Address to Provincial Grand Lodge May 2014
As this is my first time addressing the Annual Meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge, I think it appropriate for me to ask all those to stand who are…
Masons
The University Scheme
The scheme was established in 2005, its objective being “to establish arrangements and opportunities for undergraduates and other University members to…
Whom Have You There? Biographies of the men behind the Portraits Provincial Grand Lodge of Nottinghamshire
The biographies reflect the changing socio-economic status of these men from wealthy land owning members of the nobility to middle class business men and professionals. It is set in a period of immense change in Freemasonry with the expansion of Lodges and growth in membership.
The Official History of Freemasonry – Part 5
In the later part of the eighteenth century the two main Grand lodges of England, the “Moderns” and the “Antients” Grand lodges, began to collaborate and…
The Official History of Freemasonry – Part 4
The “Antients” Grand Lodge The “Antients Grand Lodge” has been active since 1751, although it was still known as “The Grand Committee of the Most Antients…
Royal Arch Clothing
The Royal Arch Mason’s clothing includes robes, aprons, sashes, collars, chains and jewels. The 1766 rules of the Excellent Grand and Royal Chapter say…
How to Join the Royal Arch
The prime qualification for admission into the Royal Arch is to be a Master Mason, of at least four weeks standing, in a Lodge under the United Grand…
The rich history behind masonic lodge names
What’s in a name? From rocks in Devonshire and Shrewsbury nymphs to lords who upheld the law on the Scottish border, Caitlin Davies explores…
David Williamson hands role of Assistant Grand Master to Sir David Wootton
Enviable reputation With Sir David Wootton succeeding him, outgoing Assistant Grand Master David Williamson looks back at his achievements…
Freemasonry in the occupied Channel Islands during World War II
On British soil With Freemasonry banned in Germany, Jersey’s Past Provincial Grand Master David Rosser explains what the Nazi occupation of the…