CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF DEGREES As any Mason will know who has taken the orders of the York Rite,

the degrees do not follow one another in a sequential form. By deduction, however, we can place the degrees in relation to the death of Hiram Abif. 1. Entered Apprentice - A few years before the death of Hiram 2. Fellowcraft - A couple of years before the death of Hiram 3. Royal Master - Just prior to the death of Hiram (first section) 4. Select Master - Just prior to the death of Hiram 5. Master Mason - At the death of Hiram 6. Royal Master - Just after the death of Hiram (second section) 7. Mark Master - Just before the completion of the Temple 8. Most Excellent Master - Shortly after the death of Hiram 9. Past Master - Sometime after the death of Hiram 10. Super Excellent Master - Beginning at the destruction of King Solomons Temple 11. Red Cross - During the time of Prince Zerubbabel, and the building of the second temple 12. Royal Arch - At the building of the second Temple 13. Order of Ma1ta - Approximately 1000 years after the birth of Christ 14. Order of the Temple - Approximately 1118 A.D.