Information AboutFaxfleet Preceptory |
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| medieval knights templar | |
| history of yorkshire | |
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HISTORY Faxfleet was one of Yorkshire's greatest preceptories, originally built upon land provided in 1185 by the Crusade r knight, Roger De Mowbray , Lord of Northumberland . De Mowbray had been ransomed by the Templar s from the Turk s who were holding him prisoner. In that year it is recorded that Odo, Serlo, Gille, Stephen, Harvat and Ucca were Templars tenants, each farming two Acre s of land under the Strip Farming System . In 1290 Geoffrey Jolif was preceptor, or commander, of the Knights Templar at Faxfleet (until 1301 ) and Robert de Halton was master of the bailiwick of the Temple in the same county. In 1308 , several persons, although not Jolif, were arrested at Faxfleet, were sent to York, and were eventually sentenced to do penitence in the Cistercian Order . The preceptory was closed in 1308 and was valued at that time at over £300, the equivalent of over £ 100 000 today. |
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