Chapter VII (4)

At the west end of the hall are considerable remains of the ancient convent of the Knights. A groined Gothic arch of the same style of architecture as the oldest part of the Temple Church forms the roof of the present buttery, and in the apartment beyond is a groined vaulted ceiling of great beauty. The ribs of the arches in both rooms are elegantly moulded, but are sadly disfigured with a thick coating of plaster and barbarous whitewash. In the cellars underneath these rooms are some old walls of immense thickness, the remains of an ancient window, a curious fireplace, and some elegant pointed Gothic arches corresponding with the ceilings above; but they are now, alas! shrouded in darkness, choked with modern brick partitions and staircases, and soiled with the damp and dust of many centuries. These interesting remains form an upper and an under story, the floor of the upper story being on a level with the floor of the hall, and the floor of the under story on a level with the terrace on the south side thereof. They were formerly connected with the church by means of a covered way or cloister, which ran at right angles with them over the site of the present cloister-chambers, and communicated with the upper and under story of the chapel of St. Anne, which formerly stood on the south side of the church. By means of this corridor and chapel the brethren of the Temple had private access to the church for the performance of their strict religious duties, and of their secret ceremonies of admitting novices to the vows of the order. In 9 Jac. I., A. D. 1612, some brick buildings three stories high were erected over this ancient cloister by Francis Tate, esq., and being burnt down a few years afterwards, the interesting covered way which connected the church with the ancient convent was involved in the general destruction, as appears from the following inscription upon the present buildings:--VETUSTISSIMA TEMPLARIORUM PORTICU IGNE CONSUMPTA, ANNO 1678, NOVA HÆC, SUMPTIBUS MEDII TEMPLI EXTRUCTA, ANNO 1681, GULIELMO WHITELOCKE ARMIGERO, THESAURARIO. “The very ancient portico of the Templars being consumed by fire in the year 1678, these new buildings were erected at the expense of the Middle Temple in the year 1681, during the treasurership of William Whitelocke, esq.”

The cloisters of the Templars formed the medium of communication between the halls, of the church, and the cells of the serving brethren of the order. During the formation of the present new entrance into the Temple, by the church, at the bottom of the Inner Temple lane, a considerable portion of the brickwork of the old houses was pulled down, and an ancient wall of great thickness was disclosed. It was composed of chalk, ragstone, and rubble, exactly resembling the walls of the church. It ran in a direction east and west, and appeared to have formed the extreme northern boundary of the old convent. The exact site of the remaining buildings of the ancient Temple cannot now be determined with certainty.

Among the many interesting objects to be seen in the ancient church of the Knights Templars which still exists in a wonderful state of preservation, is the PENITENTIAL CELL, a dreary place of solitary confinement formed within the thick wall of the building, only four feet six inches long and two feet six inches wide, so narrow and small that a grown person cannot lie down within it.[187] In this narrow prison the disobedient brethren of the ancient Templars were temporarily confined in chains and fetters, “in order that their souls might be saved from the eternal prison of hell.” The hinges and catch of a door firmly attached to the doorway of this dreary chamber still remain, and at the bottom of the staircase is a stone recess or cupboard, where bread and water were placed for the prisoner. In this cell Brother Walter le Bachelor, Knight, Grand Preceptor of Ireland, is said to have been starved to death.

THE END.

LONDON:
G. J. PALMER, SAVOY STREET, STRAND.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] _Will. Tyr._ lib. i. cap. 2, lib. viii. cap. 3. _Jac. de Vitr. Hist. Hierosol._ cap. lxii. p. 1080. _D’Herbelot Bib. Orient._ p. 270, 687, ed. 1697.

[2] _Procopius_ de ædificiis Justiniani, lib. 5.

[3] _Will. Tyr._ lib. xii. cap. 7, lib. viii. cap. 3. _Hist. Orient. Jac. de Vitr. apud Thesaur. Nov. Anecd. Martene_, tom. iii. col. 277. _Phocæ descript. Terr. Sanct._ cap. 14, col. 1653.

[4] _Chrysost. Henriq. de Priv. Cist._ p. 477.

[5] See also Hoveden apud X script. page 479. Hen. Hunting. ib. page 384.

[6] _Will. Tyr._ lib. xiii. cap. 26; _Anselmus_, lib. iii. epistolarum, epist. 43, 63, 66, 67.

[7] _Reg. Cart. S. Joh. Jerus. in Bib. Cotton. Nero E. b._ No. xx. fo. 118.

[8] _Odo de Diogilo de Ludov._ vii. _profectione in Orientem_, p. 67.

[9] _Duchesne hist. franc. scrip._ tom. iv. p. 512; epist. 58, 59.

[10] _Dugd. Monast._ vol. vii. p. 838; vol. ii. p. 820, 843, ed. 1830. Baronage, tom. i. p. 122.

