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The York Grand Lodge.—A Brief Sketch
THE YORK GRAND LODGE . —A BRIEF SKETCH
BY BRO . WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN , PAST SENIOR GRAND DEACON OF ENGLAND , & C , & c . The following paper which was read before the Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 , on the 5 th January last , appears in advance in our columns with the kind permission of the writer , Bro . Hughan , and of the editor of " Ars Ouatuor Coronatorum . " . w
York is the Mecca of English Freemasonry , just as Kilwinning has Jong been for the Scottish Craft . Around these two Masonic centres have crystalized some extraordinary and absurd legends and fancies , which have proved a source of weakness and difficulty to the Fraternity . Not all the labours of trusted historians have yet secured their rejection in certain quarters , for some prominent Brethren still continue to promulgate erroneous statements thereon that have been refuted over and over again .
The claim that the " Ancients" or " Atholl Masons " of London were really York Masons—the Ancient York Masons of the U . S . A . —and the belief that Kilwinning was the source of the " High Degrees " of last century , have their votaries even now , and apparently the popular notion that there _ is not lacking evidence in favour of such views , is not easy of confutation , seeing it depends more on sentiment than fact for its survival . It seems quite clear that from a very early date , say from the 14 th century
( for argument's sake ) , it was the custom of the brethren who assembled in Lodges to admit Initiates in a formal minner , and the " Old Charges" were read to them to make their Masonic reception complete . As the speculative element increased and Lodges were formed , or became mainly or wholly free from an operative basis , it is possible that these speculative did not see the necessity for the recital of the " Old Charges , " and thus in time ceased to give these Rolls the prominence they had , or continued to have , under the operative regime .
The silence as to this portion of the reception , or " Acception , " uniformly observed by the secretaries of the old Lodge of York may be thus explained , as it was wholly speculative in character . On the other hand , the fact that six of these Rolls were scheduled as belonging to the " Grand Lodge of all England at York , " on the 1 . 5 th September , 1779 , tends to prove that though probably superannuated documents at that period , they were veritable relics of antiquity
bequeathed to them by their Masonic forbears . The "Sloane MS , No . 384 8 , " finished by Sankey on the 16 th October , 1646 , was likely enough used at the Initiation of Elias Ashmole on that day at Warrington , and we know that the " Orders to be observed by the Company and Fellowship of Free Masons att a Lodge held att Alnwick , September 29 th , 1701 , " provided that " Noe Mason shall take any apprentice [ but he must ] Enter him and ^ -iw him his Charge within one whole year after . " Still earlier are the references to the MS . Constitutions in the records of the
Masons' Company , London , J though unfortunately the document is missing , and in the old " Lodge of Industry , " Gateshead , the minutes afford abundant testimony to the custom of the " Old Charges " being read to the neophytes , even far on in the 18 th century . The endorsement on the " Scarborough MS . " of 1705 may be taken as another intimation of the same character , and also a register on one of the York MSS . 3
Of the five ( out of six ) Scrolls still happily preserved at York , which were in the schedule of 1779 , I fear but three can possibly be claimed as used by the members of the old Lodge so long held in that city , and even then there is a lack of evidence as to the point . No . 1 of the Old Charges ( D 3 , of early 17 th century ) was , as endorsed "Found in Pontefract Castle at the Demolishing , and given to the Lodge
by Francis Drake , 1732 . " No . 3 , of A . D . 1630 , has long been lost , and the celebrated No . 4 ( E 9 of 16 93 ) bears the endorsement " Brother Geo . Walker , of Wetherby , To the Grand Lodge of York , 1777 . " So that there are only Nos . 2 ( of 1704 ) and 5 and 6 of late 17 th century to be accounted for , and which may be assumed to have been used by the old Lodge ,
though the scribes preserve a sphinx-like silence thereon . In the ' Fabric Rolls of York Minster" ( Durham , 1859 , p . 181 ) , mention is made of the Lodge , Wherein the Masons were "atte youre werke atte ye son risyng , " according to the rules of 1370 , fixed by " ye Chapitre of ye Kirk of Saint Petyr , " and as carried out by the " Maistyr Masoun . " So that according to a favourite Scottish method of Masonic chronology , the Lodge of York may date back to A . D . 1370 , though the minutes preserved do not commence until the early part of the last century .
