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Extracts From The Minute Books Of The Royal Arch Chapter Of Paradise, No. 139, Freemasons' Hall, Sheffield.
EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTE BOOKS OF THE ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF PARADISE , No . 139 , FREEMASONS' HALL , SHEFFIELD .
BY BRO . S . B . ELLIS . MnrcrrE BOOK , NO . 2 . EXTENDING FROM 1812 to 1824 . THIS book is foolscap , rough calfthe
, paper being of common quality it was abandoned before it was half full . Five leaves are missing at front , but the last entry in No . 1 book being 15 th December , IS 11 , and the first entry in this being 19 th January , 1812 , I apprehend tho minutes are unbroken . Page 1 is headed
« ROYAL ARCH RECORDS , No . l 11 . " " 1812 . " 19 th January . — "A general encampment of Royal Arch Companions "usual routine * ; the resolutions respecting the annual subscription of five shillings
are written here , and signed by 27 members . Those Companions who would not pay the subscription and sign those resolutions ceased to be members , and their names would " not be registered at the Clerk of the Peace ' s office . "
16 th February . —A meeting . 15 th March . —A meeting—usual routine —and " 'Twas then further agreed that the " Chapter should open in future not ex" ceeding \ past 6 and close at 8—after ¦ ' wch—Supper to be immed introduced . "
24 th March . —Copy of a certificate sent to the Register office , Wakefieldgiving 64 names . 19 th April . —A meeting—there "being " no particular business the most excellent " Z gave a very long & descriptive
Lec" ture on y destruction of the OLD , & " the rebuilding of the NEW Temple . " "Memorandum , 10 th May , 1812 . "There not being suffie No . of R . A . Com" pauions at Doncaster to open the Mag" dalen Chapter there , No . 124 , or to exalt
" such Bro" as wish to become R . A . " Comp they requested the 3 Principals , " Officers , and sev other Companions of " the Chapter of Paradise , of Sheffield ( as " named in margin ) , to assist them in so " doing , and they w pay every expence
" attending the same ( wch they very " liberally and handsomly did ) when 17 " Bro ( as afterwards named ) were raised " to the degree of super-excellent Masters " in y Chair and afterwards exalted to " supreme degree of R . A . Masons . "
15 attended from Sheffield , and 1 from Doncaster ( afterwards installed as Z ); 17 Bro ™ were exalted—the names being recorded— " all of Doncaster or the Neigh" bonrhood . " " After their exaltation an
" appropriate Lecture vvas given by the " most excellent Z—and then officers were " chose for their own Chapter and duly " installed ; " viz . Z . H . & J . 2 Scribes & « 3 Sojs , N . B . ( In foregoing " memo . " ) " Principals ; Brothers raised to the degree of
Super excellent Master in y" Chair tfc afterwards exalted ; " and the " Principals " being "Installed . " 21 sfc June . — "List sent to Comp" Gallimore in London to be registered . " Giving the names of 5 Brethrenwith dates of
, exaltation , and a fee of 5 / - for each . A meeting was called for this day , " but being only 8 Companions present it was not open'd . " 16 th August . —A meeting . 18 th . October . —Carried— "that as
Comp" Rowley s certir was mutilated or destroy accidentally by some of Oomp Robinson ' s children , another sh be obtained for him . at the exp ° of the Chapter . " Also— " That any Compan" wishing " to obtain a Certificate he shall 1 st apply " in open Chapterand if approv'd shall
, " so soon as conven' be recommended b y " one or more of the principals , to the " Grand Chapter . " 3 Companions thereupon " applied and was approv by unanimous shew of hands . "
, N . B . Though the meeting is headed " a general encampment'' it is termed a " Chapter " in the discussions . " 15 th Nov —At a general eneamp" ment of R . A . Masons ( 17 present as in " margin ) Comp Tibbitt ' s CertiP was "then sign'd by , and del * to hiru . "The application made by the
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Extracts From The Minute Books Of The Royal Arch Chapter Of Paradise, No. 139, Freemasons' Hall, Sheffield.
EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTE BOOKS OF THE ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF PARADISE , No . 139 , FREEMASONS' HALL , SHEFFIELD .
BY BRO . S . B . ELLIS . MnrcrrE BOOK , NO . 2 . EXTENDING FROM 1812 to 1824 . THIS book is foolscap , rough calfthe
, paper being of common quality it was abandoned before it was half full . Five leaves are missing at front , but the last entry in No . 1 book being 15 th December , IS 11 , and the first entry in this being 19 th January , 1812 , I apprehend tho minutes are unbroken . Page 1 is headed
« ROYAL ARCH RECORDS , No . l 11 . " " 1812 . " 19 th January . — "A general encampment of Royal Arch Companions "usual routine * ; the resolutions respecting the annual subscription of five shillings
are written here , and signed by 27 members . Those Companions who would not pay the subscription and sign those resolutions ceased to be members , and their names would " not be registered at the Clerk of the Peace ' s office . "
16 th February . —A meeting . 15 th March . —A meeting—usual routine —and " 'Twas then further agreed that the " Chapter should open in future not ex" ceeding \ past 6 and close at 8—after ¦ ' wch—Supper to be immed introduced . "
24 th March . —Copy of a certificate sent to the Register office , Wakefieldgiving 64 names . 19 th April . —A meeting—there "being " no particular business the most excellent " Z gave a very long & descriptive
Lec" ture on y destruction of the OLD , & " the rebuilding of the NEW Temple . " "Memorandum , 10 th May , 1812 . "There not being suffie No . of R . A . Com" pauions at Doncaster to open the Mag" dalen Chapter there , No . 124 , or to exalt
" such Bro" as wish to become R . A . " Comp they requested the 3 Principals , " Officers , and sev other Companions of " the Chapter of Paradise , of Sheffield ( as " named in margin ) , to assist them in so " doing , and they w pay every expence
" attending the same ( wch they very " liberally and handsomly did ) when 17 " Bro ( as afterwards named ) were raised " to the degree of super-excellent Masters " in y Chair and afterwards exalted to " supreme degree of R . A . Masons . "
15 attended from Sheffield , and 1 from Doncaster ( afterwards installed as Z ); 17 Bro ™ were exalted—the names being recorded— " all of Doncaster or the Neigh" bonrhood . " " After their exaltation an
" appropriate Lecture vvas given by the " most excellent Z—and then officers were " chose for their own Chapter and duly " installed ; " viz . Z . H . & J . 2 Scribes & « 3 Sojs , N . B . ( In foregoing " memo . " ) " Principals ; Brothers raised to the degree of
Super excellent Master in y" Chair tfc afterwards exalted ; " and the " Principals " being "Installed . " 21 sfc June . — "List sent to Comp" Gallimore in London to be registered . " Giving the names of 5 Brethrenwith dates of
, exaltation , and a fee of 5 / - for each . A meeting was called for this day , " but being only 8 Companions present it was not open'd . " 16 th August . —A meeting . 18 th . October . —Carried— "that as
Comp" Rowley s certir was mutilated or destroy accidentally by some of Oomp Robinson ' s children , another sh be obtained for him . at the exp ° of the Chapter . " Also— " That any Compan" wishing " to obtain a Certificate he shall 1 st apply " in open Chapterand if approv'd shall
, " so soon as conven' be recommended b y " one or more of the principals , to the " Grand Chapter . " 3 Companions thereupon " applied and was approv by unanimous shew of hands . "
, N . B . Though the meeting is headed " a general encampment'' it is termed a " Chapter " in the discussions . " 15 th Nov —At a general eneamp" ment of R . A . Masons ( 17 present as in " margin ) Comp Tibbitt ' s CertiP was "then sign'd by , and del * to hiru . "The application made by the