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Letter of Thomas Channon, Secretary, Lodge held in the First Regiment East Devon...
Catalogue reference: AR/998/49
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This record is a file about the Letter of Thomas Channon, Secretary, Lodge held in the First Regiment East Devon... dating from 28 February 1793.
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AR/998/49
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Title (The name of the record)
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Letter of Thomas Channon, Secretary, Lodge held in the First Regiment East Devon Militia, No. 193 [erased], Exeter
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Date (When the record was created)
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28 February 1793
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Description (What the record is about)
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Letter of Thomas Channon, Secretary, Lodge held in the First Regiment East Devon Militia, to Robert Leslie, Grand Secretary, Tokenhouse Yard, London requesting a Masonic Calendar and acknowledgement of the annual contributions sent in May 1792. Informs Leslie that the Lodge will move to Hampshire with the Regiment and will contact Grand Lodge when the Regiment is settled in Quarters. Refers to the conduct and irregular correspondence with Grand Lodge of St John's Lodge, No. 74, Exeter [SN 453] and mentions the censure of a member of Lodge No. 216, Brother Crofts, who was involved in admitting the Lodge members reported to Grand Lodge.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Museum of Freemasonry
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Channon, Thomas
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 letter
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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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A Lodge meeting in the 1st Regiment of the East Devon Militia was granted a warrant by the Antients' Grand Lodge to meet as No. 216(A) on 24 October 1781. The Lodge met at Roborough Down, Devon but the regiment was soon on the move. The Regiment was stationed usually within counties along the South Coast but it also spent some time in Gloucestershire?, Staffordshire and Ireland. In 1817 the Regiment settled at Exeter, Devon, where the Lodge met at the Golden Ball inn, Mary Arches Street. In 1830 the Lodge relocated to the Market House Inn, Guinea Street, Exeter, where it continued to meet until it was erased in 1835.
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Record URL
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Series information
AR/998
Lodge held in the First Regiment East Devon Militia, No. 193 [erased], Exeter
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Lodge held in the First Regiment East Devon Militia, No. 193 [erased], Exeter
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Letter of Thomas Channon, Secretary, Lodge held in the First Regiment East Devon Militia, No. 193 [erased], Exeter