There are no other relics extant until about three hundred years later than the Ordiuacio Cemcntariorum aforesaid ,- ! the earliest being the old gauge of I 663 having the names of " William Baron , 1663 , of Yorke , John Drake , John Barran " thereon . It has been taken for granted by some brethren that the " York MS . No . 4 , "
of A . D . 1693 , which has the following statement , following the Scroll proper , signed by Mark Kypling " The names of the Lodg William Simpson 1 Christopher Thompson Anthony Horsman Christopher Gill
Mr Isaac Brent , Lodge Ward , " refers to the old York Lodge , but , as already mentioned , its custodian prior to 1777 is unknown , and so the Lodge remains unidentified . It is a pity such is the case , for although the text is not of any special value , the Roll is remarkable for a transcriber ' s error , which has caused quite a needless amount of discussion as to the admission of females into Masonic Lodges at that period , some even
accepting the clause in question as proof of such a custom , as I originally was inclined to do . 5 " The one of the elders takeing the Booke , and that hee or slice that is to bee made Mason shall lay their hands thereon and the charge shall be given . " Undoubtedly the word she is a stranger in all the scores of Rolls known , and is a mistake for they . The Latin clause reads ille vel illi , not ilia .
The position enjoyed for so long by York as the City where the first Assembly of the Craft was held in Prince Edwin ' s day ( by Charter of King Athelstan ) , was understood for many years to include a still greater compliment to that old Masonic centre , by all these assemblies being held therein for many years subsequently , but this is manifestly an error . There is an extract from the " ancient records of the fraternity , " which is cited by Hargrove , which favours York as the City for the annual assemblies , but it is not confirmed by any other MS ., and the
' " Old Charges of British Freemasons , " Hughan , 1895 , p . 98 . - "History of the Worshipful Company of Masons , London , " Conder , 1894 . » " Ancient Masonic Rolls of Constitutions . " 1894 , ( M . C . Peck , Hull . ) * " Constitutions of the Freemasons , " Hughan , 1 S 69 , pp . xxiii .-iv . 0 "Masonic Sketches and Reprints , " Hughan , 1 S 71 , pp . 367 .
The York Grand Lodge.—A Brief Sketch
source of his information is not known . He , however , from the same Scroll gives another excerpt that the said Charter empowered him " to hould every yeare an assembly where he would , within the Realm of England , " which accords with all the York MSS . preserved , and proves that the clause is incorrect as to the word there , unless it is deemed to relet to a private Lodge only . " And he held an Assembly at York , and made Masons , and gave them their charges , and taught them the manners of Masons , and commanded that rule to be holden ever after ; and gave them a Charter and
Commision to meet annually in communicaytion there . "' The Historian of York , Francis Drake , F . R . S ., when J . G . W . of the York Grand Lodge , on December 27 th , 1726 , in his Speech "Delivered to the Worshipful and Ancient Society" thus refers to the matter , but drops Prince Edwin for " Edwin , the first Christian King of the Northumbers , about the six
hundredth year after Christ , and who laid the Foundation of our Cathedral , sat as Grand Master . This is sufficient to make us dispute the superiority with the Lodges at London . Eut as nought ' of that kind ought to be amongst so amicable a Fraternity , we are content they enjoy the Title of Grand Master of England ; but the Totius Anglice we claim as an undoubted Right . "'
The same Brother also states that " we can boast that the first Grand Lodge ever held in England , was held in this City " ( York ) . I need not stay to point out that these terms Grand Lodge and Grand Master are not met with before early in the 18 th century . The Schedule of 1779 also contains a register of the following important Scrolls , besides other relics and documents of considerable value and importance .
