047661 CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Cornell University Library HS598.A82 TS1 History cif. freemasonry in Ashby-de-ia-Zo 3 1924 030 291 573 oiin,anx Cornell University Library The original of tliis book is in tlie Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924030291573 Ibistor^ OF jfreemaeonr^ IN H6bb^*be=la:*Zoucb. 1809*1909. JOHN T. THORP. PRINTED BY JOHNSON, WYKES AND CO., MARBLE STREET, LEICESTER. PLATE I. Q(d:.2:.4^UJ:. pat* *uyu/^ tUxW-- Louis Jean's Craft Certificate. F»i« p. 27. HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY ASHBY.DE.LA.ZOUCH, 1809° 1909, BEING AN ACCOUNT OF ALL THE MASONIC BODIES WHICH HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED THERE DURING THE PAST CENTURY, Together with Lists of Members and Officers. ILLUSTRATED. By JOHN T. THORP, F.R.Hist.S. ; F.R.S.L.; F.R.S.A.I. ; F.S.A. (Scot.); etc. Worshipful Master of the " Quatuor Coronati ' ' Lodge, No. 207 6 London. P.M. 523 and 3429; P.A.Q.D.C. (Eng.). Author of "Fifty Years' Records of the 'John of Gaunt' Lodge, No. 523" ; "Annals of the Chapter of 'Fortitude,' No. 279" ; "Memorials of Lodge No. 91 Antients" : "The Early History of the 'Knights of Malta' Lodge, No. 50" ; " French Prisoners' Lodges" ; " Masonic Papers " 3 vols. : "Masonic Reprints"; etc. — Editor of "Irish Masonic Certificates' ■ "Lodge of Research " Transactions, 77 vols.; etc. Leicester: Printed by Johnson, Wykes and Co., Maeble StrSet. 1909- ' I ' ' " All Rights Reserved.} \ ^ ' C7:iB Zo tbe HXlorsbipful faster, past fIDasters an& !Bretbien of tbe "Jferrers ant) 3vanboe" %otQC mo. 779, ^bese /Ilbemorials ot jfreemasonr^ 3n Hsbbs=be=la«2;oucb Hre Jfrateriiallg Be&icateO bg ^be Hutbor. Xclcestcr, 5ulB, 1909. Zbc Jforewovb. The Jubilee of the " Ferrers and Ivanhoe " Lodge occurring during the present year — 1909 — a suitable opportunity is afforded for reviewing the history of Freemasonry in the interesting old town of Ashby-de-la- Zouch in Leicestershire. All the available details of the earlier Lodges of the Province have already been published, so that it falls naturally to the Ashby Lodge, being the next oldest, to have its records examined and extracts therefrom printed, for the information and interest of the present members of the Lodge, and of future generations of Leicester- shire Masons. Records of the following Lodges which have existed, or which still exist, in the Province have been published, viz. : — No. 179. 1739-1744. A Lodge held at the Wheat- sheaf Inn, Gallowtree Gate, Leicester. " Extinct Leicestershire Lodges," in Lodge of Research Transactions, 1892-93. No. 250. 1754-1769. A Lodge held at the Pelican No. 187 from 1755. Inn, Gallowtree Gate, Leicester. "Extinct Leicestershire Lodges," in Lo. of R. Trans.,. 1892-93. No. 87. 1761-1764. An "Antients" Lodge attached to the Leicestershire Militia. " Extinct Leicestershire Lodges," in Lo. of R. Trans., 1892-93. No. 91. 1761-1821. An "Antients" Lodge meet- No. 114 from 1814. ing in Leicester. "Memorials of No. 91 Antients, Leicester," by J. T. Thorp, 1898. No. 279. 1790- . " St. John's" Lodge, Leices- No. 562 in 1790. ter. " Historical Account of 'St. John's' ,, 471 from 1792. ■' „ 525 from 1814. Lodge, No. 279 Leicester," by W. M. ,, 348 from 1832. ,, 279fromi863. Williams, 1892. No. 50. 1803- . " Knights of Malta " Lodge, ^°'S6 from 181 Hinckley. "The Early History of the ',', 58 from 1832. 'Knights of Malta' Lodge, No. 50 " sofro-^ises. jji^^ygy ,, ]3y j_ ^ Thorp, 1899. No. 608. 1834-1848. " Rancliffe " Lodge, Lough- borough. "Extinct Leicestershire Lodges," in Lo. of R. Trans., 1892-93. No. 631. 1836-1841. " Ivanhoe " Lodge, Ashby- de-la-Zouch. " Extinct Leicestershire Lodges," in Lo. of R. Trans., 1892-93. No. 523. 1846- . "John of Gaunt" Lodge, No. 7661111846. Leicester. "Extracts from the Fifty ,, 523 from 1863. ■' Years' Records of the ' John of Gaunt ' Lodge, No. 523 Leicester, by J. T. Thorp, 1897. Although the present Ashby Lodge, the " Ferrers and Ivanhoe " No. 779, dates only from the year 1859, Free- masonry was practised in Ashby about half a century earlier, so that this account, comprising, as it does, details of all the Masonic bodies known to have been established in the town, might truthfully be described as "A Hundred Years of Freemasonry in Ashb3'-de- la-Zouch." The earliest records of speculative Freemasonry in Ashby date back to the long-continued war with France, following on the French Revolution. During that period — 1797 to 1814 — two Lodges and a Rose Croix Chapter were established and worked by French prisoners of war residing there "on parole," and several relics of these Lodges are still preserved. Many similar Lodges were established during the same period in various towns in England and Scotland, interesting details of which have already been published.* When the French prisoners left Ashby for their native land at the Peace of 1814, these Lodges were dissolved, and there is no further trace of active Freemasonry in the town, until the constitution of the "Ivanhoe" Lodge, No. 631 in the year 1836. This Lodge had a very short and somewhat chequered career, and after a further interval of eighteen years, was followed, in 1859, by the present " Ferrers and Ivanhoe " Lodge, No. 1081, now 779, which, although its early years were to some extent clouded over by sad events, has yet had a very successful career, and is now enjoying a well-earned prosperity, which all unite in hoping may long continue. The Masonic records of Ashby fall naturally into four divisions, viz. : — I. Freemasonry among the French Prisoners of War; 180— to 1814. II. The " Ivanhoe " Lodge, No. 631; 1836 to 1841. III. The " Ferrers and Ivanhoe" Lodge, No. 779 ; 1859 to 1909. IV. The Royal Arch in Ashby. "St. Augustine's" Chapter, No. 779; 1863 to 1909. A ch apter is devoted to each division. ♦"French Prisoners' Lodges," by J. T. Thorp, Leicester, igoo. Also Articles in " Ars Quatuor Coronatorum," by F. J. W. Crowe. Assistance is gratefully acknowledged from Bro. Hy. Sadler, Sub- Librarian of the Grand Lodge, who granted every facility for searching the Register for details of the " Ivanhoe " Lodge. Thanks are also tendered to the Brethren of the " Ferrers and Ivanhoe," for kindly placing all the early records of their Lodge and Chapter in my hands for examination. J. T. T. ZnUc of Contents. PAGE The Foreword ... ... ... ... ... 5 Chap. I. Freemasonry among the French Prisoners of War in Ashby-de- la-Zouch ... ... ... ... 13 Chap. II. The " Ivanhoe " Lodge 46 Chap. III. The "Ferrers and Ivanhoe" Lodge 55 Chap. IV. The Royal Arch in Ashby ... 88 Appendix ... ... ... ■• •.• 93 plates. I. Louis Jean's Craft Certificate Front. II. Louis Jean's Rose Croix Certificate ... 31 III. Endorsement on Antoine Grivaut's Certificate 42 IV. Master's Canopy used in the Frencii Prisoners' Lodges in Ashby ... ... 45 V. Warrant of the " Ivanhoe " Lodge, No. 631 Ashby ... 46 13 CHAPTER I. Ifreeniasonri? amono tbe Jfrencb prisoncre of Mar in a5bb^*bc*Ia*Zoucb. 180— to 1814. AsHBY-DE-LA-ZouCH was One of many towns in England chosen by the authorities for the internment of French prisoners of war, of whom a very large number were brought to England during the Napoleonic wars. The first Ashby detachment, consisting of forty-two officers, arrived on September 26th, 1804. Others soon followed, until they reached a total of about two hundred^ a number which was generally maintained, although it varied somewhat from time to time during their ten years' residence in the town. Most of the Ashby prisoners were officers of the army or navy, but there were also amongst them some civilians, who had been . seized by the authorities, in retaliation for wholesale seizures of English residents in France by order of Napoleon.* The officers were allowed ten shillings and sixpence, and the civilians seven shillings and sixpence per week for their maintenance, which was paid to them by a Mr. Farnell, the resident agent, on behalf of the British Government. They were, as usual in such cases, * Many books were written narrating the terrible sufferings of English prisoners in France at this time. H "on parole," and were allowed to walk a mile in any direction from the centre of the town, their favourite walk being what is now called the "Mount Walk." During the ten years these French prisoners resided in Ashby, there were many attempts at escape, of which some were successful, while in other cases the fugitives were caught, and condemned to imprisonment with much harsher treatment than they had been subject to before.* Others were exchanged for English officers of equal rank imprisoned in France, but those who left the town were soon replaced by others, until the Peace of 1814 set them all at liberty. They lodged at private houses in the town, and according to the registers of Ashby Parish Church, ten weddings took place between French officers and residents in Ashby from 1806 to June 1st, 1814. Some of the prisoners died, and were buried in the Parish Church-yard, e.g., Etienne Lenon, on November 2nd, 1806; Fran9ois Rabin, on April 15th, 1807, and Xavier Mandelier, on October 19th, 1808. At least two duels with fatal results are also recorded as having taken place amongst them, the victims being Capt. Colvin and Mons. Denegres, the latter being killed on December 6th, 1808.+ Two Lodges and a Rose Croix Chapter were estab- lished in Ashby, and the Masonic ceremonies \\orked therein, during the residence of the French prisoners in the town, but whether these Lodges were contemporary, or followed one another, it is quite impossible to determine. * Lately a sergeant and corporal, belonging to the First Devon Militia, stationed at Hinckley, were paid by the agent at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, the sum o£ twenty guineas, for arresting two French prisoners at Lutterworth, who had broken their parole at Ashby. — Leicester Chronicle, Sep., 1812. t Some of these details are taken from an Article by the late Bro. Canon Denton, in Andrews' "Bygone Leicestershire." 15 'Wrais amis &e r®r&re." (3rue fftienaa of tbe ©t&cr.) SEAL OF THE LODGE. This Lodge was working in Ashby as early as the year 1810, but when it was constituted, and when dis- continued, no evidence is at present available upon which to base an opinion. There is a tradition in Ashby, "that the French officers celebrated its constitution by a Ball, to which a number of the inhabitants were in- vited, the hosts presenting to each of their fair guests two pairs of white kid gloves, one pair long and the other short. Several interesting relics of this Lodge are in exist- •ence, which formerly belonged to one of the prisoners, named Louis Jean, and which have recently been acquired by the writer from his grandson. These •consist of (a.) A manuscript Report presented to the Lodge prior to the acceptance of Louis Jean as a candidate for Freemasonry. (b.) A Masonic Certificate, granted to Bro. Jean by the Lodge "Vrais Amis de I'Ordre." i6 (c.) A Certificate for the degree of Chevalier d' Orient (Knight of the East) granted to Bro. Jean. (d.) A manuscript French ritual, such as was used in the Lodge "Vrais Amis de I'Ordre." The Report (a) was prepared by a Committee of the Lodge appointed to enquire into the character, conduct and qualifications of Louis Jean, prior to his acceptance as a candidate for Freemasonry. It is a most interesting document, a kind of "tongue of good report," which throws a flood of light on the usual custom, a century ago, of making extensive enquiries and detailed formal reports, before accepting anyone as a candidate, a custom which, it is to be feared, has almost become obsolete in sortie Lodges at the present time. In order to preserve the exact wording of this probably unique document, a full transcript, as well as a free translation is here given, from which many interesting details of Louis Jean's career can be gathered^ [transcript.] A.-. L.-. G.-. D.-. G.-. A.-. D.-. L' U .-. Copie du Rapport fait a la R.". L.". des Vrais Amis de rOrdre par la Commission chargee de prendre des renseignements sur les Vie, Moeurs, et Conduite du profane Jean, Sous Lieutenant a La 11™' Demi Brigade D'Inf;" Legere. T Nous Soussignes Membres Composant la Commission chargee de prendre des renseignements sur les Conduite, \'ie et Moeurs du profane Jean, avons la faveur de rendre 17 compte k La R .". S ■'•. que depuis prls de six ans que le profane r6side en cet orient, sa conduite et ses m'oeurs ont toujours €t€ a I'abri de tout reprociie, qu'il n'y a jamais donn6 la moindre preuve d'aucun manque de ddicatesse ou de Deviation aux lois de L'honneur, et qu'il s'est toujours comporte avec la d^cence, L'honnetet6 et la probite qui caracterisent L'homme n€ pour vivre en Society ; que son caractere n'a egalement rien qui puisse diminuer l'agr6ment de sa fr6quentation, et que son Coeur a toujours et6 ouvert a toiites les personnes aux quelles il a 6t6 dans le cas de rendre Service. Malgrd toutes ses Bonnes qualit^s, n6anmoins il est parvenu a la connoissance de la Commission que le profane propose s'etait trouve en but a des imputations que souvent un peu trop de vivacite, le d6faut d'examen dans les affaires, ou des apparences trompeuses jious font faire sur le compte de personnes aux-qu'elles il est quelque fois ensuite tres difficile de faire revenir les esprits — et tel est mes ff.'. le cas du profane Jean qui se trouva jadis compromis dans une affaire, dans la quelle apres un mur et scrupuleux examen des differents Rapports et Circonstances la Commission ne lui reconnait aucun tort, et va de la maniere la plus succinte possible donner a cet egard a la R.'. L.'. les details qui ont parru necessaires. Un officier nomme Euros du corps dont fait partie le profane propos6 ayant conduit a L'hopital du Cap un Capitaine qui y mourut presque aussitot fit voir k My Jean qui etait lui m6me a L'hopital une donation de ce Capitaine par laquelle il laissait aux officiers du Corps qui s'y trouvaient avec lui, I'argent et les effets qu'il pouvait poss6der, priant M' Jean qui etoit le moins malade et le seul qui ne fut pas alitd de faire la distribu-' tion du numeraire du defunt a tous ceux des officiers du Corps qui se trouvaient a L'hopital, — ce qu'il fit sans autre reflexion ni volontd que celle d'obliger ses Camarades. Cette donation ayant ete reconnue fausse ou illegale par le Chef, ce dernier fit remettre a chacun des officiers tout ce qu'ils avaient re5u, et comme c'etait le profane Jean qui avait fait la Distribution de I'argent, on crut qu'il avait eu quelque connivence avec le nomme Buros, tandis que son seul crime etait de n'avoir pas ete assez malade pour etre alite et que par cette raison c'etait i lui k qui Buros s'etait adresse de preference pour porter a tous ses Camarades les secours que le Capitaine leur avait soit disant laisses. La Commission done apres avoir ' examine tous les details de cette affaire avec tout le sang froid et I'attention de la justice et de I'impartialite s'accorde a penser que s'il y eut en cette occasion quelqun de coupable, il n'y en eut d'autre que celui qui par cette pretendue donation, si vraiment elle etait telle induisit en erreur les officiers qui se trouvaient alors a L'hopital, erreur dans laquelle un de nos ff.'. ici present fut lui m^me jette aussi bien que le profane Jean et autres. Et ce qui confirme d'autant plus la Commission dans cette opinion, c'est qu'il n'est pas presumable que des Chefs aussi amis et aussi stricts observateurs des Lois de I'honneur et de la delicatesse comme I'etaient ceux qui commandaient le 11™'" Regiment ayent pu s'ils avaient reconnu le profane Jean fautif en cette occasion, continuer de le voir non seulement servir sous leurs ordres, mais encore de souffrir qu'il siegeat parmi eux dans le conseil d'administration dont tous les officiers du Corps savent qu'il faisait encore partie lors de I'evacuation de la Colonic qui eut lieu plus de quatre mois et demi apres I'affaire en 19 question, et qu'il est a remarquer que pendant ce temps et i differentes epoques pr6c6dentes ou posterieures ces mfemes Chefs avaient renvoyes du Corps plusieurs officiers pour des raisons qui n'etaient assur^ment pas d'une nature aussi serieuse, nomm^ment les Sieurs Etasse, Lamarre, Mercier, Armand et Duvoisin. — II est done claire que s'lls eussent reconnu de dit profane coupable d'un fait de la Nature de celui dont il est question, ils n'eussent certainement pas manqu6 de I'expulser de preference, ou aumoins aussi bien que les autres. II est aussi parvenu d la Connoissance de la Commission qu'd la Jamaique le Chef ayant appris que M\ Jean travaillait de son etat lui avait dit : eh ! bien, My Jean, Vous travaillez done de votre etat et que sur la r^ponse affirmative il lui avait dit, eh ! bien vous faites fort bien, car en France vous ne servirez jamais dans le m6me Corps que moi ; il est evident que cette reponse n'6tait que I'effet du m^contentement qu'eprouvait le Chef de voir un officier travailler, et qu'elle n 'avait aucun Rapport avec ce qui s'etait passe plus de six mois auparavant puisqu'il ne lui en avait jamais dit autant, et qu'ils avaient toujours servi ensemble. Par consequent, si, scrupuleux comme il parait que I'etait le Chef du 11".";,' Regiment sur I'article de la delicatesse, il regardait dans M^^ Jean son action de travailler comme capable de I'empgcher de servir avec lui, a plus forte raison se fut il press6 de le renvoyer comme les autres s'il I'eut cru coupable du fait dont nous avons parl6 plus haut, qui etait certainement beaucoup plus girave, car si, ce que la necessity nous oblige de faire pour subvenir k nos besoins dans la Captivite devait etre tegarde comme un manque de d6licatesse capable de 20 nous empdcher ou de servir avec des Chefs d'honneur, ou d'etre re9us Macons, combien dans ce Cantionnement, je vous le demande aurroient droit d'y prdtendre. Nous ne pouvous non plus T.'