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CHARLES G. ADDISON, ESQ. The history of the Knights Templars, Temple Church, and the Temple

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CHARLES G. ADDISON, ESQ.
The history of the Knights Templars, Temple Church, and the Temple
page 321



308 THE TBMPLE CHURCH. with this circumscription—" Hie requiescit Constantius de Houerio, quondam visitator generalis ordinis militiœ Templi in Anglifi, Francia, et Italia." * ' Here lies Constance de Hover, formerly visitor-general of the order of the Temple, in England, France, and Italy." Not a vestige of this interesting monument now remains. During the recent excavation in the churchyard for the foundations of the new organ gallery, two very large stone coffins were found at a great depth below the present surface, which doubtless enclosed the mortal remains of distinguished Templars. The churchyard appears to abound in ancient stone coffins. In the Round of the Temple Church, the oldest part of the present fabric, are the famous monuments of secular warriors, with their legs crossed, in token that they had assumed the cross, and taken the vow to march to the defence of the christian faith in Palestine. These cross-legged effigies have consequently been termed " the monuments of the crusaders," and are so singular and interesting, that a separate chapter must be devoted to the consideration of them. • Burton's ieiceetenMrc, p. 23S, 2S8.


          
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