Ownership has been attributed to various groups ( including the Knights Templar, probably because they were at the peak of their influence around the time that Grail stories started circulating in the 12th and 13th centuries ).

He takes umbrage at de Bois-Guilbert's sinful passion, which is in violation of his Templar vows ; and decides to subject Rebecca, who he thinks has cast a spell on de Bois-Guilbert, to a trial for witchcraft.

Since at least the 18th century Freemasonry has incorporated Templar symbols and rituals in a number of Masonic bodies, most notably, the " Order of the Temple " the final order joined in " The United Religious, Military and Masonic Orders of the Temple and of St John of Jerusalem, Palestine, Rhodes and Malta " commonly known as the Knights Templar.

Several adventures centre on his intention to kill ( for example, " Arizona " in The Saint Goes West has Templar planning to kill a Nazi scientist ).

While the first of these novels, The Saint in Miami, has Templar stumbling upon a Nazi plot, beginning with the " Arizona " novella Templar is fighting his own war against Germany.

British historian Ian Mortimer has drawn attention to the use of ' anti-sodomite ' smear campaigns in the late 13th and early 14th centuries against Pope Boniface VIII and the Knights Templar.

Throughout history it has been claimed that Freemasonry itself was founded by the Knights Templar or that the Knights Templar took refuge in Freemasonry after their persecution.

Although it has been proposed that the witch-hunt developed in Europe from the early 14th century, after the Cathars and the Templar Knights were suppressed, this hypothesis has been rejected independently by two historians ( Cohn 1975 ; Kieckhefer 1976 ).

Slavisa Pesci, " an information technologist and amateur scholar ", superimposed Leonardo da Vinci's version of The Last Supper with its mirror image ( with both images of Jesus lined up ) and claimed that the resultant picture has a Templar knight on the far left, a woman in orange holding a swaddled baby in her arms to the left of Christ, and the Holy Grail in the form of a chalice in front of Christ.

It has also been asserted that the pit may have been dug by exiled Knights Templar and that it is the last resting place of the Holy Grail or even the holy Ark of the Covenant.

Jecks has written a series of novels featuring Sir Baldwin Furnshill, a former Knight Templar, and his friend Simon Puttock, Bailiff of Lydford Castle.

The yard ( named after an ancient mill owned by the Knights Templar ) is now reduced in size as part of it has become a retail park ' Leyton Mills ', whilst the rest has been renovated to serve as a depot for high speed trains.

The original Inner Temple Hall is the Hall or refectory of the original Knights Templar building on the site, and has been dated to the 8th century.

There is an ancient yew tree ( Taxus baccata ) reputed to be nearly 2000 years old and rumour has it that Knights Templar are buried in the graveyard there, although there is no evidence to substantiate this.

Keating has been confirmed as the voice of " Kormac the Templar " in the PC game Diablo 3 by Blizzard Entertainment.

Andrew Sinclair speculates that the grave slab now in the crypt is that of a Templar knight: According to author Robert Lomas, the chapel also has an engraving depicting a knight templar holding the sword over a head of an initiate, supposedly to protect the secrets of the templars.

In later years the Chapel has featured in speculative theories regarding Freemasonry and the Knights Templar.

The chapel, built 150 years after the dissolution of the Knights Templar, supposedly has many Templar symbols, such as the " Two riders on a single horse " that appear on the Seal of the Knights Templar.

Robin Hood appears one inspiration for the character ; Templar stories were often promoted as featuring " The Robin Hood of modern crime ", and this phrase to describe Templar appears in several stories.

A Cross and Crown | crowned Passion Cross laid upon the Cross pattée inscribed with " In Hoc Signo Vinces " resting upon crossed swords is often used in to represent the Knights Templar

Local bodies of Knights Templar are known as Preceptories ; local bodies of Knights of St Paul are known as Chapters ; local bodies of Knights of Malta are known as Priories ; all operate under a Grand or Great Priory, often with an intermediate level of Provincial Priories.

Historical accounts, quoting from the writings of the medieval historian Templar of Tyre, often give a dramatic account of the three Christian rulers ( Hethum, Bohemond, and the Mongol general Kitbuqa ) entering the city of Damascus together in triumph, though modern historians have questioned this story as apocryphal.

When the Knights Templar were being tried for heresy, reference was often made to their worship of a demon Baphomet, which was notable, by implication, for its similarity to Muhammad's name when transliterated in to Latin, " Mahomet ", that was used by contemporary Christian authors, given that Latin would be for another 500 years the language of scholarship and erudition for most of Europe.

Historical accounts, quoting from the writings of the medieval historian Templar of Tyre, would often dramatically describe the three Christian rulers ( Hetoum, Bohemond, and Kitbuqa ) entering the city of Damascus together in triumph, though modern historians have questioned this story as apocryphal.

Germans, at this early stage ( before 1240 ), were often settled in frontier regions, such as the mainland part of the Principality of Rugia ( after prince Jaromar I granted Eldena Abbey the right to call in settlers in 1209 ), Circipania, the lands of Loitz ( administered semi-independently by Detlev of Gadebush ), the Uckermark, the lands of Kolbatz Abbey and Bahn ( which later was granted to the Knights Templar ), and the area north of the Warthe and along the lower Oder river.

Templar is shown travelling around Britain and Europe, helping out the people he encounters, though he is also often summoned by past acquaintances.

For the Simon Templar book which is often published under this title, see The Misfortunes of Mr. Teal.

