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The Grand Masters ,
LODGE under him as their Grand Master , bringing with them several Greek , Latin , and French MSS . from which the Constitution of the English Lodges were framed . 933 KING ATHELSTANE . ST . DUNSTAN , Archbishop of Canterbury , by whose influence with the monks Edgar was placed on the throne . Under his Grand Mastership the King built about 4 S reliious houses
g . EDWARD THE CONFESSOR : in this reign arts and sciences flourished . 1065-6 LEOFRIC , Earl of Coventry , at the head of the Freemasons , built the Abbey of Coventry , and twelve religious houses . 1087 ROGER DE MONTGOMERY , Earl of Arundel , and GUNDULPH , Bishop of Rochester , were appointed by William the Conqueror , as ' Heads of the Fellow Craft , both in civil , military ,
and sacred architecture . " William brought many expert Freemasons from Normandy . The Tower of London , fortytwo monasteries , five cathedrals , ten castles , St . Saviour ' s Southwark , and Battle Abbey , near Hastings , in commemoration of the conquest , were built by the Freemasons in this reign . GILBERT DE CLARE , Marquis of Pembroke , was Grand Master under Stephen , in whose reign the Masons were as
much enployed as the soldiers , they building four abbeys , two nunneries , ninety religious houses , and St . Stephen ' s Chapel , Westminster . In the preceding reign of Wm . Rufus , the wall round the Tower of London , thirty-two religious houses , London Bridge , the Palace of Westminster , and Westminster Hall , 270 feet long and 74 feet broad , were erected under the advice of "The Grand Lodge of Masters . " 1100 KING HENRY I .
H 89 In the reign of Henry II ., the Grand Masters of Knights Templars erected their Society and built the Temple , in Fleet Street , London . PETER DE COLECHURCH , a priest , was appointed Grand Master by King John , and rebuilt London Bridge of stone , which was finished by the next Master . 1209 WILLIAM ALMAIN . The brave barons who first raised the standard
of freedom on the plains of Runimede , and wrested from the tyrant and detested John , that famous bulwark of British liberties , called MAGNA CHARTA , were to a man enrolled as Freemasons under Robert Fitzwalter , their general , whom they had dignified with the title of " Mareschal of the Army of God and of the Holy Church . " Almaine is the first brother recorded as Deputy Grand Master , which office he held under Peter de Colechurch
, previous to his election as Grand Master . 1216 PETER DE RUPIBUS , Bishop of Winchester , was Grand Master , and under him Geoffry Fitz-Peter was chief surveyor , or Deputy Grand Master . 1284 WALTER GIFFARD , Archbishop of York , GILBERT DE CLARE , Earl of Gloucester , and RALPH , LORD OF MOUNT HERMON ' were successively Grand Masters in the reign of Edward I . 1327
WALTER STAPLETON , Bishop of Exeter , was the next Grand Master , under Edward II . ; he built Exeter and Oriel Colleges , Oxford , and Clare Hall , Cambridge . EDWARD III . became Patron of Arts and Head of Freemasons .
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The Grand Masters ,
LODGE under him as their Grand Master , bringing with them several Greek , Latin , and French MSS . from which the Constitution of the English Lodges were framed . 933 KING ATHELSTANE . ST . DUNSTAN , Archbishop of Canterbury , by whose influence with the monks Edgar was placed on the throne . Under his Grand Mastership the King built about 4 S reliious houses
g . EDWARD THE CONFESSOR : in this reign arts and sciences flourished . 1065-6 LEOFRIC , Earl of Coventry , at the head of the Freemasons , built the Abbey of Coventry , and twelve religious houses . 1087 ROGER DE MONTGOMERY , Earl of Arundel , and GUNDULPH , Bishop of Rochester , were appointed by William the Conqueror , as ' Heads of the Fellow Craft , both in civil , military ,
and sacred architecture . " William brought many expert Freemasons from Normandy . The Tower of London , fortytwo monasteries , five cathedrals , ten castles , St . Saviour ' s Southwark , and Battle Abbey , near Hastings , in commemoration of the conquest , were built by the Freemasons in this reign . GILBERT DE CLARE , Marquis of Pembroke , was Grand Master under Stephen , in whose reign the Masons were as
much enployed as the soldiers , they building four abbeys , two nunneries , ninety religious houses , and St . Stephen ' s Chapel , Westminster . In the preceding reign of Wm . Rufus , the wall round the Tower of London , thirty-two religious houses , London Bridge , the Palace of Westminster , and Westminster Hall , 270 feet long and 74 feet broad , were erected under the advice of "The Grand Lodge of Masters . " 1100 KING HENRY I .
H 89 In the reign of Henry II ., the Grand Masters of Knights Templars erected their Society and built the Temple , in Fleet Street , London . PETER DE COLECHURCH , a priest , was appointed Grand Master by King John , and rebuilt London Bridge of stone , which was finished by the next Master . 1209 WILLIAM ALMAIN . The brave barons who first raised the standard
of freedom on the plains of Runimede , and wrested from the tyrant and detested John , that famous bulwark of British liberties , called MAGNA CHARTA , were to a man enrolled as Freemasons under Robert Fitzwalter , their general , whom they had dignified with the title of " Mareschal of the Army of God and of the Holy Church . " Almaine is the first brother recorded as Deputy Grand Master , which office he held under Peter de Colechurch
, previous to his election as Grand Master . 1216 PETER DE RUPIBUS , Bishop of Winchester , was Grand Master , and under him Geoffry Fitz-Peter was chief surveyor , or Deputy Grand Master . 1284 WALTER GIFFARD , Archbishop of York , GILBERT DE CLARE , Earl of Gloucester , and RALPH , LORD OF MOUNT HERMON ' were successively Grand Masters in the reign of Edward I . 1327
WALTER STAPLETON , Bishop of Exeter , was the next Grand Master , under Edward II . ; he built Exeter and Oriel Colleges , Oxford , and Clare Hall , Cambridge . EDWARD III . became Patron of Arts and Head of Freemasons .