. V.". passer sous silence un fait qui donne une preuve non equivoque de la delicatesse et de la probite du profane Jean, et qui est a la Connoissance d'une grande partie des officiers de ce Cantionnement. Un ou^'rier de M'^ Pegg horloger et bijoutier en cet orient, lui apporta un jour une demi douzaine de petites Ceuillers d'argent mises hors de service qu'il lui proposa d'achepter, Mf^ Jean soupgonnant que ces objets avaient pu etre voles, et craignant que s'il les refusait ils ne fussent vendus a d'autres qui ne seroient pas aussi. scrupuleux que lui et , par consequent perdus pour le proprietaire, les achepta pour la somme de dix schellings et en fit aussitot prevenir M' Pegg auquel il remit son argenterie qu'avec moins de delicatesse il eut facilement pu garder sans m^me craindre que I'autre ait jamais pu lui faire de reproches a cet egard d'autant plus que vu la quantite d'argenterie hors de service qu'il savait exister dans le Comptoir de M^ Pegg il etait presumable qu'il ne se fut pas de long tems, et peut etre jamais appergu que ces objets lui manquaient-^ce fait fut raconte dans le temps par Mf^ Pegg lui mSme a toutes les personnes auxquelles il eut occasion d'en parler. La Commission done apres toute consideration ne voit dans tout ce qui lui est parvenu sur le compte du profane rien qui puisse I'empecher de partager nos augustes trav.'. d'autant plus que sa Conduite en cet orient depuis pres de six ans n'a rien que d'absolument conforme aux principes de notre ordre. Tels sont T.". V/. les eclaircissemens que la Commission a cru devoir donner a la R.'. L.". remettant a la Justice 21 et a la Conscience de tous les ff.". le Soin d'agir d'apr^s las principes qui 6manent de la f.'. et Loyale Ma^.". Signe k I'original, Fournier, Lepage et Cier. Certifid Conforme k L'original par nous Vdndrable de la R.". L.'. des Vrais Amis de I'ordre. De Marconnay S.-. P.-. R.-. -I-.-. M.-. du S.-. Ch.-. de SJ, Jean du Desert a I'o.". de Valenciennes. Fait et d6livr6 a L'or.-. D'Ashby de la Zouch en Angleterre Le 7^^^ Jour du 8'!;^" mois Ma;/. 5810/. [translation.] TO THE GLORY OF THE GREAT ARCHITECT OF THE UNIVERSE. Copy of the Report made to the W. Lodge of The True Friends of the Order, by the Committee appointed to obtain information as to the life, manners and conduct of the candidate* Jean, second lieutenant of the 11th Half Brigade of Light Infantry. VERY WORSHIPFUL. We, the undersigned members composing the Com- mittee appointed to obtain information as to the conduct, life and manners of the candidate Jean, beg to report *" Profane " is the French word used for "Candidate" throughout the MS. as follows to the ^^^ Lodge, that during the period of nearly six years* of his residence in this town, the conduct and manners of the candidate have always been \\ithout reproach ; that he has never given the least sign of any want of fine feeling, or deviation from the laws of honour, and that he has always behaved with that decorum, civility and honesty which distinguish the man born to live in society; that his character exhibits nothing to decrease the pleasure of his acquaintance, and his heart has ever been open to all to whom he could render any service. In spite of all his good qualities, it has come to the knowledge of the Committee, that the pro- posed candidate has been the victim of imputations, which often too much vivacit}-, neglect to make full enquiries, or deceptive appearances, cause to be placed to the account of people, who find it very difficult to clear themselves therefrom; such, my Brethren, has been the case with the candidate Jean, who some time ago was compromised in a matter, in which, after a full and scrupulous examination of the different reports and circumstances, the Committee finds him in no fault, but certain details of which, such as the members think necessary, they desire to give as briefly as possible to the W. Lodge. An officer named Euros, who belonged to the same corps as the proposed candidate, having brought to the Hospital Du Capf a Captain who died there almost immediately, represented to Mr. Jean, who was himself in the hospital, that this Captain had left to the ofiicers " As this document is dated October 7th, 1810, Bro. Jean must have arrived with the first batch of prisoners in September, 1804. t This was probably Cap Fran^ais in the Island of St. Domingo. 23 of the corps who were there with him, all the money and other effects which he possessed, begging Mr. Jean, who was not so ill as the others, and the only one who was not confined to his bed, to undertake the distribution of the effects of the deceased, to 'those officers of the corps who were in the hospital — which he did without any thought or desire except to oblige his companions. This distribution having been declared by the Chief to be wrong and illegal, each of the officers was required to refund all he had received, and as it was the candidate Jean who had distributed the money, it was thought that he was in league with the said Buros, whereas his only fault lay in not being ill enough to be confined to his bed, for which reason Buros selected him to convey to all his comrades, the assistance which the Captain was said to have left them. The members of the Committee, after examining all the particulars of - this affair, with the calmness and attention which justice and impartiality demand, agree in thinking, that if anj-one was to blame in the matter, it was none other than he who by this pretended gift, if indeed it was such, led into error the officers who were in the hospital at the time, arn error into which one of the Brethren now present \\-as led, as well as the candidate Jean and others. And what confirms the Committee the more in this opinion, is, that it is not likely that Chiefs, so friendly and yet such strict observers of the laws of honour and of good taste, as those who commanded the Uth regiment, would, if they had thought the candidate Jean in fault on this occasion, have continued not only to allow him to serve under their orders, but have permitted him to sit with them in the administrative council, in which all the 24 officers of the corps kne.w that he took part, up to the time of the evacuation of the Colony, which took place more than four and a half months after the affair in question; and it is to be noticed, that at this very time, as well as before and after, these same Chiefs dismissed several officers from the corps, for matters which were certainly of not so serious a nature, namely, Messrs. Etasse, Lamarre, Mercier, Armand and Duvoisin. It is therefore quite clear, that if they had believed the said candidate guilty of such an act as the one in question, they would certainly not have failed to expel him in preference to, or at least equally with the others. It has also come to the knowledge of the Committee, that while at Jamaica, the Chief having learned that Mr. Jean was working for his living, said to him, " Well, Mr. Jean, so you are working for your living," and on receiving an affirmative reply, retorted, " Well, that is all right, for in France you will never serve in the same corps as I." It is clear that this reply was only evidence of the Chief's displeasure at seeing an officer working, and had no reference to what had occurred six months before, of which he had not previously spoken, although they had always served together. In consequence, if, scrupulous as the Chief of the 11th Regiment appeared to be about etiquette, as to regard Mr. Jean's working as preventing him serving with him in the future, how much more would he have felt compelled to dismiss him with the others, if he had thought him guilty of the act already spoken of, which was certainly more serious ; for if necessity obliges us to do in captivity, to provide for our wants, what might be regarded as a breach of etiquette, and thus prevent our .serving with Chiefs of honour, or of being received 25 as Masons, how many of us in our present quarters could lay claim to it. We are also unable to pass over in silence, Very Worshipful, a fact which gives unmistakable proof of the fine feeling and honesty of the candidate Jean, and which is within the knowledge of a large number of the officers interned in this place. A workman of Mr. Pegg, watchmaker and jeweller of this place, brought him one day a half-dozen of well- worn silver spoons, which he wished him to buy. Mr. Jean, suspecting that they had been stolen, and fearing that if he refused to buy them, they might be sold to another less scrupulous than he, and be lost in con- sequence to the owner, bought them for the sum of ten shillings, and immediately informed Mr. Pegg of the fact, giving him back his silver, whereas with less fine feeling he could easily have kept them, without any fear of being reproached, the more so, as from the quantity of worn-out silver he knew was stored in the ■office of Mr. Pegg, it would be probably a long time before he missed these articles, if he ever did. This fact was related at the time by Mr. Pegg himself to all those to whom he had occasion to speak of the theft. The members of the Committee, therefore, after due consideration, find nothing in what they have been able to ascertain about the candidate, which should prevent him participating in our noble work, the more so, as his conduct in this town during close upon six years, has conformed absolutely to the principles of our Order. Such, Very Worshipful, are the explanations which the Committee has thought it right to give to the W. Lodge, leaving the matter to the justice and con- scientiousness of all the Brethren, to deal \\ith the same 26 according to the principles which actuate free and loyal Masonry. The original signed by Fournier, Lepage and Cier. Certified correct, by me, \\'.M. of the W. Lodge The True Friends of the Order. De Marconnay. Done and delivered at Ashby de la Zouch in England, the 7th day of the 8th Masonic month, 5810." The two Certificates granted to Louis Jean, to which reference has been made, although of paper, are in an excellent state of preservation ; they are admirabty written, have oval red wax Seals + in tin boxes attached to them, and, as usual with French Certificates, they are signed by the officers and members of the Lodge. A peculiarity of these two documents is, that they declare the Lodge to be under the protection of Lord Moira, the Acting Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England, whose seat of Donnington Park was in the immediate neighbourhood of Ashby. It may reasonably be assumed, that the protection of Lord Moira would onl}' be granted on the understanding, that none but Frenchmen should be admitted to membership of the Lodge, and, as far as is known, no Englishman was ever received into its ranks. * October 7th, 1810. t Vide p. 15. 27 The Craft Certificate is as follows: — * "A.-. L.-. G.-. D.-. G.-. A.-. D.-. L'U.. " Au Nom et sous les Auspices du G.". Or.-, de " France. " Et sous la protection immediate de sa seigneurie " le T.-. P.-. T.-. 111.-, et T.-. R.-. F.-. Lord Moira, agissant " comme G.-. Maitre de toutes les LL.-. Reguli^res du " Royaume de la Grande Bretagne. " Nous Ven.-. Sur.-. Offic.-. et Membres de la R.-. L.-. " R6gulierement Constituee par les franfais prisonniers " de Guerre sur parole a I'o.-. D'Ashby de la Zouch " Comte de Leicester en Angleterre sous le T.". D.-. " des Vrais Amis de L'Ordre. A Tous les Ma9ons " Repandus sur le Globe. " UNION. PROSPERITE. SALUT. " APRES avoir eprouve qu'il en 6tait digne Nous avons admis aux Grades D'app.'. Ma^.-. Comp.'. et Maitre le T.-. C.-. F.-. Louis Jean natif de Rouen, Departement de la Seine Inferieure, age de Trente neuf ans, sous Lieutenant a la lll"."^ demi Brigade d'infanterie l^gere, et a fin de le mettre a mfime de faire de plus grands progres dans les Vertus en lui facilitant I'entree des LL.'. ou elles se pratiquent nous I'avons muni de cette planche sign^e de nous et contresignde par lui Ne Varietur par laquelle nous prions tous les FF.-. MM.-, a qui il la pr^sentera de secourir ce F.". dans le besoin et de lui faire I'accueil fraternel que nous reservons a ceux qui nous vien- dront de leur part, lui enjoignant de la faire en- ' Vide Plate I., Front. 28 " registrer en s'affiliant i une L.'. Reguli^re de L'o.". " ou il choisira son domicile, ce i quoi il s'est engage " sur sa parole Ma5.'. " Delivrd a L'O.'. d'Ashby de la Zouch en la stance " du 19^".'^ Jour du 9'.r Mois de I'Annee Ma9on.-. 5810. ' Le Venerable. De Marconnay ; S.". P.'. R.". -|-.'. ; " M.". du S.". Ch.". de St.'. Jean du Desert, O.'. de " Valenciennes. ' Le l^' Surv* Adrieii; Ch.'. d'or.'. ' Bouvard ; Ch.'. d'o.'. 2? Surv.'. de la Loge des Vrais " amis de I'ordre. ' U. Pitacke; ch.'. D'or.'. ' ffournier ; Ora.'. ch.'. D'or.'. 'Siiffert; Ch.'. D'or.'. ' Baiidiau; ch.'. D'or.'. ' Metry ; M.'. 'Fontaine; ch.'. D'or.'. ' de Zboinski; E.'. S.'. ' D. Pierre; E.'. S.'. ' Sapard ; ch.'. d'or. ' Gardin ; E.'. S.'. ' Fr. de Castel ; Ch.'. G.'. E.'. Ec. 'Juliarde; m.'. eccos.'. ' Cognet; G.'. C'!' du T.'. 27^ ; P^^ M.'. ; Memb.'. du " Souv.'. Chap.'. G^' de France. Memb.'. fond.'. " de la R.'. L.'. de la Regularite Or.', de Lyon. " Memb.'. fond.', et Orat.'. de la R.'. L.'. Les " Eleves de Themis Or.'. d'Anvers. " Bailleul ; Ecc". " Cier; Ch.'. d'o.'. " Ferassin ; C.'. G.'. E.'. " Segoins ; M.'. 29 "Lepage; ch.\ d'or.'. "Rouet; M/. " Royers; G.". E.". EcC. " Pour le f.-. F.-. N.'. Biirdet. S.'. P.. R.'. -|-.-. ; Ch ' P ° r " M.-.de la L.'.de Tarente du 1" rg* d'lnf' L6gfere; " Dig^" de la L.-. de I'Union du 1" rg' Polonais; " M.-. de plus.-. LL.-. du G.'. O.". de Naples; " Ven^!^ de la R.'. L.-. de la Bonne Union O:. de " Northampton, en Angleterre ; M.\ honor.', de " la RL.-. des Vrais Amis de I'Ordre, O.". d'Ash- " by de la Zouch, en Angleterre. De Marconnay. " R.-. -|-.-. V.-." (In left margin : " Scell6 et timbre par nous garde " des sceau et timbr^ et Arch.'. Antoine, "ch.'. d'or.'.") (In left margin : " Ne Varietur. L. Jean") (In right margin : " Enr^g*. sous le N^ 14 par nous " Secret.'. Picard. ch.'. d'or.'.") [translation.] "TO THE GLORY OF THE GREAT "ARCHITECT OF THE UNIVERSE. " In the Name and under the Auspices of the Grand " Orient of France. " And under the immediate protection of his Lord- " ship, the very powerful, very illustrious and very " worshipful Brother Lord Moira, Acting Grand Mas- " ter of all the Regular Lodges of the Kingdom of " Great Britain. 30 " We, the Master, Wardens, Officers and Members *" of the Worshipful Lodge, regularly constituted by " the French Prisoners of War on Parole at the Orient " of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in the County of Leicester, " England, under the title of ' The True Friends of " the Order.' To all Masons spread over the Globe. " Unity. Prosperity. Greeting. " After having proved him to be worthy, we have admitted to the degrees of E.A., F.C. and M., the very dear Brother Louis Jean, native of Rouen, De- partment of the Seine Inferieure, aged thirty- nine years, Sub-Lieutenant in the 11th half-brigade of Light Infantry; and in order to enable him to make still greater progress in Virtue by facilitating his admission into any Lodges wherever held, we have furnished him with this Certificate, signed by us, and countersigned by him ' Ne Varietur,' by which we pray all Brother Masons to whom he may pre- sent it, to succour this Brother in his need, and to give him that fraternal ^^■elcome which we accord to all those who come to us from them, enjoining him to have it registered on affiliating himself to a regular Lodge in the District where he may choose his domicile, and to which he has bound himself by his Masonic word. " Given at the Orient of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, at the Meeting held on the 19th day of the 9th month of the Masonic year 5810."* * November igth, i8io. PLATE II. £jD:Q.M^.£uj, jfMAi/i^'Ow tt,()lo\x6iU'0mMii\Mtil)u'i?0r^^^ an/^t/cui/J Ccf^^pm-^ ^T^.^y^aJ-^gy' JiJifuTlt/ u^^ 'Mil '.^ Auum) {e^ Qjf^acont^ ^A£)^l/u fWtiijdduy^C, 'u. . - £ O^OLTi ^J Louis Jean's Rose Croix Certiflcate. Vide p. 31. 31 The Rose Croix Certificate is in favour of the same Brother, and is as follows : — * "A.-. L.-. G.-. D.-. G.-. A.-. D.