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Provincial Grand Lodge Of Suffolk.
took the opportunity of thanking the Masons of Suffolk , from the bottom of his heart , for the handsome present they made to his daughter upon her marriage , and the kind words which were then addressed to him . He proposed cordial votes of thanks to the Rector of Framlingham for the use of the beautiful church for their service that day , and to Bro . the Rev . R . Peek for his admirable sermon .
The votes of thanks having been accorded , Bro . PEEK briefly returned thanks . Several resolutions , votes of thanks , and other matters affecting the province were dealt with . A communication was received from the lodge at Sudbury , inviting the Provincial Grand Lodge to hold its annual meeting at that town next year , and a similar invitation was received from Beccles . Nothing was decided as to this matter , and the lodge was cloned with the
customary ceremony . Immediately after the lodge had been closed , the brethren adjourned to the Corn Exchange for the banquet , which was very numerously attended . Bro . Sewell , of the Crown Hotel , was entrusted with the catering . After the banquet the DEPUTY PROV . GRAND MASTER gave "The
Queen and the Craft" and "The Grand Master of England , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales . " The singing of the National Anthem and "God bless the Prince of Wales " was led by Bro . T . Grayston and Bro . G . Abbott respectively , and was taken up heartily by the brethren .
The next toast was the combined one of " The Pro Grand Master , Lord Carnarvon ; the Deputy Grand Master , Lord Lathom ; and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past , " with which was coupled the names of Bros . Boby , Terry , and Clarke . Bro . BOBY responded . The DEPUTY PROV . GRAND MASTER next gave in complimentary terms "The Prov . G . M . of Suffolk , Lord Henniker . "
Bro . BOBY proposed the next toast— *« The D . P . G . M ., Bro . the Rev . C . J . Martyn "—which was drunk with the greatest enthusiasm , the brethren upstanding and according it Masonic honours . The DEPUTY PROV . G RAND MASTER responded , expressing his hearty thanks for all the kindness he had received at the hands of Masons . He
loved Masonry because he knew what a splendid , thriving institution it was , and he need hardly say that , so long as life lasted , he would do all he could to promote its interests . He again allu led with pride to the wedding gift lecentlymade lo his daughter , and resumed his seat amidst enthusiastic applause .
The DEPUTY PROV . G RAND MASTER next gave " The Charities , ' with which he coupled the name of Bro . Terry . Bro . TERRY , in responding , gave a resume of the work carried on by the Mtsonic Charities , and the large amount of money distributed through
their agency . The remaining toasts were "The Worshipful Masters of the Lodges in the Province , " " The Visiting Brethren , " and "The Ladies . " The musical arrangements were under the direction of Bro . George Abbott . P . M . 225 . P . P . G . S B ., assisted by Bros . T . Grayston , G . E Barwell , A . G . O ., and Henry Brockbmk , principal bass ol Norwich Cathedral .
