The Westford Knight
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 July 2023
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 309 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger begin their quest for the Holy Grail via the medieval Westford Knight in Westford, Massachusetts. Some believe this carved stone marks the grave of Knight Templar Sir James Gunn who died on Prince Henry Sinclair expedition to North America in 1399. Could this expedition have brought the Holy Grail to Massachusetts? Is this truly a grave site or just old graffiti on a rock? Let’s explore!
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, so we just passed Fisher Way, and what we're looking for is coming up on the side of the road somewhere here on the right. |
| 0:11.8 | All right, got it. You know, this Westford, Massachusetts neighborhood is pretty residential. |
| 0:16.3 | There's some nice homes on either side of that. Hey, that's what we're looking for, right over there. |
| 0:19.8 | Oh, whoa, whoa, okay. I see a bronze soldier or something laying on a slab on the ground. Yeah. A small area chained off with pillars and a monument. But there's nowhere to park. Yeah, so we'll just pull up here at the next right and park at Abbott Elementary School. We could just walk back. What was that thing? That's our destination, Ray. |
| 0:39.4 | We've come to Westford, Massachusetts, to get medieval. To visit a site with possible ties to |
| 0:44.9 | Knight's Templar and maybe even the Holy Grail. We're in town searching for the Westford |
| 0:52.0 | Knight. Hello, I'm Jeff Belanger, and welcome to town searching for the Westford night. |
| 1:01.2 | Hello, I'm Jeff Belanger, and welcome to episode 309 of the New England Legends podcast. |
| 1:05.1 | And I'm Ray Osier. Thanks for joining us on our mission to find every legend in New England one story at a time. Whether roadside oddities, ghosts, monsters, UFOs, or odd history, |
| 1:10.7 | we love it all. |
| 1:11.6 | And we really love it when you reach out to us with stories you think we should check out. |
| 1:15.9 | Most of our story leads come from you, like this one. |
| 1:18.7 | Thanks to Sean Zimmerman for emailing us. |
| 1:21.2 | You can send us an email through our website anytime. |
| 1:24.3 | Also, hit that subscribe button wherever you get your podcast so that you don't miss a thing. |
| 1:28.7 | And we'll get back to our quest to find the Westford Knight right after this quick word from this |
| 1:33.1 | sponsor. |
| 1:37.5 | So we're looking for a medieval night in Westford, Massachusetts? |
| 1:41.6 | We are. |
| 1:42.3 | But you really don't think of knights in Massachusetts, or anywhere in America, for that matter. |
| 1:46.8 | No, by the mid-16-100s, the idea of a knight-clad in armor from head to toe was mostly |
| 1:51.9 | drifting away as new armor and weapons technology pretty much made those old heavy suits |
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