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body reverently in the grave before the altar of St. John 
the Baptist, on the north side of the Cathedral ; but it will 
not rest there, for Hugh's reputation as a Saint shall rise ; 
and 80 years later, in the presence of another King, his 
body shall be placed in a silver coffin, and that beautiful 
feature of the Cathedral, commonly called " Angel Choir," 
shall be built, chiefly for the purpose of containing this 
precious deposit ; nor shall the brother of so holy a man be 
forgotten, for in the town of Sleaford two days after the 
burial of Bishop Hugh, will King John confirm to Peter 
de Avalon two Knight's fees at Hist on, in Cambridgeshire. 
" The Templars" — The next Heath view brings us to the 
date 1338, when Edward the 2nd had lately become King of 
England. It is a cold windy January morning, and there 
is snow upon the Heath ; already this lies deeply in the 
hollows, is curling over like foam from the sides of banks, 
and is tailing away in light drifts from every bush ; but yet 
at a point upon the Heath, some six miles northwards of 
Sleaford, there is a stir among men, and I hear a clinking 
like that of some small streamlet imprisoned beneath the 
ice, yet gurgling onwards. But it is no water that makes 
that noise : it is produced by countless little steel rings 
clashing against each other, and now I see its origin before 
me. First a score of archers ride on, and then a reverend 
personage follows, preceded by one bearing a white wand ; 
and then a long train of knights clad in chain armour from 
head to foot, covered with gaily emblazoned surcoats ; but 
some only of these are fully armed, the others wearing white 
mantles with a red cross upon the left breast, bearing no 
weapons ; and these are followed by a considerable number 
of men-at-arms. What means all this? It is John de 
Cormel, the Sheriff of Lincolnshire, aided by twelve knights 
and their forces, who has just seized the Knights Templars 
at Temple Bruer, and is carrying them off to the Claxgate 
prison at Lincoln. That functionary had first been sworn by 
