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Royal Order.
admitted . By comparing the sederunt of the next meeting ( llth Dec . 1706 , being old St . Andrew ' s clay ) with the list of 1763 there are six Knights ant ! seven Brethren , in addition to those just noticed , who had been received between 17 G 3 and 31 st Oct . 1766 , making at least twentythree intrants during that period . On the 5 th Oct . 1767 , a motion was made by the Deputy Governor , — "That , in respect it had been agreed , when this Order was revived in this countrythat the Members shoulel
, not exceed the number of 112 , " and that as that number was very near filled up , ancl if the Brethren were not to alter that resolution it might be a great loss to the Order , and many worthy Brethren might be disappointed of being received Members , therefore it was recommended to the Brother Knights , that they might take the matter under their consideration , and be ready to give their opinions against the meeting of the next Council of Knihts . " Nowthe minute-book also showsthat there
g , , were only eleven receptions between 31 st Oct . 17 G 6 and 5 th Oct . 1767 ; so adding these to the fifteen admitted in or before 1763 , ancl taking the sum from 112 , there would remain eighty-six for the number of admissions between 1763 and 31 st Oct . 1766 , if the whole 112 had been filled up ; the Book of Records , however , exhibited the names only of about sixty . The great revival of the Order in Scotland may , however , be traced to that period . I may here mention that the next meeting of
Council alluded to in the above extract took place on 4 th Jan . 1768 , ancl appointed a committee to draw up an additional list of characteristics , and these are still in use . It is unnecessary to go over the minute-book in detail , but one or two things are worthy of notice . " 5 th Jan . 1767 . 'The laws being read ivere approved of , and ordered to be engrossed as they stand . ' This code of laws is the
foundation of our present regulations , ancl are in all essential points the same as those delivered to W . Mitchell for the Hague Chapter , 1750 . " 3 rd April , 1767 . ' It was resolved to offer the sum of £ 9 to the Lodge of St . David ' s , for their having for some years allowed the Brethren the use of their Lodge . ' This the minutes of St . David ' s Lodge can verify . " 4 th July , 1767 . Sir James ( S . C . R . CY . ) Kerr was elected Governor : this is the first election of office-bearers I find in the
minute-book ; but as in the minutes of 24 th April , 1767 , Sir William ( W . R . S . H . P . ) Mason ( who had been admitted in 1754 ) , is styled D . T ., and as in the other minutes previous to the 4 th July , 1767 , his name is placed under that of Sir James ( W . D . M . ) Home , who was receiveci in 1763 , there can be no doubt but the latter had been elected Governor on or before 4 th July , 1766 . " 27 af / i Nov . 1767 . At this meeting William Mitchell , to whom the Hague Chapter was granted in 1750 , was present ; he attended several
other meetings in 17 G 8 . Much tends to show that the revival of this Order in Scotland was in some measure due to this Knight . When it fell into a dormant state it is impossible to say ; the common belief is that our records were lost during the rebellion in Scotland . The civil wars seem to have cut off most of our Brethren , while others may have gone abroad , leaving the Grand Lodge in a very dilapidated statenomen sed praeterea nihil—until a few of the survivors made the attempt to restore it after the middle of last century .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Royal Order.
admitted . By comparing the sederunt of the next meeting ( llth Dec . 1706 , being old St . Andrew ' s clay ) with the list of 1763 there are six Knights ant ! seven Brethren , in addition to those just noticed , who had been received between 17 G 3 and 31 st Oct . 1766 , making at least twentythree intrants during that period . On the 5 th Oct . 1767 , a motion was made by the Deputy Governor , — "That , in respect it had been agreed , when this Order was revived in this countrythat the Members shoulel
, not exceed the number of 112 , " and that as that number was very near filled up , ancl if the Brethren were not to alter that resolution it might be a great loss to the Order , and many worthy Brethren might be disappointed of being received Members , therefore it was recommended to the Brother Knights , that they might take the matter under their consideration , and be ready to give their opinions against the meeting of the next Council of Knihts . " Nowthe minute-book also showsthat there
g , , were only eleven receptions between 31 st Oct . 17 G 6 and 5 th Oct . 1767 ; so adding these to the fifteen admitted in or before 1763 , ancl taking the sum from 112 , there would remain eighty-six for the number of admissions between 1763 and 31 st Oct . 1766 , if the whole 112 had been filled up ; the Book of Records , however , exhibited the names only of about sixty . The great revival of the Order in Scotland may , however , be traced to that period . I may here mention that the next meeting of
Council alluded to in the above extract took place on 4 th Jan . 1768 , ancl appointed a committee to draw up an additional list of characteristics , and these are still in use . It is unnecessary to go over the minute-book in detail , but one or two things are worthy of notice . " 5 th Jan . 1767 . 'The laws being read ivere approved of , and ordered to be engrossed as they stand . ' This code of laws is the
foundation of our present regulations , ancl are in all essential points the same as those delivered to W . Mitchell for the Hague Chapter , 1750 . " 3 rd April , 1767 . ' It was resolved to offer the sum of £ 9 to the Lodge of St . David ' s , for their having for some years allowed the Brethren the use of their Lodge . ' This the minutes of St . David ' s Lodge can verify . " 4 th July , 1767 . Sir James ( S . C . R . CY . ) Kerr was elected Governor : this is the first election of office-bearers I find in the
minute-book ; but as in the minutes of 24 th April , 1767 , Sir William ( W . R . S . H . P . ) Mason ( who had been admitted in 1754 ) , is styled D . T ., and as in the other minutes previous to the 4 th July , 1767 , his name is placed under that of Sir James ( W . D . M . ) Home , who was receiveci in 1763 , there can be no doubt but the latter had been elected Governor on or before 4 th July , 1766 . " 27 af / i Nov . 1767 . At this meeting William Mitchell , to whom the Hague Chapter was granted in 1750 , was present ; he attended several
other meetings in 17 G 8 . Much tends to show that the revival of this Order in Scotland was in some measure due to this Knight . When it fell into a dormant state it is impossible to say ; the common belief is that our records were lost during the rebellion in Scotland . The civil wars seem to have cut off most of our Brethren , while others may have gone abroad , leaving the Grand Lodge in a very dilapidated statenomen sed praeterea nihil—until a few of the survivors made the attempt to restore it after the middle of last century .