The Proceedings Against the Templars in the British Isles

Introduction to the translation: The trial of the Templars in the British Isles - a survey; The trial testimonies as historical evidence; Conclusion. The Translation. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 454 (MS A), collated with London, British Library, Cotton MS Julius B xii (MS B): Introductory matter, charges against individual persons, initial testimonies at London; Names of the Templars sent to the Tower of London, from various Counties; These are the charges on which clergy and laity are to be interrogated; Twenty-four new charges on which individual Templars were re-questioned and examined; Requestioning at London on four charges; Re-questioning of the Templars at London on the remission and absolution of sins in their Chapter meetings; Charges which seem proven and warranted by the inquisitors, with the depositions of certain witnesses; Extracted from the proceedings of the bishop of Clermont concerning Brother Himbert Blank, commander of the Auvergne; Memorandum regarding the Templars' defence; Proceedings against individual persons at Lincoln; 24 charges on which the Templars of Lincoln were requestioned at London; Depositions of the Templars in the province of York; Here begin the proceedings in Ireland brought against individual persons of the Order of the Temple; Special inquisition against the Templars in Ireland; Scotland; Extract from the Templars' rule; Confessions of Brothers Stephen of Stapelbrugge, Thomas Totti and John of Stoke. London, British Library, Cotton MS Julius B xii (MS B), documents not Included in Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 454 (MS A); Vatican, Archivo SegretoVaticano, ARMARIUM XXXV, 147 (MS C); British Library Additional MS 5444, fols 174r-192r (MS D), collated with the surviving fragments of British Library Cotton MS Otho B iii, fols 29r-31v, 33r-34v, 36; Appendices:; 1 Templar brothers mentioned in the records of the trial proceedings in the British Isles; 2 Templar properties in the British Isles mentioned in the trial proceedings; 3 Locations of the trial proceedings and the Templars' prisons in London; Bibliography; Index.