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Anderson's Lists Of Lodges For 1738.
ANDERSON'S LISTS OF LODGES FOR 1738 .
THESE lists are of great value , having been approved in manuscript by Grand Lodge , after receiving sundry final corrections , at the hands of Bros . Anderson , Payne , and Desaguliers , the three leading spirits at the great revival of Masonry , A . D . 1727 ( see the " Approbation , " post ) . The numbers placed against the Metropolitan Lodges , having reference only to their positions on that list , are misleading and should therefore be wholldisregarded . The dateshoAveverare of the first importanceand must
y , , , be taken in e \ r ery , or nearly eA * ery case , as conclusively establishing the exact periods of constitution . Ihe first change of numbers occurred in 1740 , the previous and earliest numeration haA * ing extended from 1729 to 1739 . The 1740-55 numeration was folloAved by those of 1756-69 , 1770-80 , 1781-91 , and 1792-1813 .
The engraved list for 1740 , is remarkable for containing more errors in regard to dates , than will be found ( appearing for the first time ) , in any other of the official lists . These errors have unfortunately been perpetuated and extended . Of the first nine warranted Lodges on the 1740 list , no less than / our appear with wrong dates of constitution , Avhich error , in its entirety , has survived to this day ! Thus , the British and the Westminster and Key Stone Lodges , really date from 1722 moi ' 1721 the Fortitude and O . C . and the Old Dundee from 1723 not 1722 .
, ; , Also , among the further inaccuracies , Avhich appear in both , our London Masonic Calendars of current date , are the folloAA'ing , viz .: —The Castle Lodge of Harmony is placed at 1724 ; the St . Alban's at 1727 ; the Medina CoAves , the Anchor and Hope Bolton , and the St . John's Exeter , at 1731 ; and the Strong Man at 1734 . The Lodges appearing on the subjoined list , which are still on the roll ( 1878 ) , are distinguished by an asterisk . '¦
A LIST OP LOD & ES ur AND ABOUT LONDON AND WESTMiNSTEE . t Many Lodges have by accidents broken up , or are partitioned , or else removed to neAV places for their convenience , and so , if subsisting , they are called and known by those neiv places or their signs . ¦ But the Subsisting Lodges , whose officers have attendee ! the GRAND LODGE , or Quarterly Communication , 'wA brought their benevolence to the Grand Charity vvithin
twelve months past , are here set down according to their seniority of Constitution , as in the G-BAND LODS-E- Books and the Engraven List . No . ' ' Signs of the Houses . 1 * King ' s Arms Tavern , St . Paul ' s Church Yard , removed from the Goose and Gridiron , meet in form . This is the Senior Lodge , whose Constitution is immemorial-2 . * Horn Tavern in New Palace Yards , Westminster , The old Lodge removed from the RTJHHEE , and SHAPES , Channel Row , Avhose Constitution is also immemorial , it being one of the four Lodges mentioned , p . 109 .
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Anderson's Lists Of Lodges For 1738.
ANDERSON'S LISTS OF LODGES FOR 1738 .
THESE lists are of great value , having been approved in manuscript by Grand Lodge , after receiving sundry final corrections , at the hands of Bros . Anderson , Payne , and Desaguliers , the three leading spirits at the great revival of Masonry , A . D . 1727 ( see the " Approbation , " post ) . The numbers placed against the Metropolitan Lodges , having reference only to their positions on that list , are misleading and should therefore be wholldisregarded . The dateshoAveverare of the first importanceand must
y , , , be taken in e \ r ery , or nearly eA * ery case , as conclusively establishing the exact periods of constitution . Ihe first change of numbers occurred in 1740 , the previous and earliest numeration haA * ing extended from 1729 to 1739 . The 1740-55 numeration was folloAved by those of 1756-69 , 1770-80 , 1781-91 , and 1792-1813 .
The engraved list for 1740 , is remarkable for containing more errors in regard to dates , than will be found ( appearing for the first time ) , in any other of the official lists . These errors have unfortunately been perpetuated and extended . Of the first nine warranted Lodges on the 1740 list , no less than / our appear with wrong dates of constitution , Avhich error , in its entirety , has survived to this day ! Thus , the British and the Westminster and Key Stone Lodges , really date from 1722 moi ' 1721 the Fortitude and O . C . and the Old Dundee from 1723 not 1722 .
, ; , Also , among the further inaccuracies , Avhich appear in both , our London Masonic Calendars of current date , are the folloAA'ing , viz .: —The Castle Lodge of Harmony is placed at 1724 ; the St . Alban's at 1727 ; the Medina CoAves , the Anchor and Hope Bolton , and the St . John's Exeter , at 1731 ; and the Strong Man at 1734 . The Lodges appearing on the subjoined list , which are still on the roll ( 1878 ) , are distinguished by an asterisk . '¦
A LIST OP LOD & ES ur AND ABOUT LONDON AND WESTMiNSTEE . t Many Lodges have by accidents broken up , or are partitioned , or else removed to neAV places for their convenience , and so , if subsisting , they are called and known by those neiv places or their signs . ¦ But the Subsisting Lodges , whose officers have attendee ! the GRAND LODGE , or Quarterly Communication , 'wA brought their benevolence to the Grand Charity vvithin
twelve months past , are here set down according to their seniority of Constitution , as in the G-BAND LODS-E- Books and the Engraven List . No . ' ' Signs of the Houses . 1 * King ' s Arms Tavern , St . Paul ' s Church Yard , removed from the Goose and Gridiron , meet in form . This is the Senior Lodge , whose Constitution is immemorial-2 . * Horn Tavern in New Palace Yards , Westminster , The old Lodge removed from the RTJHHEE , and SHAPES , Channel Row , Avhose Constitution is also immemorial , it being one of the four Lodges mentioned , p . 109 .