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what caused the rift between the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons and the older craft bodies in nineteenth-century England
The exclusion of the Mark degree from the official system of English Craft Masonry under the Articles of Union of 1813–1814 created the administrative divide between Mark Masons and the primary Craft bodies. When the United Grand Lodge of England established its framework at the Union, it formally restricted recognition to Pure Ancient Masonry—defined specifically as the three Craft degrees, including the Holy Royal Arch.
Mackey
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Scottish Freemasonry
Scottish Freemasonry traces its traditional origins to the builders of twelfth- and thirteenth-century abbeys and cathedrals—including Holyrood, Kelso, Glasgow Cathedral, and Kilwinning—rather than the English tradition of an assembly at York in 926. Early operational structure was defined by the Schaw Statutes of 1598 and 1599, alongside an intimate association with the St Clair family of Roslin. King James II appointed William Saint Clair hereditary Patron and Protector of Scottish Masons in 1441, an office renewed through family charters in the early seventeenth century until William Saint Clair surrendered the hereditary privilege in 1736 to establish an elective Grand Master Mason.
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