THE MIDDLE TEMPLE

In Mr. Frederick Devon's *Pell Records*, vol. iii. p. 34., there is an entry in the Issue Roll of Easter, 41 Henry III. 1257, of a payment. "To the Brethren of the *Middle* Temple, £4. in part of £8. appointed alms for the support of three chaplains to celebrate divine service, at Easter Term, in the 41st year, by writ patent." And in p. 88. is the following writ for payment at Easter Term, 4 Edward I. 1276:— "Pay out of our Treasury, from the day of the death of the Lord King Henry, our Father, of renowned memory, for each year, to our beloved Master and Brethren of the Knights Templars in En…