The betrayal of the Templars is referred to as the "cleaving of the elm" in 1307. It was with the plotting of the "Priory of Sion" that France wanted to rid themselves of the Templars. Many of the Knights escaped to England where they sided with Robert the Bruce in his battles. There are rumors of their headquarters being in Rosythe Scotland where a chapel is believed to contain their remains. THAT is were the Scottish Rite of the Freemasons takes it root.
There is also the building of several chruches and cathedrals that are attributed to the Templars and their mason roots.
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The "Priory of Sion" was apparently founded in 1956, and thus had nothing to do with the dissolution of the Knights Templar:
http://www.anzwers.org/free/posdebunking/ Theories that the Templars escaped to Scotland and sided with Robert the Bruce are more romance than fact.