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A Masonic Curtain Lecture.
what must be so consoling to themselves to know and to feel , " Well , I do declare , there is something in Freemasonry after all ! " . A BACHELOR FREEMASON .
Old Warranted Lodges.
OLD WARRANTED LODGES .
BT WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN . It is a curious study to trace the old lodges , and but few can accomplish it thoroughly from the scarcity of details , and the scarcity of the " Engraved Lists " and
other records of the whereabouts and circumstances of the lodges early in the eighteenth century . The earliest warranted lodge dates from the year 1721 , all previous lodges , if constituted before this period , and subsequent to A . n . 1717 being extinct .
There are still two , out of the four which formed the first grand lodge , in existence , and apparently more firmly established than ever . Of these " time immemorial" lodges we forbear to say anything nowalthough
, their history is full of interest to all Masonic students . Our present intention is to present a transcript to our readers of an old list of lodges working in the year 1730 .
The oldest one we know of in print , is that attached to the book of Constitutions 1723 , and which consisted of XX lodges ( say A . D . 1721 . ) The one we append is of the year 1730 , ' and numbers sixty seven . We have not met with any list of regular lodges between 1721 and the forgoing
, until very recently we did not know of any before 1733 , in which year the one preserved in the Bodleian Library , Oxford , was written , and was the property of Brother Eichard Eawlinson , LL . D . and F . E . S .
Full particulars of the latter is contained in the " Freemasons' Monthly Magazine " for February 1855 . The number therein recorded was 116 , or in other words , an increase of lodges amounting to about sixty per cent in three years !
The next _ list we have includes all the lodges Warranted to April 20 fch 1737 , the last being numbered 160 , thus showing an increase of about one hundred and fifty per cent in seven years . We hope to prepare an exact list of all the lodges in
Old Warranted Lodges.
existence at the " Union " of 1813 , distinguishing each by its number under its former Grand Lodge , also the numbers as altered in 1832 and 1863 . We conclude our present rapid sketch by directing the especial attention of the Brethren to an admirable article in No . 1 of the "Masonic Magazine , " entitled " The present position of English Freemasonry . "
A List Of Regular Lodges According To Their Seniority And Constitution.
A LIST OF REGULAR LODGES ACCORDING TO THEIR SENIORITY AND CONSTITUTION .
1 King's Arms in St . Paul's Church Yard , 1 st & 3 rd Monday in every month . Constituted 1691 . 2 Eose and Buffler against Furnival's Inn in Holborn , 1 st Wednesday . 1712 . 3 Horn Tavern at Westminster , 3 rd Friday . i Swan at Hamstead , 1 st and 3 rd Saturday . Jan . 17 th , 1720 . 5 Three Swans in the Poultry 2 nd Wednesday
, , July 11 th , 1721 . 6 Tom's Coffee House in Clare Street , near Clare Market , 2 nd and 4 th Tuesday . Jan . 19 th , 1721 7 Hummer in Queen Street , Cheapside , 2 nd and 4 th Thursday . January 28 th , 1722 . 8 Devil Tavern at Temple Bar , 2 nd Tuesday . April 25 th , 1722 . 9 One Tun in Noble Street , 1 st and 3 rd Wednesday
May , 1722 . . 10 Lion and Shield in Brewer Street , last Thursday , November 25 th , 1722 . 11 , Queen's Head in Kirval's-Acre , 1 st and 3 rd
Wednesday . February 27 th , 1722-3 . 12 Three Tuns in Swithin ' s Alley , 1 st Tuesday . March 27 th , 1723 . ' 13 Anchor in Dutchy-lane , 2 nd Friday and last Monday . March 28 th , 1723 . 14 Queen ' s Head in Great . Queen-street , 1 st and 3 rd Monday . March 30 tb , 1723 . 15 Bull-Head in Southwark , 2 nd Monday . April 1 st
1723 . , . 16 Red Lion in Tottenham-court Road , 3 rd Monday , April 3 rd , 1723 . 17 Buffler and Garter in Bloomsbury , 1 st and 3 rd Thursday . 1723 . 18 Crown , and Cushion on Ludgate Hill , 1 st Wednesday . May 5 th , ' 1723 . 19 Green Dragon on Snow Hill , 1 st & 3 rd Monday 1723 . 20 Dolphin in Tower Street , 3 rd Wednesday . June 12 th , 1723 . 21 Nag ' s Head in Prince ' s Street , Drury Lane . 2 nd
and last Thursday . August 4 th , 1723 . 22 Ship on Fish-srreet Hill , 1 st Friday . September 11 th , 1 . 723 . 23 Half Moon on Cheapside , 1 st and 3 rd Tuesday . September 18 th , 1723 . 24 Crown , without Cripplegate , 2 nd and 4 th Friday . 25 Mitre at Greenwich , last Saturday . December 24 th 1723
, . 26 King ' s Arms in the Strand , 4 th Tuesday . November 25 th , 1724 . 2 " Crown and Sceptre in St . Martin ' s Lane , 2 nd and last Monday . March 27 th , 1724 . 28 Queen ' s Head in the City of Batbj last Thursday . 29 Queen's Head in the City of Norwich .
