Knights Templar in Scotland
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In 1128 the cousin of St Bernard of Clairvaux, Hugues de Payens, who served on the First Crusade with Henri St Clair, First Earl of Roslin, and is sometimes connected to Catherine St Clair, met King David I in Scotland. The Order established a seat at Balantrodoch, now Temple, Lothian 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 1311 Bishop Lamberton of St Andrews (St. Andrew's Cathedral, St. Andrews) Guardian of Scotland gave the Templars his protection. 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 operated within the Hospitallers .When Sir James Sandilands, Preceptor of the Order of St. John converted to Protestantism during the reformation, the Order in Scotland is thought to have ceased.
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- Knights Templar: Their Rise and Fall, G.A. Campbell ISBN 0-7661-5658-3 page 335
- History of the Order of the Temple of Jerusalem: From 1118 to 2005, Chev Leo Thys KCTJ ISBN 90-901931-7-0 page 18
- Piers Paul, The Templars, Weidenfeld & Nicolson history; ISBN 1-84212-142-1
- Rosslyn and the Grail, Mark Oxbrow and Ian Robertson ISBN 1-84596-076-9
- Gardner, Laurence (Foreword), The Forgotten Monarchy of Scotland Element Books Ltd; ISBN 1-86204-234-9
- Scotsman Newspaper Article with reference to Balantrodoch, now Temple, Lothian
- BBC Article: From Jerusalem to Rosslyn?: The Templars in Scotland
- Knights Templar Catholic Encyclopedia entry
- Templar History Magazine Popular history of the Templars
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