ι» were present, accompanied by a large body of troops, and the Α. η. 1312. papal decree abolishing the order was published before the assembly.* The members of the council appear to have been called together merely to hear the decree read. History does not inform of any discussion with reference to it, nor of any suffrages having been taken. A few months after the close of these proceedings, Brother William de la More, the Master of the Temple in England, died of a broken heart in his solitary dungeon in the Tower, persisting with his last breath in the maintenance of the innocence of his order. King Edward, in pity for his misfortunes, directed the constable of the Tower to hand over his goods and chattels, valued at the sum of 4/. 19i. lid., to his executors, to be employed in the liquidation of his debts, and he commanded Geoffrey de la Lee, guardian of the lands of the Templars, to pay the arrears of his prison pay (2s. per diem) to the executor, Roger Hunsingon.t Among the Cotton MS. is a list of the Masters of the Temple, otherwise the Grand Priors or Grand Preceptors of England, compiled under the direction of the prior of the Hospital of Saint John at Clerkenwell, to the intent that the brethren of that fraternity might remember the antient Masters of the Temple in their prayere.J A few names have been omitted which arc supplied in the following list :— " Raynouard ut aupru. Tenia vita Clem. V. t Pro executoribus testamenti Wilielmi de la More, quondam Magùtri militile Templi in Anglia, clans β. E. 2. m. Ια. Acta Rymeri, torn. iii. p. X Registr. Heap. S. Joh. Jerus. CotVonMS. Nero E. vi. 23. i. Nero E. vi. p. 60. fol. 461).