Contents Site Contents: MenuHome Contents Old Charges, Statutes and New Constitutions Scots Freemasonry Ancient Scots Lodges William Shaw (the Father of Freemasonry) and the Masters of Work to the Scottish Crown The First (or Edinburgh) Schaw Statute of 1598 The Second (or Kilwinning) Schaw Statute of 1599 Sinclair of Roslin – ‘Patrons and Protectors’ of the Scottish Stone Masons The First Sinclair ‘Charter’ of 1601 The Second Sinclair ‘Charter’ of 1628 Mylne Family – Hereditary Master Masons to the King of Scots The Alexander Family, Earls of Stirling – Masters of Work The Falkland Statutes of 1636 Sir Robert Moray Master Wrights to the Scottish Crown Robert Burns – the bard of freemasonry Bro William Harvey Ramsay’s Oration The Royal Order of Scotland The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Rite Ecossais Rectifie – The Rectified Scottish Rite EGSR – The Early Grand Rite of Scotland English Freemasonry The 4 Old London Lodges Craft Lectures Regius Poem – The oldest known Masonic Document Cooke MS York Freemasonry William Finch Rudyard Kipling – masonic poems Irish Freemasonry French Freemasonry American Freemasonry German Freemasonry Gibraltar Freemasonry Swedish Rite Freemasonry Israeli Freemasonry Women Freemasons Rosicrucians Order of degrees Tracing Boards Working Tools Hiram Noachida Other Fraternal Orders – Non-Masonic Workings Further Reading Masonic Videos Scottish Masonic Links English Masonic Links Irish Masonic Links Masonophobia Join Freemasonry Charity Contact A Mason’s chief and only care, is how to live within the square.