The provincial grand meeting this year was a very successful one , the brethren of Fidelity extending a very beany welcome to all . Among the brethren who signed the book
were—Bros . J . Marjoram , P . M . j T . W . Read , P . M . ; and W . Cock-=, Treas . of 555 ; T . B , Corfield , J . W . ; George Carliell , W . M . ; and J . Cam ,. bell Smith . I . G . of 1592 ; E . S . Scrivener , S . W . 225 ; G . Roper . Tyler 936 ; R . Barker , P . M . 38 S ; F . J . Horsey , P . P . G . S ., Si ; B . S . Bradheer , W . M ., and H . T . Fastaugh , P . M . and Sec . of 1452 ; l . S \ mes . Tvler 71 ; J . Oak ' ey Gre ^ n , W . M ., and W . P . Gale . S W . of 388 ; J . Hunt . W . M . 376 ; W . Brown-, W . M . 19 S 1 ; T . J . Noble , P . M . 225 ; G Hall , Tyler , Albert
anlJ . Co'lin- * . W . M . ofSi ; W . B . Hanson , W . M 959 ; Cannon , P M . 376 ; A . R , Tre-v , S . W . 959 ; W . Leathers , S . S . 225 ; J . B . Ga-rard ; J . A . Peck , I . G . ; VV . Purser , SO ; F . Girling * . W . na- * ker , S . W ., and G . Price . P . M . 55 *;; T . Grimwond . P . P . G . R ., 81 ; M . B ' oomfie'd , 51 G ; George Gould , Tyler 959 ; ] . Whittle , TVW 332 ; Rev . R , Pe-U . W M . 555 ; R . G . H . Giffin , P . M . 1572 ; T . Sto ' te , I . P . M ., bee . 1823 ; E . Dadlev , I G . 12 S 0 ; R . C . fo . lin , P . M . 332 ; Rev . C . A . Sinclair , Chap . 555 ; S . Coop-r , P . M ., and R . Aldous , 332 ; ] . Snell , 555 ; J . WYo-hvard ; P . M . ;
G . H . Bea . t , D . C . P . G . Stwd . ; J . Flintham , P . M . ; and W . H . Hall , W . M ., of 93 6 ; C S . White , I . P . M . 33 ; C . H . Scriven , J . ' -V . ; and C . Ship , of 1663 ; Barker Stanford , P . M . ; and B . R . Bryant , P . M ., of 3 SS : Rev . W . G . Kilpiclr , 1224 ; G . Thurlov , W . M . 516 ; F . Grimwade , P . M . ; and E . W . Archer , J . W ., of 352 ; A . f . eily . 22 s ; ] . Hewitt , Tyler 421 ; R . Lidell , P . M ., P . P . G . D . C .
03 ; H . Bald , W . M . ; and W . Ma ; on , S . W ., 1224 ; G . E . Barwell , and T . S . Grayston , J . W , 939 ; W . T . B linger and S . VI . Starling , 553 -. W . J . Whitehead , l . G . ; R . Senton . and S . Turner , 225 ; F . C . Atkinson , S . D . 376 ; W . Leggett , 225 ; W . BaM *? , J . W . ; and C . Goodwin , 555 ; C . W . Grimwond , CM . 1224 ; John Marter , P . M . 555 * R- Allen , Si ; J . George , 1224 ; and J . P . Ebbage , J . D . 555 .
Consecration Of The Pegasus Lodge, No. 2205.
CONSECRATION OF THE PEGASUS LODGE , No . 2205 .
There is plenty of vitality in the Province of Kent . It has a famous muster-roll of lodges , many of them being of very early origin , yet every now and then an addition is made to its strength , the latest being the Pegasus Lodge , No . 2205 , which is intended principally for members of the
Temple Yjicht Club , and was consecrated at the Clarendon Hotel , Gravesend , on Wednesday , the 27 th ult . by R . W . Bro . Earl Amherst , Prov . G . Master , assisted by his Prov . G . Officers and others . There was ,
as may be imagined on so interesting an occasion a large muster of brethren , amongst whom were several distinguished visitors , the Master and Wardens of the recommending Lodge of Freedom , No . 77 , and the officers and members of many lodges in the province .
Lodge having been opened by the Prov . G . Master , and the brethren having saluted his lordship according to ancient custom , the ceremony of consecration was proceeded with , the Wardens' chairs being occupied by Bros , the Rev . Hayman Cummings and Dr . H . Penfold respectively , Bro . the Rev . T . S . Curteis being the Chaplain , Bro . Alfred Spencer , Prov . G . Sec . Secretary , and Bro . Horatio Ward Director of Ceremonies .
