Knights Templar in Scotland
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This article is solely about the medieval Order in Scotland. The Modern Order is discussed in Scottish Knights Templar.
In 1128 the cousin of St Bernard of Clairvaux, Hugues de Payens, who served on the First Crusade with Henri St Clair, 2nd Baron of Roslin,[1][2][3][4], and is sometimes connected to Catherine St Clair, met King David I in Scotland[5]. The Order established a seat at Balantrodoch, now Temple, Midlothian on the South Esk (River Esk, Lothian). In 1189 Alan FitzWalter, the 2nd Lord High Steward of Scotland was a benefactor of The Order.
In about the year 1187, William the Lion granted part of the Culter lands on the south bank of the River Dee, Aberdeenshire, to the Knights Templar and between 1221 and 1236 Walter Bisset of Aboyne founded a Preceptory for the Knights Templar. In 1287 and 1288 they built a Chapel dedicated to Mary the Mother of Christ, known as St Mary's Chapel and in November 1309, the names of a William Middleton of the “Tempill House of Culter” was recorded[6][7][8].
It is thought that in 1309 during the trial of the Templars in Scotland[9] Bishop Lamberton of St Andrews, Guardian of Scotland 1299-1301 gave the Templars his protection [10][11][12][13].
In 1312 by the Papal Bull "Ad Providam" all assets of the Order of the Temple were given to Knights Hospitaller or Order of St. John except for Spain where they were succeeded by the Order of Montesa and Portugal where they became the Order of Christ and in Scotland the Order combined with the Hospitallers and continued as The Order of St John and the Temple until the reformation. When Sir James Sandilands, Preceptor of the Order converted to Protestantism, the Order is thought to have ceased [14].
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References
- ^ http://www.gbnf.com/genealog3/maclaren/html/d0392/I25445.HTM
- ^ Sketch of the civil and traditional history of Caithness, from the tenth century by James Traill p.89
- ^ Templars in America by Tim Wallace Murphy and Marilyn Hopkins p.13 ISBN 1-571863-317-6
- ^ The Shadow of Solomon by Laurence Gardner p.159-161 Harper Element ISBN 0-00-720760-3
- ^ http://www.philipcoppens.com/rosslyn_excursions.html The Stone Puzzle of Rosslyn Chapel
- ^ http://www.maryculterhousehotel.com/history.htmThe History of Maryculter House Hotel
- ^ http://www.electricscotland.com/history/stirlingshire/chap7.htm
- ^ http://www.skt.org.uk/Templars_Properties.html
- ^ The Trial of the Templars by Malcolm Barber p 227 ISBN 0521856396
- ^ http://www.scalan.co.uk/templarsinscotland.htm
- ^ http://heritage.scotsman.com/timelines.cfm?cid=1&id=41752005
- ^ The Shadow of Solomon by Laurence Gardner p.116 Harper Element ISBN 0-00-720760-3
- ^ Bruce's Secret Weapon by Archie McKerracher The Scots Magazine June 1991
- ^ Knights Templar: Their Rise and Fall, G.A. Campbell ISBN 0-7661-5658-3 page 335
External Links
- Knights Templar Catholic Encyclopedia entry
- Templar History Magazine Popular history of the Templars
- [1]Sinclair Quarterman
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