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Centenary Of The Palladian Chapter, No. 120.
CENTENARY OF THE PALLADIAN CHAPTER , No . 120 .
ON Monday afternoon , the 21 st nit ., at the Green Dragon Hote ] Hereford , a convocation of the Palladian Chapter was held , in celebration of the Chapter having recently obtained a Centouarj Warrant of the Supreme Grand Chapter , bearing the signature of the Prince of Wales as First Grand Principal . This rare oceuri ence in the history of Freemasonry brought together a large number of
the members of the Boyal Arch Order , also Visitors from the adjoin . iag counties of Honmoatb , Worcester , Gloucester , Somerset , and Salop . Brother William Margrett , of the Grey Friars' Lodge , and Brother H . J . Gifford , of the Palladian Lodge , were nnanimonsly elected and exalted to the Supreme degree of Boyal Arch Masonry by Comp ,
J . A . White and other Principals . Comp . Captain S . George Homfray P . G . Standard Bearer and P . G . H . Monmouth performed the interesting ; ceremony of presenting the Centenary Warrant on behalf of the Supreme Grand Chapter . fie said he congratulated them npon having proved a hundred years ' uninterrupted service , and he added that tha Warrant boo the
signature of the Prince of Wales 1 st Grand Principal , and the timehonoured names of Comps . Lord Mount Edgonmbe and W . Withers Beech . The Warrant having been received by the S . E . Comp . W . Parlby , Captain Homfray said that on becoming a Freemason they passed throngh the degrees of E . A ., F . C ., and in dne time arrived at the
sublime degree of M . M . ; still they were not in possession of the genuine secrets nntil they joined the sublime degree . The Centenary Warrant wool enable the Chapter to rank amongst the few who had attained this honour , and he trusted that it would be faithfully preserved aud handed down to successors in office pare and unsullied . Comp . J . A . White , the Firsfc Principal of the Palladian Chapter ,
rising to reply said , on behalf of the Principals and Companiona of the Palladian Chapter , that it was with very great pride and pleasure that he accepted the Centenary Warrant . The document or chatter would be most highly prized by the Companions of this Chapter . Companion William Parlby said the pleasing task devolved upon him to submit a few particulars relative to tbe history and growth of the
Palladian Chapter . It was stated in Gould ' s work on the History of Freemasonry , that the earliest Boyal Arch minutes were to bo found among the York records , the degree being traced back to the year 1762 . In lb * county of Hereford Eoyal Arch Masonry might be said to commence from the year 1791 , when the Palladian Chapter came into existence , the Lodge and Chapter taking the name
after Palladio , the famous Italian architect , who was born in the year 1580 , and it might be said to be among the oldest in existence 1 . The minutes of the Chapter , thongh exceedingly meagre in the earlier years of-its history , had bean preserved from 1791 . It , appeared that on 13 th August 1791 , in virtue of a Warrant of Dispensation , a Grand Chapter of Eojal Arch Masons was held in
this City , when M . E . Companion Thomas Callender was appointed Deputy Grand Superintendent for the County of Hereford . Thomas Dunokerley , who was designated in the minutes as G . Superintendent , was not only Provincial Grand Superintendent of Boyal Arch Masous for the County of Hereford , bnt Provincial Grand Superintendent for the City and County of Bristol , and numerous other counties ,
and , at the same time , Provincial Grand Master in eight Provinces . In Sadler ' s " Life of Dunokerley " it is stated that at the time of his appointment ( 1790 ) there was only one Lodge in the whole oonuty of Hereford to occupy his attention , and that was the Palladian . At tha present time there are five Lodges . The same authority states that on 28 th January 1791 , a Lodge was constituted at Kington , but it
did not appear to have long survived , as the Warrant was soon after transferred to Ludlow , and the title changed to that of the Mercian Lodge . Here it continued for some years , but was finally erased in 1832 . Tha same authority states that in 1793 Dunokerley applied for a Warrant of Constitution for the Boyal Edward Lodge to be held at Leominster , whioh continued for a time to nourish , when it
