-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. 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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.