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those of their appointment, but only those within wliich I have found 

 references to the several Masters. 



c. 



1186, 



Walter the Templar. 





— 



Brother Guarnerus. 



c. 1200- 



-1210, 



Hugh the Templar. 



c. 



1210, 



Henry Foliot. 





1234, 



Ealph de Southwark. 





-izo\j, 



Koger le Waleis. 



1257- 



-1273, 



Herbert de Mancester. 



1278- 



-1279, 



Ralph or Eobert de Glastonbury. 





1288, 



Thomas de Thoulouse. 



1295- 



-1301, 



Walter le Bachelor. 





1300, 



Peter de Malvern.^ 



1302- 



-1306, 



William de Warenne.- 





1307, 



Henry de Anet or Tanet. 



The date of Hugh's tenure of the Mastership is very difficult to 

 determine. There are several entries of his name as a witness to deeds 

 in the Chartulary of Saint Mary's Abbey, but these have no date, 

 and it is only by internal evidence that even an approximate date can 

 be arrived at. 



Of the above Masters we know little, except that Ralph de 

 Southwark abandoned his habit, and that the Justiciar was ordered 

 to arrest him in 1235 if he went to Ireland. ^ Walter le Bachelor 

 was excommunicated for making away with the property of the Order, 

 and was confined for eight weeks in the penitential cell in the Temple 

 Church in London. On his death, he was not allowed to be buried in 

 the cemetery. His death and burial were the subjects of certain 

 interrogatories by the inquisitors at the inquiry held in London in 

 1309-1310.^ (See Appendix.) 



The position of the head of the Order was one of extreme im- 

 portance. On many occasions the Master of the Templars in Ireland, 

 together with the Justiciar, and sometimes the Prior of the Hospitallers, 

 was appointed by the Crown to audit the accounts of the country. 



1 So in Plea Roll 28 Ed. I. Possibly he was only a deputy for Walter le 

 Bachelor. 



2 In the suit between the Prior of Athassel and the Master of the Templars, 

 the former alleged that William de Warenne was a " consanguineus " of Edmond 

 le Botiller. 



3 Cal. Irish Documents, 1171-1251. No. 2261. 

 * Wilkins' Concilia," vol. ii., p. 346. 



