Welcome to the Website of The Royds Lodge
The Royds Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of England was consecrated on Monday 30th December 1867 by V. W. Bro. John Baker, the Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Worcestershire, and entered as number 1204 on the register of the United Grand Lodge of England. The Royds Lodge meets at the Masonic Hall, Malvern, and is in the Masonic Province of Worcestershire.
The Royds Lodge takes its name from Albert Hudson Royds, the Provincial Grand Master of Worcestershire from 1866 to 1878. Albert Hudson Royds' youngest son, Edmund Albert Nuttall Royds, was a founder member of the Lodge and invested as our first Junior Warden in 1867.
We welcome visiting Masons and applications from Masons who wish to join the Lodge. We also welcome expressions of interest from those who wish to learn more about Freemasonry in general, or about The Royds Lodge in particular.
Next Regular Meeting
The next meeting of The Royds Lodge will take place on Thursday 15th October 2009 at 5.45 pm. If you are a Freemason and would like to visit on this occasion, please contact us. [e-Summons Not Yet Published]
Appeal 2011
In 2011, the Anniversary Festival in aid of The Royal Masonic Trust for Boys and Girls will be held in the Province of Worcestershire. The prime objective of the Trust is to support the children of distressed or deceased Freemasons in order to offer them the start in life they would have received had distress not befallen their families.
At the beginning of June 2006, there were 22 beneficiaries within the Province of Worcestershire. These beneficiaries received assistance due to the death, desertion or disability of a parent, with each category bringing its own unique heartbreak and turmoil. In the previous 12 months alone, a total of over £62,000 was expended by the Trust on its beneficiaries from within the Province. Over the previous 5 years, this support amounted to over £313,000. More....
Help us to contribute towards the success of Appeal 2011. If you would like to make a donation, please click here to download a payment and remittance form.
A Worcestershire Freemason may qualify to become a Festival Steward by making a qualifying donation of at least £100 towards the appeal. Their ladies and sons also qualify to become Festival Stewards on making a minimum donation of £50. Those qualifying as Festival Stewards will be entitled to attend the Festival and dine on paying the dining fee. They will also be entitled to apply for a Festival Jewel, and the Ladies a Festival Brooch. The Festival Jewel, based on the family crest of our Provincial Grand Master and the colours of the Royal Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys, can be worn on all Masonic occasions and in all degrees within the Province. More....
Qualified Stewards may wish to become a Vice-Patron, Patron or Grand Patron of the 2011 Festival by paying or promising to pay a minimum of £600 (Vice-Patron), £900 (Patron) or £1,200 (Grand Patron) towards the Festival Appeal. These qualifying amounts include the £100 paid to become a Steward. Ladies and Lewises may obtain Honorific Rank in the Festival for half those amounts shown for Brethren. Lodges may obtain Honorific Ranks in respect of the 2011 Festival Appeal as follows: £5,000 (Subscriber), £10,000 (Vice-Patron), £15,000 (Patron) and £20,000 (Grand Patron).
If you would like to purchase a Festival Jewel, please click here to download an application form. Please hand the completed form to your Charity Steward.
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The Royds Lodge website was approved by the Lodge Committee on Monday 16th October 2006 and by the United Grand Lodge of England on Monday 23rd October 2006. The United Grand Lodge of England issued the website with Charter Mark 06/0230/03.
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