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Petition to form Trinity Lodge, Coventry sent to the Moderns' Grand Lodge
Catalogue reference: AR/1041/16
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This record is a file about the Petition to form Trinity Lodge, Coventry sent to the Moderns' Grand Lodge dating from [1785].
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AR/1041/16
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Title (The name of the record)
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Petition to form Trinity Lodge, Coventry sent to the Moderns' Grand Lodge
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Date (When the record was created)
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[1785]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Petition for a new Lodge to meet at the house of George Pierce, the Golden Lion, Butcher Row, Coventry, nominating John Wilson as Worshipful Master, Christopher Bottrell as Senior Warden, James Smith as Junior Warden and Joseph Vernon as Secretary. The Lodge intends to meet on the first and third Tuesday each month. Signed by the above officers and other master masons including Samuel Stoddard, Robert Tetlow, John Mather, George Pierce, Richard Sawrey, Joseph Lee, Richard Carter, W[illiam] Jones, T[homas] Bacon, Henry Gore, William Robinson and William Strain. Includes postscript note from the masters of Birmingham lodges supporting the formation of the new Lodge signed by Jeremiah Vaux, Worshipful Master, St Paul's Lodge, No. 41 [SN 150], Birmingham and A[nthony] G[odfrey] Ficker, Worshipful Master, St Alban's Lodge, No. 176 [SN 508], Birmingham.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Museum of Freemasonry
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Trinity Lodge, No. 254, Coventry
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 document
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Trinity Lodge was granted a warrant to meet as No. 471 by the Moderns' Grand Lodge on 4 May 1785. The Lodge met at the Golden Lion, Butcher Row, Coventry, Warwickshire. The Lodge was renumbered as No. 382 in 1792 and as No. 476 after the union between the Moderns' and the Antients' Grand Lodges in 1813 to form the United Grand Lodge of England. It was renumbered as No. 316 in 1832 and as No. 254 in 1863. The Lodge relocated to the Bull and Anchor, Bishop Street, Coventry in 1804 and met at several hostelries in Coventry before moving to the Coventry Masonic Hall, formerly the Drapers' Hall, at 165 Warwick Road, Coventry.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/2cc44f7d-a5e3-46af-889e-f62e95e9bccc/
Series information
AR/1041
Trinity Lodge, No. 254, Coventry
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Trinity Lodge, No. 254, Coventry
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Petition to form Trinity Lodge, Coventry sent to the Moderns' Grand Lodge