The Plucknett Lodge No: 1708

Plucknett Lodge

George Plucknett Senior was the founder & First Master of the Plucknett Lodge No: 1708. He was a surveyor by profession, residing in Gray’s Inn Road, North London & was initiated into Freemasonry on 28th March 1850 in the Royal Naval Lodge No: 70 (now No: 59). He was passed & raised in the same year & made a rapid advancement through the Lodge, being appointed Junior Warden in 1851, Senior Warden in 1852 & by 1853 he was installed as Worshipful Master.

The Tilers Sword

TheTilers sword

In modern times the implement used by the Tiler is a sword of the ordinary form. This is incorrect. Formerly, and indeed up to a comparatively recent period, the Tiler’s sword was wavy in shape, and so made in allusion to the “flaming sword which was placed at the east of the garden of Eden

Pomfret Lodge – Kitty Hickman

Derbyshire Freemasonry

Kitty Hickman, one of our Widows, was pleased to receive a message from the Queen congratulating her on achieving her 100th birthday on 10th June. Kitty’s family joined her at the residential home where she lives to celebrate her birthday.