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Article STATUTES MADE AT WESTMINSTER, ANNO 3 HENRY VI., AND ANNO DOM. 1421. ← Page 2 of 2 Article TO THE EDITOR. Page 1 of 4 →
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Statutes Made At Westminster, Anno 3 Henry Vi., And Anno Dom. 1421.
CAP . I . — -Masons shall not confederate themselves in Chapters and Assemblies . En p rimes come par les annuelx congregations et confederacies faitz par les Masons en lour Generalx Chapitres assemblez le hon cours et effect des estatuts de laborers sont publiquement violez et disrumpez en subversion de la leye et grevouse damage de tout le commune nostre Seignurle Roy voillanten ceo caspurvoir deremediepar advys et assent
suisditz et a la especial request des ditz communes ad ordinez et establiz qe tieux Chapitres et Congregations ne soient desore tenuz . Et si ascuns tielx soient faitz soient ceux qi font faire assembler et tenir cieux Chapitres et Congregations sils ent soient convictz adjuggez pur felons et qe toutz les autres Masons qi viegnent astielx Chapitres et Congregations soient puniz par emprisonement de lour corps et facent fyn et raunceon a la volonte du Roy .
In the first place , whereas , by the annual confederations and congregations made by Masons , in their General Chapters assembled , the good cause and efficiency of the statutes concerning labourers are publicly violated and broken , in subversion of the law , and to the grievous damage of the whole community—our Lord the King , willing in this case to provide a remedy , by the advise , and with the assent of the aforesaid ( the lords spiritual and temporal ) and at the especial request
, of the said commons , hath ordered and decreed , that none such Chapters or Congregations be hereafter held . And if any such shall be held , those who cause them to be assembled , and who hold such Chapters and Congregations shall , upon conviction , be adjudged to be felons ; and all other Masons who visit such Chapters and Congregations , shall be punished by imprisonment of their persons , and shall pay fine and ransom , according to the pleasure of the king .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
PROVINCIAL VISITS . BY A GRAND STEWARD . / Continued . from p . 4 .-JGJ DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —It came scarcely within the verge of probability , when I last addressed you , that my next letter would be dated from bonny Dundee ; for it then appeared far more likel y that circumstances would warrantand time affordthe opportunity for my giving
, , you two or three sketches at least from English provinces . But paucity of Masonic incident , the perplexities superadded to the usual list of business peregrinations by a snow storm that seems to have been as universal as unusual in extent and continuation , and lastly , much personal suffering that 1 have undergone , have combined to restrain the use of my pen in your good service until this moment . Perhaps I ought rather to saythat the professional inhibitions of my friend Dr .
Car-, ruthers , of this town—under whose skilful treatment I have been fortunately placed—by keeping me -within doors , and restricting me from business thoughts , afford me the only chance I could have had of communicating with the Freemasons' Quarterly until after my return to town .
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Statutes Made At Westminster, Anno 3 Henry Vi., And Anno Dom. 1421.
CAP . I . — -Masons shall not confederate themselves in Chapters and Assemblies . En p rimes come par les annuelx congregations et confederacies faitz par les Masons en lour Generalx Chapitres assemblez le hon cours et effect des estatuts de laborers sont publiquement violez et disrumpez en subversion de la leye et grevouse damage de tout le commune nostre Seignurle Roy voillanten ceo caspurvoir deremediepar advys et assent
suisditz et a la especial request des ditz communes ad ordinez et establiz qe tieux Chapitres et Congregations ne soient desore tenuz . Et si ascuns tielx soient faitz soient ceux qi font faire assembler et tenir cieux Chapitres et Congregations sils ent soient convictz adjuggez pur felons et qe toutz les autres Masons qi viegnent astielx Chapitres et Congregations soient puniz par emprisonement de lour corps et facent fyn et raunceon a la volonte du Roy .
In the first place , whereas , by the annual confederations and congregations made by Masons , in their General Chapters assembled , the good cause and efficiency of the statutes concerning labourers are publicly violated and broken , in subversion of the law , and to the grievous damage of the whole community—our Lord the King , willing in this case to provide a remedy , by the advise , and with the assent of the aforesaid ( the lords spiritual and temporal ) and at the especial request
, of the said commons , hath ordered and decreed , that none such Chapters or Congregations be hereafter held . And if any such shall be held , those who cause them to be assembled , and who hold such Chapters and Congregations shall , upon conviction , be adjudged to be felons ; and all other Masons who visit such Chapters and Congregations , shall be punished by imprisonment of their persons , and shall pay fine and ransom , according to the pleasure of the king .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
PROVINCIAL VISITS . BY A GRAND STEWARD . / Continued . from p . 4 .-JGJ DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —It came scarcely within the verge of probability , when I last addressed you , that my next letter would be dated from bonny Dundee ; for it then appeared far more likel y that circumstances would warrantand time affordthe opportunity for my giving
, , you two or three sketches at least from English provinces . But paucity of Masonic incident , the perplexities superadded to the usual list of business peregrinations by a snow storm that seems to have been as universal as unusual in extent and continuation , and lastly , much personal suffering that 1 have undergone , have combined to restrain the use of my pen in your good service until this moment . Perhaps I ought rather to saythat the professional inhibitions of my friend Dr .
Car-, ruthers , of this town—under whose skilful treatment I have been fortunately placed—by keeping me -within doors , and restricting me from business thoughts , afford me the only chance I could have had of communicating with the Freemasons' Quarterly until after my return to town .