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History Of Freemasonry In Cornwall.
HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY IN CORNWALL .
LONDON , SATURDAY , DFCFMBDB 22 , 1866 .
By > ± 4 Bro . "WILLIAM JAMBS HTTGHAI ., 18 ° , & e , { Continued from page 442 . ) There Avas a capital muster of the brethren at the lodge held 9 fch May , 1781 , Bro . William , E . W . M ., in the chair . The minutes of the last
lodge Avere read and confirmed , and after a lecture on the first degree , Bro . Arthur Mankin , J . W . produced an account of the funeral charges of our late Bro . Hull , amounting to £ 5 8 s . 6 d ., " of which the lodge ordered the Treasurer to pay the
one-half , reserving the other half for the Lodge of Begularity and Reputation to pay . " ( The junior lodge held in the same toAvn . ) A resolution Avas regularly proposed , seconded and carried the same evening , " That the secretary for the time being give an acknowledgment to the R . W . M . for any books , papers , or any other
utensils belonging to the lodge , which by his office he may have in his custody . " In the minutes of the next lodge Ave read that Bro . Robert Lutey , the tyler , died in May , and the lodge having obtained a dispensation from the
Prov . Gr . M . to attend the funeral and bury their late outer guard , with masonic honours , it was decided to meet for that purpose on the 31 st May , 1781 , at one o ' clock , and the brethren were requested by the R . W . M . to attend . There
does not seem to have been any law in force then requiring that " no mason can be interred with the formalities of the order , unless it be at his own special request , nor unless he has been advanced to the degree of a master mason / ' such
as exists UOAY . A " special license " to attend in the masonic clothing Avas all that the Grand Lodge considered necessaiy .
The tyler was " decently interred on the clay mentioned , and the brethren then adjourned to the lodge , and contributed eighteenpence each towards the expenses of the day . The tylers of the Love and Honour , and Volubian Lodge of
Regularity and Reputation attended , and received two shillings and sixpence each for their services . The whole cost of the funeral , coffin , and other sundries amounted to £ 2 14 s . 3 d ,, which the treasurer paid by desire of the lodge . The practical benevolence and generosity of the lodge is most commendable .
The lodge summoned for July 12 th , 1781 , "being solicited to postpone their meeting on account of an entertainment , it Avas accordingly acceded to , and the lodge Avas adjourned to Wednesday , the 25 th July ensuing .
The lodge was held on that date Avhen after the transaction of its business , and "Nothing further proposed for the good of masonry in genei'al , after the question being thrice demanded , the lodge was closed in due form , till the 29 th day of
August , 5781 , emergencies excepted of which timely notice will be given . " The dignity of the lodge received a rebuff on October 31 st , but still showed its position ancl independence by the following resolution : " No lodge held by means of
the lodge room being peremptorily denied on account of an assembly , which was there held that evening , and to whom the preference of the said room was giv . en by our Bro . William Job , the master of the house , whereon it Avas
determined by the majority of the members present to remove the Lodge of Love and Honour from the King ' s Arms Tavern to the Standard , Avhich was carried out to the letter . The landord , Bro . Job , does not seem to have had the extraordinary
patience possessed by his great predecessor of the same name , for he resented the removal by never appearing in the lodge again . The members numbered a little nnder fifty at this time .
On January 30 th , 1782 , it was . proposed "That a stipulated sum should be allotted for seafaring members to pay throughout the yeai " , Avhen the majority of seafaring members present , the land members not interfering , proposed five shillings
per quarter to be paid for that purpose , Avhich Avas acceded to by all the members present . " "N . B . —Peter Oogrel , a prisoner at Kegillick , having applied for relief , and " being found a proper object , Avas by the unanimous consent of the
lodge , relieved Avith the sum of one pound ancl one shilling . " A most'praiseworthy act ofthe lodge . Their benevolence , however , as usual soon met with , another applicant in the person of " Bro . Benjamin Warogmer , a French prisoner , "
Avho Avas generously relieved to the same amount by the members . The former brother again requested assistance on 27 th March , 1782 . It appears from the minutes that ho was an American prisoner of Avar , in the hospital at Beyer ' s Cellars , Falmouth . The lodge determined not to be " AA eary in well doing , " and appointed a com-
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History Of Freemasonry In Cornwall.
HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY IN CORNWALL .
LONDON , SATURDAY , DFCFMBDB 22 , 1866 .
By > ± 4 Bro . "WILLIAM JAMBS HTTGHAI ., 18 ° , & e , { Continued from page 442 . ) There Avas a capital muster of the brethren at the lodge held 9 fch May , 1781 , Bro . William , E . W . M ., in the chair . The minutes of the last
lodge Avere read and confirmed , and after a lecture on the first degree , Bro . Arthur Mankin , J . W . produced an account of the funeral charges of our late Bro . Hull , amounting to £ 5 8 s . 6 d ., " of which the lodge ordered the Treasurer to pay the
one-half , reserving the other half for the Lodge of Begularity and Reputation to pay . " ( The junior lodge held in the same toAvn . ) A resolution Avas regularly proposed , seconded and carried the same evening , " That the secretary for the time being give an acknowledgment to the R . W . M . for any books , papers , or any other
utensils belonging to the lodge , which by his office he may have in his custody . " In the minutes of the next lodge Ave read that Bro . Robert Lutey , the tyler , died in May , and the lodge having obtained a dispensation from the
Prov . Gr . M . to attend the funeral and bury their late outer guard , with masonic honours , it was decided to meet for that purpose on the 31 st May , 1781 , at one o ' clock , and the brethren were requested by the R . W . M . to attend . There
does not seem to have been any law in force then requiring that " no mason can be interred with the formalities of the order , unless it be at his own special request , nor unless he has been advanced to the degree of a master mason / ' such
as exists UOAY . A " special license " to attend in the masonic clothing Avas all that the Grand Lodge considered necessaiy .
The tyler was " decently interred on the clay mentioned , and the brethren then adjourned to the lodge , and contributed eighteenpence each towards the expenses of the day . The tylers of the Love and Honour , and Volubian Lodge of
Regularity and Reputation attended , and received two shillings and sixpence each for their services . The whole cost of the funeral , coffin , and other sundries amounted to £ 2 14 s . 3 d ,, which the treasurer paid by desire of the lodge . The practical benevolence and generosity of the lodge is most commendable .
The lodge summoned for July 12 th , 1781 , "being solicited to postpone their meeting on account of an entertainment , it Avas accordingly acceded to , and the lodge Avas adjourned to Wednesday , the 25 th July ensuing .
The lodge was held on that date Avhen after the transaction of its business , and "Nothing further proposed for the good of masonry in genei'al , after the question being thrice demanded , the lodge was closed in due form , till the 29 th day of
August , 5781 , emergencies excepted of which timely notice will be given . " The dignity of the lodge received a rebuff on October 31 st , but still showed its position ancl independence by the following resolution : " No lodge held by means of
the lodge room being peremptorily denied on account of an assembly , which was there held that evening , and to whom the preference of the said room was giv . en by our Bro . William Job , the master of the house , whereon it Avas
determined by the majority of the members present to remove the Lodge of Love and Honour from the King ' s Arms Tavern to the Standard , Avhich was carried out to the letter . The landord , Bro . Job , does not seem to have had the extraordinary
patience possessed by his great predecessor of the same name , for he resented the removal by never appearing in the lodge again . The members numbered a little nnder fifty at this time .
On January 30 th , 1782 , it was . proposed "That a stipulated sum should be allotted for seafaring members to pay throughout the yeai " , Avhen the majority of seafaring members present , the land members not interfering , proposed five shillings
per quarter to be paid for that purpose , Avhich Avas acceded to by all the members present . " "N . B . —Peter Oogrel , a prisoner at Kegillick , having applied for relief , and " being found a proper object , Avas by the unanimous consent of the
lodge , relieved Avith the sum of one pound ancl one shilling . " A most'praiseworthy act ofthe lodge . Their benevolence , however , as usual soon met with , another applicant in the person of " Bro . Benjamin Warogmer , a French prisoner , "
Avho Avas generously relieved to the same amount by the members . The former brother again requested assistance on 27 th March , 1782 . It appears from the minutes that ho was an American prisoner of Avar , in the hospital at Beyer ' s Cellars , Falmouth . The lodge determined not to be " AA eary in well doing , " and appointed a com-