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-s-3jc uatttor CoronatoramV BEING THE TRANSACTIONS of the QUATUOR CORONATI LODGE NO. 2076, LONDON. FROM THE ISABELLA MISSAL BRITISH MUSEUM ADD. MSS.. 18,861' CIRCA 1SOO A.C. EDITED FOR THE COMMITTEE BY COLONEL F. M. RICKARD, P.G.D. VOLUME LVIII. PART 1. CONTENTS PAGE PAGE , Proceedings, 5th January, 1945 . 1 In Memoriam—Hubert Carpenter Audit Committee .. 2 Bristowe, M.D. .. .. 126 Exhibits 3 Exhibits .. .. .. .. ., 127 The Earl of Middlesex and the English Wessel Linden and the Holywell MS. 128 Lodge lin Florence .. ,. 4 Additional Notes on the York Grand Proceedings, 2nd March, 1945 .. 78 Chapter, Etc. .. .. .. 159 200 Years of Freemasonry in Bury 79 Review .. , . .. - 154 Proceedings, 4th May, 1945 126 Obituary .. ,. .. 166 W. J. Parrett, Ltd., Printers, Margate 1947 THE QUATUOR CORONATI LODGE^ No. 2076, LONDON, was warranted on the 28tb November, 1884, in order !•—To provide a centre and bond of union for Masonic Students. 2. —To attract intelligent Masons to its meetings, in. order to imbue them -with a love for Masonic research. 3. —To submit the discoveries or conclusions of students to the judgment and criticism of their fellows by means of papers read in Lodge. 4. —To submit these communications and the- discussions arising therefrom to the general body of the Craft by publishing, at proper intervals, the Transactions of the Lodge in thejr entirety. 5. —To tabulate concisely, in the printed Transactions of the Lodge, the progress of the Craft throughout the World. 6. —To make the English-speaking Craft acquainted with the progress of Masonic study abroad, by translations <in whole or part) of foreign works. 7. —To reprint scarce and valuable works on Freemasonry, and to publish Manuscripts, &c. 8. —To form a Maspnic Library and Museum. 9. —To acquire permanent London premises, and open a reading-room for the members. The membership is* limited to forty, in order to prevent the Lodge from becoming un-wieldy. No members are admitted without a high literary, artistic, or scientific qualification. The annual subscription is two guineas, and the fees for initiation and joining are twenty guineas and five guineas respectively. The funds are wholly devoted to Lodge and literary purposes, and no portion is spent in refreshment. The membeps usually dine together after the meetings, but at their own individual cost. Visitors, who are cordially welcome, enjoy the option of partaking—on the same terms—of a meal at the common table. The stated meetings are the first Friday in January, March^ May, and October, St. John’s Day (in Harvest), and the 8th November (Feast of the Quatuor Coronati)., At every meeting an original paper is read, which is followed by a discussion. The Transactions of the Lodge, Ars Quatuor Coronotorum, contain a summary of the business of the Lodge, the full text of the papers read in Lodge together with the discussions, many essays communicated by the brethren but for which no time can be found at the meetings, biographies, historical notes, reviews of Masonic publications, notes and queries, obituary, and other matter. The Antiquarian Reprints of the Lodge, Quatuor Coronatqnm Antigrapha, appear at undefined intervals, aAd consist of facsimiles of documents of Masonic interest with’»ommentaries or introductions by brothers well informed on the subjects treated of. ▼ The Library has been arranged at No, 27, Great Queen Street, Kingsway, London, where Members of both Circles may consult the books on application to the Secretary. To the Lodge is attached an outer or CORRESPONDENCE CIRCLE. This was inaugurated in January, 1887, and now numbers about 2,000 members, comprising many of the most distinguished brethren of the Craft, such as Masonic Students and Writers, Grand Masters, Grand Secretaries, and nearly 300 Grand Lodges, Supreme Councils, Private Lodges, Libraries and other corporate bodies. The members of our Correspondence Circle are placed on the following footing:— 1. —The summonses convoking .the meetings are posted to them regularly. They are entitled to attend all the meetings of the Lodge whenever convenfent to themselves ; but, unlike the members of the Inner Circle, their attendance is not even morally obligatory. When present they are entitled to take part in the discussions on the papers read before the Lodge, and to introduce their personal friends. They are not visitors at our Lodge meetings, but rather associates of the Lodge. 2. -—The printed Transactions of the Lodge are posted to them as issued. 3. —They are, equally with the full members, entitleid to subscribe for the other publications of the Lodge, such as those mentioned under No. 7 above. x ■ 4—Papers from Correspondence Members are gratefully accepted, and so far as possible, recorded in the Transactions. ■ , - 5.