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Masonic Facts.

MASONIC FACTS .

LOUDON , SATURDAY , MARCH 29 , 1862 .

( Gontimied from page 226 . ) 160 . It is accorded iu the 11 th of Edward 3 rd , 1336-7 , that no man or woman , except the King . Queen , and their children , the Prelates , Earls , Barons , Knights , and Ladies , and People of Holy Church , which may expend hy year an C li . of their Benefices

at the least to the very value , shall wear no fur in his clothes , that shall he bought after the said Feast of Saint Michael , upon the forfeiture of the said fur , and further to be punished at the King ' s will . It was enacted by 23 Edward 3 , c . " o ( 1349 ) , that masons and other artificers , shall not take for their

labour and workmanship above the sum that was wont to be paid to such persons in the said twentieth year , and other common years next before , as afore is said , in the place where they shall happen to work ; under pain of being committed to next gaol . Freemasons , first mentioned as such in Act of Parliment , A . D . 1350-1 , 25 Edw . 3 , stat . 21 , c . 3 . Item . That carpenters , masons , and tilers , ancl other

workmen of houses , shall not take by the day for their work , but in manner as they were wont , that is to say , a master carpenter iiic ? . and another iid . A master ( Freemason ) , iiiic ? . and other masons Hid . and their servant id . ob . Mestre mason de tranche pur iiijc ? . and autre iijc ? ., and lour svantz jd . ob .

Tylers iiic ? . ancl their knaves ( garceons ) , id . ob ., and other coverers of fern and straw Hid ., and their knaves id . ob . Plasterers and other workers of mudwalls , and their knaves , by the same manner , without meat or drink , i . s . from Easter to Saint Michael ; and from that time lessaccording to the rate and discretion of the

, justices , which should be thereto assigned . C . 5 . —Enacted that excess of wages received to be refunded , and delivered to the collectors of the quinzime , in alleviation of the towns where such excesses were taken .

C . 9 . —34 Edw . 3 , enacted that labourers shall not be punished by fine under the statue 25 Edw . 3 , stat . 2 , ch . 5 , but only by imprisonment . A penalty was fixed for bailing them . C . 9 . —Also enacted . And that as well carpenters and masons be comprised in this ordinance as all other labourersservantsand artificersand that the

car-, , , penters and masons take from henceforth wages by the day , and not by the week , nor in other manner , and that the chief masters of carpenters and masons take fourpenee by the clay , and the other threepence or twopence according as they may be worth ; and that all alliances and covines of masons and carpenters ,

and congregations , chapters , ordinances and oaths betwixt them made , or to be made , shall be from henceforth void and wholly annulled , so that every mason and carpenter , of what condition that he be , shall be compelled b y his master to whom he serveth , to do every work that to him pertaineth to do ,

or of freestone , or of rough stone , and also every carpenter in his degree , but it shall be lawful to every Lord or other , to make bargain or covenant of their work in gross , with such labourers and artificers when please them , so that they perform such works well and lawfull y according to the bargain or covenant with them thereof made .

C . 10 . —Enacted that labourers and artificers that absent them out of their services in another town or another county , that the party shall have the suit before the Justices , and that- the Sheriff take him at the first clay , as is contained in the statute , if he be found , and do of him execution as afore is said ; and if he returnthat he is not foundhe shall have an

, , Exigend at the first clay , and the same pursue till he be outlawed , and after the outlawry a writ of the same Justices shall be sent to every Sheriff of England , that the party will sue to take him and to send him to the Sheriff of the county where he is outlawed ; and when he shall be there brought he shall have

there imprisonment till he will justify himself , and have made gru to the party ; and nevertheless for the falsity he shall be burnt in the forehead with an iron made and formed to this letter F in token of falsity , if the party grieved the same will sue ; but this pain of burning shall be put in respite till Saint

Michael next ensuing , and then not executed unless it be by the advice of the Justices ; and the iron shall abide in the custody of the Sheriff . And the Sheriff ( and some Bailiff of the ) franchise be attending the plaintiff to put this ordinance in execution , upon the pain aforesaid . And that no labourer nor artificer

shall take no manner of wages the festival days . The following enactments were made by Parliament in the 37 th Edw . 3 ( 1363 . ) _ C . 6 . —Ordained that artificers , handicraft people hold them every one to one mystery , which he will choose betwixt this and the said Feast of Candlemas ;

and two of every Craft shall be chosen to survey , that none use other Craft than the same which he hath chosen . C . 7 . —Master Goldsmiths shall have a mark b y himself , and the same mark shall be known hy them which shall be assigned by the King to survey their work and alloy .