-. L'U .-. " Au Nom et sous les Auspices du G.'. Or.", de " France. Et sous la protection immddiate de sa " Seigneurie le T.'. P.". T.". 111.-, et T.-. R.-. F.-. Lord " Moira agissant comme G.'. Maitre de toutes les LL.'. " reguliferes du Royaume de la Grande Bretagne. " A Tous les Magons Reguliers Repandus sur le " Globe. " UNION. PROSPERITE. SALUT. " NOUS soussign^s SS.". PP.". RR.-. CC". en vertu des " pouvoirs attaches aux sublimes grades que nous pos- " sedons, et assistes des TT.-. CC". et TT.-. RR.-. FF.-. " soussign6s 6galement 6leves i des grades 6minens, " desirant rdcompenser le zfele, I'activite, les talens et les " vertus Magon.-. deployes par le T.-. C.-. F.-. Louis Jean " natif de Rouen, departement de la Seine Inf^rieure "age de Trente neuf ans, sous Lieutenant a la 11*"'' " demi Brigade d'infanterie I6gere, dans les travaux de " la- R.-. L.-. des Vrais Amis de I'Ordre regulierement " constituee par les Magons frangais prisonniers de " guerre a I'o.-. d'Ashby de la Zouch en Angleterre, et " dans les vues de contribuer de tout notre pouvoir a " donner chaque jour un nouveau lustre a I'ordre auguste " auquel nous avons la faveur d'appartenir, avons en raison "de I'impossibilite de communiquer, soit avec le Grand "Or.-, soit avec aucun autre Chapitre R6gulier de " France, corifere au sus dit F.-. Jean le grade de Ch-'- * Vide Plate II. 32 d'or.-., I'invitant particulierement a se faire regulariser en cette qualite aussitot que possible, aprfes sa rentr6e en France, ce k quoi il s'est engage sur sa foi Magon.". Prions en consequence celui des SS.'. Chap.', ou il sera dans le cas de se presenter pour faire 16galiser le grade a lui par nous conf^re, de vouloir bien approuver et confirmer cette promotion, et de faire au dit F.". I'accueil favorable et distingue que nous rdservons a tous les vrais ff.". qui, comme lui, possedent les plus rares qualites et les plus eminentes vertus. En foi de quoi nous lui avons delivre le present aiiquel nous avons pour plus d'authenticite fait apposer les sceau et timbre de la R.'. L.". des Vrais Amis de I'Ordre, et pour 6viter toute surprise, avons au dit F.'. Jean fait, en notre presence apposer sa signature en marge Ne Varietur, supplions le G.". A.'. D.'. L'U.'. de I'avoir toujours en sa sainte garde. " Fait d L'O.'. d'Ashby de la Zouch en Angleterre le 23^r Jour du 12 Mois de I'an de la V.-. L.". 5810 (Style Vulgaire le 23 Fevrier 1811.) " De Marconnay ; S.". P.". R.'. H--'.; M.'. du S.". Ch.\ " de St.'. Jean du Desert, O.'. de Valenciennes; " Vdn"'' de la R.'. L.'. des Vrais Amis de I'ordre, " O.'. d'Ashby-de-la-Zouch en Angleterre. "L' Pitacke; ch.'. D'or.'. "Fontaine; ch.'. D'or.'. " Siiffert; Ch.'. D'or.'. " Boiivard ; Ch.'. d'or 2' Surv.'. de la Loge des Vrais " Amis de I'ordre. " jfournier ; Ora.'. ch.'. d'or.'. " Sapard ; Ch.'. D'or.'. "Lepage; ch.'. D'or.'. 33 " Cognet; G/. C.\ du T.-. 27.-. P^"^ M^ ; Memb/. du " Souv.'. Ch.'. G^l de France. Memb.". fond.', de la " R.". L.\ de la R6gularite Or.", de Lyon. Memb.". r " fondat.'. et Orat.". de la R.". L.". des Eleves de " Themis Or.". d'Anvers. " Baudiau ; ch.". d'or.". " Cier; Ch.". d'or.". " Adrien; ch.". d'or.". 1" Surv. de la R.". di des vrais " amis de Tordre, or.". d'Ashby de la Zouch en " Angleterre. " Picard ; ch.". d'or.". " Pour le f.". F.". N.'. Burdet S.". P.". R.". +.". Ch^ P°; " M.". de la L.". de Tarente du P.'^rg;^ d'Inf'f Ig-^^; " Dig-^f de la L.". de I'Union du iy_ rg\ Polonais; " M.". de plus.". LL.". du G.". O.". de Naples; " V^n";!' de la R.". L.". de la Bonne Union O.". de " Northampton en Angleterre ; M.". honor.", de la " R.". L.". des Vrais Amis de I'Ordre, Or.". d'Ashby " de la Zouch en Angleterre. De Marconnay. "R.-. +.". V."." (In left margin : " Scelle et timbr6 par nous garde " des Sceau timbre et Arch.". Antoine. ch.". d'or.".) (In left margin : " Ne Varietur. L. Jean") [translation.] "TO THE GLORY OF THE GREAT "ARCHITECT OF THE UNIVERSE. " In the name and under the auspices of the Grand ' Orient of France. " And under the immediate protection of his Lord- ' ship, the very powerful, very illustrious and very 34 " worshipful Brother Lord Moira, Acting Grand Master " of all the regular Lodges of the Kingdom of Great " Britain. " To all Regular Masons spread over the Globe. " Unity. Prosperity. Greeting. " WE the undersigned Sovereign Princes Rose Croix, by virtue of the powers belonging to the sublime degrees which we possess, and assisted by the very dear and very worshipful Brothers undersigned equally exalted to the high degrees, wishing to reward the zeal, activity, talents and Masonic virtues displayed by the very dear Brother Louis Jean, native of Rouen, Department of the Seine Inferieure, aged thirty-nine years, Sub-Lieutenant in the 11th half-brigade of Light Infantry, in the work of the Lodge of ' True Friends of the Order,' regularly constituted by French Masons, prisoners of war, at the Orient of Ashby-de- la-Zouch, England, and with a desire to contribute, to the utmost of our power, to shed each day new lustre upon the august Order to which we have the privilege to belong, have, in consequence of the impossibility of communicating either with the Grand Orient, or with any regular Chapter of France, con- ferred upon the said Brother Jean the rank of ' Chevalier d'orient,' requesting him particularly to have himself properly registered in this degree as soon as possible after his return to France, to which he has bound himself by his Masonic oath. We therefore pray those Sovereign Chapters where he may present himself, to have the rank which we 35 " have conferred upon him legalised, to approve and " confirm this promotion, and to accord to the said " Brother a favorable and honorable reception, such as " we accord to all true Brethren, who, like him, possess " the rarest qualities and most eminent virtues. In " token of which we have delivered these presents, to " which for greater security we have added the Seal and " Stamp of the Worshipful Lodge ' True Friends of the " Order,' and to prevent its misuse, we have required the " said Brother Jean to place his signature ' Ne Varietur ' " in our presence in the margin, supplicating the Great " Architect of the Universe to have him always in His " holy keeping. " Done at the Orient of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, England, " the 23rd day of the 12th month of the year of the "True Light 5810. (Common style, February 23rd, "1811.)" Several of the Brethren whose signatures appear on these Certificates, were Masons of high rank, notably Bro. Burdet, an Honorary Member, Cognet who signs as Past Master, and De Marconnay the Worshipful Master ; it is not surprising, therefore, that they should seek to beguile the weary hours of their captivity, by associating together and working those ceremonies in which they had been interested in happier times. It is probable that the Lodge had not been long established, when Bro. Jean was admitted, inasmuch as on his Craft Certificate he is registered as No. 14. There is no. means of ascertaining of how many mem- bers the Lodge or Chapter consisted, or how long they 36 continued to work, but in the minutes of St. John's Lodge (now No. 279), Leicester, the visit is recorded on May 5th, 1813, of Bro. Kgrist Justin, "member of a French Lodge at Ashby-de-la-Zouch." It will be noticed that the recipient binds himself to join similar Masonic bodies on his return to France, and, there is little doubt that the authorities of the Grand Orient of France recognised the validity of these provisional Certificates, and permitted the affili- ation of those who held them, to regular French Lodges. The Brother, Louis Jean, to whom these Certificates were granted, was a member of a respectable family of landed proprietors at Rouen. He was in all probability attached to the army of 15,000 men which Napoleon sent in 1802, under General Rochambeau, to put down an insurrection which had broken out in the Island of St. Domingo in the West Indies, and which threatened to extinguish French dominion there. \'ery soon after his arrival in the island, Rochambeau was compelled to capitulate to an army of negroes under their black general Dessalines, but was allowed to return with his troops to France. War having in the meantime broken out between England and France, Rochambeau and all his vessels were captured by the English fleet and brought as prisoners to England. Many of the officers were interned at Ashbourne in Derbyshire and at Ashby-de-la- Zouch. Rochambeau was at Ashbourne in 1804, and subsequently at Norman Cross and Wincanton. He was killed at the battle of Leipzig in 1813. Louis Jean arrived at Ashby with the first batch of prisoners in September, 1804, and resided there con- tinuously until 1811. Of his life in Ashby nothing is 37 known, but the Parish Church Registers show that he was married there in 1809.* The following year he applied for initiation in the Lodge " Vrais Amis de I'Ordre," which, as already stated, had probably only recently been established. The rapidity with which degrees were conferred in this French Lodge, which probably was considered outside all authority, and a law unto itself, is evidenced by the dates of the documents already transcribed. Thus, the Report to the Lodge being dated October 7th, 1810, he had taken the three Craft degrees and received his Certificate therefor within six weeks — November 19th, — whilst after only a further three months probation, there had been conferred upon him the rank of Knight of the East, and a Certificate for that degree, dated February 23rd, 1811, prepared for him. Soon after this he was exchanged for an English prisoner of equal rank in France, being one of the first of the Ashby prisoners to be exchanged. He went with his young wife to his native city, where they resided until Peace was declared in 1814, when his wife strongly importuned him to go back with her to Ashby, which he at length consented to do. He converted the proceeds of his property into diamonds, on the sale of which, in London, he had to make a heavy sacrifice. They resided * Extract from the Marriage Registers of the Parish Church of Ashby- de-la-Zouch : — " Lewis Jean, French Prisoner of War in this Parish and Elizabeth " Edwards of this Parish were married in this Church by Banns, " this Fifth Day of June in the year One Thousand Eight " Hundred and Nine by me "William McDouall. Vicar. " This Marriage was solemnized J Jean. " between us | Elizabeth "A EdwarAs.'het vaax\L. In the presence of | ^^„^ ^ Anitrton, her mark." 38 in Ashby for some years, Louis Jean being greatly esteemed, and there -a daughter was born. Later on they returned to Rouen, where, after twenty-two years, Louis Jean died, lea\'ing his widow and daughter in greatly reduced circumstances, owing to his mother, during his absence in England, believing him to be dead, having left the whole of the family property to her daughter, who, dying young, bequeathed it to her affianced lover. Louis Jean's daughter, not long before her father's death, had married a young man named H , an Englishman by birth, but brought up in France, who soon died, leaving his w ido\\' with three young children. The two widows and the children left France, and took up their abode in England, where Mrs. H did her best to provide for their wants by teaching French and by fine needlework. Mrs. Jean died in 1867, having been childish and helpless for seven years, yet so sensitive and retiring was her daughter, that she never sought for assistance in her sad condition, but struggled on, toiling day by da)-, to maintain her family. Some years later, through the well-directed efforts of the Brethren in Leicester, Airs. H obtained admission to the Trinity Hospital, where she died in the year 1903 at the age of eighty-seven.* "2)e la Justice et &e l"Qlnion. Oustice an& TIlintB.) This was the distinctive name of the second Lodge w hich worked among the French prisoners in Ashby, and to * Partly taken from an Article by the late Bro. W. Kelly, in the "Freemason," 1886, p. 627. 39 which reference has already been made. As in the case of the Lodge " Vrais Amis de I'Ordre," it is quite impossible to give many details, the mere fact of its existence being practically all that is known. All books and other records, belonging to both Lodges, would, no doubt, be taken to France by the returning Brethren in the autumn of 1814. The following particulars are interesting and well vouched for: — Late in the year 1813, or early in 1814, several French officers arrived in Ashby, who had been taken prisoners at Pampeluna in the north of Spain, which fortress, after a siege of three months, had surrendered to Wellington's troops in October, 1813. They brought much money with theni, part of the vast treasure carried away in their retreat to Pampeluna, after the disastrous defeat at Vittoria in the previous June. This .money was concealed in the soles of their boots and in the collars and cuffs of their coats, and was no doubt very useful in ekeing out the weekly allow- ance made to thera by the British Government. One of them also brought a dog with him, which was said to be the only one which had survived the siege.* The only evidence of the existence of the Lodge " De la Justice et de I'Union," is contained in an endorsement on the back of a French Certificate, issued in 1812 to one of the above-mentioned Pam- peluna prisoners, by the members of a French Military Lodge held in the town of Vittoria. + This Certificate is a parchment document, \\ holly in French, 17 ^ inches *Partly taken from Andrews' " Bygone Leicestershire," p. 233. t" Les Amis Reunis de Saint Josepii," established in Vittoria in 1811. {Vide Heboid's " Histoire des Trois Grandes Loges," p. 120.) The Certificate belongs to the Leicester Freemasons' Hall Collection. 4° by 14^ inches, and is printed from an engraved- plate, the design being of an ordinary French type. The text of the Certificate is as follows : — "A LA GLOIRE DU G.-. A/. De L'U.'. " A Tous les Ma9ons reguliers repandus sur la surface de la Terre. SALUT. FORCE. UNION. " Nous Venerable et Officiers de la R.'. CH des Amis " Reunis de St. Joseph, a I'Orient de Vitoria (Espagne), " reguliferement constituee en 5811, certifions et attes- " tons que le T.". C.'. F.'. Grivaut (Antoine) est Membre " de notre R.'. At.'., qu'il possede les trots grades ma9on- " niques, et qu'il a travaille parmi nous avec zele et " assiduite : c'est pourquoi nous prions tous ceux qui " sont a prier de le reconnaitre comme bon et legitime " Ma9on, et de I'admettre comme tel a leurs travaux, " de lui prater aide et assistance en cas de besoin, "comme nous nous y sommes obliges nous-mfemes; et " pour que le present Certificat ne puisse servir qu'au dit " Fr. Grivaut (Antoine), nous lui avons fait apposer sa " signature en marge ne varietur. Delivre en lege, " reguliferement assemblee, d'un lieu tres-eclaire, ou " regnent la paix, I'union et la charite, le 9' jour du " 6""" mois de I'an de la V.-. L.". 5812, repondant au "9 Aout 1872. 41 "Col.D'Ordan. L.J.Herman. Menou. "S.-. P.-. R.-. +.2'^surv.-.T;-:' v.-.T.'. I'rs/. " Pallissier. Bagnere. " 2r E.-. I'hr. " Scelle et Timbre par nous Par mand' de la R.'. " Garde des Sceaux et Timbre Bergeron. "de la R.-. L.-. Secretaire. " Vidalot." (Signed in dexter margin : " Ne Varietur. Grivaut.") The Seal — unfortunately damaged — is of red wax, and is contained in a circular tin box two inches in diameter, attached to the document by light blue ^^^^o^- [translation.] "TO THE GLORY OF THE GREAT "ARCHITECT OF THE UNIVERSE. " To all regular Masons throughout the World. " Greeting. Fortitude. Unity. " We Masters and Officers of the Worshipful Lodge United Friends of St. Joseph,' regularly constituted ' at Vittoria (Spain) in 5811, certify and declare that our ' very dear Brother Antoine Grivaut is a member of our ' Worshipful Lodge, that he has taken the first three ' degrees of Masonry, and has worked amongst us with ' zeal and assiduity : we therefore pray all those whom ' it may concern, to receive him as a true and regular ' Mason, to admit him as such to their ceremonies, and ' to aid and assist him in case of need, as we on our ' part engage to do ; and in order that the present 42 " Certificate may alone be of service to the said Brother " Antoine Grivaut, we have caused him to sign his " name in the margin — ne varietur. Delivered in " Lodge, regularly assembled, in an enlightened place, " where peace, unity and charity reign, the 9th day of "the 6th month of the year of the True Light 5812, "corresponding to August 9th, 1812." Within ten months of the granting of this Certifi- cate, the French troops were disastrously beaten by the British under Wellington at the battle of Vittoria (June 21st, 1813). The town was stormed with great slaughter, while many prisoners and much material of war fell into the hands of the victors. Some of those who escaped took refuge in the fortresses of Pampeluna and San Sebastian, both of which were subsequently captured by the British troops.