" No . 7 . —Another parchment Roll containing the Manual Subscriptions , & c , of persons made Masons in tbe Grand Lodge . It begins March 19 th , 1 7 , and ends with the minutes of a Lodge 4 th May , 1730 . " " No . 8 . —A skin of Parchment containing old Rules of the Grand Lodge , 1725 . " " No . 9 . —A little narrow slip of Parchment containing ' List of M .-M ' s . '"
* * * * # " A narrow folio manuscript Book beginning 7 th March , 1 705-6 , containing sundry accounts and minutes relative to the Grand Lodge . " The most important of the foregoing has long been missing . I refer to the MS . Minute Book from 1705-6 . This is much to be regretted and has long been deplored by Masonic students . In a letter , still extant , by Bro . Jacob Bussey , G . Sec , ( York ) , to Bro . B . Bradley , ( Lodge of Antiquity , London ) , and dated 29 th
August , 1778 , that official states " In compliance with your request to be satisfied of the existence of a Grand Lodge at York previous to the establishment of that at London in 1717 . I have inspected an Original Minute Book of this Grand Lodge beginning at 1705 and ending in 1734 from which I have extracted the names of the Grand Masters during that period . " 3 Bro . Bussey was not accurate in several of his statements , but the epistle is
useful as respects the admission that the Minute Book of 1705 was then in existence . He also notes the fact that the Lodge was " holden once ( in 1713 ) out of York , viz ., at Bradford in Yorkshire , when 18 Gentlemen of the first families in that neighbourhood were made Masons . " He does not mention the Lodge held at Scarborough , ( which is singular ) in 1705 , so it might have met prior to the date of the first minute in that Book , though
in . the same year . The endorsement on the Scarborough Roll of the " Old Charges " is as follows , and possibly refers to a meeting which assembled under the auspices of the York Lodge . " - ! " Mrdum , That Att A private Lodge held att Scarborough in the County of York , the tenth day of July , 1705 , before William Thompson , Esqr ., Pr ' sident of the said Lodge , & several ! other brethren ffree Masons , the
severall p'sons whose names are herevnto subscribed were then admitted into the said ( fraternity . Ed : Thompson Jo : Tempest Robt : Johnson Tho : Lister Samuel AV . Buck
Richard Hudson . " We are on firm ground with the Parchment Roll of Minutes before us of 1712-1730 , which though not the oldest Records of the kind in this Country , are , in not a few respects the most important preserved of early 18 th century . They not only concern an old Lodge wholly speculative in chiracter , but inform us that this same Masonic Organization blossomed into a Grand Lodge so early as 1725 , if not before . For the complete Roll see Appendix A to this paper , which has
been reproduced from a copy made for me by the lamented Brother William Cowling , so long the beloved Custodian of the York MSS . & c , of the extinct Grand Lodge . It will be noted that from the first ( dated March 19 th , 1712 ) to the end , thc major portion of the minutes are described as those of private Lodges , a few being termed " General Lodges . " My opinion is that there are reasons to believe that another Minute Book was kept for the ordinary monthly meetings , which has not been preserved , but even with this Scroll to peruse , we can form a vivid and
pretty accurate notion of the doings of the Craft in the Northern City during the eventful period , immediately before and after the establishment of the premier Grand Lodge of England , in London , A . D . 1717 . The Ceremony of Initiation ( no other is mentioned , presumably because there was none prior to 1717 ) is aptly described as being "Admitted and sworne into the Ancient and Hon ''' - ' Society and Fraternity of Free Masons . " Sometimes for a change the "Company of Freemasons" and thc "Society of Free and Accepted " Masons are the terms used .
It is most interesting to read that on January ioth , 1723 ( N . S . ) , five Craftsmen " were acknowledged as Brethren of this ancient Society , " i . e ., elected as joining members ; one ( or more ) was "received , admitted and acknowledged as a member of this Antient and Hon ^ Society" on December 27 th , 1725 ( two or three meetings taking place on that day ) ; and a more emphatic statement occurs under date February 4 th , 1723 ( N . S . ) , " At the same time and place the two persons whose names are underwritten were upon their examinations received as Masons and as such were accordingly introduce : ! and admitted into this Lodge . "
Naturally one would like to know from what Lodges these Brethren hailed , but though that cannot be discovered now , it is most suggestive to possess such records , proving as they do a system of signs and words , or the oft called " Mason Word , " common to the Fraternity in Great Britain and Ireland at the period under consideration . The Chief Officer of the Lodge was termed President , and there was also a
1 Bro . Gould ' s "History of Freemasonry" ( chaps , xvi . & xviii . ) contains an excellent account , to date , as to Freemasonry in York . 3 Reprint of Speech , " Masonic Sketches and Reprints . " 0 Gould's " History of Freemasonry , " chap , xviii . 1 Facsimile of the " Scarborough MS ., " Masonic Reprints , Lodge No . Z 076 . J
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The York Grand Lodge.—A Brief Sketch
THE YORK GRAND LODGE . —A BRIEF SKETCH
BY BRO . WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN , PAST SENIOR GRAND DEACON OF ENGLAND , & C , & c . The following paper which was read before the Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 , on the 5 th January last , appears in advance in our columns with the kind permission of the writer , Bro . Hughan , and of the editor of " Ars Ouatuor Coronatorum . " . w
York is the Mecca of English Freemasonry , just as Kilwinning has Jong been for the Scottish Craft . Around these two Masonic centres have crystalized some extraordinary and absurd legends and fancies , which have proved a source of weakness and difficulty to the Fraternity . Not all the labours of trusted historians have yet secured their rejection in certain quarters , for some prominent Brethren still continue to promulgate erroneous statements thereon that have been refuted over and over again .
