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who was the first recorded speculative mason initiated on english soil
Sir Robert Moray was made a Mason at Newcastle on May 20, 1641, five years before the initiation of Elias Ashmole. Members of the Lodge of Edinburgh serving with the Scottish army in England admitted Moray, who served as Quartermaster-General, and the lodge subsequently recorded and ratified the event in its minutes.
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when was elias ashmole made a mason and where did it happen
Elias Ashmole was initiated on 16 October 1646 at a lodge in Warrington, Lancashire. His diary records that the initiation took place at 4:30 p.m. He was admitted alongside Colonel Henry Mainwaring in a lodge presided over by Warden Richard Penket, with six other brethren present.
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