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Royal Order.
had these been still more restricted : and , had it never been introduced into France , the Revolution dissolving all Masonic bonds . The supposed jealousy between the two Grand Lodges M . Clavel has collected from a singular mistake in Thory ' s book , I . p . 55 ; and from misunderstanding some other passages in the same work , I . p . 335 , 31-4 , he states , that the Royal Order consists of one degree in three points , and is known by the name of Rose Croix ofthe Tower . Either M . Clavel
is perfectly ignorant of the Royal Order , or he has in view some of those spurious degrees occasionally practised in France under the appellation of Rose eroix d' Hiredom de Kilwinning , which , like the modern Rose croix itself , are corruptions of one of the two degrees of the Royal Order , but different from both . But it is with regard to his assertion that the Grand Lodge of the Royal Order was instituted in 1785 that I now trouble you .
I have had access to all the documents in possession of the Order , ancl therefore the information I communicate may be regarded as authentic . A copy of these notes was also some time ago sent to Paris to be laid before M . Clavel , who , it was understood , undertook to correct the error in a second edition ; as , however , that may not be called for , the following may not be unsuited to the pages of your Review . The first document in possession of the Order I shall notice is a book
of Records . On the first page is the petition of William Mitchell ( F . O . L . T . Y . ) and Jonas Kluck ( S . N . C . R . T . Y . ) addressed to Sir Robert R . L . F ., the " Provincial Grand Master of the most Ancient ancl Honourable Order of the H . R . D . M . of K . L . W . N . N . G . in South Britain , Sir Jos . Henry Broomoott , F . R . D . M ., Deputy Grand
Master ; Sir William P . H . P . 11 . T . O . N ., aud Sir Richard T . C . T . Y ., Grand Wardens , and the rest of the Right Worshipful Grancl Officers of the said Order . " The petitioners had been admitted into the Provincial Grand Chapter of the Order in London in 1750 , but they state that there are " clivers brethren of the abovenamed most Ancient and Honourable Order of Masonry residing at the Hague , " and in the names of the whole , they request a grant of a constitution . The answer is written on the back of the leafsigned b" R L . F .
, y , Prov . Gr . Master in S . B . " granting the prayer of the petition : thepetition is not dated , but the answer bears the tlate of 10 th July , 1750 . On the next page is a certificate by " R . L . F ., " dated London , 22 nd July , 1750 , to the effect that he attended that day " at the house of Brother Lewis S . N . C . R . T . Y ., the sign of the ( 3 olden Horseshoe , in Cannonstreet , Southwark , ancl did then and there constitute the petitioning Brethren residing at the Hague into a regular Chapter in full form "
, and in virtue of his authority did exchange William Mitchell ' s characteristic , and invest him with that of 11 . L . F . There are also still in existence the original patent for constitutingthis Chapter at the Hague , and the special one for authorising William Mitchell to promote Brethren of H . R . M . to the Order of the R . S . Y . C . S ., both bearing date 22 nd July , 1750 ; they are signed by Sir Robert R . L . F . in the ninth year of his Prov . Grand Mastershi .
, p Whether Mr . Mitchell , himself a Scotchman , had not been able to find a sufficient number at the Hague to work the Chapter and Prov . Grand Lodge , or whether lie afterwards had doubts as to the validity of a Charter issued by a Prov . Grancl Master , and not emanating directly from the Grancl Lodge of the whole Order , or whether he ever after returned to Holland we have no materials to enable us to pronounce ; but he , in
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Royal Order.
had these been still more restricted : and , had it never been introduced into France , the Revolution dissolving all Masonic bonds . The supposed jealousy between the two Grand Lodges M . Clavel has collected from a singular mistake in Thory ' s book , I . p . 55 ; and from misunderstanding some other passages in the same work , I . p . 335 , 31-4 , he states , that the Royal Order consists of one degree in three points , and is known by the name of Rose Croix ofthe Tower . Either M . Clavel
is perfectly ignorant of the Royal Order , or he has in view some of those spurious degrees occasionally practised in France under the appellation of Rose eroix d' Hiredom de Kilwinning , which , like the modern Rose croix itself , are corruptions of one of the two degrees of the Royal Order , but different from both . But it is with regard to his assertion that the Grand Lodge of the Royal Order was instituted in 1785 that I now trouble you .
I have had access to all the documents in possession of the Order , ancl therefore the information I communicate may be regarded as authentic . A copy of these notes was also some time ago sent to Paris to be laid before M . Clavel , who , it was understood , undertook to correct the error in a second edition ; as , however , that may not be called for , the following may not be unsuited to the pages of your Review . The first document in possession of the Order I shall notice is a book
of Records . On the first page is the petition of William Mitchell ( F . O . L . T . Y . ) and Jonas Kluck ( S . N . C . R . T . Y . ) addressed to Sir Robert R . L . F ., the " Provincial Grand Master of the most Ancient ancl Honourable Order of the H . R . D . M . of K . L . W . N . N . G . in South Britain , Sir Jos . Henry Broomoott , F . R . D . M ., Deputy Grand
Master ; Sir William P . H . P . 11 . T . O . N ., aud Sir Richard T . C . T . Y ., Grand Wardens , and the rest of the Right Worshipful Grancl Officers of the said Order . " The petitioners had been admitted into the Provincial Grand Chapter of the Order in London in 1750 , but they state that there are " clivers brethren of the abovenamed most Ancient and Honourable Order of Masonry residing at the Hague , " and in the names of the whole , they request a grant of a constitution . The answer is written on the back of the leafsigned b" R L . F .
, y , Prov . Gr . Master in S . B . " granting the prayer of the petition : thepetition is not dated , but the answer bears the tlate of 10 th July , 1750 . On the next page is a certificate by " R . L . F ., " dated London , 22 nd July , 1750 , to the effect that he attended that day " at the house of Brother Lewis S . N . C . R . T . Y ., the sign of the ( 3 olden Horseshoe , in Cannonstreet , Southwark , ancl did then and there constitute the petitioning Brethren residing at the Hague into a regular Chapter in full form "
, and in virtue of his authority did exchange William Mitchell ' s characteristic , and invest him with that of 11 . L . F . There are also still in existence the original patent for constitutingthis Chapter at the Hague , and the special one for authorising William Mitchell to promote Brethren of H . R . M . to the Order of the R . S . Y . C . S ., both bearing date 22 nd July , 1750 ; they are signed by Sir Robert R . L . F . in the ninth year of his Prov . Grand Mastershi .
, p Whether Mr . Mitchell , himself a Scotchman , had not been able to find a sufficient number at the Hague to work the Chapter and Prov . Grand Lodge , or whether lie afterwards had doubts as to the validity of a Charter issued by a Prov . Grancl Master , and not emanating directly from the Grancl Lodge of the whole Order , or whether he ever after returned to Holland we have no materials to enable us to pronounce ; but he , in