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A Brief History Of The Religious And Military Order Of The Knights Templars Of St. John Of Jerusalem.
ritable design of the institution . Nor was it long before the Hospitallers of St . John had houses forthe accommodation of the distressed in France , Spain , Italy , and other countries ; all , however , dependent upon the Hospital of St . John of Jerusalem as their head . These were all taken under the protection of the Holy See , by-Paschal II .-who granted them various privileges , which were strength- * ened and extended b y his successors . ( To be continued . )
Present State Of Free Masonry.
PRESENT STATE OF FREE MASONRY .
No . IV . STOCKTON UPON TEES .
npHE constitution under which this Lodge is formed is dated so _][_ far back as the year 1725 . It was originally held at the Swan and Rummer , Finch-lane , London . Lord PAISLEY was then Grand Master ; and the Lodge was solemnly consecrated on the 2 d day of February 172 ; , by Dr . DESAGULIERS , Deputy G . M . The first officers were MARTIN O'CONNOR , M . RICHARD SHERGOLD and SAMUEL
BERRINGTON , S . and J . Wardens . The Lodge continued in a flourishing state for many years . Lord Kinsale was initiated , and other names of title and respectability are to be found on the list of members and visitors . Frequent official visitations were made by the Grand Lodge , particularly by the Earl of Inchiquin and Lord Kingston when Grand Masters ; and so soon after their constitution as the year 1727 we find the number of members amounting to thirty-five .
SAMUEL BERRINGTON was the second Master , and in 172 S Mr . O'Connor was appointed Junior Grand Warden by Lord Kingston ; which oflice Mr . Berrington also filled some time after ; and members of this Lodge were frequentl y found in the list of Grand Stewards . On February the 24 th ,-1730—1 . Captain PETER CHESLUP being Master , the Lodge was removed to the Swan Tavern in Exchangealley , where it was well attended , but returned to Finch-lane in the
November following . During this time , and down to the latter end of the year 1734 , the Lodge appears to have been much beholden to the services and constant attendance of SAMUEL BERRINGTON , Esq . who was Grand Warden in the year 1742 . From this period we have little account of proceedings till the latter end of 175 6 , when the Constitution and Lodge were transferred to Stockton in the County , of Durham—and the Lodge , was accordingly-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Brief History Of The Religious And Military Order Of The Knights Templars Of St. John Of Jerusalem.
ritable design of the institution . Nor was it long before the Hospitallers of St . John had houses forthe accommodation of the distressed in France , Spain , Italy , and other countries ; all , however , dependent upon the Hospital of St . John of Jerusalem as their head . These were all taken under the protection of the Holy See , by-Paschal II .-who granted them various privileges , which were strength- * ened and extended b y his successors . ( To be continued . )
Present State Of Free Masonry.
PRESENT STATE OF FREE MASONRY .
No . IV . STOCKTON UPON TEES .
npHE constitution under which this Lodge is formed is dated so _][_ far back as the year 1725 . It was originally held at the Swan and Rummer , Finch-lane , London . Lord PAISLEY was then Grand Master ; and the Lodge was solemnly consecrated on the 2 d day of February 172 ; , by Dr . DESAGULIERS , Deputy G . M . The first officers were MARTIN O'CONNOR , M . RICHARD SHERGOLD and SAMUEL
BERRINGTON , S . and J . Wardens . The Lodge continued in a flourishing state for many years . Lord Kinsale was initiated , and other names of title and respectability are to be found on the list of members and visitors . Frequent official visitations were made by the Grand Lodge , particularly by the Earl of Inchiquin and Lord Kingston when Grand Masters ; and so soon after their constitution as the year 1727 we find the number of members amounting to thirty-five .
SAMUEL BERRINGTON was the second Master , and in 172 S Mr . O'Connor was appointed Junior Grand Warden by Lord Kingston ; which oflice Mr . Berrington also filled some time after ; and members of this Lodge were frequentl y found in the list of Grand Stewards . On February the 24 th ,-1730—1 . Captain PETER CHESLUP being Master , the Lodge was removed to the Swan Tavern in Exchangealley , where it was well attended , but returned to Finch-lane in the
November following . During this time , and down to the latter end of the year 1734 , the Lodge appears to have been much beholden to the services and constant attendance of SAMUEL BERRINGTON , Esq . who was Grand Warden in the year 1742 . From this period we have little account of proceedings till the latter end of 175 6 , when the Constitution and Lodge were transferred to Stockton in the County , of Durham—and the Lodge , was accordingly-