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Carpenters' Hall.

CARPENTERS' HALL .

THE Carpenters' Hall , of Avhich we giv e a vignette , by the kind permission of the publisher of the Graphic , ancl for which , out of courtesy , we are much obliged , but has not much connexion with Freemasonry , inasmuch as none of the earlier meetings of Grand Lodappeared to have been

ge held there , like as at the Fishmongers ' , the Mercers ' , the Haberdashers ' , the Vintners ' , the Merchant Taylors ' , the Stationers ' , the Draper ' s Halls—yet , archteologically , it has still somewhat of interest for us . For it is a remnant of that old guild

system of ours which once had such influence over our public ancl private life in this country , whose reality , so to say , has hardly yet been realised by our historians , Avhose usefulness and value have vet to be

full y appreciated . We are indebted for the following account of it , its destruction , and the rebuilding of the Hall , as well as for the vignette above , to our interesting contemporary the Graphic :

" The date of the first incorporation of the Carpenters' Company by Royal Charter is a matter of uncertainty ; one writer placing it as early as 1344 , the seA'enteenth year of the reign of Edward III ., ancl another giving 1478 the seventeenth year

, of Edward IV . It appears , however , to be beyond doubt that in 14-28 the " citizens and carpenters of Loudon " obtained from the Prior of St . Mary Spital a lease of five cottages and some waste land in the parish

of All Halloivs , London Wall , ancl that in the following year these cottages were pulled down , and a " Great , Hall" and other buildings erected upon the site . Additions , repairs , and decorations are known to have been executed at various subsequent dates , but an unfortunate

blank in the history of the Company , from 1515 to 1532 , makes it impossible to say positively whether the Hall which is now in progress of demolition is the original building , or whether a new Hall was built during the interval above alluded to . It

was one of the few City Halls which escaped the Great Fire of London , and it has an entrance hall added by Jupp about 1780 , and enriched with bas relief portraits of Inigo Jones , Wren , ancl others , by Bacon . The most interesting portion of

the structure from an artistic and archreological point of view are the interior decorations of the Great Hall , which include some elaborate carvings in massive oak , both in the roof and in the mullions of the Avindows , which are filled in with stained

glass bearing the ancient Royal Arms ( the Lion and the Dragon ) , the City Arms , and the names of different Masters and Wardens for many years , and a remnant of what is supposed to have been the Arms of the Company .

" The western side of the Hall vA'as adorned with a series of paintings which are supposed to have been covered up at the time of the Puritan crusade against all

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Monthly Masonic Summary. Article 4
THOMAS CARLYLE. Article 5
EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF CONCORD ATTACHED TO THE ANCHOR AND HOPE LODGE, No, 37, BOLTON. Article 5
WONDERS OF OPERATIVE MASONRY. Article 10
ELEGIAC. Article 14
AN OLD, OLD STORY. Article 15
NOTES ON THE OLD MINUTE BOOKS OF THE BRITISH UNION LODGE, NO 114, IPSWICH. A.D. 1762. Article 18
SONNET. Article 21
Tribil and Mechanical Engineer's Society. Article 22
A BROTHER'S ADVICE. Article 25
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW. Article 25
CARPENTERS' HALL. Article 28
THE LADY MURIEL. Article 29
LINES TO THE CRAFT. Article 33
CONTEMPORARY LETTERS ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. Article 33
RECIT EXACT DU GRAND COMBAT LIVRE A NANCY. Article 35
THE UNDER CURRENT OF LIFE. Article 38
THE ETERNITY OF LOVE: A POET'S DREAM. Article 39
THE ORIGIN AND REFERENCES OF THE HERMESIAN SPURIOUS FREEMASONRY. Article 40
THE WOUNDED CAPTAIN. Article 43
THE SECRET OF LOVE. Article 45
CHIPS FROM A MASONIC WORKSHOP. Article 46
M.\ M.\ M.\ Article 48
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART. Article 48
ANSWERS 'TO DOT'S MASONIC ENIGMA. Article 51
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Carpenters' Hall.

CARPENTERS' HALL .

THE Carpenters' Hall , of Avhich we giv e a vignette , by the kind permission of the publisher of the Graphic , ancl for which , out of courtesy , we are much obliged , but has not much connexion with Freemasonry , inasmuch as none of the earlier meetings of Grand Lodappeared to have been

ge held there , like as at the Fishmongers ' , the Mercers ' , the Haberdashers ' , the Vintners ' , the Merchant Taylors ' , the Stationers ' , the Draper ' s Halls—yet , archteologically , it has still somewhat of interest for us . For it is a remnant of that old guild

system of ours which once had such influence over our public ancl private life in this country , whose reality , so to say , has hardly yet been realised by our historians , Avhose usefulness and value have vet to be

full y appreciated . We are indebted for the following account of it , its destruction , and the rebuilding of the Hall , as well as for the vignette above , to our interesting contemporary the Graphic :

" The date of the first incorporation of the Carpenters' Company by Royal Charter is a matter of uncertainty ; one writer placing it as early as 1344 , the seA'enteenth year of the reign of Edward III ., ancl another giving 1478 the seventeenth year

, of Edward IV . It appears , however , to be beyond doubt that in 14-28 the " citizens and carpenters of Loudon " obtained from the Prior of St . Mary Spital a lease of five cottages and some waste land in the parish

of All Halloivs , London Wall , ancl that in the following year these cottages were pulled down , and a " Great , Hall" and other buildings erected upon the site . Additions , repairs , and decorations are known to have been executed at various subsequent dates , but an unfortunate

blank in the history of the Company , from 1515 to 1532 , makes it impossible to say positively whether the Hall which is now in progress of demolition is the original building , or whether a new Hall was built during the interval above alluded to . It

was one of the few City Halls which escaped the Great Fire of London , and it has an entrance hall added by Jupp about 1780 , and enriched with bas relief portraits of Inigo Jones , Wren , ancl others , by Bacon . The most interesting portion of

the structure from an artistic and archreological point of view are the interior decorations of the Great Hall , which include some elaborate carvings in massive oak , both in the roof and in the mullions of the Avindows , which are filled in with stained

glass bearing the ancient Royal Arms ( the Lion and the Dragon ) , the City Arms , and the names of different Masters and Wardens for many years , and a remnant of what is supposed to have been the Arms of the Company .

" The western side of the Hall vA'as adorned with a series of paintings which are supposed to have been covered up at the time of the Puritan crusade against all

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