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Article THE RECORDS OF AN ANCIENT LODGE. ← Page 3 of 5 →
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The Records Of An Ancient Lodge.
" Seustied December 27 day 1739 . The companie of the Ancent Lodge of Melros being then Meete find some of their Bretherin namly Andrew Pringle Mason is Melros and Thomas Man- Wright in Melros and Andrew Buny Mason in Neustied by their own Confeshin gilty of Entring a sertain person not on Saint John ' s day the for said companie orders and obledges thes thrie bretherin to produs eight ponnds scotts to the Box and every member a per of sufient gloves Conformt to the order of this Booke . Likewis the forsaid Companis orders this brethrin to come in
the Companis will for that irregular action on entring any man not on Saint John ' s day this done by the consent of tne members of the said Lodge and Subscribed by us Under Snbscrivers . John Mereer Andrew Mein " The following shows that these old brethren rigorously enforced their bye-laws .
" Nowstead Feby 2 '' 1741 The company has enacted y' the said James Wallace mason in Melrose and Andrew Bunyie mason in Newstead that each of them is to pay one shilling ster : for not compearing with their gloves and the time of the company ' s meetings before 12 a clock and y * ane shilling ster . they must pay imediately in w' their gloves as witness our subscription day an date above designed ( signed ) And ' Mein Newtown . " A few pages further on , and under date 1744 , we find a similar infliction ,
of fines , and we would note here that the following minute is the first that appears in the book dated "Melrose , " all the previous meetings being held at Newstead , the subsequent meetings being held at Melrose . " Melros f ebrury 2 1744 This day the company being met and fins William Young and James Gray for Messing on Compnie and not bringing in suficent glove each of them bing find of shilling sterling And Niehol Gonar for not producing his gloves that day fins him of the saim John Mercer . "
Upon the fourth day of the same month and year there was entered on the same page" Melros februry 4 day 1744 This day prenfcises entred John Grant ^^ William hunter " \/
The above is also the first instance of marks being appended to signatures in connection with the minutes , although in the rolls of entered apprentices for 1703 and 1709 there are marks attached to most of the names . It seems 2 c 2
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Records Of An Ancient Lodge.
" Seustied December 27 day 1739 . The companie of the Ancent Lodge of Melros being then Meete find some of their Bretherin namly Andrew Pringle Mason is Melros and Thomas Man- Wright in Melros and Andrew Buny Mason in Neustied by their own Confeshin gilty of Entring a sertain person not on Saint John ' s day the for said companie orders and obledges thes thrie bretherin to produs eight ponnds scotts to the Box and every member a per of sufient gloves Conformt to the order of this Booke . Likewis the forsaid Companis orders this brethrin to come in
the Companis will for that irregular action on entring any man not on Saint John ' s day this done by the consent of tne members of the said Lodge and Subscribed by us Under Snbscrivers . John Mereer Andrew Mein " The following shows that these old brethren rigorously enforced their bye-laws .
" Nowstead Feby 2 '' 1741 The company has enacted y' the said James Wallace mason in Melrose and Andrew Bunyie mason in Newstead that each of them is to pay one shilling ster : for not compearing with their gloves and the time of the company ' s meetings before 12 a clock and y * ane shilling ster . they must pay imediately in w' their gloves as witness our subscription day an date above designed ( signed ) And ' Mein Newtown . " A few pages further on , and under date 1744 , we find a similar infliction ,
of fines , and we would note here that the following minute is the first that appears in the book dated "Melrose , " all the previous meetings being held at Newstead , the subsequent meetings being held at Melrose . " Melros f ebrury 2 1744 This day the company being met and fins William Young and James Gray for Messing on Compnie and not bringing in suficent glove each of them bing find of shilling sterling And Niehol Gonar for not producing his gloves that day fins him of the saim John Mercer . "
Upon the fourth day of the same month and year there was entered on the same page" Melros februry 4 day 1744 This day prenfcises entred John Grant ^^ William hunter " \/
The above is also the first instance of marks being appended to signatures in connection with the minutes , although in the rolls of entered apprentices for 1703 and 1709 there are marks attached to most of the names . It seems 2 c 2