ABSTRACT
The Aragonese Templars were therefore able to enjoy much more freedom than their English colleagues, who were sent to religious houses belonging to other orders. James of Garrigans was of some education, and was obviously expected to speak to the proposals. The restoration of Garrigans's belongings made his colleagues wonder what had passed between the Templar and the king, and they made their hostility apparent. Garrigans again returned to Miravet, but his position there had become increasingly difficult, and in September, nine months into the siege, he deserted his colleagues. Roussillon then formed part of the kingdom of Mallorca, but the Templars in the county belonged to the order's province of Aragon and Catalonia, and James was soon transferred south of the Pyrenees. In April 1317 he made payments in the king's name to several non-Templars employed at the convent of Gardeny.
