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Ancient Masonic Lodges No. 2.
ANCIENT MASONIC LODGES No . 2 .
BY AVILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN . THE ALNWIOKE MS . AND EECORDS OF THE ALNWICKE LODGE . Bro . E . T . Tumbull , W . M . of the Aln-Avioke Lodge , kindly jjlaced in our hands
for perusal and publication the records of the Almvicko Lodge , the rules of Avhich are dated 29 th September , 1701 , and are signed by the members belonging to the lodge of that period , and subsequently as lute as August 31 st , 1722 . At the
commencement is a good copy of the " Masons Constitutions , " evidently of date A . D . 1701 , or a little earlier , and certainly a transcript from a much older document . It is similar to the "York Constitutions of A . D . 1701 , " Avhich AVO made knoAvn to the Craft , in the "Masonic Annual for 1871 " ( M . C . Peek
and Son , Hull ) . It cliifors , hovever , from it and other MSS . in some feAV unimportant particulars , and belongs to a . year in Avhich no other Avas Avritten of those still preserved . An exact copy may be found in our " Old Charges . " The folloAving beginning to the Mfcj . is unique .
"Draw near unto me , ye unlearned , and dwell in the house of Learning . " Eoclesiastieus , cap . 5 , ver . 23 . "In ttie hands of the Craftsmen shall the Avork be commanded . ' ' Ecclasiasticus , cap . 9 , ver . 19 .
Then folloAvs the commencement of the MS . proper : — "The might of the Father of heaven with the wisdom of His Glorious Son , through the Grace and Goodness of the Holy Ghost , Three Persons in one Godhead be with us att our beginning , and give us grace soe to govern us here in our living That Ave may come to his Msse-thatt never shall have ending . Amen . "
It finishes Avith" These charges thatt we have reckoned , and all other that belongeth to Masonry you shall truely keep and well observe , so lielpe you God and floly-doome , and this Book to the uttermost of your power . " FINIS . *
The rules of the lodge are of much importance as they are dated A . D . 1701 , and immediately folloAV the MS . ; besides Avhich their antiquity is such as to attach much value
to the clauses then agreed on as the LIAVS for the members , and are the earliest lod ge laws as yet made public . They are headed : Orders to be observed by the company and Fellows / rip of Free Masons at a lodge held at Alnwick Septr . 29 , 1701 , being the genii , head meetingduy .
1 st . First it is ordered by the said Fellowship thatt there shall he yearly Two Wardens chosen upon the said Twenty-ninth of Septr . being the Feast of St . Michael ! the - Archangel , Avhich Wardens shall be elected and appoynted by the most
consent of the Fellowship . 2 nd . Item thatt the said Wardens Receive , suramonie and sue all such penaltyes and Forfeitures and fines , as shall in any wise be amongst the said Fellowship , and shall render and yield a just
Acup count att the year ' s end of all such fines and forfeitures as shall eome to their hands , or oftner if need require , or if the Master and Fellows list to call for them , for every such £ s d offence to pay ... ... ... 0 6 8
3 rd . Item , Thatnoe mason shall take any Avorke by task or by Day , other then the King ' s work , butt thattatt the least he shall make Three or Four of his Fellows acquainted therewith , for to take his part ; paying for every such offence ... 3 6 8
4 th . Item , Thatt noe mason shall take any work thatt any of his Fellows has in hand with all to pay for every such offence the sume off 16 8 Sth . Item , Thatt noe mason shall take any Apprentice , Enter him
and give him his charge within one Avhole year after . Nott soe doing , the Master shall pay for every such offence ... ... ... 0 3 4
Gth . Item , Thatt every master for Entering his apprentice shall pay 0 0 6 7 th . Item , Thatt every mason when he is warned by the Wardens or other of the Company , and shall nott come to the place appoynted , Except he have a reasonable cause
to shew the Master and Wardens to the contrary ; Nott soe doing shall pay ... ... ... 0 6 8 Sth . Item , Thatt noe Mason shall throw his Feliow or give him the lye or any Avays contend with him or give him any other name in the place of meeting then Brother or Fellow , or hold any disobedient .
