108 THE ORIGINS OF FREEMASONRY FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO THE MIDDLE AGES
In addition to the bailiff, the bailiwick of the Temple included, dur-
ing the final days of the Order, a fiscal prosecuter, a court clerk, a court
usher, and a sworn surgeon.The Paris Temple and CraftsmenCircumstances eventually prompted many craftsmen to seek protection
in the sovereign censive district of the Temple. It was a fact that until
the time of Saint Louis and the drafting of the Livre des Metiers in 1628
by the king's provost, Etienne Boileau, the working class suffered
greatly from a lack of genuine laws whose texts could serve as reference
when grievances were raised. The taxes and fees that weighed down
working individuals were levied unequally with no standard rate.
Eventually the situation became so intolerable for workers that many
abandoned the quarters of the city belonging to the king to settle as best
they could in quarters that fell under different jurisdiction.^6 The
Templars' quarter, which was in full development at this time, must
have been particularly appealing to them. "Because of the great hurt
and great rapines they suffered in the provostship," writes Joinville,
"the 'little people' dared no longer remain on the grounds of the king,
but sought instead to dwell in other provostships and manorial hold-
ings; and thus it was the lands of the king that became so sparse that
when he held his plebiscite, no more than ten or twelve people would
elect to attend."
Craftsmen were all the more inspired to dwell in the Temple's juris-
diction, for doing so, let us recall, gave to those who came seeking assis-
tance and protection the benefit of two important privileges: asylum
and trade exemptions. These privileges were expressly confirmed in
Paris by the accord of 1279. Right to asylum was not unique to the
Temple, however. The free lands of other abbeys and religious orders
also offered this privilege. A manuscript from the beginning of the six-
teenth century provides the following list of these other jurisdictions:
the Notre Dame de Garlande land and all the land of the chapter of
Notre Dame inside the city of Paris, the Evesque land, the land of the
franc-fie of the Rosiers, the Saint Marcel land on Mount Saint Hilaire,
the Saint Victor land outside the gates, the Sainte Genevieve land out-