[11] _Will. Tyr._ lib. xvii. cap. 21, cap. 9.

[12] _Registr. epist._ apud _Martene_, tom. ii. col. 647.

[13] _Will. Tyr._ lib. xvii. cap. 27; lib. xviii. cap. 14; lib. xix. cap. 8.

[14] Keightley’s Crusaders. The virtues of Noureddin are celebrated by the Arabic Historian _Ben-Schunah_, by _Azzeddin Ebn-al-athir_, by _Khondemir_, and in the work entitled, “The flowers of the two gardens,” by _Omaddeddin Kateb_. See also _Will. Tyr._ lib. xx. cap. 33.

[15] _Alwakidi_, translated by Ockley, _Hist. Saracen._ _Cinnamus_, lib. iv. num. 22.

[16] His. de Saladin, per _M. Marin_, tome i. p. 120, 1. _Gibbon_, cap. 59.

[17] _Hist. Franc. Script._ tom. iv. p. 692, 693. _Gesta Dei_, epist. xiv. p. 1178, 9.

[18] _Martene_, vet. Script., tom. ii. col. 846, 847, 883. _Gesta Dei_, tom. i. p. 1181-1184. _Duchesne._ Hist. Franc. script. p. 698.

[19] _Will. Tyr._ lib. xxii. cap. 5.

[20] _Will. Tyr._ lib. xviii. cap. 4, 5. lib. xx. cap. 5. _Hoveden_ in Hen. 2, p. 622. _De Vertot_, Hist. des Chevaliers de Malte, liv. ii. p. 150 to 161, ed. 1726.

[21] _Will. Tyr._ lib. xxi. cap. 29.

[22] Académie des Inscriptions, tom. xvii. p. 127, 170.

[23] Adjecit etiam et alia _a spiritu superbiæ_, quo ipse plurimum abundabat, dictata, quæ præsenti narrationi non multum necessarium est interserere.--_Will. Tyr._ lib. xx. cap. 32.

[24] _Will. Tyr._ lib. xx. xxi. xxii.

[25] _Will. Tyr._ lib. xx-xxii. _Abulpharadge_ Chron. Syr. p. 379-381.

[26] _Hemingford_, cap. 33. _Hoveden_, ad ann. 1185; _Radulph de Diceto_, p. 622-626. Concil. Mag. Brit. tom. iv, p. 788. _Matt. West._ ad ann. 185; _Guill. Neubr._ tom. i. lib. iii. cap. 12, 13.

[27] _Speed._ Hist. Britain, p. 506. A. D. 1185.

[28] _Stowe’s_ Survey. _Tanner_, Notit. Monast. _Dugd._ Orig. Jurid. _Herbert_, Antiq. Inns of Court.

[29] _Dugd._ Monast. Angl. vol vi. part ii. p. 820.

[30] _Will. Tyr._ lib. xii. cap. 7.

[31] _Will. Tyr._ lib. xx. cap. 21. _Rob. de Monte_, appen. ad chron. Sig. p. 631. _Marin_, _Sanut._ p. 221. _Bernard_, Thesaur. p. 768. _Matt. Par._ p. 142.

[32] _Roccus Pyrrhus_, Sicil. Antiq. tom. iii. col. 1000, 1093, 4, 5, 6, 7, &c.

[33] _Mariana_, de. reb. Hist. lib. ii. cap. 23.

[34] Script. rer. Germ. tom. ii. col. 584.

[35] Constantinop. Christ. lib. iv. p. 157.

[36] Hist. Gen. de Languedoc. Hist. de la ville de Paris, tom. i. p. 174. Gall. christ. nov. tom. vi., tom. vii. col. 853.

[37] _Dugd._ Monast. Angl. vol. vi. part 2, p. 800 to 817. Concil. Magnæ Britanniæ, tom. iii. p. 333 to 382. Acta _Rymeri_, tom iii. p. 279, 288, 291, 295, &c.

[38] _Nichol’s_ Hist. of Leicestershire.

[39] _Clutterbuck’s_ Hist. of Hertfordshire. Acta _Rymeri_, tom. iii. p. 133, 134. _Dodsworth_, MS. vol. xxxv.

[40] _Morant’s_ Hist. Essex. _Rymer_, tom. iii. p. 290 to 294.

[41] Inquis. terrar. ut sup. _Peck’s_ MS. in Musseo Britannico, vol. iv. fol. 95. _Dodsworth_, MS. vol. xx. p. 65, 67. _Dugd._ Baron, tom. i. p. 70.

[42] Monast. Angl. _Hasted._ Hist. Kent. _Manning’s_ Surrey. _Atkyn’s_ Gloucestershire; and see the references in _Tanner_. _Nash’s_ Worcestershire. _Bridge’s_ Northamptonshire, vol. ii. p. 100.

