ABSTRACT
The first problem concerning the trial, or hearing, of Templar prisoners in Cyprus relates to the dating of the interrogations themselves. 1 Some scholars assert that they took place in May 1310; others prefer the more logical date of May 1311, eleven months after King Henry II had returned from exile in Armenia. 2 On the other hand, the testimony is resolutely in favour of the Order and its members – which leads to the supposition that the earlier date may be more plausible since Amaury of Lusignan, the regent, allegedly favoured the Templars while the king was opposed to them, since he blamed them for complicity in his downfall. 3 In addition, several noble witnesses had accompanied the king into exile, and, hence logically should not have been in Cyprus in May–June 1310. 4 Rudt de Collenberg, who cites references to the Templar inquisition in Cyprus in 1311 in several places, mistakenly refers to Vat. Arch. AA D-224, 206which is in fact an inventory made of Templar property in June of that year, and not one of the trial manuscripts in the Archives' possession. 5
