ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates the role of notaries in the inquiry into the Temple. It is concerned with North Italy including present Emilia-Romagna, an area that corresponded to the inquisitorial province of Lombardy administered by the Dominicans, excluding Romagna, which was under Franciscan control. The aforementioned commissioners’ vicars took over the administration of the Templar houses from the autumn of 1309 onwards. Each pair of vicars included a cleric from the archdiocese of Pisa and one from that of Ravenna. The notary also played a significant role when the vicars, whose progress toward S. Quirino was impeded by local conflicts, decided to act against the usurpers of the local Templar property. The final stage of the inquiry into the Temple in North Italy consisted of the forming of councils to judge the Templars, which were held in the different ecclesiastical provinces.
