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hereafter as employed at Hampton Court . At the building of Saudgate Castle , near Folkstoue , 1540 , by order of Henry VIII , the list of officers noted is very complete . The engineer was M . Stephen de Hashenperg , whose remuneration is not recorded , but from another document it was probably 4 s . per day ; Thomas Cockesand Eichard Keyscommissioners
, , , were paymasters , comptrollers , overseers , and surveyors , —for those titles are added indifferently to their names in the superscriptions , all most probably accepted as the same , and are without any payment named . John Lambert , cleric of the check , had Sd . for his daily pay ; William Bakeroverseer of the
, masons , had 6 d . ; Eobert Lynsted , was master warden , or master mason ; Nicholas Eychard , under warden ; Symond Stace , clerk of the store-house , had Qd . ; Thomas Medley , overseer of the rockmen , Qd . ; paymaster ' s clerk , Sd . ; clerk of the receipts , Sd . ; Thomas Busheclerk of the legerSd . ; Stephen
, , Warn , clerk of the call , 8 a . ; and Thomas Elgar , purveyor , Is . The whole of the accounts were approved under the hand of Sir Walter Midmay , then auditor to the king . Each week ' s accounts are signed by the chief persons above mentioned , with the mayor and jurats of" the town of Dover . And lastly , and
this closes the list at 1543 , when the townspeople of Coventry wanted their cross to be rebuilt , they contracted with Thomas Phillips of Bristol , freemason , and John Petit , of Wellinborough , to build it for the sum of £ 1 S 7 6 s . Sd ., using " good sure seasonable freestone of the quarries of Attilboroughorllounton , in Warwickshire , or of both . " The information afforded by the records of York Cathedral extends over a period so long that it has
purposely been kept together , in order that the names and transactions shall be given in uninterrupted succession ; and they are perhaps not too well known to be quoted , as greatly tending to elucidate the customs of the Masons and their privileges . The name of the first master mason is that of M . Thomas de Loudhamso late as 8 th Feb . 1347 when he was
, , admitted and duly sworn to the office . M . Thomas de Patenham was his successor . A document , dated 1 st Oct . 1351 , declares that " on account of the skilful industry and labour of William de Hoton , son of M . William de Hoton , mason , employed and hereafter to be employed about the fabric of our church" ten
, ' pounds of silver was given to him as a yearly pension , " together with a dwelling within the close after the death of his father , for the term of his life , provided only that he do not superintend any other works , whereby our work might be omitted , neglected , or in any wise delayed . If it should happen that he should
be hindered by blindness , or any other calamitous disease , from working or from directing the said work in a fitting manner , from that time he shall pay yearly to the under-mason , who is the second master of the masons ' s work , one-half of the salary of the aforesaid under-mason out of his pension aforesaid . If it shall
happen through the negligence of the said William , while able to work and superintend the said fabric , or through his voluntary omission , or through his occupation in other matters , that the " work shall he neglected , omitted , or in any other matter delayed from thenceforth the aforesaid pension shall cease altogether , and the present writing shall be wholly without force and effect . In 1355 , " Orders for the Masons and Workmen " were issued .- " The first and
Masons Of England And Their Works.
