Masonic Facts.

and who seems to have been an artist of considerable talents . " L ' an de grace aicccxxvn le vendredi devant noel fut chantee la premiere messe de cette Eglise et les fondemens levez ; si comme il appert par Maistre Guerin de Loreignes qui eregea ce portail et le fonda premierement . "—Millin . Ant . lYat . Tom . iii ., No . 27 .

148 . In the Rolls of Norham Church occur the following entries . 1329-30 . —To four masons ( cym'fcar ) and three men serving them for making the walls of a house , lis . Sd . 1330-31 . —To the masons for enclosing the garden and building walls round the houses and ten roods of wall built anew , and to the boys ( garcionib ) who served them , 38 s . M . —Raine ' s Hist , of North Dwrham p . 271 .

149 . The following are extracts from the Rolls of Thornton Abbey , Lincolnshire : — A . D . 1262 . In uno lepide ad magnum Altare viiijs . In co-opertorio dormitori vs . In xliiij . cimertariis . In fractione MCCCCC . lapid . xixs . viijrf . A . D . 1263-4 . In xij . operaris circa fundamentnm ecelesie xljs . viiitJ .

x . D . 1308 . Cimentarhs circapavimentum capituli . 1318 . In ij . careetariis terre Ledes , * pro tegula ecelesie coloranda xs . iiijd . —ArcJiceological Jour ., vol . 2 ., p . 364 . Eig . 47 is the representation of a Master Mason ' s stone coffin lid at Thornton Abbey ; a similar one

occurs at Blidworth , Northamptonshire , bearing figures of a square and an axe . 150 . John Helpstone , designed the New Tower or Water Tower , in the Walls of Chester , 1322 — Dyson ' s Mag . Brit . Cheshire , p . 613 .

151 . Extracts from the Rolls of St . Stephen ' s Chapel and the Palace , Westminster . May 27 , A . n . 1330 . To Master Thomas the Mason , coming first to Westminster and beginning there upon the New Chapel of St . Stephen ' s , — - "et intrasura super nioldas operanti " —for his wages for six days , by order of the Lord Treasiu'er and Council 6 s .

, June 3 . To Master Thomas of Canterbury , Master Mason , working et tractanti super trasuram , 6 s . June 10 . To Master Thomas of Canterbury , Mason , " operant ! intrasura , et nioldas de novo reparanti , " for his wages , 6 s . July 15 . Six Masons , for five days , at 5 \ d . per day ,

13 s . Qd . Walter Peny , marble mason , for six days , at 5 % d . per day , 2 s . 9 d . Three marble masons , five days , at same rate 6 s . 10 ^ d . Will , de Benevill , marble mason , five days , at M ., Is . 8 ^ . July 23 . Master Thomas of Canterbury , 6 s . ; Six masonsfive days 14 s . 9 d . ; two masonsfour daysat

, , , , 5 \ d . each , 3 s . 8 d . ; Walter Peny , five days , 2 s Bid . ; three marble masons , five days , Gs . 10 ^ d . ; Will , de Benevill , Is . 8 d . Aug . 3 . John de Sellyngale and John Beckere , masons , for laying stones and ironwork in the east gablesix days at 5 % d . day 5 s . Gd . John Bakere

, per , , John of Oxford , and Richard , of Eeversham , masons , five days at 5 d ., Gs . 3 d . Aug . 17 . John de Sellyngale and John Bekere , for working on the east gable , six days , 5 s . Gd . John Baker , mason , six days at 5 d ., 2 s . Gd .

1331 . March 1 . Richard de Lynne , and Walter le Muric , layers of stone , for working on the east gable six days , at 5 M , 5 s . Gd . March 15 . Three layers of stone , six days , Ss . 3 d . April 27 . Thomas Bernack , of Lambeth , for 23 large Reygate stonesfor the form pieces for the

, windows , at 2 s . each with the carriage , £ 2 6 s . John de Sene , merchant of Caen , for 250 Caen Stones , called Gobetts , for the new chapel , at £ 4 per 100 , £ 10 .

July 20 . To Roger of Waltham , for a large cable of hemp , for drawing up stones by a windlass to the top ofthe chapel , weighing six score great pounds , at If d . per lb ., with porterage and boatage , 17 s . 6 d . Sept . 30 . To John le Tressh , of London , for two oak boards for the moulds for the masons , 2 s . To the samefor three oak boardscalled lidholtsfor

, , , the same moulds , at 6 d . each , Is . Gd . Dec . 2 . Nicholas Ivory , for 2 ^ - hundreds of reeds for covering the new house for the stone cutters and workmen , at lOd . per 100 , with boatage to Westminster , Gs . 3 d . To Rich , le Clerk , for 4 J hundred of reeds for the same purpose 3 s . Qd .

, Robt ., of St . Albans , for 1000 iron nails for an inelosure to said house , 7 d . Walter Gautron , for 300 of hert-laths for the said house , at 5 d . per 100 , Is . 3 d ; 500 beech laths for said house , Is . 0 \ d . 1332 . Jan . 7 . John Bishop , for 12 cart loads of clay , at l \ d . per load , Is . Gd . To Bartholomew , the

stone cutter , for one quarter of charcoal , for cementing the stone as burnt , Gd . Robert St . Albans , for wax , and pitch for cement , Is . 2 d , April 19 . Thomas Bernak , for along and large stone for an image , 6 s . Aug . 2 . John de Parys , for plaster of Paris to mend the defects in the great stones of the gable

r & c , 8 s . Aug . 9 . To Michael , of Canterbury , marble mason , for one boatload of Cartat with stones called rag , of the weight of 10 dolers , to fill up between the walls of the new chapel , 8 s . Gd . To Thomas le Northerne , for half a hundred of beech boards to cover the masons

during their work in front ofthe chapel from wind and rain , 4 s . Qd . Sept . 13 . Master Richard , of Reading , making two images by task work , in gross , viz ., for an image of St . Edward , and another of St . John in the likeness of a pilgrim , to be put in front of the gable of the chapel , £ 3 Gs . Sd .

1333 . —March 21 . To Johne de Himgerford , carpenter , for two days' work on a penthouse on the gable , where the masons began that week to lay the stones on the said gable at 5 d . per day , lOd . Sept . 30 . Walter Merye and Ralph le Hunte , layers of stone , for four days' works on the gable and walls of the chapelat 5 \ d . per dayeach 3 s . Sd .

, , , 1333 or 1337 . —Jan . 9 . Richard Bramcote and John Bekker , masons , working on a door in the west gable , for three days , at 4 | r ? . a day each , 3 s . Gd . Dec . Ten Masons working on the gables and bell tower for six days , 4 J $ . each , £ 1 2 s . Gd . 1365 . To Robert Parysfor two stonescalled

, , gressos , brought to sharpen the masons' instruments , 6 s . each , 12 s . Henry Yeveley , for 7000 Elanders tiles , bought for the pavement of the courts and other works , at 6 s . 8 d . per 1000 , £ 2 6 s . Sd . 1365 . To William Kyng , for 50 boards , bought for