Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This is a new way to search our records, which we're still working on. Alternatively you can search our existing catalogue, Discovery.

File

Copy letter of Worshipful Master and officers of Lodge of the Three Arrows, No. 473...

Catalogue reference: AR/1172/1

What’s it about?

This record is a file about the Copy letter of Worshipful Master and officers of Lodge of the Three Arrows, No. 473... dating from 3 June 1792.

Is it available online?

Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at Museum of Freemasonry.

Can I see it in person?

Not at The National Archives, but you may be able to view it in person at Museum of Freemasonry.

Full description and record details

Reference

AR/1172/1

Title

Copy letter of Worshipful Master and officers of Lodge of the Three Arrows, No. 473 [erased], Nurnberg, Germany

Date

3 June 1792

Description

Copy letter of Worshipful Master and officers of Lodge of the Three Arrows, No. 473 [erased], Nurnberg, Germany to the Grand Secretary, Moderns' Grand Lodge.

Held by
Museum of Freemasonry
Creator(s)
Lodge of the Three Arrows, No. 473 [erased], Nurnberg, Germany
Physical description

1 document

Administrative / biographical background

Nineteen members met as Lodge Joseph to the Unity in Nurnberg from 1789, who sought a warrant from the Moderns' Grand Lodge in London to meet as the Lodge of the Three Pillars. Lodge of the Three Arrows, Nurnberg, Germany was granted a warrant to meet as No. 564 by the Moderns' Grand Lodge on 12 March 1790 and was constituted by the Provincial Grand Lodge of Frankfort. The Lodge was renumbered as No. 473 in 1792. The Lodge was erased in 1813, when the Moderns' and Antients' Grand Lodges formed a union as the United Grand Lodge of England. The Lodge remained under the jurisdiction of the United Grand Lodge of England until 1823 but was replaced on the Roll of Lodges in 1815 by Lodge of Three Arrows, No. 671 [SN 1669], Nurnberg, Germany. This was one of the Lodges to form the Independent Grand Lodge of Frankfort in 1822. The Lodge Is still working under the Grand Lodge of Eclectic Union, Frankfort, Germany.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/bab1727a-0ee9-4e8b-abf9-ad7ff940b12d/

Series information

AR/1172

Correspondence of Lodge of the Three Arrows, No. 473 [erased], Nurnberg, Germany

See the series level description for more information about this record.

View series description

Catalogue hierarchy

8,900 records

This record is held at Museum of Freemasonry

2,489 records

Within the fonds: AR

Annual Returns

5 records

Within the series: AR/1172

Correspondence of Lodge of the Three Arrows, No. 473 [erased], Nurnberg, Germany

You are currently looking at the file: AR/1172/1

Copy letter of Worshipful Master and officers of Lodge of the Three Arrows, No. 473 [erased], Nurnberg, Germany