second masons , who are called masters of the same , and the carpenters , shall make oath that they cause , the ancient customs underwritten to be faithfully observed . In summer , they are to begin to work immediately after sunrise until the ringing of the bell , of the Virgin Mary , then to breakfast in the fabric lodgetheu one of the masters shall knock upon the
, door of the lodge , aud forthwith all are to return to work until noon . Between April and August , afterdinner , they shall sleep in the lodge , then work until the first bell for vespers , then sit to drink till the end of the third bell , and return to work so long as they can see by daylight . In winter , they are to begin
work at daybreak and continue as before until noon , —dine , and return to work till daylight is over . In winter , each mason is to receive one day ' s less pay per week . When two feasts days occur in a week , one clay ' s wages are to be forfeited , and when three feast days shall so fallone-half week's wages . On Vigils
, and on Saturdays they are to work -until noon . " The-The two masters and carpenters were to be present at each drinking time , to certify , for deduction of wages , all failures and absences . In 1367 and 1370 are contracts with the plumber for his services . In 136 S occurs a memorandum regarding the salary of
M . Eobert de Patryngton ( magistro sementario ) , who , " for his good service rendered and to be rendered for the term of his life , we ( the Deau , etc . ) have granted to him £ 10 a year , together with the houses within the close which William de Hoton occupied , Provided that he shall well and faithfully attend to the works ,
and shall not employ his time upon any other operations . And if he shall undertake auy works elsewhere , aud apply himself to them , neglecting , delaying , or leaving undone our works ; and after being a third time admonished ou our behalf , shall not return to our works and diligently employ himself about the same ,, then his salary shall cease until he shall return and
duly make up for his failures . If smitten with blindness or other bodily infirmity , whereby he may be disabled from bestowing his bodily labour upon the said works , then , so long as the infirmity shall continue , he shall receive 10 marks ( £ 613 s . M . ) yearly , together with the houses aforesaid , bestowing his counsel and
advice as far as he is able . In the event of his being unwilling to labour , or withdrawing himself altogether from the works , then our grant shall forthwith cease , until he shall fully return and attend to our works . " " Ordnances" for the masons were again issued in 1370 much to the same effect as those quouted for
, 1355 ; with these additions—that no mason shall be received at work but he be first proved a week or more upon his well working , aud after that he is found conssissant of his work , he be received of the common assent of the master and the keepers of the work and of the master mason . In this year Patryngton was
still master mason , having under him 35 masons and apprentices , and IS labourers . * It was usual for this church to find tunics , (? gowns ) , aprons , gloves , and clogs , and to give occasional potation and remuneration for extra work . Gloves were also given to the carpenters . In 139 S , M . Hugo Hedon was master mason , with 28 masons under him . In 1415 there are
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Masons Of England And Their Works.
hereafter as employed at Hampton Court . At the building of Saudgate Castle , near Folkstoue , 1540 , by order of Henry VIII , the list of officers noted is very complete . The engineer was M . Stephen de Hashenperg , whose remuneration is not recorded , but from another document it was probably 4 s . per day ; Thomas Cockesand Eichard Keyscommissioners
, , , were paymasters , comptrollers , overseers , and surveyors , —for those titles are added indifferently to their names in the superscriptions , all most probably accepted as the same , and are without any payment named . John Lambert , cleric of the check , had Sd . for his daily pay ; William Bakeroverseer of the
, masons , had 6 d . ; Eobert Lynsted , was master warden , or master mason ; Nicholas Eychard , under warden ; Symond Stace , clerk of the store-house , had Qd . ; Thomas Medley , overseer of the rockmen , Qd . ; paymaster ' s clerk , Sd . ; clerk of the receipts , Sd . ; Thomas Busheclerk of the legerSd . ; Stephen
, , Warn , clerk of the call , 8 a . ; and Thomas Elgar , purveyor , Is . The whole of the accounts were approved under the hand of Sir Walter Midmay , then auditor to the king . Each week ' s accounts are signed by the chief persons above mentioned , with the mayor and jurats of" the town of Dover . And lastly , and
this closes the list at 1543 , when the townspeople of Coventry wanted their cross to be rebuilt , they contracted with Thomas Phillips of Bristol , freemason , and John Petit , of Wellinborough , to build it for the sum of £ 1 S 7 6 s . Sd ., using " good sure seasonable freestone of the quarries of Attilboroughorllounton , in Warwickshire , or of both . " The information afforded by the records of York Cathedral extends over a period so long that it has