was erased by Grand Lodge . In both these Herefordshire towns , however , Masonry has since revived . Under date 7 th February 1792 , the following entry occurs in the minute book of the Chapter : — " By virtue of a Warrant of Dispensation for holding a Boyal Arch Chapter ( under the denomination of the Palladian Chapter ) , granted by Thomas Dunokerley , Esq ., Grand
Superintendent , the Companions assembled this day and exalted Brother William Thomas , and the Exaltation being completed , the Most Excellent Z . moved that the blank left in the Warrant of Constitution for the days on whioh thia Chapter should in future meet , should be thus filled up , as follows , viz .: That the next meeting be on the 21 st instant , and the future meetings on the 3 rd Tuesday
in every month from that date . This motion was pat in due form and unanimously approved . Most Excellent Z . then moved that 15 s per annum be paid by each Companion as a subscription fee , which being seconded and put in due form , was nnanimonsly approve . ! . " The original Charter contained the names of the Bev . Bichard Underwood , Mr . Eobert Phillip , and the Eev . Thomas Kidley , who were tbe
first respective Principals of the Chapter , and ia dated 14 th August . In the first instance , and indeed for many years , the regular Con . vocations of the Chapter were held at the Bowling Green Tavern . From time to time , brethren connected with the Palladian , Silurian , Boyal Edward , Vitrnvian , and Eastnor Lodge , in the county , and also brethren from the Masonic Lodges of Gloucester and Worcester had been exalted to the Supreme Degree of Eoyal Arch Masonry iu the
Chapter . That virtue , so truly characteristic of a Eoyal Arch Mason's heart—Charity—had beon a moving principle in the Chapter from the first . In 1808 a sum of £ 15 was voted to tbe widow of a Companion . At the Chapter held on tbe 15 th of February 1814 , it was ordered that £ 5 should be * presented to Companion John Cann , who bad broken his ~ leg by a fall in the late severe weather . In 1816 a Chapter of Emergency was convened for 13 th March for the pur-
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pose of celebrating the seventy-second anniversary of the Eeverend Richard Underwood , who , it was recorded , desired to be discontinued a member of the Chapter , after having filled the office of First Principal for nearly twenty-five years . As an instance of the largeheartedness and generosity of the Companions , he might mention tho following incident which was recorded iu the minutes about this
time . After tne conclusion of the formal business of the Chapter , the Janitor requested that he might be allowed to introduce his daughter for the purpose of affording tho Companions a little music upon tho harp , and it was recorded that the performance proved so highly entertaining that in order to encourage the young lady to farther progress , the Companions present subscribed the sum of
£ 15 17 s 6 d to enable her to purchase the instrument . An incident of another kind might be narrated as indicating that the Principals were wishful to maintain a becoming dignity in the ceremonial of the Chapter . Iu 1819 an inventory was made of the articles belonging to the Chapter , and it was ordered " that three proper caps or head dresses be procured for the three Principals , as used in the Chapters
in London , and also tho same for the Scribes . By reference to the historical work he had alluded to he found that on 18 th March 1817 , the two Grand Chapters amalgamated under the title of the United Grand Chapter of Eoyal Arch Masons of England . Hence very soon after—in 1821—a new Charter was granted by the Grand Chapter to the Palladian Chapter . The Warrant was an interesting document ,
being the Charter of their privileges , and should be perused by every Companion . Having carefully compared the two Charters , he found there was a slight alteration in the wording of the 1821 Charter as compared with that of 1791 . In the first Charter tbe object of the Companions was described as " to extend their aid to and promote the happiness of every terrestrial being and link mankind together
by inVsoMnble Bonds of Friendship , Peace , and Love . " In the second Giui-mr the object was describe J aa " to extend their aid to and promote the happiness of all onr Brethren and link mankind together by indissoluble Bonds of Friendship , Peace , and Harmony . " The following incident ought not to be overlooked , as by it they became acquainted with the origin of one of the indispensable