—They are accorded free admittance to our Library and Reading Room. A Candidate for Membership, of the Correspondence Circle is subject to no literary, artistic, or scientific qualification. His election takes place at the Lodge-meeting following the receipt of his application. The annual subscription is only £1 Is., and is renewable each December for the following yep. Brethren joining us late in the year suffer no disadvantage, as they receive all the Transactions previously issued in tha s&m€ ycsr It will thus be seen that the members of the Correspondence Circle enjoy all the advantages of the full members, except the right of voting on Lodge matters and holding office. Members of both Circles are requested ,to favour the Secretary with communications to be read in Lodge and subsequently printed. Members of foreign jurisdictions will, we truat, keep us posted from time to time in the current Masonic history of their districts. Foreign members can render still further assistance by furnishing us at intervals with the names pf new Masonic Works published abroad, together with any printed reviews of such publications. ■ . , , . ^ j ■ j Members should also bear in mind that every additional member increases our power of doing good by publishing matter of interest to them. Those, therefore, who have already experienced the advptage of association with us, are urged to advocate our cause to their personal friends, and to induce them to join us. Were each member annually) to send us one new member, we should soon be in a position to offer them many more advantages than we already provide. Those who can help us in no other way, can do so in this. Every Master Mason in good standing and a subscribing member of a, regular Lodge throughout the Universe, and all Lodges, Chapters, and Masonic Libraries or other corporate. bodies are eligible as Members of the Correspondence Circle. i BEING THE TRANSACTIONS of the QUATUOR CORONATl LODGE NO. 2076, LONDON, < BRITISH MUSEUM ADD. MSS., 18,051 j CIRCA 1500 A.D. n-, 7 ■ . ■ .-.TTTTT,-TTTTT. EDITED FOR THE COMMITTEE BY COLONEL F. M. RICKARD, P.G.D VOLUME LVIII 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS LODGE PROCEEDINGS. PAGE Friday, 5th January, 1945 ' Friday, 2nd March, 1945 Friday, 4th May, 1945 126 Saturday, 23rd June, 1945 169 Friday, 5th October, 1945 225 Thursday, 8th November, 1945 242 OBITUARY. Bennett, W. J. 166 Bond, W. R. 166 Bradley, W. M. 292 Bristowe, FI. C. 126, 166 Brown, J. W. 166 Clark, G. 292 Clifford, H. J. 166 Cooper, J. J. 166 Curran-Sharp, T. A. 166 Dawson, R. 166 Devonshire, G. T. ... 292 Durell, Colonel A. J. V. 292 Errington, J. 292 Everitt, C. K. 166 Gilbert, A. ... ... 166 Gillespie, Ven. Archdeacon H. R. B. 167 Goldberg, S. J. 167 Haines, Major M. C. 167 Hewitt, G. F. 292 Howard, P. W. 167 Johnson, B. Marr 292 King, Captain O. W. 167 Klinck, J. C. 167 Lambert, A. R. J67 Lawton, R. F. ... 167 Le Manquais, J. C. R. 292 Luke, N. J. J67 Macdonald, J. G. J67 Mond, A. 29'’ Morton, J. W. Palmer, T. H. Pugh, A. L. jgg Saunders, J. W. 299 Silberbauer, C. C. jgg Story, W. Sworder, J. IV, Tuhlc oj dontenis. OBITUARY.—Continued. I>A<!E Taylor, J. A. 168 Thomas, H. W. 293 Tinker, D. B. 293 Townend, T. 168 Tristram, G. T. 29.3 Watkin, A. J. 168 Wearing, 1,. G. 293 Wild. A. 168 PAPERS AND ESSAYS. The Earl of Middlesex and the English Lodge in Florence. By J. Heron Lepper 4 First documentary evidence of the Lodge, 4 ; The English in Italy, .3 ; Jacobite influence, 5 ; Freemasonry in Florence, 6 ; English members of the Lodge, 7 ; Charles Sackville, Earl of Middlesex, 7 ; Letters of Horace Walpole, 8; Lord Raymond, 11 ; Baron Philip von Stosch. 12; Italian members of the Lodge, 14 ; Tomasso Criideli, 21 ; The Pope’s Bull " In Eminent! ”, 26 ; Dissolution of the Lodge in Florence, 26 ; Action by the Inquisition, 27 ; Bernardo Pupiliani, 30 ; Nonsensical Tales about Freemasonry, 32 ; Cardinal Corsini's Letter on Free¬ masonry, 35 ; Arrest, Trial and Defence of Crudeli, 37 ; Intervention of Papal Nuncio, 45 ; Release of Crudeli. 47 ; Airpendices—Jacobites in Italy, 50 ; Italian .State Papers referring to Freemasonry in Florence, 51. Two Hundred Years of Freemasonry in Bury. By N. Rogers 79 Bury in 1733, 79 ; First Lodge of Freemasons in Bury, 80 ; Petition, 80 ; Deputation, 82 ; Lodge By-Laws in 1734, 83 ; Early Minutes, 87 ; Officers of the Lodge, 93 ; Connection between " Modems ” and “ Antients ”, 98 ; Relief Lodge, 98 ; Bi-Centenary, 98 ; Lodge of Temperance, 98 ; Prince Edwin Lodge, 98 ; Lodge of St. John, 101 ; Removal to Warrington, 101 ; Decline of Lodge, 103 ; Removal to Bury, 105; “Bury” ritual, 106; Royal Arch Masonry in Bury, 106. Wessel Linden and the Holywell MS. By A. E. Evans 128 The Holywell MS., 128 ; Thos. Humphreys, 129 ; Freemasonry in N. Wales, 129; The Lodge at the “Star” in Holywell, 131 ; Wessel de Linden, 132 ; Publications by Linden, 133; Linden's connection with mining, and with mineral waters, 137 ; Duke of Newcastle, 142 ; Letters by Linden, 143; The Morrisiaid, 149; The Cymmrodorion, 150.
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