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Bohert Mylne presant Dickin of the Massones and George Brown , Wardan , and remandar Massones there war antard James Hamilton prentes to Mr . James Smith , and James Archibald Junior prentes to Hew Lidale , and John Bard prentes to George Ranken , and James Douglas prentes to Robert Mylne . ' But
though the Lodge bore an operative character it does not appear that all nonoperatives were rigidly excluded from its membership . It is recorded , for instance , that Thomas Boswell , the Laird of Auchenleck , the progenitor of the famous James Boswell , the biographer of Johnson , was Warden of the Lodge in 1600 , and that the Hon . Robert Moray , Quarter-master General to the army in Scotland , was admitted a member of it in 1641 .
c < After the journeymen left the Lodge of Edinburgh it gradually began to lose its distinctive character as an operative Lodge . The sons of toil—the handlers of the trowel and mallet—the men who reared the stately buildings which still compose the older parts of this city , threw in their lot with the Journeymen , and preferred to meet in the hostlery of Thomas Brownlee , or in the ward of the Royal Infirmary set apart for their use , to / .. assembling with the masters and non-operatives in Mary ' s Chapel . Accordingly we find it stated that on the 5 th of July ,
1710 , that is three years after the journeymen set up an establishment of their own , Alex . Nisbet , surgeon-apothecary and deacon-convener of Edinburgh , Alexander M ^ Gill , architect there , and William Elphinston , wright ; burgess in the said burgh , were entered apprentices and passed Fellow Crafts . And when the celebrated Dr . John Theophilus Desaguliers , who drew up ' The Book of Constitution of the Freemasons of England , ' and held the office of Grand Master Mason
of England in 1719 , visited Edinburgh in August , 1721 , he attended a meeting of the brethren of Mary ' s Chapel , which had been called at his request , and through his influence , John Campbell , the lord provost ; George Preston and Hugh Hawthorn , bailies ; Archibald M Auley , late bailie ; James Nimrno , treasurer ; George Drummond , late treasurer ; Robert Wightman , dean of guild ; Sir Duncan Camphell of Lochnell , Bart ., and others , all non-operatives , were admitted apprentices , and passed Fellow Crafts .
a The Lodge was not , however , opened to all ranks and professions without a struggle . On the 27 th December , 1726 , James Mack , who had formerly been Warden of the Lodge , proposed that several respectable non-operatives of his acquaintance , who were desirous to enter the Lodge , and to give a guinea for the use of the poor , should be admitted , but this was negatived . Against this resolution James Mack protested , and he and Andrew Miller rose and left the Lodge . They , however , called a meeting on the 28 th of January following , without the
knowledge or concurrence of William Smellie , the preses , who was opposed to their movement , and at this meeting a regular storm ensued , one party opposing and another approving of the project of Brother Mack . The result was that the opponents of the admission of the non-operatives were routed , and Mack and his friends remained masters of the field . They , therefore , entered and passed Thomas Gilford , smith ; John Jack , slater ; Walter Boswell , saddler ; William Bruce , writer , John Scott , plumber , John Haig , wright , and John Sked , vintner , and
recei ved a guinea from each ; and at the same time they passed Alexander Brownlee , watch-maker , and John Watson , slater , who had been entered in another Lodge , and who gave a satisfactory proof of their Masonic knowledge . On the 15 th of July following , another batch of non-operatives were entered and passed , and this practice went on till it reached a climax on St . John ' s day , 1753 , when James Ileocli , writer , and of course a non-operative , was raised to the chair . Against this election , Brothers Jamiesoii Milne , Charters , Mack , Burns , and John Mack protested for themselves and all who should adhere to them , as in their opinion
the Lodge was constitutionally an operative Lodge , and had always been represented by an operative Brother , and therefore they held that it was a departure from its constitution to raise a non-operative—a mere honorary member—to the important and exalted position of president . On this account they refused to concur in the election ., and left the meeting . " On the 17 th of January , that is , about three weeks after the event to which T have referred , the Lodge of Mary ' s Chapel received a visit from the Grand Master , Charles Hamilton Gordon , Esq . In the course of his address to the
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Bohert Mylne presant Dickin of the Massones and George Brown , Wardan , and remandar Massones there war antard James Hamilton prentes to Mr . James Smith , and James Archibald Junior prentes to Hew Lidale , and John Bard prentes to George Ranken , and James Douglas prentes to Robert Mylne . ' But
though the Lodge bore an operative character it does not appear that all nonoperatives were rigidly excluded from its membership . It is recorded , for instance , that Thomas Boswell , the Laird of Auchenleck , the progenitor of the famous James Boswell , the biographer of Johnson , was Warden of the Lodge in 1600 , and that the Hon . Robert Moray , Quarter-master General to the army in Scotland , was admitted a member of it in 1641 .
