To enable members of the Order to plan ahead efficiently, the Grand Priory of England has fixed dates for investitureswhich are the Saturday immediately after 24th May in each year, being the anniversary of Hugues de Payen, our first Grand Master, and the Saturday immediately after 13th October in each year, which is Templar Remembrance Day commemorating the day when hundreds of Knights Templars across France were simultaneously arrested on the orders of King Philip of France, which saw the Order disbanded for over 400-years.
Saturday 18th October 2025AUTUMN INVESTITURESt. Peter’s Church, Whitstable, Kent.
Saturday 17th October 2026AUTUMN INTERNATIONAL INVESTITUREChristchurch Priory, Christchurch, Dorset.
Saturday 30th May 2026SPRING INVESTITUREAll Saints, Thorpe Malsor, nr Kettering
Saturday 29th May 2027SPRING INVESTITUREVenue to be announced
Saturday 16th October 2027AUTUMN INVESTITUREVenue to be announced
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OSMTH and the Grand Priory of England is a chivalric non-denominational Christian organisation whose objects are the Christian values of Faith, Hope, and Charity.We are not a political organisation, are not associated with any political organisation and have no political aims or ambitions.We emphatically denounce all those who seek to besmirch the honourable reputation of the Knights Templar for any political, subversive or unlawful activity.
Saturday 27th May 2028SPRING INVESTITUREVenue to be announced
WearesaddenedtoannouncethepassingofSirRobertWorcester,KBE, KGOTJ, aged 91, on Friday 5th September. 2025.SirRobert'slegacyisoneofprofoundimpactandheartfeltdedication.His pioneeringworkinsurveyandpublicopinionresearch,mostnotably throughfoundingMORI,hasleftanindeliblemarkonthefield.In2005, hisexceptionalcontributionswererightfullyrecognisedwhenhewas appointedKnightCommanderoftheMostExcellentOrderoftheBritish Empire(KBE),honouringhisoutstandingservicestopolitical,social,and economic research as well as his influence on government policy.BeyondbuildingMORIintoaleadingindependentresearchfirmbeforeits acquisitionbyIpsos,SirRobertdevotedhimselftonumerousnationaland internationalorganisationsthatchampionedAnglo-Americanrelations, democracy,andtheruleoflaw.Hispassionforpromotingthehistoryand significanceofMagnaCartawasparticularlydeartohim.Aschairofthe MagnaCarta2015800thAnniversaryCommemorationCommittee,he tookimmenseprideincelebratingwhatheconsidered"England’s greatest export."Itwasatthe800thAnniversaryCommemorationatRunnymedethatSirRobertjoinedtheKnightsTemplar, recognisingtheimportanceoftheTemplarsinbrokeringthepeacebetweentheCrownandtheBaron’sthatledto MagnaCarta’sexistence.TheGrandPrioroftheKnightsTemplarismentionedinMagnaCarta–“"fratrisAymerici magistrimilicieTempliinAnglia"BrotherAymeric,MasteroftheKnightsoftheTempleinEngland,aswasanother Templar, "Willelmi Mariscalli comitis Penbrocie"-the Earl of Pembrokeshire, William Marshall-a true Templar at heart. Manyofourmemberswillfondlyrecallthewonderfulinvestituresweexperiencedathisfamilyhome,Allington CastlenearMaidstone,Kent,andthe warmhospitalityextendedbySirRobertandthelateLadyMargaret. AfterLady Margaret'spassingin2020,SirRobert'shealthsadlydeclined,andearlierthismonth,hepeacefullyreunited withher in heaven.SirRobert, whoservedasGrandSeneschaloftheGrandPrioryand washonouredasaCompanionofHonourin2021, holdsaspecialplaceinourhearts.Inrecentyears,hisinvolvementwiththeGrandPriorymayhavewaned,yetwe fondlyrememberhisboundlessenthusiasmand warmth,coupled withhisdistinctivesenseofhumour.Hispresence brought joy to many and will be dearly missed.Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat ei. Et resurgat in gloria. Amen.