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Article THE PRESENT POSITION OF MASONIC HISTORY AND CRITICISM. ← Page 2 of 2 Article OLD RECORDS OF THE LODGE OF PEEBLES. Page 1 of 4 →
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The Present Position Of Masonic History And Criticism.
Dr . Plot , in 1667 and 1686 ; at London in 1682 ; in Masons' Hill , at York , in 1690 . I admit that at York the evidence so far only connects us with a " guild legend , " but still the fact of a lodge being at York in 1690 is , if I remember rightly , also mentioned in the York records . Of course it is only a casual entry , and must be taken " quantum valet . " The evidence of the "AntiquitMS . " is a little more than thathoweverof a mere "guild legend "
y , , . The "colophon" is very peculiar : "William Bray , Freeman of London and Freemason , written by Robert Padgett , Clearke to the Worshi ppful Society of the Free Masons of the City of London , in the second yeare of the E . aigne of our most gracious Sovereign Lord King James the Second of England , & c , Annogue Domini 1686 . " A search in the record of the " Masons' Company" Londoncourteousl
, , y made by the officials , produces no evidence of any of the facts mentioned b y Ashmole in 1682 , or of the names of "Bray" or "Padgett" in 1686 . The only fact which tallies with Ashmole is that the master of the Company in 1682 , mentioned by Ashmole , was the actual master of the Company in 1682 ; but no other statement tallies . . Hence we must come to the conclusion , unlessindeedthe search has not been a careful one or a true onethat there
, , , was existing before 1700 a society of Freemasons in England with a ceremonial of its own ; and if the " Sloane MS ., " whose verbiage and archaism , as I said before , a most competent judge of MSS . once fixed at 1640 , represents such work ancl ceremonial in any shape or sense , the continuity and identit y of the two " bodies " before and after 1700 are , I think , established beyond cavil or contradiction . But here I stop to-day .
Old Records Of The Lodge Of Peebles.
OLD RECORDS OF THE LODGE OF PEEBLES .
COMPILED BY BRO . ROBERT SANDERSON , P . G . SEC . PEEBLES AND SELKIRK ( s . C . ) ( Continued from page 244 ) . Peebles , March 17 th , 1787 . At a meeting of the Lodge this day , James Turnbull was admitted apprentice , and it was also agreed that George Donaldson , * an apprentice , for consideration of the Lod '
having presented ge with a very fine clothfor covering the Master ' s chair , should be past fellow-craft and raised to master , which was accordingly done at a meeting held on the last Friday of March . Under March 23 is the following minute : —William Lindsay to be entered apprentice to-morrow evening ; and follows , eodem die , William Moffat , one of the Burrow ( Burgh ) officers , admitted apprentice .
No other meeting is recorded till December 20 th , 1787—When the Conimitie mete , and agreed to have a diner on St . John ' s Day , and the secretary to write cards to all the regular members to attend sd . day at eleven o ' clock forenoon . Peebles , December 27 th , 1787 . Which clay being the anniversary of St . John the Evangelist , the Lod ge mete . There were 20 members present who paid their clues . Bro . John Robertson , Newcastle , was elected R . W . Master , and John Hislop continued Deputy Master .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Present Position Of Masonic History And Criticism.
Dr . Plot , in 1667 and 1686 ; at London in 1682 ; in Masons' Hill , at York , in 1690 . I admit that at York the evidence so far only connects us with a " guild legend , " but still the fact of a lodge being at York in 1690 is , if I remember rightly , also mentioned in the York records . Of course it is only a casual entry , and must be taken " quantum valet . " The evidence of the "AntiquitMS . " is a little more than thathoweverof a mere "guild legend "
y , , . The "colophon" is very peculiar : "William Bray , Freeman of London and Freemason , written by Robert Padgett , Clearke to the Worshi ppful Society of the Free Masons of the City of London , in the second yeare of the E . aigne of our most gracious Sovereign Lord King James the Second of England , & c , Annogue Domini 1686 . " A search in the record of the " Masons' Company" Londoncourteousl
, , y made by the officials , produces no evidence of any of the facts mentioned b y Ashmole in 1682 , or of the names of "Bray" or "Padgett" in 1686 . The only fact which tallies with Ashmole is that the master of the Company in 1682 , mentioned by Ashmole , was the actual master of the Company in 1682 ; but no other statement tallies . . Hence we must come to the conclusion , unlessindeedthe search has not been a careful one or a true onethat there
, , , was existing before 1700 a society of Freemasons in England with a ceremonial of its own ; and if the " Sloane MS ., " whose verbiage and archaism , as I said before , a most competent judge of MSS . once fixed at 1640 , represents such work ancl ceremonial in any shape or sense , the continuity and identit y of the two " bodies " before and after 1700 are , I think , established beyond cavil or contradiction . But here I stop to-day .
Old Records Of The Lodge Of Peebles.
OLD RECORDS OF THE LODGE OF PEEBLES .
COMPILED BY BRO . ROBERT SANDERSON , P . G . SEC . PEEBLES AND SELKIRK ( s . C . ) ( Continued from page 244 ) . Peebles , March 17 th , 1787 . At a meeting of the Lodge this day , James Turnbull was admitted apprentice , and it was also agreed that George Donaldson , * an apprentice , for consideration of the Lod '
having presented ge with a very fine clothfor covering the Master ' s chair , should be past fellow-craft and raised to master , which was accordingly done at a meeting held on the last Friday of March . Under March 23 is the following minute : —William Lindsay to be entered apprentice to-morrow evening ; and follows , eodem die , William Moffat , one of the Burrow ( Burgh ) officers , admitted apprentice .
No other meeting is recorded till December 20 th , 1787—When the Conimitie mete , and agreed to have a diner on St . John ' s Day , and the secretary to write cards to all the regular members to attend sd . day at eleven o ' clock forenoon . Peebles , December 27 th , 1787 . Which clay being the anniversary of St . John the Evangelist , the Lod ge mete . There were 20 members present who paid their clues . Bro . John Robertson , Newcastle , was elected R . W . Master , and John Hislop continued Deputy Master .