ɪn ɐbˌaʊt ðə jˈɪɹ wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi sˈɛvən, wˈɪljəm ðə lˈaɪən ɡɹˈæntᵻd pˈɑːɹt ʌvðə kˈʌltɚ lˈændz ɔnðə sˈaʊθ bˈæŋk ʌvðə ɹˈɪvɚ dˈiː, ˌæbɚdˈiːnʃɚ, tə ðə nˈaɪts tˈɛmplɚ ænd bᵻtwˌiːn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti wˈʌn ænd wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi sˈɪks wˈɔltɚ bˈɪsɛt ʌv ɐbˈɔɪn fˈaʊndᵻd ɐ pɹɪsˈɛptɚɹi fɚðə nˈaɪts tˈɛmplɚ.
In about the year 1187, William the Lion granted part of the Culter lands on the south bank of the River Dee, Aberdeenshire, to the Knights Templar and between 1221 and 1236 Walter Bisset of Aboyne founded a Preceptory for the Knights Templar.