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An Old Mason's Tomb.
senting William Kerwin and his son Benjamin , with two children , we have the same Kerwin arms , with the addition of the crest—an arm erect , in armour , holding a fleur-de-lis . No doubt both the arms ancl . the crest were confirmed or granted to this branch of the family . The west end presents , from a Masonic point of view , the most interesting portion of the tomb . In a panel , supported on each side by ornamental pilasters , * is represented the arms of the Masons as
granted by William Hawkeslowe in the twelfth year of Edward IV . ( 1472-3 ) : — On a chevron engrailed , between three square castles , a pair of compasses extended—the crest , a square castle with the motto , God is our guide . It is interesting to find the arms here rendered as they were originally granted , with the chevron engrailed , and with the old square four-towered castles , and not the plain chevron and single round tower as now so often depicted . So far as I have been have been able to discover , this is the earliest instance of the title " Free-Mason " being associated with these arms .
A short descri ption of the monument ( from Stowe ) is given in the " Dictionary of Architecture , " ! where it is suggested that Andrew Kerwin , Paymaster of the King ' s Works , circa 1604 , was one of the sons of William Kerwin . It is , however , difficult to understand how so little should be known of a man of whom the monumental inscription records : — " The Fates have
afforded this narrow house to me , who have adorned London with noble buildings . By mo royal palaces were built for others . By me this tomb is erected for my bones . "
W . HAEBT RYMSDS .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Old Mason's Tomb.
senting William Kerwin and his son Benjamin , with two children , we have the same Kerwin arms , with the addition of the crest—an arm erect , in armour , holding a fleur-de-lis . No doubt both the arms ancl . the crest were confirmed or granted to this branch of the family . The west end presents , from a Masonic point of view , the most interesting portion of the tomb . In a panel , supported on each side by ornamental pilasters , * is represented the arms of the Masons as
granted by William Hawkeslowe in the twelfth year of Edward IV . ( 1472-3 ) : — On a chevron engrailed , between three square castles , a pair of compasses extended—the crest , a square castle with the motto , God is our guide . It is interesting to find the arms here rendered as they were originally granted , with the chevron engrailed , and with the old square four-towered castles , and not the plain chevron and single round tower as now so often depicted . So far as I have been have been able to discover , this is the earliest instance of the title " Free-Mason " being associated with these arms .
A short descri ption of the monument ( from Stowe ) is given in the " Dictionary of Architecture , " ! where it is suggested that Andrew Kerwin , Paymaster of the King ' s Works , circa 1604 , was one of the sons of William Kerwin . It is , however , difficult to understand how so little should be known of a man of whom the monumental inscription records : — " The Fates have
afforded this narrow house to me , who have adorned London with noble buildings . By mo royal palaces were built for others . By me this tomb is erected for my bones . "
W . HAEBT RYMSDS .