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Masonic Relics At Carrickfergus.
Masonic Relics at Carrickfergus .
We are enabled , by the kindness of W . Bro . Sadler , G . Sub . Librarian , to present to our readers some interesting photographs of an ancient Masonic chair ; of a fine sepulchral
monument in alabaster to the noble family of Chichester ; and a mural tablet of considerable antiquity , bearing the inscription— "This worke was begune 1614 , Mr . Cooper then maior , and wrought by Thomas Paps , freemason , Mr . Openshaw being Parson . Vivat Rex Jacobus . "
The chair -and stone tire to be seen in St . Nicholas ' Church , Carrickfergus , a town in County Antrim . The name of the town means Rock of Fergus , and is so called after a legend that in 320 B . C ., the body of a king named Fergus ,
who had been wrecked in a storm , was cast upon a rock at this place , which was henceforth called Carrickfergus , or the Rock of Fergus .
The church in question is of considerable interest . The foundation-stone was laid about the middle of the 13 th century . The church is cruciform in shape , the longest limb forming the choir . The church has been restored , and its tower was erected as late as 177 8 .
The square and compass on the panel at the back of the old oak chair , which dates back to 168 5 , can be plainly discerned , as well as the inscription "A . J . R . " and " K . C . B . "
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Masonic Relics At Carrickfergus.
Masonic Relics at Carrickfergus .
We are enabled , by the kindness of W . Bro . Sadler , G . Sub . Librarian , to present to our readers some interesting photographs of an ancient Masonic chair ; of a fine sepulchral
monument in alabaster to the noble family of Chichester ; and a mural tablet of considerable antiquity , bearing the inscription— "This worke was begune 1614 , Mr . Cooper then maior , and wrought by Thomas Paps , freemason , Mr . Openshaw being Parson . Vivat Rex Jacobus . "
The chair -and stone tire to be seen in St . Nicholas ' Church , Carrickfergus , a town in County Antrim . The name of the town means Rock of Fergus , and is so called after a legend that in 320 B . C ., the body of a king named Fergus ,
who had been wrecked in a storm , was cast upon a rock at this place , which was henceforth called Carrickfergus , or the Rock of Fergus .
The church in question is of considerable interest . The foundation-stone was laid about the middle of the 13 th century . The church is cruciform in shape , the longest limb forming the choir . The church has been restored , and its tower was erected as late as 177 8 .
The square and compass on the panel at the back of the old oak chair , which dates back to 168 5 , can be plainly discerned , as well as the inscription "A . J . R . " and " K . C . B . "