The ceremony having been concluded , the R . W . P . G . Master called upon Bro . C . F . Matier , P . G . Std . Br ., to take the chair , and Bro . Alfred Tisley , W M . designate , was presented , obligated , and installed , and having been proclaimed and saluted , he appointed and invested the following as his pfficers for the year , viz ., Bros . C . H . Chauffourier , S . W . ; S , E . Stein-
Consecration Of The Pegasus Lodge, No. 2205.
bridge , J . W . ; R . A . Kingsbury ( elected ) , Treasurer ; C . F . Matier , P . G . Std . Br ., Secretary ; A . N . Clemow , S . D . ; C . V . Hunter , J . D . ; and A . C . Bailey , I . G . A hearty vote of thanks was unanimouly passed to R . VV . Bro . Earl
Amherst for presiding on the occasion , and to his Pro G . Officers for the assistance they had given , and his lordship was elected an honorary member and presented with the founder's jewel—a compliment which he appropriately acknowledged .
A vote of thanks was also passed , on the motion of the W . M ., to Bro . C . F . Matier for his services as Installing Master , and Bro . Tisley , W . M ., having been elected the Charity Representative of the lodge , and the byelaws as approved by the founders having been submitted , accepted , and
ordered to be printed and laid before the Prov . G . Master for his approval four candidates were proposed for initiation and one for joining , and lod ge having been closed in peace and harmony , the brethren sat down to luncheon under the presidency of the W . M .
The visitors included Bros . Col . Aubrey Saunders , Past District G . M . Madras ; C . H . Driver , P . G . S . of Wks . ; and James Terry , P . G . S . B ., Secretary of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution .
The Old Charges Of British Freemasons.
THE OLD CHARGES OF BRITISH FREEMASONS .
BY BRO . R . F . GOULD . It might almost seem , from the absence of all criticism on Bro . Begemann ' s most instructive papers , that the field of labour in which he is so manfully toiling , was wholly devoid of interest to the English student , Such , however , is very far from beiii £ the case , and the silence of those
readers who realize for the first time what a mine of information is contained in the early writings Of the Craft , or of the comparatively small number of brethren by whom the documents in question have been collated and compared , is attributable to very natural causes . Of the fifty-seven versions of , or allusions to , the old charges—using that term in this place
only as including the Halliwell and Cooke MiS . —which are extant , all ( with but a solitary exception ) are available in print , but there is no single library , except , indeed , it be lhat of our brother Hughan , where every one of these several " forms " can be examined . To take , however , the fourth group or family , into which Dr . Begemann divides the manuscript
constitutions , and whose component parts—the Spencer ( 32 ) , Inigo Jones ( 8 ) , Cole ( 4 . 7 ) , and Dodd ( . 48 ) MSS . —are mide the subject of his criticism . Two ol these must be sought for in books long since out of print , one is
available in the Masonic Magazine , but to consult the last named ( Dodd ) , the " curious reader " would have to cross the Atlantic , unless he had the good fortune to fall in with Bro . E . T . Carson ' s reprint , of which 125 copies were printed at Cincinnati in 1 S 76 .
I think I have sufficiently sho . vn thi almost insuparable difficulties with which the warmest admirer of Dr . Begemann ' s writings would have had to contend , if the Old Charges had hitherto Iain outside the scope of his studies .
With the older generation of Masonic students the case is somewha different , but while we have perused wilh great interest the case presented by Dr . Begemann , the arguments and proofs are as yet incomplete , and we await the dissection of the three earlier groups of MSS . ( I .-IIL ) , which will doubtless be dealt with in due season as ably and exhaustively as that of the "Spencer" or fourth class of these documents .
As I enjoy , however , the privilege of Dr . Begemann ' s friendship , and have been favoured with many of his views with regard to the subject under consideration , it has seemed to me lhat without entering into points upon
which our German brother has yet to be heard at length , I mig ht to some extent at least supplement the picture already drawn , and at the same time draw the attention of the gifted artist lo a few ideas of my own , which arise out of what he has already placed on record in the Freemason .
First of all , let me give in detail the arrangement of the Old Charges ( here excluding the Halliwell and Cooke MSS . ) into groups or families , according to the classification of Dr . Begemann .
I . GRAND LODGE FAMILY—comprising : — ( a ) The Grand Lodge Branch—Grand Lodge ( 4 ) , Wilson ( 6 and ?)> and Kilwinning ( 16 ) MSS .
