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Notitae Templariae.
part Brother Peter cle Vilieplane and Brother Thierry . " Innocent III ., who was then Pope , remitted the affair to a sort of jury of gentlemen , taken from the cities of Antioch and Tripoli , who finally decided in favour of the Hospitallers . Under the Magistracy of Gilbert , the Templars received an accession of property at Alliambra , in Spain , through the favour of the King of Arragon . This Grand Master died , according to Ferreira , in the year 1198 , probably at its commencement . TERRICUS appears to have succeeded on the demise of the latter chief , as we find him addressed as Grand Master in the Bull " omne datum
optimum" of Pope Innocent III ., of date 15 th July , 1198 , and which instrument was wont to be confirmed on the accession of every new head . Those writers , therefore , err , who place Terricus as Grand Master in 1185 . He was then onl y Grand Preceptor , —though acting as Regent , or temporary head of the Order , during the captivity of the actual Grand Master , Gerard de Ridefort , who had been taken prisoner by Saladin at the battle of Tiberius . This is evident from several letters written by Terricus to the King of Englandand to the Popegiving
, , an account of the above battle , in all of which he is called Preceptor . The epistle to the latter commences— " Sanctissimo patri suo Urbano , Dei gratia summo et universal ! Pontifico , Territus , ( Tirricus , Terricus ) , pauperrim _ e Militioe Templi dictus Preceptor , " 8 _ c . ; and , to show that the actual Grand Master remained alive , the document further says , " cruce sancta capta , et rege nostro magistroque nostra captis , " & c , " vix dom . comes Tripolis , et dom . Reginaldus Sydonis , dom . siquidem
Balianus , et nos de illo miserabile campo evadere potuimus . "—( Annals of Godfrey the Monk . ) These expressions prove the existence of the Grand Master at the time , though in thraldom , and consequently that Terricus was but still Preceptor , and not Master-elect . Gerard de Ridefort , in fact , was restored to freedom soon after , by special stipulation , along with Grey de Lusignan , the King of Jerusalem : nor did he die till some years
subsequently , during the investment of Acre . In the French " Manuel des Chevaliers de l'Ordre du Temple , " which professes peculiar sources of information , the date of 1185 is given as that of the accession of Terricus to the Grand Mastership , which date we rather take to be that of the accession of Gerard de Ridefort . Terricus is termed by Vertot , Thierry , and , if we mistake not , William of Tyre calls him Theodoric . PHILIP DE PLESSIS was elected Grand Master in 1201 . He was the descendant of an ancient ancl noble familin Anjou . At no
timepery , haps , were the resources of the Order so flourishing as under his rule . The number of their endowed preceptories in Europe amounted to 7050 , the richest of which are stated to have been iu France and England ; nevertheless the Order did not neglect any of the ordinary methods of adding to their finances , practised by the pious sojourners in the East . In 1204 it was given out by some superstitious pilgrims , or ingenious priests , that an image of the Virgin , in a certain monastery ,
six miles from Damascus , had become suddenly clothed with flesh , and that its breasts poured forth a balmy liquid of wondrous efficacy in washing away sins . The spot was distant , and the way was dangerous , so the worthy knights instead of convoying the panting pilgrims thither , undertook to bring the liquor to them , which was retailed , no doubt , to the benefit of both parties . Such , atleast , is alleged by chroniclers . It isscarcely to be credited , after all , that the Order which was so wealthy should stoop to such a traffic . Be that as it may , the Templars were
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Notitae Templariae.
part Brother Peter cle Vilieplane and Brother Thierry . " Innocent III ., who was then Pope , remitted the affair to a sort of jury of gentlemen , taken from the cities of Antioch and Tripoli , who finally decided in favour of the Hospitallers . Under the Magistracy of Gilbert , the Templars received an accession of property at Alliambra , in Spain , through the favour of the King of Arragon . This Grand Master died , according to Ferreira , in the year 1198 , probably at its commencement . TERRICUS appears to have succeeded on the demise of the latter chief , as we find him addressed as Grand Master in the Bull " omne datum
optimum" of Pope Innocent III ., of date 15 th July , 1198 , and which instrument was wont to be confirmed on the accession of every new head . Those writers , therefore , err , who place Terricus as Grand Master in 1185 . He was then onl y Grand Preceptor , —though acting as Regent , or temporary head of the Order , during the captivity of the actual Grand Master , Gerard de Ridefort , who had been taken prisoner by Saladin at the battle of Tiberius . This is evident from several letters written by Terricus to the King of Englandand to the Popegiving
, , an account of the above battle , in all of which he is called Preceptor . The epistle to the latter commences— " Sanctissimo patri suo Urbano , Dei gratia summo et universal ! Pontifico , Territus , ( Tirricus , Terricus ) , pauperrim _ e Militioe Templi dictus Preceptor , " 8 _ c . ; and , to show that the actual Grand Master remained alive , the document further says , " cruce sancta capta , et rege nostro magistroque nostra captis , " & c , " vix dom . comes Tripolis , et dom . Reginaldus Sydonis , dom . siquidem
Balianus , et nos de illo miserabile campo evadere potuimus . "—( Annals of Godfrey the Monk . ) These expressions prove the existence of the Grand Master at the time , though in thraldom , and consequently that Terricus was but still Preceptor , and not Master-elect . Gerard de Ridefort , in fact , was restored to freedom soon after , by special stipulation , along with Grey de Lusignan , the King of Jerusalem : nor did he die till some years
subsequently , during the investment of Acre . In the French " Manuel des Chevaliers de l'Ordre du Temple , " which professes peculiar sources of information , the date of 1185 is given as that of the accession of Terricus to the Grand Mastership , which date we rather take to be that of the accession of Gerard de Ridefort . Terricus is termed by Vertot , Thierry , and , if we mistake not , William of Tyre calls him Theodoric . PHILIP DE PLESSIS was elected Grand Master in 1201 . He was the descendant of an ancient ancl noble familin Anjou . At no
timepery , haps , were the resources of the Order so flourishing as under his rule . The number of their endowed preceptories in Europe amounted to 7050 , the richest of which are stated to have been iu France and England ; nevertheless the Order did not neglect any of the ordinary methods of adding to their finances , practised by the pious sojourners in the East . In 1204 it was given out by some superstitious pilgrims , or ingenious priests , that an image of the Virgin , in a certain monastery ,
six miles from Damascus , had become suddenly clothed with flesh , and that its breasts poured forth a balmy liquid of wondrous efficacy in washing away sins . The spot was distant , and the way was dangerous , so the worthy knights instead of convoying the panting pilgrims thither , undertook to bring the liquor to them , which was retailed , no doubt , to the benefit of both parties . Such , atleast , is alleged by chroniclers . It isscarcely to be credited , after all , that the Order which was so wealthy should stoop to such a traffic . Be that as it may , the Templars were