* Among those who escaped to Pampeluna and after- wards surrendered, was this Brother Antoine Grivaut, \\'ho was sent, probably with many others, as prisoner of war to England, and in April, 1814, was residing " on parole " in Ashby-de-la-Zouch. This information is obtained from an endorsement on the back of the Certificate just described, and is as follows : — t * Amongst the spoils taken after one of the battles of this' campaign, was the Masonic Diploma of Marshal Soult. This document was- presented in the year 1823 to " St. Nathalan's " Lodge, TuUich-in-Mar, Aberdeenshire, very possibly by some Highland veteran returned from the wars. It remained in the possession of the Lodge until the year 1850, when by the mediation of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, it was returned to the Marshal through the hands of the Marquis of Normanby, British Ambassador at Paris. The Marshal's letter of acknowledgment, when received, was ordered to be sent to the " St. Nathalan's" Lodge, and the preservation of that document should prove a far more valuable memorial of a distinguished Brother, than the unwarranted possession of a plundered parchment. Marshal Soult died a few days after the Diploma was returned to him.— "Freemasons' Quarterly Review," 1851, p. 183, and "Freemasons' Maga:zine," 1861, Vol. I,, p. 329. t Vide Plate III. PLATE III. ^^s:^^^^^^^'"'' Endorsement on Antoine Grivaut's Certificate. F*(^« p. 42. 43 " Vu & affilier a la R.-. □ .-. de la Justice & de " L'union le 1'"^ jour du 2' mois de la V.-. L.". 5814 " et a travaille avec tout le zh\e possible jusqu'a ce jour. " Or.-. d'Ashby de la Zouch le 3^ jour du 4' mois "de la V.-. L.-. 5814. " Par mandement de la R.'. □ " Le Secretaire. Jourdain. " M.-. EC." [translation.] " Seen for the purpose of affiliation in the W. Lodge " ' Justice and Unity,' the 1st day of the 2nd month "of the True Light 5814, and has worked with all " possible zeal up to this day. " Orient of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, the 3rd day of the " 4th month of the True Light 5814." Peace having been established between England and France by the Treaty of Paris in May, 1814, it is very probable that this endorsement was added just prior to Bro. Grivaut's return home, in order to indi- cate his Masonic career and his zeal for the Craft, a custom very general in France at that time. A further endorsement appears on the Certificate as follows : — " Vu par nous chefs des hommes eclaires a L'or.". " de St. Servan, le 30'' jour du 8" mois de L'an de " La V.-. L.-. 5816. "2" Surv.-. Le V.". P'' Surv.-. " B. Eymenthorn. (?) Sire. Merlin: " R.-. +.-. R.-. +.-. " Par mandement de la HH " /. Martin. ' "Sec.-." 44 [translation.] " Seen by us, Officers of the ' Enlightened Men,' at "the Orient of St. Servan, the 30th day of the 8th " month of the year of the True Light 5816." From this second endorsement it will be seen that Bro. Grivaut arrived safely in his native land and visited a Lodge at St. Servan, near St. Malo, in the year 1816, after which nothing further is known of his Masonic career. Before leaving Ashby-de-la-Zouch for their beloved France, the French Masons who had been located there, disposed of their Lodge furniture to some English Brethren, who contemplated establishing a Lodge at Repton in Derbyshire. Bro. G. Mugliston — an Ashby man — one of the petitioners for the Repton Lodge, and subsequently its first Worshipful Master, in for- warding the petition to the Grand Lodge on July 13th, 1815, wrote as follows: — "We have also Furniture " for the Lodge now ready at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, the " sa^ne which the French prisoners had when there."* The Warrant for the Repton Lodge — the " Royal Sussex," No. 690 (now No. 353) — was not granted until September, 1817, from which date until the year 1869, the Lodge continued to meet regularly in that town. In the latter year it was removed from Repton to Winshill, a suburb of Burton-on-Trent, where it still meets. * Minutes of " Royal Sussex " Lodge, September 24th, 1817. PLATE IV. The Master's Canopy. Vide p. 45. 45 The furniture of the old Prisoners' Lodge, which is still in use, consists of three Pedestals (for the Master and Wardens) and a Canopy for the Master's Chair. The Canopy, which is dome-like, is supported by two pillars, one on each side ; it is partly enclosed by curtains, and the Sun, Moon and Stars are painted at the back.* The Pedestals are of plain deal, orna- mented respectively with the Square and Compasses, Level and Plumb-rule. There is also a painted Tracing- cloth, dated 1812, about iive feet by three feet, repre- senting on one side the emblems of the E.A. and F.C. degrees, and on the other side those of the M.M. degree- This Tracing-cloth is also a relic of the French Prisoners' Lodge. The old furniture is very much prized by the Brethren of the "Royal Sussex" Lodge,, oh account of its very interesting associations; it has been recently renovated, especial care, however, being taken that if should still retain its ancient peculiarities. * Vide Plate IV- 46 CHAPTER II. ZTbe "3v>anboe" XoDge, mo. 631, asbb^*De*la*2oucb. 1836-1841. After the departure of the French prisoners from Ashby in the autumn of 1814, and the consequent break-up of the Lodges estabhshed by them, no trace of active Free- masonry can be found there for over twenty years. The recollection of the former existence of the, French Free- masons' Lodges lingered probably among the older inhabitants of the town, and may have had something to do with the petition for a Lodge in 1836.* In the early part of that year, the M.W. Grand Master, H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex, granted a Warrant of Constitution for a Lodge to be called the " Ivanhoe " Lodge, to meet at the Royal Hotel, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, on the first Monday in every month. The name was no doubt suggested by the fact, that some incidents of Sir Walter Scott's story of " Ivanhoe " are supposed to have taken place at the famous old castle of Ashby. 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Viiii p. 46. 47 — Minute, Attendance, and Declaration Books — are in the Library at the Freemasons' Hall, Leicester. From these relics it has been possible to ascertain the details of the Lodge which are here recorded. The following Brethren were the Petitioners for the Warrant of the Lodge, which was dated April 15th, 1836, and the number of which was 631 . — Edward Mammatt, 446 Repton. George Mugliston, Do. Rowland Ordish, Leonard Piddocke, 315 Derby. Robert Chaplin, 446 Repton. Nicholas Wm. Ingle, Do. Thomas Carson, Francis Piddocke, 446 Repton. Below is a transcript of the Warrant : — [transcript.] AUGUSTUS F., (S.m. To all and every our Right Worshipful Worshipful and Loving Brethren. We Prince Augustus Frederick of Bruns- wick Lunenburgh Duke of Sussex Earl of Inverness Baron of Arklow Knight of the Most Noble ■Order of the Garter K.T. &c. &c. &c. (5rau& /nbaster Of the Most Antient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of England SeiiD erecting. Know Ye That we by the authority and under the sanction of the United Grand Lodge of England vested 48 in us for that purpose. And at the humble Petition of our Right Trusty and Well beloved Brethren Edward Mammatt, George Mugliston, Rowland Ordish, Leonard Piddocke, Robert Chaplin, Nicholas William Ingle, Thomas Carson, Francis Piddocke and Others Do hereby constitute the said Brethren into a Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons under the Title or Denomination of g^°" XTbe Jvanboe Xo&ge. The said Lodge to meet at the Ro5'al Hotel, Ashby De la Zouch in the County of Leicester, on the first Monday in every month and empowering them in the said Lodge when duly congregated to make pass and raise Free Masons according to the antient custom of the Craft in all Ages and Nations throughout the known World And further at their said petition and of the great trust and confidence reposed in every of the above named Brethren We do appoint the said Edward Mammatt to be the First Master the said George Mugliston to be the Senior Warden and the said Rowland Ordish to be the Junior Warden for opening and holding the said Lodge and until such time as another Master shall be regularly elected and installed Strictly charging that every Member who shall be elected to preside over the said Lodge shall be installed in antient form and according to the laws of the Grand Lodge that he may thereby be fully invested with the dignities and powers of his Office And we do require you the said Edward Mammatt to take special care that all and every the said Brethren are or have been regularly made Masons and that you and they and all other the Members of the said Lodge do observe perform and keep the laws rules and orders contained in the Book of Constitutions and all 49 others which may from time to time be made by our .Grand Lodge or transmitted by us or our Successors Grand Masters or by our Deputy Grand Master for the time being And we do require you to make such By- laws for the government of your Lodge as shall to the majority of the Members appear proper and necessary the same not being contrary to or inconsistent with the General laws and regulations of the Craft a Copy where- of you are to transmit to us And we do require you to cause all such By-laws and Regulations and also an account of the proceedings in your Lodge to be entered in a Book to be kept for that purpose And you are in nowise to omit to send to us or our Successors Grand Masters or to the Right Honorable Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill our Deputy Grand Master or to the Deputy Grand Master for the time being at least once in every year a list of the Members of your Lodge and the names and descriptions of all Masons initiated therein and Brethren who shall have joined the same with the Fees and Monies payable thereon It being our will' and intention that this our Warrant of Constitution shall continue in force so long only as you shall conform to the laws and regulations of our Grand Lodge And you the said Edward Mammatt are further required as soon as conveniently may be to send us an Account in Writing of jwhat shall be done by virtue of these Presents. C5iveu under our Hands and the Seal of the Grand Lodge at London this 16th April A.L. 5836 A.D. 1836. 3Sg (IOinmatl& of the M.W. Grand Master. William H. White. ) ^ ^ \^. John Spencer Churchill. Edw. Harper. ) ' ' 2). ©./id. 50 It will be noticed that five of the petitioners belonged to the " Royal Sussex" Lodge, No. 446 Repton (Derby- shire), to which reference has already been made, and which had a close relationship with Ashby Masonry for many years. Although in different counties Ashby and Repton were only a few miles apart. The " Ivanhoe " Lodge was consecrated on May 30th, 1836, at a special meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Leicestershire. The Provincial Grand Master, Lord Rancliffe, did not attend, but deputed Bro. James Elverson, a member of the " Rancliffe " Lodge, No. 608 Loughborough, and Senior Grand Warden of the Province, to act in his stead. The consecration of the Lodge, and the installation of Bro. Edward Mammatt as Worshipful Master, were carried out by Bros. W. M. Thistelton, Treasurer of the " Prince of Wales " Lodge, No. 324 London, and W. E. Burke, P.M. of Lodge No. 37 London,* who had been specially appointed for the purpose under the hand and seal of the Grand Master. An oration was delivered by Bro. the Rev. John Heyrick Macaulay, Head Master of Repton School, who sub- sequently became the Chaplain of the Lodge. The newly-installed Master invested the following Brethren as the officers of the Lodge, viz. : — Bro. George Mugliston, S.W. Rowland Ordish, J.W. Robert Chaplin, Treasurer. John Buller, Secretary. Peter Fearnhead, S.D. Nicholas W. Ingle, J.D. Richard Warner, I.G. * Dr. Desaguliers, Past Grand Master, William Hogarth the painter and James Quin the actor, were members of this old Lodge in 1731. — A.Q.C., Vol. xxi., p. 240. 51 It is interesting to note that the Senior Warden, Bro. George Mugliston, was one of the petitioners in 1815 for the Warrant for the " Royal Sussex " at Repton, and secured for the Brethren of that Lodge the furniture used by the French Prisoners in their Lodge at Ashby.* There were thirty-five visitors present at the Consecra- tion Meeting, including Bro. Dr. Pigott, D.P.G.M. of Nottinghamshire, an early friend of Lord Byron the poet, and brethren from the following Lodges, viz. : — Corner Stone " Lodge, No. 57 London. " Newstead," 55 Nottingham. 'Tyrian," 315 Derby. 'Trinity," 316 Coventry. ' Lodge of Harmony," ... 320 Ormskirk. 'St. John," 348 Leicester. 'Royal Sussex," ... 446 Repton. 'Commercial," ... ... 594 Nottingham. ' Rancliffe," ... ... 608 Loughborough. 'Abbey," 625 Nuneaton. Four candidates were proposed, ballotted for and approved, and Bro. Elverson, having granted a Dis- pensation for the purpose, they were introduced and regularly initiated in the first degree of Freemasonry. By-laws for the Lodge, which had been previously prepared, were submitted and approved. Of these the following deserve placing on record, as indicating the custom of Lodges of the period, and the inclinations of the Brethren of the " Ivanhoe " Lodge. "3. That every officer of the Lodge who shall not be present at the time appointed in the summons, shall be fined as follows — the Master 5/-, the Wardens 2/6 each, other officers 1/- each. * Vu/e p. 45. 52 4. That the annual subscription shall be two guineas. 5. Initiation fee five guineas, Joining fee two guineas. 8. That one of the stewards shall give notice to the Master when the quantity of \'\"ine allowed to be con- sumed has been supplied to the banquet, after which the bill shall be called and the account for the day closed. 9. That the visiting fee to be charged to every brother attending the banquet shall be 7/6." The minutes present no special feature deserving of being recorded here, except that, in accordance with a somewhat common custom in Lodges at that time, a ballot was necessarj'- for each degree. The Lodge existed for a little more than five years, the last entry in the minute-book being dated October 7th, 1841. In all thirty-six meetings were held, each of which was followed by a " champagne banquet," and this custom is believed to have caused the early collapse of the Lodge. Indeed it w as started upon far too costly a basis for a small provincial town, the expenses being about on a par with those of a prosperous old-established London Lodge. Under these circumstances it was impossible for it to succeed. Bro. Mammatt was Master down to November 29th, 1838, when Bro. Nicholas W. Ingle was installed, there having been, no meeting for the previous six months. Bro. Ingle was succeeded, on January 16th, 1840, by Bro. Richard Warner, but on the 19th of February, 1841, Bro. Mammatt again invested the officers as Master. Indeed this worth}-, talented and highly-respected Brother was the life and soul of the Lodge, for though totally blind from five years of age, he was an excellent working Mason. He was present at every meeting 53 of the Lodge except the last one, and occupied the chair upon every occasion when a degree was worked. Capt. John Buller occupied the position of Secretary during the whole period of the Lodge's existence. No meetings of the Lodge having been held after October, 1841, the Lodge was treated by the Grand Lodge for a time as " in abeyance," but eventually, there being apparently no likelihood of it being resuscitated, it was erased from the roll of Lodges by order of the Grand Lodge on December 3rd, 1851. What became of the Warrant when the Lodge ceased working is not known ; it came later into the possession of the Brethren of the " Lodge of Unity," No. 567 Warwick, who, in January, 1888, handed it over to the custody of the Grand Lodge for preservation in the archives. The following endorsement now appears upon the Warrant :— " Late 631. Returned by Lo : 557 Warwick 26 Jan.y 1888. Lo : was erased December 1851 by order of Grand Lodge." Bro. Mammatt, in addition to his valuable personal services to the " Ivanhoe " Lodge, advanced the sum of £150 forits establishment and furnishing, only £25 of which appears to have been repaid ; the furniture remaining in his hands after the dissolution of the Lodge, was pur- chased for the "John of Gaunt" Lodge, Leicester, on its establishment in 1846, and is still in use. A detailed Hst of the members of the " Ivanhoe " Lodge is given in the Appendix of the present volume. The Brethren whose names in the list are marked with *, were never registered in the books of the Grand Lodge as members of the " Ivanhoe " Lodge. 54 If this fact may be taken as an indication of the manner in which the general business of the Lodge was conducted, it is not surprising that it became extinct in five years. It is quite probable that the Treasurer's book, if it could be recovered, would show a similar irregularity to that exhibited in the Grand Lodge register. ^ Lodge must be conducted on business principles or it cannot prosper, and wherever these principles are ignored, trouble and disaster inevitably follow. 