( 6 ) The Dowland Branch—Dowland ( 39 ) , Supreme Council , No . ( 24 ) , Papworth ( 29 ) , and York , No . 6 ( 22 ) , MSS . ( c ) The York Branch—York , Nos . 1 , 2 , and 5 ( 5 , 27 , and 21 ) MSS ' ( d ) The Lansdowne Branch—Lansdown ( 3 ) and Antiquity ( 23 )
MSS . ( e ) Sundry forms—Aberdeen ( 18 ) , Wood ( 9 ) , Melrose , No . 2 ( 19 )' Harris ( 31 A ) , and ( possibly ) Colne , Nos . 1 and 2 ( 22 A and 25 A ) i and Dauntesy ( 24 ) MSS .
II . SLOANE FAMILY—comprising : — ( a ) The Sloane Branch—Sloane , 3848 ( 13 ) , Sloane , 3323 ( 14 ) 1 Harleian , 2054 ( 12 ) , Tunnah ( 36 ) , and Briscoe ( 45 ) MSS . ( 0 ) The Hope Branch—Hope ( 20 ) and York , No . 4 ( 25 ) MSS . ( c ) The Buchanan Branch—Buchanan ( is ) and Atcheson Haven
( 17 ) MSS . ( d ) The Alnwick Branch—Alnwick ( 26 ) , Browne [ presumably tne " Wren , " No . 37 , on my own numerical list ] , and Crane ( 31 * 7 MSS . (<;) Sundry forms—Lechmere ( 14 **) and Scarborough ( 28 ) MSS .
III . ROBERT ' S FAMILY—comprising : — The Robert ' s ( 44 ) , Harleian , 1942 ( 11 ) , and Rawlinson ( 31 ) ' IV . SPENCER FAMILY—comprising : — The Spencer ( 32 ) , Inigo Jones ( 8 ) , Cole ( 47 ) , and Dodd ( 4 » J MSS .
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Provincial Grand Lodge Of Suffolk.
took the opportunity of thanking the Masons of Suffolk , from the bottom of his heart , for the handsome present they made to his daughter upon her marriage , and the kind words which were then addressed to him . He proposed cordial votes of thanks to the Rector of Framlingham for the use of the beautiful church for their service that day , and to Bro . the Rev . R . Peek for his admirable sermon .
The votes of thanks having been accorded , Bro . PEEK briefly returned thanks . Several resolutions , votes of thanks , and other matters affecting the province were dealt with . A communication was received from the lodge at Sudbury , inviting the Provincial Grand Lodge to hold its annual meeting at that town next year , and a similar invitation was received from Beccles . Nothing was decided as to this matter , and the lodge was cloned with the
customary ceremony . Immediately after the lodge had been closed , the brethren adjourned to the Corn Exchange for the banquet , which was very numerously attended . Bro . Sewell , of the Crown Hotel , was entrusted with the catering . After the banquet the DEPUTY PROV . GRAND MASTER gave "The
Queen and the Craft" and "The Grand Master of England , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales . " The singing of the National Anthem and "God bless the Prince of Wales " was led by Bro . T . Grayston and Bro . G . Abbott respectively , and was taken up heartily by the brethren .
The next toast was the combined one of " The Pro Grand Master , Lord Carnarvon ; the Deputy Grand Master , Lord Lathom ; and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past , " with which was coupled the names of Bros . Boby , Terry , and Clarke . Bro . BOBY responded . The DEPUTY PROV . GRAND MASTER next gave in complimentary terms "The Prov . G . M . of Suffolk , Lord Henniker . "
Bro . BOBY proposed the next toast— *« The D . P . G . M ., Bro . the Rev . C . J . Martyn "—which was drunk with the greatest enthusiasm , the brethren upstanding and according it Masonic honours . The DEPUTY PROV . G RAND MASTER responded , expressing his hearty thanks for all the kindness he had received at the hands of Masons . He
loved Masonry because he knew what a splendid , thriving institution it was , and he need hardly say that , so long as life lasted , he would do all he could to promote its interests . He again allu led with pride to the wedding gift lecentlymade lo his daughter , and resumed his seat amidst enthusiastic applause .
