sentences:  As Temple, being just to the south of the Firth of Forth, was an area of the country occupied by England at this time, knights were prosecuted, but not all were found guilty.Nearby to the north, politics was even more on their side – Robert the Bruce had been excommunicated, and so was not required to follow papal commands , and at war with England, it has been suggested that he may have been welcoming to powerful and desperate allies.Following 1312 and the Papal bull (edict) entitled "Ad providam", King Edward II of England abolished the Templars in both England and Scotland.