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Denslow, Ray and Everett C. Turnbull. History of Royal Arch Masonry Part One. Kessinger. ISBN 1-4179-5004-8. p. 116-19. Get in Touch Freemasons’ Hall is located in the heart of London at 60 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5AZ. The closest tube stations are Holborn and Covent Garden Irish Royal Arch Chapters are also permitted to meet as Lodges of Mark Master Masons, and these are governed by the Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Ireland.

Denslow, Ray and Everett C. Turnbull. History of Royal Arch Masonry Part One. Kessinger. ISBN 1-4179-5004-8. pp. 199-200.In Ireland, the degree of Mark Master Mason is still required to join a Royal Arch Chapter. A Royal Arch Chapter meets as a Mark Lodge, confers the Mark Degree on a candidate making him eligible to become a Royal Arch Mason at a subsequent meeting. A Mark Lodge and a Royal Arch Chapter share the same Warrant within the Irish system. D.C, court bow to Installing Principal, no sign: M.E., I present to you E. Comp. … (Name) Z... Elect to take the Obligation of First Principal. In Northern America, freemasons until the end of the 18th century performed Royal Arch ceremonies as well as some others that are now more familiarly part of Knights Templar and the Red Cross of Constantine. [23] Camberley Lodge A.D. Matthews, An Historical Perspective on The Holy Royal Arch, Lecture July 2009, retrieved 18 September 2012

There is also Cultor Dei and then Civis Mundi me Charitable Work Charity has always been a core principle of Freemasonry, enabling our members to make an important contribution at a local, national and global level Fifield Dassigny’s “A serious and impartial inquiry into the cause of the present decay of Free-masonry in the Kingdom of Ireland,” published in Dublin in 1744, it is recorded that: " …a certain propagator of a false system some few years ago in this city [Dublin] who imposed upon several very worthy men under a pretense of being Master of the Royal Arch, which he asserted he had brought with him from the city of York; and that the beauties of the Craft did principally consist in the knowledge of this valuable piece of Masonry. However he carried on this scheme for several months and many of the learned and wise were his followers, till at length his fallacious art was discovered by a Brother of probity and wisdom, who had some small space before attained that excellent part of Masonry in London and plainly proved that his doctrine was false. This indicates its position as a leading teaching authority. It is a Chapter of demonstration which all Royal Arch Companions are able to attend and to see demonstrations of the Exaltation and Installation ceremonies.

Later, seeing just how popular the Royal Arch had become and wishing to exercise some control over its growth and development, the Moderns formed the first Grand Chapter in 1766 – the “Excellent Grand and Royal Chapter of the Holy Royal Arch of Jerusalem” – the forerunner of today’s Supreme Grand Chapter.

These Principals are in turn supported by six Assistants who are responsible for several Groups covering the whole Province:Once accepted into a Chapter, the Royal Arch equivalent of a Craft lodge, a candidate becomes a Companion, with Royal Arch meetings being described as a convocation. The ceremony in which a Master Mason is advanced to Companion is called Exaltation. Royal Arch Chapters are governed by three Principals, who conjointly rule the Chapter, sitting together in the east of the assembly. Become a Freemason Our members have come from all walks of life and each with their own unique story to tell for why they became a Freemason

Universities Scheme The Universities Scheme gives students and young people a great opportunity to make long-lasting friendships and increase their social interaction At our meetings the Preceptors will correct mistakes so that the ceremony should be a demonstration of a word or letter perfect ceremony.These notes have been compiled for the average Companion and he can delve more deeply into other works if the mood takes him. In 1774, the "Antients" formed their own Royal Arch Grand Chapter upon Laurence Dermott's instigation. Its members were Grand Lodge officers who happened to hold the Royal Arch degree, its meetings were ordained by Grand Lodge, and its proceedings approved by that same body. a b c d Phoenix Masonry Bernard E.Jones, Freemason's Book of the Royal Arch, revised Carr, 1966, retrieved 23 September 2012 Our People We employ more than 100 people at the United Grand Lodge of England who share the vision and values at the very heart of what we do