Acknowledgements

I would like to thank Dr David Marcombe, without whose inspiration I would never have embarked upon such an extended study of the Templars in Lincolnshire. I owe a huge debt of gratitude to Dr Gwilym Dodd and Dr Richard Goddard, without whose expert advice and good-humoured encouragement I would have fallen by the wayside long ago. I would also like to thank Professor Helen Nicholson for introducing me to the world of medieval conferences and Templar scholars, which I have found fascinating. Throughout my labours I have been supported by my family. My daughters Anna and Lucy have had much more faith in me than I had myself. Finally, I would like to express my special thanks to Sue, my wife, for being there when the going was difficult as well as when things were working out. I bear sole responsibility for any errors included in the book.