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The classic theory goes something like this: the Templars, upon their downfall in the early 14th century, fled to Scotland for protection, reorganised themselves under Robert Bruce and led the Scots to victory on the fields of Bannockburn. At some point, they merged/united with/evolved into Freemasonry at Rosslyn Chapel, where, incidentally, their fabled treasures (arks, cups, scrolls, crowns, miscellaneous decapitated heads and other delightful trinkets) lay buried within the crypts of the Sinclair family.

As things stand, all the leading expon­ents are chasing the same thing, each finding little or nothing of any substance, before writing it up as a potential bestseller.