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Ancient Masonic Lodges No. 2.
ANCIENT MASONIC LODGES No . 2 .
BY AVILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN . THE ALNWIOKE MS . AND EECORDS OF THE ALNWICKE LODGE . Bro . E . T . Tumbull , W . M . of the Aln-Avioke Lodge , kindly jjlaced in our hands
for perusal and publication the records of the Almvicko Lodge , the rules of Avhich are dated 29 th September , 1701 , and are signed by the members belonging to the lodge of that period , and subsequently as lute as August 31 st , 1722 . At the
commencement is a good copy of the " Masons Constitutions , " evidently of date A . D . 1701 , or a little earlier , and certainly a transcript from a much older document . It is similar to the "York Constitutions of A . D . 1701 , " Avhich AVO made knoAvn to the Craft , in the "Masonic Annual for 1871 " ( M . C . Peek
and Son , Hull ) . It cliifors , hovever , from it and other MSS . in some feAV unimportant particulars , and belongs to a . year in Avhich no other Avas Avritten of those still preserved . An exact copy may be found in our " Old Charges . " The folloAving beginning to the Mfcj . is unique .
"Draw near unto me , ye unlearned , and dwell in the house of Learning . " Eoclesiastieus , cap . 5 , ver . 23 . "In ttie hands of the Craftsmen shall the Avork be commanded . ' ' Ecclasiasticus , cap . 9 , ver . 19 .
Then folloAvs the commencement of the MS . proper : — "The might of the Father of heaven with the wisdom of His Glorious Son , through the Grace and Goodness of the Holy Ghost , Three Persons in one Godhead be with us att our beginning , and give us grace soe to govern us here in our living That Ave may come to his Msse-thatt never shall have ending . Amen . "
It finishes Avith" These charges thatt we have reckoned , and all other that belongeth to Masonry you shall truely keep and well observe , so lielpe you God and floly-doome , and this Book to the uttermost of your power . " FINIS . *
The rules of the lodge are of much importance as they are dated A . D . 1701 , and immediately folloAV the MS . ; besides Avhich their antiquity is such as to attach much value
to the clauses then agreed on as the LIAVS for the members , and are the earliest lod ge laws as yet made public . They are headed : Orders to be observed by the company and Fellows / rip of Free Masons at a lodge held at Alnwick Septr . 29 , 1701 , being the genii , head meetingduy .
1 st . First it is ordered by the said Fellowship thatt there shall he yearly Two Wardens chosen upon the said Twenty-ninth of Septr . being the Feast of St . Michael ! the - Archangel , Avhich Wardens shall be elected and appoynted by the most
consent of the Fellowship . 2 nd . Item thatt the said Wardens Receive , suramonie and sue all such penaltyes and Forfeitures and fines , as shall in any wise be amongst the said Fellowship , and shall render and yield a just
Acup count att the year ' s end of all such fines and forfeitures as shall eome to their hands , or oftner if need require , or if the Master and Fellows list to call for them , for every such £ s d offence to pay ... ... ... 0 6 8
3 rd . Item , Thatnoe mason shall take any Avorke by task or by Day , other then the King ' s work , butt thattatt the least he shall make Three or Four of his Fellows acquainted therewith , for to take his part ; paying for every such offence ... 3 6 8
4 th . Item , Thatt noe mason shall take any work thatt any of his Fellows has in hand with all to pay for every such offence the sume off 16 8 Sth . Item , Thatt noe mason shall take any Apprentice , Enter him
and give him his charge within one Avhole year after . Nott soe doing , the Master shall pay for every such offence ... ... ... 0 3 4
Gth . Item , Thatt every master for Entering his apprentice shall pay 0 0 6 7 th . Item , Thatt every mason when he is warned by the Wardens or other of the Company , and shall nott come to the place appoynted , Except he have a reasonable cause
to shew the Master and Wardens to the contrary ; Nott soe doing shall pay ... ... ... 0 6 8 Sth . Item , Thatt noe Mason shall throw his Feliow or give him the lye or any Avays contend with him or give him any other name in the place of meeting then Brother or Fellow , or hold any disobedient .