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Keele Preceptory was a preceptory (the headquarters of the order within a given geographical area), in Keele, Staffordshire, England.Owned by the Knights Templar until their suppression in the early 14th century, it then passed through a number of owners before falling into the hands of the Knights Hospitaller.
The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon (Latin: Pauperes commilitones Christi Templique Salomonici and French: Pauvres Chevaliers du Christ et du Temple de Salomon) are also known as the Order of Solomon's Temple, and mainly the Knights Templar (French: Les Chevaliers Templiers), or simply the Templars (French: Les Templiers).
The preceptory was, according to William Dugdale, founded either in or before 1164.This is recorded in Dugdale’s Monasticon Anglicanum, which states that Hubert de Rye presented the Templars with church of Aslackby with its chapel "in the year when Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury departed from the King [] at Northampton" – i.e., 1164. [2]
The senior office-holders of the Knights Templar included a Turcopolier who commanded both the mercenary cavalry recruited by the Order in the east and the sergeant-brothers. [23] The personal attendants of the Grand Master of the Temple included a Turcopole [ 24 ] - possibly as an interpreter or orderly.
Great Limber Preceptory, Limber Magna was a Camera (farm) of the Knights Templar and later the Knights Hospitaller in the village of Great Limber (or Limber Magna), Lincolnshire, England. [ 1 ] The manor and church of Great Limber were granted by Richard de Humet of Normandy, France and Agnes his wife, to the Cistercian abbey of Aunay in ...
Westerdale Preceptory was a priory in Westerdale, North Yorkshire, England.The land was donated to the Knights Templar by Guido de Bovingcourt in 1203, [1] and was one of ten preceptories owned by the Knights Templar in Yorkshire (the others being Copmanthorpe, Cowton, Faxfleet, Foulbridge, Hirst, Newsam, Penhill, Ribston and Wetherby). [2]
Willoughton Preceptory was a holding of the Knights Templar in Lincolnshire, England. The preceptory stood at the farm, still called Temple Garth. [1] [2] Willoughton, founded during the reign of Stephen, was the richest of the English houses of the Templars. After the suppression of the order in 1312, the house passed to the Hospitallers in 1338.
The bath has been attributed to the Romans but others believe it was a dipping bath or well used by the Templar workers. It was once used as a "magic" health-giving spring. Travellers would drink its waters and leave cloth offerings (a "rag well"). This healing property was probably associated with its position near a Templar hospital.