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Article HISTORY OF THE AIREDALE LODGE, No. 387, ← Page 2 of 6 →
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History Of The Airedale Lodge, No. 387,
according to the regular forms of the Order . And this authority shall continue iu force until yon shall have received the Patent of Constitution by yon applied for as aforesaid . Given at York under our Hand and Seal of Masonry this 23 rd day of Aug ., A . L . 5788 , A . D . 1788 . RICHD . S . MILNES , P . G . M . Witness—John Watson , G . T . Chris . Wilson , G . S .
The W . M . ancl S . W . in this warrant were , when the Duke of York ' s Lodge was formed , members of the St . George ' s Lodge , Doncaster , No . 400 . A peculiarity of this document is that it bears the seal of the Apollo Lodge , York , the officers of which formed the first Provincial Grand Lodge of Yorkshire . At that time the whole county was under one Masonic head ( Bro . Richard Slater Milnes , Prov . G . M ., ) acting by authority of the Grand Lodge of England , and seventeen lodges existed in the Province , three Antient
Lodges—the Three Tuns , Scarborough ; Punch Bowl , York ; ancl Blue Bell , Hull , having already become extinct . The first meeting of the Duke of York ' s Lodge was held at the Black Boy Inn , in Doncaster , on the 1 st September , 1788 , the minutes of which meetingare here given . There is a curious custom practised on the ori ginals , which I think is very wisely not permitted in the present day , viz ., the erasure of a name with a penknife by a brother on resignation years after .
On Monday , September 1 st , 1788 , was opened an Enter'd Apprentice Lodge , at the house of Mr . Thomas Watson , the sign of the Black Boy , in Doncaster , at which were present : —C . Plummer , R . W . M . ; J . Hawley , as S . W . ; T . Girdley , as J . W . : T . Batley , as T . ; M . Beecher , as S . ; E . Tear ; W . Kay , ancl T . Watson , respectively Master Masons , when the Warrant of Constitution , obtained from the Provincial Grand Lodge for the county ot York , was read by tlie Secretary , stiled or titled the Duke of York's Lodge , wherein Bro . Charles Plummer is appointed Master , who accordingly was invested with the Jewel of his office , he then appointed Brother Joseph Hawley his Senior Warden , Brothel- Thomas Girdley
his Junior Warden , and Bro . Sleeford his Secretary for the ensuing Twelve Months . After whicli Mr . William Bennett , Mr . William Sleeford , Mr . George Nicholson , Mr . Thos . Priest , and Mr . John Bennett were severally initiated into the first degree of Masonry . The Lodge then proceeded to ballot for a Treasurer , when Bro . Wm . Bennett was unanimously elected for the above time . The R . W . M . appointed Bro . John Bennett to be Tyler . Bro . Wm . Bennett proposed Mr . Josh . Webster , of Doncaster , and John Turner , of Rossington Bridge , to be made Masons the next Lodge night , and he deposited Ten Shillings and Sixpence for each . Bro . Watson proposed Mr . George Ash to be made a Mason , and he made a like deposit , aud they were ordered to be ballotted for the next Lodge night . The business of the Lodge being over it was regularly closed to the 1 st Monday in October , emergency's excepted .
The Treasurer ancl Secretary were appointed on the evening of their initiation , ancl the latter ( who it is singular to discover never wrote the minutes once during his year of office , nor did any other subsequently appointed Secretary up to 1803 ) appears to have been officiall y nominated , if not invested , before he was a member of the Craft !
The junior members of the lodge at that time did not feel the same diffidence in proposing candidates as now , for it is here recorded that one of the newly initiated at once proposed two candidates on the same evening ! The second meeting was held llth September , 1788 , and the minutes read as follows : —
- At an extra lodge held on Thursday , the llth clay of September , 1788 , was opened a Felloio Craft's lodge , at which were present : —C . Plummer , R . W . M . ; J . Hawley , S . W . ; T . Watson as J . W ., when Bro . Jno . Bennett , Bro . Wm . Bennett , and Bro . Wm . Sleeford were severally initiated into the second degree of Masonry . The Lodge was then closed and a Master Mason's Lodge was opened , when Bro . Wm . Bennett and Bro . Wm . Sleeford was raised to the third degree . The brethren present then proceeded to ballot for Mr . Joseph Webster , Mr . George Ash , and Mr . John Turner , who severally met the approbation of the Lodge . The business of this Lodge being over , it was closed , ancl an Entered Apprentices Lodge was opened , when Mr . Joseph Webster was made in the first degree . The business of this Lodge being over it was regularly closed to the Pirst Monday in October , emergencies excepted .
