Masonic Records 1717-1894

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Earlier Lodge Name: A previous name of a lodge. Some lodges will have had a number of names over their history, so names are listed chronologically. Red Apron: The lodge is privileged to nominate a Steward for the Grand Festival of the United Grand Lodge of England. https://museumfreemasonry.org.uk/freemasonry-and-family-history (Museum of Freemasonry Research Guide: Freemasonry and Family History. The guide covers the records held and the services we offer) The Province of Middlesex has always deeply involved spouses in in many activities. Cole Court Ladies Group was formed in 1992, Staines Ladies was formed in 1994. HRH Princess Alexandra opened the Provincial Retirement home in 1994, giving her name to the Home.

www.ancestry.co.uk (United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921. This collection contains membership registers listing men who belonged to the United Grand Lodge of England. A Masonic Grand Lodge has existed in England since 1717. A rival Grand Lodge was established in London in 1751 and the two came together to form the UGLE in 1813) The traditional Masonic history attributes the Freemasons history and development from the time of Euclid the Greek mathematician and the father of geometry in ancient Egypt, Thus the mason is also able to link his craft to one of the greatest civilisations of all time, the Egyptian’s, Masonic ledged is said to have commenced with the construction of King Solomon’s temple in 960 BCE. Masonic history of today’s freemason draws on the biblical accounts detailing the temples design and construction. (King James Bible, 1 Kings 5 -8) Whilst religious observance formed an everyday activity of the craft mason, and the craft guilds, it is more probable that the use of scripture was a deliberate attempt of 18th century Freemasons to create a history of religious atonement. This cookie is used to a profile based on user's interest and display personalized ads to the users. Along with the Horn, there were 3 other main freemason’s lodges meeting in the surrounding areas, At the Goose and Gridiron Ale-house in St. Paul’s Church- Yard, the Crown Ale-house in Parker’s-Lane near Drury-Lane, and at the Apple Tree Tavern In Charles-street, Covent-Garden.www.grandlodgescotland.com (Grand Lodge of Scotland. The Lodge of Scotland represents Freemasons working under the Scottish Constitution since 1736) Middlesex Lodge No. 143 could be the oldest Lodge that has met continuously. Originally founded in Middlesex in 1775, Lane’s Masonic Records show that this Lodge has moved around central London, but has never actually met in Middlesex. The work itself became an essential reference book for the Masonic historian, and by 2003, the University of Sheffield transferred Lane’s book into digital format, and since 2008, the United Grand Lodge Library and Museum have been adding information about lodges formed after 1894. The entry for each lodge formed since then, including lodges subsequently erased, features the warrant date, number and meeting places ( Freemasonry Today, 2013). It is from these 4 lodges that we see the beginnings of some form of socio-economic and political understanding development culminating in the first steps to form a united group which would develop into the United Grand Lodge of England.

Early Freemasonry in Australia. In 1797 the Grand lodge of Ireland received a partition requesting a warrant from Australia with a request to form a new stationary lodge. This partition was deferred however, as most of the military Regiments serving in the new colony had Masonic lodges attached to them, Lodges meant there would be private secrete meetings a situation that the governor of the colony was attempting to suppress. A rival Grand Lodge is formed principally by Irish Freemasons living in England. Dissatisfied with the actions of the 1717 Grand Lodge masons, whom they dubbed “The Moderns” because of what was perceived as a betrayal of the original rituals of Freemasonry. The Moderns were essentially well to do men of position and title. The Antients on the other hand were largely Irish freemasons, Shopkeepers and tradesmen who practised a more traditional form of masonry perhaps more aligned with those of the earlier trade based craft of masonry. For about 63 years the two Grand Lodges co-existed both in England and abroad.Centenary Warrant: Lodges who are issued with centenary warrant have one hundred years of continuous working and their members are entitled to wear a Centenary Jewel. In tracing the earliest documented beginnings of Freemasonry most historians accept the English records in the form of documents and manuscripts (MS) known as the “OLD CHARGES” or “ Old Constitutions” as the earliest regulations of a specifically organised trade group or guilds. That is not to say that in the spread of masonry the trades man may have been imported into England and Scotland from Europe by the established church. These guilds were not unique to the Masons, in fact most other medieval trades had similar organisational structures, what is unique to the mason was the documentation of their customs and history. This era of philosophy and discovery saw men of education; Gentlemen, Merchants, Clergymen and nobility take an ever increasing interest in masonry and the science of building. London was now desperately overcrowded, and for the middle classes the existing rituals, structure and fraternalism of the masons lodge meeting, in their local tavern was a congenial and often rewarding environment. The lodges of the operative masons of London became dominated by these new middle and upper class gentlemen of the city, many of whom were also members of the Royal Society, and who perhaps saw the lodge to be, in the words of Anderson writer of Freemasons Book of Constitutions, these men “found the lodge to be a safe and pleasant relaxation from intense study or the hurry of business without politics or party.”

From these earliest times masonry combined the mysteries of mathematics, geometry, architecture, and all aspects of labour both physical and managerial, to create a professional building trade that those outside the industry would envy. The Palatine Lodge of Instruction is one of a handful of warranted Instruction Lodges in the World and although the warrant suffered serious damage, during a fire on 13 November 1914, it remains in the possession of the Lodge. VW Bro John George Lambton (1792-1840), GCB, PC, British MP, Landowner, Governor General and High Commissioner for British North America, Provincial Grand Master of Durham, Northumberland and Deputy Grand Master and Pro-Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England. [32] [33]

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Special Medal: Some lodges have been given special permission by a Past Grand Master for their members to wear a special jewel denoting their membership of the lodge. Using the same definition of Middlesex, it can also be stated that the first Grand Chapter was established in the County. This took place at the Turks Head Tavern in Gerrard Street, Soho in 1766. John Lane’s Masonic Records 1717-1894 is an authoritative listing of all the lodges established by the English Grand Lodges from the foundation of the first Grand Lodge in 1717 up until 1894. It was published by the United Grand Lodge of England in 1895 and proved to be a very useful reference book for anyone with an interest in freemasonry under any of the English Grand Lodges. Masonic Records enables the early history of freemasonry in a particular place to be readily traced and provides information about individual lodges.

The Museum of Freemasonry's reference library and archives provide a number of services including family history and biographical research. There are over 1.7 million names listed in the digital registers from 1751 to 1921. Since the 1980s the Museum of Freemasonry has presented temporary thematic exhibitions to the general public. https://freemason.ie/museum-library-archive (Grand Lodge of Ireland. Museum, Library & Archive. Researchers use these facilities for genealogical purposes when looking up distant relatives to discover the details of their membership or for researching the Masonic Fraternity in general)

www.ancestry.co.uk (Ireland, Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Ireland Membership Registers, 1733-1923. This collection includes membership registers for Masonic Lodges across the 32 counties of Ireland, for Irish Lodges abroad and for those that were attached to militia and British Army regiments. The original data is held by The Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland) In 2003, The Centre for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism under the Directorship of Professor Andrew Prescott in collaboration with Museum of Freemasonry, London produced an electronic version of Lane’s book. Since 2008, Museum of Freemasonry has been adding lodges that came into existence after 1894 to the database and eventually hope to edit the records of pre-1894 lodges to include meeting places after that date.