[43] _Thoroton’s_ Nottinghamshire. _Burn and Nicholson’s_ Westmoreland. _Worsley’s_ Isle of Wight. _Mat. Par._ p. 615, ed. Lond. 1640.

[44] _Dugd._ Monast. Angl. p. 838.

[45] _Dugd._ Monast. p. 844.

[46] Acta _Rymeri_, tom. i. p. 30-32, 54, 298, 574, 575.

[47] 2 Inst. p. 432, 465.

[48] Stat. Westr. 2, cap. 43, 13 Ed. I.

[49] Concil. Mag. Brit. tom. ii. p. 335, 339, 340, 355, 356. Monast. Angl. p. 818.

[50] _Peck’s_ MS. in Museo Brittannico, vol. iv. p. 65.

[51] _Nicholl’s_ Hist. Leicestershire, vol. iii. pl. cxxvii. fig. 947, p. 943; vol. ii. pl. v. fig. 13.

[52] Rot. claus. 49. H. III. m. xi. d. Acta _Rymeri_, tom. iii. p. 802.

[53] L’Histoire des Cisteaux, _Chrisost Henriques_, p. 479.

[54] _Lord Littleton’s_ Life of Henry II. tom. ii. p. 356. _Hoveden_, 453. _Chron. Gervasii_, p. 1386, apud X. script.

[55] _Lansdowne_ MS. 207 E. fol. 467. Ibid. fol. 201.

[56] Acta _Rymeri_, tom. i. p. 442, 4, 5. _Wilkins_. Concilia, tom. ii. p. 230.

[57] _Matt. Par._ p. 381.

[58] _Matt. Par._ p. 253, 645.

[59] _Wilkins_. Concilia Magnæ Britanniæ, tom. ii. p. 19, 26, 93, 239, 253, 272, 292.

[60] _Muratori_ script. rer. Ital. p. 792. _Cotton_ MS. Nero E. vi. p. 60, fol. 466.

[61] _Radulph de Diceto_, p. 626. _Matt. Par._ ad ann. 1185. _Hoveden_, p. 636, 637.

[62] The above passage is almost literally translated from the _Chron. Joan. Bromton_, abbatis Jornalensis, script. X. p. 1144, ad ann. 1185.

[63] Contin. hist. apud _Martene_, tom. v. col. 606.

[64] Contin. Hist. _Will. Tyr._ apud _Martene_, tom. v. col. 585, 593-596. This valuable old chronicle appears to have been written by a resident in Palestine. It was translated into Latin by Francis Piper and published by Muratori inter rer Italicar. script. tom. vii. as the chronicle of Bernard the treasurer. Assizes de Jerusalem, cap. 287, 288.

[65] _Rad. Cogg._ apud _Martene_, tom. v. col. 550-552. Contin. Hist., ib. col. 599, 600.

[66] _Bohadin ib’n Sjeddadi_, apud _Schultens_, ex. MS. Arab. Pref.

[67] _Rad. Cogg._ col. 552, 553. _Abulfed._ Chron. Hejir. 582.

[68] _Muhammed_, _F. Muhammed_, _N. Koreisg. Ispahan_, apud _Schultens_, p. 18.

[69] _Omad’eddin Kateb_, in the book called Fatah. Extraits Arabes, _Michaud. Radulph Coggleshale_. Chron. Terr. Sanct. apud _Martene_, tom. v. col. 552 to 559. Contin. Hist. ib. col. 602--608. _Bohadin_, p. 70. _Jac. de Vitr._ cap. xciv. _Abulfeda_, cap. 27. _Abulpharag._ Chron. Syr. p. 399, 401, 402. Gesta Dei, tom. i. p. 1150, 1. _Vinisauf._ apud _Gale_, p. 15.

[70] _Hoveden_, rer. Angl. script. post Bedam, p. 636, 637. Chron. _Gervas._ ib. col. 1562.

[71] Contin. Hist. col. 611. _Jac. de Vitr._ cap. xc. _Vinisauf_, p. 257. _Michaud_, Extr.

[72] _Rad. Cogg._ col. 567, 568.

[73] _Ibn-Alatsyr._ Extraits par _M. Michaud_. Bib. des Croisaides, p. 464.

[74] _Rad. Cogg._ col. 570-573. Contin. Hist. Bell. Sacr. col. 614, 615, 621. _Bohadin_, cap. xxxvi. and the Arab Extracts, apud _Schultens_, cap. xxvii. p. 42, 43.

[75] _Hoveden_, Rer. Angl. script. post Bedam, p. 645, 646.

[76] _Bohadin_ apud _Schultens_, cap. 36. _Abulfeda_, ib. cap. xxvii. p. 43. _Wilken_ Comment. p. 148.

[77] Khotbeh, or sermon of _Mohammed Ben Zeky_.--_Michaud_, Extraits Arabes.

