-
Articles/Ads
Article ST. JOHN'S LODGE, BOLTON. ← Page 2 of 3 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
St. John's Lodge, Bolton.
" Ancients . " It will be seen that these titles are not indicative of the relative antiquity of these bodies . They are also termed the " Regular Masons , " and the "Ancients " or ( "Atholl Masons . " ) Happily , in December , 1813 , these two rivals "joined hands and hearts , " their title after then being " The United Grand Loclge of England , " since which period the Craft has heard no more of secessions . For particulars as to the Articles of Union ancl the numerical
position of the lodges on the United Roll we must refer enquirers to the " Masonic Register "f and the ' Atholl Lodges . " In 1814 there were 386 lodges of the " Moderns " and 260 of the " Ancients " placed on the Roll , and as the first loclge of the latter body was successful in drawing the " lot " for No . 1 , the Time Immemorial Loclge of Antiquity of the premier Grand Loclge had to be content with the position of No . 2 , iu accordance with the
agreement . The other lodges belonging to the two rivals were numbered alternately as provided for . The St . John ' s Loclge , Bolton , before the Union was numbered 303 , but immediately afterwards became 386 . In 1832 it was altered to 268 , and from 1863 has been 221 . Its career from 1797 has been carefully sketched by Bro . Brockbank in the following pages , and that of its sister Lodge Antiquity , No . 146 , has been duly noted by an earnest fellow worker ( Bro . James Newton ) . At the present time under the wing of the East Lancashire Province there are eleven Ancient Lodges , numbered , etc ., as follows :
44 , Friendship , Manchester . 54 , Hope , Rochdale . ' 62 , Social , Manchester . 128 , Prince Edwin , Bury . 146 , Antiquity , Bolton . 152 , Virtue , Manchester . 204 CaledonianManchester .
, , 210 , Duke of Athol , Denton . 215 , Commerce , Haslingden . 221 , St . John ' s , Bolton . 226 , Benevolence , Littleborough
Although " St . John ' s , " No . 221 , is the tenth on this list , it is not as a loclge much inferior in point of antiquity to most of the others , as . several work from revived or renewed warrants , whereas that of No . 221 has apparently preserved its continuity throughout . Its warrant was granted under the rule of the M . W . Bro . the 4 th Duke of Athol , who was the seventh Grand Master of the " Ancients . " The D . G . M ., Bro . William Dickey , was once the third of the Grand Secretarieshaving served in the latter capacit
, y 1771-6 . The Grand Secretary Leslie held that office from 1790 to the consummation of the Union . We are indebted to our indefatigable Bro . John Constable , P . M . 185 , for a transcript of the warrant ( completed in MS ., portions being deficient ) , who in this ancl many other ways has clone much to aid in the critical study of the "Ancients . " Although the records of St . John ' s Loclge are not so important ,
comparatively speaking , as many of the older lodges , yet they are decidedl y worthy of reproduction and publication , especially in the concise and handy form adopted by Bro , Brockbank , who has clone his part carefully and well . The minutes are in many respects very suggestive , and evidently the younger members are much indebted to their seniors for the present prosperous and happy condition of the loclge . As it is impossible to write a complete history of Freemasonry in England until the records of all the last century lodges have been duly examined and their special features made known , we hail each fresh appearance of a lodge
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
St. John's Lodge, Bolton.
" Ancients . " It will be seen that these titles are not indicative of the relative antiquity of these bodies . They are also termed the " Regular Masons , " and the "Ancients " or ( "Atholl Masons . " ) Happily , in December , 1813 , these two rivals "joined hands and hearts , " their title after then being " The United Grand Loclge of England , " since which period the Craft has heard no more of secessions . For particulars as to the Articles of Union ancl the numerical
position of the lodges on the United Roll we must refer enquirers to the " Masonic Register "f and the ' Atholl Lodges . " In 1814 there were 386 lodges of the " Moderns " and 260 of the " Ancients " placed on the Roll , and as the first loclge of the latter body was successful in drawing the " lot " for No . 1 , the Time Immemorial Loclge of Antiquity of the premier Grand Loclge had to be content with the position of No . 2 , iu accordance with the
agreement . The other lodges belonging to the two rivals were numbered alternately as provided for . The St . John ' s Loclge , Bolton , before the Union was numbered 303 , but immediately afterwards became 386 . In 1832 it was altered to 268 , and from 1863 has been 221 . Its career from 1797 has been carefully sketched by Bro . Brockbank in the following pages , and that of its sister Lodge Antiquity , No . 146 , has been duly noted by an earnest fellow worker ( Bro . James Newton ) . At the present time under the wing of the East Lancashire Province there are eleven Ancient Lodges , numbered , etc ., as follows :
44 , Friendship , Manchester . 54 , Hope , Rochdale . ' 62 , Social , Manchester . 128 , Prince Edwin , Bury . 146 , Antiquity , Bolton . 152 , Virtue , Manchester . 204 CaledonianManchester .
, , 210 , Duke of Athol , Denton . 215 , Commerce , Haslingden . 221 , St . John ' s , Bolton . 226 , Benevolence , Littleborough
Although " St . John ' s , " No . 221 , is the tenth on this list , it is not as a loclge much inferior in point of antiquity to most of the others , as . several work from revived or renewed warrants , whereas that of No . 221 has apparently preserved its continuity throughout . Its warrant was granted under the rule of the M . W . Bro . the 4 th Duke of Athol , who was the seventh Grand Master of the " Ancients . " The D . G . M ., Bro . William Dickey , was once the third of the Grand Secretarieshaving served in the latter capacit
, y 1771-6 . The Grand Secretary Leslie held that office from 1790 to the consummation of the Union . We are indebted to our indefatigable Bro . John Constable , P . M . 185 , for a transcript of the warrant ( completed in MS ., portions being deficient ) , who in this ancl many other ways has clone much to aid in the critical study of the "Ancients . " Although the records of St . John ' s Loclge are not so important ,
comparatively speaking , as many of the older lodges , yet they are decidedl y worthy of reproduction and publication , especially in the concise and handy form adopted by Bro , Brockbank , who has clone his part carefully and well . The minutes are in many respects very suggestive , and evidently the younger members are much indebted to their seniors for the present prosperous and happy condition of the loclge . As it is impossible to write a complete history of Freemasonry in England until the records of all the last century lodges have been duly examined and their special features made known , we hail each fresh appearance of a lodge