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RepositoryCheshire Record Office
LevelCollection (Fonds)
ReferenceD 8313
TitleKing's Friends Lodge, No. 293, Nantwich and Lodge No. 543 meeting at the Crown Inn, Nantwich (erased)
Date1792-2012
DescriptionKing's Friends' Lodge: minutes 1798-2012; declaration books 1817-2005 D 8313/14-16; attendance/Tyler's books 1875-2010 D 8313/17-25; committee minutes 1934-1995 D 8313/26-29; accounts 1902-1954 D 8313/32-39 ; annual returns 1885-2001 D 8313/30-31; constitutions 1884 and 1919 D 8313/42-43; photographs and other records 1792-1982; Crown Lodge: minutes 1798-1809 D 8313/48; Acton Masonic Club minutes and visitors' book.
Extent8 boxes
Administrative HistoryKings' Friends was constituted 14 Mar 1793 as Lodge Number 520 at the Provincial Grand Lodge in Chester. The first minute book covering 1793-1798 is missing but the series of minute books is other wise complete. King's Friends' became Number 553 in July 1815. It became Number 370 in Feb 1833 and finally Number 293 in October 1863. King's Friends' Lodge was founded before Crown Lodge but Crown Lodge initially prospered most. Officers of Crown Lodge were involved in the installation of officers of King's Friends in 1798 though these services had previously been refused by King's friends, leading to some ill feeling. The minute book of the Crown Lodge (1794-1809) passed to King's Friends when the "Crown" warrant was transferred elsewhere.
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