C . 8 . —For the outrageous and excessive apparel of divers people , against their estate and degree to the great destruction and impoverishment of all the land , it is ordained that grooms , as well as servants * of lords , as they of mysteries and artificers , shall be served to eat and drink once a-day of flesh or of fish

, and the remnant of other victuals , as of milk , butter , and cheese , and such other victuals , according to their estate ; and that they have clothes for their * vesture or hosing , whereof the whole cloth shall not exceed two marks , * and that they wear no cloth of higher price of their buyingnor otherwisenor

no-, , thing of gold nor of silver embroidered , dimeted , nor of silk , nor nothing pertaining to the said things ; and their wives , daughters , and children of the same condition in their clothing and apparel , and they shall wear no veils passing xiicT . a veil . 0 . 9 . —That people of handicraft and yeomen shall

take nor wear cloth of an higher price for their vesture or hosing , than within forty shillings the whole cloth , by way of buying , or otherwise ; nor stone , nor cloth of silk , nor of silver nor girdle , knife , button , ring , garter , nor owche , ribband chains , & c . C . 11 . Merchants , citizens , artificers , people of handicraft , which have clearly goods and chattels to the value of ve . pounds , and their wives and children .

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MASONIC FACTS. Article 1
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 2
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART. Article 5
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 6
PORTRAIT OF BRO. CREW. Article 7
THE CHANNEL ISLANDS. Article 7
CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES. Article 8
MASTERS AND WARDENS. Article 8
AGED MASONS' WIVES. Article 8
HELE. Article 8
HIGH PRIESTHOOD. Article 8
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 9
METROPOLITAN. Article 9
PROVINCIAL. Article 10
YORKSHIRE (WEST.) Article 13
CHANNEL ISLANDS. Article 13
SCOTLAND. Article 13
INDIA. Article 13
ROYAL ARCH. Article 16
MARK MASONRY. Article 17
NOTES ON MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. Article 18
THE WEEK. Article 18
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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Masonic Facts.

MASONIC FACTS .

LOUDON , SATURDAY , MARCH 29 , 1862 .

( Gontimied from page 226 . ) 160 . It is accorded iu the 11 th of Edward 3 rd , 1336-7 , that no man or woman , except the King . Queen , and their children , the Prelates , Earls , Barons , Knights , and Ladies , and People of Holy Church , which may expend hy year an C li . of their Benefices

at the least to the very value , shall wear no fur in his clothes , that shall he bought after the said Feast of Saint Michael , upon the forfeiture of the said fur , and further to be punished at the King ' s will . It was enacted by 23 Edward 3 , c . " o ( 1349 ) , that masons and other artificers , shall not take for their

labour and workmanship above the sum that was wont to be paid to such persons in the said twentieth year , and other common years next before , as afore is said , in the place where they shall happen to work ; under pain of being committed to next gaol . Freemasons , first mentioned as such in Act of Parliment , A . D . 1350-1 , 25 Edw . 3 , stat . 21 , c . 3 . Item . That carpenters , masons , and tilers , ancl other

workmen of houses , shall not take by the day for their work , but in manner as they were wont , that is to say , a master carpenter iiic ? . and another iid . A master ( Freemason ) , iiiic ? . and other masons Hid . and their servant id . ob . Mestre mason de tranche pur iiijc ? . and autre iijc ? ., and lour svantz jd . ob .

Tylers iiic ? . ancl their knaves ( garceons ) , id . ob ., and other coverers of fern and straw Hid ., and their knaves id . ob . Plasterers and other workers of mudwalls , and their knaves , by the same manner , without meat or drink , i . s . from Easter to Saint Michael ; and from that time lessaccording to the rate and discretion of the

, justices , which should be thereto assigned . C . 5 . —Enacted that excess of wages received to be refunded , and delivered to the collectors of the quinzime , in alleviation of the towns where such excesses were taken .

