GOULD'S HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD VOLUME II H .R .H . the Duke of Connaught, K .G . 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JOHNSON b Q Past Grand Master of Mavens in Massachusetts, and M . •. P .•. Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council, 0 0 ; ;°, for the Northern Masonic jurisdiction of the United States O° Q AND 0 o J . EDWARD ALLEN o•° 0 Foreign Correspondent and Reviewer Grand Lodge, Grand Chapter, Grand Council, Grand Commander 0 of North Carolina and the Grand Encampment K . T. of the United States 'o0 ILLUSTRATED u q o 0, o 0 0 CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK oo c a a ~e •e•e.e.e •e•e.e•e .e•e.e•e•e•e•e•e•ese.e •e•e•e.e.e •e•e •e.e •e •e •e •e .e •e•e°e•e•e•e•e•o•e .de •ei CONTENTS VOLUME II CHAPTER ONE PAGE I THE GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND, 1 7 1 7-2.3 CHAPTER TWO THE GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND, 1723 -60 50 CHAPTER THREE FREEMASONRY IN YORK 100 CHAPTER FOUR HISTORY OF THE GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND " ACCORDING TO OLD CON- STITUTIONS ' 1 45 CHAPTER FIVE THE GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND, 1761 -1813 196 CHAPTER SIX HISTORY OF THE UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND, 1814-1930 232 CHAPTER SEVEN FREEMASONRY IN IRELAND 2.61 CHAPTER EIGHT EARLY BRITISH FREEMASONRY - SCOTLAND 294 CHAPTER NINE HISTORY OF THE GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND 375 ILLUSTRATIONS VOLUME II H .R .H . the Duke of Connaught, K.G ., Grand Master of England since 1901 Frontispiece FACING PAGE The Room on the First Floor of the Goose and Gridiron Tavern, London 2 Anthony Sayer. First Grand Master of the Lodge of England, 1717-18 1o John Theophilus Desaguliers, F .R .S . Grand Master, 1719 ; Deputy Grand Master, 1722-6 18 Martin Folkes, F .R .S . Deputy Grand Master, 1724 78 The Sword of State of the Grand Lodge of England 86 Frontispiece to the Book of Constitutions, 1756-7 98 William Preston, famous as an instructor in Masonic Ritual and founder of the lectures bearing his name 128 Seals of Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter of England 140 English Seals 142 Six Silver Jewels (Pierced Type) 208 Frontispiece to the Book of Constitutions, 1784 2.10 Freemasons' Tavern from 1789 to 1867 222 H.R.H . the Duke of Sussex . Grand Master, 181 3 -43 23 2 Clothing of the Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge of England (Colour) 234 Jewels of the Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge of England (Colour) 240 ix x ILLUSTRATIONS PACING PADS English Provincial Grand Lodge Clothing (Colour) 246 England-Private Lodge Jewels and Clothing (Colour) 252 H .R .H. Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, K .G . (Afterwards King Ed- ward VII) . Grand Master of England, 1874-1901 254 Regalia of the Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge of Ireland (Colour) 266 Jewels of the Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge of Ireland (Colour) 272 Ireland - Private Lodge Jewels and Clothing (Colour) 288 Clothing and Regalia of the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scot- land (Colour) 376 Clothing of the Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge of Scotland (Colour) 384 Jewels of the Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge of Scotland (Colour) 390 Jewels of the Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge of Scotland (Continued) and Scottish Provincial Grand Lodge Regalia (Colour) 396 Typical Examples of Scottish Lodge Aprons (Colour) 400 Scottish Private Lodge Jewels (Being Those of the Lodge of Edinburgh- Mary's Chapel - the Oldest Lodge in the World) (Colour) 404 Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Members of the Masonic Fraternity Samuel Adams, Josiah Bartlett, William Ellery, Benjamin Franklin, Elbridge Gerry, Lyman Hall, John Hancock, Joseph Hewes, William Hooper, Samuel Huntington, Thomas Jefferson, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lewis, Philip Livingston, Thomas McKean, Robert Morris, Thomas Nelson, Jr ., Robert Treat Paine, John Penn, George Read, Benjamin Rush, Roger Sherman, Richard Stockton, Matthew Thornton, George Walton, William Whipple, John Witherspoon, Oliver Wolcott At end of volume GOULD'S HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD VOLUME II A HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD VOL . II CHAPTER I THE GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND, 1717-23 NFORTUNATELY the Minutes of the Grand Lodge of England, founded June 24, 1717, are not in existence prior to June 24, 1 7z3- For the history, therefore, of the first six years of the new regime, we areU dependent mainly on the account given by Dr . Anderson in the Constitutions of 173 8, nothing whatever relating to the proceedings of the Grand Lodge, except the General Regulations of 17zi, having been inserted in the earlier edition of 1723 . From this source the following narrative, in which are preserved as nearly as possible both the orthographical and the typographical peculiarities of the original i s derived KING GEORGE I enter'd London most magnificently on zo Sept . 1714. And after the Rebellion was over A .D . 1716, the few Lodges at London finding themselves neglected by Sir Christopher Wren, through fit to cement under a Grand Master as the Center of Union and Harmony, vi Z. the Lodges that met, I . At the Goose and Gridiron Ale-house in St. Paul's Church-Yard. 2 . At the Crown Ale-house in Parker's-Lane near Drug-Lane . 3 . At the Apple-Tree Tavern in Charles-street, Covent-Garden. 4. At the Rummer and Grapes Tavern in Channel-Row, (Westminster. They and some old Brothers met at the said Apple-Tree, and having put into the Chair the oldest Master Mason (now the Master of a Lodge), they constituted themselves a Grand Lodge pro Tempore in Due Form, and forthwith revived the Quarterly Communication of the Officers of Lodges (call'd the Grand -Eob e) resolv'd to hold the Annual ASSEMBLY and Feast, and then to chuse a GRAND MASTER from among themselves, till they should have the Honour of a Noble Brother at their Head . Accordingly On St . John Baptist's Day, in the 3d year of KING GEORGE I, A .D . 1717, the ASSEMBLY and Feast of the Free and accepted Masons was held at the foresaid Goose and Gridiron Ale-house . Before Dinner, the oldest Master Mason (now the Master of a Lodge) in the Chair, proposed a List of proper Candidates ; and the Brethren by a Majority of Hands elected MR. ANTONY SAYER, Gentleman, Grand Master of Masons, who being forthwith invested with the Badges of Office and Power by the said Mr Jacob Lamball, Carpenter, Grand oldest Master, and install'd, was {Capt. Joseph Elliot, }Wardens . duly congratulated by the Assembly who pay'd him the Homage . 2 THE GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND, 1717-23 Sayer, Grand Master, commanded the Masters and Wlardens of Lodges to meet the Grand Officers every Quarter in Communication,' at the Place that he should appoint in his Summons sent by the Tyler. ASSEMBLY and Feast at the said Place 24 June 1718 . Brother Saver having gather'd the Votes, after Dinner proclaim'd aloud our Brother GEORGE PAYNE Esqr Grand Master of Masons who being duly invested, install'd, congratulated and homaged, jMr John Cordwell, City Carpenter, Grand recommended the strict Ob- tMr Thomas Morrice, Stone Cutter, Wardens . servance of the Quarterly Com- munication ; and desired any Brethren to bring to the Grand Lodge any old Writings and Records concerning Masons and Masonry in order to shew the Usages of antient Times : And this Year several old Copies of the Gothic Constitutions were produced and collated . ASSEMBLY and Feast at the said Place, 24 June 1719 .