[78] _Michaud_, Pieces justificatives, No. ix. 485.

[79] _Hoveden_, p. 646. Contin. Hist. col. 623. _Ibn-Alatsyr_, p. 474-477.

[80] Ipse meis vidi oculis, uno eorum cadente, alter mox eundem locum occuparet, immotique, perstarent ad instar muri. _Bohadin_ apud _Schultens_, p. 85. _Michaud_, Extraits, p. 487, 488.

[81] _Ibn Alatsyr_, ut sup. p. 479-484, 492. _Bohadin_, cap. 41-44, 48, 49.

[82] _Radulph de Diceto_, apud X. script. p. 642.

[83] _Vinisauf_ apud _Gale_ XV. script, vol. 2. p. 270. _Rad. Cogg._ col. 574. Gesta Dei, tom. 1, part 2, p. 1165. _Radulph de Diceto_ col. 649.

[84] _Ducange_, Gloss, tom. vi. p. 1036. Cotton MS. Nero E. vi. p. 60, fol. 466.

[85] _Bohadin_, cap. 55-58, 75-84. _Ibn Alat_. ut sup. p. 499, 500, 510-514. _Vinisauf_, apud _Gale_ XV. script. cap. 58-60. _D’Herbelot_, Bib. Orient, p. 743.

[86] _Rad. Cogg_. col. 557. _Vinisauf_, cap. 64, 74. L’Art de Verif. tom. 4, p. 59, ed. 1818.

[87] Hist. de la maison de Sablè, liv. vi. chap. 5. p. 174, 175. Cotton MS. Nero, E. vi. p. 60. folio 466, where he is called Robert de Sambell. L’Art de Verif. tom. v. p. 347.

[88] _Jac. de Vitr._ Gesta Dei, cap. 65.

[89] _Michaud_, Hist. des Croisades, tom. ii. p. 383, 384.

[90] _Bohadin_, cap. 95-110, 112. _I’Bn Alat._ p. 520. _Bohadin_, cap. 115. Contin. Hist. col. 634, 635.

[91] Contin. Hist. col. 633. _Trivet_ ad ann. 1191. Chron. de S. Denis, lib. ii. cap. 7.

[92] Itinerarium regis Anglorum Ricardi et aliorum in terram Hierosolymorum auctore _Gaufrido de Vinisauf_. _Gale’s_ scriptores Historiæ Anglicanæ, tom. ii. p. 247-429.

[93] Erat autem perelegans ea et per sane venusta, validissimis mœnibus, celsissimis ædificiis, ita ut terrorem quendam gravitate et firmitate incuteret. _Bohadin_, apud _Schultens_, pp. 100-201. _Ibn Alat._ p. 523-525. _Vinisauf_, lib. iv.

[94] _Bohadin_, apud _Schultens_, cap. 156, p. 235, 236.

[95] _Vinisauf_, lib. vi. _Bohadin_, p. 238. _Abulfeda_, p. 51. Contin. Hist. col. 638, 641.

[96] _Cotton_ MS. Nero E. VI. 23, i.

[97] _Jac. de Vitry_, Gest. Dei, tom i. pars. 9, p. 1113.

[98] _Michaud_, Hist. des Croisades, tom. iii. p. 39.

[99] _Othonis de S. Blazio_, apud _Martene_, tom. vi. p. 886. Contin. Hist. ib. tom. v.

[100] Lib. i. ii. epistolarum. _Inn. III._, epist. 138, 567.

[101] _Cotton_ MS. Nero E. VI., p. 60, fol. 466. _Ducange_, Gloss. tom. vi. p. 1036.

[102] _Bernardus_ Thesaurarius, Script, rer. Italicar. tom. vii. cap. 187. p. 823.

[103] _Cotton_, MS. Nero E. VI. fol. 23 i.--p. 60, fol. 466. _Ducange_, Gloss. tom. vi. col. 1036.

[104] _Bern_ Thesaur. cap. 190-200, Script. Ital. tom. viii. _Jac. de Vitr._ p. 1135-1143. _Martene._ Thesaur. anec. tom. iii. col. 294, &c. _Ibn Ferat_ p. 770. _Ibn Alat._ p. 538. _Oliverii_, Hist. Damiatana, tom. ii. cap. 31.

[105] Epist. apud _Matt. Par._ p. 312, 313. _Martene_, tom. v. col. 1480.

[106] _Matt. Par._ p. 314. See also another letter, p. 313.

[107] _Ibn Schunah_, ad ann. Hejir 626. _Tyr._ Contin. Hist. col. 695-699. _Marin Sanut._ p. 213.

[108] _Od Rainald_, ad ann. 1229.

[109] _Cotton_ MS. Nero E. VI. 23 i. p. 60, fol. 466. L’Art de Verif. tom. v. p. 351.