purposely been kept together , in order that the names and transactions shall be given in uninterrupted succession ; and they are perhaps not too well known to be quoted , as greatly tending to elucidate the customs of the Masons and their privileges . The name of the first master mason is that of M . Thomas de Loudhamso late as 8 th Feb . 1347 when he was
, , admitted and duly sworn to the office . M . Thomas de Patenham was his successor . A document , dated 1 st Oct . 1351 , declares that " on account of the skilful industry and labour of William de Hoton , son of M . William de Hoton , mason , employed and hereafter to be employed about the fabric of our church" ten
, ' pounds of silver was given to him as a yearly pension , " together with a dwelling within the close after the death of his father , for the term of his life , provided only that he do not superintend any other works , whereby our work might be omitted , neglected , or in any wise delayed . If it should happen that he should
be hindered by blindness , or any other calamitous disease , from working or from directing the said work in a fitting manner , from that time he shall pay yearly to the under-mason , who is the second master of the masons ' s work , one-half of the salary of the aforesaid under-mason out of his pension aforesaid . If it shall
happen through the negligence of the said William , while able to work and superintend the said fabric , or through his voluntary omission , or through his occupation in other matters , that the " work shall he neglected , omitted , or in any other matter delayed from thenceforth the aforesaid pension shall cease altogether , and the present writing shall be wholly without force and effect . In 1355 , " Orders for the Masons and Workmen " were issued .- " The first and
Masons Of England And Their Works.
second masons , who are called masters of the same , and the carpenters , shall make oath that they cause , the ancient customs underwritten to be faithfully observed . In summer , they are to begin to work immediately after sunrise until the ringing of the bell , of the Virgin Mary , then to breakfast in the fabric lodgetheu one of the masters shall knock upon the
, door of the lodge , aud forthwith all are to return to work until noon . Between April and August , afterdinner , they shall sleep in the lodge , then work until the first bell for vespers , then sit to drink till the end of the third bell , and return to work so long as they can see by daylight . In winter , they are to begin
work at daybreak and continue as before until noon , —dine , and return to work till daylight is over . In winter , each mason is to receive one day ' s less pay per week . When two feasts days occur in a week , one clay ' s wages are to be forfeited , and when three feast days shall so fallone-half week's wages . On Vigils
, and on Saturdays they are to work -until noon . " The-The two masters and carpenters were to be present at each drinking time , to certify , for deduction of wages , all failures and absences . In 1367 and 1370 are contracts with the plumber for his services . In 136 S occurs a memorandum regarding the salary of
M . Eobert de Patryngton ( magistro sementario ) , who , " for his good service rendered and to be rendered for the term of his life , we ( the Deau , etc . ) have granted to him £ 10 a year , together with the houses within the close which William de Hoton occupied , Provided that he shall well and faithfully attend to the works ,
and shall not employ his time upon any other operations . And if he shall undertake auy works elsewhere , aud apply himself to them , neglecting , delaying , or leaving undone our works ; and after being a third time admonished ou our behalf , shall not return to our works and diligently employ himself about the same ,, then his salary shall cease until he shall return and
duly make up for his failures . If smitten with blindness or other bodily infirmity , whereby he may be disabled from bestowing his bodily labour upon the said works , then , so long as the infirmity shall continue , he shall receive 10 marks ( £ 613 s . M . ) yearly , together with the houses aforesaid , bestowing his counsel and
advice as far as he is able . In the event of his being unwilling to labour , or withdrawing himself altogether from the works , then our grant shall forthwith cease , until he shall fully return and attend to our works . " " Ordnances" for the masons were again issued in 1370 much to the same effect as those quouted for
, 1355 ; with these additions—that no mason shall be received at work but he be first proved a week or more upon his well working , aud after that he is found conssissant of his work , he be received of the common assent of the master and the keepers of the work and of the master mason . In this year Patryngton was
still master mason , having under him 35 masons and apprentices , and IS labourers . * It was usual for this church to find tunics , (? gowns ) , aprons , gloves , and clogs , and to give occasional potation and remuneration for extra work . Gloves were also given to the carpenters . In 139 S , M . Hugo Hedon was master mason , with 28 masons under him . In 1415 there are