The claim that the " Ancients" or " Atholl Masons " of London were really York Masons—the Ancient York Masons of the U . S . A . —and the belief that Kilwinning was the source of the " High Degrees " of last century , have their votaries even now , and apparently the popular notion that there _ is not lacking evidence in favour of such views , is not easy of confutation , seeing it depends more on sentiment than fact for its survival . It seems quite clear that from a very early date , say from the 14 th century
( for argument's sake ) , it was the custom of the brethren who assembled in Lodges to admit Initiates in a formal minner , and the " Old Charges" were read to them to make their Masonic reception complete . As the speculative element increased and Lodges were formed , or became mainly or wholly free from an operative basis , it is possible that these speculative did not see the necessity for the recital of the " Old Charges , " and thus in time ceased to give these Rolls the prominence they had , or continued to have , under the operative regime .
The silence as to this portion of the reception , or " Acception , " uniformly observed by the secretaries of the old Lodge of York may be thus explained , as it was wholly speculative in character . On the other hand , the fact that six of these Rolls were scheduled as belonging to the " Grand Lodge of all England at York , " on the 1 . 5 th September , 1779 , tends to prove that though probably superannuated documents at that period , they were veritable relics of antiquity
bequeathed to them by their Masonic forbears . The "Sloane MS , No . 384 8 , " finished by Sankey on the 16 th October , 1646 , was likely enough used at the Initiation of Elias Ashmole on that day at Warrington , and we know that the " Orders to be observed by the Company and Fellowship of Free Masons att a Lodge held att Alnwick , September 29 th , 1701 , " provided that " Noe Mason shall take any apprentice [ but he must ] Enter him and ^ -iw him his Charge within one whole year after . " Still earlier are the references to the MS . Constitutions in the records of the
Masons' Company , London , J though unfortunately the document is missing , and in the old " Lodge of Industry , " Gateshead , the minutes afford abundant testimony to the custom of the " Old Charges " being read to the neophytes , even far on in the 18 th century . The endorsement on the " Scarborough MS . " of 1705 may be taken as another intimation of the same character , and also a register on one of the York MSS . 3
Of the five ( out of six ) Scrolls still happily preserved at York , which were in the schedule of 1779 , I fear but three can possibly be claimed as used by the members of the old Lodge so long held in that city , and even then there is a lack of evidence as to the point . No . 1 of the Old Charges ( D 3 , of early 17 th century ) was , as endorsed "Found in Pontefract Castle at the Demolishing , and given to the Lodge
by Francis Drake , 1732 . " No . 3 , of A . D . 1630 , has long been lost , and the celebrated No . 4 ( E 9 of 16 93 ) bears the endorsement " Brother Geo . Walker , of Wetherby , To the Grand Lodge of York , 1777 . " So that there are only Nos . 2 ( of 1704 ) and 5 and 6 of late 17 th century to be accounted for , and which may be assumed to have been used by the old Lodge ,
though the scribes preserve a sphinx-like silence thereon . In the ' Fabric Rolls of York Minster" ( Durham , 1859 , p . 181 ) , mention is made of the Lodge , Wherein the Masons were "atte youre werke atte ye son risyng , " according to the rules of 1370 , fixed by " ye Chapitre of ye Kirk of Saint Petyr , " and as carried out by the " Maistyr Masoun . " So that according to a favourite Scottish method of Masonic chronology , the Lodge of York may date back to A . D . 1370 , though the minutes preserved do not commence until the early part of the last century .
