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The Records Of An Ancient Lodge.

The entries for the year 1689 are very short , there being all we can find under this date : — " 27 dec 1689 Received from Andru turnbull 85 the a rent of 6 lbs Scots and discharges him " " 27 dec 1689 put in the boxe thirtie six pund Item Eecived in tickets thretie siven pund Summa of what is w' in the box of money and tickets on this day being the 27 dec 1689 731 b QS 3 "

and for 1690 the following : — " 27 th dec 1690 told and put in the box of money furst . 19 : 17 : 4 And of tickits the f d day put in the boxe . . . . 38 : 3 : 0 The total is 58 : 0 : 4 " " Nota for fynes in 27 dec 1690 , viz Jo Hislop for his Living the Compute without Live . . 0 — 3 — 4 W deaucks . 0—3—4 "

The following is rather a remarkable entry , and must have been written after dinner : " 27 dec 1690 f is votted that everie meason that takes the place in the kirk befor his elder broyr is a grait ase 27 dec 1690 in St Jons day found in the box of money 7 „ ,.,. . „ besyd what was befor taken out . . . . j u

We will conclude this instalment by giving the records for the years 1691 and 1698 : — " Monday the 27 Dec 1 , 1691 told and put in the boxe of money first twellve pund And of oards and tickets viz Obliga ' n be Tho Bunye 11 : 0 : 0 Obligatn be James Mein Dalkith 29 : 10 : 0

Obligatn be James Mein brigend 06 : 00 . 0 Obliga ' n be Andro Mein 11 : 00 : 0 Obliga ' n be Jo Mein tounheid elder 12 : 00 : 0 Ticket be Andro tm-nbull 06 : 00 : 0 Ticket be Jo Eeink 04 : 10 : 0 Ticket be Tho Mein Tounheid 04 : 10 -. 0 Obligatn be Jo Mein 16 : 00 : 0 Obliga ' n be Jo Bouar 10 : 00 : 0

Ticket be Andro Willson 01 : 03 : 0 Obliga ' n be Andro Leithen 11 : 00 : 0 Obligatn be James Mein byrs 11 : 00 : 0 X Eobert Buney ' s bond . X 05 ; 00 : 0

113 : 13 : 0 " " And not of those that have payd ther arents for ther tickits till this day being the 27 dec' 1692 viz Jo Eenie 0—5 — 6 Thomas Bunye 0 — 13 — 2 Jo Mein elder 0 — 14 — 4 Andro Litkin 0 — 13 — 2 James Mein bridgend 0 — 07 — 2 Jo Bouay . 0 — 12 — 0 Eobert Bounye & and James Mein 0 — 14 — 0 John Mein Cudibuts 0 — 13 — 2 "

In our next we will give a copy of an interesting document of date 1675 , and continue the extracts from the minute book . ( To be continued . )

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THE RECORDS OF AN ANCIENT LODGE. Article 1
TARSHISH; ITS MODERN REPRESENTATIVE. Article 7
THE SOUTHERN SCOURGE. Article 10
THE MORAL AND RELIGIOUS ORIGIN OF FREEMASONRY. Article 11
MASONIC HYMNS AND ODES. Article 15
SOME CONVERSATION WITH AN ANCIENT DRUID. Article 17
LOST. Article 22
SKETCHES OF CHARACTER. Article 23
AUTHENTIC CRAFT HISTORY IN BRITAIN. Article 24
EXTRACTS, WITH NOTES, FROM THE MINUTES OF THE LODGE OF FRIENDSHIP, NO. 277, OLDHAM. Article 27
A PSALM OF LIFE AT SIXTY. Article 32
PARADOXES. Article 33
"KNIGHTS TEMPLAR" OR "KNIGHTS TEMPLARS." Article 36
PETER BEERIE. Article 37
WHAT IS FREEMASONRY? Article 39
A CATALOGUE OF MASONIC BOOKS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Article 41
WOULD WE HAPPIER BE? Article 43
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Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.

The Records Of An Ancient Lodge.

The entries for the year 1689 are very short , there being all we can find under this date : — " 27 dec 1689 Received from Andru turnbull 85 the a rent of 6 lbs Scots and discharges him " " 27 dec 1689 put in the boxe thirtie six pund Item Eecived in tickets thretie siven pund Summa of what is w' in the box of money and tickets on this day being the 27 dec 1689 731 b QS 3 "

and for 1690 the following : — " 27 th dec 1690 told and put in the box of money furst . 19 : 17 : 4 And of tickits the f d day put in the boxe . . . . 38 : 3 : 0 The total is 58 : 0 : 4 " " Nota for fynes in 27 dec 1690 , viz Jo Hislop for his Living the Compute without Live . . 0 — 3 — 4 W deaucks . 0—3—4 "

The following is rather a remarkable entry , and must have been written after dinner : " 27 dec 1690 f is votted that everie meason that takes the place in the kirk befor his elder broyr is a grait ase 27 dec 1690 in St Jons day found in the box of money 7 „ ,.,. . „ besyd what was befor taken out . . . . j u

We will conclude this instalment by giving the records for the years 1691 and 1698 : — " Monday the 27 Dec 1 , 1691 told and put in the boxe of money first twellve pund And of oards and tickets viz Obliga ' n be Tho Bunye 11 : 0 : 0 Obligatn be James Mein Dalkith 29 : 10 : 0

Obligatn be James Mein brigend 06 : 00 . 0 Obliga ' n be Andro Mein 11 : 00 : 0 Obliga ' n be Jo Mein tounheid elder 12 : 00 : 0 Ticket be Andro tm-nbull 06 : 00 : 0 Ticket be Jo Eeink 04 : 10 : 0 Ticket be Tho Mein Tounheid 04 : 10 -. 0 Obligatn be Jo Mein 16 : 00 : 0 Obliga ' n be Jo Bouar 10 : 00 : 0

Ticket be Andro Willson 01 : 03 : 0 Obliga ' n be Andro Leithen 11 : 00 : 0 Obligatn be James Mein byrs 11 : 00 : 0 X Eobert Buney ' s bond . X 05 ; 00 : 0

113 : 13 : 0 " " And not of those that have payd ther arents for ther tickits till this day being the 27 dec' 1692 viz Jo Eenie 0—5 — 6 Thomas Bunye 0 — 13 — 2 Jo Mein elder 0 — 14 — 4 Andro Litkin 0 — 13 — 2 James Mein bridgend 0 — 07 — 2 Jo Bouay . 0 — 12 — 0 Eobert Bounye & and James Mein 0 — 14 — 0 John Mein Cudibuts 0 — 13 — 2 "

In our next we will give a copy of an interesting document of date 1675 , and continue the extracts from the minute book . ( To be continued . )

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