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Royal Order.
the course of a very few years—apparently in 1754 , but at all events before 1763—delivered up all these patents and the Book of Records to the Grand Lodge in Edinburgh : and this Book of Records , which only contained as Member of the Dutch Chapter the names of the two petitioners , was afterwards converted into the Book of Records of the Grand Lodge in Scotland . In this book we have a list of all the Regular Chapters '" " of-the
Order in England up to 1750 : — Date of constitution . No . 1 . Grand Lodge at the Thistle ancl Crown in Chandos-street "Immemorial . " „ 2 . Grancl Chapter at ditto .... "Immemorial . " „ 3 . Coach and Horses in Welbeck-street . "Immemorial . " ,, 4 . Blue Boar ' s Head , Exeter-street . . "Immemorial . " „ 5 . Golden Horseshoe , Cannon-street , Southwark Dec . 11 , 1743 . „ 0 . The Griffin , at Deptford , in Kent . . Dec . 20 , 1744 .
So that in 1750 , not only was the date of the Provincial Grand Lodge and Chapter of England from time " immemorial , " but there were also two subordinate Chapters , the date of whose constitution was so ancient that it could not then be traced . All these unquestionably obtained their orginal authority from Kilwinning in Scotland ; but , from the circumstance of the Prov . Grand Lodge of S . B . assuming to itself power to grant a charter to the Hague in 1750 , during the dormancy of the Grand Lodge in Scotlandthere can be no doubt but the
, constitutions , Nos . 5 ancl G of the above list , did not emanate from Scotland , but from the Prov . Grand Lodge of England . How matters were then going on in Scotland I cannot pronounce with any certainty , as we have no minutes engrossed previous to 1766 . In the Book of Records , however , are the characteristics and signatures of the Brethren ( with one exception ) who were " Members of the Royal Chapter at Edinburgh" in 1763 with the year in which each was
, admitted . This plan seems to have been adopted as a substitute for a minute book . There are only fifteen altogether ; among them is Jno . Murdoch ( S . B . R . T . Y . ) , to whom allusion is so frequently made in Thory ' s " Histoire du Grand Orient de France" ( see pp . 1 S 3 , 135 , 174 , 177 , 178 , 182 , & c . ) : Mr . Murdoch was admitted at Edinburgh in 1755 .
Before quitting the Book of Records , I may say that it contains our oldest documentary evidence : it proves that the Order did exist in England long before 1750 ; as also that the Lodge in London only considered itself a Provincial Grand Lodge , dependent on , and not the Grand Lodge of the Order ; likewise , that before 1750 the Order was practised at the Hague , although they had no regular charter . I will now proceed to notice the minute-book of the Order prior to 1788 . The first minute is dated 31 st October , 1766 . At this meeting
of the Grand Chapter there v / ere present eleven Knights and five Brethren of II . R . M . ( or Squires ); of the eleven only four are in the list of 1703 , and of the Brethren only two ; so that between 1763 and 31 st Oct . 17 66 , at least seven Knights ancl three Bretliren had been
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Royal Order.
the course of a very few years—apparently in 1754 , but at all events before 1763—delivered up all these patents and the Book of Records to the Grand Lodge in Edinburgh : and this Book of Records , which only contained as Member of the Dutch Chapter the names of the two petitioners , was afterwards converted into the Book of Records of the Grand Lodge in Scotland . In this book we have a list of all the Regular Chapters '" " of-the
Order in England up to 1750 : — Date of constitution . No . 1 . Grand Lodge at the Thistle ancl Crown in Chandos-street "Immemorial . " „ 2 . Grancl Chapter at ditto .... "Immemorial . " „ 3 . Coach and Horses in Welbeck-street . "Immemorial . " ,, 4 . Blue Boar ' s Head , Exeter-street . . "Immemorial . " „ 5 . Golden Horseshoe , Cannon-street , Southwark Dec . 11 , 1743 . „ 0 . The Griffin , at Deptford , in Kent . . Dec . 20 , 1744 .
So that in 1750 , not only was the date of the Provincial Grand Lodge and Chapter of England from time " immemorial , " but there were also two subordinate Chapters , the date of whose constitution was so ancient that it could not then be traced . All these unquestionably obtained their orginal authority from Kilwinning in Scotland ; but , from the circumstance of the Prov . Grand Lodge of S . B . assuming to itself power to grant a charter to the Hague in 1750 , during the dormancy of the Grand Lodge in Scotlandthere can be no doubt but the
, constitutions , Nos . 5 ancl G of the above list , did not emanate from Scotland , but from the Prov . Grand Lodge of England . How matters were then going on in Scotland I cannot pronounce with any certainty , as we have no minutes engrossed previous to 1766 . In the Book of Records , however , are the characteristics and signatures of the Brethren ( with one exception ) who were " Members of the Royal Chapter at Edinburgh" in 1763 with the year in which each was
, admitted . This plan seems to have been adopted as a substitute for a minute book . There are only fifteen altogether ; among them is Jno . Murdoch ( S . B . R . T . Y . ) , to whom allusion is so frequently made in Thory ' s " Histoire du Grand Orient de France" ( see pp . 1 S 3 , 135 , 174 , 177 , 178 , 182 , & c . ) : Mr . Murdoch was admitted at Edinburgh in 1755 .
Before quitting the Book of Records , I may say that it contains our oldest documentary evidence : it proves that the Order did exist in England long before 1750 ; as also that the Lodge in London only considered itself a Provincial Grand Lodge , dependent on , and not the Grand Lodge of the Order ; likewise , that before 1750 the Order was practised at the Hague , although they had no regular charter . I will now proceed to notice the minute-book of the Order prior to 1788 . The first minute is dated 31 st October , 1766 . At this meeting
of the Grand Chapter there v / ere present eleven Knights and five Brethren of II . R . M . ( or Squires ); of the eleven only four are in the list of 1703 , and of the Brethren only two ; so that between 1763 and 31 st Oct . 17 66 , at least seven Knights ancl three Bretliren had been