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The Knights Templars.

THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS .

By ANTHONY O NEAL HAYE . ( Continued from page 4-85 ) . BOOK IV . —CHAPTER XL—Conic ! -. The persecution of the Order in Ireland began

in 1307 , when Walter de Ewias , or de Aqua , being Prior , King Edward of England transmitted to John Wogan , the Justiciary of Ireland , the order made for the suppression of the Templars in England , on the Wednesday after the Feast ofthe

Epiphany , enjoining him to have it executed without delay , and before the rumour of what was done in England could reach that kingdom . The mandate was accordingly obeyed ; and on the morning of the Purification , the Templars were

everywhere seized . In 1309 , the King , by writ dated 29 th September , further commanded the Justiciary to apprehend , without delay , all the

Templars that had not been already seized , and to place them under sure ward in the Castle of Dublin , together with those already captured . In 1311 , on the petition of Henry Danet , or De Tanet , the Prior , and other Templars , the King , by writ ,

dated 4 th December , granted for their support the manors of Kilclogau , Crookc , and Kilbarry . The trial of the Templars was conducted with great solemnity in Dublin , before Richard Balybyn ^ Philip cle Slane , both Dominicans , aud Hugh St .

Leger . Against the Order appeared , Roger cle Heton , Walter de Prendergast , Abbot Thomas , Franciscans ; Simon , the Prior of St . Thomas the Martyr ' s Abbey , and Roger , Prior of the Augustinian Friars in Dublin . Although the evidence was of the weakest character , the Order was condemned and suppressod in Ireland .

The Pope dispatched Bulls for the persecution of the Templars in Germany to the Archbishops of Mayence , Treves , and Magdeburg , as well as to the Bishops of Constance and Strasbourg . They were directed to arrest the Templars and to

proceed against them , each in his own diocese , and also in the rest of the empire . He also sent Bulls to the King- of tho Romans , the Duke of Austria , and other princes , to aid iu the persecution . That nothing might be wanting , he

despatched the Abbot of Crudau , as legate , to assist in the goodly work , and wrote letters to the various leaders and prelates to aid tho Abbot with money aud to protect him in Ins duty . But no one supported the Abbot in extreme measures , and the

proceedings were conducted without imprisonment or torture . In December 1309 , the Elector , as Archbishop of Mayence , convoked a council to investigate the charges ag-ainst the Order , and the greater part of 1310 was occupied in this manner .

The details have not come down to the present day ,- but it is evident that the charges met with incredulity , and the whole proceedings were but a farce , and done simply to fulfil the commands of the Pope . When the Abbot of Crudau pressed for

their condemnation , the Waldgrave Hugo , surnamed the " Savage , " a Count of the Empire , and the Grand Preceptor of Germany , being wai'ned of it , took a bold step . Followed " by twenty Templars , all wearing- complete armour under their habits , he entered the council chamber , with a fierce and

menacing countenance . Addressing himself directly to the Elector of Mayence , as Archbishop and President of the Council , he said , " I learn that to-day , you , Sh-, and all those who compose this assembly , intend to condemn the Kni ghts of

the Temple to fearful tortures . You could not do anything more unjust . It is also said that you design abolishing the Holy Order of the Knights , who at the price of their blood , have guarded and preserved for so long a time the Temple of the Lord

and who have been of so great service to the state aud to the Christian reli gion . It is , on receivingthese tidings , that we have come here , in the name of our oppressed brethren , to appeal against those proceedings . You do so by order of Pope Clement

, who is a barbarous aud unjust tyrant ; we impeach the legality of his election , and appeal from him to the Sovereign Pontiff , who , after him , shall be legitimately elected . In his presence , and in the sight of heaven and earth , we shall manifest ouv

innocence , and that of the whole Order thus so falsely and viley accused ; and that in spite of the depositions of those Kni ghts who have been brutally tortured to make them confess to lies . "

These bold words , the warlike and determined character of the Count , and the si ght of the arms worn by the Knights , terrified the Council , and silenced the Papal Legate . Fearing the perpetration of some desperate act , the President

hastened to reply , that he would , intimate thenanswer to the Pope , and intercede with him for them . It was neither the wish nor the intention of the Council to do them any wrong , nor to pronounce sentence against them . The Waldgrave answered , that he only desired the Council to do

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CHIPS OF FOREIGN ASHLAR. Article 1
MASONIC DISCIPLINE.—IV. Article 2
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. Article 4
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 5
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 6
FREEMASONRY AND CHRISTIANITY. Article 6
MASONIC MEMS. Article 7
METROPOLITAN. Article 7
PROVINCIAL. Article 8
SCOTLAND. Article 10
IRELAND. Article 10
RED CROSS OF ROME AND CONSTANTINE. Article 10
REVIEWS. Article 11
MASONIC LIFEBOAT FUND. Article 12
Untitled Article 12
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 12
METROPOLITAN LODGE MEETINGS, ETC., FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 2ND, 1869. Article 12
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 12
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The Knights Templars.

THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS .

By ANTHONY O NEAL HAYE . ( Continued from page 4-85 ) . BOOK IV . —CHAPTER XL—Conic ! -. The persecution of the Order in Ireland began

in 1307 , when Walter de Ewias , or de Aqua , being Prior , King Edward of England transmitted to John Wogan , the Justiciary of Ireland , the order made for the suppression of the Templars in England , on the Wednesday after the Feast ofthe

Epiphany , enjoining him to have it executed without delay , and before the rumour of what was done in England could reach that kingdom . The mandate was accordingly obeyed ; and on the morning of the Purification , the Templars were

everywhere seized . In 1309 , the King , by writ dated 29 th September , further commanded the Justiciary to apprehend , without delay , all the

Templars that had not been already seized , and to place them under sure ward in the Castle of Dublin , together with those already captured . In 1311 , on the petition of Henry Danet , or De Tanet , the Prior , and other Templars , the King , by writ ,

dated 4 th December , granted for their support the manors of Kilclogau , Crookc , and Kilbarry . The trial of the Templars was conducted with great solemnity in Dublin , before Richard Balybyn ^ Philip cle Slane , both Dominicans , aud Hugh St .

Leger . Against the Order appeared , Roger cle Heton , Walter de Prendergast , Abbot Thomas , Franciscans ; Simon , the Prior of St . Thomas the Martyr ' s Abbey , and Roger , Prior of the Augustinian Friars in Dublin . Although the evidence was of the weakest character , the Order was condemned and suppressod in Ireland .

The Pope dispatched Bulls for the persecution of the Templars in Germany to the Archbishops of Mayence , Treves , and Magdeburg , as well as to the Bishops of Constance and Strasbourg . They were directed to arrest the Templars and to

proceed against them , each in his own diocese , and also in the rest of the empire . He also sent Bulls to the King- of tho Romans , the Duke of Austria , and other princes , to aid iu the persecution . That nothing might be wanting , he

despatched the Abbot of Crudau , as legate , to assist in the goodly work , and wrote letters to the various leaders and prelates to aid tho Abbot with money aud to protect him in Ins duty . But no one supported the Abbot in extreme measures , and the

proceedings were conducted without imprisonment or torture . In December 1309 , the Elector , as Archbishop of Mayence , convoked a council to investigate the charges ag-ainst the Order , and the greater part of 1310 was occupied in this manner .

The details have not come down to the present day ,- but it is evident that the charges met with incredulity , and the whole proceedings were but a farce , and done simply to fulfil the commands of the Pope . When the Abbot of Crudau pressed for

their condemnation , the Waldgrave Hugo , surnamed the " Savage , " a Count of the Empire , and the Grand Preceptor of Germany , being wai'ned of it , took a bold step . Followed " by twenty Templars , all wearing- complete armour under their habits , he entered the council chamber , with a fierce and

menacing countenance . Addressing himself directly to the Elector of Mayence , as Archbishop and President of the Council , he said , " I learn that to-day , you , Sh-, and all those who compose this assembly , intend to condemn the Kni ghts of

the Temple to fearful tortures . You could not do anything more unjust . It is also said that you design abolishing the Holy Order of the Knights , who at the price of their blood , have guarded and preserved for so long a time the Temple of the Lord

and who have been of so great service to the state aud to the Christian reli gion . It is , on receivingthese tidings , that we have come here , in the name of our oppressed brethren , to appeal against those proceedings . You do so by order of Pope Clement

, who is a barbarous aud unjust tyrant ; we impeach the legality of his election , and appeal from him to the Sovereign Pontiff , who , after him , shall be legitimately elected . In his presence , and in the sight of heaven and earth , we shall manifest ouv

innocence , and that of the whole Order thus so falsely and viley accused ; and that in spite of the depositions of those Kni ghts who have been brutally tortured to make them confess to lies . "

These bold words , the warlike and determined character of the Count , and the si ght of the arms worn by the Knights , terrified the Council , and silenced the Papal Legate . Fearing the perpetration of some desperate act , the President

hastened to reply , that he would , intimate thenanswer to the Pope , and intercede with him for them . It was neither the wish nor the intention of the Council to do them any wrong , nor to pronounce sentence against them . The Waldgrave answered , that he only desired the Council to do

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