xxv i

CHRONOLOGY OF MALTA.

NAMES

H "O

Place of

of the

their Birth.

Grand-Masters.

28.

Pierre de Cor-

1354

nillan, or deCorneillan.

PRINCIPAL EVENTS.

Dates.

The grand-master died at the mo-ment when a general chapter hadbeen convened to discuss this sub-ject.

1355

His reign only lasted eighteenmonths.

« 9 .

Roger dc Pins.

J 355

Languedocin France.

It was proposed in a general chap-ter to attempt the conquest of theMorea, and there to fix the residenceof the Order : but the death of popeInnocent, the author of the plan,put an end to the project.

In a general chapter held in 1364,it was enacted, that the servants-of-arms should not be permitted towear the cross. At the same timereceivers were appointed in eachpriory for the responsions and taxespaid by every commandery to theOrder.

1364

30.

Raymond Be-renger.

1365

Dauphine,in France

The grand-master died on the 28thof May .

The navy of the Order, togetherwith that of Peter I., king of Cyprus,sailed on an expedition into Egypt,under the command of Berenger.

Alexandria taken; but evacuatedin a few days.

1365

A great assembly of the Order

held at Avignon .

at which Fernandes de Heredia, thelieutenant of the grand-master, pre-sided in his absence. The first col-lection of the statutes of the Orderwas made by this assembly.

1374

The grand-master died the sameyear.

1374

Observations.

Vcrtot, 1343.( Error.)