Temple Bruer
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Temple Bruer Preceptory
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| Location | The Preceptory is sited in the farmyard of the former Temple Bruer Farm |
| Coordinates | 53°04′16″N 0°29′46″W / 53.0711°N 0.4962°WCoordinates: 53°04′16″N 0°29′46″W / 53.0711°N 0.4962°W |
| OS grid reference | TF0085153709 |
| Founded | c1150 |
| Demolished | After 1536 |
| Architectural style(s) | Early English architecture |
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Listed Building – Grade I
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| Designated | 1 February 1967 |
| Reference no. | 485917 |
| Designated | 13-Dec-1929 |
| Reference no. | 1007686 |
 Location in Lincolnshire
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Temple Bruer Preceptory is in a farm-yard in the civil parish of Temple Bruer with Temple High Grange, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It is one of the few Knights Templar sites left in England where any ruins remain standing. Its name comes from its Templar ownership and its position in the middle of the Lincoln Heath, bruyère (heather) from the French language current at the time. It was founded in the period 1150 to 1160 and the order was dissolved in 1312. The site is at grid reference TF 0085 5370, located between the A15 and A607 roads, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north from Cranwell. The site has been excavated twice, firstly by the Rev Dr. G. Oliver, the rector of Scopwick in 1832-3, and in 1908 by Sir William St John Hope.
The preceptory of Temple Bruer was founded late in the reign of Henry ii (1154–89), This date is based on the grant of a market by Henry II by William of Ashby de la Launde, who was admitted soon afterwards into the fraternity of the preceptory, He increased the original endowment before his death. Other benefactors were Maud de Cauz, John d'Eyncourt, Robert of Everingham, William de Vescy, Gilbert of Ghent. The house seems to have been of considerable size and importance; the brethren were allowed to crenellate the great gate in 1306 Following the suppression of the order of Knight s Templar in France, Edward II followed in 1308 by sending John de Cormel, the sheriff of Lincolnshire to with 12 knights and their forces to arrest the Templars at Temple Bruer. These included William de More, the Preceptor and Grand Master of the order in England. For a tme they were held in the Clasketgate in Lincoln before being sent to the Tower of London . The order was totally suppressed by Pope Clement V in 1312, with the instruction that the Templar properties were to be transferred to the Knights Hospitallers. It took until the 1330s for the Hospitallers to recover the estates from the English King. Following the death of Sir John Babington in 1534, Sir Giles Russell was made commander at Temple Bruer. His letters show that he did not reside at Temple Bruer; but finding that the house was in a ruinous condition he made some effort to get it repaired and put it in a better condition. In 1539 Russell was made turcopolier, of the Order and being at the time in Malta, he probably saw little of his commandery before its dissolution in 1541.
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