55 CHAPTER III. ^be "Iferrers ant) 3vanboe" %obQe, IRo. 779 (formerly 1081). 1859—1909. After the untimely end of the " Ivanhoe " Lodge in 1841, it may readily be taken for granted, that some years must of necessity elapse, before any attempt to revive the practice of Freemasonry in Ashby could expect to meet with any measure of success. The resident members of the defunct Lodge would for a time naturally hesitate, if they did not actually refuse, to take part in any suggested revival, and there was at that time no energetic Provincial organization to press the matter upon them from the outside. Thus eighteen years passed before another Lodge was warranted in Ashby, a Lodge, which after a strenuous career of fifty years is enjoying a vigorous life, with increasing zeal in Masonic labours, and an ever-widening circle of Masonic influence. The first attempt to revive Freemasonry in Ashby, was made in 1856 by the late Bro. William Kelly, of Leicester, whose memory is revered by all the older Masons of the Province, and who had just been ap- pointed to the office of Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Leicestershire,* by the then Provincial Grand Master, Sir F. G. Fowke, Bart. In April of that year Bro. Kelly wrote as follows to Bro. Edward Mammatt of Ashby: — * Appointed February 19th, 1856. 56 ". . . Knowing that you were formerly the most active member of the Ivanhoe Lodge at Ashby, and observing your name among the members of the new Lodge at Burton-on-Trent,* I am induced to trouble you -with this communication for the purpose of enquiring whether, in your opinion, there is any hope of the revival of the Ivanhoe Lodge ? Should ^•ou think it practicable, the Provincial Grand Master and myself, in conjunction with the Provincial Grand Lodge, would take any steps which might be thought conducive to so desirable an end for the credit of the Province. . . . From the attachment which I know you have to the Order, and also for the good of Ashby, I feel assured that if any hope exist, the revival of the Lodge could not be in better hands than your own." As far as can be gathered from existing documents, no immediate good result followed Bro. Kelly's efforts to resuscitate Freemasonry in Ashby, although doubtless the letter to Bro. Mammatt formed atopic of conversation among the Brethren still residing there. Two more years passed, during which Sir F. G. Fowke died, and Earl Howe was appointed Provincial Grand Master in his stead, Bro. Kelly retaining the office of Deputy.! Lord Howe was a most enthusiastic as well as dis- tinguished Mason, and in conjunction with his Deputy, worked energetically to revive local Masonic interest in Hinckley, Ashby and Loughborough, ^\•here Lodges had formerly existed. Hinckley was the first to benefit, the Lodge there, which had been in abeyance for some *The " Abbey" Lodge, No. 907 —now 624; consecrated July igth, 1854. t Sir F. G. Fowke died May 17th, 1856. Lord Howe was installed November iSth, 1856. 57 ■time, was re-started, the Provincial Grand Master under- taking the Mastership of the Lodge for the first year. The following passage, occurs in a letter, dated March, 1858, from Bro. Kellj' to the Provincial Grand Master :— "It is very desirable, if possible, to resuscitate the once flourishing Lodge at Ashby, and I believe it may be readily and successfully done, if Sir George Beaumont really has Masonry at heart. Several Masons are resident there, some of whom actually belong to a Lodge at Repton, and the Worshipful Master of which Lodge — a Bro. Redfern — is even an Ashby man, and it is reasonable to suppose that they would rather have a Lodge in their own town, than have to travel several miles to attend to their Masonic duties. Your Lordship may possibly think it desirable to write to, or see. Sir George Beaumont, .and suggest to him the expediency of communicating with Lord Ferrers and others, and to attempt what is feasible, instead of the impracticable scheme proposed by him." The latter portion of the foregoing letter referred to an attempt made by Sir George Beaumont of Coleorton Hall, near Ashby, to obtain a Warrant for a Lodge to meet at his own residence. Owing to such a Lodge partaking necessarily somewhat of a private and exclusive character, it was pointed out to him that a petition for such a Warrant could not be entertained. Sir George had been initiated in 1848 in the "Apollo University" Lodge, now No. 357 Oxford, but had hitherto taken no part whatever in Leicestershire Masonry, This refusal ap- parently gave great offence to the baronet, who persistently refused to assist in reviving Freemasonry in Ashby, or to interest himself therein in any way whatever.* * For full particulars of this incident, viiie " Masonic Papers," Vol. II 58 All invitations to Sir George Beaumont being thus declined, the Provincial Grand Master then endeavoured •'; to obtain the assistance and co-operation of Earl Ferrers"* who was also a member of the Craft, and whose ancestral seat of Staunton Harold was in the immediate neigh- bourhood of Ashby. In this he was eminently successful, his Lordship throwing himself heartily and energetically 1 into the scheme. He joined the " John of Gaunt " Lodge, No. 766, now 523, Leicester, in September 1858, having previously been a member of an Irish Lodge only.t He interviewed Lord Howe, Bros. W. Kelly, E. Mammatt,. and others, undertook the duty of obtaining , signatures to the petition, and discussed with the Ashby Brethren the important question of " ways and means." Lord Ferrers was to be the first Master, and it was proposed,, inasmuch as the establishment of the Lodge was due entirely to his Lordship's exertions, that it should be named the " Ferrers" Lodge. By the month of August the petition had been pre- pared, and was in the hands of Lord Ferrers, but owing to a lengthy absence of his Lordship from Leicestershire during the autumn, the difficulty in obtaining Brethren to guarantee the cost of furnishing the Lodge, and differences of opinion with regard to the name by which it should be known, the petition was not completed and forwarded to London until January 11th, 1859. As a compromise it was decided that the Lodge should be called the " Ferrers and Ivanhoe," thus combining the name of the Ferrers family with the old Masonic name and the interesting associations of Ivanhoe. * Father of the present Provincial Grand Master of Leicestershire and Rutland. fNo. 728 Dublin. 59 The petitioners forthe Warrant, which was recommended by the Worshipful Master and officers of the " John of Gaunt " Lodge, Leicester, was signed by the following Brethren, viz. : — Ferrers, " John of Gaunt," 766 Leicester. Edward Mammatt, " Abbey," 907 Burton-on-Trent. Richard Warner, " Royal Sussex," 446 Repton. Tilleman Hodgkinson Bobart, " Royal Sussex," 446 Repton, and " Abbey," 907 Burton-on-Trent. John Redfern, " Royal Sussex," 446 Repton. William Mason, " Royal Sussex," 446 Repton. Henry T. Bobart, "Abbey," 907 Burton-on-Trent. Richard Stone, " Derbyshire," 143 Buxton, "Tyrian," 315 Derby, and " Abbey," 907 Burton-on-Trent. Frederick Goodyer, " John of Gaunt," 766 Leicester. William Millican, " John of Gaunt," 766 Leicester. William Sylvester Bithrey, " John of Gaunt," 766 Leicester. (The whole of the Lodge Nos. on the roll of the Grand Lodge of England were altered in the year 1863). The petition was favorably received by the Earl of Zetland, Grand Master, and a Warrant was duly granted, dated February 4th, 1859, for a Lodge to be designated the " Ferrers and Ivanhoe," No. 1081, to meet at the Town Hall,* Ashby-de-la-Zouch, on the Monday on or after the full moon of every month. Earl Ferrers was designated the first Master, Richard Warner the first Senior Warden, and T. H. Bobart the first Junior Warden. By the first week in March the room had been pre- pared, the Lodge furniture, etc., procured, several candi- * The founders had a very great objection to holding the Meetings at an Inn, — " Freemasons' Magazine," Oct. 15th, 1859, p. 295. , 6o dates were waiting for initiation, and all the Brethren were anxious to commence work at once. It had been arranged, pending the arrival of the Warrant, to open and work the Lodge under a Dispensation from the Provincial Grand Master, and to postpone the conse- cration of the Lodge until later in the year. Indeed, the Dispensation had already been signed by Lord Howe, and all were looking forward to an immediate commence- ment of Masonic work, when the sad news of the sudden death of Earl Ferrers, the Worshipful Master designate of the Lodge, fell like a thunderbolt upon the Ashby Brethren, and for a time all arrangements in connection with the opening of the Lodge were necessarih' suspended. The deeply lamented Brother, Washington Sewallis Shirley, Viscount Tamworth, Earl Ferrers, belonged to a distinguished Masonic family. The fifth earl was Grand Master of England in 1762, and many members of the family subsequently held high office in the Craft during the eighteenth and early part of the nineteenth centuries. The late Brother was born in 1822 and succeeded his grandfather as ninth earl in 1842. He was initiated into Masonry in Ireland, joined the " John of Gaunt '" Lodge, Leicester, in September, 1858, and was appointed Provincial Junior Grand Warden of Leicestershire in January, 1859, in which capacit)' he took part in the laying of the foundation-stone of Freemasons' Hall, Leicester, the month following. He returned to his seat at Staunton Harold, and died there, from a sudden epileptic seizure, on Sunday morning, March 13th, at the early age of thirty-eight. This melancholy event rendered \acant the office of M'orshipful Master of the "Ferrers and Ivanhoe" Lodge. The Brethren therefore met together, and resolved to 6i petition the Grand Master to confer the office upon Bro. Edward Mammatt. The petition was granted and the Warrant was endorsed as follows : — " In consequence of the death of the Earl Ferrers which occurred previous to the consecration of the Lodge, Bro. Edward Mammatt, one of the Petitioners, was appointed by the M.W. Grand Master to be the first Master. Freemasons' Hall, London, 31st March, 1859. Wm. Gray Clarke, G.S." The first meeting of the " Ferrers and Ivanhoe " Lodge was held, under the dispensation referred to, on Friday, April 15th, 1859, Bro. Edward Mammatt pre- siding, when three candidates were initiated, one of whom was a serving brother to act as tyler of the Lodge. By-laws were also adopted, of which the following are worth noting for comparison with those of the old " Ivanhoe " Lodge. 4. The annual subscription shall be sixteen shillings and sixpence. 6. The fee for Initiation shall be four guineas and for Joining ten shillings and sixpence. The Lodge continued to meet through the summer of 1859, with the exception of the month of June, nine gentlemen being initiated and two Brethren received as joining members. In the meantime arrangements were being completed for the consecration of the Lodge, which took place on October 6th, 1859, at a special meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge, presided over by Earl Howe, the Provincial Grand Master. The Brethren went in procession, without Masonic costume, from the Town Hall to Trinity Church, where a sermon was preached by the Prov. Gd. Chaplain, Bro. the Rev. 62 J. Owen Picton, B.A., of Leicester, and on their return to the Town Hall the consecration ceremony and in- stallation of Bro. Edward Mammatt as Worshipful Master, were carried out by Bro. William Kelly, D.P.G.M., in the presence of a large assembly of Brethren. The Worshipful Master appointed the following ' Brethren as the officers for the first year of the Lodge's existence, viz. : — Bro. Richard Warner, S.W. T. H. Bobart, J.W. Rev. John Denton, j\LA., Chaplain. H. T. Bobart, Secretary. John Redfern, S.D. Wilham Mason, J.D. W. M. Bobart, LG. William Canner, Tyler. Bro. Francis Hamp was subsequently elected the first Treasurer of the Lodge. An Oration \\as delivered by Bro. the Rev. J. Owen Picton, B.A., of Leicester, the Prov. ,Gd. Chaplain, for which he received the hearty thanks of the Brethren. A banquet was subsequently held at the " King's Head '' Hotel, under the presidency' of Earl Howe, Prov. Grand Master. B)' a singular coincidence — it might almost be called a fatality, — as Lord Ferrers did not live to be installed into the Chair of the Lodge he had worked so earnestly to found, so his successor, Bro. Edward Mammatt never attended the Lodge after his installation. He died after a painful illness lasting six months, on April 23rd, 1860, at the age of fifty-three years. As Bro. Edward Mam- matt did so much for Freemasonry in Ashby, the following 6j account, partly taken from the Freemasons' Magazine of 1860, seems worthy of being placed on record. "Bro. Edward Mammatt, F.R.S.A., who at the time of his decease was Worshipful Master of the " Ferrers and Ivanhoe " Lodge, No. 1081 Ashby-de-la-Zouch, was highly distinguished, both as a man and a Mason. Initi- ated in the " Royal Sussex " Lodge, No. 446 Repton, in January 1830, he subsequently became the first Worship- ful Master of the " Ivanhoe " Lodge, No. 631 Ashby-de- la-Zouch in May 1836, first Worshipful Master of the " Ferrers and Ivanhoe," No. 1081 in October 1859, and Junior Grand Warden of the Province of Leicester. Although deprived of his sight, by an accident, at the early age of five years, he, through the fostering care of his parents, so improved the means of instruction afforded him as to qualify himself for the society of the learned. He was a proficient in all he undertook. His knowledge of music was profound, and his skill as a musician and composer was greal. He held the position of organist at the parish Church of Ashby-de-la-Zouch for upwards of thirty years. His lucid and interesting lectures on sound, ■ electricity, geology, pneumatics, astronomy, etc., will be remembered with pleasure by all who heard him. His habits of business, combined with great mental powers and energy of character were extraordinary, while his talents were varied and facile. He composed a poem of con- siderable talent, and invented a machine to assist the blind in writing, for which he received the thanks of the Society of Arts. He was firm in friendship, courteous in manner, kind and charitable in disposition, of the nicest sense of honor, and his great powers of mind were always exer- cised in the cause of benevolence." Such a man was the first installed Master of the "Ferrers and Ivanhoe" Lodge. 64 The experienced guiding hand of the Worshipful Master being thus early \\ithdra\vn from the new Lodge, it is not surprising that differences of opinion soon arose,, that the members divided into two opposing factions, and the ^•er^- existence of the Lodge was threatened. One of the members gave great offence to the others by claiming the rank of a Past Master in the Lodge, although he had only "passed the chair" sometime before in order t& qualify for the Royal Arch. More contentions followed^ and when the election for Worshipful Master came round in March, both Wardens were candidates for the office. As a result of the ballot each received an equal number of votes, a casting vote in favour of the Senior Warden being given by the Acting Master. Much quarrelling ensued, much correspondence with the Grand Secretary and many interviews with the Deputy Prov. Gd. Master, as the result of ^^■hich the Senior Warden, who was already an Installed Master, resigned the office to which he had been elected, and the Junior ^^'a^den was chosen Master for the ensuing year. Difficulties of a financial character also beset the infant Lodge, for in November, 1860, the Derby Brother who had supplied the Lodge furniture, wrote pressing for payment of his account. The treasurer having no funds to meet the demand, it was decided to borrow the money, and the W'orshipful Master and \\'^ardens were authorized to give a lien on the said furniture as security for the amount. The double loss of Earl Ferrers and Bro. Mammatt seems alone to have been the cause of these difficulties, as all financial as well as other matters in connection with the Lodge, had been practically left in their hands- to arrange. 65 The records of the Lodge have been carefully preserved. They are contained in four Minute-books, as follows : — 1. April 15th, 1859, to April 30th, 1872. ) Bound in 2. June 14th, 1872, to June 17th, 1891. [ one volume. 3. September 15th, 1891, to December 20th, 1904. 