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    Article FREEMASONRY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: CHESTER, 1650-1700. ← Page 5 of 14 →
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Freemasonry In The Seventeenth Century: Chester, 1650-1700.

" CXLIII . * In this square is three other Free Masonry Tools " —Mallet , Mattock , and Trowel . " CXLIV . He beareth in this quarter four Mason's instruments "—Commander , or great Mallet or Maul , Triangle , Masons Axe , and Square . " CXLV . In this quarter are four Instruments of the Masons "—Rule or Ten-foot RodMouldsFillets & care addedwhich he says " are the plain

, , , , , and ordinary term amongst the Vulgar sort of Hewers of Stone , that know no better things , but the more engenions and learned work-men have other terms , for which I shall refer you to Chap . 13 , Numb . 65 , 66 , 67 , 73 , 74 . " In Book III ., Chap , xiii ., page 459 , in the descrip tion of " The Use of Pillars , " he adds : — " Pillars are the Hieroglyphics of Fortitude and Constancy , and were erected

for diverse ends and purposes . Some tymes to Limit out the Bound , and the Possessions of People that Bordered one upon an other . " Other reasons are given , of little importance at the present moment , for example , " some tymes for Ornannent , as those of the Temple , I Kings , vii ., 15 , and of Kings Houses , as those of the Forest of Lebanon , vert . 2 , 3 . Still continuing the same subject : t —• of the Scienceto

" For it is ever a term amongst Work-men Free Masons , put a difference between that which is called a Golivmn , and that which they name a Pillwr , for a Golwmm , is ever round , and the Capital and Pedestal answerable thereunto . " " LXVI . % Now for the better understanding of all the parts of a Pillar , or Column , with the several terms which Artists have given to the diverse Mouldings about the same ; I shall in two examples , set forth all their words of Art , used about them ; by which any Gentleman may be able to discourse a Free-Mason or other workman in his own terms . "

Then follows the " Order of Columns and Pillars . " Descriptions of the " five Orders of work in them " are given ; of the . Tuscan , Dorick , Ionick , Corinthian , and the Composita or Compositive order . Representations of the orders will be found in his plates ; but although some of them are of a strange form , § still , like Randle Holmes' descriptions of the orders , they are purely architectural . He sums up by saying : || — " Those that desire farther instruction in the Theorick part of Free Masonry , they may peruse Sebastian

Serley . 1 Printed 1611 . Peter de le Muet . And Andrew Palladio , Both Englished by Golfrid Richards . Vitruvius , And others . " With the summary of Architecture , of which the above series of extracts contain all the mentions of Free Masonry , ends the printed portion of " The Academie of Armorie . " The author apparently did not receive sufficient encouragement to issue the second volumeas promised in his prefaceif the

, , required support were forthcoming . In the British Museum is preserved ** such portion of the second volume as Randle Holme had prepared . It appears to have been collected at various dates , ranging from 1661 to 1677 or later , and forms a volume of MS . nearl y as large as that he printed . From this I have extracted the following notes , as completing such matters as Randle Holme considered to bear upon

Free-Masonry . Much that is interesting may also be learned from his remarks on the old Companies and Fellowships . On page 79 , f f under the heading " The Artificers Atchievement , " he writes as follows : — " Maister Workmen , is a title given to them who are proficient

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FREEMASONRY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: CHESTER, 1650-1700. Article 1
A MASON'S STORY. Article 14
TO POVERTY. Article 16
HISTORY OF THE AIREDALE LODGE, No. 387, Article 17
THIRLMERE LAKE. Article 19
THE TWENTY-FOUR INCH GAUGE. Article 21
THE CHARTER OF COLOGNE. Article 22
OLD RECORDS OF THE LODGE OF PEEBLES. Article 32
ANOTHER YEAR. Article 36
DOCUMENTA LATOMICA INEDITA. Article 37
OF THE SOCIETY OF FREEMASSONS. Article 37
AFTER ALL; Article 43
LITERARY GOSSIP. Article 45
Untitled Article 47
MEET ON THE LEVEL AND PART ON THE SQUARE. Article 48
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Freemasonry In The Seventeenth Century: Chester, 1650-1700.

" CXLIII . * In this square is three other Free Masonry Tools " —Mallet , Mattock , and Trowel . " CXLIV . He beareth in this quarter four Mason's instruments "—Commander , or great Mallet or Maul , Triangle , Masons Axe , and Square . " CXLV . In this quarter are four Instruments of the Masons "—Rule or Ten-foot RodMouldsFillets & care addedwhich he says " are the plain

, , , , , and ordinary term amongst the Vulgar sort of Hewers of Stone , that know no better things , but the more engenions and learned work-men have other terms , for which I shall refer you to Chap . 13 , Numb . 65 , 66 , 67 , 73 , 74 . " In Book III ., Chap , xiii ., page 459 , in the descrip tion of " The Use of Pillars , " he adds : — " Pillars are the Hieroglyphics of Fortitude and Constancy , and were erected

for diverse ends and purposes . Some tymes to Limit out the Bound , and the Possessions of People that Bordered one upon an other . " Other reasons are given , of little importance at the present moment , for example , " some tymes for Ornannent , as those of the Temple , I Kings , vii ., 15 , and of Kings Houses , as those of the Forest of Lebanon , vert . 2 , 3 . Still continuing the same subject : t —• of the Scienceto

" For it is ever a term amongst Work-men Free Masons , put a difference between that which is called a Golivmn , and that which they name a Pillwr , for a Golwmm , is ever round , and the Capital and Pedestal answerable thereunto . " " LXVI . % Now for the better understanding of all the parts of a Pillar , or Column , with the several terms which Artists have given to the diverse Mouldings about the same ; I shall in two examples , set forth all their words of Art , used about them ; by which any Gentleman may be able to discourse a Free-Mason or other workman in his own terms . "

Then follows the " Order of Columns and Pillars . " Descriptions of the " five Orders of work in them " are given ; of the . Tuscan , Dorick , Ionick , Corinthian , and the Composita or Compositive order . Representations of the orders will be found in his plates ; but although some of them are of a strange form , § still , like Randle Holmes' descriptions of the orders , they are purely architectural . He sums up by saying : || — " Those that desire farther instruction in the Theorick part of Free Masonry , they may peruse Sebastian

Serley . 1 Printed 1611 . Peter de le Muet . And Andrew Palladio , Both Englished by Golfrid Richards . Vitruvius , And others . " With the summary of Architecture , of which the above series of extracts contain all the mentions of Free Masonry , ends the printed portion of " The Academie of Armorie . " The author apparently did not receive sufficient encouragement to issue the second volumeas promised in his prefaceif the

, , required support were forthcoming . In the British Museum is preserved ** such portion of the second volume as Randle Holme had prepared . It appears to have been collected at various dates , ranging from 1661 to 1677 or later , and forms a volume of MS . nearl y as large as that he printed . From this I have extracted the following notes , as completing such matters as Randle Holme considered to bear upon

Free-Masonry . Much that is interesting may also be learned from his remarks on the old Companies and Fellowships . On page 79 , f f under the heading " The Artificers Atchievement , " he writes as follows : — " Maister Workmen , is a title given to them who are proficient

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