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The Grand Masters ,
THE GRAND MASTERS ,
Or Patrons of the FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS in England , from the coming in of the Saxons to the year 1839 , with brief references to remarkable events , compiled and condensed from the most authoritative Records by Brother THOMAS JOSEPH TENISON , President of the Masonic Council of Armui / h : Worshipful Master 216 ; Past Master No . SO , 125 , 143 , GHl , and 790 Ireland . '
303 Sr . ALBAN THE MARTYR , Steward to the Roman Emperor , Carausius . COO AUGUSTIN THE MONK , the first Archbishop of Canterbury appeared at the head of the Craft in founding his Cathedral , under Ethelbert , King of Kent . The number of Castles ' lalaces , Fortifications , and Religious Houses built at this period required many MASONS , who formed themselves into and continued
LODGES , to improve under the superintendance of skilful foreigners , sent over by Charles Martel , Grand Master of France , A . C . 710 . Lodges were usuall y held in the Monasteries . The Clergy who now studied geometry and architecture , assisting in what they termed " Communications of Worshipful and worthy Brethren . " G 80 BENNETTE , Abbott of Wirrall , who introduced the use of brick and stone .
7 \ , , THIN was the next Grand Master , and by direction of Ethelwolf , undertook to repair the reli gious houses , and died in the odour of sanctity . 900 ALFRED THE GREAT , who seemed born not onl y to defend his bleeding country , but even to adorn humanity , was appointed Grand Master on his return from Rome , where he had been anointed as future King by Pope Leo . He employed the Fellow Crafts" wholly in brick and stone , with which he rebuilt many ofthe churches and monasteries which had been burned and destroyed by the devastating and rapacious
ETHELRED , Vice-King of Mercia , succeeded Alfred . He was succeeded b y his brother , ETHELWARD , the Learned , who founded the University of Cambridge . J PRINCE EDWIN , Grand Master , brother of King Althelstane encouraged Freemasons from France , who brought with them the charges and regulations of Forei gn Lodges , the ancient records of the order land
m Eng having been for the most part destroyed or lost in the wars with the Danes , who burnt the monasteries where they were kept . Edwin purchased from his brother , King Athelstane , ( who first translated the Holy Bible into the Saxon language ) a charter , permitting the Free Masons to have " A Correction , " or power to regulate themselves with good and wholesome instruction , to correct errors , and to hold a yearly communication in general assembly ' Accordingly , he summoned all the Free and Accepted Masons to meet him at York , who came and formed a GRAND
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Grand Masters ,
THE GRAND MASTERS ,
Or Patrons of the FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS in England , from the coming in of the Saxons to the year 1839 , with brief references to remarkable events , compiled and condensed from the most authoritative Records by Brother THOMAS JOSEPH TENISON , President of the Masonic Council of Armui / h : Worshipful Master 216 ; Past Master No . SO , 125 , 143 , GHl , and 790 Ireland . '
303 Sr . ALBAN THE MARTYR , Steward to the Roman Emperor , Carausius . COO AUGUSTIN THE MONK , the first Archbishop of Canterbury appeared at the head of the Craft in founding his Cathedral , under Ethelbert , King of Kent . The number of Castles ' lalaces , Fortifications , and Religious Houses built at this period required many MASONS , who formed themselves into and continued
LODGES , to improve under the superintendance of skilful foreigners , sent over by Charles Martel , Grand Master of France , A . C . 710 . Lodges were usuall y held in the Monasteries . The Clergy who now studied geometry and architecture , assisting in what they termed " Communications of Worshipful and worthy Brethren . " G 80 BENNETTE , Abbott of Wirrall , who introduced the use of brick and stone .
7 \ , , THIN was the next Grand Master , and by direction of Ethelwolf , undertook to repair the reli gious houses , and died in the odour of sanctity . 900 ALFRED THE GREAT , who seemed born not onl y to defend his bleeding country , but even to adorn humanity , was appointed Grand Master on his return from Rome , where he had been anointed as future King by Pope Leo . He employed the Fellow Crafts" wholly in brick and stone , with which he rebuilt many ofthe churches and monasteries which had been burned and destroyed by the devastating and rapacious
ETHELRED , Vice-King of Mercia , succeeded Alfred . He was succeeded b y his brother , ETHELWARD , the Learned , who founded the University of Cambridge . J PRINCE EDWIN , Grand Master , brother of King Althelstane encouraged Freemasons from France , who brought with them the charges and regulations of Forei gn Lodges , the ancient records of the order land
m Eng having been for the most part destroyed or lost in the wars with the Danes , who burnt the monasteries where they were kept . Edwin purchased from his brother , King Athelstane , ( who first translated the Holy Bible into the Saxon language ) a charter , permitting the Free Masons to have " A Correction , " or power to regulate themselves with good and wholesome instruction , to correct errors , and to hold a yearly communication in general assembly ' Accordingly , he summoned all the Free and Accepted Masons to meet him at York , who came and formed a GRAND