C . 9 . —34 Edw . 3 , enacted that labourers shall not be punished by fine under the statue 25 Edw . 3 , stat . 2 , ch . 5 , but only by imprisonment . A penalty was fixed for bailing them . C . 9 . —Also enacted . And that as well carpenters and masons be comprised in this ordinance as all other labourersservantsand artificersand that the

car-, , , penters and masons take from henceforth wages by the day , and not by the week , nor in other manner , and that the chief masters of carpenters and masons take fourpenee by the clay , and the other threepence or twopence according as they may be worth ; and that all alliances and covines of masons and carpenters ,

and congregations , chapters , ordinances and oaths betwixt them made , or to be made , shall be from henceforth void and wholly annulled , so that every mason and carpenter , of what condition that he be , shall be compelled b y his master to whom he serveth , to do every work that to him pertaineth to do ,

or of freestone , or of rough stone , and also every carpenter in his degree , but it shall be lawful to every Lord or other , to make bargain or covenant of their work in gross , with such labourers and artificers when please them , so that they perform such works well and lawfull y according to the bargain or covenant with them thereof made .

C . 10 . —Enacted that labourers and artificers that absent them out of their services in another town or another county , that the party shall have the suit before the Justices , and that- the Sheriff take him at the first clay , as is contained in the statute , if he be found , and do of him execution as afore is said ; and if he returnthat he is not foundhe shall have an

, , Exigend at the first clay , and the same pursue till he be outlawed , and after the outlawry a writ of the same Justices shall be sent to every Sheriff of England , that the party will sue to take him and to send him to the Sheriff of the county where he is outlawed ; and when he shall be there brought he shall have

there imprisonment till he will justify himself , and have made gru to the party ; and nevertheless for the falsity he shall be burnt in the forehead with an iron made and formed to this letter F in token of falsity , if the party grieved the same will sue ; but this pain of burning shall be put in respite till Saint

Michael next ensuing , and then not executed unless it be by the advice of the Justices ; and the iron shall abide in the custody of the Sheriff . And the Sheriff ( and some Bailiff of the ) franchise be attending the plaintiff to put this ordinance in execution , upon the pain aforesaid . And that no labourer nor artificer

shall take no manner of wages the festival days . The following enactments were made by Parliament in the 37 th Edw . 3 ( 1363 . ) _ C . 6 . —Ordained that artificers , handicraft people hold them every one to one mystery , which he will choose betwixt this and the said Feast of Candlemas ;

and two of every Craft shall be chosen to survey , that none use other Craft than the same which he hath chosen . C . 7 . —Master Goldsmiths shall have a mark b y himself , and the same mark shall be known hy them which shall be assigned by the King to survey their work and alloy .

C . 8 . —For the outrageous and excessive apparel of divers people , against their estate and degree to the great destruction and impoverishment of all the land , it is ordained that grooms , as well as servants * of lords , as they of mysteries and artificers , shall be served to eat and drink once a-day of flesh or of fish

, and the remnant of other victuals , as of milk , butter , and cheese , and such other victuals , according to their estate ; and that they have clothes for their * vesture or hosing , whereof the whole cloth shall not exceed two marks , * and that they wear no cloth of higher price of their buyingnor otherwisenor

no-, , thing of gold nor of silver embroidered , dimeted , nor of silk , nor nothing pertaining to the said things ; and their wives , daughters , and children of the same condition in their clothing and apparel , and they shall wear no veils passing xiicT . a veil . 0 . 9 . —That people of handicraft and yeomen shall

take nor wear cloth of an higher price for their vesture or hosing , than within forty shillings the whole cloth , by way of buying , or otherwise ; nor stone , nor cloth of silk , nor of silver nor girdle , knife , button , ring , garter , nor owche , ribband chains , & c . C . 11 . Merchants , citizens , artificers , people of handicraft , which have clearly goods and chattels to the value of ve . pounds , and their wives and children .

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