ARMAGH ROYAL ARCH LODGE NO. 623

PRESENTATION JEWEL 1846

CATEGORIES OF JEWELS

      ARMAGH ROYAL ARCH LODGE NO. 623.

PRESENTATION JEWEL 1846

CONTENTS:-

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         1.  DESCRIPTION OF JEWEL.

         2.  DETAILS OF WHEN ARMAGH                ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER No. 623                MEETS.

         3.  ROYAL ARCH SEALS OF OF THE                "LODGE" AND CHAPTER NO. 623.

         4.  "TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF                MASONRY IN THE CITY OF ARMAGH"                By Bro. William Jenkinson, P.M.                Lodge No. 623.                                                       [This Paper was published in the                 Lodge of Research Transaction                 for the Year 1925 and mentions                 R.A.C. no. 623]

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1. DESCRIPTION OF JEWEL.  

OBVERSE OF JEWEL

A Presentation jewel of Royal Arch Lodge No. 623, Armagh.

Under the Arch are the three crowns suspended over Euclid's 47th Proposition. The crowns shown refer to the ritual of the day, when the three ruling officers in the chapter were the three kings of old.

REVERSE OF JEWEL

 The reverse of the Jewel bears the inscription :

"Presented to Brother Peter McInnis 44th Regt. By Freemason Lodge 623 on his removal from this city as a slight tribute of the esteem and respect in which he was held by the Brethern. Armagh 12th Aug. 1846"

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2.  DETAILS OF WHEN ARMAGH ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER No. 623 MEETS.

ARMAGH ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER No. 623 MEETS ON THE 3rd WED. AT 8.00p.m. ON 2,3,10,11&12 AT ARMAGH, COUNTY ARMAGH.  

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         3. ROYAL ARCH SEALS OF OF                  "LODGE" AND CHAPTER                                   NO. 623.

This is a smoke seal of Royal arch Lodge No. 623. Whereas the above Jewel postdates the Chapter joining the Supreme Grand Chapter as late as 1845, it is clear from the Jewel and the above smoke seal that the Royal Arch Degree was being worked under the "sanction" of Lodge No. 623 prior to the formation of the Supreme Grand Chapter in 1829. This is supported by Minutes of Lodge No. 623 of 29th July 1801 which state:-

"Lodge met on the business of the Royal Arch no business being done the Lodge proceeded to give James Kirwan the Degree of an Entred Apprentice and Fellow Craft. Lodge closed in Harmony."

you will note that the design of the smoke seal is identical to the design on the obverse of the Jewel.

Smoke seal of Royal arch Chapter No. 623.

This seal was used when the Chapter was clearly separated from the Craft Lodge. You will note that Euclid's 47th Propositon has been replaced by a Compass and Square over an altar.

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                4.  "TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF                MASONRY IN THE CITY OF ARMAGH"                By Bro. William Jenkinson, P.M.                Lodge No. 623

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