[110] _Matt. Par._ p. 615. _Tyr._ Contin. Hist. col. 722-725. _Marin Sanut._ cap. 15. _Michaud_, Extr. p. 549. _Ibn Schunah_, Hejir. 638.

[111] Acta _Rymeri_, tom. i. p. 134, 165, 170, 194, 195, 208, 209. _Matt. Par._ p. 234-237, 253. _Matt. West._ p. 271.

[112] Acta _Rymeri_, tom. i. p. 234, 258, 270, 275, 311, 373, 380.

[113] _Addison’s_ Temple Church.

[114] Cart. 11, _Hen._ 3, m. 33. _Dugd._ Monast. Angl. vol. vi. part 2. p. 844.

[115] _Plac. de Quo Warranto_ temp. EDW. 1, rot. 4, d. p. 191. _Spelman_, Gloss p. 251.

[116] _Djemal’eddeen_, ad ann. Hejir. 841. _Michaud_, Extraits Arabes, p. 549.

[117] _Steph. Baluz_, Miscell. lib. vi. p. 357, de constructione Castri SAPHET.

[118] _Conder’s_ Modern Traveller.--Palestine, p. 335, 337-339.

[119] _Marin. Sanut._ p. 217. _Tyr._ Contin. Hist. col. 731, 732. _Michaud_, Extraits, p. 551, 718. _Matt. Par._ 631, 632.

[120] _Matt. Par._ p. 631 to 633. _Abulpharag_, p. 486. _D’Herbelot_, Bib. Orient. p. 357, 628.

[121] _Cotton_ MS. Nero E. VI. p. 60, fol. 466. L’Art de Verif. tom. v. 552. _Matt. Par._ p. 618-620.

[122] _Matt. Par._ p. 711.

[123] _Matt. Par._ p. 733.

[124] _Matt. Par._ p. 736, et in additamentis, p. 161, ad ann. 1247.

[125] _Matt. Par._ in additamentis, p. 168, 169.

[126] _Joinville_, p. 47.

[127] _Ibn Schunah_, ad ann. Hejir, 648.

[128] _Joinville_, p. 58. _Matt. Par._ Chron. Nan. p. 790.

[129] Acta _Rymeri_, tom. i. p. 473.

[130] Gal. Christ. nov. tom. ii. col. 1008. _Tyr._ Contin. col. 735.

[131] Acta _Rymeri_, tom. i. p. 474, 557, 558. _Matt. Par._ p. 899.

[132] Reg. et constit. ord. Cisterc. p. 480. Acta _Rymeri_, tom. i. p. 575-582.

[133] _Od. Rainald_, ad ann. 1257. _Tyr._ Contin. col. 732, 735-737.

[134] Acta _Rymeri_, tom. i. p. 698.

[135] Ib. p. 730, 878, 879.

[136] _Tyr._ Contin. Hist. col. 737, 742. _Sanut._ p. 220-222. _Abulfeda_, apud _Wilkins_, p. 223. _Ibn Ferat_ Chron. Arab ad ann. Hejir. 662, 664. _Mohieddin_, by _Schafi Ibn Ali Abbas_. _Michaud_ Extraits, 668, 669, 673, 674.

[137] _Ibn Ferat._ Hejir. 666. _Michaud_, Extr. 675-785. _Tyr._ Contin. col. 743

[138] _Tyr._ Contin. col. 745. _Sanut_, p. 224. _Michaud_, p. 757. _Trivet_, ad ann. 1272. _Walsingham_, p. 43. Acta _Rymeri_, tom. i. p. 885, 889; tom. ii. p. 2.

[139] _Tyr._ Contin. col. 746, 747. Acta _Rymeri_, tom. ii. p. 34.

[140] De excidio urbis Acconis apud _Martene_, tom. v. col. 757, 782. _De Guignes_, Hist. des Huns, tom. iv. p. 162. _Abulfarag._ Chron. Syr. p. 595. _Wilkens_, Comment. Abulfed. Hist. p. 231-234. _Marin. Sanut. Torsell_, lib. iii. pars 12, cap. 21, 22. _Makrisi_, ad ann. Hejir. 689, 690. _Hermann Cornarius_, Collect. _d’Ekard Michaud_, Bib. des Croisades, tom. ii.

[141] Concil. Mag. Brit. tom. ii. p. 350-352, 387, 388. _Cotton_ MS. Nero E. VI. 23 i. p. 60, fol. 466. L’Art de Verif. tom. i. p. 523, ed. 1783. _Rainald_, tom. xiv. ad ann. 1294.

[142] _Haiton_, Hist. Tartar. cap. 43. Chron. de _Nangis Rainald_, ad ann. 1299, 1300, n. 34. _Marin. Sanut._ p. 242. _De Guignes_, tom iv. p. 184.

[143] _Ibn Ferat_, ad ann. Hejir. 690. _Sanut._ p. 232.

