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Freemasonry In The Seventeenth Century: Chester, 1650-1700.
Willm Harvey 20 MichHolden 20 Pet downham 20 Tho fibulkes 10 Will Hughes 8 Joffletcher 10
Seth Hilton 15 Ran Holme 10 Ric Taylor 10 RicRatcliffe 20 Will Woods 5 Jo Parry 10
Tho Morris 10 Tho May 10 Will Robinson 20 James Mort 20 Jo Lloyd 20 Geo Harvey 20
-Will Jackson 10 Robt Harvey 20 John Madock 10 for 1 li ... 9 for 10 s . ... 9 for 15 s . ... -1 for 5 s . ... 1 . for 8 s . ... 1
The reason for the difference in the amount of the entrance fees paid as given in the analysis at the end of the list , is not easy to explain . Why , it may be asked are the first five names separated from the others , and given in different form ? Are they superior officers of the Fellowship , and are we to understand the marks occurring before their names as recording the number of their attendances at the lodge ? In this list the name of Randle Holme occupies the 13 th placehe
pay-, ing 10 s . Bro . Hughan says * that this MS . has no connexion with the other—i . e . Harl . MS . 2054 , folios 29 to 33 . the old charge ancl oath ; probably this is correct as far as there being three distinct pieces of paper , but when we know that the volume is a collection of " Notes and charters , with generall things which concerne the companyes & occupations with in the citty of Chester "
, and the whole series of facts are looked at as I have above placed them , doubtless , with myself , many will consider that in all probabilit y there is a very clear connexion , and that we have here some of the original papers ( or at least copies ) belonging to a lodge of Freemasons existent at Chester somewhere about the middle of the seventeenth century . Randle Holme , from the copious extracts from charters , minutes , & c . given
in this ancl other of his MS . volumes relating to Chester companies , had access , probably in his position of Mayor , to many books and records of the town . On folio 9 of Harl . MS . 2054 , there is a list of the "rates of seruannts and hireres wages w "' in the citty of Chester " & o . at the time Sir John Savage was Mayor , 21 April , 7 th Bliz . 1565 . The eighth on the list is the " Rough Mason " who is paid xxvii . s . viii . d . and xlvi . s . viii . d . wages by the yeare , without meate & drinke , and iii . d . wages by the day w * meate & drinke , & vi . - wages by the clay w out meate & drinke . " The " waller , " " thatcher" and "Mr . Carpenter" occur also .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Freemasonry In The Seventeenth Century: Chester, 1650-1700.
Willm Harvey 20 MichHolden 20 Pet downham 20 Tho fibulkes 10 Will Hughes 8 Joffletcher 10
Seth Hilton 15 Ran Holme 10 Ric Taylor 10 RicRatcliffe 20 Will Woods 5 Jo Parry 10
Tho Morris 10 Tho May 10 Will Robinson 20 James Mort 20 Jo Lloyd 20 Geo Harvey 20
-Will Jackson 10 Robt Harvey 20 John Madock 10 for 1 li ... 9 for 10 s . ... 9 for 15 s . ... -1 for 5 s . ... 1 . for 8 s . ... 1
The reason for the difference in the amount of the entrance fees paid as given in the analysis at the end of the list , is not easy to explain . Why , it may be asked are the first five names separated from the others , and given in different form ? Are they superior officers of the Fellowship , and are we to understand the marks occurring before their names as recording the number of their attendances at the lodge ? In this list the name of Randle Holme occupies the 13 th placehe
pay-, ing 10 s . Bro . Hughan says * that this MS . has no connexion with the other—i . e . Harl . MS . 2054 , folios 29 to 33 . the old charge ancl oath ; probably this is correct as far as there being three distinct pieces of paper , but when we know that the volume is a collection of " Notes and charters , with generall things which concerne the companyes & occupations with in the citty of Chester "
, and the whole series of facts are looked at as I have above placed them , doubtless , with myself , many will consider that in all probabilit y there is a very clear connexion , and that we have here some of the original papers ( or at least copies ) belonging to a lodge of Freemasons existent at Chester somewhere about the middle of the seventeenth century . Randle Holme , from the copious extracts from charters , minutes , & c . given
in this ancl other of his MS . volumes relating to Chester companies , had access , probably in his position of Mayor , to many books and records of the town . On folio 9 of Harl . MS . 2054 , there is a list of the "rates of seruannts and hireres wages w "' in the citty of Chester " & o . at the time Sir John Savage was Mayor , 21 April , 7 th Bliz . 1565 . The eighth on the list is the " Rough Mason " who is paid xxvii . s . viii . d . and xlvi . s . viii . d . wages by the yeare , without meate & drinke , and iii . d . wages by the day w * meate & drinke , & vi . - wages by the clay w out meate & drinke . " The " waller , " " thatcher" and "Mr . Carpenter" occur also .