Historical accounts, quoting from the writings of the medieval historian Templar of Tyre, would often describe the three Christian rulers ( Hetoum, Bohemond, and Kitbuqa ) entering the city of Damascus together in triumph, though modern historians have characterized this story as apocryphal.

The Templars still managed many businesses, and many Europeans had daily contact with the Templar network, such as by working at a Templar farm or vineyard, or using the Order as a bank in which to store personal valuables.

* First evidence of the use of the knights Templar as cashiers by the king of England to transfer safely important sums to the continent using letters of exchange.

* First evidence that the king of England is using the safes of the New Temple in London under the guard of the Knights Templar to store part of his treasure.

Simon Templar is a thief known as The Saint because of his initials ( ST ) and because his heroic exploits fly in the face of an otherwise nefarious reputation.

During the first half of the 1940s, Charteris cast Templar as a willing operative of the American government, fighting Nazi interests in the U. S. during World War II.

* Templar automobile, U. S. manufacturer of automobiles in the 1920s

These involve historical figures such as the Master of the Knights Templar and Conrad of Montserrat ( the historical Conrad of Montferrat: Scott mistook the F for a long S in his researches ).

More than 5, 000 U. S. military personnel and 3, 000 Knights Templar ( the third part of the York Rite system of Masonic degrees ) marched in the procession.

The Knights Hospitaller eagerly supported this invasion, while the Knights Templar refused to have any part in it.

Over the next few years the kingdom was threatened not only by Saladin and Nur ad-Din, but also by the Hashshashin ; in one episode, the Knights Templar murdered some Hashshashin envoys, leading to further disputes between Amalric and the Templars.

French author Louis Charpentier claimed that the Ark was taken to Chartres Cathedral by the Knights Templar.

" In the year 1128, Bernard assisted at the Council of Troyes, at which he traced the outlines of the Rule of the Knights Templar, who soon became the ideal of Christian nobility.

The medieval European Knights Templar ran an early prototype of a central banking system, as their promises to pay were widely respected, and many regard their activities as having laid the basis for the modern banking system.

* In an episode of The Saint television series entitled ' Escape Route ' ( 1966 ), Simon Templar ( Roger Moore ) is sent to Dartmoor to uncover a planned escape.

Council of Vienne ( 1311 – 1312 ) disbanded the Knights Templar.

Knightly religious orders were established, including the Knights Templar, the Knights of St John ( Knights Hospitaller ), and the Teutonic Order.

This king was responsible for the end of the Knights Templar, signed the Auld Alliance, and established the Parlement of Paris.

On 25 May 1420, Henry gained appointment as the governor of the very rich Order of Christ, the Portuguese successor to the Knights Templar, which had its headquarters at Tomar.

The Black Templars in Warhammer 40, 000 have an item called the Holy Orb of Antioch, which is a very powerful hand grenade carried by Black Templar commanders.

Other major characters include Ivanhoe's intractable father, Cedric, one of the few remaining Saxon lords ; various Knights Templar and churchmen ; the loyal serfs Gurth the swineherd and the jester Wamba, whose observations punctuate much of the action ; and the Jewish moneylender, Isaac of York, who is equally passionate about money and his daughter, Rebecca.

Following the night's meal, the palmer observes one of the Normans, the Templar Brian de Bois-Guilbert, issue orders to his Saracen soldiers to follow Isaac of York after he leaves Rotherwood in the morning and relieve him of his possessions.

However, Isaac refuses to pay a farthing unless his daughter is freed from her Templar captor.

In the meantime, de Bois-Guilbert rushes with his captive to the nearest Templar Preceptory, which is under his friend Albert de Malvoisin, expecting to be able to flee the country.

However, the Templar dies " a victim to the violence of his own contending passions ," which is pronounced by the Grand Master as the judgment of God and proof of Rebecca's innocence.

King Richard, who had left Kyningestun soon after Ivanhoe's departure, arrives at the Templar Preceptory, banishes the Templars and declares that the Malvoisins ' lives are forfeit for having aided in the plots against him.

However, the method of Rebecca's execution is presented as proposed by Lucas de Beaumanoir, Grand Master of the Knights Templar – a Frenchman and a fanatic, determined to root out " corruption " from the Templars.

Further heads, no longer available, were once held by the Knights Templar at Amiens Cathedral in France ( brought home by Wallon de Sarton from the Fourth Crusade in Constantinople ), at Antioch in Turkey ( fate uncertain ), and the parish church at Tenterden in Kent, where it was preserved up until the Reformation.

John finally negotiated terms for a reconciliation, and the papal terms for submission were accepted in the presence of the papal legate Pandulph in May 1213 at the Templar Church at Dover.

His reign saw the establishment of the first military orders, the Knights Hospitaller and the Knights Templar ; the earliest surviving written laws of the kingdom, compiled at the Council of Nablus in 1120 ; and the first commercial treaty with Venice, the Pactum Warmundi, in 1124.

After the departure of the Hungarians, the remaining crusaders set about refortifying Caesarea and the Templar fortress of Château Pèlerin throughout the winter of 1217 and spring of 1218.

John was supported by his nobles on Cyprus, and by his continental holdings in Beirut, Caesarea, and Arsuf, as well as by the Knights Templar and the Genoese.

Henry, Amalric, Otton, and Jean escaped, as did a young Templar named Roger de Flor, but most of the other defenders did not, including the master of the Templars Guillaume de Beaujeu.