c < After the journeymen left the Lodge of Edinburgh it gradually began to lose its distinctive character as an operative Lodge . The sons of toil—the handlers of the trowel and mallet—the men who reared the stately buildings which still compose the older parts of this city , threw in their lot with the Journeymen , and preferred to meet in the hostlery of Thomas Brownlee , or in the ward of the Royal Infirmary set apart for their use , to / .. assembling with the masters and non-operatives in Mary ' s Chapel . Accordingly we find it stated that on the 5 th of July ,
1710 , that is three years after the journeymen set up an establishment of their own , Alex . Nisbet , surgeon-apothecary and deacon-convener of Edinburgh , Alexander M ^ Gill , architect there , and William Elphinston , wright ; burgess in the said burgh , were entered apprentices and passed Fellow Crafts . And when the celebrated Dr . John Theophilus Desaguliers , who drew up ' The Book of Constitution of the Freemasons of England , ' and held the office of Grand Master Mason
of England in 1719 , visited Edinburgh in August , 1721 , he attended a meeting of the brethren of Mary ' s Chapel , which had been called at his request , and through his influence , John Campbell , the lord provost ; George Preston and Hugh Hawthorn , bailies ; Archibald M Auley , late bailie ; James Nimrno , treasurer ; George Drummond , late treasurer ; Robert Wightman , dean of guild ; Sir Duncan Camphell of Lochnell , Bart ., and others , all non-operatives , were admitted apprentices , and passed Fellow Crafts .
a The Lodge was not , however , opened to all ranks and professions without a struggle . On the 27 th December , 1726 , James Mack , who had formerly been Warden of the Lodge , proposed that several respectable non-operatives of his acquaintance , who were desirous to enter the Lodge , and to give a guinea for the use of the poor , should be admitted , but this was negatived . Against this resolution James Mack protested , and he and Andrew Miller rose and left the Lodge . They , however , called a meeting on the 28 th of January following , without the
knowledge or concurrence of William Smellie , the preses , who was opposed to their movement , and at this meeting a regular storm ensued , one party opposing and another approving of the project of Brother Mack . The result was that the opponents of the admission of the non-operatives were routed , and Mack and his friends remained masters of the field . They , therefore , entered and passed Thomas Gilford , smith ; John Jack , slater ; Walter Boswell , saddler ; William Bruce , writer , John Scott , plumber , John Haig , wright , and John Sked , vintner , and
recei ved a guinea from each ; and at the same time they passed Alexander Brownlee , watch-maker , and John Watson , slater , who had been entered in another Lodge , and who gave a satisfactory proof of their Masonic knowledge . On the 15 th of July following , another batch of non-operatives were entered and passed , and this practice went on till it reached a climax on St . John ' s day , 1753 , when James Ileocli , writer , and of course a non-operative , was raised to the chair . Against this election , Brothers Jamiesoii Milne , Charters , Mack , Burns , and John Mack protested for themselves and all who should adhere to them , as in their opinion
the Lodge was constitutionally an operative Lodge , and had always been represented by an operative Brother , and therefore they held that it was a departure from its constitution to raise a non-operative—a mere honorary member—to the important and exalted position of president . On this account they refused to concur in the election ., and left the meeting . " On the 17 th of January , that is , about three weeks after the event to which T have referred , the Lodge of Mary ' s Chapel received a visit from the Grand Master , Charles Hamilton Gordon , Esq . In the course of his address to the