William Marshal, the “greatest knight who ever lived”, defeated Richard the Lionheart and 500 other rivals in tournaments and jousts (opens in new tab)

Apart from the fame it gained as one of the settings of The Da Vinci Code, the Temple Church is one of London’s tourist attractions. As its name indicates, it was the seat of the Templars from the 12th century, and several of them are buried there. One of the tombs belongs to a minor Anglo-Norman no