The Knights Templar at Temple, Cornwall, 1308-12

The Knights Templar at Temple in Cornwall, 1308-12

The Templars' property at Temple in Cornwall, 1308–12

According to the custodian's account in the National Archives of the UK at Kew

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TNA: E 358/20 Rotulus 11 dorse

Thomas of la Hide (Cornwall): chapel of Templelonde' [now Temple on Bodmin Moor].

Compotus Thome de la Hide nup[er] vic[omes] de exit[us] terr[e] & reddituu[m] que fueru[n]t Mag[istr]I & Fr[atr]um Milicie Templi in Angl' in Com' Cornubie a . xx . die Decembr' 

Anno regni R[egis] E[dwardi] nu[n]c p[ri]mo . quo die ide[me] Thom' Saisivit terr' eor[um]de[m] Com' in man[um] R[egis] p[er] br[ev]e eiusde[m] usq[ue] f[estu]m S[anc]ti Mich[ael]' p[ro]x[imum] seq[ue]ns. Et ab eode[m] festo S[anc]ti 

Mich[ael] anno s[e]c[un]do usq[ue] Gula[m] Augusti {Lammas}anno q[ui]nto an[te]q[u]am Joh[ann]es de Bedewynde cui Rex co[m]misit p[re]d[ic]t[a]m Com' Cornub' una cu[m] aliis exit[iis] int[r]aret d[ic]ta tenem[en]ta tanq[u]a' 

Custos ad respondend' Regi de eisde[m] exit[us] a quo die Idem Joh[ann]es deb[et] r[espondere].Et r[espondit] infra post fine[m] hui[us] comp. 

Tres ultime p[ar]tes Anni primi 

De redd' ass[ise] no[n] respond[it] hoc anno p[ri]mo q[uare] nullus redd' levabilis fuit an[te] fin[em] s[anc]ti Mich[ael] ut dicit. 

Annus s[e]c[un]dus 

Ide[m] Thom[as] redd[it] comp' de xxxj s[olidis] viij d[enaris] de redd' ass[ise] libere tenent' de d[ic]to Mag[ist]ro & Fr[atr]ib[us] Milicie in le templelorde de t[erm]io s[anc]ti Mich[ael] sic[ut] cont[inetur] in Rot[u]lo de p[ar]ticulis 

Que' lib' inde in Tho[me] & in extenta inde f[ac]ta & ad scc[a]cc[ariu]m retornata. Et de xiij s[olidi] iiij d[enarii] de firma Capelle del Templelonde q[u]am d[ic]ti fr[atr]es h[ab]ueru[n]t ibide[m] approp[ri]ata' ultra 

serviciu[m] Cap[e]ll[an]i ibid[em] deservient' sic dimissa sic[ut] cont[inetur] in d[ic]to Rot[u]lo de p[ar]tic[u]lis & in extenta p[re]d[ic]ta. Et de iij s[olidi] de pl[a]t[i]tis & p[er]quid' cur[ie] ibid[em] hoc anno sic[ut] cont[inetur] ibid[em] 

S[u]ma recepte xlviij s[olidi] Et r[espondit] infra. 

Annus tercius 

Ide[m] r[eddit] comp' de xxxj s[olidis] viij d de redd ass' libere tenenc' ibide[m] de t[er]minio s[anc]ti Mich[aelis] sic[ut] cont' in d[ic]to R[otul]o de p[ar]ticulis que[m] lib[eravit] in Th[esauro] + in extenta p[re]d[ic]ta. Et de xiij s 

iiij de de firma capelle sup[r]ad[ic]te ult[r]a serviciu[m] Cap[e]ll[an]i ibid[em] deservient' ut sup[r]a sic[ut] cont' ibide[m]. Et de iij s viij d de p'litis + p[er]quis' cur[ie] p[er] ide[m] temp[us] sic[ut] cont' ibid[em]. 

Et de ij s v d de fine div[er]sor[um] tenenciu[m] ibid[em] de licencia h[abe]nda ad molend' alibi, sic[ut] cont' ibid[em]. Et de xij d de div[er]sis q[uare] braciaveru[n]t [con][tr]a assisa[m] sic[ut] cont' ibid[em] {they brewed beer, contrary to the assize}. 

Et de vj s viij d de fine quor[un]da[m] p[ro] terr[a] tenend' + multur' h[abe]nda sic[ut] cont' ibid. 

S[u]ma recepte Lviij s ix d. Et r[espondi] infra. 

Annus quartus 

Ide[m] r[eddit] comp' de xxxj s viij de de redd' ass' div[er]sor[um] tenent' ad f[esta]m s[anc]ti Mich[aelis] hoc anno ut sup[r]a, sic[ut] cont' in d[ic]to Rot[u]lo de p[ar]tic[u]lis + extenta p[re]d[ic]ta. Et  

de xiij s iiij d de Capella p[re]d[ic]ta in le Templelonde ult[r]a serviciu[m] Cap[e]ll[an]i ad firma[m] sic dimissa sic[ut] ibid[em]. Et de vj s j d de p'l'ctis + p[er]q[ui]s' cur[ie] sic[ut] cont' ibid[em]. 

S[u]ma recepte Lj s j d. Et r[espondit] infra. 

Tres prime p[ar]tes anni quinti 

De reddu' ass' no[n] resp[ondit] q[uare] nullus reddit[ur] fu[er]at ibi levabil' n[ec] in festo s[anc]ti Mich[ael]is ut dicit nec de firma Capelle p[re]d[ic]te resp[ondit] q[uare] firma semp[er] e[st] soluta in festo 

S[anc]ti Mich[ael]is ut dicit. Ide[m] r[eddit] comp' de v s ix d de p'litis + p[er]quis' cur[ie] p[er] ide[m] temp[us] sic[ut] cont' ibid[em]. 

S[u]ma rec[epte] v s ix d. Et xlviij s de rem' comp' sui de eisde[m] t[er]ris de anno s[e]c[un]do 

Sicut sup[r]a cont'. Et Lviij s ix d de rem' comp' sui de anno t[er]cio sic[ut] sup[r]a cont'. Et lj s j d de rem' comp' sui de anno quarto sic[ut] sup[r]a cont'. S[u]ma viij li iij s vij d. 

Respondit in R\o/ sexto in Cornub'

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Joh[a]nnes de Bedwynde de exit' terr' + ten' que fuer[un]t Templar' in Com' Cornubie a gula Augusti anno q[ui]nto.

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