Bro. William Finch (c. 1772-1818)

Bro. William Finch’s system of degrees​

  1. Entered Apprentice
  2. Fellow Craft
  3. Mark Mason
  4. Master Mason
  5. Mark Master
  6. Architects
  7. Grand Architects
  8. Excellent
  9. Super Excellent
  10. Red Cross
  11. Royal Arch:
  12. – Suspended point
  13. – Dedicated point
  14. – Advanced point
  15. – Circumscribed point
  16. Royal Ark Mariners
  17. Herodian Order (3rd Temple)
  18. Herodian Order (3rd Temple)
  19. E, W, N, S Knights
  20. E, W, N, S Knights
  21. E, W, N, S Knights
  22. Knights Templar
  23. Mediterranean Pass
  24. Knights of Malta
  25. Rosycrusian

Books by Bro. William Finch:

  1. A Masonic Treatise , with an Elucidation on the Religious and Moral Beauties of Freemasonry; for the use of Lodges and Brothers in general . By W. Finch, Canterbury. Deal, 1800. Second Edition, Deal, 1802. 
  2. An Elucidation of the Masonic Plates, consisting of sixty-four different compartments. By W. Finch. London, 1802. 
  3. A Masonic Key, with an Elucidation. By W. Finch. Deal, 1803. 
  4. The Lectures, Laws, and Ceremonies of the Holy Royal Arch degree of Freemasonry. By W. Finch. Lambeth, 1812. 
  5. A new Set of Craft Lectures for the use of Lodges and the Brethren in general. Lambeth, Finch, 1814. 
  6. The Origin of Freemasons, their Doctrine, & c. London, 1816. 
  7. He published many other pamphlets respecting the higher degrees. 

Copies of his books on Google Books:

  1. An elucidation on the Masonic plates, etc by W. FINCH (of Canterbury.) – Books on Google Play. 1800.
  2. A Masonic Key, with an Elucidation on the Religious and Moral Beauties of Freemasonry, Etc by W. FINCH (of Canterbury.) – Books on Google Play. 1801.
  3. A Masonic treatise, with an elucidation of the moral and religious beauties of Free Masonry. Second edition, with additions by W. FINCH (of Canterbury.) – Books on Google Play. 1802.

Masonic Treatise with an Elucidation on the Religious and Moral Beauties of Freemasonry (1802) – Translated version

Key to the cipher (themasonictrowel.com)

Browne and Finch | Masonic Cryptographers c.1800 (slaters.id.au) – obtain complete translated versions here.

Revisiting John Browne’s Ciphered Masonic Works, by Bro. David B. Slater AQC132.03-Slater.pdf (quatuorcoronati.com)