4. January 24th, 1905, to date. The Minute-books have been well and carefully kept, and give strong evidence of the zeal, enthusiasm and Masonic knowledge of the various secretaries, whose duty it has been to record the proceedings of the Lodge, while the details of the Masonic ceremonial are given much more fully than is customary in most Lodges. In reading through the various Minute-books of the Lodge for the past fifty years, there are several features so prominent therein, that they cannot be overlooked, but deserve to be recorded here. One of the most noticeable characteristics of the Lodge meetings, was the harmony and good feeling which always prevailed. With the sole exception of the unfor- tunate experience of the first year of the Lodge's existence, to which reference has already been made, the harmony of the Lodge seems never to have been dis- "turbed throughout the whole of the fifty years. The unanimity with which candidates were elected and reso- lutions passed, is most noteworthy, and bears testimony to the excellent fraternal feeling which was always main- tained, and to the determination on the part of the members, to work together for the permanent good of the Lodge. Another prominent feature which is exhibited upon almost every page of the various Minute-books, was the exemplary attention to the various portions of the 66 Masonic ceremonial. Almost without exception, when a candidate had taken a degree, the Charge and T.B. lecture belonging to the degree were given, so that the newly-admitted Brethren of the " Ferrers and Ivanhoe " Lodge obtained a far better knowledge of the Masonic ritual, than was frequently the case in larger, older or more celebrated Lodges. In addition to this, the Lodge was generally opened and closed in all degrees at each meeting, and when no particular ceremony was before the Lodge, the various sections of the Lectures were worked by the members, for their mutual enlightenment and improvement. This exemplary practice was rendered possible, in some measure, by the continued attendance and commendable zeal of the Past Masters of the Lodge, for although they had passed the chair, they still continued constant in their attendance at the meetings, and by their knowledge and example stimulated and instructed the less experienced Brethren in the proper discharge of their Masonic duties. The third in the list of specially noteworthy character- istics of the " Ferrers and Ivanhoe " Lodge ^^•as its zeal in the cause of Charity. Again and again the minutes record a most generous support of the Masonic charities, and at the present time two members of the Lodge have respectively fifteen stewardships and one hundred and sixty-three votes, and five stewardships and seventy-seven votes to their credit, while the Lodge has twenty-two votes in perpetuity. This is a record of which any Lodge, may well be proud, and affords a noble example which might with advantage be followed by many other members of the Craft. The Masonic duty of hospitality was also never neg- lected by the Lodge. The minutes record visitors at 67 almost every meeting, principally from the adjacent towns of Leicester, Derby, Repton, Burton-on-Trent, Swadlincote, Coalville and Nuneaton, while occasionally Brethren from America or from the Colonies were welcomed and hospitably entertained by the members. Of course, with so comparatively modern a Lodge, there were no obsolete Masonic customs therein to which attention might now be called, no peculiarities of working or procedure, which might prove of interest to the Masonic fraternity generally. Such notes therefore as can be extracted from the minutes will be chiefly of interest to the Ashby Brethren themselves, except where they bear valuable testimony to a strong attachment to the principles of the Craft, and to a determination on the part of the members to exhibit the distinguishing charac- teristics of Freemasonry upon all occasions. This indeed should serve as an example, not to the Leicestershire Craft only, but to all Masons everywhere. Hnnals ot tbe OLoOge. 1859. — January 11th. — The Petition for the "Ferrers and Ivanhoe" Lodge forwarded to the Grand Secretary. A copy of the document is entered on the Minutes. 1859. — February 4th. — The Warrant of the Lodge signed and issued to the Ashby Brethren. A copy appears in the Minutes. 1859.~March 1 3th.— Dea.th. of Earl Ferrers, the Wor- shipful Master designate of the Lodge.* * Vide ante p. 6o. 68 1859. — April 15th. — First Meeting of the Lodge under Dispensation, Bro. Edward Mammatt presiding. Three candidates initiated, one of whom was W. M. Bobart, aged 19 years, son of the Junior Warden designate of the Lodge. By-laws passed, a copy of which appears in the Minutes. 1859. — July 18th. — The Rev. John Denton, incumbent of Trinity Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, initiated.* 1859. — October 6th. — A special Meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Leicestershire held at Ashby for the Consecration of the " Ferrers and Ivanhoe " Lodge, the Provincial Grand Master, Earl Howe, presiding. Bro. Edward Mammatt installed as the first Master of the Lodge. 1860. — April 23rd. — Bro. Edward Mammatt died, after six months illness, aged 53.+ I860.— J»«e 4th. — Bro. T. H. Bobart installed Wor- shipful Master of the Lodge by Bro. Wm. Kelly, the Deputy Provincial Grand Master. For some years Bro. Kelly paid frequent visits to the Lodge, exercising a ^\•atchful care over its affairs, and showing anxious solicitude for its welfare. 1860. — October 1st. — The following Brethren presented to the Lodge the several officers' jewels — Brothers T. H. Bobart, P. Dicken, George F. Brown, John Denton, Samuel Love, Francis Hamp, C. F. Hawkins, John Goodman, John Redfern, and E. Sylvester (425) ; Bro. H. T. Bobart presented a square and compasses at the same time. These are the first of many gifts to the Lodge. * Vide p. 69. t Vide ante p. 63. 69 1861. — June 24th. — Bro. William Mason installed into the Chair of the Lodge by Bro. Samuel Collinson, P.M. of the "Tyrian" Lodge, No. 315 Derby, there being as yet no member of the " Ferrers and Ivanhoe " Lodge capable of carrying out the duties of Installing Master. 1862. — June 16th. — Bro. Edward Frederick Mammatt, son of the late Bro. Edward Mammatt, initiated by dispensation, being only nineteen years of age. He occupied the Chair of the Lodge in 1869, was appointed Provincial Senior Grand Warden in 1879, and died, deeply lamented, early in 1891. 1862.— June 16th. — Bro. the Rev. John Denton, M.A., Vicar of Trinity Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, installed as Master of the Lodge by Bro. Wm. Kelly, D.P.G.M. For many j'ears this Brother was one of the most enthusiastic, capable and hard-working members of the Lodge, and probably much of its prosperity was due to his tireless labours on its behalf. After occupy- ing the Chair for two successive years — June, 1862, to June, 1864 — Bro. Denton became Secretary in 1865, and again from 1868 until his death in 1903, a period of 35 years. He was appointed Provincial Senior Grand Warden in 1862, and for many years represented the Lodge on the Provincial Committee of General Purposes. 1862.— July 14th. — One of the members "excluded" permanently from the Lodge by the unanimous vote of the Brethren. \86i.— August Jrrf.— Letter read from the Grand Secre- tary notifying the change of the Lodge Number 70 from 1081 to 779, which No. it has borne ever since. 1863. — November 2nd. — By-laws revised. Annual sub- scription reduced to half a guinea. 1863. — December 2nd. — The Marquess of Hastings elected as a candidate for Initiation, but for some unrecorded reason he never attended. This nobleman was Henry Weysford Charles Plan; tagenet, the 4th Marquess. He ^^as the grand- son of Lord Moira, afterwards 1st Marquess of Hastings, who was Acting Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England from 1790 to 1812. The 4th Marquess died in 1868 without issue, when the title became extinct. 1864. — February 15th.- — Authority and sanction given for the formation of a Lodge of Instruction in connection with the " Ferrers and Ivanhoe." 1864. — May 2nd.—k Fund of Benevolence started, with Bro. John Redfern, P.M., as almoner, each member of the Lodge to subscribe two shillings and sixpence annually thereto. 1865. — February 13th. — Lodge Banner purchased at a cost of nine guineas, of which sum six guineas were paid from the Lodge funds, and the balance collected among the Brethren. 1865. — December 4th. — Five guineas voted to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys, the first of many similar votes. 1866. — March 5th. — Letter read from Bro. Thomas Joyce, initiated in the Lodge in September, 1864, residing at Zifta on the Nile, stating that " Freemasonry is flourishing and progressing in Egypt."' 71 1867.— January 21st. — Annual subscription increased from half a guinea to fifteen shillings. 1868. — May 11th. — Bro. Samuel Ebenezer Johnson, P.M., P.P.J.G.D., the present senior member of the Lodge, initiated. Bro. Johnson occupied the Chair of the Lodge in 1875, and has been a subscribing member for upwards of forty years. ' 1869. — January 4th. — The Worshipful Master, Bro. the Rev. Samuel Smith, D.D., P.P.G. Chaplain, Vicar of Whitwick, announced to the Brethren in open Lodge, that " he had changed his name, and that henceforth instead of ' Smith,' his surname would be ' Pyemont.' " Bro. Pyemont resigned his membership of the Lodge in October, 1871, on account of ill-health, and died at Pau in March, 1875. U69.— March 8th.— The Rt. Hon. Sewallis Edward Shirley, 10th Earl Ferrers, of Staunton Harold, initiated in the Lodge. He was installed' Worshipful Master in 1870, succeeded Bro. Wm. Kelly as Provincial Grand Master of Leicestershire and Rutland in 1873, and has now ruled the Province for thirty-five years. His Lordship's membership of the " Ferrers and Ivanhoe " Lodge has always been highly esteemed by the Brethren, and its appreciation was enhanced by the frequent attendance of the R.W. Brother, and by assistance cheerfully rendered by him from time to time in the regular ceremonial work of the Lodge. 1870. — May 16th. — The Lodge put into mourning by the death of the Provincial Grand Master, Earl 72 Howe, which took place at Curzon House, London, on the 12th inst. 1871. — March 13th. — A portion of the sections of the First Lecture worked by the Brethren. Some sections of the Lectures were often worked \\ hen no suitable candidates presented themselves. 1871. — October 30th. — The day of meeting of the Lodge changed from Monday to Tuesday after each - Full Moon. 1871. — November 28th. — Bro. Walter Stott Allen, of the " Athelstan " Lodge, No. 1333 Atherstone, joined the " Ferrers and Ivanhoe." He was installed Worshipful Master of the Lodge in 1876 and was appointed Prov. Junior Grand Warden in 1883. He was also Treasurer of the Lodge for seven years, 1877 to 1884. He is also a P.M. of the " Carnarvon " Lodge, 1739 Swad- lincote, and P.P.G. Supt. of W. of Derbyshire. 1872. — January 30th. — " It was suggested that the Lodge of Instruction established by the Lodge in February, 1864 (in conformity with the Con- stitutions) should be resumed, and held im- mediately after the closing of the regular Lodge." 1872. — Jtine 14th. — The Tyler, Wm. Canner, resigned on account of ill-health ; he died before the next Aleeting of the Lodge, at which a sum of mone}- was collected for his \\ ife and family, and his son, James Canner, was elected Tyler in his stead. 1872. — October 22nd. — Bro. Richard Dalgleish initiated in the Lodge. He was installed Master in 1877 and was appointed Provincial Grand Super- intendent of Works in 1875. 73 1873. — March 18th. — Announcement made in the Lodge that Bro. the Rt. Hon. Earl Ferrers had been appointed Provincial Grand Master in succes- sion to Bro. W. Kelly, resigned. 1873.— Jtfne 10th.— Bro. Alfd. Balmforth, another old member of the Lodge, initiated; he was installed Worshipful Master in 1878 and is still on the Lodge Roll. 1874. — April 7th. — The sum of ;f20 subscribed by the Lodge and individual Brethren, to the Fund for placing a stained glass window in S. Peter's Church, Leicester, in memory of the late Pro- vincial Grand Master, Earl Howe. 1874.— Jwne 30th. — Earl Ferrers, the Prov. G.M., installed Bro. Henry Blood into the Chair of the Lodge, and subsequently presented to the Brethren the very handsome Master's Chair used for the first time on this occasion. The Chair bears the following inscription : " Presented to the Ferrers and Ivan- hoe Lodge, No. 779, by the Rt. Hon. The Earl Ferrers, R.W. Provincial Grand Master, as a Memorial of his year of office as W. Master." 1875.— May 25f/t,— Initiation of Bro. John Hassall, who was Master of the Lodge in the year 1882, and Senior Grand Warden of the Province in 1894. He is also a P.M. of the " Carnarvon " Lodge, No. 1739,. Swadlincote, and P.P.S.G.W. of Derbyshire. This worthy Brother has served more Stewardships for the Central Masonic Charities than any one else in the Province, fifteen in all, viz. : 74 Two for the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls, Seven for the Roj^al Masonic Institution for Boys, Six for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Insti- tution. He possesses no less than 163 votes in his own name. This record deserves the highest praise. 1875. — June 29th. — Half-yearly Communication of the Provincial Grand Lodge held under the Banner of the " Ferrers and Ivanhoe " Lodge, the Prov. G.M., Earl Ferrers, presiding. The following resolution \\as passed at this meeting, viz. : — "That the W.M., the Wardens and Past Masters of the Lodge be a Committee for con- sidering the expediency of procuring the Town Hall, ^\•here the Lodge no^^• meets, or some other room or building, to be set apart by the Lodge as a Masonic Hall." Many meetings were held, and many temporary agreements made with the various lessees of the room now used by the Lodge, but no permanent arrangement was come to for several years. After June, 1879, the room in which the Lodge was held was always desig- nated " the Masonic Hall " in the minutes. 1876. — March 14th. — The Tyler, Bro. James Canner, resigned and was succeeded, in March, 1877, by Edwd. Louch, who retained the office until his death in 1906, a period of nearly thirty years. 1877. — March 5th. — Bro. William Alfred Musson initiated. He was Worshipful Master of the Lodge for two years, 1883 and 1884, and was appointed Junior Grand Warden of the Province in 1888. 75 1877.'— April 3rd. — The sum of ten guineas voted to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys, to which twenty guineas were added by individual Brethren. 1877.— May 29th.— Bro. Samuel Love, who had held the office of Treasurer of the Lodge for nine years,, resigned on account of ill-health, and Bro. W. S. Allen was elected to succeed him. Bro. Love died before the meeting in October. 1878. — January 22nd. — A new set of officers' collars- purchased, also jewels to complete the set. 1878. — March 19th. — Five guineas voted to the Masonic Girls School, and a similar amount added by five of the Brethren. 1878. — May 21st. — New By-laws adopted. Initiation Fee, five guineas; Joining, one guinea; Annual Subscription, seventeen shillings and sixpence. At this time the Lodge had forty-two subscribing members. 1878.— June 19th. — The Parish Church of Ashby under- going at this time the process of restoration, it was resolved that the Lodge undertake the pro- vision of a pulpit. Donations from the Brethren up to this time, including ;f 50 from Earl Ferrers,, amounted to £l20, to which ten guineas were added from the Lodge funds. The vicar, Bro. John Denton, P.M. and Secretary, expressed his heartfelt thanks for the proposed gift to the Church. 1878. — November 13th. — A new harmonium, procured at a cost of twenty guineas, used in the Lodge for the first time, and gave the greatest satisfaction. The Lodge became annual subscriber of two 76 guineas to the Leicestershire Masonic Charity Association. 1879. — June 20th. — Meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Leicestershire and Rutland held at Ashby, under the auspices of the " Ferrers and Ivanhoe " Lodge ; Earl Ferrers presided. l?,m.~February 24th.— Bro. W. Carrick Crofts, a Past Master of the Lodge being Provincial Charity Steward for the year, the Brethren subscribed nearly ten guineas towards his list. 1880. — June 16th. — The Brethren invited to inspect the new pulpit, which the Freemasons of Ashby, at a cost of about £l40, had erected in the Parish Church. The following inscription appears upon a brass plate fixed to the pulpit — " This pulpit was presented to the restored Parish Church of Ashby-de-la-Zouch by the Right Worshipful Brother, the 10th Earl Ferrers, Provincial Grand Master of Leicestershire and Rutland, and the Brethren of the ' Ferrers and Ivanhoe ' Ashby-de-la-Zouch Lodge of Free- masons, A.D. 1880." 1881. — January 18th. — Chairs and Secretary's table of polished birch purchased at a cost of over thirteen pounds. 1881.^ — May 10th. — Initiation of Bro. N. J. Hughes Hallett, who afterwards became Deputy Provin- cial Grand Master of Derbyshire. 