The DEPUTY PROV . G RAND MASTER next gave " The Charities , ' with which he coupled the name of Bro . Terry . Bro . TERRY , in responding , gave a resume of the work carried on by the Mtsonic Charities , and the large amount of money distributed through
their agency . The remaining toasts were "The Worshipful Masters of the Lodges in the Province , " " The Visiting Brethren , " and "The Ladies . " The musical arrangements were under the direction of Bro . George Abbott . P . M . 225 . P . P . G . S B ., assisted by Bros . T . Grayston , G . E Barwell , A . G . O ., and Henry Brockbmk , principal bass ol Norwich Cathedral .
The provincial grand meeting this year was a very successful one , the brethren of Fidelity extending a very beany welcome to all . Among the brethren who signed the book
were—Bros . J . Marjoram , P . M . j T . W . Read , P . M . ; and W . Cock-=, Treas . of 555 ; T . B , Corfield , J . W . ; George Carliell , W . M . ; and J . Cam ,. bell Smith . I . G . of 1592 ; E . S . Scrivener , S . W . 225 ; G . Roper . Tyler 936 ; R . Barker , P . M . 38 S ; F . J . Horsey , P . P . G . S ., Si ; B . S . Bradheer , W . M ., and H . T . Fastaugh , P . M . and Sec . of 1452 ; l . S \ mes . Tvler 71 ; J . Oak ' ey Gre ^ n , W . M ., and W . P . Gale . S W . of 388 ; J . Hunt . W . M . 376 ; W . Brown-, W . M . 19 S 1 ; T . J . Noble , P . M . 225 ; G Hall , Tyler , Albert
anlJ . Co'lin- * . W . M . ofSi ; W . B . Hanson , W . M 959 ; Cannon , P M . 376 ; A . R , Tre-v , S . W . 959 ; W . Leathers , S . S . 225 ; J . B . Ga-rard ; J . A . Peck , I . G . ; VV . Purser , SO ; F . Girling * . W . na- * ker , S . W ., and G . Price . P . M . 55 *;; T . Grimwond . P . P . G . R ., 81 ; M . B ' oomfie'd , 51 G ; George Gould , Tyler 959 ; ] . Whittle , TVW 332 ; Rev . R , Pe-U . W M . 555 ; R . G . H . Giffin , P . M . 1572 ; T . Sto ' te , I . P . M ., bee . 1823 ; E . Dadlev , I G . 12 S 0 ; R . C . fo . lin , P . M . 332 ; Rev . C . A . Sinclair , Chap . 555 ; S . Coop-r , P . M ., and R . Aldous , 332 ; ] . Snell , 555 ; J . WYo-hvard ; P . M . ;
G . H . Bea . t , D . C . P . G . Stwd . ; J . Flintham , P . M . ; and W . H . Hall , W . M ., of 93 6 ; C S . White , I . P . M . 33 ; C . H . Scriven , J . ' -V . ; and C . Ship , of 1663 ; Barker Stanford , P . M . ; and B . R . Bryant , P . M ., of 3 SS : Rev . W . G . Kilpiclr , 1224 ; G . Thurlov , W . M . 516 ; F . Grimwade , P . M . ; and E . W . Archer , J . W ., of 352 ; A . f . eily . 22 s ; ] . Hewitt , Tyler 421 ; R . Lidell , P . M ., P . P . G . D . C .
03 ; H . Bald , W . M . ; and W . Ma ; on , S . W ., 1224 ; G . E . Barwell , and T . S . Grayston , J . W , 939 ; W . T . B linger and S . VI . Starling , 553 -. W . J . Whitehead , l . G . ; R . Senton . and S . Turner , 225 ; F . C . Atkinson , S . D . 376 ; W . Leggett , 225 ; W . BaM *? , J . W . ; and C . Goodwin , 555 ; C . W . Grimwond , CM . 1224 ; John Marter , P . M . 555 * R- Allen , Si ; J . George , 1224 ; and J . P . Ebbage , J . D . 555 .
