After the capture of the city, William, Chaplain to the Dean of St. Pauls Cathedral at London, formed a small religious order of Canons Regular to tend to the wounded and bury Christian knights who fell in battle in the Holy Land.
After the capture of the city, William, Chaplain to the Dean of St. Pauls Cathedral at London, formed a small religious order, its members taking vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. The purpose of the Order was tending to the sick and wounded, and burying the Christian knights who fell in battle in the Holy Land.