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	Worshipful Company of Masons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Worshipful Company of Masons is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.
		The Masons (entirely unrelated to the Freemasons) were formed in mediæval times to regulate stonemasons.
		The Masons' Company ranks thirtieth in the order of precedence of Livery Companies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Worshipful_Company_of_Masons (139 words)

	Livery Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 107 Livery Companies are trade associations based in the City of London, each known as the Worshipful Company of the relevant trade or profession.
		The Livery Companies originally developed as guilds and were responsible for the regulation of their trades, controlling, for instance, wages and labour conditions.
		Among the earliest companies known to have possessed halls were the Merchant Taylors and Goldsmiths in the 14th century, but neither theirs nor other companies' original halls remain; the few survivors of the Great Fire were destroyed, along with many reconstructed ones, during the Blitz.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Livery_company (829 words)

	Mackey's Encyclopedia of Freemasonry - A
		All present were members of the Masons Company except Ashmole himself, Sir W. Wilson and Capt. Borthwick, and this entry proves conclusively that side by side with the Masons Company there existed another organization to which non-members of the Company were admitted and the members of which were known as Accepted Masons.
		This term occurs in the records of the Company of Masons of London in the years 1620 and 1621 aud Brother Hawkins thought it to be the name of the non-operative or speculative body attached to that Company, this being the Lodge that Ashmole visited in 1682.
		The Masons Company of London show this phrase in one of their records, 1620-1, in connection seemingly with a non-operative or speculative body which was associated with them.
	www.phoenixmasonry.org /mackeys_encyclopedia/a.htm (13211 words)

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		Was a freemason a freeman and mason of a gild or company ?
		The Company had also power of search, and appointed certain members to examine work done and to exclude " foreigners." Hence in the renewed charter a saving clause was inserted, which provided that the privileges of the Masons' Company were not to interfere with the rebuilding of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul.
		It is well known that apart from the London Company, or associated with it, there was a very old institution of a brotherhood amongst members of the craft extending both in England and abroad, for the government of its members, who were operative masons and their kindred.
	www.linshaw.com /omtp/vol6no6.html (1956 words)

	THE ROOTS OF FREEMASONRY
		For centuries Masonic historians have been puzzled by the motives for, and the purpose of, the formation of the craft of freemasonry, both in its operative, and speculative form, and whilst endeavouring to investigate the mysteries surrounding the formation of our order, it seems that the riddle actually forms itself into three distinct questions.
		Masons too had their trade secrets of a technical character, but they were in a distinctly different position from other crafts, the members of which generally followed their trade throughout life in the same locality, therefore the craft guilds were essentially products of communities where members were well known to each other.
		The books of the London Masons' company of 1619 are still in existence, and it is from about this time we find traces of Lodges and other bodies, as well as individuals, who are not actually connected with the operative craft of masonry.
	www.freemasons-freemasonry.com /jenkinsroots.html (3920 words)

	Religious Movements Homepage: Freemasons
		To become a Mason one must ask a friend in the Lodge to recommend him, sign a petition stating name, age, occupation, and place of residence, and all the members must vote unanimously on the acceptance.
		Masons build character by contact with the company and shared morals of their "Brothers" (fellow members).
		Masons are restricted from talking about religion or politics in the Lodges because these are controversial topics known to divide men (Dumenil, 22).
	religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /nrms/Masons.html (3048 words)

	A.F. & A.M.
		Lodges and Grand Lodges whose charters' roots derive from the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Freemasons of England, The Grand Lodge of Ireland or the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland use the expression, A.·.F.·.& A.·.M.·.
		The term free-stone mason is recorded in 1375 and the term was easily condensed to free mason.
		It is hypothesized that a Free Mason was free of his Guild; he had the freedom of its privileges and was entrusted with certain rights.
	www.freemasonry.bcy.ca /texts/afandam.html (474 words)

	FREEMASONRY: THE SQUARE AND COMPASSES A book online by W.M.Bro.D.FALCONER
		The Worshipful Company of Ffree Masons of the City of London was one guild that survived.
		The unbroken existence of The Company of Masons over some four hundred years maintained the continuity of operative lodges in England, even through the fifteenth century persecutions, which enabled their traditions and practices to be preserved.
		Some masonic researchers hold the view that the possession of masonic credentials for safe travel was a primary objective of those who were “made” masons in the seventeenth century, calling it the “passport theory” for the development of speculative craft freemasonry.
	www.freemasons-freemasonry.com /don6.html (4053 words)

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		The Worshipful Company of Masons is one of the ancient Livery Companies of the City of London and is registered as No. 30 in order of precedence.
		The company was formed with the object of regulating the craft of stonemasonry so that standards could be properly maintained and rewarded.
		The company is dedicated to its programme of training in the use of natural stone for construction purposes and will seek to extend the present level of student sponsorship both in volume and levels of skills to be attained.
	www.masonslivery.co.uk (573 words)

