Ralph Crepyn

[7] On 2 July 1285, Crepyn's estates in Cornhill were given to Ralph de Sandwych to hold for King Edward I of England.

[9] Richard de Gravesend, Bishop of London, took care of the recovering Crepyn during the Royal inquest into the vile murder of Laurence Ducket, who had been given Church sanctuary.

[2] Ralph Crepyn was noted as a "clerk in the service of the mayor of London" in 1286 and his lands were restored by the King due to his incapacity during the murder of his assailant.

Lawrence Duket, goldsmith, kills Ralph Crepyn, moneylender, and flees to London's St. Mary Le Bow for sanctuary.

Burnell fears that the antiroyal Populares party will join with practitioners of devil worship at this time, Christianity is only skin deep.

The satanist group seems to be centered at The Mitre, a tavern owned by the beautiful Alice atte Bowe, with whom Corbett falls in love.

The mystery is neatly done and Doherty's ease of scholarship in giving us the rich sights, sounds and smells of medieval London is masterful."