Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 46199-h.htm or 46199-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/46199/46199-h/46199-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/46199/46199-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/sketchofhistoryo00burn SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS, by JAMES BURNES LL.D. F.R.S. Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order Second Edition. Illustrated with Plates. Wm. Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh; Payne & Foss, London; John Cumming, Dublin. Edinburgh, MDCCCXL. [Illustration] TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS Prince Augustus Frederick. DUKE OF SUSSEX, EARL OF INVERNESS, K.G. D.C.L. &c. &c. &c. &c. Grand Prior of England, THE FOLLOWING PAGES ARE DEDICATED With every sentiment of Respect, BY His faithful and obedient Servant and Brother, JAMES BURNES. NOTICE. The very limited number of copies comprising the First Edition of this Work were exhausted by presentations amongst the most Illustrious Individuals,--leaving only a few copies for the Author's numerous circle of friends and associates. To remove a disappointment very generally expressed by many intimate friends of the Author in this Country, he has been induced to print a Second Edition of the Work, which is now offered to the Public, with many Additions and Illustrations,--for one of which, in particular,--the plate of Sir Sidney Smith,--the Publishers are indebted to the kindness of MR. BENTLEY. EDINBURGH, AUGUST 1840. CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE 1. The Hospitallers, 1 2. The Templars, 9 3. The Persecution of the Templars, 25 4. The Continuation of the Order, 39 5. The Knights Templars of Scotland, 55