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Extracts From The Minute Books Of The Royal Arch Chapter Of Paradise, No. 139.
they of course were duly elected . ) " Mch 1801 adjourned . " ( Page 44 < fc 45;— " Ap l 18 th 1801 . "" Proposed that those Avho show to be at the expense should be furnished with certificates for tbe Royal Arch . "
[ N . B . —I have examined this sentence most carefully—lacking punctuation it reads vague . It may mean—those Comp who indicate ( by show of hands ) they will bear the expense themselves the Chapter must be at tbe trouble of
providing certificates , and it was doubtless a trouble then , as it appears elseAvhere that the Chapter issued its own Certificates . ]
Pages 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 & 52 contain usual reports of meetings on May 19 th ., June 2 lst ., Nov . 15 th . & Dec . 20 th .. 1801 , at the latter it Avas proposed to hold " a Chapter ofimmergency , on Monday 4 th Jany 1802 at tbe house of Brother Taylor " but there is no minute of such a
meeting having been held . July , Augt ., Sept . & Octr ., 1801—meetings ivere adjourned . Jany . 18 th , and Feby . 15 th ., blanks were left , which have been endorsed by a 3 years' later scribe as " suppose no encampment . " March 21 st ., 1802 , visited
"by Comp from the 4 th Dragoons . " April 18 th ., 1802 , " 2 Aisitors—meeting adjourned for want of a sufficient number . " ( Page 53 ; . — " April 25 th 1802 . —Proposed & seconded that Comp " Lonsdale & Lamb should be specially summoned to
appear at next Chapter night and show cause for their behaviour on a prior evening . " ( Page 54 . ; " May 16 th 1802 . " Chapter opened in due form—proceeded to make Bro Frost—he Avas exalted accordingly . " "The busyness of Brother
Lamb and Lonsdale was discuss'd it vras tho' Brother Lamb ' s conduct was in a measure satisfactory . Brother Lonsdale made an apology . " ( Page 55 from June 1802 to June 1803 inclusive endorsed ( by the Scribe , whose
entries commence 3 years later ) as " These encampments either adjourned , or the entries neglected " —for on April 17 th , 1803 —1 Sheffield and 3 Doncaster Brethren were exalted , as appears from a copy of a return sent to Grand Lodge in 1806 ) . ( Pages 56 k 57 . ) " July 10 th 1803 . "A . L . 5807 . ( " A . L . " for the first time ) ( on taking ballot for one candidate " tbe
Balls proving partly Black he was declared rejected" —5 Cand from Gainsboro' Avere elected . " Then Avas read tbe minutes of the S . G . & R . C . of R . A . C . of England , and passed " 3 of the Cand from Gainsbro ' were exalted . Aug' Sep " Nov & Dec — 1803 meetings were adjourned . Oct 1 st
1803 , 2 more candidates from Gainsbro ' Avere exalted . Jany , Feby , & March 1804 " adjourned" ) . ( Pages 58 to 64 record meetings or adjournments from April 22 nd ., 1804 , to Decr . 15 th . 1805 . ( Here a leaf is missing . )
Pages 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 and 72 show meetings held or adjourned , from Jany 19 th . to Decr . 21 st ., 1806 . ) ' ( Pages 73 to 75 gives ) " a list of all the Companions exalted in the Chapter of R . A . Masons called tbe Chapter of Paradise No . Ill , holdenat Sheffield from the date of its constitution ( viz ) the day of
A . D . —A . L to the 15 th day of April 1806 AD ., AL 5810 . " ( N . B . — Blanks left as indicated ) . ( " Copy sent to Grand Chapter London 13 th Nov 1806 . )" ( This list gives the Christian and Surnames in full , "date exalted , age , then
Profession & Residence" from 24 th Decr . 1797 to 9 th March , 1806 . ) Page 76 gives " old Royal Arch Masons ( 10 ) before the present Constitution . " ( Page 77 a meeting Jany . 18 th ., 1807
Feby . and March adjourned . ) Pages 78 & 79 a " copy of certificate " deliv to the Magistrates to be fil ' with the OP of the Peace"dated 3 rd Apl 1807—" all copied in full . ) Pages 80 to 85 give meetings held or
, adjourned from April 19 th , 1807 , to Sept , 18 th , 1808 , the minutes of the Chapter held on last named date being endorsed , "the last Chapter held at tbe Lodge " (" Freemason ' s Hall" —as per Certificate to Clerk of Peace 3 rd April 1807 ) "in
Paradise Sq " It is suggestive of the Chapter taking its name from the fact of its being held at tbe Freemasons' Hall , then in "Paradise" Square . Paradise Square is a large open space in the centre of the town of Sheffield and has for years been
famous for open-air meetings held there on tbe great questions of tbe times . ) Page 86 . " 16 Oct 1808—adjourned on ace * of Cold—& no sum sent out . "'
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Extracts From The Minute Books Of The Royal Arch Chapter Of Paradise, No. 139.
