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The Grand Masters ,
1618 WILLIAM HERBERT , Earl of Pembroke , was chosen Grand Master . He appointed Inigo Jones his Deputy . CHARLES I ., a Royal Mason and Grand Patron by Prerogative ; under him the Earl of Darnley , Grand Master , who erected
the beautiful gate of the Physick Gardens , at Oxford . 1630-1-2 HENRY DANVERS , Earl of Dauby . 1634 THOMAS HOWARD , Earl of Arundel , was Grand Master . 1635 THE EARL OF BEDFORD , who was succeeded as Grand Master by Inigo Jones , died iu 1651 . The proceedings of the Lodges during the Commonwealth are shrouded and screened by the scenes which followed the intestine wars . Wehoweverdiscern through the mist that then
, , obscured Masonry , that its Mysteries were not entirely neglected , and that the Order passed unscathed amidst the fluctuations of contending factions and civil broils . By an Inscription in St . Dunstan ' s Church , Fleet Street , it appears that Edward Marshall , Esq . had been " Master Mason of England , " probably during the Protectorate , about the year 1658 , and that Charles II . appointed his sonJoshua MarshallEsq . Master Masonat the
, , , rebuilding of London . In our authenticated records we , however , read that Inigo Jones was succeeded in 1660 by CHARLES II ., who had been initiated into the Mysteries of Masonry during his exile on the Continent ; he appointed as Grand Master .
HENRY JERMYN , Earl of St . Alban ' s , who chose as his Deputy , Sir John Denham , Knight ; to him succeeded 1666 THOMAS SAVAGE , Earl of Rivers . He named Sir Christopher Wren as his Deputy . 1674 THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM , Grand Master . 1689 HENRY BENNETT , Earl of Arlington , on whose demise , in 1685 , the Lodges met , and re-elected Sir Christopher Wren , under whom William III . was made a Masonwhen his Majesty
, devoted the vigour of his mind , and the vigilance of his habits to the promotion of the Older . He possessed a high taste in architectural beauties and embellishments , as evinced in the erection and alteration of several public buildings ; and named Brother Wren again Grand Master . Those eminent divines , Thomas Tenison , Archbishop of Can terbury , Doctor Burnet , and Bishop Stillingfleetwere Freemasons ; Gabriel Gibber
, , Deputy Grand Master . THE DUKE OF RICHMOND , Grand Master . To him again succeeded Brother Wren , who finished , in 1710 , that splendid piece of architectural composition , St . Paul ' s . After Wren ' s death there was no Grand Master until the Lodges determining
" To knit ag . iin Tlie eoin into one mutual sheaf " assembled at the Goose ancl Gridiron , St . Paul's Churchyard , and having , pro tempore , constituted a Grand Lodge , saluted Brother Anthony Sayer , gentleman , 1717 , the oldest Mason present , as Grand Master , until they should have some noble or influential Brother at their head . 1718 GEORGE PAYNE , ESQ . was installed ; to him succeeded THE DUKE OF MONTAGUE . Under his Grace ' s good governmen t , Masonry prospered , many noblemen and distinguished pro-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Grand Masters ,
1618 WILLIAM HERBERT , Earl of Pembroke , was chosen Grand Master . He appointed Inigo Jones his Deputy . CHARLES I ., a Royal Mason and Grand Patron by Prerogative ; under him the Earl of Darnley , Grand Master , who erected
the beautiful gate of the Physick Gardens , at Oxford . 1630-1-2 HENRY DANVERS , Earl of Dauby . 1634 THOMAS HOWARD , Earl of Arundel , was Grand Master . 1635 THE EARL OF BEDFORD , who was succeeded as Grand Master by Inigo Jones , died iu 1651 . The proceedings of the Lodges during the Commonwealth are shrouded and screened by the scenes which followed the intestine wars . Wehoweverdiscern through the mist that then
, , obscured Masonry , that its Mysteries were not entirely neglected , and that the Order passed unscathed amidst the fluctuations of contending factions and civil broils . By an Inscription in St . Dunstan ' s Church , Fleet Street , it appears that Edward Marshall , Esq . had been " Master Mason of England , " probably during the Protectorate , about the year 1658 , and that Charles II . appointed his sonJoshua MarshallEsq . Master Masonat the
, , , rebuilding of London . In our authenticated records we , however , read that Inigo Jones was succeeded in 1660 by CHARLES II ., who had been initiated into the Mysteries of Masonry during his exile on the Continent ; he appointed as Grand Master .
HENRY JERMYN , Earl of St . Alban ' s , who chose as his Deputy , Sir John Denham , Knight ; to him succeeded 1666 THOMAS SAVAGE , Earl of Rivers . He named Sir Christopher Wren as his Deputy . 1674 THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM , Grand Master . 1689 HENRY BENNETT , Earl of Arlington , on whose demise , in 1685 , the Lodges met , and re-elected Sir Christopher Wren , under whom William III . was made a Masonwhen his Majesty
, devoted the vigour of his mind , and the vigilance of his habits to the promotion of the Older . He possessed a high taste in architectural beauties and embellishments , as evinced in the erection and alteration of several public buildings ; and named Brother Wren again Grand Master . Those eminent divines , Thomas Tenison , Archbishop of Can terbury , Doctor Burnet , and Bishop Stillingfleetwere Freemasons ; Gabriel Gibber
, , Deputy Grand Master . THE DUKE OF RICHMOND , Grand Master . To him again succeeded Brother Wren , who finished , in 1710 , that splendid piece of architectural composition , St . Paul ' s . After Wren ' s death there was no Grand Master until the Lodges determining
" To knit ag . iin Tlie eoin into one mutual sheaf " assembled at the Goose ancl Gridiron , St . Paul's Churchyard , and having , pro tempore , constituted a Grand Lodge , saluted Brother Anthony Sayer , gentleman , 1717 , the oldest Mason present , as Grand Master , until they should have some noble or influential Brother at their head . 1718 GEORGE PAYNE , ESQ . was installed ; to him succeeded THE DUKE OF MONTAGUE . Under his Grace ' s good governmen t , Masonry prospered , many noblemen and distinguished pro-