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ordered to provide for the expedition to Scotland, in addition to the 

 supplies elsewhere ordered to be provided in Ireland, 1000 quarters 

 of wheat, 1000 quarters of oats, 200 quarters of beans and peas, 300 

 tons of wine, 3 tons of honey, 200 quarters of salt, 1000 stock fish, 

 out of the goods in Ireland of the Knights Templars in the King's 

 hands, so far as the same would suffice.^ 



The Templars were now prisoners in Dublin Castle, but, as they 

 had been deprived of all their goods, it became a question as to how they 

 were to be supported. So Piers Gaveston, who arrived as the King's 

 deputy in July, 1308, allowed them to retain the issues of the manors 

 of Kilclogan, Crook, and Kilbarry, to provide them with sustenance 

 during their captivity.^ 



In France matters were advancing with a haste which showed 

 Philip's determination to settle the business once for all. The Pope 

 employed all kinds of procrastination, only to be forced to yield to the 

 King's masterful disposition in the end. The former was induced to 

 appoint inquisitors to hold the inquiry in Prance, reserving to himself 

 the personal examination of the chief officers ; but these suspiciously 

 fell ill on the way to Poictiers, and so they had to be examined by the 

 inquisitors. The story of the treatment of the Templars in France by 

 Philip forms one of the most heartrending narratives to be found in 

 history. Under the influence of the most cruel tortures, they con- 

 fessed to crimes which they afterwards recanted, often without avail. 

 An excellent account will be found of these proceedings in Michelet's 

 " Proces des Templiers " ; but as it is outside the scope of the present 

 paper, I will not touch further on this portion of the subject. 



On the 12th August, 1308, the Pope issued four bulls.^ In the 

 first, "Faciens Misericordiam," he appointed Commissions in 

 different lands to examine the Templars, to be composed of the 

 diocesan bishop, two canons, with two Dominicans and Franciscans, for 

 each diocese, and sixteen questions were to be put. In the second, 

 " Eegnans in coelis," he detailed the history of the events leading up 

 to the present crisis, and ordered the bishops, &c., to appear, two years 

 hence, on 1st October, 1310, to decide the fate of the Order. The 

 third bull, "Deus ultionum Dominus," appointed the prelates us 

 curators and administrators of the Templars' goods ; while the fourth, 

 Ad omnium fere notitiam," ordered that all the Templars' goods 



1 Patent Roll (England), 1 Ed. II, part 2, m. 3. 



2 Memoranda Roll, Excheq., 5-6 Ed. II, m. 12. 



3 Von Hefele's " Conciliengescliichte," vol. vi., pp. 436-8. 



