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Scotland.
appointed in different districts , invested with the like authority . Such , in those primitive clays , was the paternal superintendence of the Master . In the time of James II . Freemasonry continued to exercise its secret and salutary influence . Much , no doubt , was to be attributed to the personal character of the then acting Grand Master , an individual ever to be venerated and remembered in the annals of Scottish Masonry . This other than "William St . ClairPrince of OrkneyDuke of
was no , , Iloldenburg , Earl of Caithness and Strathaven , Lord St . Clair , Lord Nithsdale , ' Lord Admiral of the Scots Seas , Lord Chief Justice of Scotland , Lord Warden of the three . Marches , Haron of Roslin , Pentland , and Pentland Moor , in free forestrie , Cousland , Cardain St- Claire , Cavers , Roxburgh , & c . & c , Knight of the Order of the Cockle in France , and of ' the Garter in England : — " titles to weary a Spaniard ,
quoth Father Hay . Nor was it without just reason and judgment that his Royal Master , in his care for the Craft , appointed St . Clair to be rider over it , and vested in him and his heirs for ever , the titular dignity of Grand Master Mason . That distinguished office-bearer has left at least one sufficient proof of the oropiietv of the choice , in the remains of the celebrated chapel or church of Roslin . It would be superfluous here to enter into particulars but the great number of architectsmasons ,
sculptorscar-; , , penters , workmen and artificers of all sorts , who were employed in the erection of this exquisite edifice , must have proved of the highest advantage to the prosperity of the Craft . St Clair invited the most accomplished foreign artists to take part in the design ; and in order that they might be conveniently lodged , and carry on the work with greater ease anil dispatch , he ordered ' those employed to build the village or little town of Roslinwhere it now isnig h to the chapelhaving been
, , , formerly some distance off : and he gave to each of them a house and lands , according as he judged them to be worthy Brethren . While the work was going on , this great Masonic chief lived at Ins castle of Roslin , in the most princely style . Lord Dirleton was his master of the household , Lord Borthwick his cup-bearer , and Lord Fleming his carver . His princess , Elizabeth Douglas , was served by seventyfive gentlewomenand was attended by 200 gentlemen in all
- , her journies . And it is recorded , that when she went to Edinburgh , where her lodgings were , at the foot of Blackfriars Wynd , eighty lighted torches were carried before the wife of the Grand Master of Scotland . The illustrious founder and endower of Roslin chapel—a work of which Britton in his Architectural Antiquities , says that it may be pronounced unique—died , it is believed , about the year 11-80 , leaving the building to be continued by his son ( by a second marriage ) , Sir Oliver St . Clair ,
of Roslin . The edifice was commenced in 144 G ; but , notwithstanding the time and expense which the erection cost , only the chancel and part of the transept were ever built . Sir Oliver , no doubt , trod in the footsteps of his father ; yet we are somewhat startled to find , in the reign of James III ., an earl of Orkney or Caithness , taking part with other peers of the realm in a most un-Masonic and inhuman proceedingwhichfor the credit of the nameat
, , , least , we sincerely lament . We allude to the hanging of Cochrane the architect , over the parapet of Lauder bridge . That distinguished but ill-fated Mason , had recommended himself to the king by the skill he had displayed in the erection of several edifices , and was also celebrated for his personal prowess and accomplishment in arms .. The royal
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Scotland.
appointed in different districts , invested with the like authority . Such , in those primitive clays , was the paternal superintendence of the Master . In the time of James II . Freemasonry continued to exercise its secret and salutary influence . Much , no doubt , was to be attributed to the personal character of the then acting Grand Master , an individual ever to be venerated and remembered in the annals of Scottish Masonry . This other than "William St . ClairPrince of OrkneyDuke of
was no , , Iloldenburg , Earl of Caithness and Strathaven , Lord St . Clair , Lord Nithsdale , ' Lord Admiral of the Scots Seas , Lord Chief Justice of Scotland , Lord Warden of the three . Marches , Haron of Roslin , Pentland , and Pentland Moor , in free forestrie , Cousland , Cardain St- Claire , Cavers , Roxburgh , & c . & c , Knight of the Order of the Cockle in France , and of ' the Garter in England : — " titles to weary a Spaniard ,
quoth Father Hay . Nor was it without just reason and judgment that his Royal Master , in his care for the Craft , appointed St . Clair to be rider over it , and vested in him and his heirs for ever , the titular dignity of Grand Master Mason . That distinguished office-bearer has left at least one sufficient proof of the oropiietv of the choice , in the remains of the celebrated chapel or church of Roslin . It would be superfluous here to enter into particulars but the great number of architectsmasons ,
sculptorscar-; , , penters , workmen and artificers of all sorts , who were employed in the erection of this exquisite edifice , must have proved of the highest advantage to the prosperity of the Craft . St Clair invited the most accomplished foreign artists to take part in the design ; and in order that they might be conveniently lodged , and carry on the work with greater ease anil dispatch , he ordered ' those employed to build the village or little town of Roslinwhere it now isnig h to the chapelhaving been
, , , formerly some distance off : and he gave to each of them a house and lands , according as he judged them to be worthy Brethren . While the work was going on , this great Masonic chief lived at Ins castle of Roslin , in the most princely style . Lord Dirleton was his master of the household , Lord Borthwick his cup-bearer , and Lord Fleming his carver . His princess , Elizabeth Douglas , was served by seventyfive gentlewomenand was attended by 200 gentlemen in all
- , her journies . And it is recorded , that when she went to Edinburgh , where her lodgings were , at the foot of Blackfriars Wynd , eighty lighted torches were carried before the wife of the Grand Master of Scotland . The illustrious founder and endower of Roslin chapel—a work of which Britton in his Architectural Antiquities , says that it may be pronounced unique—died , it is believed , about the year 11-80 , leaving the building to be continued by his son ( by a second marriage ) , Sir Oliver St . Clair ,
of Roslin . The edifice was commenced in 144 G ; but , notwithstanding the time and expense which the erection cost , only the chancel and part of the transept were ever built . Sir Oliver , no doubt , trod in the footsteps of his father ; yet we are somewhat startled to find , in the reign of James III ., an earl of Orkney or Caithness , taking part with other peers of the realm in a most un-Masonic and inhuman proceedingwhichfor the credit of the nameat
, , , least , we sincerely lament . We allude to the hanging of Cochrane the architect , over the parapet of Lauder bridge . That distinguished but ill-fated Mason , had recommended himself to the king by the skill he had displayed in the erection of several edifices , and was also celebrated for his personal prowess and accomplishment in arms .. The royal