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In Search of the Knights Templar: A Guide to the Sites in Britain. London, England: Orion Publishing Group. ISBN 0-297-84433-4. Archived from the original (Hardback) on 2010-03-08; The Closed Rolls of Henry II; George Smart, The Knights Templar: Chronology, Authorhouse, 2005. ISBN 1-4184-9889-0
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]
It is one of the few Knights Templar sites left in England where any ruins remain standing. Its name comes from its Templar ownership and its position in the middle of the Lincoln Heath, bruyère (heather) from the French language current at the time. It was founded in the period 1150 to 1160 and the order was dissolved in 1312.
The wheat barn at Cressing Temple. Cressing Temple is a medieval site situated between Witham and Braintree in Essex, [1] close to the villages of Cressing and White Notley.It was amongst the very earliest and largest of the possessions of the Knights Templar in England, [2] [3] and is currently open to the public as a visitor attraction.
Alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as cells and notable monastic granges (particularly those with resident monks), and also camerae of the military orders of monks (Knights Templar and Knights Hospitaller). Monastic hospitals are included where they had the status or function of an abbey, priory, or preceptor/commandery.
The following is a list of the monastic houses in Oxfordshire, England. Alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as cells and notable monastic granges (particularly those with resident monks), and also camerae of the military orders of monks (Knights Templar and Knights Hospitaller).
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 ...
Temple Cowton Preceptory was a priory in North Yorkshire, England.The preceptory was in the village of East Cowton, 5 miles (8 km) north west of Northallerton. [1] Temple Cowton was founded in c. 1142 by the Knights Templar and was regarded as an important location on account of Edward I starting there in 1300, and at its suppression in 1308, various documents relating to all their possessions ...