The Province Of Somerset.

MS . entry , "The letter returned and wrote on ; no lodge held in that town . " It was the last but one started in 1737 , but there was another chartered in that year as No . 16 3 , of 21 st September , at the " Swan , " New Street , Covent Garden , known as the

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- " Vacation" later on , which ceased to work just as the 19 th century was ushered in , and was transferred , virtually as a new lodge , to Wiveliscombe , Somerset , as No . 55 , on 7 th

April , 1802 , live guineas in all being credited thereto as payments accordingly . It did not thrive , however , and in 1834 was removed to Dulverton , in the same province , where it

lapsed as No . 67 in 1862 , and the warrant was returned . It had eight different numbers during the period 1737-1862 . The next was of the year 1764 , and

known as St . George ' s , "Fountain Inn , " East Street , Taunton . The warrant was dated 13 th July , 1764 , and was

numbered 315 , its erasure taking place in 1783 . In 1765 the Lodge of Perfect Friendship was opened at " Shakespeare ' s Head , " Bath , as No . 34 8 , and was dignified with the prefix " Royal York" about 1817 , though " perfect "

before , but even its lengthy name and assembling in nine different buildings failed to keep it active . Contentious elements were admitted , and so in consequence of "internal discord" it was erased by vote of the Grand

Lodge in 1824 , when held at the " White Lion . " Notwithstanding this fact , it was given the same number as it had before in the 18 32 enumeration , as if in expectation that the members would be prepared to begin again on truly Masonic lines , but they did not .

The lodge that was formed at the "King ' s Arms Punch House , " Shad , Thames , London , on 22 nd February , 1766 , as 362 , was transferred to

Crewkerne as the Scientific in 1807 , but was struck off the roll twenty years after as No . 254 . Three years later ( 1769 ) the Lodge of Virtue , chartered at Hath , evidently with every prospect of success , as No . 445 , undergoing six changes in enumeration and nine as to places of meeting , failed to continue on the roll , having

been removed ( when 311 ) from the list in 1831 . It was one of the lirst to qualify for the " Freemasons' Hall Medal , " and received the thanks of the Grand Lodge for its generous aid to the Building Fund in 1783 . In 1773 the Union Lodge was warranted at Taunton as

449 , but the place of meeting is not known , and it was erased in 1784 , when 357 . It does not much matter , its career being lamentabl y brief . The attempt made at Bridgwater a year later , however , deserved a better fate , for the Lodge of Liberty and Sincerity , numbered 4 61 , at first bid fair to long

continue . In 17 86 the members lent X 25 to ( lie Grand Lodge for the Freemasons' Hall Fund , and thus qualified for the handsome medal presented to lodges and personal subscribers who thus contributed to the building . My lamented friend , Bro . John Lane , F . C . A ., in his invaluable " Masonic

Records , " treats the lodge that was formed at Wellington , with the same name , as an entirely new warrant , its predecessor having lapsed , but I fancy it was more likely to have been continued in the latter town by a few of the old members . Either way , it again fell through and was erased

as 382 in 1804 . The Royal Cumberland , held at Bath in 178 4 as No . 458 , joined the present No . 41 two years later ; the Unanimity , No . 473 , Wells , only kept on the register to 1809 ; and the Royal Clarence , of 1 790 , started at Frome with the number

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