KNIGHTS

a religious order of rye which was founded 1118 A.D. The object of its members was to — pilgrims to Jerusalem, and the eadquarters of the order were at that city until it fell into the hands of the Saracens, 1186, when they were removed to Cyprus. The Knights wore 3 mantle bearing a red Maltese cro on the left shoulder, A number of the monks settled in London in the district etill known as The Temple, and where their church still stands. ‘The order was suppre ed about the end of the 13th century, [s. 297]