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The Threatened Secession From The Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter Of Scotland. No. Iii.
Districts hut throughout Scotland , can call to their aid in the annihilation of every obstacle to the attainment of supreme power over the Royal Arch Masonry of Scotland . Grand Chapter , we presume , will not so easily be frig htened into a surrender of supreme power , neither is it at all likelj-v . that any of the rebels will ever be burdened with the cares of Masonic
sovereignty . We may probably , in our next communication on this subject , reply to the very chaste and dignified letter of " One of the Committee , " which appeared in last week ' s MAGAZINE .
Masons Of England And Their Works.
MASONS OF ENGLAND AND THEIR WORKS .
( Continued from page Ho . ) During the sixteenth century , at the building of Hengrave Hall , 1525 , the mason and all his company were to be boarded for 16 d . per week ; he was to be paid £ 200 . — £ 10 when the foundations were begun , and " afterwards always as £ 20 worth of work was
brought by estimation . " For the erection of the spire of Louth Church , 1501 , John Cole is specifically mentioned as " master mason of the broach , making moulds to it by four days , 2 s . 5 d . " Moulds are again recorded as being made , 1510 , when the then master mason was paid 10 s . for half a year ' s
services , with 10 s . in reward . About 1512 , eight men , whose names are given , with other freemasons and setters , at Christ Church College , Oxford , had " xiid . in reward for their diligence in applying their labour in setting upon the new tower at the east end of the new hall of the said college , on Saturday , after their hour accustomed to leave work . " Whilst the
great hall at Hampton Court was in course of erection , in 1531 , for King Henry VIII ., John Molton was master mason at Is . per day ; William Reynolds , warden , at 5 s . per week ; the setters at 3 s . ( id . per week ; lodgemen 3 s . id . per week ; these may be presumed to have cut the moulded stones and ornaments ; of the hard hewers , some had 4 s ., others had
3 s . id . per week . The more ornamental work , the " king ' s beastes , " as they are called , the pendants , the crowned roses , & e . were . executed specially by " karvers , " at a certain price per set . At Durham , in 1543 , the two warden masons received 3 s . Ad . per week each , the masons 2 s . Sd . , a warden quarryman
Gel . per day , others id . I will also add , that in 1010 , " A freemason which can draw his plot , work , and setaccordingly , having charge over others , " is considered worth 12 d . a day before Michaelmas , and Wd . after it . "A rough mason which can take charge over others , " is worth lOd . or Sd ., according to those seasons .
It was lately observed by Professor Willis , that at Westminster Abbey , in 1375 , the king and the masons appear to have claimed the alternate holy clays ; on those falling to the king they worked and were paid ; on those falling to the men no work was done , and of course there was no pay . It has already been stated how an allowance was to be made at York for certain
feast days . It had been my intention to insert here some remarks on the instructions ' given to the masons by their employers , founded upon the writs issued by the
Masons Of England And Their Works.
monarchs , and the contracts which have been discovered of late years . As my paper , however , is sufficiently long without this portion , and as it is the intention of a brother member shortly to lay before you his own observations on this and kindred subjects , at greater length than I should have attempted , I have placed my notes in his handsand therefore shall
, not anticipate the elucidation of those and other documents he may possess , further than to remind you of the paper read by my friend Mr . Bnrges last session * recounting the great scarcity of drawings of this period found in England . The Workshop , the residence , or the Lodge , t as it
was technically called , may now demand a few words , so much having of late years been said of it . In 1200 , the words " tabulatum domieialem , " as the shed erected in front of St . Alban ' s Abbey Church whilst it was being rebuilt was called , may probably be an early intimation of such a building . If not so allowed , the entry , in 1321 , of 2 s " . Gd . for straw to cover the mason ' s lodging , at the building of Carnarvon Castle , may perhaps be accepted . In 1330 ,
a man at the Chapel of St . Stephen ' s , Westminster , had , amongst his other work , to clean out the lodge . The workmen at York , 1335 , were to breakfast , to dine , and such like , within the fabric lodge ; all the masons , 1370 , were to be each day at noon " in the lodge that is ordained to the masons at work in the close beside the church ; " and 1399 a list is giving
, , of " the stores in the loge in the cemetery . " In 1395 , at the additions to Westminster Hall , the king engaged to find " herbergage" for the masons and their companions ( journeymen ?) for all the time they were employed on the works . In the same year is noted , two carpenters working upon the new house
for the masons of Westminster Abbey , and another house in Tothill-street ; and of 15 s . Gd . being paid to the "dauber " for the lodge for the masons and the house iu Tothill-street . The earliest of the Constitutions" cir . 1400 , to which reference will be made presently , has " If in the logge the apprentice were
taken ; " and , also iu the words of this poet , — "The prevystye of the chamber telle he no mon , Ny yn the logge whatsever they done , " —•
a satisfactory instance of the attempt at concealment of trade mysteries . Another may also be considered in the entry of 1405-6 , " One runnying bar for the door of tiie lodge- ; " but as it is not stated which side of the door the bar was to be placed , it clearly might , if fixed on the exterior , be applicable for confining those refractory workmen to be mentioned hereafter .
In 1421 , at Catterick Church , a " luge of tre " was to be made for the masons to work in , specified to be of four rooms of syelles ( principles ?) and of two "henforkes" ( lean-tos ?) . The masons engaged to build Walberswick . steeple , 1426 , were to be provided with " a'hows' to work into eat and drink and to
, lay in , and to make " mete in + to be built near the p lace of working . " A lodge , " properly tiled , " —I have already noted that they were formerly thatched , ¦ —is to be built at the expense of some parishioners in Suffolk , in which to hold the meetings , at least so
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The Threatened Secession From The Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter Of Scotland. No. Iii.
