Knights of St Thomas
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The Hospitallers of St Thomas of Canterbury at Acre, usually called the Knights of St Thomas Acon was a Christian Military order. Membership was restricted to Englishmen. Established in 1191, at Acre, after the capture of that city by Richard I of England and Philip II of France. It was militarised by Peter of Roche the Bishop of Winchester, during the Fifth Crusade 1217-1221. According to Pope Gregory IX this was done thanks to the indulgence of the existing canons of the Hospital of St Thomas in Acre. Peter of Roche was a warrior bishop who contributed to the defences of Jaffa and Sidon.
From the 14th century on, they were headquartered in London at the Hospital of St Thomas of Acre.
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