Masonic Facts.

East , where he fortified the City and Port of Joppa ; on his return to Prance , he was engaged by the King on the following buildings , viz : —St . Catherine du Val des Ecoliers , St . Croix de la Bretonnerie les Quinze-Vingts , the White Monks , the Mathurins , the Carthusians , the Cordeliers , and the Hotel Dieu ,

Paris . It is discovered from his Tomb , which formerly existed in the nave of the Church of the Cordeliers , that he died in 1289 . —Milibien Arch ., vol . iv . p . 219 . 114 . Extracts from a Eoll of Expenses of Edward the 1 st at Ehuddam Castle in the 10 th and 11 th year of his reign ( 1281-S 2 ) , discovered in the White Tower

, London , in 1805 . MASOJTS . Sunday next , after the Peast of the Assumption of the blessed Mary , paid to one Master Mason ( Magro

3 ? IG . 28 . —MASONS MASKS , "UISAIA CATHEDSAI , SWEDES .

Cementar ) , receiving Gd . per diem , and five masons each receiving 4 < d ., and one workman receiving 3 d . a day for their wages , from the Sunday to the Saturday next before the Peast of St . Matthew the Apostle , for twenty-eight days , £ 3 7 s . Sd . To the same Master for his wages , and for his four

masons and one workman from Sunday on the vigil of St . Matthew for the seven following clays , £ 0 14 s . 7 d . To the same for his wages and of his three masons and one workman , from Sunday next before the Peast of St . Michael to the third day of October , for seven days , £ 0 12 s . 3 c ? . To the same for his wages and of

¦ three masons and two woykraen , from Sunday on the Peast of St . Luke to Saturday next after the Peast of all Saints , each day being reckoned , for twenty one days , £ 2 2 s . Od . Saturday the 15 th day of January , paid to eleven masons sent to the King , for their wages of three days , by order of Master W . de Luda , £ 1 2 s . Od . —Arcliasologia , vol . 16 , p . 32 .

115 . In 1282-3 , Henry de Ellerton or - Elreton was appointed Master Mason of Caernarvon Castle . — Brit ' ons Arch . Antiq ., vol . 4 , p . 169 . On November 12 , 12 S 4 , the King issued writs for workmen to proceed from Eutland to Caernarvon , and sent 200 soldiers to guard them ; similar orders were

issued for masons and carpenters to proceed from Nottinghamshire and Salop . In 1295 , the Castle was razed to the ground ; but in the 23 rd year of Edward 1 st , the work of rebuilding had been carried to a great extent , the works were continued and completed by Edward 2 nd ; and 100

masons were sent from Chester to assist in building the Castle . The Eagle Tower was roofed in Nov . 1316 , floored in 1317 , and the Eagle placed on its summit in the first week of March 1317 . —Arcliaolo-( jical Jour ., vol . 14 , p . 379 . In the llolls of Parliament , 31 st Edward I . ( 1303 ) are petitions from two Masons and other persons

connected with Caernarvon , for money due to them for work done at this castle , and authenticated by certificates from Hugo de Leomynstre , chamberlain of Caernarvon . The names and sums are Henry de Aynsham , Mason , xixZ . vs . g ; Walter de Hereford , Master Mason , of Caernarvon , cxxxiZ . vs . g ;

Henry de Allerton , xxxZ . xvs . yd . Proper warrants were directed to be made out for the payments of these several demands , which sums were ordered to be charged to the said Hugo de Leomynstre , chamberlain of Caernarvon . — -Britton , Arch . Antiq ., vol . 4 , p . 169 . 116 . The Cathedral of TTpsalain Swedenbegun

, , in 1287 . Etienne de Bonneuil set out from Paris in that year , accompanied by ten Master Masons and ten apprentices to build it , as appears from the registers of the Prevote of Paris , quoted by D'Agincourt , Hist , de I'Art , torn i ., p . 74 . ( Pig . 28 ) .

117 . Lorenzo Maitani , Architect of the Cathedral of Orvietto . He not only planned but superintended the progress of this astonishing structure for fort y years ( 1290-1330 ) . He also directed the execution of the sculptures , bronzes , & c . — Gunn ' s Inquiry into the Orinin and Influence of Gothic Architecture , 1819 .

118 . The following interesting particulars respecting Queen Eleanor ' s Crosses were printed a few years ago in the 29 th vol . of the Archwolocjia , p . 182 . It appears that the crosses at Northampton , Stony Stratford , Woburn , Dunstable , and St . Albans , were erected between 1291 and 1294 , and the credit of them is due to John de Bello or de la Bataillewho is stled

, y " cementarius" in the records . In one entry only is a partner ( socius ) mentioned , whose name was John de Pabeham . The Northampton Cross cost about 134 Z . ; but this does not include the statues , which were the work of William de Ireland , who received five marks for each of them . The cross at Lincoln

was erected in the years 1291 , 1292 , and 1293 , by Eiehard de Stow , " cementarius , " to whom payments of £ 60 and 40 marks are recorded . William de Hibernia received twenty-two marks for making the " virg . capit et annul , " and the carriage of them to Lincoln . The ' virg . capit et annul , " which may possibly admit of being translated rod , capital , and ring , occur in the accounts for all the crosses .

Waltham Cross was commenced in 1291 , and the latest payments on account of it are found in Michaelmas term , 1292 ; the whole sum being 952 . The principal person employed was Dymenge de Legeri , or Nicholas D 3 menge de Eeyns . Roger de Crundale , Alexander le Imaginator , and Eobert de Corf , were also employed on the work .

West Cheap Cross was of a more costly character than the before-mentioned . The contract for building it was 3001 , It was built hy Michael de Cantuarii , cementarius , who received in 1291-92 and 1293 , 2262 . 13 s . id .