[144] Acta _Rymeri_, tom. i. p. 575-579, 582, tom. ii. p. 529. _Martene_, tom. vii. col. 156.

[145] Acta _Rymeri_, tom. ii. p. 683. _Hemingford_, vol. i. p. 159, 244. Rolls of Parliament, vol. i. p. 2. Ib. No. 7.

[146] _Dupuy_, tom. ii. p. 309. Chron. St. Denis. Acta _Rymeri_, tom. iii. p. 18.

[147] Ostendens duo ossa quod dicebat illa esse quæ ceciderunt de talis suis. _Processus contra Templarios._ _Raynouard_, Monumens Historiques, p. 73, ed. 1813.

[148] Ponderibus appensis in genitalibus, usque ad exanimationem. Ib. p. 35.

[149] Acta _Rymeri_, tom. iii. p. 35, 37.

[150] _Knyghton_, apud X. script. col. 2494, 2531. Acta _Rymeri_, tom. iii. p. 30-32, 34, 35, 45.

[151] Acta _Rymeri_, tom. iii. p. 100-103, 111, 121, 122.

[152] Acta _Rymeri_, p. 168, 169.

[153] Concil. Mag. Brit. tom. ii. p. 346, 347. Acta _Rymeri_, tom. iii. p. 174, 175, 178, 179.

[154] The original draft of these articles of accusation, with the corrections and alterations, is preserved in the Tresor des Chartres. _Raynouard_, Monumens Historiques, p. 50, 51. The proceedings against the Templars in England are preserved in MS. in the British Museum, Harl. No. 252, 62, f. p. 113; No. 247, 68, f. p. 144. Bib. Cotton. Julius, b. xii. p. 70; and in the Bodleian Library and Ashmolean Museum. The principal part of them has been published by _Wilkins_ in the Concilia Magnæ Britanniæ, tom ii. p. 329-401, and by _Dugdale_, in the Monast. Angl. vol. vi. part ii. p. 844-848.

[155] Concil. Mag. Brit. tom. ii. p. 350-383. Acta _Rymeri_, tom. iii. p. 179, 180.

[156] _Raynouard_, p. 52, 57, 75, ed. 1813. _Dupuy_, p. 138, 139, 174, ed. 1700.

[157] Chron. Cornel. _Zanfliet_ apud _Martene_, tom. v. col. 159. _Bocat._ de cas. vir. illustr. lib. ix. cap. 21. _Joan. Can. Sti. Vict._ Contin. de _Nangis_, ad ann. 1310. _Rayn._

[158] Acta _Rymeri_, tom. iii. p. 194, 195, 224, 225, 227, 230-235. Concil. Mag. Brit. tom. ii. p. 305-314; tom. iii. p. 228, 229.

[159] AGNES LOVECOTE dixit quod ... fratres aperuerunt quandam voltam et perduxerunt de illo loco monstrum quoddam ad formam seu imaginem diaboli, habens loco oculorum lapides rutilantes et illuminantes capitulum, cujus culum osculabantur omnes, primo Magister, et postea alii, et postea ponebant unam crucen nigram ad culum dicti monstri, et spuebant omnes in crucem...! Deponit se audivisse à quâdam _dominâ_ Agnete, quæ dicebat se audivisse à sorore cujusdam Templarii, quod cum ipsa soror denudasset fratrem suum post mortem, credens invenire signa salutis, invenit in braccis dicti Templarii fratis sui crucem pendentem contra anum...! Concil. Mag. Brit. tom. ii. p. 350-364.

[160] Acta _Rymeri_, tom. iii. p. 290. MS. Bodl. F. 5, 2. Concil. p. 364, 365. Acta _Rymeri_, tom. iii. p. 228, 231, 232.

[161] Concil. Mag. Brit. tom. ii. p. 383-391, 394-401.

[162] Concilia Hispaniæ, tom. v. p. 223. _Raynouard_, p. 199-204.

[163] Secund. vit. Clem. 5, p. 43. _Rainald_, ad ann. 1311, n. 55. _Walsingham_, p. 99. Antiq. Britann. p. 210.

[164] _Maratorii_ collect. tom. iii. p. 448; tom. x. col. 377. _Mariana_, tom. iii. p. 157. _Raynouard_, p. 191, 192.

[165] _Cotton_ MS. Nero E. vi. 23 i. Ib. p. 60, fol. 466. Acta _Rymeri_, tom. iii. p. 380.

[166] _Lansdown_ MS. 207, E. vol. v. fol. 162, 163, 201, 284, 317, 467. Acta _Rymeri_, tom. i. p. 134, 342, 344, 345, part 3, p. 104. _Matt. Par._ p. 253-255, 258, 270, 314, 615, et in ad. p. 480. Concil. Mag. Brit. tom. ii. p. 340; tom. xi. p. 335, 339, 341, 343, 344. _Prynne_, collect. 3, 143.