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A Masonic Curtain Lecture.
what must be so consoling to themselves to know and to feel , " Well , I do declare , there is something in Freemasonry after all ! " . A BACHELOR FREEMASON .
Old Warranted Lodges.
OLD WARRANTED LODGES .
BT WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN . It is a curious study to trace the old lodges , and but few can accomplish it thoroughly from the scarcity of details , and the scarcity of the " Engraved Lists " and
other records of the whereabouts and circumstances of the lodges early in the eighteenth century . The earliest warranted lodge dates from the year 1721 , all previous lodges , if constituted before this period , and subsequent to A . n . 1717 being extinct .
There are still two , out of the four which formed the first grand lodge , in existence , and apparently more firmly established than ever . Of these " time immemorial" lodges we forbear to say anything nowalthough
, their history is full of interest to all Masonic students . Our present intention is to present a transcript to our readers of an old list of lodges working in the year 1730 .
The oldest one we know of in print , is that attached to the book of Constitutions 1723 , and which consisted of XX lodges ( say A . D . 1721 . ) The one we append is of the year 1730 , ' and numbers sixty seven . We have not met with any list of regular lodges between 1721 and the forgoing
, until very recently we did not know of any before 1733 , in which year the one preserved in the Bodleian Library , Oxford , was written , and was the property of Brother Eichard Eawlinson , LL . D . and F . E . S .
Full particulars of the latter is contained in the " Freemasons' Monthly Magazine " for February 1855 . The number therein recorded was 116 , or in other words , an increase of lodges amounting to about sixty per cent in three years !
The next _ list we have includes all the lodges Warranted to April 20 fch 1737 , the last being numbered 160 , thus showing an increase of about one hundred and fifty per cent in seven years . We hope to prepare an exact list of all the lodges in
Old Warranted Lodges.
existence at the " Union " of 1813 , distinguishing each by its number under its former Grand Lodge , also the numbers as altered in 1832 and 1863 . We conclude our present rapid sketch by directing the especial attention of the Brethren to an admirable article in No . 1 of the "Masonic Magazine , " entitled " The present position of English Freemasonry . "
A List Of Regular Lodges According To Their Seniority And Constitution.
A LIST OF REGULAR LODGES ACCORDING TO THEIR SENIORITY AND CONSTITUTION .
1 King's Arms in St . Paul's Church Yard , 1 st & 3 rd Monday in every month . Constituted 1691 . 2 Eose and Buffler against Furnival's Inn in Holborn , 1 st Wednesday . 1712 . 3 Horn Tavern at Westminster , 3 rd Friday . i Swan at Hamstead , 1 st and 3 rd Saturday . Jan . 17 th , 1720 . 5 Three Swans in the Poultry 2 nd Wednesday
, , July 11 th , 1721 . 6 Tom's Coffee House in Clare Street , near Clare Market , 2 nd and 4 th Tuesday . Jan . 19 th , 1721 7 Hummer in Queen Street , Cheapside , 2 nd and 4 th Thursday . January 28 th , 1722 . 8 Devil Tavern at Temple Bar , 2 nd Tuesday . April 25 th , 1722 . 9 One Tun in Noble Street , 1 st and 3 rd Wednesday
May , 1722 . . 10 Lion and Shield in Brewer Street , last Thursday , November 25 th , 1722 . 11 , Queen's Head in Kirval's-Acre , 1 st and 3 rd
Wednesday . February 27 th , 1722-3 . 12 Three Tuns in Swithin ' s Alley , 1 st Tuesday . March 27 th , 1723 . ' 13 Anchor in Dutchy-lane , 2 nd Friday and last Monday . March 28 th , 1723 . 14 Queen ' s Head in Great . Queen-street , 1 st and 3 rd Monday . March 30 tb , 1723 . 15 Bull-Head in Southwark , 2 nd Monday . April 1 st
1723 . , . 16 Red Lion in Tottenham-court Road , 3 rd Monday , April 3 rd , 1723 . 17 Buffler and Garter in Bloomsbury , 1 st and 3 rd Thursday . 1723 . 18 Crown , and Cushion on Ludgate Hill , 1 st Wednesday . May 5 th , ' 1723 . 19 Green Dragon on Snow Hill , 1 st & 3 rd Monday 1723 . 20 Dolphin in Tower Street , 3 rd Wednesday . June 12 th , 1723 . 21 Nag ' s Head in Prince ' s Street , Drury Lane . 2 nd
and last Thursday . August 4 th , 1723 . 22 Ship on Fish-srreet Hill , 1 st Friday . September 11 th , 1 . 723 . 23 Half Moon on Cheapside , 1 st and 3 rd Tuesday . September 18 th , 1723 . 24 Crown , without Cripplegate , 2 nd and 4 th Friday . 25 Mitre at Greenwich , last Saturday . December 24 th 1723
, . 26 King ' s Arms in the Strand , 4 th Tuesday . November 25 th , 1724 . 2 " Crown and Sceptre in St . Martin ' s Lane , 2 nd and last Monday . March 27 th , 1724 . 28 Queen ' s Head in the City of Batbj last Thursday . 29 Queen's Head in the City of Norwich .