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Some Rare Certificates.
Some Rare Certificates .
13 v FRED . J . W , CROWE . 1 SP ^^ JISl H . E following account of some Certificates rarel y met fe ^ P §> ucp | f with , will , I think , be of interest not onl y to ' % (( ww }) I I collectors , but also to the general readers of the J |\^^ $ / I Freemason . The originals are in my possession . || bl ^ S ^ .= yj . The first is a small parchment , eight-and-a-half
inches by eleven inches , around the ougc ot which is a stencilled dosign , the body of the Certificate being partly printed and partly written . The Lodge referred to was originall y No . 98 , " Army Lodge , " held in Elizabeth Castle , Jersey , under a Warrant
from the "Ancients , " dated 1762 . * The Lodge was transferred to Guernsey on payment of £ 21 to Grand Lodge for the Charity Fund , and is now known as "Doyle ' s Lodge of Fellowship , No . 84 . The upper seal has a sun in the centre , rising from behind a heart ,
beneath which is a ribbon inscribed "Be Virtuous and be Happy . " At the top of the seal is a cannon resting on a scroll , at one end of which is an L , and at the other "No . 1 . " The other seal is nearly defaced , but I believe it bears the arms of the Province . It runs thus : —¦
TO ALL ENLIGHTENED . BRETHREN AND DARKNESS COMPREHENDETH IT NOT .
5 = By Authority of the Ri g ht \\ orshipful Provincial Grand f . ~ Master of the Islands of Jersey , Guernsey , Sark , and Alderuey , y . 'Z and by Deputation from the Right AVorshiplul Grand Master , % s of all regular constituted LOIMIES , within the Dominions of z- His Majesty , the King of Great Britain , Ac . Ac . Ac .
— - Jx nil-: RAHIKXT HAST UV JKIJSEV , where reign SII . EXCI & PEACE , and U . vrrv .
WK the undersigned MASTER , WAHHEXS , OFFICIOUS , and BRETHIIEX , ol LoiiGi : No . 1 , regularly assembled , in Mystical Numbers , invested with our Jewels , and Ornaments , do hereby Declare , anil Certify , to all true and enlightened Brethren wheresoever dispersed round the Gi . oin :.
rj That Francis Lauzun washy us made an entered Apprentice , past 2 Fellmv of the Craft and raised In Ihe Degree if Master Mason ; that S 3 by his proper beharioiir , assiduity and zeal in carrying on < mr work , g he has justl y merited the tloodwill , Affect it ill and Regard of the £ Brethren :
In witness whereof we have given him this Certificate ( which he himself has signed ; that he , wifh Joy and Satisfaction , may meet with a good reception from all enlightened Brethren , returning the same to every Brother who may present himself to him , with an equally just title .
Some Rare Certificates.
GIVEN Under our HANDS and SEAL , and countersigned by our Secretary , at oar LonnE in St . HELIBR , to have full effect , and authenticity , after comparing the said Brothers signature , this 20 th day of the eleventh Month in the Year of Light 5795 . ' . J . ' . H . - . Brohicr P . ' . M . ' . John Smith . \ W . ' . M . \ & % Lewis N J Brohier h . \ P . \ R . 0 . G . Brohier actg S . - . W . . ~ 1
T ) e Penfentenyo . ' . S . ' . P . ' . K . ' , * b DclaronpcticreClourczaotgJ . ' . W . ' . a -3 N . Messervy M . \ Eustacho Delalbez S . ' . D . - . 12 L . - . M . - . De CarneV . RA . F : Lanzun J . ' . D . ' . ^ J Chs . De Bremojv . R . ' . A . ' . J Duninrcsq g ^ Jas . Morison ... K . ' . T . ' . Augustus Barry R . - . A . ' . ' ' °
R . C . J . Brohier TREASURER W . Blackwell SECRETARY . .= - Bernardi MoNamara R . - . A , \ De Foulas c . ' . d ' . ~ a C : Winter £ | No . 2 is a Mark Certificate , and the only one of the kind I have seen
myself . It measures ST inches by 9 h inches , and is printed from a plate "Br . Wm . Bali , Del in . " and " * J . Walton , Sculp . " The two pillars are surmounted by globes , one of which bears a . map of the Western Hemisphere and the other various constellations , with part of the Zodiac , showing the signs of Aries , Taurus , Gemini , and Leo , Cancer being for some reason displaced . The Bible is open at " JOHN . "
The wording of ( ho Certificate will be clearly seen in the reproduction , so I need only note that flic expiession— " The Order of the holy ST . MARK " . is unusual and curious , and C 0 ( chief overseer ) is used instead of M 0 .
No . 3 is also the only Certificate of the kind I have met with . It is not Masonic , but of the "Soeiete ties Conipngnnns Passants Cliarpentiers" at Paris . The square , compasses , and other Craft emblems are shown , together with a multitude of carpenter ' s tools
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Some Rare Certificates.
