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The Knights Templar

Eternal Keepers of Secrets.

The origins of the Knights Templar can be traced back to the aftermath of the First Crusade in 1099. After capturing Jerusalem, Christian pilgrims began to flock to the Holy Land to visit the sacred sites. However, with the rise of Islamic forces, the journey to Jerusalem became perilous. To safeguard the pilgrims and ensure the safety of the Christian territories in the region, a group of knights, led by Hugues de Payens, formed a military order known as the Knights Templar in 1119.

The primary purpose of the order was to protect Christian pilgrims and ensure safe passage for them, as well as to defend the newly established Crusader states in the Levant. Initially, the order consisted of a small group of knights who took vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, living according to the rules of monastic life while maintaining a strong military presence.

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The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, mainly known as the Knights Templar, was a French military order of the Catholic faith, and one of the wealthiest and most popular military orders in Western Christianity. They were founded c. 1119 to defend pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem, with their headquarters located there on the Temple Mount, and existed for nearly two centuries during the Middle Ages.

The reality of the saga of the Knights Templar is almost as amazing as the myths that embellish it. The Vatican plans to add another colorful chapter when it publishes a long-misplaced, 699-year-old papal report on the medieval holy warriors. Vatican publisher Scrinium will offer 799 copies (the 800th will go to the Pope), at $8,375 apiece, of a 1308 parchment titled Processus Contra Templarios(Trial Against the Templars), which chronicles the order’s sordid endgame: the accusations of heresy, the Templars’ defense, and Pope Clement V’s absolution of the order, before he did an about-face and eliminated it.

The Templars were a creature of the Crusades when various Christian forces sailed from Europe to fight the resident Muslims for control of the biblical Holy Land. After the first Crusaders took Jerusalem in 1096, European pilgrims began streaming into the city, and 23 years later, two veterans of the Crusade founded an order of monastic knights to protect the travelers.

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LORD NEIL'S WALTON HALL CONNECTION

Having been born in Walton Hall, Lord Neil B. Gibson’s journey in this life began on September 10th, in the year of 1963. As his life continued to flourish, he acquired lands and thus retained his Lord title as demonstrated today. Pursuant to the Law of Property Act of 1925, the titles Lord of Wheldrake and Warter Priory are under the Assignor Asset, claimed as incorporeal rights to the said style and title.

Wheldrake and Warter Priory are within a 25 mile radius as the crow flys of each other.