James Anderson publishes record of establishment of the Grand Lodge of England, with free and accepted Masons as members.
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- James Anderson Non-LDSAncient
- Hearsay
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James Anderson, The New Book of Constitutions of the Antient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons (London: Caesar Ward and Richard Chandler, 1738; repr., Quatuor Coronatorum Antigrapha, Masonic Reprints of the Lodge Quatuor Coronati, No. 2076, London, ed. G. W. Speth, Volume VII, Wargate, England: Keble’s Gazette Office, 1890) 109
- Scribe/Publisher
- Richard Chandler, Quatuor Coronati Lodge, Keble's Gazette, Caesar Ward
- People
- James Anderson, G. W. Speth
- Audience
- Freemasons
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Saxon Kings of Great-Britain
1. King GEORGE I. enter'd London most magnificently on 20 Sept. 1714. and after the Rebellion was over A. D. 1716. the few Lodges at London finding themselves neglected by Sir Christopher Wren, thought fit to cement under a Grand Master as the Center of Union and Harmony, viz. the Lodges that met,
1. At the Goose and Gridiron Ale-house in St. Paul's Church-heard.
2. At the Crown Ale-house in Parker's Lane near Drury-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 Temper in Due Form, and forthwith revived the Quarterly Communication of the Officers of Lodges (call'd the Grand Lodge) resolve to hold the Annual ASSEMBLY and Feast, and then to chase a Grand Master from among themselves, till they should have the Honor 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 aforesaid Goose and Gridiron Alehouse.
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.
- BHR Staff Commentary
de Hoyos, Arturo. The Scottish Rite Ritual Monitor and Guide. Third, Revised and Enlarged ed. Washington, DC: The Supreme Council, 33, Southern Jurisdiction, 2010. https://www.scottishritestore.org/media/wysiwyg/Documents/Monitor_and_Guide_3rd_Edition.pdf. (accessed February 3, 2022).
"The original record, if there was one, cannot be found, but was reconstructed and published by Reb. James Anderson in his New Book of Constitutions (1738)" (Arturo de Hoyos, The Scottish Rite Ritual Monitor and Guide. Third, Revised and Enlarged ed. Washington, DC: The Supreme Council, 33, Southern Jurisdiction, 2010, 86. https://www.scottishritestore.org/media/wysiwyg/Documents/Monitor_and_Guide_3rd_Edition.pdf [accessed February 3, 2022]).
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