Who was André de Montbard – fifth Grand Master of the Knights Templar?
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Hugh de Payens – founder of the Knights Templar
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England has about three thousand villages that were deserted throughout history for one reason or another – plague or famine might drive people out or the enclosing of land by the gentry and even the monks. They are often referred…
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