South Witham, Lincolnshire, 1965–67, Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph 19 (Leeds, 2002), p. 4 © The Society for Medieval Archaeology
Figure 3 Artist’s impression of the site of South Witham preceptory at the end of the thirteenth – beginning of the fourteenth century, adapted from P. Mayes, Excavations at a Templar Preceptory: South Witham, Lincolnshire, 1965–67, Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph 19 (Leeds, 2002), p. 56 © The Society for Medieval Archaeology
Figure 4 Artist’s reconstruction of Temple Bruer preceptory, view from the south-east, drawn by David Vale, riba, from ‘The Knights Templar of Temple Bruer and Aslackby’, Lincolnshire Museums Information Sheet, Archaeology Series, 25 (Lincoln, n.d.), p. 1 © The Collection: Art and Archaeology in Lincolnshire
Figure 5 Site plan of the Templar preceptory at Willoughton, adapted from P. L. Everson, C. C. Taylor and C. J. Dunn Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire (London, 1991), p. 219 © Historic England
Maps
Map 1 Lincolnshire’s natural regions, from S. Bennett and N. Bennett, eds, An Historical Atlas of Lincolnshire (Hull, 1993), p. 9 © Stewart Bennett and Nicholas Bennett
Map 2 The thirteenth-century coastline of Lincolnshire and unreclaimed areas, from S. Bennett and N. Bennett, eds, An Historical Atlas of Lincolnshire (Hull, 1993), p. 73 © Stewart Bennett and Nicholas Bennett
Map 3 Domesday settlement in Lincolnshire, from H. C. Darby, The Domesday Geography of Eastern England (Cambridge, 1952), p. 35 © Cambridge University Press
Map 4 Templar properties in Lincolnshire in 1185
Map 5 Templar holdings in Lincolnshire in 1185 in relation to the coastline and wetlands of 1300
Map 6 Relative areas of Templar holdings in Lincolnshire by settlement in 1185
Map 7 Relative income of Templar holdings in Lincolnshire by settlement in 1185
Map 8 Churches and a chapel in which the Templars had a financial interest in 1185
Map 9 Mills in which the Templars had a financial interest in 1185
Map 10 Churches and mills in which the Templars had a financial interest in 1185
Map 11 Former Templar preceptories and members in 1308–9
Map 12 Churches in 1308–9 in which the Templars formerly had a financial interest
Map 13 Mills in 1308–9 in which the Templars formerly had a financial interest
Map 14 Former Templar preceptories, members, churches and mills in 1308–9
Map 15 Hospitaller properties in Lincolnshire in 1338
Map 16 Hospitaller arable land in demesne in 1338
Map 17 Hospitaller meadow in demesne in 1338
Map 18 Hospitaller pasture and woodland in 1338
Map 19 Hospitaller churches, chapel and mills in 1338
Map 20 Relative income of Hospitaller holdings in Lincolnshire by settlement in 1338
Map 21 Divided proportional circles showing gross income and percentage net income for commanderies and former preceptories in 1338
Map 22 Settlements where the Hospitallers held property in 1535
Map 23 Total Hospitaller income by settlement, net income by preceptory and bailiwick, in 1535
Map 24 Distribution of the Hospitallers’ ecclesiastical income and mills in 1535
Map 25 Properties to be returned to the Hospitallers following the re-establishment of the Order by Mary Tudor, and listed in the letter patent of 2 April 1557
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