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Extracts From The Minutes Of The Royal Arch Chapter Of Concord Attached To The Anchor And Hope Lodge, No, 37, Bolton.
the amount thereof ; however it may not be necessary to observe that all our members except John Smallwood Avere initiated before the obtaining of our Chapter . We conceive the Registering fees of the Companions to Avhom tho Chapter was granted are already paid . We
shall be glad to have the form of a certificate for a R . A . Mason . " We are " Your affe . Companions . "
( Signed by the Z ., H . and J . ) The return above referred to is headed " No . 45 Chapter of Concord . " Thomas 11 th
« Grantprl f Kycroft , . Nov , uranteci i wmiam Johngon > L . 5789 ) l Nathaniel HowarthJ A . D . 1785 . " Held at the Hope and Anchor , in Bolton-le-moors on the last Wednesday in Feby ., May , Augt ., & November , " ancl
comprises the names of twenty-six Brethren , two of Avhom are stated to have " Declared off , " and three to have "left the town . " A meeting was held 27 th Feby ., 1788 , when it is said :
" The Grand letter of the 27 th Deer ., 1787 , sent us by T . Callendar , Esqr ., was again read and our answer to it , then a letter from John Frith , Esq ., J ., in London of the 20 th Feby ., ' 1788 , was read . " In a subsepuent entry the above " John
Frith , Esq ., " is designated " our Revu . Brother John Frith . " At this meeting a few of the Brethren intimated that they would pay their " Registering fees , " whilst , others ( including Bro . Thos . Thornley ) " declared off . "
Another meeting was held 5 th March , 1788 , at Avhich other Brethren intimated that they would pay their "Registering fees , " Avhilst others " declared off . " It is also stated _
"Bro . Peter Lawson was registered in Dublin . " "Bro . Thos . Thornley , having been registered before , being made in St . Augusta , in East Florida , in America , fourteen years agothis not being
suffi-, cientl y then understood he is reinstated in his place in this General Encampment . " A meeting was summoned for 30 th April , 1788 , at six o ' clock , under which
date appear the following entries signed by " Thos . Heaton E . " "About six o ' clock ( perhaps a minute after by the church ) I came to the house of Bro . W . Johnson ; there I found Bro . Richcl . Thornley , the Tyler , and in some
time afterwards Bro . W . Johnson came to us in the Lodge room . " " It is now about 7 J o'clock by the church clock , which is rather too late , and no other person has attended . " " About Ik clock Bro . Tho . Smethurst
came into the room ; he said to me about 6 o ' clock he could not come for an hour . " " Bro . P . Lawson , Bro . W . Thweat and Bro . Tho . Rycroft hacl told me they were afraid they could not come , and Bvo . Wm . Thweat paid me his Registering fee 5 / , to which I put mine 5 / , and delivered the 10 / to Bro . Tho . Smethurst , T . "
" Left the room about 8 o'clock . " Under date 3 rd May , 1788 , appears a copy of a letter addressed by the Scribe E . to T . Callendar , Esq ., enclosing £ 115 s , Od . as the Registering fees of seven Brethren , being all who had paid such fees , the
remainder of the Brethren having " declared off , " "left the town , " or " refused to pay . " On Srd October , 1788 , is the following entry : " Bro . James Crooke , Junr ., came from
Manchester with the form of Petition for a Chapter , He also brought a certificate from the Chapter of Unanimity held at Bury , certifying and recommending James Crooke , Joel Britland , and I think John Ashworth as proper persons to fill the
offices of Principals . We have wrote on the back : "Bolton , Chapter of Concord , No . 45 . " From the within certificate Ave make
no doubt of the Avithin named J . C ., J . B ., and J . A . having been exalted under the Chapter of Unanimity held at Bury . " Witness our hands this 3 rd Oct ., / 88 . " ( Signed by the Principals and the Scribes . )
A meeting was held 26 th Novr ., 1788 , at which the officers were elected for the year ensuing . " Proposed that so far of the 7 th By-LaAV which allows the T yler 2 / 6 be repealed , and in lieu thereof 1 / every G , E , be g iven to him , " 2 x 2
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Extracts From The Minutes Of The Royal Arch Chapter Of Concord Attached To The Anchor And Hope Lodge, No, 37, Bolton.
