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The “General Regulations” are those that have been enacted
by such bodies as had at the time universal jurisdiction over
the craft,” and the year 1721 being ¿ xed as the decisive ,RQLF /RGJH 1R +DXQWHG
point beyond which such general regulations were no longer
possible because there were no longer general assemblies
with general powers, ten authentic and authoritative acts
of general Masonic legislation down to 1721 are set forth
as follows: (1) The “Old York Constitutions of 926” (from
the Halliwell MS.); (2) the “Constitutions of Edward III”
(taken from Anderson’s Constitutions, 2d edition); (3)
the “Regulations of 1663”; (4) the “Ancient Installation
Charges” (taken from Preston’s Illustrations); (5) the
“Ancient Charges at Makings” (also from Preston); (6) the
“Regulation of 1703” (given on the authority of Preston);
(7) the “Regulations of 1717” (given on the same authority);
(8) the “Regulations of 1720” (an authentic regulation,
adopted at a quarterly communication of the Grand Lodge
of England, June 24, 1720); (9) the “Charges Approved in
1722” (presented to the Grand Lodge of England in 1721 by
Anderson and Desaguliers, adopted March 25, 1722, and
published in the ¿ rst edition of Anderson’s Constitutions,
1723); and (10) the “General Regulations of 1721” compiled ,RQLF /RGJH LQ +DPLOWRQ KHOG LW¶V ¿ UVW +DXQWHG
by George Payne, Grand Master in 1720, approved by the +RXVH 7KH HYHQW ZDV KHOG IURP 30 XQWLO
Grand Lodge of England in 1721, printed in the ¿ rst edition 30 WKH %URWKHUV RI WKH /RGJH HVFRUWHG RYHU
of Anderson’s Constitutions. FKLOGUHQ DQG DGXOWV WKURXJK WKH +DXQWHG +RXVH ZLWK
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Ref: A Text Book of Masonic Jurisprudence: Illustrating the
Written and Unwritten Laws of Freemasonry, by Albert G.
Mackey, New York, Clark & Maynard Publishers, 1872.

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