1882. — March 7th. — The following resolution was carried by acclamation — " This being the first meeting of the ' Ferrers and Ivanhoe ' Lodge of Freemasons since the dastardly attempt made on Friday last on the 77 life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen,, the Lodge loyally desires to express its humble and hearty thanks to the G.A.O.T.U., for the merciful preservation of Her Majesty from the cowardly attempt made on her life." 1882.— /Mne.— Bro. W. S. Allen, Steward for the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys, took up a list of one hundred guineas. 1883. — September 18th. — Agreement entered into with the Market Hall Company " to take from that Company for the exclusive and unrestricted use of the Lodge, the Masonic Hall . . . at £21 per annum." The Brethren subscribed £37 for the repair and decoration of the room. Bros. Mammatt, Musson and others presented engrav- ings, photographs, etc., of a Masonic nature for its adornment. 1884. — January 15th. — The annual subscription of Mem- bers increased to one guinea per annum. 1884. — April 8th. — " This being the first meeting of the Lodge since the lamented death of our illustrious Brother, H.R.H. Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, 4th son of Her Majesty the Queen, who was past Grand Warden of England and Provincial Grand Master of Oxfordshire — the members of the ' Ferrers and Ivanhoe ' Lodge desire to record in their minutes, their loyal and respectful sympathy with Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, Most Worshipful Grand Master, and H.R.H. the Duchess of Albany, and also their sorrow, that one so beloved, and such a dis- tinguished member of this Order as the Duk& 78 of Albany, should be taken away at the early age of thirty-one, thereby ending a life of unusual promise to the nation generally and to their ancient Order particularlj'." 1884. — May 13th. — The Hon. Paulyn Francis Cuthbert Abney Hastings initiated by the Prov. Gd. Master, Earl Ferrers. This Brother is a direct descendant of Lord Moira, who occupied so prominent a position in the Fraternity a century ago, and was also so intimately connected with Ashby. Bro. the Hon. Paulyn Hastings was Master of the Lodge in 1891, and Provincial Senior Grand Warden in 1892. 1886. — February 16th. — The Lodge presented a silver salver to Earl Ferrers on the occasion of his marriage. " The salver was massive and of handsome design, and with the arms of Earl Ferrers and the Masonic emblems of the Lodge, bore the following inscription — engraved in the centre, ' Ferrers and Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 779, Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Presented, with all good wishes by members of his Mother-Lodge to their R.W. Bro. Sewallis Edward, 10th Earl Ferrers, P.M. 779, Prov. G.M. of Leicestershire and Rutland, on his marriage with the Lady Ina Maud White, October, 1885.' " 1886.— May 18th.— Bxo. Geo. Bullen, P.M. of the " Abbey " Lodge, No. 432 Nuneaton, who was elected a -Joining Member of the "Ferrers and Ivanhoe " in January, 1886, accepted the office of Treasurer of the Lo^ge, and with the exception of the years 1900 and 1901, when he was occupying the chairs of S.W. and W.M., 79 he has been re-elected annually for the past twenty-three years. He was appointed Pro- vincial Junior Grand Warden in 1900. 1887. — March 8th. — By-laws revised"; annual subscrip- tion increased to twenty-five shillings. 1887. — November 29th. — Bro. George Bullen presented a pair of large Globes to the Lodge. Bro. E. Simpkin, I. P.M., announced, that thirty-seven members of the Lodge had paid subscriptions to him towards the Imperial Institute, erected in London in commemoration of Her Majesty's Jubilee. 1888. — March 27th. — The sum of ten guineas collected among the Brethren for the Centenary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls, to be placed to the credit of the Lodge. 1888. — October 76th.— Bro. E. Simpkin, P.M., received the thanks of the Lodge for having painted and beautified the Masonic Hall at his own expense. 1889. — June 29th.- — Five guineas subscribed by the Brethren to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys. Also one guinea to the fund for the restoration of Peterborough Cathedral. 1891. — January 27th. — Bro. John Hassall elected to represent the Lodge at the ensuing Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution. His list amounted to £76. 1891.— February Sth.— Death of Bro. E. Mammatt, P.M., Organist and Charity Steward of the Lodge. On February 24th the Brethren attended the Lodge in mourning and passed a vote of con- dolence and sympathy with his family. " He was justly esteemed and beloved by every 8o member of the Lodge, and by the Craft at large,, of which he was a distinguished member." 1891.— June 77th.— Bro. Wm. Kelly, P.P.G.M., visited the Lodge on the occasion of the Installation of Bro. the Hon. Paulyn Hastings. Bro. Kelly,. \\ho was seventy-seven years of age, and had been a member of the Craft for fifty-three years, . consecrated the " Ferrers and Ivanhoe " Lodge in 1859 — thirty-two years previously. He \\"as accorded a most heartj- and affectionate \\elcome. The Treasurer's accounts for the past year showed a balance in hand of £'M, which indi- cated the financial prosperity of the Lodge at the time. 189L — October 5th. — The Provincial Grand Lodge met under the banner of the " Ferrers and Ivanhoe " Lodge, W. Bro. S. S. Partridge, D.P.G.M.,. presiding. 1891. — November 17th. — An alms-box provided to receive the contributions of the Brethren to the Charity Fund of the Lodge. Five guineas voted to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution. 1892. — January 72th. — Expressions of regret at the death of Col. Shadwell Gierke, Grand Secretary, entered on the Lodge minutes. 1892. — February 9th. — The Lodge in mourning for H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence and Avondale, K.G., Piov. G. Master of Berkshire, P.G. Warden, the eldest son of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, Grand Master. 1892.— March 75th.— The Officers and Members of the Lodge signed the petition for the " Gracedieu " Lodge about to be established at Coalville ; the W.M. designate of the new lodge, the Hon. , Paulyn Hastings, and all the petitioners with one exception, were members of the " Ferrers and Ivanhoe." 1892. — June 22nd. — Abstract of Accounts affixed in the minute-book, showed a balance in the Treasurer's hands of nearly £20. 1892. — September 6th. — The One Hundredth initiation in the Lodge — Bro. George German — took place on that day. 1893. — January 3rd. — Bro. Canon Denton, Almoner of the Lodge, warned the Brethren against assist- ing " wandering Masons who make a trade of Masonry, going from place to place soliciting help." He added that " that day a Mason had applied to him for assistance (Henry Roberts, of 560) on whose Grand Lodge Certificate there were 87 endorsements of having received aid from various Lodges in different parts of England." 1893. — January 31st. — The Lodge subscribed three guineas to the fund being raised in the Province for a Testimonial to Bro. the Rev. C. Henton Wood, Prov. Gd. Secretary for the last eight years. 1893. — November 22nd. — Alteration in days of meeting to "the Tuesday in each month (excepting the month of October) which is on or nearest the full moon, from September to June inclusive." "The Installation on the 4th Wednesday in October." 1894. — March 20th. — Five guineas voted to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls. — A similar sum 82 was voted in the following May, in order to secure another vote for the Lodge. 1894. — September 18ih. — The Lodge in mourning on account of the death of Bro. Wm. Kelly, Past Prov. Gd. Master, who had been a member of the Order for fifty-six years. An expression of deep regret was entered on the minutes. 1894. — December 11th. — The Lodge decided to support the Kelly Memorial Fund. Five guineas voted to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution. 1895. — February 12th. — Committee formed to confer with the Urban District Council with reference to the tenancy of the Masonic Hall. 1896. — November 17th. — The Lodge considered the question of " Arrears." The sum of £128 was owing by members for four years and upwards ; by March, 1897, thirty-five pounds had been paid. 1S96.— December 22nd.— The sum of £7 10 voted to the widow of a deceased Past Master of the Lodge, the Prov. Charity Fund voting ;£'10 and the Grand Lodge Benevolent Fund £40. The widow was subsequently elected an annuitant of the R.M.B.L, being tenth on the list with 4319 votes. 1897.— January 29th.— The "Hastings" Lodge of In- struction revived. 1897. — February 16th. — Five guineas voted to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls. At this meeting the names of four members were erased from the Lodge-roll for non-payment of dues; two more were similarly dealt with at the next meeting. 83 1897. — June 14th. — Four members of the Lodge, Bros. R. Porter Keates, W.M., Jno. Hassall, P.M., W. S. Allen, P.M., and Thos. Jesson, P.M., were present at the Masonic Festival held in the Royal Albert Hall, London, in commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee of the reign of Queen Victoria. 1897. — July 30th. — Emergency meeting of the Lodge for laying, with Masonic honours, the Foundation Stone of the New Cottage Hospital at Ashby- de-la-Zouch. This building was the magnificent gift to the town and people of Ashby, of Bro. Edward Ison, P.M. of the " Ferrers and Ivan- hoe " Lodge, and of his wife. Bro. Ison was initiated in 1863, installed Master in 1872, and died in 1900, aged 61. The stone was laid by Earl Ferrers, Prov. Gd. Master, and was the first occasion on which the members of the Lodge had taken part in a public Masonic pro- cession and ceremonial. 1897. — December 2nd. — Three members of the Lodge ^ were present at the Masonic Service in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, in celebration of the Bi- centenary of the opening of Wren's great masterpiece. Many thousands of Masons were present. At the following meeting of the Lodge two guineas were voted to the Cathedral Decoration Fund. 1898. — April 5th. — Ten guineas voted to the Centenary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys. Bro. John Hassall, the Lodge Steward, took up a list of one hundred and seventy guineas, of which sixty came from the " F. and I." Lodge. 8+ 1898. — November 29th. — The Lodge in mourning in consequence of the death of the Earl of Lathom, Pro Grand Master. 1898. — December 27th. — Five guineas voted to the Kelly Memorial Fund. 1900. — April 17th. — ^Five guineas voted to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls. The question of Arrears again before the Lodge. 1900. — September 11th. — The Lodge forwarded to Bro. John Hassall, P.M., an expression of its sincerest condolences on the fatal accident to his son Arthur. Five guineas voted to the fund being raised by the Grand Lodge, to relieve the distress of loyal Masons, occasioned directly by the war in South Africa. 1900. — October 24th. — Presentation of a gold Secretary's Jewel, costing ten pounds, to W. Bro. Canon Denton. The jewel bore the following inscrip- tion : — " Presented to W. Bro. Canon Denton, P.M., W.M. 1862-1864, P.P.S.G.W. Leicester- shire and Rutland. In grateful remembrance of his valuable services as Secretary of 779 for over a quarter of a century. 1900." After the death of Canon Denton in 1903, his widow presented this jewel to Bro. N. J. Hughes Hallett, afterwards D.P.G.M. of Derbyshire. Bro. John Hassall, Charity Steward, announced that the Board of Benevolence had granted thirty pounds to the widow of a late member of the Lodge. 1901. — February 5th. — The Lodge and the Brethren in mourning in consequence of the death of Queen Victoria. A resolution, expressing sorrow at the 85 melancholy event, was passed and entered on the minutes. 1901. — April 2nd. — Five guineas voted to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys. 1901. — July 17th. — The following six members of the Lodge attended the Installation, at the Royal Albert Hall, of H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, as Grand Master of the Order, viz. : — Bros. R. Porter Keates, P.M., S. E. Johnson, P.M., W. S. Allen, P.M., John Hassall, P.M., Dr. C. R. Williams, P.M., and George Bullen (P.M. 432), S.W. 1902. — June 24th. — Resolution entered on the minutes expressing sorrow at the serious illness of the King, which had necessitated a postponement of the Coronation. 1902. — September 16th. — Five guineas voted to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution. ' 1903. — September 8th. — The Lodge mourned the death of W. Bro. Canon Denton, which occurred on June 12th. The following resolution was passed and entered on the minutes, viz. : " That the Brethren of the ' Ferrers and Ivanhoe ' Lodge desire to place on record their sincere grief at the death of W. Bro. Canon Denton, who for a period of thirty-eight years held the important office of Secretary of the Lodge, and at the great loss the Lodge has thereby sustained, and wish to express their deep sympathy with Mrs. Denton and family." 1905. — March 21st. — Twenty guineas subscribed by the members of the Lodge to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution. 86 1906. — March 13th. — Five guineas voted to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls. 1906. — September 4th. — Vote of condolence passed and forwarded to the family of Bro. Edward Louch, the Tyler of the Lodge, who had died since the last meeting. He had fulfilled the duties of the office since March, 1877, a period of nearly thirty years. 1906. — November 27th. — Election and initiation of Tom Neale, as Tyler and Serving Brother. 1907. — January 29th. — The Lodge passed a resolution of regret at the retirement of Bro. S. S. Partridge from the office of Deputy Provincial Grand Master. Also congratulations to Bro. E. Holmes on his succeeding to the said office. 1907. — February 26th. — Five guineas voted to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys. 1907.— April JO^/?.— Resolved "That at all meetings of the Lodge the Charity- Box be passed round the Lodge, and the offertory taken be placed at the disposal of the Lodge for charitable purposes." 1907. — June 25th. — Resolution of condolence and sym- pathy with Earl Ferrers, Prov. Gd. Master, on the death of his wife, passed and transmitted to his Lordship. 1907. — September 24th. — The Worshipful Master an- nounced a liberal response by the Brethren to his appeal on behalf of the " Partridge Testimonial "' Fund. 1907. — October 23rd. — The Lodge in mourning on account of the death of Bro. the Hon. Paulyn Hastings, P.M., P.P.S.G.W. A vote of con- dolence passed and transmitted to the family of the deceased Brother. 87 1908. — January 21st. — Five guineas voted to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution. 1908. — September 8th. — Resolved " That every facility in the Lodge's power be afforded to Bro. J. T. Thorp, in the preparation of his " History of the ' Ferrers and Ivanhoe ' Lodge." A full list of all the members of the Lodge for the whole fifty years, as well as the Masters and Wardens for the same period, is given in the Appendix. 