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Letter from William Rowe, Worshipful Master of the Lodge held in the Eighty-fifth...
Catalogue reference: AR/1379/26
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AR/1379/26
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Title (The name of the record)
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Letter from William Rowe, Worshipful Master of the Lodge held in the Eighty-fifth Regiment, No. 262 to Robert Leslie, Grand Secretary
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Date (When the record was created)
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13 February 1812
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Description (What the record is about)
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Letter from William Rowe, Worshipful Master pro tempore of the Lodge held in the Eighty-fifth Regiment, No. 262 at Brabourne Lees, Kent to Robert Leslie sending a Pound towards the Charity Fund and apologising for not being in contact while on overseas service and explaining that many men in the Regiment are suffering from illness. The Lodge hopes to meet again soon and will send a list of officers and members to Grand Lodge with a request for bye laws and an Ahiman Rezon. Rowe expects the return of the Worshipful Master soon and expects the number of the Lodge to appear in the circular letter from Grand Lodge. Members fear non-admittance by other Lodges if the Lodge does not appear in the circular letter, the Lodge only missed one subscription payment despite being on service overseas. Endorsement: Draft reply by Leslie noting a remittance from the Lodge to Grand Lodge in 1811 which appeared on the circular letter for March that year. Seeks an annual return of members with registration payments as necessary.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Museum of Freemasonry
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Rowe, William
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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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This unnamed lodge was established on 1 January 1801 as No. 298(B) by the Antients' Grand Lodge. It was a travelling military lodge based in the 1st Battalion of the Eighty-fifth Regiment. In 1801 the regiment was based in Jersey, where the lodge met at an unknown location. In 1803 the Lodge relocated with the Regiment to Stoney Hill, Jamaica, West Indies. When the Regiment returned to England in 1809, the Lodge met in barracks at Brabourne Lees and Hythe, Kent and at Ottery St. Mary, Devon. After 1814, a year after the union between the Antients' and Moderns' Grand Lodges to form the United Grand Lodge of England, the Lodge was renumbered as No. 379 and represented members from all battalions of the Eighty-fifth Regiment. The Lodge was renumbered again to meet as No. 262 in 1832. The movements of the Regiment and Lodge after 1814 are unclear although they met on St. Vincent's, West Indies, in 1845. The warrant was returned on 3 August 1846 by order of the Regiment's commanding officer and the Lodge was erased.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/47f6f896-9300-41e1-af56-c7cee5f545a7/
Series information
AR/1379
Lodge held in the Eighty-fifth Regiment, No. 262 [erased]
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Lodge held in the Eighty-fifth Regiment, No. 262 [erased]
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Letter from William Rowe, Worshipful Master of the Lodge held in the Eighty-fifth Regiment, No. 262 to Robert Leslie, Grand Secretary