The conventional perception of the majority of historians of  Freemasonry is that the origin of the fraternity goes Back to the Crusades. Though you will get many Masons saying that Masonry was Only officially established and acknowledged in England in the early eighteenth century, the roots of the organization do reach back to the Crusades in the twelfth century. At the core of this familiar tale is an order of crusaders called the Knights Templar or the Templar’s.

But, in 1307, the French king Philip le Bel decided to arrest the
Members of the order of the temple. A quantity of of them managed to flee but a large amount of them were Captured in France. Pope Clement V furthermore joined the purge. Following a long period of interrogation, torture and trial, many of the Templars admitted to unorthodox beliefs, that they had rejected the Christian faith and insulted Jesus in their masses. Finally, the leaders of the Templars, who were called “grand masters,” Starting with the most significant of them, Jacques de Molay, were executed in 1314 by order of the Church and the King. The majority of them were put into prison, and the order dispersed and officially disappeared.

The trial of the Templars ended with the termination of the
Order. But, although the order “officially” ceased to exist, it did not in fact disappear. During the swift arrest in 1307, some Templar’s escaped, managing to cover their tracks. Many historians   believe to some point the Templar’s were tipped off in relation to the arrest’s that where soon to take place. None of their money’s or weapon’s where seized and that many of the younger Knights of the temple escaped along with the whole Templar fleet that was docked at La Rochelle, and the fleet was never found.

According to various historical papers, a sizeable quantity of them took refuge in the only kingdom in Europe that did not recognize the authority of the Catholic Church in the fourteenth century, Scotland. There, they restructured under the protection of the Scottish King, Robert the Bruce. Some moment in time later, they found a suitable method of disguise by which to carry on their clandestine existence: They infiltrated the most significant guild in the medieval British Isles, the wall builders’ lodge, and eventually, they fully controlled these lodges.