	Masons (Freemasonry) - Christian or Anti-Christian?
		Though some Masons trace their organization's origin back to the beginning of time (much of their teaching is tied to Solomon's temple, but they also claim that John the Baptist and the Apostle John were Masons), modern Masonry dates only to 1717.
		Masons refer to the Bible as the "Volume of the Sacred Law" (V.S.L.), and it is considered an indispensable part of what is called "the furniture" in a Masonic Lodge.
		Some Masonic leaders even teach that the Messiah will not be an individual, but "the perfection of the human race." One such leader thinks that the stories about various Messiahs have their origin in the most ancient of religious beliefs -- Solar Worship.
	rapidnet.com /~jbeard/bdm/Cults/masons.htm (2155 words)

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		The stone workers, or masons, are the most numerous because of their use in defense works, and so become the most powerful.
		• The Masons' Company of London is represented at the Court of Common Council.
		This was formally called a "schism" of the 1717 GL of E. It is formed by a group of Masons opposed to the proposed changes to the Landmarks.
	www.corinthianlodge.com /morehistory.htm (4405 words)

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		From the early seventeenth century, the owners of various companies, merchant ship’s captains and magistrates began to be addressed as "Worshipful".
		A few years later, in 1655, it was changed to "The Worshipful Company of Masons" and this title has remained to this day.
		The New Testament uses the phrase "worshipful seat" to describe the seat of honour at a feast.
	www.gulfbeachlodge.org /Worshipful_Education.html (236 words)

	United States Presidents and The Illuminati / Masonic Power Structure
		Notice the death's of non Masonic presidents or those who lost favor, and the shuffling of the vice presidents to get them in the position of takeover before the presidents were killed or removed.
		Brother Washington became Worshipful Master on December 20, 1788, and was inaugurated President of the United States on April 30, 1789, thus becoming the first, and so far the only, Brother to be simultaneously President and Master of his Lodge.
		Masonic Trivia and Facts and The MSA 1940s study say he was a Mason, without identifying his lodge, but 10,000 Famous Freemasons does not list him.
	www.theforbiddenknowledge.com /hardtruth/uspresidentasmasons.htm (4987 words)

	Freemason Information - Time Line
		1425: The Cooke Manuscript, believed to have been written by a Mason, is in two parts-the first being an attempt at a history of the craft, the second being a version of the charges.
		1668: The hall of the Worshipful Company of Masons of London was rebuilt after the Great Fire of London (1666).
		1688: A lodge of accepted Masons met at Trinity College, Dublin, and the Society of Freemason is mentioned in a satirical speech at the commencement exercises of the University of Dublin in July.
	www.freemasoninformation.com /history/timeline.htm (804 words)

	Masonic Monitors & other Documents are published by the Grand Lodges to educate Masons.
		Masonic Monitors contain portions of Masonic ritual and often explanations of the meaning of that ritual.
		The Committee on Masonic Education of the Grand Lodge of Iowa has produced a small set of booklets which are issued as a man goes through the degrees.
		Masonic literature should be used in an attempt to lead a man from the lodge only when it can be proven that his Grand Lodge recommends the book.
	www.ephesians5-11.com /document.htm (2851 words)

	GLOSSARY OF WORDS AND TERMS USED IN RITUAL
		SPECULATIVE MASONS: The speculative mason is the symbolic mason not a practical mason.
		To be Worshipful is to be honorable and worthy.
		The Masons Company of Masons styled itself the Worshipful Company of Masons in 1655-56 and it is reasonable to assume that the speculative masons inherited from that Company.
	www.calodges.org /no13/glossary.htm (1796 words)

	Maçonnieke encyclopedie-Balkan
		The arms of the Company are described in the language of heraldry as follows: "Sable or fl on a chevron, between three towers argent or silver, a pair of compasses," as represented in Stowers Survey of London (1633) in the original grant of arms.
		We cannot overlook the fact that at first the Company was known as the Fellowship of Masons, and it was to this Fellowship that the grant of arms was made in 1472.
		From an inventory of the contents of the chest of the Worshipful Company of Masons and citizens of London, it appears not long since to have contained a book wrote on parchment, and bound or stitched in parchment containing 113 annals of the antiquity, rise, and progress of the art and mystery of Masonry.
	www.dancing.org /tsmr/.books/mackey/MMAP~1/Mmac-10.htm (2201 words)

	The Builder Magazine - August 1929
		The arms granted to the Mason's Company of London are mentioned in most of our histories; and there have been occasional articles about various partial aspects of the subject.
		The Masons' Company was one of the early and important guilds of England, and obtained its coat of arms thirty- three years after the grant made to the Drapers' Company in 1439, and was therefore fifth on the list.
		The late Edward Conder in his history of the London Masons' Company (of which he was the Master in 1894-1895) expresses the opinion that the change in the chevron was due to the fact that it more nearly resembled the square and that the tower may have been substituted as being much easier to engrave.
	www.phoenixmasonry.org /the_builder_1929_august.htm (12549 words)

