Some Notes Concerning A Dormant Lodge On The Scottish Border.

division of the book , with a title as follows : — " This Part contains The names of all the Brethren who is admitted into the H 0 of Masonry , with an account of the Day and the year of their being admitted into this H D of M , their names being Inrolled according- to their Seniority in this D of M . " This list must refer to the Master ' s degree , as the letters H 0 ,

S- 0- , and S D in the following extract evidentl y means Hol y Order , Sublime Order , and Sublime Degree . It will be seen that in those days candidates were not hurried through the different degrees in one night . Compare the dates in the following with the dates in the previous extract : — The names of all members in the 1746 of M—according to their Seniority in this H—0 —•

of M belonging to the Lodge . These being the . Alexander Baillie Belford Dyed February 1746 Founders of this Lodge J ; and being old masons cannot 2 ; Patrick Murray of Cheny trees Esq . Died March 1746 remember the time of their being admitted into 3 Henry Davidsone in Mowhaugh This H 0 of 4 -yy-j ] ij Jjayidsone Kirk Yetholme

am M jj ^ 5 John Young Belfoord These four entered to this _ fi Jofca WnJkev Yetholmo H 0 at the nrst beginning of this Lodge viz . 7 William Kerr Yetholme on January 3 d g Thomas Jei-don Yetholme

^ 9 Walter Davidson Kirk Yetholme These three entered to io James Walker Hayhope thisS— -0- of M— Robert Kerr Yetholme on tastern s even 174 o and i 2 Robert Jordan Yetholme This one entered the S D of M on ye first Wednesday « William Walker Halterburn of February 1746

The records in this book close with the year 1810 , and the new book , which is arranged upon the very same plan as the above , a brief entry of names and dates , has at the beginning a revised code of laws elated December 27 th , 1811 , in the main similar to the old laws . There is a new one of later date , however , which runs as follows : — " According to the Resolution of the Lod ge on March 31 st , 1813 , it is agreed , according to the order of the Grand Lod ge of Scotland , that the fees of entrance into the Lodge for future shall be one

pound four shillings sterling , and fees for raising thirteen shillings sterling , which is to take place on every member entered and raised after the above mentioned date . " The last date of an entry is December 27 th , 1822 , the candidate being James Dodds , mason , Yetholm , and appended to his name the note " January 25 th , 1825 , entered in the Grand Lodge Book . " Turning to the end of the book we find the following " Register of Raisings : " " The Charter was

obtained May 7 th , 1810 , and the Members dated before that time are those who purchased it , " by which we are able to note that there were eighteen Master Masons in the Lodge at the time of obtaining the charter , and the latest date in the Register of Raisings is December 27 th , 1833 , when Robert Gibson , joiner , Yetholm , who was entered , as we find in the list of entrants , November 30 th , 1819 , was " passed to the H 0 of Masonry . " This must have been the last act of the lodge according to the books now in our possession . Besides the charter , which is signed by the Hon . William Manle , M . P . * ( Acting