Some Rare Certificates .
13 v FRED . J . W , CROWE . 1 SP ^^ JISl H . E following account of some Certificates rarel y met fe ^ P §> ucp | f with , will , I think , be of interest not onl y to ' % (( ww }) I I collectors , but also to the general readers of the J |\^^ $ / I Freemason . The originals are in my possession . || bl ^ S ^ .= yj . The first is a small parchment , eight-and-a-half
inches by eleven inches , around the ougc ot which is a stencilled dosign , the body of the Certificate being partly printed and partly written . The Lodge referred to was originall y No . 98 , " Army Lodge , " held in Elizabeth Castle , Jersey , under a Warrant
from the "Ancients , " dated 1762 . * The Lodge was transferred to Guernsey on payment of £ 21 to Grand Lodge for the Charity Fund , and is now known as "Doyle ' s Lodge of Fellowship , No . 84 . The upper seal has a sun in the centre , rising from behind a heart ,
beneath which is a ribbon inscribed "Be Virtuous and be Happy . " At the top of the seal is a cannon resting on a scroll , at one end of which is an L , and at the other "No . 1 . " The other seal is nearly defaced , but I believe it bears the arms of the Province . It runs thus : —¦
TO ALL ENLIGHTENED . BRETHREN AND DARKNESS COMPREHENDETH IT NOT .
5 = By Authority of the Ri g ht \\ orshipful Provincial Grand f . ~ Master of the Islands of Jersey , Guernsey , Sark , and Alderuey , y . 'Z and by Deputation from the Right AVorshiplul Grand Master , % s of all regular constituted LOIMIES , within the Dominions of z- His Majesty , the King of Great Britain , Ac . Ac . Ac .
— - Jx nil-: RAHIKXT HAST UV JKIJSEV , where reign SII . EXCI & PEACE , and U . vrrv .
WK the undersigned MASTER , WAHHEXS , OFFICIOUS , and BRETHIIEX , ol LoiiGi : No . 1 , regularly assembled , in Mystical Numbers , invested with our Jewels , and Ornaments , do hereby Declare , anil Certify , to all true and enlightened Brethren wheresoever dispersed round the Gi . oin :.
rj That Francis Lauzun washy us made an entered Apprentice , past 2 Fellmv of the Craft and raised In Ihe Degree if Master Mason ; that S 3 by his proper beharioiir , assiduity and zeal in carrying on < mr work , g he has justl y merited the tloodwill , Affect it ill and Regard of the £ Brethren :
In witness whereof we have given him this Certificate ( which he himself has signed ; that he , wifh Joy and Satisfaction , may meet with a good reception from all enlightened Brethren , returning the same to every Brother who may present himself to him , with an equally just title .
Some Rare Certificates.
GIVEN Under our HANDS and SEAL , and countersigned by our Secretary , at oar LonnE in St . HELIBR , to have full effect , and authenticity , after comparing the said Brothers signature , this 20 th day of the eleventh Month in the Year of Light 5795 . ' . J . ' . H . - . Brohicr P . ' . M . ' . John Smith . \ W . ' . M . \ & % Lewis N J Brohier h . \ P . \ R . 0 . G . Brohier actg S . - . W . . ~ 1
T ) e Penfentenyo . ' . S . ' . P . ' . K . ' , * b DclaronpcticreClourczaotgJ . ' . W . ' . a -3 N . Messervy M . \ Eustacho Delalbez S . ' . D . - . 12 L . - . M . - . De CarneV . RA . F : Lanzun J . ' . D . ' . ^ J Chs . De Bremojv . R . ' . A . ' . J Duninrcsq g ^ Jas . Morison ... K . ' . T . ' . Augustus Barry R . - . A . ' . ' ' °
R . C . J . Brohier TREASURER W . Blackwell SECRETARY . .= - Bernardi MoNamara R . - . A , \ De Foulas c . ' . d ' . ~ a C : Winter £ | No . 2 is a Mark Certificate , and the only one of the kind I have seen
myself . It measures ST inches by 9 h inches , and is printed from a plate "Br . Wm . Bali , Del in . " and " * J . Walton , Sculp . " The two pillars are surmounted by globes , one of which bears a . map of the Western Hemisphere and the other various constellations , with part of the Zodiac , showing the signs of Aries , Taurus , Gemini , and Leo , Cancer being for some reason displaced . The Bible is open at " JOHN . "
The wording of ( ho Certificate will be clearly seen in the reproduction , so I need only note that flic expiession— " The Order of the holy ST . MARK " . is unusual and curious , and C 0 ( chief overseer ) is used instead of M 0 .
No . 3 is also the only Certificate of the kind I have met with . It is not Masonic , but of the "Soeiete ties Conipngnnns Passants Cliarpentiers" at Paris . The square , compasses , and other Craft emblems are shown , together with a multitude of carpenter ' s tools