The Knights Templar are known for their activities in the Holy Land, but this book examines their place in British history. It aims to set them within their national and local context through an in-depth examination of their farming, royal and financial role. Each county where the Templars had a land and houses is treated separately, and the whole drawn together to look at the Order within medieval society.However, the main objective of the Templars in Britain was to send resources to the Holy Land, and the book does not loose sight of events there. The trial and fall of the Templars in Britain is examined and compared with the treatment they received elsewhere.The verdict of history on their guilt is discussed, and the treatment of the order in fact and fiction conclude the book.This is the first-ever history of the powerful Knights Templar as they operated in Britain.