initruments possessed by the Chapter ;— "In the year 1823 Companion John Allen , Jun ., presented as his parting gift to the Companions , a black hilted sword and sheath for the use of the Janitors . " In 1833 , Companion Bird was elected to the office of First Principal of the Chapter , nnd again in the year 1834 that same distinguished Companion appeared to have attended the Chapter in
the capacity of Grand Superintendent of Eoyal Arch Masons for the county . In the samo year ( 1834 ) the kindly feeling of the Companions manifested itself by the presentation of a silver cup to Companion Jas . Maddy for services rendered to the Chapter for a period of thirty years . The year 1834 seems to have been an important one in the history of the Chapter , not only because of the incidents mentioned
but also on account of the exultation of a brother as a complimont or mark of respect . In the year Mr . Radford was unanimously elected and duly exalted a member of the Chapter as a compliment to him in consequence of his exe-Hona for the good of his fellow citizens in erecting au iron foundry iu tho city . The first efcone of the building was laid in Masonio order on 11 th June 1834 . Daring this year the
Chapter ordered thnt all Institutions rotative to the regulations of Boyal Arch Masons received from the Grand Chapter be entered in a book provided for that purpose , and the letters conveying any such orders or regulations ba kept and numbered for reference , but the book did not appear to be in evidence . The Chapter began to hold its convocations in the Green Dragon
Hotel in 1837 . The follow ing year the Principals of the Chapter were deputed to meet the Officers of the Palladian Lodge to make arrangements for a procession at the celebration of the Coronation of the Queen , on 28 th June . In 1844 Mr . Thomas Duokham was elected and exalted in the Chapter , and he thought that Mr . Duckham was the oldest Boyal Arch Mad ^ u in Hereford , who was at one time
connected with the Eoyal Arch Chapter . In 1859 Mr . Henry Clarkson was also elected and exalted . Each of these Companions eventually filled the ohair of the First Principal . In the year 1860 the present E . W . Deputy Prov . Grand Master for Herefordshire , Comp . S . H . Piper , was elected a member of the Chapter . In the same year the Bev . Eichard Lano Freer , D . D ., Archdeacon of
Hereford , became a joining member . In 1863 the snm of £ 10 was subscribed towards the memorial window placed in the Hereford Cathedral to his memory . Iu the year 1864 the then E . W . P . Grand Master of Herefordshire , the Eov . Dr . Bowles , waa elected a Companion of the Chapter . Companion Shellard P . Z . P . P . S . G . W ., the esteemed Treasurer of this Chapter , was exalted in the year 1864 .
In 1870 the Eev . Dr . Bowles P . Z . communicated to the Chapter the fact of his having been appointed Provincial Grand Superintendent , the patent of his appointment being read in open Chapter . In 1873 a Committee was appointed to revise the byelaws , and in 1875 the thanks of the Chapter werj accorded to Companion Burville for his lengthened services as Scribe E . In 1873 tbe
Rev . Dr . Bowles Provincial Grand Superintendent P . Z ., owing to tbe infirmities of age , retired from active membership . In the year 1876 the Eev . J . Buckle , the First Principal , present © 1 a beautiful banner to the Companions , depicting the "Triple Tan . " Upon the decease of Dr . Bowles , 1879 , the Companions passed a reiolation recording their sense of the great loss the Chapter had sustained by going into
Masonio mourning for the remainder of tho year . In 1882 Sir Joseph E . Bailey was elected as joining mamber of this Chapter , and in 1887 the Eev . Eichard Evans was appointed an Assistant Grand Sojourner of Supreme Grand Chapter . In 1888 , 1889 , and 1890 , ; the byelaws of this Chapter were under revision , and were confirmed as they now stand on 20-h November 1890 . In 1891 a correspondence w is
opened by the Chapter with the Chapters of Shropshire , with tho view of au association of the Chapters of Shropshire and Herefordshire , in order to form a Provincial Grand Chapter , bnt without success . The total number of subscribing members now connected with the Chapter waa 36 . This year , as our proceedings testified , would be considered one of the most important in the history of the
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Centenary Of The Palladian Chapter, No. 120.
