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I will do some more digging later (work soon), but if they did not disband when the Pope disbanded the Order, then they were not part of the Order. From the sounds of it, it seems they were ridding on the Order's coattails, or commandeered the name at a later date.It's something I have a keen interest!
Scottish Templars | The Knights Templar
The Order of the Temple in Scotland 1128 – 1313: Prosperity of the Knights Templars in Scotland The Templar Order was first established in Scotland in 1128, with its main Preceptory at Ballantrodoch, now the Midlothian village of Temple. With the support of succeeding Scottish kings...www.theknightstemplar.org
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Templar#Grand_Masters said:The last Grand Master was Jacques de Molay, burned at the stake in Paris in 1314 by order of King Philip IV.[47]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Knights_Templar said:In the seventeenth century, interest in Templarism became political after the execution of Charles I, with the idea that Stuart partisans invented a Templar degree, as the king's death was to be avenged, as was the violent death in 1314 of Jacques de Molay, last Grand Master of the Templars.
The Stuart Court in Rome: A Legacy of Exile said:Seventeenth-century Templarism acquired political overtones after the beheading of Charles I, and it has been suggested the 'since the king's death was to be avenged, certain Stuart partisans fabricated a Templar degree in which the violent death in 1314 of Jacques de Molay, last Grand Master of the Templars, called for vengeance,