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Authentic Craft History In Britain.
Craft history . It is lucid , and intelligent , and correct in itself , though marred Masonically by its want of generous acknowledgement of "Fort ' s" invaluable labours , and also by a too ready acceptance of Bro . Findel ' s patriotic , but mistaken , theory that English Masonry came from Germany . We have evidence of Craft Masons existing in England long before the German Steinmetzen , and a good deal of evidence on this point is still hid away , and
will yet be forthcoming . The Masonic poem represents a condition of the guilds , probably in Saxon times , as the poem is evidently old , and may be a translation of Norman French . There is a curious old poem called " Pars Oculi " still missing . Probably a portion of the poem will be found in that , if it ever turns up , and that would certainly represent the 11 th or 10 th centuries . Whether the actual date of the onl y known copy existing of the
Masonic poem so far is 1390 or 1420 matters really very little . The poem represents , as is supposed , a much earlier date . We shall continue our remarks on the second chapter in next magazine .
Extracts, With Notes, From The Minutes Of The Lodge Of Friendship, No. 277, Oldham.
EXTRACTS , WITH NOTES , FROM THE MINUTES OF THE LODGE OF FRIENDSHIP , NO . 277 , OLDHAM .
BY THE REV . JOSEPH HARRISON , M . A ., 18 ° , S . W . No . 277 ; PROV . G . O . ( MARK ) LANCS ., PRELATE OP THE PALATINE CHAPTER ROSE CROIX .
( Concluded from page 314 . ) THE second Minute Book dates from August 1 st , 1810 . Jany . 2 nd , 1811 . " Resolved that 10 s . 6 d . shall be sent yearly to the fund of charity . " Jany . 9 th . Three brethren made Mark Masons . -. Jul 3 rd . Resolved that the " abstent brethren " be struck off the books
y , and that" a circular letter be sent to other lodges informing them of the fact . " Feby . 10 th , 1813 . " Resolved that Br . P . F . is struck off the books of this Loclge in consequence of an oath being taken against him , at the new Bailey Court-house , by Br . A . C . " If a Br . is 12 months in arrear of his subscription , he is not to be considered a memberand " his liquor to be stopped until he appears at the lodge
, again . " June 24 th . Br . J . B . " struck off the books for defrauding the Brethren wilsfull y , and knowing at the same time that he was defrauding them . " The W . M . empowered to inform " Frances Astley , the Provincial , that Br . J . B . and Br . P . F . are struck off our books , and are not thought worthy of either being members in our Body or any of the fraternity . "
April 25 th , 1814 . " This being a Lodge of Emergency on the Glorious event that as taken place in the Deliverance of Europe from the Tyranny of Bonaparte , the lodge was opened in peace and good Harmony at 11 o ' clock . " June 1 st . Resolved that " Mr . J . B ., ( see minute for Novr . 22 nd , 1809 , ) having requested a Certificate from this Lodge , it was unanimously agreed to return him this answer . That he , having been expelled this Lodge , we are of opinion that we cannot undo what has been done . "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Authentic Craft History In Britain.
Craft history . It is lucid , and intelligent , and correct in itself , though marred Masonically by its want of generous acknowledgement of "Fort ' s" invaluable labours , and also by a too ready acceptance of Bro . Findel ' s patriotic , but mistaken , theory that English Masonry came from Germany . We have evidence of Craft Masons existing in England long before the German Steinmetzen , and a good deal of evidence on this point is still hid away , and
will yet be forthcoming . The Masonic poem represents a condition of the guilds , probably in Saxon times , as the poem is evidently old , and may be a translation of Norman French . There is a curious old poem called " Pars Oculi " still missing . Probably a portion of the poem will be found in that , if it ever turns up , and that would certainly represent the 11 th or 10 th centuries . Whether the actual date of the onl y known copy existing of the
Masonic poem so far is 1390 or 1420 matters really very little . The poem represents , as is supposed , a much earlier date . We shall continue our remarks on the second chapter in next magazine .
Extracts, With Notes, From The Minutes Of The Lodge Of Friendship, No. 277, Oldham.
EXTRACTS , WITH NOTES , FROM THE MINUTES OF THE LODGE OF FRIENDSHIP , NO . 277 , OLDHAM .
BY THE REV . JOSEPH HARRISON , M . A ., 18 ° , S . W . No . 277 ; PROV . G . O . ( MARK ) LANCS ., PRELATE OP THE PALATINE CHAPTER ROSE CROIX .
( Concluded from page 314 . ) THE second Minute Book dates from August 1 st , 1810 . Jany . 2 nd , 1811 . " Resolved that 10 s . 6 d . shall be sent yearly to the fund of charity . " Jany . 9 th . Three brethren made Mark Masons . -. Jul 3 rd . Resolved that the " abstent brethren " be struck off the books
y , and that" a circular letter be sent to other lodges informing them of the fact . " Feby . 10 th , 1813 . " Resolved that Br . P . F . is struck off the books of this Loclge in consequence of an oath being taken against him , at the new Bailey Court-house , by Br . A . C . " If a Br . is 12 months in arrear of his subscription , he is not to be considered a memberand " his liquor to be stopped until he appears at the lodge
, again . " June 24 th . Br . J . B . " struck off the books for defrauding the Brethren wilsfull y , and knowing at the same time that he was defrauding them . " The W . M . empowered to inform " Frances Astley , the Provincial , that Br . J . B . and Br . P . F . are struck off our books , and are not thought worthy of either being members in our Body or any of the fraternity . "
April 25 th , 1814 . " This being a Lodge of Emergency on the Glorious event that as taken place in the Deliverance of Europe from the Tyranny of Bonaparte , the lodge was opened in peace and good Harmony at 11 o ' clock . " June 1 st . Resolved that " Mr . J . B ., ( see minute for Novr . 22 nd , 1809 , ) having requested a Certificate from this Lodge , it was unanimously agreed to return him this answer . That he , having been expelled this Lodge , we are of opinion that we cannot undo what has been done . "