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Extracts From The Minute Books Of The Royal Arch Chapter Of Paradise, No. 139, Freemasons' Hall, Sheffield.
" Lodge at Longnor * to hold a Chapter " ' there was then mention'd by y ° most "exeh Z requesting our recommend" to '"' the Grand Chapter , which was carried " unanimously by shew of Hands .
" Jn ° Horrabin , Farmer of Sheen , Z . "RogerSheldon , FarrnerofCrowdicote , H . " & Jn ° . Millward , Miller of Longnor , J . "The Chapter then agreed that a " manuscript on Arch Masonry , & c , by a "Visiting Bro ( ) shall be paid for
" out of the funds of y Chapter , part of " wch was read , and part of the Lecture " was given b y the most Excel' Z . " The " Chapter then adjourned to the 3 rd Sun"day in December and clos'd in due " form .
" N . B . The expence of the Warr' from "the Grand Chapter is 3 14 s . Od . " ( Signed ) Sam' Tompkin , Z . " 20 th December . —Election of Officers by shew of Hands . Proposed by the M . E . Z . , "that the 3 Princi pals shou'd " ( so soon as conv' ) wait upon those Comp " " who have not paid their last y subscripts . "
" 1813 . " 17 th January . —The M . E . Z . ment 11 "to the Comp a visiting Bro fr "Chester ! named Jean Francois Marin " Fougue—an Officer and French Prisoner , " Aged 37 , who wish'd to become a R . A .
" Mason—and as we were not acquaint " with his pecuniary situation , 'twas proposed ( shou'd he be approv'd off and if " not offensive to himself ) that he sh not " pay more than the fees of Registering . "Considering the affair as a matter of
" Emergence ( his stay at Chesterfield being " so uncertain ) it wa <> agreed that he sh < 1 " be proposed , Ballolted for , and exalted " this evening ( if tho' worth y ) . " He was elected and , accordingly , exalted that evening—a trul y fraternal greeting to Brother
a Mason , who , though a " Prisoner of War , " may have thought and said— "the lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places / ' —especiall y beneficient does the conduct of those worthy companions appear when we call to mind that , in those days the feeling , against the
French , ran hi gh . This incident , alone , casts quite a halo of romance around the Old Chapter . 21 st February . — A meeting—usual routine . Companion Fougue requested his certificate should be sent for ( his
stay in Chesterfield being uncertain ) , which was undertaken to he written for accordingly . "The M . E . Z . assisted b y ' ¦ ' the Soj ., gave the Sojourn" Lecture , after " which he gave a long and descriptive " Lecture on the Destruction of the OLD
" and the rebuilding of the NEW Temple , " with the customs of the 3 Grand Masters " and the charge of a R . A . Mason . " 21 st March . —20 members rejected ( exeluded ) for not paying their subscriptions , notice of which was underwritten on their
summonses respectively . 30 th March . —Copy of a certificate sent to Register office , Wakefield , showing 28 members . 18 th April . —A meeting—" opened in "due form , when the M . E . Z . requested "that in future , all Comp " coming in " when the Chapter is open sh ' enter in "due form . "
A Companion having applied for his certificate the three Principals signed a recommendation for nine certificates as follows : — " We the three principals of the Chapter " of Paradise , JN ° ' 111 , held at Sheffield ,
" most humbl y beg leave to recommend the " underwritten Companions being Subscribers to our Chapter , to have their " Certificates granted to them by the three " most excellent Princi pals of the Grand " Chapter of Englandthey having humbl
, y " requested it in Open Chapter , and have "been found worthy of the same . Chapter of Paradise , Sheffield , 18 th April , —1813 . ( Signed ) Tompkin , Z . „ llowleyH .
, „ Gallimore , J . "To the most excellent principals of the " Grand Chapter of England . " 20 th June . A meeting— " the quarterly " Communic" was read wherein a request " was made for a subscription tow
defrav"ing the expence of a piece of plate of " 300 g value to be presented to Comp " "Walter Rodwell Wri ght , Esq ., as a " Complem' for his Services to y Grand "Chapter , & c . " A One Pound Note was
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Extracts From The Minute Books Of The Royal Arch Chapter Of Paradise, No. 139, Freemasons' Hall, Sheffield.
