We can estimate that the great majority of the brothers of the Temple were indeed arrested throughout the kingdom of France, during the raid of October 13. But, the order being international, one wonders what was the fate of the Templars in other countries.
In England, Edward II could have followed the example of his stepfather Philippe le Bel. The Templars of his kingdom were well possessed and too few in number to put up any serious resistance. Yet the King of England, unlike his counterpart on the other side of the Channel, gave no credit to the charges against the Temple and chose not to bring anything against him. However, Edward II rallied on December 14 to the pope's decision to authorize the arrest of the brothers and they were seized on the following January 10 and immediately heard, but the conditions of detention were probably less painful than in France and especially without the use of torture, their confessions had nothing in common with those of their counterparts on the continent and mainly did not establish any reprehensible fault.
King James I of Aragon behaved in a manner quite similar to the King of England, but there due to the wars of Reconquista the order had a large number of fighters who were working in the defense of the kingdom. and who therefore benefited from royal clemency. However, the king was not long in rallying to the wishes of the Pope, without much enthusiasm it is true. In Aragon no condemnable confession was made. In the kingdom of Castile-Leon and Portugal, the arrest did not take place until 1308 and produced very poor results. The resistance to the arrest order was fiercest in Cyprus. The island was indeed home to the Templar headquarters, and the temple marshal, the highest dignitary present, refused to hand over the weapons and the treasure. The brothers, eighty-three knights and thirty-five sergeants, had a statement read publicly clearing the order. However, yielding to the pressure of the King of France, the governor of the island proceeded to the arrest of the brothers at the end of the month of May 1308. The British historian Malcom Barber estimates that on this occasion a large part of the treasure of the order escaped the authorities without anyone knowing or the Templars concealed it.
Source: Thierry PF. Leroy.
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