There are no other relics extant until about three hundred years later than the Ordiuacio Cemcntariorum aforesaid ,- ! the earliest being the old gauge of I 663 having the names of " William Baron , 1663 , of Yorke , John Drake , John Barran " thereon . It has been taken for granted by some brethren that the " York MS . No . 4 , "
of A . D . 1693 , which has the following statement , following the Scroll proper , signed by Mark Kypling " The names of the Lodg William Simpson 1 Christopher Thompson Anthony Horsman Christopher Gill
Mr Isaac Brent , Lodge Ward , " refers to the old York Lodge , but , as already mentioned , its custodian prior to 1777 is unknown , and so the Lodge remains unidentified . It is a pity such is the case , for although the text is not of any special value , the Roll is remarkable for a transcriber ' s error , which has caused quite a needless amount of discussion as to the admission of females into Masonic Lodges at that period , some even
accepting the clause in question as proof of such a custom , as I originally was inclined to do . 5 " The one of the elders takeing the Booke , and that hee or slice that is to bee made Mason shall lay their hands thereon and the charge shall be given . " Undoubtedly the word she is a stranger in all the scores of Rolls known , and is a mistake for they . The Latin clause reads ille vel illi , not ilia .
The position enjoyed for so long by York as the City where the first Assembly of the Craft was held in Prince Edwin ' s day ( by Charter of King Athelstan ) , was understood for many years to include a still greater compliment to that old Masonic centre , by all these assemblies being held therein for many years subsequently , but this is manifestly an error . There is an extract from the " ancient records of the fraternity , " which is cited by Hargrove , which favours York as the City for the annual assemblies , but it is not confirmed by any other MS ., and the
' " Old Charges of British Freemasons , " Hughan , 1895 , p . 98 . - "History of the Worshipful Company of Masons , London , " Conder , 1894 . » " Ancient Masonic Rolls of Constitutions . " 1894 , ( M . C . Peck , Hull . ) * " Constitutions of the Freemasons , " Hughan , 1 S 69 , pp . xxiii .-iv . 0 "Masonic Sketches and Reprints , " Hughan , 1 S 71 , pp . 367 .
The York Grand Lodge.—A Brief Sketch
source of his information is not known . He , however , from the same Scroll gives another excerpt that the said Charter empowered him " to hould every yeare an assembly where he would , within the Realm of England , " which accords with all the York MSS . preserved , and proves that the clause is incorrect as to the word there , unless it is deemed to relet to a private Lodge only . " And he held an Assembly at York , and made Masons , and gave them their charges , and taught them the manners of Masons , and commanded that rule to be holden ever after ; and gave them a Charter and
Commision to meet annually in communicaytion there . "' The Historian of York , Francis Drake , F . R . S ., when J . G . W . of the York Grand Lodge , on December 27 th , 1726 , in his Speech "Delivered to the Worshipful and Ancient Society" thus refers to the matter , but drops Prince Edwin for " Edwin , the first Christian King of the Northumbers , about the six
hundredth year after Christ , and who laid the Foundation of our Cathedral , sat as Grand Master . This is sufficient to make us dispute the superiority with the Lodges at London . Eut as nought ' of that kind ought to be amongst so amicable a Fraternity , we are content they enjoy the Title of Grand Master of England ; but the Totius Anglice we claim as an undoubted Right . "'
The same Brother also states that " we can boast that the first Grand Lodge ever held in England , was held in this City " ( York ) . I need not stay to point out that these terms Grand Lodge and Grand Master are not met with before early in the 18 th century . The Schedule of 1779 also contains a register of the following important Scrolls , besides other relics and documents of considerable value and importance .
