the_historian
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 | | 05 Jun 2004 04:27 PM | | I've always had a fascination fo these, and there are lists of their surviving preceptories up and down Britain.
There are lots of gaps, however. I'm particularly interested in clarifying the position north of the border (not interested in the "templars" saving the day at Bannockburn!). Has anyone studied this in greater detail?
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Venicone
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| | 07 Jun 2004 10:31 AM | | | Gordon do you know of any lists of the Preceptories in Scotland at all?
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the_historian
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| | 07 Jul 2004 11:15 PM | | | Co,
Try "The Knight Templars in Britain" by Evelyn Lord(?). It's the only one I've seen which is actually reliable.
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the_historian
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| | 25 Apr 2008 09:01 PM | | | Just discovered that a ruined mediaeval church a few miles from me has an old Templar gravestone built into one of it's walls.
It's known that Wallace kicked down the door of this church to get the priest (I forget why), so the stone is probably contemporary.
It's also known that the Templars had salt pans a few miles east, on the banks of the Forth in present-day Falkirk, but what was then Callendar estate. They also had a toft of land on this estate.
Anyone know whether this grave belonged to an actual brother of the order, or a lay member who worked the land?
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Venicone
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| | 25 Apr 2008 09:01 PM | | | where is the church Gordon?
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the_historian
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| | 25 Apr 2008 09:01 PM | | | Co,
It's Airth old parish church, near Grangemouth. It's been ruined for centuries, but has connections going back to Wallace-he kicked down the original church door to get at the priest, who supposedly betrayed him to the English. The door used to be on display at The Smith Art Gallery and Museum in Stirling some years ago.
The Templars had some land on the Callendar estate in Falkirk, and also a Salt Pan at Grangemouth, as well as some at Denny seven miles south west. No idea who the grave stone belonged to, but I think it's more likely to have been a knight than a lay brother.
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