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Article HISTORICAL NOTES ON FREEMASONRY. ← Page 2 of 10 →
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Historical Notes On Freemasonry.
the purposes of Christian ivorship , and to rear other temples , which still remain as monuments of Wisdom , Strength , and Beauty . If a church was to be built , the plan was generally given by the Christian priest , who had become a pupil and member of the Masonic corporations . Thus St . Eloy , Bishop of Noyon ( 659 ) , St . Ferol de Limoges , Dalmac , Bishop of Rodez , Agricola , Bishop of Chalons ( 680-700 ) , distinguished themselves as Masons .
By an examination also into records yet extant , it appears that the cathedrals of Canterbury , Rochester , old St . Paul ' s , St . John of Winchester , and other sacred edifices , were reared by Freemasons , whilst the monk Austin , beatified after his death under the name of St . xlugustin , ivas Grand Inspector of Freemasons . * Masonry from this period increased in influence through succeeding centuries to the times of Charles II ., who , initiated into Masonry during his exile , ascended the
throne in 1660 , and it ivas by him that the rites of the Order were called I'Art Royal , because it had chiefly contributed to his restoration . Independently of the existence of the Craft in this country , it is also upon record that the Masonic doctrines ivere founded , —In India , by Menou , Boudha Chaucasum , Boudha Gaspa , Boudha Gautama ; in China , by Kong Tsee , or Confucius , Lav-Tseu ; in Persia , by Horn Djemschid , the Majaii priests Mithra , Zoroaster ; in Ethiopia , by Osiris ; in Egypt , by Hermes , Moses ; in Greece , by Triptolemus ; and in Rome , by Numa Pompilius .
The folloiving are the NAMES OF THE GBAND MASTERS IN ENGLAND FROM A . L . 290 TO 1851 . 292 , Albanus , Architect , first Grand Inspector of Freemasonry in Great Britain . 557 AustinArchitect and Priest ( StAugustin ) Archbishop of
Canter-, , , . , bury . 680 , Benvet ( Bennet ) , Abbot of VVirral . 856 , Swithin , Priest , Architect , ( St . Sivithin ) . S 72 , King Alfred . 900 , Ethred , King of Mercia . „ Prince Ethelivard . 924 , King Athelsran . 926 , Prince Edwin , son of the above .
960 , bt . Dunstan , Archbishop of Canterbury . 1041 , King Edward the Confessor . 1066 , Roger de Montgommevy , Eavl of Arundel . „ ( Jiuidulpli , Bishop of Rochester . 1100 , King Henry I . 1135 , Gilbert de Clare . Marquis of Pembroke . 1154 , Richard Cceur de Lion , at the same time Grand Master of the Kniht Templars .
g 1199 , Peter Oolechurch . 1212 , William Almain . 1216 , Peter of Rupibus , Bishop of Winchester , „ Geoffrey Fitz- Peter . 1272 , Walter Giffard , Archbishop of York . ,, Gilbert de Clare , Earl of Gloucester .
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Historical Notes On Freemasonry.
the purposes of Christian ivorship , and to rear other temples , which still remain as monuments of Wisdom , Strength , and Beauty . If a church was to be built , the plan was generally given by the Christian priest , who had become a pupil and member of the Masonic corporations . Thus St . Eloy , Bishop of Noyon ( 659 ) , St . Ferol de Limoges , Dalmac , Bishop of Rodez , Agricola , Bishop of Chalons ( 680-700 ) , distinguished themselves as Masons .
By an examination also into records yet extant , it appears that the cathedrals of Canterbury , Rochester , old St . Paul ' s , St . John of Winchester , and other sacred edifices , were reared by Freemasons , whilst the monk Austin , beatified after his death under the name of St . xlugustin , ivas Grand Inspector of Freemasons . * Masonry from this period increased in influence through succeeding centuries to the times of Charles II ., who , initiated into Masonry during his exile , ascended the
throne in 1660 , and it ivas by him that the rites of the Order were called I'Art Royal , because it had chiefly contributed to his restoration . Independently of the existence of the Craft in this country , it is also upon record that the Masonic doctrines ivere founded , —In India , by Menou , Boudha Chaucasum , Boudha Gaspa , Boudha Gautama ; in China , by Kong Tsee , or Confucius , Lav-Tseu ; in Persia , by Horn Djemschid , the Majaii priests Mithra , Zoroaster ; in Ethiopia , by Osiris ; in Egypt , by Hermes , Moses ; in Greece , by Triptolemus ; and in Rome , by Numa Pompilius .
The folloiving are the NAMES OF THE GBAND MASTERS IN ENGLAND FROM A . L . 290 TO 1851 . 292 , Albanus , Architect , first Grand Inspector of Freemasonry in Great Britain . 557 AustinArchitect and Priest ( StAugustin ) Archbishop of
Canter-, , , . , bury . 680 , Benvet ( Bennet ) , Abbot of VVirral . 856 , Swithin , Priest , Architect , ( St . Sivithin ) . S 72 , King Alfred . 900 , Ethred , King of Mercia . „ Prince Ethelivard . 924 , King Athelsran . 926 , Prince Edwin , son of the above .
960 , bt . Dunstan , Archbishop of Canterbury . 1041 , King Edward the Confessor . 1066 , Roger de Montgommevy , Eavl of Arundel . „ ( Jiuidulpli , Bishop of Rochester . 1100 , King Henry I . 1135 , Gilbert de Clare . Marquis of Pembroke . 1154 , Richard Cceur de Lion , at the same time Grand Master of the Kniht Templars .
g 1199 , Peter Oolechurch . 1212 , William Almain . 1216 , Peter of Rupibus , Bishop of Winchester , „ Geoffrey Fitz- Peter . 1272 , Walter Giffard , Archbishop of York . ,, Gilbert de Clare , Earl of Gloucester .