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Notitiae Templariae, No. 6.
royal precept from that prince to the sheriff of Dumfries , ordering IIKS Templar property in that county to be restored to him . The lands of Derville , in the district of Loudon , county of Ayr , appertained to the Knights . The Order also possessed a preceptory endowed with lands at Mary-Culter , in Kincardineshire . The manor of Kirk-listonformerly called Temple-listonin the
, , county of Linlithgow , appears to have been granted to the Templars in the twelfth century . All places bearing the name of Temple belonged to them . But it would be tedious , if it were possible ; , to enumerate in detail the various possessions of the Order in Scotland , unless indeed some very interesting historical particulars were connected with the catalogue , illustrative of the Order or the events of the times . Suffice it here to
say , that in almost every county the Templars held property , and wereinvested with all the privileges ancl powers of lords superiors of the soil , " cum secta sacca , thol et theme , cum infang-thief et outfang-thief , girth-brekin et hludwite , flein-girth et murthur , latrociis et forcement , infra tempus et extra tempus , et in omnibus locis et cum omnibus causis qua ; sunt vel esse possunt . " A complete ancl authentic roll of the Scottish Temple lands is ,
however , in course of heing procured , we understand , from the records of the Kni g hts of Malta ,, who erst inherited the Templar domains . Many interesting documents must yet lie hid among the ancient archives of that now dormant Order . In conclusion we may notice , that it was the custom of old to have iron crosses affixed to the walls of the tenements belonging to the Templars ; and several of these rusty relics yet remain in Edinburgh
ancl other towns or burghs ; while the system of vassalage is still kept up by the possessors of such buildings paying an annual feu-duty to the Temple-superior . In a number of cases , however , this right of levying the feu has been resisted ; the practice having frequently fallen into desuetude . PILRHIM .
Masonic Legends.
MASONIC LEGENDS .
THE antiquarian Mason will be delighted at our having accidentally been the happy means of rescuing from oblivion some valuable and important documentary evidences . In these legendary papers will he found the clearest illustrations of the polity , and the general usages of our ancient fraternity in times of yore;—indeed , it is somewhat remarkable that they should he as important and interesting now as when they were first written—perhaps this circumstance will startle the straihtlaced .
, g who may pause to inquire , whether the statement that several manuscripts were destroyed by conscientious Masons ' be really true , or whether some cunning rogue did not substitute for some , a bundle of trash , and , after secreting the MSS . for a long time , died without betraying their hiding place ; certain it is , that the present secrets have heen revealed to us , not in a dream , as was accorded to our late venerated
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Notitiae Templariae, No. 6.
royal precept from that prince to the sheriff of Dumfries , ordering IIKS Templar property in that county to be restored to him . The lands of Derville , in the district of Loudon , county of Ayr , appertained to the Knights . The Order also possessed a preceptory endowed with lands at Mary-Culter , in Kincardineshire . The manor of Kirk-listonformerly called Temple-listonin the
, , county of Linlithgow , appears to have been granted to the Templars in the twelfth century . All places bearing the name of Temple belonged to them . But it would be tedious , if it were possible ; , to enumerate in detail the various possessions of the Order in Scotland , unless indeed some very interesting historical particulars were connected with the catalogue , illustrative of the Order or the events of the times . Suffice it here to
say , that in almost every county the Templars held property , and wereinvested with all the privileges ancl powers of lords superiors of the soil , " cum secta sacca , thol et theme , cum infang-thief et outfang-thief , girth-brekin et hludwite , flein-girth et murthur , latrociis et forcement , infra tempus et extra tempus , et in omnibus locis et cum omnibus causis qua ; sunt vel esse possunt . " A complete ancl authentic roll of the Scottish Temple lands is ,
however , in course of heing procured , we understand , from the records of the Kni g hts of Malta ,, who erst inherited the Templar domains . Many interesting documents must yet lie hid among the ancient archives of that now dormant Order . In conclusion we may notice , that it was the custom of old to have iron crosses affixed to the walls of the tenements belonging to the Templars ; and several of these rusty relics yet remain in Edinburgh
ancl other towns or burghs ; while the system of vassalage is still kept up by the possessors of such buildings paying an annual feu-duty to the Temple-superior . In a number of cases , however , this right of levying the feu has been resisted ; the practice having frequently fallen into desuetude . PILRHIM .
Masonic Legends.
MASONIC LEGENDS .
THE antiquarian Mason will be delighted at our having accidentally been the happy means of rescuing from oblivion some valuable and important documentary evidences . In these legendary papers will he found the clearest illustrations of the polity , and the general usages of our ancient fraternity in times of yore;—indeed , it is somewhat remarkable that they should he as important and interesting now as when they were first written—perhaps this circumstance will startle the straihtlaced .
, g who may pause to inquire , whether the statement that several manuscripts were destroyed by conscientious Masons ' be really true , or whether some cunning rogue did not substitute for some , a bundle of trash , and , after secreting the MSS . for a long time , died without betraying their hiding place ; certain it is , that the present secrets have heen revealed to us , not in a dream , as was accorded to our late venerated