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Letter of Henry Wilding, Secretary, Royal Oak Lodge, Ripon to the Grand Secretary

Catalogue reference: AR/926/1

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AR/926/1
Title
Letter of Henry Wilding, Secretary, Royal Oak Lodge, Ripon to the Grand Secretary
Date
4 April 1778
Description

Letter of Henry Wilding, Secretary, Royal Oak Lodge, Ripon to the Grand Secretary concerning payment of fees for registering as members Henry Watson, Samuel Coats, John Martin, Matthew Hunter and John Kendrew, providing details of date of initiation or joining, name, age, occupation and residence. Informs Grand Lodge about the expulsion or exclusion of Matthew Pollard doe disobeying a summons and non-payment of subscription dues.

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Royal Oak Lodge, No. 412 [erased], Ripon
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Administrative / biographical background

Royal Oak Lodge was granted a warrant to meet at the Royal Oak inn, Kirkgate, Ripon, Yorkshire as No. 495 by the Moderns' Grand Lodge on 22 June 1776. The Lodge was renumbered as No. 400 in 1780, as No. 401 in 1781 and No. 324 in 1792. From 1809 the Lodge met at the Minster Inn, Cathedral Yard, Ripon. After the union between the Moderns' and Antients' Grand Lodges to form the United Grand Lodge of England, the Lodge was renumbered as No. 412. The Lodge was erased on 5 March 1828.

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Letter of Henry Wilding, Secretary, Royal Oak Lodge, Ripon to the Grand Secretary