	Joseph Dixon 1732 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		On September 17, 1747 he was apprenticed to mason Ben Stanmore, in Stamford, for 5 pounds and, in 1755, just after his seven-year term was up, he went down to London, where the action was.
		On June 17, 1760 he was admitted to the freedom of the Worshipful Company of Masons, in London, by redemption [see Richard Dixon].
		This is a separate and distinct award from the Company freedom.
	members.cox.net /ghgraham/josephdixon1732.html (2192 words)

	Death Burial and Resurrection in the Masonic Lodge
		After donning his own clothing, rather than returning to the lodge room for instruction, by way of a lecture, he is returned to the south side of the lodge room and escorted to the empty chair which is the station of the Junior Warden, one of the three principal officers of the lodge.
		The Worshipful Master raps his gavel; the candidate leans forward and places the Junior Warden’s gavel in the upright position; then he sits back to enjoy the celebration of his achievement, or so he thinks.
		"The tragedy of Hiram Abif is the climax of the Master Mason degree, the essence of Freemasonry, the foundation of its philosophy.
	www.emfj.com /dbr.htm (5850 words)

	A.F. & A.M. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Lodges and Grand Lodges whose charters' roots derive from the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Freemasons of England, The Grand Lodge of Ireland or the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland use the expression, A.'.F.'.and A.'.M.'.
		Those Grand Lodges that don't use the appellation "Ancient", claim descent from the "Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons under the constitution of England".
		A Free Mason was free of his Guild; he had the freedom of its privileges and was entrusted with certain rights.
	users.1st.net /whitacre/a.f.&a.m..htm (236 words)

	Boek A
		Now the Company never aecepted its members; they were always admitted to the freedom either by apprenticeship, patrimony, or redemption.
		All present were members of the Masons Company except Ashmole himself, Sir W.Wilson and Capt.Borthwick, and this entry proves conciusivly that side by side with the Masons Company there existed another organization to which non-members of the Company were admitted and the members of which were known as Accepted Masons.
		The extracts given above from the books of the Masons Company, the 1663 Regulations, if that date be accepted, and the quotation from Ashmole's diary, are the earliest known instances of the term Accepted Masons.
	www.dancing.org /tsmr/.books/mackey/AMAP~1/AMAC-4.HTM (1962 words)

	STRONG'S OF ST
		This Tablet Was Erected By The Worshipful Company of Masons
		Thomas and Edward Strong were the master masons working under the direction of Christopher Wren.
		In 1667, he provided Stone from the quarries and sent them to London, and sold great quantities to other masons.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Prairie/4715/stpaulstr.html (317 words)

	Christian Rock: Exposed
		jumping on the worship music bandwagon" is not to be taken lightly.
		The winged globe is many times (such as with the group Journey) associated with the "dung beetle" or "scarabaus".
		The "scarabaus" is worshipped as a pagan god in many cultures.
	www.av1611.org /crock/crockex2.html (4214 words)

	BBC London - Nature - Roman London and a geological walk of the world
		The walk continues with a look at Masons Avenue and some of the oldest rocks in the UK.
		This type of metamorphic rock was once shale or mudstone transformed by heat and pressure into what you see today.
		Masons Avenue once led to Masons Hall - the Hall of the 'Worshipful Company of Masons of London' where it stood from around 1463.
	www.bbc.co.uk /london/walks/04.shtml (316 words)

	The Virginia Masonic Information Net - Index Page
		The intent is to organize the information in a manner so as to make it available to all personnel who do not have the time available to search for the information or obtain it from other sources.
		One of today's major issues among the members of the craft is the lack of "Knowledge on Masonic Subjects," especially among the newer members who have not been exposed to the more experienced Masons for sufficient time to learn by experience and association.
		"Masonic Education" on general Masonic subjects is as important to Masons, who want to or are taking a leadership role in the craft, as learning the "Ritual." Both will be presented at the Reid J. Simmons Academy of Masonic Leadership.
	www.aw22.com (2053 words)

	Independent Catholic News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Christians in business were challenged to serve and witness to others "not just as individuals but corporately", by Cardinal Cormac Murphy -O'Connor, during the 64th Service of the United Guilds of the City of London, held in St Paul's Cathedral, on Friday 31 March.
		The first United Guilds' Service was held at St Paul's for the Livery Companies and Guilds in March 1943, to help lift the spirits of the City following the Blitz during the Second World War.
		Peter Jennings was made a Freeman of the City of London on 2 June 1993 and admitted to the Livery of the Worshipful Company of Masons, an ancient Livery Company, formed in the City of London during the 15th century with the object of regulating the craft o
	www.indcatholicnews.com /chcabus123.html (344 words)

	Stonewest: Awards
		In 2003 the company was awarded Building magazine's inaugural Specialist Contractor award for Restoration.
		Also in 2003 the completed restoration of Wellington Arch for English Heritage was commended in the Restoration category of the Natural Stone Craft Awards organised by The Worshipful Company of Masons of London.
		We are fortunate to have our work featured in many ways including Civic awards, RIBA awards and in television programmes.
	www.stonewest.co.uk /company_awards.asp (115 words)

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