year: 1238
initiator: King Henry III of England
recipient: Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: [Jan. 1. Guildford. King Henry III of England gives 500 marks to the master of the Knights Templar to help with the payment of the ransom of Knights Templar captured by the Saracens between the castles of Gastun/Gastum and Tripeshak/Trepeshac in the land of Antioch.
[Jan. 1. Guildford. King Henry III of England gives 500 marks to the master of the Knights Templar to help with the payment of the ransom of Knights Templar captured by the Saracens between the castles of Gastun/Gastum and Tripeshak/Trepeshac in the land of Antioch.
sources: Calendar of patent rolls. Henry III 1232-1247, p. 207. Calendar entry