Consecration Of The Pegasus Lodge, No. 2205.
CONSECRATION OF THE PEGASUS LODGE , No . 2205 .
There is plenty of vitality in the Province of Kent . It has a famous muster-roll of lodges , many of them being of very early origin , yet every now and then an addition is made to its strength , the latest being the Pegasus Lodge , No . 2205 , which is intended principally for members of the
Temple Yjicht Club , and was consecrated at the Clarendon Hotel , Gravesend , on Wednesday , the 27 th ult . by R . W . Bro . Earl Amherst , Prov . G . Master , assisted by his Prov . G . Officers and others . There was ,
as may be imagined on so interesting an occasion a large muster of brethren , amongst whom were several distinguished visitors , the Master and Wardens of the recommending Lodge of Freedom , No . 77 , and the officers and members of many lodges in the province .
Lodge having been opened by the Prov . G . Master , and the brethren having saluted his lordship according to ancient custom , the ceremony of consecration was proceeded with , the Wardens' chairs being occupied by Bros , the Rev . Hayman Cummings and Dr . H . Penfold respectively , Bro . the Rev . T . S . Curteis being the Chaplain , Bro . Alfred Spencer , Prov . G . Sec . Secretary , and Bro . Horatio Ward Director of Ceremonies .
The ceremony having been concluded , the R . W . P . G . Master called upon Bro . C . F . Matier , P . G . Std . Br ., to take the chair , and Bro . Alfred Tisley , W M . designate , was presented , obligated , and installed , and having been proclaimed and saluted , he appointed and invested the following as his pfficers for the year , viz ., Bros . C . H . Chauffourier , S . W . ; S , E . Stein-
Consecration Of The Pegasus Lodge, No. 2205.
bridge , J . W . ; R . A . Kingsbury ( elected ) , Treasurer ; C . F . Matier , P . G . Std . Br ., Secretary ; A . N . Clemow , S . D . ; C . V . Hunter , J . D . ; and A . C . Bailey , I . G . A hearty vote of thanks was unanimouly passed to R . VV . Bro . Earl
Amherst for presiding on the occasion , and to his Pro G . Officers for the assistance they had given , and his lordship was elected an honorary member and presented with the founder's jewel—a compliment which he appropriately acknowledged .
A vote of thanks was also passed , on the motion of the W . M ., to Bro . C . F . Matier for his services as Installing Master , and Bro . Tisley , W . M ., having been elected the Charity Representative of the lodge , and the byelaws as approved by the founders having been submitted , accepted , and
ordered to be printed and laid before the Prov . G . Master for his approval four candidates were proposed for initiation and one for joining , and lod ge having been closed in peace and harmony , the brethren sat down to luncheon under the presidency of the W . M .
The visitors included Bros . Col . Aubrey Saunders , Past District G . M . Madras ; C . H . Driver , P . G . S . of Wks . ; and James Terry , P . G . S . B ., Secretary of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution .
The Old Charges Of British Freemasons.
THE OLD CHARGES OF BRITISH FREEMASONS .
