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Royal Order.
" 28 t / i Oct . 176 S . —At this meeting there was present a Brother of I-I . R . AL , ' Charles Le Preq ., from a Chapter in Holland , called the Scots Grand Lodge , ' as also AV . Mitchell ; and here we have a probable clue to the reason why Mr . Mitchell had not acted upon the patent he received at London , in 1750 , for it now appears that there was already established in Holland a ' Scots Grancl Lodge' of the Order .
" 28 th July , 1769 . —A communication was made from the Town Council of Edinburgh , as follows : 'At Edinburgh , the 26 th July , 1769 , the which clay the Lord Provost , Magistrates , and Council , with the Deacons of Crafts , ordinary and extraordinary , of the city of Edinburgh , being in Council assembled , —there ivas presented and read in Council a Petition of the Governor ancl other Officers of the Royal Order of Ancient Scots Masonrysetting forththat the petitionerswho
, , , are composed of Members from almost the whole regular Lodges in and about Edinburgh , had now the satisfaction to inform the honourable Council , that after much trouble and a great deal of expense , they had been able to revive ancl establish the Ancient Order of Scots Masonry , in the metropolis of their native country , which would be attested by several Members of the Honourable Council , ancl Members thereof , " & c . The petition was for the use of a roomin which the magistrates
, permitted the Lodge of St . Giles also to meet ; this favour was granted , provided private arrangements could be made between the Royal Order and the Lodge of St . Giles , which after some correspondence with that Lodge , detailed in the subsequent minutes , were completed . All this may be proved by the minutes of the Town Council of Edinburgh .
' 2 Gf 7 i Jan . 1770 .- —His Excellency General Sir James Adolphus Oughton , Grand Master Mason of Scotland , was received into the Order of H . R . M ., promoted at next following meeting of Council to the R . S . Y . C . S ., and elected Deputy Governor 4 th July the same year . He died at Bath 14 th April , 1780 , five years before the alleged institution of the Order . " 4 th July , 1776 . —A letter was produced from Dauphiny in France , signed bMarshal Bocquiloninclosing a petition for a "brevet or
y , patent to make two or three Knights , so as to form a regular Chapter . " It was referred to a Committee . " 4 th Jan . 1777 . —The Committee reported that they had drawn up a form for the diploma or patent for Monsieur Bocquilon , and had caused the same to be translated into Latin . " 31 st Jan . 1777 . —Sir William Forbes , Grand Master Mason of Scotland ( of St . John ' s Order ) was advanced to the degree of H . R . M .
, He vjas promoted to the knighthood of the R . S . Y . C . S * on 4 th April , same year . " 28 th Feb . 1777 . —The Governor reported that the copy of the patent for Monsieur Bocquilon was now complete ; ancl the Chapter ordered it to be written upon vellum , signed by the proper Officers , ancl the seal of the Order appended thereto , and forthwith transmitted to him . This is the first patent mentioned in the existing minute-book as having
been given to France or any other country . Various delays occurred in writing ancl sending it , as is shown in the minutes of 11 th December 1777 , 29 th January 1779 , and 26 th February 1779 ; by which last day it seems to have been almost ready , and a letter is ordered to be written to M . Bocquilon , telling him that the patent would be sent by way of Holland to a person at Leyden , who was to convey it safely to France .
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Royal Order.
" 28 t / i Oct . 176 S . —At this meeting there was present a Brother of I-I . R . AL , ' Charles Le Preq ., from a Chapter in Holland , called the Scots Grand Lodge , ' as also AV . Mitchell ; and here we have a probable clue to the reason why Mr . Mitchell had not acted upon the patent he received at London , in 1750 , for it now appears that there was already established in Holland a ' Scots Grancl Lodge' of the Order .
" 28 th July , 1769 . —A communication was made from the Town Council of Edinburgh , as follows : 'At Edinburgh , the 26 th July , 1769 , the which clay the Lord Provost , Magistrates , and Council , with the Deacons of Crafts , ordinary and extraordinary , of the city of Edinburgh , being in Council assembled , —there ivas presented and read in Council a Petition of the Governor ancl other Officers of the Royal Order of Ancient Scots Masonrysetting forththat the petitionerswho
, , , are composed of Members from almost the whole regular Lodges in and about Edinburgh , had now the satisfaction to inform the honourable Council , that after much trouble and a great deal of expense , they had been able to revive ancl establish the Ancient Order of Scots Masonry , in the metropolis of their native country , which would be attested by several Members of the Honourable Council , ancl Members thereof , " & c . The petition was for the use of a roomin which the magistrates
, permitted the Lodge of St . Giles also to meet ; this favour was granted , provided private arrangements could be made between the Royal Order and the Lodge of St . Giles , which after some correspondence with that Lodge , detailed in the subsequent minutes , were completed . All this may be proved by the minutes of the Town Council of Edinburgh .
' 2 Gf 7 i Jan . 1770 .- —His Excellency General Sir James Adolphus Oughton , Grand Master Mason of Scotland , was received into the Order of H . R . M ., promoted at next following meeting of Council to the R . S . Y . C . S ., and elected Deputy Governor 4 th July the same year . He died at Bath 14 th April , 1780 , five years before the alleged institution of the Order . " 4 th July , 1776 . —A letter was produced from Dauphiny in France , signed bMarshal Bocquiloninclosing a petition for a "brevet or
y , patent to make two or three Knights , so as to form a regular Chapter . " It was referred to a Committee . " 4 th Jan . 1777 . —The Committee reported that they had drawn up a form for the diploma or patent for Monsieur Bocquilon , and had caused the same to be translated into Latin . " 31 st Jan . 1777 . —Sir William Forbes , Grand Master Mason of Scotland ( of St . John ' s Order ) was advanced to the degree of H . R . M .
, He vjas promoted to the knighthood of the R . S . Y . C . S * on 4 th April , same year . " 28 th Feb . 1777 . —The Governor reported that the copy of the patent for Monsieur Bocquilon was now complete ; ancl the Chapter ordered it to be written upon vellum , signed by the proper Officers , ancl the seal of the Order appended thereto , and forthwith transmitted to him . This is the first patent mentioned in the existing minute-book as having
been given to France or any other country . Various delays occurred in writing ancl sending it , as is shown in the minutes of 11 th December 1777 , 29 th January 1779 , and 26 th February 1779 ; by which last day it seems to have been almost ready , and a letter is ordered to be written to M . Bocquilon , telling him that the patent would be sent by way of Holland to a person at Leyden , who was to convey it safely to France .