The Records Of An Ancient Lodge.

page 240 , at the end of the book , is a list of members , in all forty-six , under the title "A particular compt of those prefercl in please conforme to ther * as felouorafts , " and on page 242 another list headed " This for the prentises 1690 , " the same date as the former , the number of prentices being only nine . Opposite some of the names in the former list appears the words " deit , " " deid" " cleid 1692 " " died 1694 " ancl so on . There are other lists of

, , , members in the books , and to those about the beginning of the eighteenth century are attached the distinctive marks assumed by the brethren . We now take up the minutes where we left off in our last . There is no record for the year 1693 , the following being the next in order upon pages 16 and 17 : —

" This day being the 27 of dec ' 1604 tho wholl tread of measons in this Lodge of nensted beaf ' eomptd ivith all thos who imposed aine money that the said tread was ouand at the tyme and is payd . And this day ther is told of money & put in tho boxe of money siven pund tnelve shillin of money . And of cards put in viz James mein & Andro mein P 08 — 0 — 0 Jo"Bowar P 10—0—0 Jo Mein @ rent not payd 11 — 0 — 0

Jo Mein tounheid P 12 — 0 — 0 Thomas Mein @ rent not payd . . . . . 04 — -10 —• 0 Andro Wilson not payd 01 — 03 —• 0 Jo"Reink 04 — 10—0 Tho Bunye & W ' millne P 11 — 00 — 0 -. Ja : & AIlx ' Meins @ rent ( not payd for thire yeirs P ) . 11 — 00 — 0 . Rob' Bnnye P 11 — 00 — 0 Robert Pi-ingell P 11 — 00 — 0 Jo hislop P 04 — 10 — 0 Andvo Tui-nbull 06—0—0 Jo Park 04 — 10—0

Suma is . . . 118 — 3 — 00 The tottall is of money and bonds lb s d 125 — 15 — 0 This day being the 27 dec 1694 the tread heath voted upon Richard mein as wardin & Jo Mein , wynd , as clerk to examin the wholl tread of measons And that

upon the selfe sam questions that the first man is examined on And that befor witneses of the tread . " For the year 1695 we find the following entries : —• " A compt of those that are eontimutus for ther fynes at St Jo day 1695 Andro Mein son to Andro Mein for a Groat david was for 2 / Neusteid 27 Dec 1695 told and put in the boxe f om-tin pund 01 — 6 And of cards be W . . . . 4 — 10—0 dranohell be Jo" Mein in Lesuden 4 — 10 — 0

ther was taken out of the boxe the Suma . . . . 23 —¦ 1 — 6 soum of 01 — 05 — 04 on the 28 day of December January 17 day took out — 00 — 06 — 00 for the maintaining of the law There was of mony this morning in the boxe . . . 08 — 04 — 02 Upon page 23 we find the following resolution , ivhich was passed ancl signed the above night : —

" At nensteid the 27 day of dec ' 1695 it is heirby inacted and ordained be the Meason tread that nather prentis nor fallow craft be recived in to otn- companie unlos they have ther gloves presentlie pi-odust to those persons they are concernd to pay too . And that snficient gloves with four shilin per pair for prentises & with five shillin per pair for fallowcrnfte . The qlk act is to be performed & keepit under the pain of Ten pund Scots presentlie payd to the trad as said is be the breaker thereof