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St. John's Lodge, Bolton.
ST . JOHN'S LODGE , BOLTON .
( Concluded from page 540 , vol . vii . ) US the remaining portion of this paper is already in print , tve think it onl y necessary to give Bro . W . J . Hughan ' s introduction . —ED . M . M . OUR good friend , Bro . Brookbank , has invited us to write an introduction to
his history of St . John ' s Loclge , Bolton , ancl the following is our fraternal response thereto . During the last century there were at one time four Grand Lodges at work in England , viz : 1 . "The Grand Lodge of England" ( London ) . 2 . " The Grand Lodge of All England " ( York ) . 3 . " The Grand Loclge of England according to the old institutions " ( London ) .
4 . " The Grand Loclge of England and South of the Trent " ( London ) . The first , the Premier Grand Loclge of the World was established in London , 1717 . * Before then there were no Grand Lodges , but " Assemblies " were occasionally held . The second Grand Loclge was started in York , 1725 , being the offspring of the old Time Immemorial Loclge of that city . The third was originated by a number of sececlers from the first-mentioned , about
1750 , and the fourth was founded by the York Grand Lodge in answer to the wishes of many members of the Loclge of Antiquity , London , in 1779 . Its career was very brief , as it terminated in 1790 , on the difficulties being adjusted between that ancient lodge ( now No . 2 ) and the regular Grand Lodge . The fourth of the series ceased to exist on the advent of the present century . All lodges now on the roll and warranted prior to 1814 obtained their authority either from the first or the third of these Grand Lodges , both held in London , ancl known respectively by Masonic students as " Moderns " and
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St. John's Lodge, Bolton.
ST . JOHN'S LODGE , BOLTON .
( Concluded from page 540 , vol . vii . ) US the remaining portion of this paper is already in print , tve think it onl y necessary to give Bro . W . J . Hughan ' s introduction . —ED . M . M . OUR good friend , Bro . Brookbank , has invited us to write an introduction to
his history of St . John ' s Loclge , Bolton , ancl the following is our fraternal response thereto . During the last century there were at one time four Grand Lodges at work in England , viz : 1 . "The Grand Lodge of England" ( London ) . 2 . " The Grand Lodge of All England " ( York ) . 3 . " The Grand Loclge of England according to the old institutions " ( London ) .
4 . " The Grand Loclge of England and South of the Trent " ( London ) . The first , the Premier Grand Loclge of the World was established in London , 1717 . * Before then there were no Grand Lodges , but " Assemblies " were occasionally held . The second Grand Loclge was started in York , 1725 , being the offspring of the old Time Immemorial Loclge of that city . The third was originated by a number of sececlers from the first-mentioned , about
1750 , and the fourth was founded by the York Grand Lodge in answer to the wishes of many members of the Loclge of Antiquity , London , in 1779 . Its career was very brief , as it terminated in 1790 , on the difficulties being adjusted between that ancient lodge ( now No . 2 ) and the regular Grand Lodge . The fourth of the series ceased to exist on the advent of the present century . All lodges now on the roll and warranted prior to 1814 obtained their authority either from the first or the third of these Grand Lodges , both held in London , ancl known respectively by Masonic students as " Moderns " and