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The Lion And Lamb Lodge And Chapter, No. 192.
THE LION AND LAMB LODGE AND CHAPTER , No . 192 .
BY BRO . R . F . GOULD . One of the latest publications that have issued from the printing- works of the Freemason , is an illustrated history of his " Mother Lodge , " prepared at the instance and under the direct care of Bro . George Kenning , the founder and sole proprietor of this journal .
The letterpress consists of nine chapters and an appendix , and for the accuracy of both text and addenda , the reputation of our well-known Bro . Hughan , who , as it is fitting he should , has assisted his old friend in this department of the work , will be a sufficient assurance .
Chapter I . narrates the origin of the lodge , which at first bore the number 25 8 , and received a warrant dated December 24 th , 1789 . Chapter II . surveys the records from 1790 to 179 6 . An early minute of February nth , 1790 , has : "Proceeded to Grant , Bro ' Sir Watkin Lewis
[ Lewes ] , Pass Master , His Recommendary Certificate , To Pass the Holy Royal Arch . " The brother referred to , was the first Master of the lodge , and held office until June 23 rd , 1790 , when he was succeeded by Bro . John Marden .
Down to January , 1796 , " there is no record of any initiation taking place , or the election of any j ' oining members , " but the minute book of the Domatic Lodge , now No . 177 , ranging from September 29 th , 1788 , to July 21 st , 1800 ,
throws much light on this curious state of affairs . The " Domatic , " as its name denotes , was established as an operative lodge . The warrant is dated February 7 th , 1786 , and the number originally assigned to the lodge was 2 , 34 . On December 15 th , 17 S 9 , the following was agreed to :
" Domatic Lodge , No . 2 . 34 . Met on Emergency . VVorshipfull Master and all Officers Present . Opened at 7 o ' clock . When the Worshi pful Mast 1 ' Proposed to add a new Warrant For the use of the Members of This
Lodge To Be under the Denomination of a Working Warrant . Which IVoposal was agreed upon by the Majority Present . When Br . Edw Cook , Br . John Wood , Br . Tho" Abbott were chosen Bro to Gett this new Warrant for the above use . "
On January 25 th , 1790 , in the same minute book , there occurs : " Visited by Brother Kdw . Cook , P . M . in No . 258 ; Brother Thos . Abbott , P . M . 258 ; Brother Sami Mecho , 258 . " The first two brethren were members of both lodges .
On October 27 th , 179 = ; , " the Worshipful Master ordered the I . odge to be summoned on Friday , October 30 , to take into consideration the disposal of the warrant of Lodge 258 , " and on that day it was reported : " The Worshi pful inform'd the Lodge that he had ordered the Secretary
10 summons the Brothers for this Evening to take into iConsideration the disposal of the Warrant of Ihe Lodge 25 S , as it being found that the Members "ot attending to the support of the two Warrants , it being found that the lod ge 258 by this means was become burthensome , it being thought the best
•o dispose of it , as an application bad been made by a respectable Company of Gentlemen , when a Committee was appointed consisting of Mr . Wight , P . M . ; Ur . Burton , P . M . ; Br . Marden , Br . Abbott , P . M . ; Br . Chadwick ,
P 'M . ; Br . Robins , P . M . ; Br . Crow , P . M ., have full power to dispose of l "e same in such a manner as they may think meet for the good of the Lod ge . "
Ultimately—April 26 th , 179 6—it was reported to the members of the I'omaiic Lodge , No . 234 , by lira . Wight , on behalf of the Committee , that the " Warrant 25 S " bad been disposed of , and removed to the Bear and Wheat Sheaf , in Lower Thames-street .
Chapter III . 1 overs the period 1796-1811 . There is , however , very little lo relate , and but for the fortunate discovery by Bro . Gccrge Kenning , of s ° me books , in a false bottom to one of the pedestals , there would be a total absence of rrcoids for the time comprised within the years above staled .
Ihe first laige minute book , we are told in the next chapter ( IV . ) , begins * 'ln a record of 25 th junp , 1811 . The initiation fee was then two guineas , ! nd that for joining half-a-guinea . During this year—August 15 th—the
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renowned Peter Thomson , late of Lodge No . 259 , was elected a member and on September 23 rd , the whole Three Degrees were conferred on the mate of a vessel . In 1812—December 28 th—the officers were sworn lo fill their respective offices for the ensuing twelve months . Until about this date , the offices had been vacated half-yearly .