they of course were duly elected . ) " Mch 1801 adjourned . " ( Page 44 < fc 45;— " Ap l 18 th 1801 . "" Proposed that those Avho show to be at the expense should be furnished with certificates for tbe Royal Arch . "
[ N . B . —I have examined this sentence most carefully—lacking punctuation it reads vague . It may mean—those Comp who indicate ( by show of hands ) they will bear the expense themselves the Chapter must be at tbe trouble of
providing certificates , and it was doubtless a trouble then , as it appears elseAvhere that the Chapter issued its own Certificates . ]
Pages 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 & 52 contain usual reports of meetings on May 19 th ., June 2 lst ., Nov . 15 th . & Dec . 20 th .. 1801 , at the latter it Avas proposed to hold " a Chapter ofimmergency , on Monday 4 th Jany 1802 at tbe house of Brother Taylor " but there is no minute of such a
meeting having been held . July , Augt ., Sept . & Octr ., 1801—meetings ivere adjourned . Jany . 18 th , and Feby . 15 th ., blanks were left , which have been endorsed by a 3 years' later scribe as " suppose no encampment . " March 21 st ., 1802 , visited
"by Comp from the 4 th Dragoons . " April 18 th ., 1802 , " 2 Aisitors—meeting adjourned for want of a sufficient number . " ( Page 53 ; . — " April 25 th 1802 . —Proposed & seconded that Comp " Lonsdale & Lamb should be specially summoned to
appear at next Chapter night and show cause for their behaviour on a prior evening . " ( Page 54 . ; " May 16 th 1802 . " Chapter opened in due form—proceeded to make Bro Frost—he Avas exalted accordingly . " "The busyness of Brother
Lamb and Lonsdale was discuss'd it vras tho' Brother Lamb ' s conduct was in a measure satisfactory . Brother Lonsdale made an apology . " ( Page 55 from June 1802 to June 1803 inclusive endorsed ( by the Scribe , whose
entries commence 3 years later ) as " These encampments either adjourned , or the entries neglected " —for on April 17 th , 1803 —1 Sheffield and 3 Doncaster Brethren were exalted , as appears from a copy of a return sent to Grand Lodge in 1806 ) . ( Pages 56 k 57 . ) " July 10 th 1803 . "A . L . 5807 . ( " A . L . " for the first time ) ( on taking ballot for one candidate " tbe
Balls proving partly Black he was declared rejected" —5 Cand from Gainsboro' Avere elected . " Then Avas read tbe minutes of the S . G . & R . C . of R . A . C . of England , and passed " 3 of the Cand from Gainsbro ' were exalted . Aug' Sep " Nov & Dec — 1803 meetings were adjourned . Oct 1 st
1803 , 2 more candidates from Gainsbro ' Avere exalted . Jany , Feby , & March 1804 " adjourned" ) . ( Pages 58 to 64 record meetings or adjournments from April 22 nd ., 1804 , to Decr . 15 th . 1805 . ( Here a leaf is missing . )
Pages 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 and 72 show meetings held or adjourned , from Jany 19 th . to Decr . 21 st ., 1806 . ) ' ( Pages 73 to 75 gives ) " a list of all the Companions exalted in the Chapter of R . A . Masons called tbe Chapter of Paradise No . Ill , holdenat Sheffield from the date of its constitution ( viz ) the day of
A . D . —A . L to the 15 th day of April 1806 AD ., AL 5810 . " ( N . B . — Blanks left as indicated ) . ( " Copy sent to Grand Chapter London 13 th Nov 1806 . )" ( This list gives the Christian and Surnames in full , "date exalted , age , then
Profession & Residence" from 24 th Decr . 1797 to 9 th March , 1806 . ) Page 76 gives " old Royal Arch Masons ( 10 ) before the present Constitution . " ( Page 77 a meeting Jany . 18 th ., 1807
Feby . and March adjourned . ) Pages 78 & 79 a " copy of certificate " deliv to the Magistrates to be fil ' with the OP of the Peace"dated 3 rd Apl 1807—" all copied in full . ) Pages 80 to 85 give meetings held or
, adjourned from April 19 th , 1807 , to Sept , 18 th , 1808 , the minutes of the Chapter held on last named date being endorsed , "the last Chapter held at tbe Lodge " (" Freemason ' s Hall" —as per Certificate to Clerk of Peace 3 rd April 1807 ) "in
Paradise Sq " It is suggestive of the Chapter taking its name from the fact of its being held at tbe Freemasons' Hall , then in "Paradise" Square . Paradise Square is a large open space in the centre of the town of Sheffield and has for years been
famous for open-air meetings held there on tbe great questions of tbe times . ) Page 86 . " 16 Oct 1808—adjourned on ace * of Cold—& no sum sent out . "'