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The Knights Templar in Beds. and Bucks. by HelenNicholson
The Knights Templar in Beds. and Bucks.
HelenNicholson
  • Reads 430
  • Votes 0
  • Parts 6
The Templars' largest estate in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire ('Beds.' and 'Bucks.') was at Bulstrode, where they cultivated around 242 acres of arable land plus meadow and pasture. They also held Temple Manor at High Wycombe and land at Staughton and Swanton in Bedfordshire, and received rents from Radnage, Calverton, Stony Stratford, and Great Marlow. This volume contains draft transcriptions of the documents recording the Templars' property in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire in 1308-14. The records are preserved at Kew: The National Archives of the UK in enrolled accounts (E 358/18-20), draft accounts (SC 6/741/28-29) and other documents (TNA E 142/89, E 142/90 and E 142/119) and at the British Library, Harley Rolls A 25-27, for the Temple Bulstrode 'particulars of account' for 1309, 1309-10 and 1310-11. The enrolled accounts in The National Archives are: TNA E 358/18 rot. 6 dorse: Gilbert of Holm accounts for Temple Bulstrode for the first four months of 1308 (another copy at E 358/20 rot. 24); E 358/18 rots 7 and 6: Walter de Molesworth accounts for Temple Bulstrode from Easter 1308 to 7 March 1309 (another copy at E 358/20 rot. 12). He then handed over custody of Bulstrode to Edmund of Burnham; E 358/19 rot. 36 Dorse: Edmund de Burnham accounts for the Templars' manors of Bulstrode and Wycombe in 1311-14; E 358/18 rot. 47 dorse (and E 358/19 rots 37-38): Geoffrey de la Lee accounts for the Templars' former estates in Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire in 1311-14, excluding Bulstrode and Wycombe. The documents in the National Archives are covered by an Open Government Licence for public sector information, which allows everyone to copy, publish, distribute and transmit the documents in their archives: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ . However, copyright on this transcription of the documents is reserved to the transcribers.
The Knights Templar in Herefordshire, 1308-13 by HelenNicholson
The Knights Templar in Herefordshire, 1308-13
HelenNicholson
  • Reads 587
  • Votes 2
  • Parts 6
This is a draft transcription and translation of the custodians' accounts for the Templars' property in Herefordshire, which cover the years 1308–13. The accounts are preserved at Kew: The National Archives of the UK. The first part contains the sheriff’s accounts for Garway: E358/18, rots 2 (years 1 and 2), 44 (John de la Haye: from St James the Apostle’s day, year 3 to Michaelmas, year 5; from Michaelmas year 5 to year 6); and the sheriff’s accounts for Upleadon (Bosbury): E358/18, rots 2 (years 1 and 2: Walter Hakluyt). The second part is a translation of E358/18 rot 2 for Garway. The third part contains the sheriff’s accounts for Garway: E358/19, rots 25 (Walter Hakluyt, repeat of E358/18 rot 2 accounts for years 1 and 2), 47 (year 6 and nine weeks of year 7), 50 (years 3 and 4, includes lands of Bishop Walter de Langton) and the sheriff’s accounts for Upleadon (Bosbury): E358/19, rots 25 (Walter Hakluyt, repeat of E358/18 rot 2 accounts for years 1 and 2), 47 (year 6 and nine weeks of year 7), 50 and 51 (from year 3: John de la Haye, includes lands of Bishop Walter de Langton). The documents in the National Archives are covered by an Open Government Licence for public sector information, which allows everyone to copy, publish, distribute and transmit the documents in their archives: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/2/ . However, this transcription of the documents is copyright Helen J. Nicholson.
