I don't want to get it wrong but at that time was the riff between the ancients and the moderns. The royal arch degree was what came into question and maybe there is a royal element to this. i think [e] is england [y] is york?
This led the way to the american revolution of course the separation from england. The problem now is they may have infiltrated us even more with the ugle being the top of the command structure for most american masons?