CENTENARY OF THE PALLADIAN CHAPTER , No . 120 .
ON Monday afternoon , the 21 st nit ., at the Green Dragon Hote ] Hereford , a convocation of the Palladian Chapter was held , in celebration of the Chapter having recently obtained a Centouarj Warrant of the Supreme Grand Chapter , bearing the signature of the Prince of Wales as First Grand Principal . This rare oceuri ence in the history of Freemasonry brought together a large number of
the members of the Boyal Arch Order , also Visitors from the adjoin . iag counties of Honmoatb , Worcester , Gloucester , Somerset , and Salop . Brother William Margrett , of the Grey Friars' Lodge , and Brother H . J . Gifford , of the Palladian Lodge , were nnanimonsly elected and exalted to the Supreme degree of Boyal Arch Masonry by Comp ,
J . A . White and other Principals . Comp . Captain S . George Homfray P . G . Standard Bearer and P . G . H . Monmouth performed the interesting ; ceremony of presenting the Centenary Warrant on behalf of the Supreme Grand Chapter . fie said he congratulated them npon having proved a hundred years ' uninterrupted service , and he added that tha Warrant boo the
signature of the Prince of Wales 1 st Grand Principal , and the timehonoured names of Comps . Lord Mount Edgonmbe and W . Withers Beech . The Warrant having been received by the S . E . Comp . W . Parlby , Captain Homfray said that on becoming a Freemason they passed throngh the degrees of E . A ., F . C ., and in dne time arrived at the
sublime degree of M . M . ; still they were not in possession of the genuine secrets nntil they joined the sublime degree . The Centenary Warrant wool enable the Chapter to rank amongst the few who had attained this honour , and he trusted that it would be faithfully preserved aud handed down to successors in office pare and unsullied . Comp . J . A . White , the Firsfc Principal of the Palladian Chapter ,
rising to reply said , on behalf of the Principals and Companiona of the Palladian Chapter , that it was with very great pride and pleasure that he accepted the Centenary Warrant . The document or chatter would be most highly prized by the Companions of this Chapter . Companion William Parlby said the pleasing task devolved upon him to submit a few particulars relative to tbe history and growth of the
Palladian Chapter . It was stated in Gould ' s work on the History of Freemasonry , that the earliest Boyal Arch minutes were to bo found among the York records , the degree being traced back to the year 1762 . In lb * county of Hereford Eoyal Arch Masonry might be said to commence from the year 1791 , when the Palladian Chapter came into existence , the Lodge and Chapter taking the name
after Palladio , the famous Italian architect , who was born in the year 1580 , and it might be said to be among the oldest in existence 1 . The minutes of the Chapter , thongh exceedingly meagre in the earlier years of-its history , had bean preserved from 1791 . It , appeared that on 13 th August 1791 , in virtue of a Warrant of Dispensation , a Grand Chapter of Eojal Arch Masons was held in
this City , when M . E . Companion Thomas Callender was appointed Deputy Grand Superintendent for the County of Hereford . Thomas Dunokerley , who was designated in the minutes as G . Superintendent , was not only Provincial Grand Superintendent of Boyal Arch Masous for the County of Hereford , bnt Provincial Grand Superintendent for the City and County of Bristol , and numerous other counties ,
and , at the same time , Provincial Grand Master in eight Provinces . In Sadler ' s " Life of Dunokerley " it is stated that at the time of his appointment ( 1790 ) there was only one Lodge in the whole oonuty of Hereford to occupy his attention , and that was the Palladian . At tha present time there are five Lodges . The same authority states that on 28 th January 1791 , a Lodge was constituted at Kington , but it
did not appear to have long survived , as the Warrant was soon after transferred to Ludlow , and the title changed to that of the Mercian Lodge . Here it continued for some years , but was finally erased in 1832 . Tha same authority states that in 1793 Dunokerley applied for a Warrant of Constitution for the Boyal Edward Lodge to be held at Leominster , whioh continued for a time to nourish , when it