the amount thereof ; however it may not be necessary to observe that all our members except John Smallwood Avere initiated before the obtaining of our Chapter . We conceive the Registering fees of the Companions to Avhom tho Chapter was granted are already paid . We
shall be glad to have the form of a certificate for a R . A . Mason . " We are " Your affe . Companions . "
( Signed by the Z ., H . and J . ) The return above referred to is headed " No . 45 Chapter of Concord . " Thomas 11 th
« Grantprl f Kycroft , . Nov , uranteci i wmiam Johngon > L . 5789 ) l Nathaniel HowarthJ A . D . 1785 . " Held at the Hope and Anchor , in Bolton-le-moors on the last Wednesday in Feby ., May , Augt ., & November , " ancl
comprises the names of twenty-six Brethren , two of Avhom are stated to have " Declared off , " and three to have "left the town . " A meeting was held 27 th Feby ., 1788 , when it is said :
" The Grand letter of the 27 th Deer ., 1787 , sent us by T . Callendar , Esqr ., was again read and our answer to it , then a letter from John Frith , Esq ., J ., in London of the 20 th Feby ., ' 1788 , was read . " In a subsepuent entry the above " John
Frith , Esq ., " is designated " our Revu . Brother John Frith . " At this meeting a few of the Brethren intimated that they would pay their " Registering fees , " whilst , others ( including Bro . Thos . Thornley ) " declared off . "
Another meeting was held 5 th March , 1788 , at Avhich other Brethren intimated that they would pay their "Registering fees , " Avhilst others " declared off . " It is also stated _
"Bro . Peter Lawson was registered in Dublin . " "Bro . Thos . Thornley , having been registered before , being made in St . Augusta , in East Florida , in America , fourteen years agothis not being
suffi-, cientl y then understood he is reinstated in his place in this General Encampment . " A meeting was summoned for 30 th April , 1788 , at six o ' clock , under which
date appear the following entries signed by " Thos . Heaton E . " "About six o ' clock ( perhaps a minute after by the church ) I came to the house of Bro . W . Johnson ; there I found Bro . Richcl . Thornley , the Tyler , and in some
time afterwards Bro . W . Johnson came to us in the Lodge room . " " It is now about 7 J o'clock by the church clock , which is rather too late , and no other person has attended . " " About Ik clock Bro . Tho . Smethurst
came into the room ; he said to me about 6 o ' clock he could not come for an hour . " " Bro . P . Lawson , Bro . W . Thweat and Bro . Tho . Rycroft hacl told me they were afraid they could not come , and Bvo . Wm . Thweat paid me his Registering fee 5 / , to which I put mine 5 / , and delivered the 10 / to Bro . Tho . Smethurst , T . "
" Left the room about 8 o'clock . " Under date 3 rd May , 1788 , appears a copy of a letter addressed by the Scribe E . to T . Callendar , Esq ., enclosing £ 115 s , Od . as the Registering fees of seven Brethren , being all who had paid such fees , the
remainder of the Brethren having " declared off , " "left the town , " or " refused to pay . " On Srd October , 1788 , is the following entry : " Bro . James Crooke , Junr ., came from
Manchester with the form of Petition for a Chapter , He also brought a certificate from the Chapter of Unanimity held at Bury , certifying and recommending James Crooke , Joel Britland , and I think John Ashworth as proper persons to fill the
offices of Principals . We have wrote on the back : "Bolton , Chapter of Concord , No . 45 . " From the within certificate Ave make
no doubt of the Avithin named J . C ., J . B ., and J . A . having been exalted under the Chapter of Unanimity held at Bury . " Witness our hands this 3 rd Oct ., / 88 . " ( Signed by the Principals and the Scribes . )
A meeting was held 26 th Novr ., 1788 , at which the officers were elected for the year ensuing . " Proposed that so far of the 7 th By-LaAV which allows the T yler 2 / 6 be repealed , and in lieu thereof 1 / every G , E , be g iven to him , " 2 x 2