The earliest recorded account of Accepted Freemasonry
by R.W.Bro. Yasha Beresiner, PM Quatuor Coronati Lodge #2076 EC. The Importance of Plot’s Natural History Of Stafford-Shire 1686 that contains the earliest recorded account of accepted masonry and is considered the most implicit report on the fraternity available for the period at the end of the 17th century.