A year later , we find from the minutes that visitors as well as members paid their share of the reckoning . Of this almost invariable custom in the last century , the ' existing practice in Lodge Ouatuor Coronati is , perhaps , a solitary example . At the Union of the two Grand Lodges of England , in 1813 , the senior
lodge , under the one body , drew lots with the senior lodge , under the other , for precedence . The " Ancients " were successful . So their No . 1 was was placed at the head of the United roll , and the No . 1 of the " Moderns , " the present Lodge of Antiquity—though ante-dating the era of Grand Lodges —became , as it still remains , No . 2 .
1 he next " Ancient lodge took the No . 3 , while the fourth place fell to the second lodge of the " Moderns "—and so on throughout the two sets of numbers , the Lion and Lamb , an " Ancient" lodge , becoming in
consequence No . 325 . 1 hough I must be careful to state , that in using that appellation I am slightly anticipating , as the name by which present No . 192 has been so long and honourably distinguished , was not adopted until 1 S 16 .
At the re-numbering of the lodges m 1 S 32 the Lion and Lamb moved from 325 to 227 . Chapter V . —appropriately headed " A Long Run "—takes us from 1 S 34 to iStiS . On October 3 rd , 1839 , Bro . Peter Thomson proposed , and in November 7 th following , he initiated , Mr . Henry Muggeridge .
Here a brief digression will be permissible . On ihe first Friday in September , iSt 7 , the lodge of instruction , under sanction of the Lodge of Stability , was founded by Philip Broadfoot and Peter Thomson . Broadfoot was the first Master ( or Preceptor ) , and Thomson the second . For a period of nearly 34 years he was hardly ever absent from a meeting of the
lodge , except from indisposition . It was one of the first , if not the very first , of the lodges of instruction founded after the Union , and was followed some six years later , viz ., in 1823 , by the Emulation Lodge of Improvement . Thomson was initiated in the Lodge of Confidence , mnv No . 193 , December
13 th , 1 S 10 , raised that day week , and in the following year joined present No . 192 , of which he became the Master in 1817 , and the Secretary in 18 34 ( or earlier ) . He was a member of the Board of General Purposes , 1 S 24 ; S . G . D ., 1844 ; and died b ' ebruary 2 nd , 1 S 51 , aged 72 .
At his decease , Bro . Henry Muggeridge was elected Treasurer and [' receptor of the Stabiliiy Lodge of Instruction —which he had joined on the night succeeding his initiation and continued to hold office until April 24 th | 8 S ,= ; , when he resigned . Bro . Muggeridge , who was also a very active member of the " Lion and Lamb , " and served as W . M . in 1 S 4 1 ; , is now in
his 551 h year as a hreemason , and 111 the 83 rd year of his age , having been born in 1811 . Many testimonials have lucn presented lo him , and that his name may long continue to head the roll ol his mother lodge , will be the earnest wish of all who rightly appreciate his great zeal and ability in the cause of ( Miarity , and as a teacher of the ritual of Freemasonry , ( To be continued . )
Ai . HKRTUs MACNUS . —A well-known bishop , mystic , and by some called a magician , of the middle ages . The date of his birth is not quite certain , but towards the beginning of the thirteenth century . He entered the Dominic . in Order , and became master of the school at Cologne . He was appointed Bishop of Regensburg , but retired to his cloisler in Cologne in 1262 , where he remained until his death , eighteen years later , in 12 S 0 , giving himself up to abstruse studies , philosophical and mystic works . His writings were published at the Hague , in
1650 , and amounted , Gadicke tells , to twenty-one folio volumes . Some ol the German writers , especially Htideloff , have liked to claim him as a Freemason . But we are aware of no other evidence of the fact except the statement that he was the inventor of the lit rman Gothic style of architecture , in which ca-e he would , no doubt , have been connected with the Bauhiitten of German Steinmetzen , and also the tradition that he amended their laws and regulations . There is no a priori objection to these assumptions , though , so far , they are only assumptions . Direct proof is wanting . - Kcnning ' s Cyclopaedia of Freemasonry .
