Bro. William Finch (c. 1772-1818)
Bro. William Finch’s system of degrees
- Entered Apprentice
- Fellow Craft
- Mark Mason
- Master Mason
- Mark Master
- Architects
- Grand Architects
- Excellent
- Super Excellent
- Red Cross
- Royal Arch:
- – Suspended point
- – Dedicated point
- – Advanced point
- – Circumscribed point
- Royal Ark Mariners
- Herodian Order (3rd Temple)
- Herodian Order (3rd Temple)
- E, W, N, S Knights
- E, W, N, S Knights
- E, W, N, S Knights
- Knights Templar
- Mediterranean Pass
- Knights of Malta
- Rosycrusian
Books by Bro. William Finch:
- 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.
- An Elucidation of the Masonic Plates, consisting of sixty-four different compartments. By W. Finch. London, 1802.
- A Masonic Key, with an Elucidation. By W. Finch. Deal, 1803.
- The Lectures, Laws, and Ceremonies of the Holy Royal Arch degree of Freemasonry. By W. Finch. Lambeth, 1812.
- A new Set of Craft Lectures for the use of Lodges and the Brethren in general. Lambeth, Finch, 1814.
- The Origin of Freemasons, their Doctrine, & c. London, 1816.
- He published many other pamphlets respecting the higher degrees.
Copies of his books on Google Books:
- An elucidation on the Masonic plates, etc by W. FINCH (of Canterbury.) – Books on Google Play. 1800.
- 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.
- 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)