oeptor of Rue ; the reverend Brother Chosoardi, Preceptor of Barles ; Brother Jordan de Mison, Preceptor of Embrun ; Brother G. de (a Tour, Preceptor of the house of Limaise. Of laymen are witnesses, the lady countess, the mother of the aforesaid count ; Gerald, his brother, ic . &e." * William of Asheby in Lincolnshire was admitted into thia species of spiritual confraternity with the Templars, as appears from the following grant to the order : " William of Asheby, to all the barons and vavasors of Lincolnshire, and to all his friends and neighbours, both French and English, Salvation. Be it known to all present and to eoine, that since the knights of the Temple have received me into confraternity with them, and have taken me under their care and protection, I the said William have, with the consent of my Brothers Ingram, Gerard, and Jordan, given and granted to God and the blessed Mary, and to the aforesaid knights of the Temple, all the residue of my waste and heath land, over and above what I have confirmed to them by my previous grant , . . &c. &c." f By these curious arrangements with secular persons, the Templars succeeded in attaching men of rank and influence to their interests, and in obtaining bountiful alms and donations, both of land and money. It is probable that the cross-legged monuments in the Temple Church were erected to the memory of secular warriors who had been admitted amongst the class of associated brethren of the Temple, and had bequeathed their bodies to be buried in the Temple cemetery. During the recent repairs it became necessary to make an extensive excavation in the Round, and beneath these monumental effigies were found two enormous stone coffins, together with five * Duca/tpe. Gloss, torn. iii. p. 16, 17 ; ed, 1678, verb. Obtati. t I'mk. MS. vol. iv.p. 07.