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Letter of Edward Hickin, Sergeant and Drum Major, 2nd Regiment of Royal Lancashire...
Catalogue reference: AR/1437/3
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This record is a file about the Letter of Edward Hickin, Sergeant and Drum Major, 2nd Regiment of Royal Lancashire... dating from 13 May 1804.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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AR/1437/3
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Title (The name of the record)
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Letter of Edward Hickin, Sergeant and Drum Major, 2nd Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia to Robert Leslie, Grand Secretary
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Date (When the record was created)
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13 May 1804
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Description (What the record is about)
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Letter of Edward Hickin, Sergeant and Drum Major, 2nd Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia, Woodbridge Barracks, Suffolk to the Grand Secretary, apologising for the name errors when sending the membership certificates for Thomas Webb and William Cole of Ipswich. Seeks amended replacement certificates which Webb will collect while in London. Hickin was unable to obtain the original certificates due to the absence of the Secretary, who had the keys to the Lodge chest. Asks Leslie to contact [Thomas] Harper for a set of jewels for the proposed new Lodge at Woodbridge.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Museum of Freemasonry
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Hickin, Edward
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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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Prince Edwin's Lodge was established in 1804 and met at the White Hart Inn, Thorofare, Woodbridge. It was granted a warrant by the Antients' Grand Lodge to meet as No. 249(B) on 21 May 1804 and was known as Prince Edwin's Lodge from 1806. In 1812 the Lodge moved to the Horse and Groom, Melton Street, Melton and in 1818 the Lodge moved to the White Lion Inn, Broad Street, Eye. In 1814 after the Antients' Grand Lodge joined in a union with the Moderns' Grand Lodge to form the United Grand Lodge of England, the Lodge met as No. 315. In 1832 the Lodge was renumbered to meet as No. 222. The Lodge ceased to be viable and was erased on 5 September 1838.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/9e18d146-5727-4e21-8c33-302dfc7cdbc0/
Series information
AR/1437
Prince Edwin's Lodge, No. 222 [erased], Eye, Suffolk
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Within the series: AR/1437
Prince Edwin's Lodge, No. 222 [erased], Eye, Suffolk
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Letter of Edward Hickin, Sergeant and Drum Major, 2nd Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia to Robert Leslie, Grand Secretary