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encouraged the Craft , and founded that great seminary of learning , the university of Oxford . Ethelward , brother to kind Edward ^ at the head of the Craft , founded the other great seminary , the university of Cambridge . Prince Edwin , brother to king Athelstan , to whom the Free-Masons are much indebted , held a grand lodge in York , where he
brought oriental records of the mysteries , and formed the constitution of the English lodge . Roger de Montgomery , Earl of Shrewsbury and Arundel , and Gundulph , bishop of Rochester , were grand officers , who , amongst many other noted buildings , built Westminster-hall , the largest sinp-le room in the worldwhich was afterwards rebuilt by William
, of Wickham , bishop of Winchester , as grand master of Masons , in the state it now stands , who also endowed the foundation of the present famous Winchester school . ' In the reign of James the First , the ever-memorable Inigo Jones was grand master of Masons , who , among other buildings , built the fine structure at Whitehall .
The great Elias Ashmole , who founded the mucli- * adniired Mu-Sceum at Oxford , was a Mason . . In the reign of King Charles the Second , Sir Christopher Wren was deputy-grand to the Earl of St . Alban ' s , Earl Rivers , Villers Puke of Buckingham , and Lenox Duke of Richmond , and for many years was grand master himself . It was he , with his wardens and craftbuilt the Royal ExchangeSt . Paul ' s cathedralthe
Monu-, , , ment , St . Mary-le-bone , and St . Stephen ' s in Wallbrook , whose admirable cupola , fine-proportioned pillars , and elegance , may be compared to the famous temp le of Dagon I before mentioned , and hangs so lig ht and unincumbered , that one might think the arms even of a modern Sampson could pull it down . He also built the College of Physiciansand the Middle Temple gatewhichfor
, , , order and taste , are not to be excelled by any pieces of architecture in Europe . In his time King William was made a Mason , From Sir Christopher ' s decline , the Craft made no great figure , ' till the auspicious government of George the First , when the Arts and Sciences began to flourish again , and such a noble succession of grand masters
appeared at the head of the Craft , as no age or nation can boast of * . In the time of these great men , Charity seemed to be the chief object of their design , and the contributions have been so greatly encouraged , as to have now 1200 I . in bank stock , over and above the many sums disposed of from time to time , to the seasonable relief of distressed brothers . I have selected this short historical abridgment , in order to show , that most of the mystical perfections in the Royal Craft were
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encouraged the Craft , and founded that great seminary of learning , the university of Oxford . Ethelward , brother to kind Edward ^ at the head of the Craft , founded the other great seminary , the university of Cambridge . Prince Edwin , brother to king Athelstan , to whom the Free-Masons are much indebted , held a grand lodge in York , where he
brought oriental records of the mysteries , and formed the constitution of the English lodge . Roger de Montgomery , Earl of Shrewsbury and Arundel , and Gundulph , bishop of Rochester , were grand officers , who , amongst many other noted buildings , built Westminster-hall , the largest sinp-le room in the worldwhich was afterwards rebuilt by William
, of Wickham , bishop of Winchester , as grand master of Masons , in the state it now stands , who also endowed the foundation of the present famous Winchester school . ' In the reign of James the First , the ever-memorable Inigo Jones was grand master of Masons , who , among other buildings , built the fine structure at Whitehall .
The great Elias Ashmole , who founded the mucli- * adniired Mu-Sceum at Oxford , was a Mason . . In the reign of King Charles the Second , Sir Christopher Wren was deputy-grand to the Earl of St . Alban ' s , Earl Rivers , Villers Puke of Buckingham , and Lenox Duke of Richmond , and for many years was grand master himself . It was he , with his wardens and craftbuilt the Royal ExchangeSt . Paul ' s cathedralthe
Monu-, , , ment , St . Mary-le-bone , and St . Stephen ' s in Wallbrook , whose admirable cupola , fine-proportioned pillars , and elegance , may be compared to the famous temp le of Dagon I before mentioned , and hangs so lig ht and unincumbered , that one might think the arms even of a modern Sampson could pull it down . He also built the College of Physiciansand the Middle Temple gatewhichfor
, , , order and taste , are not to be excelled by any pieces of architecture in Europe . In his time King William was made a Mason , From Sir Christopher ' s decline , the Craft made no great figure , ' till the auspicious government of George the First , when the Arts and Sciences began to flourish again , and such a noble succession of grand masters
appeared at the head of the Craft , as no age or nation can boast of * . In the time of these great men , Charity seemed to be the chief object of their design , and the contributions have been so greatly encouraged , as to have now 1200 I . in bank stock , over and above the many sums disposed of from time to time , to the seasonable relief of distressed brothers . I have selected this short historical abridgment , in order to show , that most of the mystical perfections in the Royal Craft were