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Hylmen , Freemasons , executed the groined ceiling at St . George ' s Chapel , Windsor . A . D . 1627-8 . —Louth Steeple was repaired by Thomas Englefield , Freemason andsteeplemender . A . D . 1441 , December . —At Eton College were employed 35 Freemasons 2 rough masonsand their

, , wages per day 6 d . ; labourers , 6 d . ; Freemasons , 3 s . per week , deducting holy days . In Christmas week a Freemason one day Is . 6 d ., and a labourer half day 2 d . Labourers were only paid for the days they worked .

Copy of the Conditions of the Freemasons' Bond . —Nicholas Richardson and Christopher Richardson , Citizens and Freemasons of London , and Gabriel ! Anscombe , of Charlton , yeoman , are bounde to Samuel Finche , John Kinge , and William Tagburne , m C . pounds . The bonde beareth date the 19 th February , 1596 , R . R ., and here followeth the condition .

The condition of this obligation is such that if the above bounde Nicholas Richardson and Christopher Richardson aud Gabriell Anscombe , they or anie of them do bringe or cause to bringe or cause to be brought to that place of the aforesaid Croydon , where is his Grace ' s hospitable is in buildinge , so much

good and seasoned freestone ( value of money ) , and shall work the same , and sette them up , in such necessarie and redie manner , as that the work or buildinge be not stayed or hindered through their default he does being wrought fay re and eomelie as such does ought to be , and the windoes with

boroge worke ; both dores ancl windoes of a lawful substantial and sufficient syze in such form and sorte , as no workman shall justly " reprehende or fund with either stuffe workmanshi p or size receiving or takynge for ^ tbe saide stuffe provision , bringinge working settinge up and full finishinge of the same onelie

1 x d . the foote for windoes and x —d . the foote for doro cases . Then this present obligacon to be void and of none efl ' eete or else to stand abide in full force and virtue .

Hereunto ( as the manner is ) they have sett their hands and scales , the day above written , and delivered the same in the presence of Antonie Bickerstaffe , George Miles , and others . Everyone to have v li in hande viz . on Satinonday next , and v li more when they have brought in x li

worth of stuffe ; and after that to be paid as they shall furnish and finish . Moreover for the presentation of the grouude worke , we have agreed with them to make the watertable on the foresides for vii . d . ob . the foote , and erestes as hiegh for the safegarde of the windoes for viiid . the foote .

Dated the xxi . of February . SA . FINCH . _ Bishop Fleetwood , in his " Chronicon Preciosum , ' gives the following as the rate of wages in A . D . 1514 . A bailiff of husbandry ( exclusive of diet and clothing ) , £ 1 6 s . Sd . a year .

From Easter to Michaelmas the daily wages of a Freemason , without meat , Gd . ; with meat , 4 d . Michaelmas to Easter , without meat , 5 d . ; with 4 d . A rough or rogger mason , the same . Okeliam , Rutland , wages fixed by the Justices , April 28 , 1610 . A Freemason , which draws his plot or plan , work and set accordingly having charge over others , before

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Michaelmas , with meat , 8 d . ; without meat , l 2 d . after Michaelmas , with meat , 6 d . ; without meat , lOd . A rough mason , who can take over others , before Michaelmas , with meat , 5 d . ; without meat , 10 d . ; after Michaelmas , with meat , 4 d . ; without meat , 8 d . Tower of London . —The Freemasons work between

4 " laste paste " unto 7 th Sept . 24 th year of Henry Vlllth , as described in a document now preserved in the Chapter House , Westminster . Wages settled byjJustices at Warwick , on Tuesday , at Easter , 36 Charles II . A Freemason per day , with meat and drink , 6 d . ;

without meat or drink , Is . 4 d . ; servant or apprentice to the above , with meat and drink , 4 d . ; without meat or drink , Sd . From the middle of Sept . to middle of March Id . per day less ; 15 th March to 15 th Sept . to commence work at 5 a . m ., finish at 7 or 8 p . m . ; 2 £ hours for meals . Yours fraternally , ED . W . SHAW .

Hebrew Ceremonies.

HEBREW CEREMONIES .

TO IHE EDITOR Or TIIE FREBUASOMs' MAGAZINE AUD MASOHIO MIBBOE . Dear Sir and Brother , —I observe a letter from one who signs himself a " Master Mason" in last week's issue commenting on my letter in reference to an article copied from the Jewish Chronicle , in which the writer states that the letter and paragraph are

calculated to mislead people , especially non-Masons . Such is not the case . If a " Master Mason" had read the paragraph with a little more caution and perception , he might have seen that the rite or ceremony had nothing to do with Freemasonry , and more so if he knows the

qualifications required of a candidate for the first degree . I regret if he cannot see anything ( that took place after the ceremony ) applicable to the Order in the three medals ( presented to the children of a brother ) , each having the most appropriate emblem of tbe

Craft designed upon it . But also each medal bearing on the face of it episodes in the lives of the three Patriarchs of Israel , from whose descendants we have our mysteries handed down to us , all of them of great importance to an intelligent Mason , more especially the latterin whicli you have the very foundations of

, Masonry displayed in the three principal rounds . There are a great many brethren , Masters of Lodges , as well as a " Master Mason , " in the habit of giving the three degrees , & c , that are very far behind the mark in the study of the Craft and what appertains thereto ; at times there is more need of

instruction than of giving it . A well-known motto of the Craft is , " Sit lux et lux fuit . " Yours fraternally , THOMAS M . CAMPBELL .

The Grand-Orient.

THE GRAND-ORIENT .

TO THE 1 DITOB OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AKD MASOlflO MIRROR Dear Sir and Brother , —Referring to " J . A . H . ' s " instructive sketch of " The Grand Lodge and Grand Orient" ( No . IV . ) , page 283 , in which the following passage occurs : — " In Scotland and Ireland each