Knights Hospitallers
Also called: Knights of St John of Jerusalem a military religious order founded about the time of the first crusade (1096–99) among European crusaders. It took its name from a hospital and hostel in Jerusalem: Full name: Knights of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem
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They seem to have separated from the Knights Hospitallers at the end of the 11th, or beginning of the 12th centuries.
The Leper in England: with some account of English lazar-houses | Robert Charles HopeDid she hold a lease of the manor and manor-house of Hampton of the Knights Hospitallers?
The first of these was known as the Order of the Knights Hospitallers.
The Story of the Crusades | E. M. Wilmot-BuxtonIn 1086 the town included fees of the bishop, the dean and chapter, and the Knights Hospitallers, but was otherwise royal demesne.
The Knights Hospitallers are described in the same work, ii.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey Chaucer
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