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History Of The Airedale Lodge, No. 387,
according to the regular forms of the Order . And this authority shall continue iu force until yon shall have received the Patent of Constitution by yon applied for as aforesaid . Given at York under our Hand and Seal of Masonry this 23 rd day of Aug ., A . L . 5788 , A . D . 1788 . RICHD . S . MILNES , P . G . M . Witness—John Watson , G . T . Chris . Wilson , G . S .
The W . M . ancl S . W . in this warrant were , when the Duke of York ' s Lodge was formed , members of the St . George ' s Lodge , Doncaster , No . 400 . A peculiarity of this document is that it bears the seal of the Apollo Lodge , York , the officers of which formed the first Provincial Grand Lodge of Yorkshire . At that time the whole county was under one Masonic head ( Bro . Richard Slater Milnes , Prov . G . M ., ) acting by authority of the Grand Lodge of England , and seventeen lodges existed in the Province , three Antient
Lodges—the Three Tuns , Scarborough ; Punch Bowl , York ; ancl Blue Bell , Hull , having already become extinct . The first meeting of the Duke of York ' s Lodge was held at the Black Boy Inn , in Doncaster , on the 1 st September , 1788 , the minutes of which meetingare here given . There is a curious custom practised on the ori ginals , which I think is very wisely not permitted in the present day , viz ., the erasure of a name with a penknife by a brother on resignation years after .
On Monday , September 1 st , 1788 , was opened an Enter'd Apprentice Lodge , at the house of Mr . Thomas Watson , the sign of the Black Boy , in Doncaster , at which were present : —C . Plummer , R . W . M . ; J . Hawley , as S . W . ; T . Girdley , as J . W . : T . Batley , as T . ; M . Beecher , as S . ; E . Tear ; W . Kay , ancl T . Watson , respectively Master Masons , when the Warrant of Constitution , obtained from the Provincial Grand Lodge for the county ot York , was read by tlie Secretary , stiled or titled the Duke of York's Lodge , wherein Bro . Charles Plummer is appointed Master , who accordingly was invested with the Jewel of his office , he then appointed Brother Joseph Hawley his Senior Warden , Brothel- Thomas Girdley
his Junior Warden , and Bro . Sleeford his Secretary for the ensuing Twelve Months . After whicli Mr . William Bennett , Mr . William Sleeford , Mr . George Nicholson , Mr . Thos . Priest , and Mr . John Bennett were severally initiated into the first degree of Masonry . The Lodge then proceeded to ballot for a Treasurer , when Bro . Wm . Bennett was unanimously elected for the above time . The R . W . M . appointed Bro . John Bennett to be Tyler . Bro . Wm . Bennett proposed Mr . Josh . Webster , of Doncaster , and John Turner , of Rossington Bridge , to be made Masons the next Lodge night , and he deposited Ten Shillings and Sixpence for each . Bro . Watson proposed Mr . George Ash to be made a Mason , and he made a like deposit , aud they were ordered to be ballotted for the next Lodge night . The business of the Lodge being over it was regularly closed to the 1 st Monday in October , emergency's excepted .
The Treasurer ancl Secretary were appointed on the evening of their initiation , ancl the latter ( who it is singular to discover never wrote the minutes once during his year of office , nor did any other subsequently appointed Secretary up to 1803 ) appears to have been officiall y nominated , if not invested , before he was a member of the Craft !
The junior members of the lodge at that time did not feel the same diffidence in proposing candidates as now , for it is here recorded that one of the newly initiated at once proposed two candidates on the same evening ! The second meeting was held llth September , 1788 , and the minutes read as follows : —
- At an extra lodge held on Thursday , the llth clay of September , 1788 , was opened a Felloio Craft's lodge , at which were present : —C . Plummer , R . W . M . ; J . Hawley , S . W . ; T . Watson as J . W ., when Bro . Jno . Bennett , Bro . Wm . Bennett , and Bro . Wm . Sleeford were severally initiated into the second degree of Masonry . The Lodge was then closed and a Master Mason's Lodge was opened , when Bro . Wm . Bennett and Bro . Wm . Sleeford was raised to the third degree . The brethren present then proceeded to ballot for Mr . Joseph Webster , Mr . George Ash , and Mr . John Turner , who severally met the approbation of the Lodge . The business of this Lodge being over , it was closed , ancl an Entered Apprentices Lodge was opened , when Mr . Joseph Webster was made in the first degree . The business of this Lodge being over it was regularly closed to the Pirst Monday in October , emergencies excepted .