BY BRO . R . F . GOULD . It might almost seem , from the absence of all criticism on Bro . Begemann ' s most instructive papers , that the field of labour in which he is so manfully toiling , was wholly devoid of interest to the English student , Such , however , is very far from beiii £ the case , and the silence of those
readers who realize for the first time what a mine of information is contained in the early writings Of the Craft , or of the comparatively small number of brethren by whom the documents in question have been collated and compared , is attributable to very natural causes . Of the fifty-seven versions of , or allusions to , the old charges—using that term in this place
only as including the Halliwell and Cooke MiS . —which are extant , all ( with but a solitary exception ) are available in print , but there is no single library , except , indeed , it be lhat of our brother Hughan , where every one of these several " forms " can be examined . To take , however , the fourth group or family , into which Dr . Begemann divides the manuscript
constitutions , and whose component parts—the Spencer ( 32 ) , Inigo Jones ( 8 ) , Cole ( 4 . 7 ) , and Dodd ( . 48 ) MSS . —are mide the subject of his criticism . Two ol these must be sought for in books long since out of print , one is
available in the Masonic Magazine , but to consult the last named ( Dodd ) , the " curious reader " would have to cross the Atlantic , unless he had the good fortune to fall in with Bro . E . T . Carson ' s reprint , of which 125 copies were printed at Cincinnati in 1 S 76 .
I think I have sufficiently sho . vn thi almost insuparable difficulties with which the warmest admirer of Dr . Begemann ' s writings would have had to contend , if the Old Charges had hitherto Iain outside the scope of his studies .
With the older generation of Masonic students the case is somewha different , but while we have perused wilh great interest the case presented by Dr . Begemann , the arguments and proofs are as yet incomplete , and we await the dissection of the three earlier groups of MSS . ( I .-IIL ) , which will doubtless be dealt with in due season as ably and exhaustively as that of the "Spencer" or fourth class of these documents .
As I enjoy , however , the privilege of Dr . Begemann ' s friendship , and have been favoured with many of his views with regard to the subject under consideration , it has seemed to me lhat without entering into points upon
which our German brother has yet to be heard at length , I mig ht to some extent at least supplement the picture already drawn , and at the same time draw the attention of the gifted artist lo a few ideas of my own , which arise out of what he has already placed on record in the Freemason .
First of all , let me give in detail the arrangement of the Old Charges ( here excluding the Halliwell and Cooke MSS . ) into groups or families , according to the classification of Dr . Begemann .
I . GRAND LODGE FAMILY—comprising : — ( a ) The Grand Lodge Branch—Grand Lodge ( 4 ) , Wilson ( 6 and ?)> and Kilwinning ( 16 ) MSS .
( 6 ) The Dowland Branch—Dowland ( 39 ) , Supreme Council , No . ( 24 ) , Papworth ( 29 ) , and York , No . 6 ( 22 ) , MSS . ( c ) The York Branch—York , Nos . 1 , 2 , and 5 ( 5 , 27 , and 21 ) MSS ' ( d ) The Lansdowne Branch—Lansdown ( 3 ) and Antiquity ( 23 )
MSS . ( e ) Sundry forms—Aberdeen ( 18 ) , Wood ( 9 ) , Melrose , No . 2 ( 19 )' Harris ( 31 A ) , and ( possibly ) Colne , Nos . 1 and 2 ( 22 A and 25 A ) i and Dauntesy ( 24 ) MSS .
II . SLOANE FAMILY—comprising : — ( a ) The Sloane Branch—Sloane , 3848 ( 13 ) , Sloane , 3323 ( 14 ) 1 Harleian , 2054 ( 12 ) , Tunnah ( 36 ) , and Briscoe ( 45 ) MSS . ( 0 ) The Hope Branch—Hope ( 20 ) and York , No . 4 ( 25 ) MSS . ( c ) The Buchanan Branch—Buchanan ( is ) and Atcheson Haven
( 17 ) MSS . ( d ) The Alnwick Branch—Alnwick ( 26 ) , Browne [ presumably tne " Wren , " No . 37 , on my own numerical list ] , and Crane ( 31 * 7 MSS . (<;) Sundry forms—Lechmere ( 14 **) and Scarborough ( 28 ) MSS .
III . ROBERT ' S FAMILY—comprising : — The Robert ' s ( 44 ) , Harleian , 1942 ( 11 ) , and Rawlinson ( 31 ) ' IV . SPENCER FAMILY—comprising : — The Spencer ( 32 ) , Inigo Jones ( 8 ) , Cole ( 47 ) , and Dodd ( 4 » J MSS .