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The Lion And Lamb Lodge And Chapter, No. 192.
THE LION AND LAMB LODGE AND CHAPTER , No . 192 .
BY BRO . R . F . GOULD . One of the latest publications that have issued from the printing- works of the Freemason , is an illustrated history of his " Mother Lodge , " prepared at the instance and under the direct care of Bro . George Kenning , the founder and sole proprietor of this journal .
The letterpress consists of nine chapters and an appendix , and for the accuracy of both text and addenda , the reputation of our well-known Bro . Hughan , who , as it is fitting he should , has assisted his old friend in this department of the work , will be a sufficient assurance .
Chapter I . narrates the origin of the lodge , which at first bore the number 25 8 , and received a warrant dated December 24 th , 1789 . Chapter II . surveys the records from 1790 to 179 6 . An early minute of February nth , 1790 , has : "Proceeded to Grant , Bro ' Sir Watkin Lewis
[ Lewes ] , Pass Master , His Recommendary Certificate , To Pass the Holy Royal Arch . " The brother referred to , was the first Master of the lodge , and held office until June 23 rd , 1790 , when he was succeeded by Bro . John Marden .
Down to January , 1796 , " there is no record of any initiation taking place , or the election of any j ' oining members , " but the minute book of the Domatic Lodge , now No . 177 , ranging from September 29 th , 1788 , to July 21 st , 1800 ,
throws much light on this curious state of affairs . The " Domatic , " as its name denotes , was established as an operative lodge . The warrant is dated February 7 th , 1786 , and the number originally assigned to the lodge was 2 , 34 . On December 15 th , 17 S 9 , the following was agreed to :
" Domatic Lodge , No . 2 . 34 . Met on Emergency . VVorshipfull Master and all Officers Present . Opened at 7 o ' clock . When the Worshi pful Mast 1 ' Proposed to add a new Warrant For the use of the Members of This
Lodge To Be under the Denomination of a Working Warrant . Which IVoposal was agreed upon by the Majority Present . When Br . Edw Cook , Br . John Wood , Br . Tho" Abbott were chosen Bro to Gett this new Warrant for the above use . "
On January 25 th , 1790 , in the same minute book , there occurs : " Visited by Brother Kdw . Cook , P . M . in No . 258 ; Brother Thos . Abbott , P . M . 258 ; Brother Sami Mecho , 258 . " The first two brethren were members of both lodges .
On October 27 th , 179 = ; , " the Worshipful Master ordered the I . odge to be summoned on Friday , October 30 , to take into consideration the disposal of the warrant of Lodge 258 , " and on that day it was reported : " The Worshi pful inform'd the Lodge that he had ordered the Secretary
10 summons the Brothers for this Evening to take into iConsideration the disposal of the Warrant of Ihe Lodge 25 S , as it being found that the Members "ot attending to the support of the two Warrants , it being found that the lod ge 258 by this means was become burthensome , it being thought the best
•o dispose of it , as an application bad been made by a respectable Company of Gentlemen , when a Committee was appointed consisting of Mr . Wight , P . M . ; Ur . Burton , P . M . ; Br . Marden , Br . Abbott , P . M . ; Br . Chadwick ,
P 'M . ; Br . Robins , P . M . ; Br . Crow , P . M ., have full power to dispose of l "e same in such a manner as they may think meet for the good of the Lod ge . "
Ultimately—April 26 th , 179 6—it was reported to the members of the I'omaiic Lodge , No . 234 , by lira . Wight , on behalf of the Committee , that the " Warrant 25 S " bad been disposed of , and removed to the Bear and Wheat Sheaf , in Lower Thames-street .
Chapter III . 1 overs the period 1796-1811 . There is , however , very little lo relate , and but for the fortunate discovery by Bro . Gccrge Kenning , of s ° me books , in a false bottom to one of the pedestals , there would be a total absence of rrcoids for the time comprised within the years above staled .
Ihe first laige minute book , we are told in the next chapter ( IV . ) , begins * 'ln a record of 25 th junp , 1811 . The initiation fee was then two guineas , ! nd that for joining half-a-guinea . During this year—August 15 th—the
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renowned Peter Thomson , late of Lodge No . 259 , was elected a member and on September 23 rd , the whole Three Degrees were conferred on the mate of a vessel . In 1812—December 28 th—the officers were sworn lo fill their respective offices for the ensuing twelve months . Until about this date , the offices had been vacated half-yearly .
