The sanctuary seeker

"1194 AD. Fighting against the combined powers of the Church and the nobility, Coroner Sir John de Wolfe investigates a murder in the moorland village of Widecombe."@en
"When an unidentified body is found in the village of Widecombe, Crowner (coroner) John is eager to assume his new duties. However, the corrupt sheriff, Richard de Revelle, erects numerous stumbling blocks to the investigation."@en
"November, 1194. Appointed by Richard the Lionheart as the first coroner for the county of Devon, Sir John de Wolfe, an ex-Crusader, rides out to the lonely moorland village of Widecombe to hold an inquest on an unidentified body. On his return to Exeter, the coroner is incense to find that his own brother-in-law, Sheriff Richard de Revelle, is intent on thwarting the murder investigation, particularly when it emerges that the dead man is a Crusader and a member of one of Devon's finest and most honourable families."@en
"Sir John de Wolfe, the coroner of the county of Devon, is thwarted in a murder investigation by his own brother-in-law, Sheriff Richard de Revelle."