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Masonic Antiquities, Documents, &C . Jerusalem. Encampment, Manchester.
ferent under the Saxons , and altered after the Norman conquest , and Stowe gives the following on the authority of Ingulphus : — " HereAvard being in Flanders , and hearing that the Realm Avas " subdued by strangers , and his father ' s inheritance given to a " Norman , cometh Avith speed into England , and gathering together " a company of his kindred chased them out of his father ' s
inheri" tance . Then goeth to his uncle , the Abbot of Peterboro ' , and " making confession of his sins , and absolution received ,- Avatched " all night in the church in prayer and fasting , and the next day " offered his sword upon the altar , and after the Gospel , the " Abbot put the same hallowed sword about Hereward ' s neck with " a benediction , and communicating the Holy Mysteries of Christ , " from thenceforth remained a laAvful soldier or knight , this custom " of consecrating a soldier the Normans abhorred , but not onlv
" this custom but many others did they alter and change . " Soon after this period the Great Military Orders of the " Temple " and of the " Hospitallers of St . John of Jerusalem" Avere organized to Avar for the recovery of Jerusalem , the Great Masters being the Sovereigns . Both orders Avere divided into two chief classes , the Esquires , or serving brothers , and the Knights , and had also a class
of Ecclesiatical brothers , or chaplains .. They also affiliated members Avho did not reside Avith them or perform any of their duties . The receptions in both cases Avere secret , more especially in that of the Templars , but these knights considered it derogatory to the dignity of the order to receive any but knights , and they must therefore be knighted before presenting themselves for reception
, but the knights of St . John thought differently and conferred the honour during reception . The former styled their houses and rulers Preceptories and Preceptors , the latter Commanderies and Commanders .
In the copy of the petition for the warrant , Lodge No . 39 is mentioned . The minute book of this Lodge is in possession of the Encampment , and the Bye-laws bear the signature of Laurence Dermott , about 1757 , so that it was constituted by the Seceding , or Ancient , Grand Lodge of England .- " This body first make their appearance about 1739 , as protesting against the continued
innovations of the London Grand Lodge of 1717 , and eventually they Avere recognized by the Grand Lodge at York , as the representatives of what Avas termed Ancient Masonry in the South . About this period , also , the Chevalier Ramsay , a representative of the Stuarts , advocated his theory to reconcile all differences , viz .: — " That the first Masons Avere a Society of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Antiquities, Documents, &C . Jerusalem. Encampment, Manchester.
ferent under the Saxons , and altered after the Norman conquest , and Stowe gives the following on the authority of Ingulphus : — " HereAvard being in Flanders , and hearing that the Realm Avas " subdued by strangers , and his father ' s inheritance given to a " Norman , cometh Avith speed into England , and gathering together " a company of his kindred chased them out of his father ' s
inheri" tance . Then goeth to his uncle , the Abbot of Peterboro ' , and " making confession of his sins , and absolution received ,- Avatched " all night in the church in prayer and fasting , and the next day " offered his sword upon the altar , and after the Gospel , the " Abbot put the same hallowed sword about Hereward ' s neck with " a benediction , and communicating the Holy Mysteries of Christ , " from thenceforth remained a laAvful soldier or knight , this custom " of consecrating a soldier the Normans abhorred , but not onlv
" this custom but many others did they alter and change . " Soon after this period the Great Military Orders of the " Temple " and of the " Hospitallers of St . John of Jerusalem" Avere organized to Avar for the recovery of Jerusalem , the Great Masters being the Sovereigns . Both orders Avere divided into two chief classes , the Esquires , or serving brothers , and the Knights , and had also a class
of Ecclesiatical brothers , or chaplains .. They also affiliated members Avho did not reside Avith them or perform any of their duties . The receptions in both cases Avere secret , more especially in that of the Templars , but these knights considered it derogatory to the dignity of the order to receive any but knights , and they must therefore be knighted before presenting themselves for reception
, but the knights of St . John thought differently and conferred the honour during reception . The former styled their houses and rulers Preceptories and Preceptors , the latter Commanderies and Commanders .
In the copy of the petition for the warrant , Lodge No . 39 is mentioned . The minute book of this Lodge is in possession of the Encampment , and the Bye-laws bear the signature of Laurence Dermott , about 1757 , so that it was constituted by the Seceding , or Ancient , Grand Lodge of England .- " This body first make their appearance about 1739 , as protesting against the continued
innovations of the London Grand Lodge of 1717 , and eventually they Avere recognized by the Grand Lodge at York , as the representatives of what Avas termed Ancient Masonry in the South . About this period , also , the Chevalier Ramsay , a representative of the Stuarts , advocated his theory to reconcile all differences , viz .: — " That the first Masons Avere a Society of