This table shows the number of different Masonic bodies under each of the four constitutions. The first column is English Constitution, the second is Irish, the third is Scottish and the fourth is Grand Lodge of India.
The Craft Lodges confer the three craft degrees, but some Scottish Craft Lodges also have the warrant to confer the Mark Master’s Degree. I took my Mark Degree from my Craft Lodge. In English and Indian constitutions, the Mark and the Royal Ark Mariner Degrees are under a different Grand body which alone has jurisdiction over these degrees. Besides, in English and Indian constitutions, it is not necessary to be a Mark Master to be exalted to the Royal Arch. One can become a Royal Arch mason once one has been raised to the third degree in a Craft Lodge. In Irish and Scottish constitutions, it is necessary to have taken the Mark degree to become a Royal Arch Mason. However, in both these constitutions, the Mark Lodge is not a separate body, but is attached to a Royal Arch Chapter, and meets only within the Royal Arch Chapter. Hence, they do not appear in the table. An Irish Royal Arch Mason needs to be a Mark Master before he can be exalted. Besides, the Irish Royal Arch is completely different degree from the other three constitutions. It’s legend is based not on the re-building of the Temple after the Babylonish captivity, but much earlier, when some major repairs were undertaken to the Temple. The three principals, which in other constitutions are Zerubbabel, Haggai, and Joshua are not the Principals in an Irish Chapter, which has The Excellent King, The High Priest and The Chief Scribe as the principals (in that order!), collectively addressed as The King and Council.