I. PoHTUosL. — So early as the year 1130 (astrong

proof of the rapid increase of the order) Galdin Paez, the first provincial master ol' the Temple in Portugal, built the castles of Tomar, Monsento, and Idaiina. The Templars had also settlements at Castromarin, Almural, and Langrovia. Tomar was the residence of the great-prior.