[167] Concil. Mag. Brit. tom. ii. p. 393.

[168] _Villani_, lib. viii. cap. 92. _Dupuy_, ed. 1700, p. 71, 128, 139. _Raynouard_, p. 60, 209, 210.

[169] _Dupuy_, p. 179, 184. _Raynouard_, 197-199. _De Vertis_, liv. iii.

[170] Acta _Rymeri_, tom. iii. p. 130, 134, 139, 279-297, 321-327, 337, 409, 410. _Dodsworth_, MS. vol. xxxv. p. 65, 67.

[171] Acta _Rymeri_, tom. iii. p. 451, 454, 455, 457, 459-463, 956-959. _Dugd._ Monast. Angl. vol. vi. part 2, p. 809, 849, 850. Rolls of Parliament, vol. ii. p. 41. Concil. Mag. Brit. tom. ii. p. 499.

[172] Statutes at Large, vol. 9. Appendix, p. 23. Rolls of Parliament, vol. ii. p. 41, No. 52. Monast. Angl. p. 880.

[173] Acta _Rymeri_, tom. iii. p. 472. Concil. Mag. Brit. tom. ii. _Walsingham_, p. 99.

[174] Pat. 8, E. 2. m. 17. Ancient MS. account of the Temple, formerly the property of lord Somers, and afterwards of Nicholls, the celebrated antiquary. Acta _Rymeri_, tom. iii. p. 936, 940. _Lel._ coll. vol. i. p. 668. Rot. Escaet. 1, E. 3. _Dugd._ baron. vol. i. p. 777, 778.

[175] Acta _Rymeri_, tom. iv. p. 406, 464.

[176] Rot. Escaet. 10, E. 3, 66. Claus. 4, E. 3, p. 1, m. 10.

[177] Sunt etiam ibidem claustrum, capella Sancti Thomæ, et quædam platea terræ eidem capellæ annexata, cum _una aula_ et camera supra edificata, quæ sunt loca sancta, et Deo dedicata, et dictæ ecclesiæ annexata, et eidem Priori per idem breve liberata.... Item dicunt, quod præter ista, sunt ibidem in custodia Wilielmi de Langford, infra Magnam Portam dicti Novi Templi, _extra metas et disjunctiones prædictas_ una _aula_ et quatuor cameræ, una coquina, unum gardinum, unum stabulum, et una camera ultra Magnam Portam prædictam, &c. In memorandis Scacc. inter recorda de Termino Sancti Hilarii. 11 E. 3, in officio Remembratoris Thesaurarii.

[178] _Dugd._ Monast. vol. vii. p. 810, 811. Ib. tom. vi. part 2, p. 832.

[179] Pat. 35 E. 3, p. 2, m 33.

[180] Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. The wages of the Manciples of the Temple, tomp. Henry VIII. were xxxvis. per annum. Bib. _Cotton_. Vitellius, c. 9, f. 320, a.

[181] Acta _Rymeri_, tom. iii. p. 292, 294, 331, 332.

[182] Thomas of Wothrope, at the trial of the Templars in England, was unable to give an account of the reception of some brethren into the order, quia erat _panetarius_ et vacabat circa suum officium. Concil. Mag. Brit. tom. ii. p. 355. Ita appellabant officialem domesticum, qui mensæ panem, mappas et manutergia subministrabat. _Ducange_, Gloss. verb. PANETARIUS. Concil. Mag. Brit. tom. ii. p. 371-373. MS. Inner Temple Library, div. 9, shelf 5, vol. xvii. fol. 393.

[183] _Dugd._ Orig. Jurid. cap. xxxix. p. 102.

[184] _Will. Tyr._ lib. i. p. 50, lib. xii. p. 814. _Dugd._ Hist. Warwickshire, p. 704. Et tune Magister Templi dedit sibim antellum, et imposuit pileum capiti suo, et tune fecit eum sedere ad terram, injungens sibi, &c. Acta _contra Templarios_. Concil. Mag. Brit. tom. ii. p. 300. See also p. 335.

[185] Ex cod. MS. apud sub-thesaurarium Hosp. Medii Templi, f. 4, a. _Dugd._ Orig. Jurid. cap. 43, 46.

[186] _Hargrave_, MS. No. 19, 81, f. 5, fol. 46.

[187] For an account of the Temple Church and its antiquities, see _Addison’s_ “Temple Church.”

