He smiles. "Just off to the Temple with Sir Jourdain, here, to see about finances. It's a terrible thing to manage an Earldom without its revenues, but such is my lot until the King makes his ruling."

"Well enough, my Lord of Montfort-l'Amaury." He smiles down at you from horseback. "Certain difficulties remain, but I am in fine company, and it is a pleasant enough day. How does it find you?"

The man is none other than Roger de Bigod, Earl (maybe?) of Norfolk. The story is complicated, but he is definitely riding alongside a Templar. That much the cross can tell you.

"Oh, no problem at all," Bigod replies. "Have a nice day!"

For his part, Bigod looks unworried by your presence, even giving you an amiable smile and a return nod.

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Roger Bigod, Lord of Norfolk, writes in reply to his father's widow-- There is a new king, a new kingdom, and a new arrangement to be made, Gundreda. What one king has made, another can unmake. And what one old woman thinks she has made safe, a new king can make unsafe. I would encourage you to be c...