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Lodge No.401As a matter of interest Lodge St. Maurs was not the first lodge in Kilmaurs. On 7 February 1831, the lodge Glencairn No.401, (later 330) was granted a Charter from the Grand Lodge of Scotland, the first RWM being, Bro. James Ralston of Towerhill. It is not clear how long this lodge was in existence, as an announcement was printed in the Kilmarnock Standard on 22 January 1876 calling a meeting of members of Lodge Glencairn to meet in the Wheat Sheaf Hotel Kilmaurs, to consider reviving the Lodge. It would appear that it was unsuccessful in reviving the Lodge, as no Masonic Lodge was known in Kilmaurs until St. Maurs No.1398 was Chartered in 1940. Extract from "Charturly - Volume 3" held by Grand Lodge in Edinburgh, presented to Lodge St. Maurs, No.1398 by Bro. Archibald Chalmers PM, Lodge Thistle No.127 (1987). Kilmaurs Glencairn, Ayrshire An application was made to the Grand Lodge by James Ralston, Esq., of Towerhill, and others in and about Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Craving a Charter to Hold a Lodge in that Village under the Name and Title of Kilmaurs Glencairn Lodge, and this Petition, with ample Certificates from the Provincial Grand Master of Ayrshire, the Kilwinning and St. Andrews Lodge, Kilmarnock, having been duly considered, the Grand Lodge of Scotland Granted the following Charter to the Kilmaurs Glencairn Lodge and appointed the following Brethren to be the First Office-bearers of the Lodge: James Ralston of Towerhill, Esq (RW Master) Given at the Grand Lodge this 7th Day of February 1831 and of Light 5831, by:- H M William 4th, Patron of the Ancient Order of St. John's Masonry for Scotland
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