The Knights Templar in Wales in 1308 by HelenNicholson
The Knights Templar in Wales in 1308
HelenNicholson
  • Reads 356
  • Votes 4
  • Parts 1
This is a draft transcription of the two versions of the sheriff of Glamorgan's account for the Templars' manor at Llanmadoc in the Gower, covering the period 8 January to 29 September 1308. It is taken from Kew, The National Archives of the UK, SC6/1202/3 and E358/20 rot. 10. The documents in the National Archives are covered by an Open Government Licence for public sector information, which allows everyone to copy, publish, distribute and transmit the documents in their archives: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/2/ . However, this transcription of the documents is copyright Helen J. Nicholson.
The Knights Templar at Temple Sowerby, Westmorland by HelenNicholson
The Knights Templar at Temple Sowerby, Westmorland
HelenNicholson
  • Reads 187
  • Votes 1
  • Parts 2
These are draft transcriptions of the surviving documents relating to the Templars' estates at Temple Sowerby in Westmorland. There is an 'extent' of the Templars' lands, preserved at Kew, The National Archives of the UK, at E 142/11 mem 4. The document is badly damaged down the left hand side and much of the text has been lost. There is also a statement from the sheriff on the debts due to the Templars. The documents in the National Archives are covered by an Open Government Licence for public sector information, which allows everyone to copy, publish, distribute and transmit the documents in their archives: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ . However, this transcription of the documents is copyright Helen J. Nicholson. The cover photo shows Acorn Bank, which is on the site of the former commandery of Temple Sowerby.
The Knights Templar at Temple, Cornwall, 1308-12 by HelenNicholson
The Knights Templar at Temple, Cornwall, 1308-12
HelenNicholson
  • Reads 258
  • Votes 1
  • Parts 2
This is a draft transcription of the surviving records for the Templars' estate at Temple on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. The custodian's accounts are preserved at Kew, The National Archives of the UK, in E 358/20 rot 11 dorse; the document covers the years 1308-12. There is also a statement of debts owed to the Templars, which survives at TNA E 142/119 membranes 22 and 24. The documents in the National Archives are covered by an Open Government Licence for public sector information, which allows everyone to copy, publish, distribute and transmit the documents in their archives: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ . However, this transcription of the documents is copyright Helen J. Nicholson. The cover photo shows the nineteenth-century church on the site of the Templars' church at Temple on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall.
The Knights Templar at Castle Mills, York: 1308-13 by HelenNicholson
The Knights Templar at Castle Mills, York: 1308-13
HelenNicholson
  • Reads 129
  • Votes 1
  • Parts 1
This is a draft transcription of the accounts for the Templars' mills at York from the Templars' arrest in January 1308 until the property was handed over to the Hospitallers at the end of November 1313. The original records are in the National Archives of the UK at Kew, at: E358/18 rot 30(2), rot. 33 dorse and rot. 45 dorse, E358/19 rot. 29 (2) and rot. 47 bis (dorse), E358/20 rot 31, rot 32(1), rot. 34 dorse and rot. 40 dorse.The documents in the National Archives are covered by an Open Government Licence for public sector information, which allows everyone to copy, publish, distribute and transmit the documents in their archives: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/2/ . However, this transcription of the documents is copyright Helen J. Nicholson.
The Knights Templar at Bristol, 1309-13 by HelenNicholson
The Knights Templar at Bristol, 1309-13
HelenNicholson
  • Reads 186
  • Votes 3
  • Parts 4
This is a draft transcription and translation of the custodian's accounts for the Templars' property at Bristol. There is also a record of the debts owed to the Templars. The accounts are preserved at The National Archives of the UK, in E 358/20 rot 2 dorse (covering the years 1310-13) and SC 6/851/10 (particulars of account for 1309-14). During this period there was considerable disruption because the people of Bristol revolted against King Edward II's government; the former Templar property was maintained but some tenants did not pay their rents, some because they could not let their properties, and others because of the revolt. The documents in the National Archives are covered by an Open Government Licence for public sector information, which allows everyone to copy, publish, distribute and transmit the documents in their archives: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ . However, this transcription of the documents is copyright Helen J. Nicholson. The cover photo shows the ruins of the former Hospitaller church at Temple Meads, which was built on the site of and extended from the Templars' church of Holy Cross.