Members Roll
Sadly the Long Roll of the Incorporation has been lost over time and the lists that follow have been reconstructed from later records.
More than 3680 records have been added from 1574 to 2016 to the list of members and it is now easy to check to see if your ancestors were members. To make searching easier, the Roll of Members has been uploaded as a PDF file, indexed by surname.
If you find a relation or you just want to be part of this great organisation, please use the contact page and we will be delighted to assist you. There are no restrictions based on gender, religion, colour etc.
The Roll of the Incorporation of Masons can be obtained by clicking on the following link: Alphabetical Index. PDF Files are easy to search and it is worth searching for the daughters of members by entering dau as the search term.
Recent research shows that some members are missing from the above records and some of the missing names from recent years can be found by clicking more recent Incorporation of Masons Members to access some names who are missing from the above document.
A vital document for anyone researching people in the Incorporation of Masons is "Sketch of the Incorporation of Masons" of Glasgow dated 1879 and compiled by James Cruickshank.
The Trades House of Glasgow has to be thanked for allowing the Incorporation to transcribe the names in "The Roll of the Guild Brethren of Trades Rank" which is kept in the TRADES House of Glasgow. This has enabled names to be transcribed from 1855 to date.
Click here to search for Burgesses and Guild Brethern from 1573 to 1750.
Click here to search for Burgesses and Guild Brethern from 1751 to 1846.
Both of the above books have been digitised by the "Scottish Record Society".
Click here to search for information on those residents of Glasgow who were made Burgesses as a reward for fighting in the South African War.
More than 3680 records have been added from 1574 to 2016 to the list of members and it is now easy to check to see if your ancestors were members. To make searching easier, the Roll of Members has been uploaded as a PDF file, indexed by surname.
If you find a relation or you just want to be part of this great organisation, please use the contact page and we will be delighted to assist you. There are no restrictions based on gender, religion, colour etc.
The Roll of the Incorporation of Masons can be obtained by clicking on the following link: Alphabetical Index. PDF Files are easy to search and it is worth searching for the daughters of members by entering dau as the search term.
Recent research shows that some members are missing from the above records and some of the missing names from recent years can be found by clicking more recent Incorporation of Masons Members to access some names who are missing from the above document.
A vital document for anyone researching people in the Incorporation of Masons is "Sketch of the Incorporation of Masons" of Glasgow dated 1879 and compiled by James Cruickshank.
The Trades House of Glasgow has to be thanked for allowing the Incorporation to transcribe the names in "The Roll of the Guild Brethren of Trades Rank" which is kept in the TRADES House of Glasgow. This has enabled names to be transcribed from 1855 to date.
Click here to search for Burgesses and Guild Brethern from 1573 to 1750.
Click here to search for Burgesses and Guild Brethern from 1751 to 1846.
Both of the above books have been digitised by the "Scottish Record Society".
Click here to search for information on those residents of Glasgow who were made Burgesses as a reward for fighting in the South African War.
Roll of the Incorporation of Masons 1600
Page 71 of the "Sketch of the Incorporation of Masons" and has the following record:
Numerical Strength of the Incorporation at different times. On the front of the page on which the first Minute is engrossed, there is given the following list, presumably for the year 1600, of" the names of ye Masonis :"
William Dunlop. Andrew Boyd. Andrew Miller, George Esdaill.
Michael Glasgow. Alexander Stewart. John Boyd. John Stewart, elder
John Rankine. John Otterburne. William Ritchie. John Stewart, younger,
Lawrence Shaw. David Slater. John Freeland. John Boyd, younger.
James Ritchie. James Crawford.
Being eighteen in all.
Numerical Strength of the Incorporation at different times. On the front of the page on which the first Minute is engrossed, there is given the following list, presumably for the year 1600, of" the names of ye Masonis :"
William Dunlop. Andrew Boyd. Andrew Miller, George Esdaill.
Michael Glasgow. Alexander Stewart. John Boyd. John Stewart, elder
John Rankine. John Otterburne. William Ritchie. John Stewart, younger,
Lawrence Shaw. David Slater. John Freeland. John Boyd, younger.
James Ritchie. James Crawford.
Being eighteen in all.