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The Grand Masters ,
He rebuilt the Castle and Palace at Windsor ; set up there the celebrated table 600 feet round . In this reign the Order of the Garter was instituted . JOHN DE SPONLEE , WILLIAM DE WYKEHAM , ROBERT A BARNHAM , HENRY YEULE , and SIMON LANGIIAM , Abbot of Westminster , successively Deputy Grand Masters in this reign . 1350 JOHN DE SPONLEE , succeeded Edward , as Grand Master . He
rebuilt St . George ' s Chapel , where the Order of the Garter was constituted . 1357 WILLIAM OF WICKHAM , Bishop of Winchester , at the head of 400 Freemasons , rebuilt the castle strong and stately . 1375 ROBERT OF BARNHAM , with 250 Freemasons , finished St . George ' s Hall . HENRY * YEULE , called in the records " The King ' s Freemason , "
built the London Charter House , King ' s Hall , Cambridge , Queenborough Castle , and rebuilt St . Stephen ' s Chapel , where the Commons of England assembled in Parliament until it was consumed by fire , in the year 1836 . SIMON LANGIIAM , Abbot of Westminster . The Constitution was now meliorated . The Grand Master , with his Wardens , with the consent of the Lords of the Realm , then generally
Freemasons , " ordained many matters , " as imported in an old record . WILLIAM OF WICKHAM , Bishop of Winchester , who was employed by Richard II ., as Grand Master , to rebuild Westminster Hall . William , at his own cost , built New College , Oxford , and founded Winchester College . THOMAS FITZ-ALLAN , Earl of Surry , was appointed Grand Master by Henry IV . In this reign Guild-Mall was founded .
1422 HENRY CHICHELY , Archbishop of Canterbury , was Grand Master Mason under Henry V ., the renowned conqueror of France . By the King ' s direction he rebuilt the Palace and Abbey of Sheen , now called Richmond-on-Thames . WILLIAM WANEFLEET , Bishop of Winchester , Grand Master , built Eton College , and King ' s College , also founded Christ ' s and Queen ' s Colleges , Cambridge , at the command of Henry VIwhilst Brother Wanefleetat his own costbuilt Magdalen
., , , Hall , Oxford . In the third year of Henry ' s reign , an ignorant and illiterate parliament passed an act " forbidding Freemasons to confederate in chapters or congregations ; those so offending to be judged felons ; visiting brethren to be punished by fine or imprisonment . " But this grossly tyrannical piece of legislative humbug was never enforced , and is fully explained in the learned Coke ' s Institutes , Part III . foi . 19 .
It was repealed by the 5 th Elizabeth , cap . 4 . 1471 RICHARD JBEACIIAMP , Bishop of Sarum , Grand Master . He reparied the Royal Castles , & c . after the depopulating wars between the houses of York and Lancaster . 1485 The Grand Master of the Knights of Malta . 1493 JOHN ISLIP , Bishop of Winchester . 1500 HENRY VII ., having been chosen Protector by the Grand Master and Fellows of the Order of St . John , at Rhodes , ( afterwards Malta ) he selected as his Wardens , John Islip , Abbot of Westminster , and Sir Reginald Bray , Knight of the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Grand Masters ,
He rebuilt the Castle and Palace at Windsor ; set up there the celebrated table 600 feet round . In this reign the Order of the Garter was instituted . JOHN DE SPONLEE , WILLIAM DE WYKEHAM , ROBERT A BARNHAM , HENRY YEULE , and SIMON LANGIIAM , Abbot of Westminster , successively Deputy Grand Masters in this reign . 1350 JOHN DE SPONLEE , succeeded Edward , as Grand Master . He
rebuilt St . George ' s Chapel , where the Order of the Garter was constituted . 1357 WILLIAM OF WICKHAM , Bishop of Winchester , at the head of 400 Freemasons , rebuilt the castle strong and stately . 1375 ROBERT OF BARNHAM , with 250 Freemasons , finished St . George ' s Hall . HENRY * YEULE , called in the records " The King ' s Freemason , "
built the London Charter House , King ' s Hall , Cambridge , Queenborough Castle , and rebuilt St . Stephen ' s Chapel , where the Commons of England assembled in Parliament until it was consumed by fire , in the year 1836 . SIMON LANGIIAM , Abbot of Westminster . The Constitution was now meliorated . The Grand Master , with his Wardens , with the consent of the Lords of the Realm , then generally
Freemasons , " ordained many matters , " as imported in an old record . WILLIAM OF WICKHAM , Bishop of Winchester , who was employed by Richard II ., as Grand Master , to rebuild Westminster Hall . William , at his own cost , built New College , Oxford , and founded Winchester College . THOMAS FITZ-ALLAN , Earl of Surry , was appointed Grand Master by Henry IV . In this reign Guild-Mall was founded .
1422 HENRY CHICHELY , Archbishop of Canterbury , was Grand Master Mason under Henry V ., the renowned conqueror of France . By the King ' s direction he rebuilt the Palace and Abbey of Sheen , now called Richmond-on-Thames . WILLIAM WANEFLEET , Bishop of Winchester , Grand Master , built Eton College , and King ' s College , also founded Christ ' s and Queen ' s Colleges , Cambridge , at the command of Henry VIwhilst Brother Wanefleetat his own costbuilt Magdalen
., , , Hall , Oxford . In the third year of Henry ' s reign , an ignorant and illiterate parliament passed an act " forbidding Freemasons to confederate in chapters or congregations ; those so offending to be judged felons ; visiting brethren to be punished by fine or imprisonment . " But this grossly tyrannical piece of legislative humbug was never enforced , and is fully explained in the learned Coke ' s Institutes , Part III . foi . 19 .
It was repealed by the 5 th Elizabeth , cap . 4 . 1471 RICHARD JBEACIIAMP , Bishop of Sarum , Grand Master . He reparied the Royal Castles , & c . after the depopulating wars between the houses of York and Lancaster . 1485 The Grand Master of the Knights of Malta . 1493 JOHN ISLIP , Bishop of Winchester . 1500 HENRY VII ., having been chosen Protector by the Grand Master and Fellows of the Order of St . John , at Rhodes , ( afterwards Malta ) he selected as his Wardens , John Islip , Abbot of Westminster , and Sir Reginald Bray , Knight of the