/#[4,66] There was hanging up in the Hall a list of the _Accepted Masons_ enclosed in a "faire frame, with a lock and key." Why was this? No doubt the Accepted Masons, or those who were initiated into the esoteric aspect of the Company, did not include the _whole_ Company, and this was a list of the "enlightened ones," whose names were thus honored and kept on record, probably long after their decease.... This we cannot say for certain, but we can say that as early as 1620, and inferentially very much earlier, there were certain members of the Masons' Company and others who met from time to time to form a Lodge for the purpose of Speculative Masonry.[111] #/ Conder also mentions a copy of the _Old Charges_, or Gothic Constitutions, in the chest of the London Masons' Company, known as _The Book of the Constitutions of the Accepted Masons_; and this he identifies with the _Regius MS_. Another witness during this period is Randle Holme, of Chester, whose references to the Craft in his _Acadamie Armory_, 1688, are of great value, for that he writes "as a member of that society called Free-masons." The _Harleian MS_ is in his handwriting, and on the next leaf there is a remarkable list of twenty-six names, including his own. It is the only list of the kind known in England, and a careful examination of all the sources of information relative to the Chester men shows that nearly all of them were Accepted Masons. Later on we come to the _Natural History of Staffordshire_, by Dr. Plott, 1686, in which, though in an unfriendly manner, we are told many things about Craft usages and regulations of that day. Lodges had to be formed of at least five members to make a quorum, gloves were presented to candidates, and a banquet following initiations was a custom. He states that there were several signs and passwords by which the members were able "to be known to one another all over the nation," his faith in their effectiveness surpassing that of the most credulous in our day.