88 CHAPTER IV. ^be IRo^al Hrcb in Hsbb^. "St. Hugustiiie's" Cbapter. mo. 779. The Royal Arch in Ashby, as in most other small towns, has had a somewhat chequered career, at one time enjoying considerable prosperity with a constant suc- cession of new members, at another suffering from a lack of interest, and lapsing into comparative stagnation. As an indication of the vicissitudes through which " St. Augustine's " Chapter has passed, it is sufficient to state, that the Minute-book commenced in 1847 has been in use up to the present time, while the Attendance register, which was begun at the same time, will suffice for many more meetings. The Warrant of " St. Augustine's " Chapter No. 779, which is attached to the " Ferrers and Ivanhoe " Lodge, was originally granted to the " John of Gaunt " Lodge No. 766 — now 523 — Leicester, on the petition of the following members of that Lodge, \iz. : — \Yilliam Kelly as Z., Edmund Robert Crouch as H., William Williamson as J., Earl Howe, Sir F. G. Fowke, Bart., Rev. Octavius F. Owen, Richard Allen, William Turner and Richard Leyburn Burn. The Warrant was dated February 3rd, A.L. 5847, A.D. 1847, scarcely twelve months after the issue of the Lodge Warrant, and was signed by Zetland Z., Yarborough H., Rowland Alston J., William H. White E. and John McMullen X. 89 Although the Warrant was dated February, 1847, the Chapter was not consecrated for nearly five months, the delay being probably due to the difficulty of obtaining the services of a competent Companion to perform the ceremony. The Warrant was subsequently endorsed as follows : — "The within-named Chapter was consecrated with solemn ceremonies on Thursday, 24th June, 1847, by Companion John Savage (No. 25), P.Z. 7 and 206, and Vice-President of the Board of General Purposes, assisted by Companion William Kelly, P.Z. 348, and Companion Thomas Brook Miller, P.Z. 348. John Savage, P.Z. 7 and 206. William Kelly, P.Z. 348. T. B. Miller, P.Z. 348." The first Principals of the Chapter were Wm. Kelly, E. R. Crouch and Wm. Williamson, followed in 1848 by Sir F. G. Fowke, Richd. Allen and Hy. Harding. In spite, however, of the Chapter being ruled by such distinguished and enthusiastic Companions, who would reasonably be expected to command success, it did not receive the support hoped for by the founders, and it soon became evident, that there was not room for two Chapters to work side by side in Leicester, with any assurance of the prosperity of each. As early as the year 1853 the Prov. Gd. Superintendent, Sir F. G. Fowke, recommended the amalgamation of the two Chapters, and on November 21st of that year the Chapter of " Fortitude" attached to "St. John's" Lodge appointed a Committee to discuss the matter with the members of "St. Augustine's." The consideration of the subject was renewed from time to time, until, in go 1856, a union having been arranged, the whole of the Companions belonging to " St. Augustine's " Chapter were elected joining members of the Chapter of " Fortitude," and for about three years the minutes were headed " The United Chapters of ' Fortitude ' and ' St. Augustine ' attached to 'St. John's' Lodge No. 348." The Dispensation approving the amalgamation, dated April 22nd, 1856, and signed by Sir F. G. Fowke, Prov. Gd. Supt., is still preserved in the minute-book of the Chapter of " Fortitude." Part of the furniture, etc., belonging to "St. Augustine's" was thereupon transferred to the older Chapter, and the surplus robes, etc., were eventually disposed of in 1865, for the sum of twelve pounds, to the members of a newly-formed Chapter at Truro. On the resuscitation of the "Knights of Malta" Lodge in Hinckley in 1858, it was hoped that "St. Augustine's " Chapter would be attached thereto, it being deemed undesirable that the Wairant should leave the Province. Efforts made with this object in vie^- did not prove successful, and another year passed, during which the arrangements for the establishment of a Lodge in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, which had been in hand for some time, were brought to a successful issue by the grant of a Warrant for the "Ferrers and Ivanhoe" Lodge. The opportunity of securing a Warrant for a ko3-al Arch Chapter in addition to the Lodge Warrant, was eagerly seized by the Ashby Brethren, and at the first meeting of the Lodge for work, on April 15th, 1859, it was unanimously resolved to accept the transfer of the ^^^arra^t of " St. Augustine's " Chapter, and attach it to the " Ferrers and Ivanhoe " Lodge, This transfer was also approved by the continuing members of " St. 91 Augustine's " Chapter, by the members of the " John of Gaunt" Lodge and by the Supreme Grand Chapter, whereupon the Warrant was endorsed — " Upon the Petition of the Members of the Saint Augustine's Chapter No. 765, held at Leicester, and with the consent of the John of Gaunt Lodge No. 766, the concurrence of the Ferrers and Ivanhoe Lodge No. 1081, held at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and the sanction of the Grand Superintendent of the Province, the Supreme Grand Chapter has granted permission for the Saint Augustine's Chapter to be henceforth attached to the Ferrers and Ivanhoe Lodge No. 1081. Free Masons Hall, London, 3rd August, 1859. Wm. Gray Clarke, E." Thus ended the connection of " St. Augustine's " Chapter with the town of Leicester, after a fitful career of twelve years. The time and- attention of the Ashby Brethren were apparently fully occupied for some time in establishing and consolidating the Lodge, so that for a period of four years no attempt was made to commence working the Royal Arch. At length, on April 14th, 1863, the Brethren of the "Ferrers and Ivanhoe" Lodge, who were Royal Arch Masons, met at the Town Hall under the presidency of Com p. Wm. Kelly, and elected the follow- ing as Principals for the ensuing year, viz.: — Wm. Kelly as Z., John Redfern as H., and T. H. Bobart as J. During the next succeeding five years the Degree made little or no progress, very few meetings being held during that period. Comp. Wm. Kelly officiated as First Principal on each occasion and the Principals elect were always installed in the Chapter of "Fortitude," Leicester. 92 On the installation of Comp. Rev. John Denton as First Principal on May 21st, 1869, matters improved somewhat, as he brought to the affairs of the Chapter the same zeal and energy which characterised his work in the Lodge. The enthusiasm, however, was only short-lived, for in the succeeding seven years — 1870 to 1876 — meet- ings were very rarely held, although in 1872 Earl Ferrers joined the Chapter and was elected Principal Sojourner. From 1877 onwards the Chapter has held its meetings much more regularly, although the attendance, except on special occasions, has never exceeded ten or twelve members. The ceremonies, nevertheless, have been con- tinuously worked by the local Companions, without any but occasional assistance from Leicester, and at the present time, the Chapter, although a small one of only twenty- six members, possesses officers fully competent to work the beautiful Royal Arch ceremony, and Principals or Past Principals who at every exaltation can impressively render the Lectures appropriated to each of the chairs. May the present prosperity long continue ! A list of the Principals of " St. Augustine's " Chapter from 1847 to the present time is given in the Appendix. 93 Hppenbiy. Zbc "3\)anboe" Xo&oe, IRo. 631. LIST OF MEMBERS. Edward Mammatt, Gent? , Ashby, 446 Repton •George Muoliston, 446 Repton •Rowland Ordish •Leonard Piddocke, Attorney, 315 Derby Robert Chaplin, Architect, Ashby, 446 Repton \ Nicholas Wm. Ingle, Surgeon, Ashby, 446 Repton Rev. Thomas Carson, Clergyman Francis Piddocke, Attorney, Ashby, 446 Repton Peter Fearnhead, Attorney, Ashby, 576 Nottingham Richard Warner, Schoolmaster, 348 Leicester John BuUer, Gent? , Ashby, 221 Bristol Francis Roulstone Tunnicliffe, Gent? , Ashby " Thomas Cape, Mercer, Ashby William Henry Woodhouse, Gent"? , Ashby Henry Pilkington, Gent? , Ashby Samuel Beadsmore, Printer, Ashby •Benjamin Broadhurst, Ashby (Serving Brother) .. •John Mammatt, Gent? , Ashby, 446 Repton Henry C. Dewes, Grocer, Ashby, 315 Derby •Rev. John Heyrick Macaulay, Repton, 446 Repton •Edward B. Knight, Coleorton Thomas Smith Kirkland, Surgeon, Ashby, 348 Leicester John Buller, Jun' , Gent? , Ashby Alfred M. White, Gent? , Ashby Thomas Bradford, Plumber, Ashby, 446 Repton ♦George Land, Ashby (Serving Brother) William Wright, Mercer, Ashby •Mark Snelson, Ashby, 446 Repton •Thomas Samuel Shaw, Farmer, Harley Hall •George Fowler, Gent? , Ashby •Andrew Murcott, Wine Merchant, Hinckley •Capt. Wm Heyrick Macaulay, Madras Army Perry Dicken, Surgeon, Ashby •Joseph Boyer, Swepstone •Charles Nevill, Farmer, Cauldwell Founder Joined Initiated Joined Initiated Joined Initiated Joined Initiated May 30th, 1836 May 30th, 1836 June 13th, 183& June 28th, 1836 Sep. 2Sth, 1836 Dec. 27th, 1836 Mch. i6th, 1837 Dec. 14th, 1837 Jany. 17th, 1838 Feb. 15th, 1838 Mch. 2ist, 1839 Jany. i6th, 1840 Dec. loth, 1840 Mch. 26th, 1841 The Brethren whose names are marked with *, were never registered in the books of the Grand Lodge as members of the "Ivanhoe " Lodge. 94 "Jferrers ant) 3vanboe" XoDge, mo. 779. LIST OF MEMBERS, With Date of Initiation or Joining. F. Founder. /. Joining Member. Names in italics are those of present Members. J. Abney, W. W 1859 /. Adlington, Jon. Wm. ... 1862 Alcock, Wm 1867 Alcock, Wm. Barrs ... ... 1875 Aldam, Wm. Edwin ... ... 1875 /. Allm, Walter ^tott 1871 Arnold, Geo. ... ... .. 1869 /. Arnold, Robt. 1865 ]. Atkinson y Sa/nl. Ernest ... 1906 Balmforth, A If. • 1873 Beard, John . 1863 Beck, Thos . 1878 / Bellamy, R. R. . 1880 Bindley, Jno. Riles • 1859 F. Bithrey, Wm. Sylvester • 1859 Blakiston, Wm. Edwd. . 1866 Blood, Hy., Jun'. . 1868 F. Bobart, Hy. T ■ 1859 F. Bobart, T. H • 1859 Bobart, Wm. Matthews • 1859 J- Boden, Fras. Gardiner ■ 1879 /. Brend, Fred. Wm . 1894 Brown, Geo. Fowler ■ 1859 Brown, Hy . 1887 J- Buck, Alphseus B ■ 1895 J- Bull, Geo. Jas. C . 1887 Bullen, Ebenezer . 1878 J- Bullen, Geo . 1 886 Burkitt, Geo. Ormesby . 1890 Burkitt, Jno. CoUey Smyth .. . 1889 Campion, Rowland 1873 Canner, Jas. (Tyler) ... ... 1872 Canner, Wm. (Tyler) ... 1859 /. Carnley, Walter F 1893 J. Carson, Hy. ... ... ... 1859 Chamberlain, E. J. M. ... 1878 Champion, Francis B. ... 1888 Champion, Jno. Robt. ... ... 1896 Chaplin, Clifford W. ... 1865 Cliarringion, Francis ... 1882 /. Cockin, T. A 1863 Colton, Wm. ... 1875 Cooper, Ar. Edwd i88g /. Cooper, Wm. Field 1881 Croits, Alf 1868 Crofts, Wm. Carrick ... 1863 Cruttenden, John ... ... 1875 /. Cuyler, Rev. F. S 1874 Dalgleish, Richd. ... ... 1872 Danbury, Rev. J. W. S. J. ... 1890 Daniel, John Read 1872 Denton, Rev. John 1859 Dewes, Geo 1873 Dewes, Hy 1869 /. Dewes, Wm. P. 1877 /. Dicken, Perry ... ... ... 1859 Diinstan, M. E. G 1905 Eley. Alf 1876 /. Eley, Arthur 1875 /. Evans, Rev. C. W. L. ... I894 Evatt, John Green 1874 Farmer, Geo. ... ... ... 1890 Faulkner, Edwin 1868 Ferrers. Earl ... ... ... 1869 /. Field, David 1875 Ford, If y. John ... ... igo6 Fowler, Geo 1866 /. Gardiner, Rev. G. E. ... 1870 Gardner, Robt. Hy 1898 J. Garnar, Jno. Hy 1867 Garratt, Chas. Thos. ... ... 1892 Gassiott, Fred. S 1864 German, Geo. ... 1877 German, Geo., Jun^ 1892 German, Harry ... ... 1894 Goodman, John ..^ ... 1859 F. Goodyer, Fred. 1859 95 Hall, W. A. Fitzwilliam ... iS8o Hallett, N. J. Hughes ... 1881 J. Halliday, Thos 1885 Hamp, Francis 1859 Hasscill.Jolm 1875 Hassall, Harry Stuart ... 1902 Hastings, Hon. PaulynF.C. A. 1884 J. Hawkins, Chas. T 1859 /. Heward, Thos. H 1883 ]. Houghton, Lambert 1887 Hurst, David 1876 Ison, Chas. Fred 1888 Ison, Edwd 1863 James, Alf. ... ... ... 1904 Jennings, WaliefE. ... ... 1903 J eison, John Fisher ... ... 1905 Jesson.Thos 1883 Johnson, C. J. B 1876 Johnson, S. Ebenezer ... ... 1868 /. Johnson, Wm. ... ... 1876 J. Jones, Jno. Thos, 1872 Joyce, Sherard ... ... ... 1899 Joyce, Thos 1864 Joyce, Wm. ... ... ... 1880 /, Keates, Richd. Porter ... 1890 /. Knight, E. Forster 1900 J. Kyle, Wm 1892 /. Lawton, Robt 1905 Lewin, Alf. ... ... ... 1869 Lewis, CJias. Jno. ... ... 1897 J. Lewis, Hy. .. ... ... i855 Lewis, Richd. Geo 1869 Lloyd, Rev. L. W 1891 Louch, Edwd. (Tyler) ... 1876 Love, SamI 1859 Mack, Rev. T. H. 1908 F. Mammatt, Edwd 1859 Maramatt, Edwd. Fred. ... 1862 M and er, Percy Geo 1906 J. Martin, Geo 1904 F, Mason, Wm 1859 Mellor, P. H 1904 Metcalf, Jno. Wm 1892 F. Millican, Wm. 1859 J. Mitchell, Geo. J 1864 J. Moore, Rev. Chas. Thos. ... 1901 Moore, Gerald Hy 1903 /. Morris, Trevor 1864 Morris, Trevor, M.D. ... 1870 Musson, Edwin Frank ... 1882 Musson, Wm. Alf. 1877 • Murton, Geo 1884 Ncale, Tom (Tyler) Orchard, Geo. Dean J. Outram, Jos. 1906 1886 1861 Padvvick, Wm. Guy ... ... 1876 Partriiige, Robt. Wilson ... 1901 J- Peahe, Hy. Johnstone ... ... 1889 Preston, Benj. Brown ... 1873 Price, Jno ... 1888 Pringle, J. C. R. D. W. ... 1884 Quarrell, Wm. Hy. ... ... 1893 Radford, Hy. Bowyer ... 1863 Ragg, Wm ... 1890 F. Redfern, John ... 1859 Richardson, Jno. W. ... ... 1886 Ridgway, Edwd. C. ... ... 1863 J- Robinson, Harold P. ... ... 1888 Robinson, Richd. ... 1875 Scott, Richd ... 1877 J- Shaw, Jas ... 1872 J- Shelton, Geo. Eric ... 1908 Shields, Jno. G. ... 1891 Sirapkin, Edwd. ... 1S80 Singlehurst, Wm. Edwd. ... 1889 .Slater, Wm Marshall ... 1902 Smith, Hy. Etherington ... 1861 Smith, Rev. Saml. ... I863 Snelson, Jos. Halford ... 1861 Spencer, Geo. ... 1893 St. Aubyn, Jas. Piers... ... i860 Stevenson, Hy. ... 1875 J- Stokes, Thos. ... 1867 F. Stone, Richd ... 1859 J- Strong, Rev. Robt. ... ... i860 Taggert, Thos. B. ... 1866 J. Taverner, Geo. Alex. ... ... 1875 Taylor, Jno. Money ... ... 1903 J- Thompson, Thos. Wm. ... 1903 Thomson, Edmund Jno. ... 1882 Thomson, Jos. Dawson ... 1878 J- Timms, Alfd. Hy. ... 1896 Timms, Jno ... 1863 Tucker, Hy. ... igo6 J- Tuckfield, Jos. ... 1881 J- Turner, Jno ... 1890 Vinrace, Jas ... 1864 F . Warner, Richd ... 1859 Webb, Jacob ... 1874 Whitmore, Fred. J. ... ... 1902 /. Wilkins, Wm. ... 96 Williams, Chas, Robt. Williams, Geo. Williscroft, Thos. Wood, Rev. R. A. 1883 1878 1890 1875 Woodward, Wm 1859 Woolley, Hy. Slater ... i886 Wootten, John 1886 Wright, Jno. B 1892 SUMMARY OF MEMBERS, 1859-1909, Founders Initiates Joining Members Total Remaining on the Roll in 1909 10 125 51 42 m<¥^-^ 97 PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF THE Jferrers an& 3v)anboe" Xo^ge, 1859-1909. WORSHIPFUL MASTER. 1859 Edwd. Mammatt i860 T. H. Bobart 1861 Wm. Mason 1862' Rev. John Denton, M. A. 1863 Rev. John Denton, M.A. 1864 G. F. Brown ■ 1865 H. E. Smith 1866 Saml. Love 1867 W. C. Crofts, M.D. 1868 Rev. S. Smith, d.d. i86g E. F. Mammatt 1870 Earl Ferrers 1871 J. H. Garnar 187Z Edwd. Ison 1873 Edwin Faulkner 1874 Hy. Blood, Jun. 1875 S. E. Johnson 1876 Walter S. Allen 1877 Richd. Dalgleish 1878 Alfd. Balmforth 1879 George Dewes i88o Jacob Webb 1881 Alfd. Lewin 1882 John Hassall 1883 W. A. Musson 1884 W. A. Musson 1885 E. BuUen i885 Edwd. Simpkin 1887 Francis G. Boden 1888 E. J. Thompson 1889 C. R. Williams, m.b. 1890 Thos. Jesson 1891 Hon. Paulyn Hastings 1892 G. D. Orchard 1893 John Price SENIOR WARDEK. Richard Warner Wm. Mason Rev. John Denton, M. a. P. Dicken H. E. Smith Francis Hamp W. C. Crofts Rev. S. Smith, d.d. John Beard E. F. Mammatt Earl Feri'ers J. H. Garnar Edwd. Ison Edwin Faulkner Hy. Blood, Jun. S. E. Johnson Walter S. Allen Richd. Dalgleish Alfd. Balmforth George Dewes Jacob Webb Alfd. Lewin John Hassall W. A, Musson R. R. Bellamy E. Bullen Edwd. Simpkin Francis G. Boden E. J. Thompson C. R. Williams Thos. Jesson Hon. Paulyn Hastings G. D. Orchard John Price John Turner JUNIOR WARDEN. T. K. Bobart H. T. Bobart G. F. Brown Saml. Love W, M. Bobart W. Carrick Crofts John Beard E. F. Mammatt E. F. Mammatt Edwd. Ison J. H. Garnar Edwin Faulkner Edwin Faulkner Hy. Blood, Jun. S. E. Johnson Walters, Allen Richd. Dalgleish Alfd. Balmforth George Dewes Jacob Webb Alfd. Lewin John Hassall W. A. Musson R. R. Bellamy Ebenerer Bullen Edwd. Simpkin Francis G. Boden E. J. Thompson C. R.- Williams Thos. Jesson Hon. I'aulyn Hastings G. D. Orchard John Price John Turner H. J. Peake gS WORSHIPFUL MASTER. 1894 John Turner 1895 J. C. S. Burkitt 1896 R. Porter Keates 1897 T. Williscroft 1898 Geo. Farmer 1899 Rev L. W. Lloyd igoo W. H. Quarrell 1901 Geo. Bullen 1902 , Major G. German 1903 C. J. Lewis 1904 S. Joyce 1905 Rev. C. T. Moore .1906 Rev. C. T. Moore 1907 H. S. Hassall igo8 W. E. Jennings SENIOR WARDEN. H. J. Peake R. Porter Keates T. Williscroft Geo. Farmer Rev. L. W. Lloyd W. H. Quarrell Geo. Bullen Capt. Geo. German F. W, Brend S. Joyce Rev. C. T. Moore H. S. Hassall H. S. Hassall C. J. Lewis, P.M. P. H. Mellor JUNIOR WARDEN. J. C. S. Burkitt T. Williscroft Geo. Farmer Rev. L. W. Lloyd W. H. Quarrell Capt. Geo. German Capt. Geo. German F. W. Brend C. J. Lewis Rev. C. T. Moore F. J. Whitmore J. Money Taylor J . Money Taylor W. E. Jennings J. F. Jesson 99 "St. augustine's" 1R.H. Cbapter. PRESIDING PRINCIPALS. 1ST PRINCIPAL. 2ND PRINCIPAL. 3RD PRINCIPAL. 1847 Wm. Kelly E. R. Crouch Wm. Williamson 1848 Sir F. G. Fowke Richd. Allen Hy. Harding 1849 Sir F. G. Fowke Richd. Allen Thos. Cooper 1850 Richd. Allen Thos. Cooper Hy. Kinton ,1852 Earl Howe Hy. Kinton Edwin Clephan 1855 Hy. Kinton Edwin Clephan Wm. Hardy 1863 Wm. Kelly Jno. Redfern T. H. Bobart 1864 Jno. Redfern T. H. Bobart Rev. Jno. Denton 1865 T. H. Bobart Rev. Jno. Denton G. F. Brown 1869 Rev. John Denton G. F. Brown H. E. Smith 1870 G. F. Brown H. E. Smith Saml. Love 1872 H. E. Smith Saml. Love E. F. Mammatt 1875 Saml. Love E. F. Mammatt W. C. Crofts 1877 E. F. Mammatt W. C. Crofts E. Faulkner 1878 W. C. Crofts E. Faulkner W. S. Allen 1879 E. Faulkner W. S. Allen Hy. Blood, Jun. 1880 W. S. Allen Hy. Blood, Jun. S. E. Johnson I88I Hy. Blood, Jun. S. E. Johnson A. Balmforth 1882 S. E. Johnson A. Ba mforth Thos. Halliday 1883 A. Balmforth Thos. Halliday W. A. Musson 1884 Thos. Halliday W. A. Musson Jno. Hassall 1885 W. A. Musson Jno. Hassall Jos. Tuckfield 1887 Jno. Hassall Jos. Tuckfield E. Simpkin 1888 Jos. Tuckfield E. Simpkin Jacob Webb i88g E. Simpkin Jacob Webb F. G. Boden 1891' Jacob Webb F. G. Boden C. R. Williams 1892 F. G. Boden C. R. Williams Geo. Bullen 1893 C. R. Williams Geo. Bullen Thos. Stacey 1894 Geo. Bullen Thos. Stacey R. P. Keates 1895 W. A. Musson R. P. Keates Saml. Morley 1896 R. P. Keates Saml. Morley J. C. S. Burkitt ,1897 Saml. Morley J. C. S. Burkitt G. D. Orchard 1898 J. C. S. Burkitt G. D. Orchard W. F. Carnley 1900 G. D. Orchard W. F. Carnley F. W. Brend 1901 W. F. Carnley F. W. Brend W. H. Quarrell 1902 F. W. Brend W. H. Quarrell J. M. Whitehouse 1903 W.. A. Musson J. M. Whitehouse W. D. Stapleford 1904 J. M. Whitehouse W. D Stapleford F. W. Breiid 1905 W. A. Musson J. M. Whitehouse Rev. C. T. Moore 1906 W. A. Musson Rev. C. T. Moore J. M. Whitehouse IQ07 Rev. C. T. Moore W. A. Musson T. N. Wilson 1908 Rev. C. T. Moore T. N. Wilson S. Joyce & w_ z.-aS