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The principal Degrees and Orders constituting the essential part of the Ancient and Accepted Bite had been reduced to an organized form" on the Continent , in Scotland , and elsewhere , in the latter part of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth century . Some of the Degrees or Orders of this rite were derived from those " religious and Avarlike Orders or Fraternities , " mentioned in the 1738 edition of Anderson ' s " Book of Constitutions , " as having " borrowed many solemn usages from our more ancient Fraternity that has existed from the beginning . " In treating of this rite , some writers give it different titles ; but
I believe in calling things by their right names , and shall treat it as the " Ancient and Accepted Rite , " as this is its proper and legitimate appellation . Many professors of the high Degrees designate it as " the . Scotch rite . " This is not to be wondered at when we consider that its principal and original governing Degree w as derived from the Scottish " National Order of H R—— D M ., of Kilwinning , " founded by Robert Bruce , on St . John ' s day , in
June , A . i ) . 1314 , after the battle of Bannockburn , and that the Knight of St . Andrew , and other Degrees founded by the Scotch Templars , also appertain to this rite . The late Bro . "William Tucker , P . Prov . Gr . M . of Dorset ( peace to his memory !) , in an address delivered before the Supreme Council of England and Wales , alluded , in appropriate terms , to the connection of the unfortunate Lord
Derwentwater with the high Degrees during his exile on the Continent ; and it is important to state that Chevalier Ham say , the Scotch philosopher , was actively engaged , in 1728 and 1729 , in the propagation of the high Degrees . He advocated a peculiar system , which he attributed to the illustrious and magnanimous Godfrey de Bouillon . In a Circular issued by the Supreme Council at Charleston , South Carolina , United States , in October , 1802 , f allusion is made to the
fact , that 27 , 000 Freemasons accompanied the Christian Princes in the Crusades , and while they were in Palestine , several old MSS . were discovered among the ancient Jews , on which some of our " Sublime Degrees " have been founded ; that in the years 1304 and 1311 some discoveries were made and occurrences took place which render the Masonic history of that period of the highest importance . This Circular ( page 57 ) also alludes to a discovery made , in 1553 , of
* He reserved in perpetuity for himself and his successors the title of " Grand Master , or Protector of the Grand Lodge of the Eoyal Order of . 11—— H j ) ] \ / j t > 0 f Kilwinning , " at the present day sitting at Edinburgh .
1314 . ltobert Bruce , the founder of the Order . 1329 . David II . 1371 . " . Robert II . 1390 . Robert III . 1424 . James I . 1437 . James II . 1400 . James III . 1488 . James IV .
1515 . James V . 1542 . _ 1567 . James VI . 1625 . Charles I . 1660 . Charles II . 1685 . James II . ( England . ) 1688 . William III . 1714 . George I . 1727 . George II .
t Appendix to < l Didcho ' s Orationa , " p . 50 . VOL . 111 . N
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History Of The Ancient And Accepted. Bit...
The principal Degrees and Orders constituting the essential part of the Ancient and Accepted Bite had been reduced to an organized form" on the Continent , in Scotland , and elsewhere , in the latter part of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth century . Some of the Degrees or Orders of this rite were derived from those " religious and Avarlike Orders or Fraternities , " mentioned in the 1738 edition of Anderson ' s " Book of Constitutions , " as having " borrowed many solemn usages from our more ancient Fraternity that has existed from the beginning . " In treating of this rite , some writers give it different titles ; but
I believe in calling things by their right names , and shall treat it as the " Ancient and Accepted Rite , " as this is its proper and legitimate appellation . Many professors of the high Degrees designate it as " the . Scotch rite . " This is not to be wondered at when we consider that its principal and original governing Degree w as derived from the Scottish " National Order of H R—— D M ., of Kilwinning , " founded by Robert Bruce , on St . John ' s day , in
June , A . i ) . 1314 , after the battle of Bannockburn , and that the Knight of St . Andrew , and other Degrees founded by the Scotch Templars , also appertain to this rite . The late Bro . "William Tucker , P . Prov . Gr . M . of Dorset ( peace to his memory !) , in an address delivered before the Supreme Council of England and Wales , alluded , in appropriate terms , to the connection of the unfortunate Lord
Derwentwater with the high Degrees during his exile on the Continent ; and it is important to state that Chevalier Ham say , the Scotch philosopher , was actively engaged , in 1728 and 1729 , in the propagation of the high Degrees . He advocated a peculiar system , which he attributed to the illustrious and magnanimous Godfrey de Bouillon . In a Circular issued by the Supreme Council at Charleston , South Carolina , United States , in October , 1802 , f allusion is made to the
fact , that 27 , 000 Freemasons accompanied the Christian Princes in the Crusades , and while they were in Palestine , several old MSS . were discovered among the ancient Jews , on which some of our " Sublime Degrees " have been founded ; that in the years 1304 and 1311 some discoveries were made and occurrences took place which render the Masonic history of that period of the highest importance . This Circular ( page 57 ) also alludes to a discovery made , in 1553 , of
* He reserved in perpetuity for himself and his successors the title of " Grand Master , or Protector of the Grand Lodge of the Eoyal Order of . 11—— H j ) ] \ / j t > 0 f Kilwinning , " at the present day sitting at Edinburgh .
1314 . ltobert Bruce , the founder of the Order . 1329 . David II . 1371 . " . Robert II . 1390 . Robert III . 1424 . James I . 1437 . James II . 1400 . James III . 1488 . James IV .
1515 . James V . 1542 . _ 1567 . James VI . 1625 . Charles I . 1660 . Charles II . 1685 . James II . ( England . ) 1688 . William III . 1714 . George I . 1727 . George II .
t Appendix to < l Didcho ' s Orationa , " p . 50 . VOL . 111 . N