" No . 7 . —Another parchment Roll containing the Manual Subscriptions , & c , of persons made Masons in tbe Grand Lodge . It begins March 19 th , 1 7 , and ends with the minutes of a Lodge 4 th May , 1730 . " " No . 8 . —A skin of Parchment containing old Rules of the Grand Lodge , 1725 . " " No . 9 . —A little narrow slip of Parchment containing ' List of M .-M ' s . '"
* * * * # " A narrow folio manuscript Book beginning 7 th March , 1 705-6 , containing sundry accounts and minutes relative to the Grand Lodge . " The most important of the foregoing has long been missing . I refer to the MS . Minute Book from 1705-6 . This is much to be regretted and has long been deplored by Masonic students . In a letter , still extant , by Bro . Jacob Bussey , G . Sec , ( York ) , to Bro . B . Bradley , ( Lodge of Antiquity , London ) , and dated 29 th
August , 1778 , that official states " In compliance with your request to be satisfied of the existence of a Grand Lodge at York previous to the establishment of that at London in 1717 . I have inspected an Original Minute Book of this Grand Lodge beginning at 1705 and ending in 1734 from which I have extracted the names of the Grand Masters during that period . " 3 Bro . Bussey was not accurate in several of his statements , but the epistle is
useful as respects the admission that the Minute Book of 1705 was then in existence . He also notes the fact that the Lodge was " holden once ( in 1713 ) out of York , viz ., at Bradford in Yorkshire , when 18 Gentlemen of the first families in that neighbourhood were made Masons . " He does not mention the Lodge held at Scarborough , ( which is singular ) in 1705 , so it might have met prior to the date of the first minute in that Book , though
in . the same year . The endorsement on the Scarborough Roll of the " Old Charges " is as follows , and possibly refers to a meeting which assembled under the auspices of the York Lodge . " - ! " Mrdum , That Att A private Lodge held att Scarborough in the County of York , the tenth day of July , 1705 , before William Thompson , Esqr ., Pr ' sident of the said Lodge , & several ! other brethren ffree Masons , the
severall p'sons whose names are herevnto subscribed were then admitted into the said ( fraternity . Ed : Thompson Jo : Tempest Robt : Johnson Tho : Lister Samuel AV . Buck
Richard Hudson . " We are on firm ground with the Parchment Roll of Minutes before us of 1712-1730 , which though not the oldest Records of the kind in this Country , are , in not a few respects the most important preserved of early 18 th century . They not only concern an old Lodge wholly speculative in chiracter , but inform us that this same Masonic Organization blossomed into a Grand Lodge so early as 1725 , if not before . For the complete Roll see Appendix A to this paper , which has
been reproduced from a copy made for me by the lamented Brother William Cowling , so long the beloved Custodian of the York MSS . & c , of the extinct Grand Lodge . It will be noted that from the first ( dated March 19 th , 1712 ) to the end , thc major portion of the minutes are described as those of private Lodges , a few being termed " General Lodges . " My opinion is that there are reasons to believe that another Minute Book was kept for the ordinary monthly meetings , which has not been preserved , but even with this Scroll to peruse , we can form a vivid and
pretty accurate notion of the doings of the Craft in the Northern City during the eventful period , immediately before and after the establishment of the premier Grand Lodge of England , in London , A . D . 1717 . The Ceremony of Initiation ( no other is mentioned , presumably because there was none prior to 1717 ) is aptly described as being "Admitted and sworne into the Ancient and Hon ''' - ' Society and Fraternity of Free Masons . " Sometimes for a change the "Company of Freemasons" and thc "Society of Free and Accepted " Masons are the terms used .
It is most interesting to read that on January ioth , 1723 ( N . S . ) , five Craftsmen " were acknowledged as Brethren of this ancient Society , " i . e ., elected as joining members ; one ( or more ) was "received , admitted and acknowledged as a member of this Antient and Hon ^ Society" on December 27 th , 1725 ( two or three meetings taking place on that day ) ; and a more emphatic statement occurs under date February 4 th , 1723 ( N . S . ) , " At the same time and place the two persons whose names are underwritten were upon their examinations received as Masons and as such were accordingly introduce : ! and admitted into this Lodge . "
Naturally one would like to know from what Lodges these Brethren hailed , but though that cannot be discovered now , it is most suggestive to possess such records , proving as they do a system of signs and words , or the oft called " Mason Word , " common to the Fraternity in Great Britain and Ireland at the period under consideration . The Chief Officer of the Lodge was termed President , and there was also a
1 Bro . Gould ' s "History of Freemasonry" ( chaps , xvi . & xviii . ) contains an excellent account , to date , as to Freemasonry in York . 3 Reprint of Speech , " Masonic Sketches and Reprints . " 0 Gould's " History of Freemasonry , " chap , xviii . 1 Facsimile of the " Scarborough MS ., " Masonic Reprints , Lodge No . Z 076 . J