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An Old, Old Story.
over present , past , ancl future . They Avore very happy ; and if appearances prove anything in this world , Lucy and her young man will begin their married life under tho fairest promises of earthly felicity . But I will reserve my farewell to my readers for our next number . ( To be continued . )
Notes On The Old Minute Books Of The British Union Lodge, No 114, Ipswich. A.D. 1762.
NOTES ON THE OLD MINUTE BOOKS OF THE BRITISH UNION LODGE , NO 114 , IPSWICH . A . D . 1762 .
BUO . EMRA HOLMES , 31 ° . P . M ., P . Z ., P . M . M ., P . E . G ., P . E . P ., P . M . W . S . , Past Provincial Grand Registrar of Suffolk , Past Grand Inspector of Works ( Mark ) , Past Grand Provost , Order of the Temple , P . P . G ., Banner Bearer , Royal Order of Scot / and , < 5 ° r ., & c .
( Continued from , page 534 . ) THE sixth of the old Minute Books commences 24 June , ' 1805 , and we find a memorandum showing what was the total charge for admission at this time . We cannot do better than transcribe it for the
information of the readers of the "MASONIC MAGAZINE , " especially as Ave do not intend to take any more notes of the various fees . £ s . d . £ s . d . First 2 2 0
Making 0 8 6 Tyler and Secretary 0 2 0 2 12 6 Second 0 5 0 Tyler ancl
Secretary 0 2 0 0 7 0 Third 0 10 0 Tyler and Secretary 0 2 0 0 12 0
3 11 6 Quarterage 0 5 0 Certificate 0 3 6 4 0 0
Amongst the items on the payment side of the accounts we find By Janitor , alias Tyler ( sic . ) , 9 / . and Ave should like our Bro . Hughan to tell us Avhether he knows of a similar case where the Outer Guard of the Craft Lodge was given the title of the similar officer
attached to a Royal Arch Chapter , bearing in mind that though the British Union Lodge is a hundred and fifteen years old it has never hacl an R . A , Chapter attached to it to this day . Some idea of the expenses incident to meeting at an hotel may be gathered from the accounts , where we notice such amounts as the following :
June 20 , 1805 By house bill . £ 1 19 6 24 „ 19 10 9 Aug . 6 „ ' 3 10 0 Sep . 3 „ ' 3 13 6 Oct . 1 „ 3 13 6 Nov . 6 „ 3 4 2 Dec . 3 „ 4 2 6
Dec . 27 „ 21 12 3 Feby . 4 , 1806 „ 4 5 0 25 , „ 3 16 0 April 1 „ 4 17 1 May 6 ,,, 366
June 24 „ 17 IS 3 Aug . 5 „ 2 14 6 Sep . 2 „ 3 0 0 23 „ . 4 1 6 Nov . 4 „ 2 17 5 Dec . 29 „ 23 11 10 When over £ 130 was spent in little
over a twelvemonth on hotel expenses it is a matter of little surprise that little or nothing was done for the charities at this time . At the first meeting of the Lodge recorded in the volume now before us , under
date 24 th June , 1805 , we note the following : " It is universally agreed that no Ancient Mason in future shall be admitted into our Lodge—viz ., the British Union Lodge—and those that are now members
shall continue with us , if he ( sic ) continues his ( sic ) meetings , but if found he has visited three times he shall be excluded . " This is a little vague , but it would appear that the jealousy between the Ancient and Modern Masons Avas niakinoitself felt in the provinces at this time , and
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Old, Old Story.
over present , past , ancl future . They Avore very happy ; and if appearances prove anything in this world , Lucy and her young man will begin their married life under tho fairest promises of earthly felicity . But I will reserve my farewell to my readers for our next number . ( To be continued . )
Notes On The Old Minute Books Of The British Union Lodge, No 114, Ipswich. A.D. 1762.
NOTES ON THE OLD MINUTE BOOKS OF THE BRITISH UNION LODGE , NO 114 , IPSWICH . A . D . 1762 .
BUO . EMRA HOLMES , 31 ° . P . M ., P . Z ., P . M . M ., P . E . G ., P . E . P ., P . M . W . S . , Past Provincial Grand Registrar of Suffolk , Past Grand Inspector of Works ( Mark ) , Past Grand Provost , Order of the Temple , P . P . G ., Banner Bearer , Royal Order of Scot / and , < 5 ° r ., & c .
( Continued from , page 534 . ) THE sixth of the old Minute Books commences 24 June , ' 1805 , and we find a memorandum showing what was the total charge for admission at this time . We cannot do better than transcribe it for the
information of the readers of the "MASONIC MAGAZINE , " especially as Ave do not intend to take any more notes of the various fees . £ s . d . £ s . d . First 2 2 0
Making 0 8 6 Tyler and Secretary 0 2 0 2 12 6 Second 0 5 0 Tyler ancl
Secretary 0 2 0 0 7 0 Third 0 10 0 Tyler and Secretary 0 2 0 0 12 0
3 11 6 Quarterage 0 5 0 Certificate 0 3 6 4 0 0
Amongst the items on the payment side of the accounts we find By Janitor , alias Tyler ( sic . ) , 9 / . and Ave should like our Bro . Hughan to tell us Avhether he knows of a similar case where the Outer Guard of the Craft Lodge was given the title of the similar officer
attached to a Royal Arch Chapter , bearing in mind that though the British Union Lodge is a hundred and fifteen years old it has never hacl an R . A , Chapter attached to it to this day . Some idea of the expenses incident to meeting at an hotel may be gathered from the accounts , where we notice such amounts as the following :
June 20 , 1805 By house bill . £ 1 19 6 24 „ 19 10 9 Aug . 6 „ ' 3 10 0 Sep . 3 „ ' 3 13 6 Oct . 1 „ 3 13 6 Nov . 6 „ 3 4 2 Dec . 3 „ 4 2 6
Dec . 27 „ 21 12 3 Feby . 4 , 1806 „ 4 5 0 25 , „ 3 16 0 April 1 „ 4 17 1 May 6 ,,, 366
June 24 „ 17 IS 3 Aug . 5 „ 2 14 6 Sep . 2 „ 3 0 0 23 „ . 4 1 6 Nov . 4 „ 2 17 5 Dec . 29 „ 23 11 10 When over £ 130 was spent in little
over a twelvemonth on hotel expenses it is a matter of little surprise that little or nothing was done for the charities at this time . At the first meeting of the Lodge recorded in the volume now before us , under
date 24 th June , 1805 , we note the following : " It is universally agreed that no Ancient Mason in future shall be admitted into our Lodge—viz ., the British Union Lodge—and those that are now members
shall continue with us , if he ( sic ) continues his ( sic ) meetings , but if found he has visited three times he shall be excluded . " This is a little vague , but it would appear that the jealousy between the Ancient and Modern Masons Avas niakinoitself felt in the provinces at this time , and