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Rothley Temple, or more correctly Rothley Preceptory, (pronounced / ˈ r oʊ θ l i / Rowth-Ley) was a preceptory (a religious establishment operated by certain orders of monastic knights) in the village of Rothley, Leicestershire, England, associated with both the Knights Templar and the Knights Hospitaller.
Templar establishments in Europe. Templar fortress of Paris, now destroyed. Commandry of Coulommiers, France [6] Commandry of Avalleur, in Bar-sur-Seine [7] Commandry of Saint-Blaise, Hyères [8] La Rochelle, Charente Maritime, France [1] Chapelle des Templiers de Metz - 12th-century Gothic chapel with octagonal plan and various paintings. [9]
The preceptory's chapel and part of the domestic buildings still exist. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Rothley Court incorporates part of the preceptory that was converted for residential use in the 16th century. [ 3 ] Much of what can be seen today is from substantial renovation and extension works conducted by John Ely of Manchester, between 1894 and 1895. [ 5 ]
The following is a list of the monastic houses in Wiltshire, England.. Alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as cells and notable monastic granges (particularly those with resident monks), and also camerae of the military orders of monks (Knights Templar and Knights Hospitaller).
Ribston Hall with the 13th century chapel to the left. Ribston Preceptory was a priory just east of the village of Little Ribston, in North Yorkshire, England on the east bank of the River Nidd. [1] The preceptory at Ribston was founded in 1217, when Robert de Ros donated the land and advowson of Ribston to the Knights Templar. [2]
An entry for the year 1192 included mention of certain objets sacrés—"sacred artifacts"—that were housed in the chapel of the Herdewyke preceptory. As official documents in the twelfth century were frequently written in Norman French , the term objets sacrés was the usual way of describing holy relics returned from the Crusades, often ...
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Between 1221 and 1236 Walter Byset, Lord of Aboyne, founded the Preceptory or College of the Knights Templar on the site of Maryculter House Hotel. [2] [3] [4] The barrel-vaulted basement of the house is said to have formed part of the Preceptor's Lodging. [2] The Templars also built a chapel. [2]