was erased by Grand Lodge . In both these Herefordshire towns , however , Masonry has since revived . Under date 7 th February 1792 , the following entry occurs in the minute book of the Chapter : — " By virtue of a Warrant of Dispensation for holding a Boyal Arch Chapter ( under the denomination of the Palladian Chapter ) , granted by Thomas Dunokerley , Esq ., Grand
Superintendent , the Companions assembled this day and exalted Brother William Thomas , and the Exaltation being completed , the Most Excellent Z . moved that the blank left in the Warrant of Constitution for the days on whioh thia Chapter should in future meet , should be thus filled up , as follows , viz .: That the next meeting be on the 21 st instant , and the future meetings on the 3 rd Tuesday
in every month from that date . This motion was pat in due form and unanimously approved . Most Excellent Z . then moved that 15 s per annum be paid by each Companion as a subscription fee , which being seconded and put in due form , was nnanimonsly approve . ! . " The original Charter contained the names of the Bev . Bichard Underwood , Mr . Eobert Phillip , and the Eev . Thomas Kidley , who were tbe
first respective Principals of the Chapter , and ia dated 14 th August . In the first instance , and indeed for many years , the regular Con . vocations of the Chapter were held at the Bowling Green Tavern . From time to time , brethren connected with the Palladian , Silurian , Boyal Edward , Vitrnvian , and Eastnor Lodge , in the county , and also brethren from the Masonic Lodges of Gloucester and Worcester had been exalted to the Supreme Degree of Eoyal Arch Masonry iu the
Chapter . That virtue , so truly characteristic of a Eoyal Arch Mason's heart—Charity—had beon a moving principle in the Chapter from the first . In 1808 a sum of £ 15 was voted to tbe widow of a Companion . At the Chapter held on tbe 15 th of February 1814 , it was ordered that £ 5 should be * presented to Companion John Cann , who bad broken his ~ leg by a fall in the late severe weather . In 1816 a Chapter of Emergency was convened for 13 th March for the pur-
Centenary Of The Palladian Chapter, No. 120.
pose of celebrating the seventy-second anniversary of the Eeverend Richard Underwood , who , it was recorded , desired to be discontinued a member of the Chapter , after having filled the office of First Principal for nearly twenty-five years . As an instance of the largeheartedness and generosity of the Companions , he might mention tho following incident which was recorded iu the minutes about this
time . After tne conclusion of the formal business of the Chapter , the Janitor requested that he might be allowed to introduce his daughter for the purpose of affording tho Companions a little music upon tho harp , and it was recorded that the performance proved so highly entertaining that in order to encourage the young lady to farther progress , the Companions present subscribed the sum of
£ 15 17 s 6 d to enable her to purchase the instrument . An incident of another kind might be narrated as indicating that the Principals were wishful to maintain a becoming dignity in the ceremonial of the Chapter . Iu 1819 an inventory was made of the articles belonging to the Chapter , and it was ordered " that three proper caps or head dresses be procured for the three Principals , as used in the Chapters
in London , and also tho same for the Scribes . By reference to the historical work he had alluded to he found that on 18 th March 1817 , the two Grand Chapters amalgamated under the title of the United Grand Chapter of Eoyal Arch Masons of England . Hence very soon after—in 1821—a new Charter was granted by the Grand Chapter to the Palladian Chapter . The Warrant was an interesting document ,
being the Charter of their privileges , and should be perused by every Companion . Having carefully compared the two Charters , he found there was a slight alteration in the wording of the 1821 Charter as compared with that of 1791 . In the first Charter tbe object of the Companions was described as " to extend their aid to and promote the happiness of every terrestrial being and link mankind together
by inVsoMnble Bonds of Friendship , Peace , and Love . " In the second Giui-mr the object was describe J aa " to extend their aid to and promote the happiness of all onr Brethren and link mankind together by indissoluble Bonds of Friendship , Peace , and Harmony . " The following incident ought not to be overlooked , as by it they became acquainted with the origin of one of the indispensable
