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Baldock in Hertfordshire was established by the Knights Templar [6] and between 1199 and 1254 it was their English headquarters. The Hertford Mercury newspaper reported a warren of Templar tunnels beneath the town of Hertford, centering on Hertford Castle , where in 1309 four Templars from Temple Dinsley near Hitchin were imprisoned after their ...
Castle of Soure - received and reconstructed in March 1128, was the first castle of the Knights Templar. [16] Old town of Tomar, including the Castle, the Convent of the Order of Christ and the Church of Santa Maria do Olival [1] [2]
This is a list of some members of the Knights Templar, a powerful Christian military order during the time of the Crusades. At peak, the Order had approximately 20,000 members. The Knights Templar were led by the Grand Master, originally based in Jerusalem, whose deputy was the Seneschal. Next in importance was the Marshal, who was responsible ...
The surviving ruins of the Chapel of St. Gudwal. The first building on the Commandery site was the Hospital of St. Wulfstan, which was constructed around 1085 on the orders of Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester (later Saint Wulfstan) as a hospital or almshouse (today a hospice) for the terminally ill, the destitute and pilgrims; [2] it was built around the site of the Chapel of St. Gudwal, which ...
The grand master of the Knights Templar was the supreme commander of the holy order, starting with founder Hugues de Payens.Some held the office for life while others resigned life in monasteries or diplomacy.
The Knights Templar in Kesteven North Kesteven District Council (c.1990) Oliver G. Rev.Dr.(1843) Temple Bruer and its Knights, in A selection of Papers relative to the County of Lincoln read before the Lincolnshire Topographical Society 1841,1842. pp. 67–90, W & B Brooke, High Street, Lincoln. Sister Elspeth (1906) in Page, William,(ed).
A preceptory of the Knights Templar was founded in Eagle by King Stephen. In 1312 it passed to the Hospitallers and became one of only two infirmaries for Templars in England. [6] Stephen's original endowment included the manor of Eagle and the churches of Eagle, Swinderby and Scarle. [3] In 1921 the parish had a population of 371. [7]
Membership is restricted to those who are subscribing members of a Preceptory (Commandery) in amity with the Great Priory of the United Religious, Military and Masonic Order of the Temple of England and Wales and Provinces Overseas (commonly referred to as the Knights Templar). Membership is by invitation only.