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A Short Sketch Of The History Of Freemasonry
e and appoint AVilliam and Sir William St . Clairs of Roslin , my anc cestors , and their heirs , to be their patrons , protectors ^ judges , or * masters ; and that my holding or claiming any such jurisdiction , ' right , or privilege , might be prejudicial to the craft and vocation ' of Masonry , whereof I am a member , and I being desirous to ade vance and promote the good and utility of the said craft of Ma-(
sorny to the utmost of my power , Do therefore hereby , for me ' and . my heirs , renounce , quit claim , overgive , and discharge , all c right , claim , or pretence , that I , or my heirs , had , have , or any ' ways may have , pretend'to , or claim , to be patron , protector , ' judge , or master , of the Masons in Scotland , in virtue of any deed or ' deeds made . and granted by the said Masonsor of grant or
char-, any ' ter made by any of the kings of Scotland , to and in favours ofthe * said'William and Sir William St . Clairs of Roslin , my predecessors ; * or any other manner of way whatsomever , for now and ever : and ' I bind and oblige me , and my heirs , to warrand this present re' nunciation and discharge at all hands : and I consent to the regic stration hereof in the books of Council and Sessionor other
, any ' judges books competent , therein to remain for preservation ; and ' thereto I constitute * my procurators , & c . In witness whereof I have subscribed these * presents ( written by David Maul , writer to the Signet ) at Edin-* burgh , the twenty-fourth day of November , one thousand seven ' hundred and thirty-six yearsbefore these witnessesGeorge
Fra-, , ' zer , deputy auditor of the Excise in Scotland , master of the Ca' nongate Lodge , and William Montgomery , merchant in Leith , ' master of the Leith Lodge . ' W . ST . CLAIR .
' Geo . Frazer , Canongate Kilwinning , witness . ' Win . Montgomery , Leith Kilwinning , witness . ' Which being read was ordered to be recorded in the books to be hereafter kept in the Grand Lodge of Scotland . ' After this the brethren proceeded to the election of a Grand Master ; andin consideration of his noble and ancient familfor the zeal he
, y , himself had now shown for the good and prosperity of the craft , they thought they could not confer that high honour upon any brother better qualified or more properly entitled than William St . Clair of Roslin , Esq . whose ancestors had so long presided over the brethren , and had ever acquitted themselves with honour and with dignity .
, Accordingly , by an unanimous voice , William St . Clair of Roslin , Esq . was proclaimed" Grand Master Mason of all Scotland , and being placed in the chair , was installed , saluted , homaged , and acknowledged as such * .
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A Short Sketch Of The History Of Freemasonry
e and appoint AVilliam and Sir William St . Clairs of Roslin , my anc cestors , and their heirs , to be their patrons , protectors ^ judges , or * masters ; and that my holding or claiming any such jurisdiction , ' right , or privilege , might be prejudicial to the craft and vocation ' of Masonry , whereof I am a member , and I being desirous to ade vance and promote the good and utility of the said craft of Ma-(
sorny to the utmost of my power , Do therefore hereby , for me ' and . my heirs , renounce , quit claim , overgive , and discharge , all c right , claim , or pretence , that I , or my heirs , had , have , or any ' ways may have , pretend'to , or claim , to be patron , protector , ' judge , or master , of the Masons in Scotland , in virtue of any deed or ' deeds made . and granted by the said Masonsor of grant or
char-, any ' ter made by any of the kings of Scotland , to and in favours ofthe * said'William and Sir William St . Clairs of Roslin , my predecessors ; * or any other manner of way whatsomever , for now and ever : and ' I bind and oblige me , and my heirs , to warrand this present re' nunciation and discharge at all hands : and I consent to the regic stration hereof in the books of Council and Sessionor other
, any ' judges books competent , therein to remain for preservation ; and ' thereto I constitute * my procurators , & c . In witness whereof I have subscribed these * presents ( written by David Maul , writer to the Signet ) at Edin-* burgh , the twenty-fourth day of November , one thousand seven ' hundred and thirty-six yearsbefore these witnessesGeorge
Fra-, , ' zer , deputy auditor of the Excise in Scotland , master of the Ca' nongate Lodge , and William Montgomery , merchant in Leith , ' master of the Leith Lodge . ' W . ST . CLAIR .
' Geo . Frazer , Canongate Kilwinning , witness . ' Win . Montgomery , Leith Kilwinning , witness . ' Which being read was ordered to be recorded in the books to be hereafter kept in the Grand Lodge of Scotland . ' After this the brethren proceeded to the election of a Grand Master ; andin consideration of his noble and ancient familfor the zeal he
, y , himself had now shown for the good and prosperity of the craft , they thought they could not confer that high honour upon any brother better qualified or more properly entitled than William St . Clair of Roslin , Esq . whose ancestors had so long presided over the brethren , and had ever acquitted themselves with honour and with dignity .
, Accordingly , by an unanimous voice , William St . Clair of Roslin , Esq . was proclaimed" Grand Master Mason of all Scotland , and being placed in the chair , was installed , saluted , homaged , and acknowledged as such * .