Mark Coleman Wallace PhD Thesis - University of St Andrews

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For Uncle Dennis
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Abstract Modern freemasonry emerged
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Acknowledgements This study would n
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conflict which severely damaged the
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ealm of historical inquiry. One has
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extensively with them, David Steven
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associations were often politically
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freemasonry. Chapter 3 focuses on t
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Chapter Two ‘Antient Lustre in Th
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it was consciously trying to ‘rem
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publication was delayed until 1723.
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operations, which were carried out
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cohesiveness between the lodges by
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Three separate incidents occurred d
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view ignores the fact that the lodg
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entertainment whether they be prese
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Consequently, Kilwinning resumed it
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the members of the Royal Arch and K
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Scottish freemasons were teaching a
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untrained as stonemasons. This entr
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them paying each one pound five shi
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gentlemen into their lodges, not li
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of gentlemen masons was a direct re
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opposed to operatives, which “wer
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made manifest in the mathematical a
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conjunction with the management and
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For Reformation of Manners &c. In E
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eighteenth-century Scotland reveals
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association as a device for further
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1756, for the Grand Lodge resolved
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Provisions were also established to
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Stonemasons, Shipmasters, and Shoem
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suggesting that classicism and the
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of 1.5 members over a fourteen year
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Newtonian Society, were also freema
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highly improbable that Scottish fre
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for inspecting…houses reported th
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Table 3.1. Number of Scottish Lodge
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that potential members who were sto
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than just a central governing body
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y the Grand Lodge They nominated an
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not been officially recognized by t
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promote a “more regular Correspon
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Kilbride were present in the initia
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with the overall development of fre
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late as 1760 “the majority of Mod
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Number of Lodges 30 25 20 15 10 5 0
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Comparing the numbers from 1736 to
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membership lists were mentioned in
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Number of Members 300 250 200 150 1
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The data need careful qualification
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and diverse population from which t
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2 highlights the patterns of masoni
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time and money.” 75 As the list i
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Freemasonry was popular for several
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freemasons is ambiguous. 88 And fin
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development. Necessary to the achie
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110 Grand and imposing as the whole
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when he hoped there would be a nume
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Upon entry to the lodge, new member
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Fellow Crafts, and a sum equal to b
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“did not incline to the trade he
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Similar to other Scottish lodges, t
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discourse of Hanoverian freemasonry
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124 hospitality and disinterested f
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The Bureaucratic Reformation Clark
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presumably charity and entertainmen
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Lodge of Scotland had instituted a
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in arrears. The Grand Lodge stipula
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significant consolidation of power
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eceipts for expenditures, purchase
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subsidiary societies, by the demand
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which temporarily coincided.” 5 F
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consequences brought all political
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more broadly the patriotic mood tha
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was sick of the sight of them, and
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Two verses follow which reiterate t
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eform clubs.” 39 The objectives o
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members ultimately resolved “That
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egularly published pamphlets agitat
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century. In the politically volatil
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The first piece of legislation desi
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epression.” 76 Unlike Pitt, who d
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state.” 89 Wells asserts that of
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given for raising a tumult or noise
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Although arguably masonic oaths fel
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The Scottish Grand Lodge’s inclus
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170 suppression of Societies Establ
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By 23 January 1801, despite numerou
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government’s ban on issuing new c
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idea of setting aside the exempting
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expelled lodges for much less; thus
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ights, privileges, and powers, in l
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houses. Government action against s
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status and they had no intention of
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deemed a lodge which did not sit by
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hierarchical authority.” 12 In Eu
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French model, Robison claimed that
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they were much more prominent in Co
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Questioning the integrity of the so
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196 this Order is engaged in the Sc
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allusions in turn may well relate t
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was essentially “a reaction again
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anks, a great many Masons must have
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ideology of the society, Smyth main
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and 1790s, the population of Ulster
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mass membership it sought to attrac
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On 6 February 1797, Lodge Royal Arc
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contravene the regulation which sta
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inadmissible, as No. 264 was then n
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and regulations arising from the Ac
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218 descriptions of Masons under va
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Unlike the earlier allegations made
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two primary witnesses from the Gran
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include a fantastic story which imp
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1790s. 145 Ultimately, financial di
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Page 255 and 256: Under this statute, Gibson’s acti
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Page 289 and 290: 282 Society In Scotland For Propaga
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Page 301 and 302: Appendix 1: Occupational Returns fo
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1754: David Dalrymple 1755-60: Geor
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1795: Sir James Foulis 1796-1798: J
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1736-1751: Robert Alison (Archibald
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application to Parliament or otherw
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338 As Several of the Lodges in the
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[Signed] Dalkeith, addressed to Sir
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342 thought advisable to defer the
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Appendix 6: Grand Lodge Minutes Reg
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346 They also produced a Certificat
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Appendix 7: Lodge Royal Arch Maybol
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350 Lodge of Scotland therefor we d
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Appendix 8: National Archives of Sc
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All which he declares to be truth
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356 Our will is Herefore and we cha
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[Signed] William Gordon, witness Wi
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of all facts and circumstances that
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Grant Charters which is very much d
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Kilwinning Lodge stating the powers
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366 The above letters having been r
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usurpation of the fourth Friday but
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Ancient Grand Lodge of England: 1 J
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372 Religion, which however both po
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374 Lodge, and are further highly i
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