Districts hut throughout Scotland , can call to their aid in the annihilation of every obstacle to the attainment of supreme power over the Royal Arch Masonry of Scotland . Grand Chapter , we presume , will not so easily be frig htened into a surrender of supreme power , neither is it at all likelj-v . that any of the rebels will ever be burdened with the cares of Masonic
sovereignty . We may probably , in our next communication on this subject , reply to the very chaste and dignified letter of " One of the Committee , " which appeared in last week ' s MAGAZINE .
Masons Of England And Their Works.
MASONS OF ENGLAND AND THEIR WORKS .
( Continued from page Ho . ) During the sixteenth century , at the building of Hengrave Hall , 1525 , the mason and all his company were to be boarded for 16 d . per week ; he was to be paid £ 200 . — £ 10 when the foundations were begun , and " afterwards always as £ 20 worth of work was
brought by estimation . " For the erection of the spire of Louth Church , 1501 , John Cole is specifically mentioned as " master mason of the broach , making moulds to it by four days , 2 s . 5 d . " Moulds are again recorded as being made , 1510 , when the then master mason was paid 10 s . for half a year ' s
services , with 10 s . in reward . About 1512 , eight men , whose names are given , with other freemasons and setters , at Christ Church College , Oxford , had " xiid . in reward for their diligence in applying their labour in setting upon the new tower at the east end of the new hall of the said college , on Saturday , after their hour accustomed to leave work . " Whilst the
great hall at Hampton Court was in course of erection , in 1531 , for King Henry VIII ., John Molton was master mason at Is . per day ; William Reynolds , warden , at 5 s . per week ; the setters at 3 s . ( id . per week ; lodgemen 3 s . id . per week ; these may be presumed to have cut the moulded stones and ornaments ; of the hard hewers , some had 4 s ., others had
3 s . id . per week . The more ornamental work , the " king ' s beastes , " as they are called , the pendants , the crowned roses , & e . were . executed specially by " karvers , " at a certain price per set . At Durham , in 1543 , the two warden masons received 3 s . Ad . per week each , the masons 2 s . Sd . , a warden quarryman
Gel . per day , others id . I will also add , that in 1010 , " A freemason which can draw his plot , work , and setaccordingly , having charge over others , " is considered worth 12 d . a day before Michaelmas , and Wd . after it . "A rough mason which can take charge over others , " is worth lOd . or Sd ., according to those seasons .
It was lately observed by Professor Willis , that at Westminster Abbey , in 1375 , the king and the masons appear to have claimed the alternate holy clays ; on those falling to the king they worked and were paid ; on those falling to the men no work was done , and of course there was no pay . It has already been stated how an allowance was to be made at York for certain
feast days . It had been my intention to insert here some remarks on the instructions ' given to the masons by their employers , founded upon the writs issued by the
Masons Of England And Their Works.
monarchs , and the contracts which have been discovered of late years . As my paper , however , is sufficiently long without this portion , and as it is the intention of a brother member shortly to lay before you his own observations on this and kindred subjects , at greater length than I should have attempted , I have placed my notes in his handsand therefore shall
, not anticipate the elucidation of those and other documents he may possess , further than to remind you of the paper read by my friend Mr . Bnrges last session * recounting the great scarcity of drawings of this period found in England . The Workshop , the residence , or the Lodge , t as it
was technically called , may now demand a few words , so much having of late years been said of it . In 1200 , the words " tabulatum domieialem , " as the shed erected in front of St . Alban ' s Abbey Church whilst it was being rebuilt was called , may probably be an early intimation of such a building . If not so allowed , the entry , in 1321 , of 2 s " . Gd . for straw to cover the mason ' s lodging , at the building of Carnarvon Castle , may perhaps be accepted . In 1330 ,
a man at the Chapel of St . Stephen ' s , Westminster , had , amongst his other work , to clean out the lodge . The workmen at York , 1335 , were to breakfast , to dine , and such like , within the fabric lodge ; all the masons , 1370 , were to be each day at noon " in the lodge that is ordained to the masons at work in the close beside the church ; " and 1399 a list is giving
, , of " the stores in the loge in the cemetery . " In 1395 , at the additions to Westminster Hall , the king engaged to find " herbergage" for the masons and their companions ( journeymen ?) for all the time they were employed on the works . In the same year is noted , two carpenters working upon the new house
for the masons of Westminster Abbey , and another house in Tothill-street ; and of 15 s . Gd . being paid to the "dauber " for the lodge for the masons and the house iu Tothill-street . The earliest of the Constitutions" cir . 1400 , to which reference will be made presently , has " If in the logge the apprentice were
taken ; " and , also iu the words of this poet , — "The prevystye of the chamber telle he no mon , Ny yn the logge whatsever they done , " —•
a satisfactory instance of the attempt at concealment of trade mysteries . Another may also be considered in the entry of 1405-6 , " One runnying bar for the door of tiie lodge- ; " but as it is not stated which side of the door the bar was to be placed , it clearly might , if fixed on the exterior , be applicable for confining those refractory workmen to be mentioned hereafter .
In 1421 , at Catterick Church , a " luge of tre " was to be made for the masons to work in , specified to be of four rooms of syelles ( principles ?) and of two "henforkes" ( lean-tos ?) . The masons engaged to build Walberswick . steeple , 1426 , were to be provided with " a'hows' to work into eat and drink and to
, lay in , and to make " mete in + to be built near the p lace of working . " A lodge , " properly tiled , " —I have already noted that they were formerly thatched , ¦ —is to be built at the expense of some parishioners in Suffolk , in which to hold the meetings , at least so