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Knights Templar Cookie policyThis website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Cookie policy Privacy PolicyDeclineAllow cookiesGot it! MMH Home Orders Mark Master Mason Royal Ark Mariner >> Knights Templar Knights of Malta Red Cross of Constantine Royal & Select Masters Allied Masonic Degrees Order of the Secret Monitor Scarlet Cord Knights Beneficent of the Holy City News Events Documents Info Contact POI Statutes Join Knights Templar The Great Priory of the United Religious, Military and Masonic Orders of the Temple and of St. John of Jerusalem, Palestine, Rhodes and Maltaof England and Wales and its Provinces Overseas NEWS Join According to legend, the Knights Templar was founded in 1118 AD to protect pilgrims heading for Jerusalem and the Christian Holy places, where the small band of warrior monks established a headquarters. In the year 1118 AD King Baldwin II granted the Templars quarters on the Temple Mount and this forms the link to the Royal Arch. Many men, of noble birth, joined the ranks of the Templar Order. Those who were unable to join often gifted the Templars with land and other valuables.Modern Masonic association with these medieval defenders of the Christian Holy places is linked by the ceremony of Installation in which the Candidate takes the part of a Pilgrim who, by symbolically embarking on a Crusade, is elevated to Knighthood. The earliest reference to modern Masonic Knight Templar activity in England can be found in the minutes of the Chapter of Friendship (Royal Arch) in Portsmouth, dated 1778, where it was worked as an Appendant Degree. In 1791 a Grand Conclave was formed comprising seven ‘Encampments’ with Thomas Dunckerley as Grand Master. By 1873 ‘Grand Conclave’ was now known as ‘Great Priory’, and ‘Encampments’ were now known as ‘Preceptories’. The ceremony is very realistic and the regalia spectacular, based upon that worn by the Medieval Knights. Prospective Candidates must be a Master Mason, a Royal Arch Mason and Christian. Knights Templar Great Priory 2021 - Grand Master's Address On the day of Great Priory 2021, the Grand Master, Most Eminent and Supreme Knight, Paul Raymond Clement, has produced a video address to the Brother Knights. KT_Great_Ranks_List_2021web.pdf More Articles ... The Great Priory of Knights Templar Durham KT Sponsored First Aider Reports on Field Trip to Jerusalem New Provincial Prior Installed in West Yorkshire New Provincial Prior Installed in Nottinghamshire Dorset & Wiltshire visit to Malta Knight walks over hot coals to help Charity Page 1 of 13 Start Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next End Rulers M.E. & S.Kt. Paul R. Clement, G.C.T.Grand Master V.H. & R.E.Kt. Andrew C. Rainbow, G.C.T.Great Seneschal CONTACT KT events May 17 KT Great Priory 2023 Great Priory Popular Downloads KT - Membership Form KT - Toast List 31Oct22 KT - Petitioner Application KT Model By-Laws.doc KT Model Provincial By-Laws - Aug 2017.doc KT - Petition New Preceptory Copyright © 2020 Mark Masons' Hall