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The Province Of Durham.—(Continued.)
The Province of Durham . —( Continued . )
AN extraordinary characteristic of the earliest volume of the records of the Phoenix Lodge is the attention paid to the degree or " Order of Harodim " by the Secretary for the time being , as described and reported in the minute book . This precious volume had been missing for some time , but was recognised by Bro . Robert Hudson , P . G . S . B .
of England , the Provincial Grand Secretary . The book had strayed to Whitby , but happily was discovered before being lost irretrievably .
FREEMASONS' HALL , DUNHAM .
The original by-laws of 1755 are contained therein , and also a complete register of the members from that year to i 8 rr . Some of the entries are noteworthy because of their reference to the Harodim , the first of which is dated 175 6 , and the last is of the year 1809 , so it is evident that the ceremony was more highly esteemed in Sunderland than in
Durham . Quite a number patronised this ceremony ; sometimes in the month following the conferring of the Third Degree ;
the Royal Arch coming later on . The latter was given as the fifth in order of sequence from the E . A ., and is noted several times in the minute books of the lodge . Under the " Harodim" or " Herodim" in the register book on December 19 th , 1787 , occurs—R . Markham " passed the bridge . "
" Heredom " or " Harodim " is certainly suggestive of the Royal Order of H . R . D . M ., Scotland . Bro . Logan considers that an illiterate person in the Swalwell district would
pronounce the word as " Highrodiam , " so that takes the ceremony back to 1746 , as already stated ; and he also mentions that frequently Scottish brethren visited the Durham lodges , so that an exchange of ceremonies would not be at all remarkable . It must not be confused with the " Order of Harodim , " instituted by Bro . William Preston
and others late in the eighteenth century , for purely ritualistic purposes connected with the Craft . Its Royal Arch chapter ( De Lambton ) dates from 1819 .
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The Province Of Durham.—(Continued.)
The Province of Durham . —( Continued . )
AN extraordinary characteristic of the earliest volume of the records of the Phoenix Lodge is the attention paid to the degree or " Order of Harodim " by the Secretary for the time being , as described and reported in the minute book . This precious volume had been missing for some time , but was recognised by Bro . Robert Hudson , P . G . S . B .
of England , the Provincial Grand Secretary . The book had strayed to Whitby , but happily was discovered before being lost irretrievably .
FREEMASONS' HALL , DUNHAM .
The original by-laws of 1755 are contained therein , and also a complete register of the members from that year to i 8 rr . Some of the entries are noteworthy because of their reference to the Harodim , the first of which is dated 175 6 , and the last is of the year 1809 , so it is evident that the ceremony was more highly esteemed in Sunderland than in
Durham . Quite a number patronised this ceremony ; sometimes in the month following the conferring of the Third Degree ;
the Royal Arch coming later on . The latter was given as the fifth in order of sequence from the E . A ., and is noted several times in the minute books of the lodge . Under the " Harodim" or " Herodim" in the register book on December 19 th , 1787 , occurs—R . Markham " passed the bridge . "
" Heredom " or " Harodim " is certainly suggestive of the Royal Order of H . R . D . M ., Scotland . Bro . Logan considers that an illiterate person in the Swalwell district would
pronounce the word as " Highrodiam , " so that takes the ceremony back to 1746 , as already stated ; and he also mentions that frequently Scottish brethren visited the Durham lodges , so that an exchange of ceremonies would not be at all remarkable . It must not be confused with the " Order of Harodim , " instituted by Bro . William Preston
and others late in the eighteenth century , for purely ritualistic purposes connected with the Craft . Its Royal Arch chapter ( De Lambton ) dates from 1819 .