THE OLD CHARGES OF BRITISH FREEMASONS.
67
by liis apprentice. The copyist has likewise certified the
" Extracted be
nie, A. M., upon the 1, 2, 3, and 4 dayes of December,
anno mdcl-xxiiii." Mr Vernon, in his sketch of the old Melrose Lodge, suggests the clue to the name of the
" JIutuall
Agreemint Betwixt the Maisonis
transcriber, viz., "Andro Mein," who wrote also a copy of the
Inason," in favour, apparently, of the lawful service
days and date of his transcription,
viz.,
Lodge of Melros," of the year 1675, which still exists. The family of the Meins supported the craft for
many generations, and in 1695, out of twelve signatures attached to a resolution of the lodge, no less than
eight were those of members distinguished by that patronymic.
of the
20.
"Hope."
*17tli Century.
Lodge of
"
Hope," Bradford, Yorkshire.
Published in Hughan's " Old Charges," pp. 58-C3. The transcript thus printed was a copy kindly supplied
by the Rev. A. F. A. Woodford, and compared with the original parchment scroll by Mr William W. Barlow,
"
who, as the then Master of the Lodge, consented to its publication. It is slightly imperfect in the Apprentice
Charge," and in its present state is about six feet in length, the deficiencies being easily supplied by comparison
with MS. 25, which it resembles. Its title is, "The Constitutions, articles which are to be observed and
by all those who are made
Lodge or assemblie."
fulfilled
21.
"
free
YoKK, No.
by the
*17th Century.
5."
and Brethren
R'. Wor'. M''^ Fellowes
"
York
"
Lodge
of Free
Masons
at
any
at York.
Published in "Masonic Magazine," August 1881, from a transcript made by (the late) Mr William Cowling
Mr Ralph Davison. It bears neither date nor signature, but seems to have been written about a.d. 1670.
The roll of paper is 7J feet by 8 inches, and must have been still longer originally, as the first portion of the
and
is wanting at the present time.
another Paper Roll of Charges on Masonry."
Its text is that of
introduction
22.
"
York, No.
*1 7th Century,
6."
MS.
5,
The
and was described in 1779
"
York
as
" Part of
"
Lodge.
Published in " Masonic Magazine," March 1880. It is described in the York Inventory as " a parchment Roll
of Charges, whereof the bottom part is awanting," which description occasioned its identification by Hughan as
being in the custodj- of the Grand Lodge of England, to which reference has already been made. It is strange
that the part missing was found with the Roll, and appears to have been cut oif designedly from the original.
The severed portion, when applied to the remainder of the scroll, clearly establishes, if further proof was
but it is now scarcely probable that its history
necessary,' that it is the roll so long missing from York
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