From the Templar Heirarchical Statues circa 1165.
131. When a man is made a brother, the Draper should take from him all his clothes except those of squirrel-fur or scarlet...
138. Each knight brother of the convent should have three horses and one squre; and a fourth horse and a second squire, if he has them, are at the discretion of the Master; and they should have a communal ration of barley for their horses; a hauberk, iron hose, a helmet or chapeau de fer (wide-brimmed helmet), a sword, a shield, a lance, a Turkish mace, a surcoat, arming jacket, mail shoes, and three knives: a dagger, a bread-knife and a pocket knife. They may have caparisons, two shirts, two pairs of breeches and two pairs of hose; and a small belt which they should tie over the shirt. And all the brothers of the Temple should sleep thus, except when they are ill in the hospital, and then they should do so with permission. They should have a jerkin with tails back and front, and a covering fur jacket, two white mantles, one with fur and one without; but in summer they should give back the one with fur, and the Draper may put it aside for their use.
139. And each should have a cope (heavy, hooded, enveloping whole body, fastened with a string or hook), a tunic (short sleeves worn over the shirt, sleeves lengthening in late twelfth/thirteenth c.) and a leather belt to put round his waist; and three pieces of bed linen: that is to say a bag in which to put straw, a sheet and a light blanket or whatever the Draper wishes to give him; also a rug, if he is given one, to cover his bed or his coat of mail when he rides out; moreover the rug should be white or black or striped; and two small bags: one in which to put his nightshirt and one for his surcoat and arming jacket; and a leather or wire mesh bag in which to put his hauberk; but if he has one he may not have the other.
140. And each may have a cloth for eating and another with which to was his head; and a rug on to which he can sift his barley; and a blanket to cover his horses; and if the rug for sifting he should not have the blanket. And he should have a cauldron for cooking and a bowl for measuring barley; and if he goes from one land to another he may not always carry them, except with the Master’s permission. And he may have three saddle bags: one for the brother and two for the squires; and two cups for drinking, and two flasks; a strap and one girdle with a buckle and one without; a bowl made of horn and a spoon. And he may have one cloth cap and one felt hat; a tent and a tent peg; the surcoat should be completely white.
141. The surcoats for the sergeant brothers should be completely black, with a red cross on the front and back. And they may have either black or brown mantles; and they may have everything that the knight brothers have except the horses’ equipment, the tent and the cauldron, which they will not have. And they may have a sleeveless coat of mail, hose without feet, and a chapeau de fer; and all these aforementioned things they may have according to the means of the house.
142. One brother of the convent may give to another a garnache that he has worn for a year, an old coat of mail, an old tunic, shirt, breeches and boots; and a lantern if he knows how to make it, a deerskin and a goatskin. And if any squire leaves his lord, and has served his term in the house, his lord should not take from him any clothing that he has given him, except the year-old garnache, and he may give him a two-year old one if he wishes.
280. And no brother should be without his habit when the hours are sung. And if any brother is drinking or eating, he should not be without his habit; and he should wear his habit in such a way as to have the laces of his cloak round his neck. And if he has his cope when he hears the hours, he should be dressed in his tunic, if he does not have a mantle; and a brother may eat in the same way if he does not have a mantle.
281. When the bell rings for matins, each brother should get up immediately, put on his hose, and fasten his cloak, and go to the chapel and hear the office... And each brother should come to matins in breeches and shirt, without any belt except the small one, and with his hood up. Moreover he should be dressed in hose and shoes and have his habit as it is said above. And all the other hours the brothers should hear completely dressed and in hose, according to the requirements of the weather and the season.
314. When a brother goes to prime, he should be fully dressed in his hose; for he should not go in his shirt, nor in his garnache if he does not have a coat of mail or tunic, nor with his hood up. No brother should comb his hair after compline; no brother should wear a mantle over his head except when he is in the infirmary and when he goes to matins, for then he may wear it; but he should not keep it on when the office is being sung.