" Lodge at Longnor * to hold a Chapter " ' there was then mention'd by y ° most "exeh Z requesting our recommend" to '"' the Grand Chapter , which was carried " unanimously by shew of Hands .
" Jn ° Horrabin , Farmer of Sheen , Z . "RogerSheldon , FarrnerofCrowdicote , H . " & Jn ° . Millward , Miller of Longnor , J . "The Chapter then agreed that a " manuscript on Arch Masonry , & c , by a "Visiting Bro ( ) shall be paid for
" out of the funds of y Chapter , part of " wch was read , and part of the Lecture " was given b y the most Excel' Z . " The " Chapter then adjourned to the 3 rd Sun"day in December and clos'd in due " form .
" N . B . The expence of the Warr' from "the Grand Chapter is 3 14 s . Od . " ( Signed ) Sam' Tompkin , Z . " 20 th December . —Election of Officers by shew of Hands . Proposed by the M . E . Z . , "that the 3 Princi pals shou'd " ( so soon as conv' ) wait upon those Comp " " who have not paid their last y subscripts . "
" 1813 . " 17 th January . —The M . E . Z . ment 11 "to the Comp a visiting Bro fr "Chester ! named Jean Francois Marin " Fougue—an Officer and French Prisoner , " Aged 37 , who wish'd to become a R . A .
" Mason—and as we were not acquaint " with his pecuniary situation , 'twas proposed ( shou'd he be approv'd off and if " not offensive to himself ) that he sh not " pay more than the fees of Registering . "Considering the affair as a matter of
" Emergence ( his stay at Chesterfield being " so uncertain ) it wa <> agreed that he sh < 1 " be proposed , Ballolted for , and exalted " this evening ( if tho' worth y ) . " He was elected and , accordingly , exalted that evening—a trul y fraternal greeting to Brother
a Mason , who , though a " Prisoner of War , " may have thought and said— "the lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places / ' —especiall y beneficient does the conduct of those worthy companions appear when we call to mind that , in those days the feeling , against the
French , ran hi gh . This incident , alone , casts quite a halo of romance around the Old Chapter . 21 st February . — A meeting—usual routine . Companion Fougue requested his certificate should be sent for ( his
stay in Chesterfield being uncertain ) , which was undertaken to he written for accordingly . "The M . E . Z . assisted b y ' ¦ ' the Soj ., gave the Sojourn" Lecture , after " which he gave a long and descriptive " Lecture on the Destruction of the OLD
" and the rebuilding of the NEW Temple , " with the customs of the 3 Grand Masters " and the charge of a R . A . Mason . " 21 st March . —20 members rejected ( exeluded ) for not paying their subscriptions , notice of which was underwritten on their
summonses respectively . 30 th March . —Copy of a certificate sent to Register office , Wakefield , showing 28 members . 18 th April . —A meeting—" opened in "due form , when the M . E . Z . requested "that in future , all Comp " coming in " when the Chapter is open sh ' enter in "due form . "
A Companion having applied for his certificate the three Principals signed a recommendation for nine certificates as follows : — " We the three principals of the Chapter " of Paradise , JN ° ' 111 , held at Sheffield ,
" most humbl y beg leave to recommend the " underwritten Companions being Subscribers to our Chapter , to have their " Certificates granted to them by the three " most excellent Princi pals of the Grand " Chapter of Englandthey having humbl
, y " requested it in Open Chapter , and have "been found worthy of the same . Chapter of Paradise , Sheffield , 18 th April , —1813 . ( Signed ) Tompkin , Z . „ llowleyH .
, „ Gallimore , J . "To the most excellent principals of the " Grand Chapter of England . " 20 th June . A meeting— " the quarterly " Communic" was read wherein a request " was made for a subscription tow
defrav"ing the expence of a piece of plate of " 300 g value to be presented to Comp " "Walter Rodwell Wri ght , Esq ., as a " Complem' for his Services to y Grand "Chapter , & c . " A One Pound Note was