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Masonic Antiquities, Documents, &C. Jerusalem Encampment, Manchester.
During this year the Acting Grand Master of the Order , Sir Thomas Dunckerley , died and was succeeded by the Right Llonourable Thomas Lord Rancliffe , of Portman Square , London . We have seen that under the authority of York , Encampments granted their own certificates , copies of which , of later date , will appear ; but from 1791 regular returns were made to , and
certificates issued by the Grand Conclave in London . Bro . Charles Pettitt of Warrington has kindly furnished me with copies of three of these certificates in the possession of his Lodge at Kendal , issued in 1793-4-6 for an Encampment of " Bethlehem " meeting at Carlisle . These certificates are headed with a small geometrical engraving , a modified form of which is yet found on the Irish
certificate , and contains the Maltese Cross , Double-headed Eagle , Interlaced Triangles , Three Crossed Swords , Six Banners , the Secret Cypher of the Order , & c , & c , and are as follows : —
" In the Name of the Holy and undivided Trinity . " ( TJi-e Engraving alluded to is inserted here . ) " T . P . K . Initium Sapiente Amor Domini . " " THOMAS DUNCKERLEY of Hampton Court Palace in the County of
" Middlesex , Most Eminent and Supreme GRAND MASTER of the Royal " and Exalted , Eeligious and Military Orders of II-R-D-M , Grand Elected " Masonic Knights Templars K-D-O-S-H of St . John of Jerusalem , " Palestine , & c , & c , & c , under the Patronage of his ROYAL HIGHNESS , " PBINCE EDWARD . " These are to certifthat Sir William Halhead of the Conclave and
y " Chapter of Bethlehem held in their field of Encampment at Carlisle is " Registered in the Grand and Royal Conclave of England , " Given at London this 24 th day of June A . L . 5798 , A . D . 1794 . "A . O . 676 . " By command of the Most Eminent and Supreme Grand Master ,
W . HALHEAD . " Tnos . BHANSOJI , Second Scribe . " The seal attached to the Dunckerley certificate is that found on the warrants , but one of 179 6 , after the succession of Lord Rancliffe , has a fine seal of the Rose Croix . The former bears a column surmounted with rays of light , and squareleveland plumb
, , rule ; behind are two swords crossed ; below " A . L . 6795 " ( or 1791 ) , " LXXXI . " At the sides of the column are found a mitre , Maltese Cross , Patriarchal Cross , Jerusalem Cross , Six Stars , A . O ., and the inscription " RO . HRDM . KOD" - K . TP . H . P . R . INPIOC SIGNO VINCES , " surmounted by a double headed eagle . The latter seal has a ladder of seven stepsbehind are cross swords
; , circle , - and thirty-three stars . At the foot of the ladder is the letter M , and at the top a Glory , the letter N , triangle , and cubic stone ; various letters are scattered about , & c . ; the dates 1118 , 1314 ; the ages 3 . 5 . 7 . 9 . 27 . 81 . ; the letters P . K ., H . M ., & c .
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Masonic Antiquities, Documents, &C. Jerusalem Encampment, Manchester.
During this year the Acting Grand Master of the Order , Sir Thomas Dunckerley , died and was succeeded by the Right Llonourable Thomas Lord Rancliffe , of Portman Square , London . We have seen that under the authority of York , Encampments granted their own certificates , copies of which , of later date , will appear ; but from 1791 regular returns were made to , and
certificates issued by the Grand Conclave in London . Bro . Charles Pettitt of Warrington has kindly furnished me with copies of three of these certificates in the possession of his Lodge at Kendal , issued in 1793-4-6 for an Encampment of " Bethlehem " meeting at Carlisle . These certificates are headed with a small geometrical engraving , a modified form of which is yet found on the Irish
certificate , and contains the Maltese Cross , Double-headed Eagle , Interlaced Triangles , Three Crossed Swords , Six Banners , the Secret Cypher of the Order , & c , & c , and are as follows : —
" In the Name of the Holy and undivided Trinity . " ( TJi-e Engraving alluded to is inserted here . ) " T . P . K . Initium Sapiente Amor Domini . " " THOMAS DUNCKERLEY of Hampton Court Palace in the County of
" Middlesex , Most Eminent and Supreme GRAND MASTER of the Royal " and Exalted , Eeligious and Military Orders of II-R-D-M , Grand Elected " Masonic Knights Templars K-D-O-S-H of St . John of Jerusalem , " Palestine , & c , & c , & c , under the Patronage of his ROYAL HIGHNESS , " PBINCE EDWARD . " These are to certifthat Sir William Halhead of the Conclave and
y " Chapter of Bethlehem held in their field of Encampment at Carlisle is " Registered in the Grand and Royal Conclave of England , " Given at London this 24 th day of June A . L . 5798 , A . D . 1794 . "A . O . 676 . " By command of the Most Eminent and Supreme Grand Master ,
W . HALHEAD . " Tnos . BHANSOJI , Second Scribe . " The seal attached to the Dunckerley certificate is that found on the warrants , but one of 179 6 , after the succession of Lord Rancliffe , has a fine seal of the Rose Croix . The former bears a column surmounted with rays of light , and squareleveland plumb
, , rule ; behind are two swords crossed ; below " A . L . 6795 " ( or 1791 ) , " LXXXI . " At the sides of the column are found a mitre , Maltese Cross , Patriarchal Cross , Jerusalem Cross , Six Stars , A . O ., and the inscription " RO . HRDM . KOD" - K . TP . H . P . R . INPIOC SIGNO VINCES , " surmounted by a double headed eagle . The latter seal has a ladder of seven stepsbehind are cross swords
; , circle , - and thirty-three stars . At the foot of the ladder is the letter M , and at the top a Glory , the letter N , triangle , and cubic stone ; various letters are scattered about , & c . ; the dates 1118 , 1314 ; the ages 3 . 5 . 7 . 9 . 27 . 81 . ; the letters P . K ., H . M ., & c .