A year later , we find from the minutes that visitors as well as members paid their share of the reckoning . Of this almost invariable custom in the last century , the ' existing practice in Lodge Ouatuor Coronati is , perhaps , a solitary example . At the Union of the two Grand Lodges of England , in 1813 , the senior
lodge , under the one body , drew lots with the senior lodge , under the other , for precedence . The " Ancients " were successful . So their No . 1 was was placed at the head of the United roll , and the No . 1 of the " Moderns , " the present Lodge of Antiquity—though ante-dating the era of Grand Lodges —became , as it still remains , No . 2 .
1 he next " Ancient lodge took the No . 3 , while the fourth place fell to the second lodge of the " Moderns "—and so on throughout the two sets of numbers , the Lion and Lamb , an " Ancient" lodge , becoming in
consequence No . 325 . 1 hough I must be careful to state , that in using that appellation I am slightly anticipating , as the name by which present No . 192 has been so long and honourably distinguished , was not adopted until 1 S 16 .
At the re-numbering of the lodges m 1 S 32 the Lion and Lamb moved from 325 to 227 . Chapter V . —appropriately headed " A Long Run "—takes us from 1 S 34 to iStiS . On October 3 rd , 1839 , Bro . Peter Thomson proposed , and in November 7 th following , he initiated , Mr . Henry Muggeridge .
Here a brief digression will be permissible . On ihe first Friday in September , iSt 7 , the lodge of instruction , under sanction of the Lodge of Stability , was founded by Philip Broadfoot and Peter Thomson . Broadfoot was the first Master ( or Preceptor ) , and Thomson the second . For a period of nearly 34 years he was hardly ever absent from a meeting of the
lodge , except from indisposition . It was one of the first , if not the very first , of the lodges of instruction founded after the Union , and was followed some six years later , viz ., in 1823 , by the Emulation Lodge of Improvement . Thomson was initiated in the Lodge of Confidence , mnv No . 193 , December
13 th , 1 S 10 , raised that day week , and in the following year joined present No . 192 , of which he became the Master in 1817 , and the Secretary in 18 34 ( or earlier ) . He was a member of the Board of General Purposes , 1 S 24 ; S . G . D ., 1844 ; and died b ' ebruary 2 nd , 1 S 51 , aged 72 .
At his decease , Bro . Henry Muggeridge was elected Treasurer and [' receptor of the Stabiliiy Lodge of Instruction —which he had joined on the night succeeding his initiation and continued to hold office until April 24 th | 8 S ,= ; , when he resigned . Bro . Muggeridge , who was also a very active member of the " Lion and Lamb , " and served as W . M . in 1 S 4 1 ; , is now in
his 551 h year as a hreemason , and 111 the 83 rd year of his age , having been born in 1811 . Many testimonials have lucn presented lo him , and that his name may long continue to head the roll ol his mother lodge , will be the earnest wish of all who rightly appreciate his great zeal and ability in the cause of ( Miarity , and as a teacher of the ritual of Freemasonry , ( To be continued . )
Ai . HKRTUs MACNUS . —A well-known bishop , mystic , and by some called a magician , of the middle ages . The date of his birth is not quite certain , but towards the beginning of the thirteenth century . He entered the Dominic . in Order , and became master of the school at Cologne . He was appointed Bishop of Regensburg , but retired to his cloisler in Cologne in 1262 , where he remained until his death , eighteen years later , in 12 S 0 , giving himself up to abstruse studies , philosophical and mystic works . His writings were published at the Hague , in
1650 , and amounted , Gadicke tells , to twenty-one folio volumes . Some ol the German writers , especially Htideloff , have liked to claim him as a Freemason . But we are aware of no other evidence of the fact except the statement that he was the inventor of the lit rman Gothic style of architecture , in which ca-e he would , no doubt , have been connected with the Bauhiitten of German Steinmetzen , and also the tradition that he amended their laws and regulations . There is no a priori objection to these assumptions , though , so far , they are only assumptions . Direct proof is wanting . - Kcnning ' s Cyclopaedia of Freemasonry .