Everyone chuckled at that, and Michael said, “How on Earth could anyone miss that?! They must have passed it coming in and going out!”
“Quite”, replied Roger, “yet, it is not listed in the official classification documents”.
“What you are saying would put it in the time of the Knights Templar...”
“Yes. It would. The first Grand Master, and founder, of the order, Hughes de Payens, arrived in Britain looking for support for the Crusades in 1128. They built their headquarters at Castle Baynard in Essex, but moved to the New Temple in London in 1184. Both buildings were round, patterned on their temples in Jerusalem. That's about all I can tell you off hand at the moment, but when we've finished here, we'll have a walk around. Maybe I'll remember something else”.
When they had cleared ever