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Henry II., king of England, visits the Temple at Paris
Henry III., king of England, visits the Temple at Paris

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but as cotemporary historians of Palestine, who describe the exploits
but as contemporary historians of Palestine, who describe the exploits

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themselves in various impregnable castles and strong holds,
themselves in various impregnable castles and strongholds,

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The crescent had been torn down by the crusders from the summit
The crescent had been torn down by the crusaders from the summit

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arranged by St Bernard, and sanctioned by the Holy Fathers
arranged by St. Bernard, and sanctioned by the Holy Fathers

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XLI. It is in no wise lawful for any of the brothers to receive
"XLI. It is in no wise lawful for any of the brothers to receive

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"LXVIII. Care must be taken that no brother, powerful or weak
"LXVIII. Care must be taken that no brother, powerful or weak,

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In such causes it is neither safe to slay nor to be slain."
In such causes it is neither safe to slay nor to be slain.

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and relate the wonderful things that are done in thee."
and relate the wonderful things that are done in thee.

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his minister and vicegerent, the famous Suger, abbot of St. Denis
his minister and vicegerent, the famous Suger, abbot of St. Denis:

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is of more avail than two two months of fasting and of prayer.
is of more avail than two months of fasting and of prayer.

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the vizier who conducted the ambassadors laid aside his scimetar,
the vizier who conducted the ambassadors laid aside his scimitar,

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had not put arms into their hands to make conquests; but the
had not put arms into their hands to make conquests;" but the

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On the death of Nourdedin, sultan of Damascus, (A. D. 1175,)
On the death of Noureddin, sultan of Damascus, (A. D. 1175,)

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In FRANCE the principal preceptories were at Besancon, Dole, Salins,
In FRANCE the principal preceptories were at Besançon, Dole, Salins,

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the immediate jnrisdiction of the Master of the Temple at Paris.
the immediate jurisdiction of the Master of the Temple at Paris.

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_Dudg._ Monast. Angl. vol. vi. part 2, p. 800 to 817.
_Dugd._ Monast. Angl. vol. vi. part 2, p. 800 to 817.

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_Dug._ Monast. Angl. p. 838.
_Dugd._ Monast. Angl. p. 838.

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better things, on pain of suspension and excommunication.
better things, on pain of suspension and excommunication."

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the royal penitent to fulfil his vow and and perform his penance;
the royal penitent to fulfil his vow and perform his penance;

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'No wonder.' sayde the patryarke, 'for of the deuyll they come,
'No wonder,' sayde the patryarke, 'for of the deuyll they come,

and returned in disgust and disappointment to the Holy Land
and returned in disgust and disappointment to the Holy Land.

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be became, through his gallant bearing and demeanour,
he became, through his gallant bearing and demeanour,

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now sweeping swifty across the landscape like the rainy clouds
now sweeping swiftly across the landscape like the rainy clouds

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every one of them excepting the Grand Master of the the Hospital,
every one of them excepting the Grand Master of the Hospital,

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and the blackened corses piled one upon another like the stones
and the blackened corpses piled one upon another like the stones

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The place surrrendered after a short siege; the fortifications
The place surrendered after a short siege; the fortifications

and on the spot were Abraham delivered the seven ewe lambs,
and on the spot where Abraham delivered the seven ewe lambs,

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He then descended from the pulpit, and prayed in the Mihrah.
He then descended from the pulpit, and prayed in the Mihrab.

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The Templars, manfully defended themselves, and their brethren
The Templars manfully defended themselves, and their brethren

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then to the centre, patiently enduring the severity of his pain.
then to the centre, patiently enduring the severity of his pain."

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to the summit of the castle of Taphnis, to dirct the Greek fire
to the summit of the castle of Taphnis, to direct the Greek fire

the structure near the water, threw out their grapling-irons,
the structure near the water, threw out their grappling-irons,

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employed by king Henry the Third in various important negociations.
employed by king Henry the Third in various important negotiations.

"This portion of the sacred edifice was of a lighter and more
This portion of the sacred edifice was of a lighter and more

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Henry II., king of England, visits the Temple at Paris
Henry III., king of England, visits the Temple at Paris

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and were extirminated in a bloody battle of two days' continuance.
and were exterminated in a bloody battle of two days' continuance.

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king Edward had borrowed of the Templars during his stay at Acre."
king Edward had borrowed of the Templars during his stay at Acre.

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The separate truces and treaties of peace which Bendocdor had
The separate truces and treaties of peace which Bendocdar had

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delares that the Templars had “un lieu creux ou cave en terre,
declares that the Templars had “un lieu creux ou cave en terre,

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que nous puissoms aver lez drettures de seinte eglise, comme
que nous puissoms aver lez drettures de seinte église, comme

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mischief was, he could not get the honey unless he burnt the bees.
mischief was, he could not get the honey unless he burnt the bees."

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fragments to be given in brotherly charity to the domestics,
fragments to be given in brotherly charity to the domestics,"

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It was brobably soon after this period that the Hospitallers
It was probably soon after this period that the Hospitallers

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"his beloved clerk," William de Langford," and farmed out the rents
"his beloved clerk," William de Langford, "and farmed out the rents