Catalogue description Records of the Grand Priory of Lancashire, 1855 - 1992

This record is held by Lancashire Archives

Details of DDX 1985
Reference: DDX 1985
Title: Records of the Grand Priory of Lancashire, 1855 - 1992
Description:

1. Grand Priory Records

 

1. Copy Ritual

 

2. Bye-laws

 

3. Annual Meeting Minutes

 

4. Calendars

 

5. Membership records

 

6. Warden of Regalia records

 

7. Financial records

 

2. Preceptory Records

 

1. Histories

Date: 1855 - 1992
Held by: Lancashire Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Grand Priory of Lancashire, 1848 -, Lancashire

Physical description: 143 files
Access conditions:

The following files are closed to the public: DDX 1985/1/1/1, DDX 1985/1/2/5, DDX 1985/1/4/72-112 DDX 1985/1/6/1, DDX 1985/2/1/1-2

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by the Chancellor

 

5 April 1993

 

(acc. 7399)

Subjects:
  • Lancashire
  • Cumberland
  • Westmorland
  • Freemasonry
Administrative / biographical background:

Introduction

 

The basic unit of the masonic movement is the craft lodge. Above the lodges is the Royal Arch Chapter, and above this the Knights Templars and Knights of Malta, the head of which is the Most Eminent and Supreme Grand Master. The society, which has members both in Great Britain and abroad, is divided into 27 priories or provinces. Each priory has a prior at its head, with a sub-prior; the position of Chancellor is comparable with that of a secretary. The provinces are divided into preceptories, headed by a preceptor, with the registrar acting as secretary. Preceptories were formerly called encampments, reflecting the partly military origins of the movement, at the time of the First Crusade (1095 - 1099).

 

The Society has had a chequered history, but by the late eighteenth century had became officially reconstituted. The Lancashire priory was re-formed in 1848. Geographically it covers the County Palatine, and the pre-1974 counties of Cumberland and Westmorland

 

The Priory meets on an annual basis, and a complete series of the minutes of these meetings has survived back to 1855 when an official record was first kept.

Link to NRA Record:

Have you found an error with this catalogue description?

Help with your research