Knights Templar

The Everyday Life of the Templars: book submitted

Posted on 10 January 2017 by Helen Nicholson

I’ve now submitted the manuscript of the book of this blog, The Everyday Life of the Templars, to the publisher. Awaiting publishers’ feedback! For those of you in the John Percival Building here at Cardiff University: at 12.10pm on Tuesday 31 January 2017 in room 4.45 I’ll be presenting a short research paper on this material at the
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The Templars’ Scottish charters

Posted on 9 May 2016 by Helen Nicholson

Whatever happened to the Templars’ Scottish records? There is no evidence that King Edward II’s officials took inventories of the Templars’ two Scottish commanderies: if they did, the records have been lost. But in fact it appears that the Templars had moved their valuable documents south before the king’s officials moved in. The inventory of the Templars’ house at
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Debts due to the Templars

Posted on 26 February 2016 by Helen Nicholson

At the end of December 1308 King Edward II’s treasurer sent out writs to all the sheriffs in charge of the former Templar estates instructing them to find out what debts had been due to the Templars at Christmas 1307 — that is, just before the Templars in England were arrested — and report back
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Hertfordshire accounts: Chelsing, Lannock and Dinsley

Posted on 17 February 2016 by Helen Nicholson

I have transcribed the 1308 accounts drawn up for the Templars’ former estates in Hertfordshire — Chelsing, Lannock and Dinsley, and the market dues received from Baldock —  by the sheriff John of Shadworth, clerk. I haven’t yet made full translations, but the attached .pdf file includes some translations and comments on the accounts. This also
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