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The Ashlar R Vol. XX Issue I
Declaration

Statement about Ownership and other particulars of Newspaper 'ASHLAR' (To be published
in the first issue the last date February, each year).

Form IV

1. Place of Publication: Nagpur (Regional Grand Lodge of Western India, Freemasons Hall,
D.Sukhadwala Marg, Fort, Mumbai-440 001)
2. Periodicity: Quarterly (Jan, April, July and October)
3. Printer's Name: Mr.Motilal A Ukare, for the Proprietors, Regional Grand Lodge of Western
India Whether Citizen of India: Yes Address: Namita Art, Near Malkwade Lone, Katol
Road, Nagpur-13.
4. Publisher's Name: Mr.Mehernosh M Patel, R.G.Secretary, Regional Grand Lodge
of Western India Whether Citizen of India: Yes Address: Freemasons Hall,D.Sukhadwala
Marg, Fort, Mumbai-440 001
5. Editor's name: Mr.Tarun Shrivastava Whether Citizen of India: Yes
Address: Smt.Urmila S Shrivastava Marg, Laughter House, H.No.214, New Colony,
Nagpur - 440 001.
6. Ownership: 100 % Regional Grand Lodge of Western India
Address: Regional Grand Lodge of Western India, Freemasons Hall, D.Sukhadwala
Marg,Fort, Mumbai-440 001

Date: 30.06.2025 Mehernosh M Patel
(Publisher)

MASONIC TRIVIA AND FACTS

Q:Who, in the opinion of most historians, was the foremost Masonic historian who compiled
and account of the early centuries in the development of the Craft?
A:Robert Freke Gould. See his three volume The History of Freemasonry. He painstakingly covers
the history of the Craft from what is known about its beginning through 1885.
Q:Where are the earliest lodge records to be found in Scotland? in England?

A:In Scotland the earliest lodge records still in existence were recorded in Aitchison's Haven in
1598; minutes of Mary's Chapel lodge at Edinburgh are unbroken from 1599; in England, according
to Gould, only the records of Alnwick between the dates of l700 and 1717 are known to have been
recorded. Grand lodge tells us: "Early evidence relating to other [than Acceptation] non-operative
Lodges is very scarce." From many sources we lean of Elias Ashlmole's entry on October 16, 1646 in
his diary: "I was made a Free-Mason at Warrenton in Lancashire" along with "Coll: Henry
Mainwaring of Karincham in Cheshire." He added the names of seven members of the lodge. The
records of this lodge have disappeared.

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