| 1628 | Ancient Stirling Lodge (from which one of the founders of the Kirkwall lodge came) seems to go back to at least 1628. |
| 1717 ca | Dawn of ‘modern’ Freemasonry (or perhaps: “Moderns”) |
| 1723 ca | Emergence of the third degree in England |
| 1730 ca | Degree of “Perfect Master” worked in London, Bath and Bristol. This eventually became the fifth degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite |
| 1733 | Emergence of the third degree in England |
| 1736 | Foundation of the Killwinning lodge in Kirkwall |
| 1736 | Foundation of the Grand Lodge of Scotland |
| 1736/7 | William St. Clair of Roslin is Grand Master of the GLoS |
| 1740 | Kirkwall lodge received charter signed by St. Clair |
| 1740 ca | Earliest mentions of the Royal Arch degree in Ireland, Scotland and England. “Ancient Stirling Lodge” mentions it in their minutes of 1745. There is a suggestion that they also knew a Royal Ark Mariners degree. |
| 1742 | According to Cooper, the minutes of the Kirkwall Lodge make no mention of a third (or futher degrees) before 1742. |
| 1751 | Foundation of the Antient Grand Lodge of England |
| 1760 | Red Cross and Excellent Master worked in the London area (Lintot’s Rite of Seven Degrees) |
| 1766 | English Royal Arch lodge was promoted to the first Chapter (from 1801 called “The Supreme Grand Chapter” which is a “Moderns” chapter. |
| 1769 | First mention of Mark and Templar degrees in England |
| 1773 | First Templar activity in Ireland |
| 1778 | First mention of Mark degree in Scotland (Banff, Edinburgh followed a year later) (it seems that in Ireland Mark was only introduced in 1830/1 from the USA). |
| 1778 | First mention of Templar degrees in Scotland. Deuchar introduced them at the same time as the Royal Arch). |
| 1779 | Kilwinning High Knight Templars Lodge was founded late 1779 in London. From this lodge two (rivaling) Knight Templar organisations rose (both in Dublin): Early Grand Encampment [of Ireland] and Kilwinning High Knights Templar Encampment, which both had degrees (and order) much similar to the Kirkwall Scroll. |
| 1780 ca | Cooper presents a “Seal of the Grand Chapter at York. c.1780” with a similar design to the rainbow on panel 2. |
| 1780 | Supreme Grand and Royal Encampment of Knights Templars of St. John of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller and Knight of Malta etc etc” in Bristol (Belton/Dachez p. 359) |
| 1785 | Minutes state that: “Bro. William Graeme, visiting brother from Lodge No. 128, Ancient Constitution of England, was, at his own desire admitted to become a member of this Lodge.” |
| 1786 | Minutes mention that Graeme gave the lodge a floor cloth, now usually taken as a reference to the Kirkwall Scroll. |
| 1794 | Oldest Ark Mariner reference |
| 1800 | It seems that Knight Templar degrees only start around 1779 |
| 1800 ca | The ‘Sheffield’ Knight Templar Ritual (c. 1800) has an order of degrees quite like on the Kirkwall Scroll. |