initruments possessed by the Chapter ;— "In the year 1823 Companion John Allen , Jun ., presented as his parting gift to the Companions , a black hilted sword and sheath for the use of the Janitors . " In 1833 , Companion Bird was elected to the office of First Principal of the Chapter , nnd again in the year 1834 that same distinguished Companion appeared to have attended the Chapter in
the capacity of Grand Superintendent of Eoyal Arch Masons for the county . In the samo year ( 1834 ) the kindly feeling of the Companions manifested itself by the presentation of a silver cup to Companion Jas . Maddy for services rendered to the Chapter for a period of thirty years . The year 1834 seems to have been an important one in the history of the Chapter , not only because of the incidents mentioned
but also on account of the exultation of a brother as a complimont or mark of respect . In the year Mr . Radford was unanimously elected and duly exalted a member of the Chapter as a compliment to him in consequence of his exe-Hona for the good of his fellow citizens in erecting au iron foundry iu tho city . The first efcone of the building was laid in Masonio order on 11 th June 1834 . Daring this year the
Chapter ordered thnt all Institutions rotative to the regulations of Boyal Arch Masons received from the Grand Chapter be entered in a book provided for that purpose , and the letters conveying any such orders or regulations ba kept and numbered for reference , but the book did not appear to be in evidence . The Chapter began to hold its convocations in the Green Dragon
Hotel in 1837 . The follow ing year the Principals of the Chapter were deputed to meet the Officers of the Palladian Lodge to make arrangements for a procession at the celebration of the Coronation of the Queen , on 28 th June . In 1844 Mr . Thomas Duokham was elected and exalted in the Chapter , and he thought that Mr . Duckham was the oldest Boyal Arch Mad ^ u in Hereford , who was at one time
connected with the Eoyal Arch Chapter . In 1859 Mr . Henry Clarkson was also elected and exalted . Each of these Companions eventually filled the ohair of the First Principal . In the year 1860 the present E . W . Deputy Prov . Grand Master for Herefordshire , Comp . S . H . Piper , was elected a member of the Chapter . In the same year the Bev . Eichard Lano Freer , D . D ., Archdeacon of
Hereford , became a joining member . In 1863 the snm of £ 10 was subscribed towards the memorial window placed in the Hereford Cathedral to his memory . Iu the year 1864 the then E . W . P . Grand Master of Herefordshire , the Eov . Dr . Bowles , waa elected a Companion of the Chapter . Companion Shellard P . Z . P . P . S . G . W ., the esteemed Treasurer of this Chapter , was exalted in the year 1864 .
In 1870 the Eev . Dr . Bowles P . Z . communicated to the Chapter the fact of his having been appointed Provincial Grand Superintendent , the patent of his appointment being read in open Chapter . In 1873 a Committee was appointed to revise the byelaws , and in 1875 the thanks of the Chapter werj accorded to Companion Burville for his lengthened services as Scribe E . In 1873 tbe
Rev . Dr . Bowles Provincial Grand Superintendent P . Z ., owing to tbe infirmities of age , retired from active membership . In the year 1876 the Eev . J . Buckle , the First Principal , present © 1 a beautiful banner to the Companions , depicting the "Triple Tan . " Upon the decease of Dr . Bowles , 1879 , the Companions passed a reiolation recording their sense of the great loss the Chapter had sustained by going into
Masonio mourning for the remainder of tho year . In 1882 Sir Joseph E . Bailey was elected as joining mamber of this Chapter , and in 1887 the Eev . Eichard Evans was appointed an Assistant Grand Sojourner of Supreme Grand Chapter . In 1888 , 1889 , and 1890 , ; the byelaws of this Chapter were under revision , and were confirmed as they now stand on 20-h November 1890 . In 1891 a correspondence w is
opened by the Chapter with the Chapters of Shropshire , with tho view of au association of the Chapters of Shropshire and Herefordshire , in order to form a Provincial Grand Chapter , bnt without success . The total number of subscribing members now connected with the Chapter waa 36 . This year , as our proceedings testified , would be considered one of the most important in the history of the