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United Grand Lodge Of England.
added that , feeling he had unintentionally occasioned some inconvenience to Bro . Armstrong , he gave him the sum of £ 5 out of his own pocket , although he could not recommend his case to the Lodge of Benevolence . Bro . Armstrong having admitted the truth of these statements , the Board resolved unanimously that , having heard , in the presence of Bro . Armstrong , the reasons assigned by the AV . Bro . AA alker for withholding his support to Bro . Armstrong ' s petitionthey are of opinion he was justified
, in so doing . " * COMMITTEE OF MASTERS , N " ov . 30 . —Present—Brothers Shadbolt , Crucefix , Norris , Philipe , L . Evans , Hobson , Rule . Case of Mrs . Barnett , Widow of the late Rev . Bro . Barnctt , D . P . G . M . for Lincolnshire . —An especial report from the Board of General Purposes , on this case , was read . It stated that the Board had found three precedentswhich enabled them to entertain itvizthat of Mrs
, , ., . Harris , in 1838 ; that of Mrs . AA right , widow of the late Bro . Rodwell AValler AA right , in 1828 ; and that of Mrs . Belzoni , widow of the late celebrated traveller , in 1825 ; the latter only , the Board considered as sufficiently analogous tothe case of Mrs . Barnett , to enable them to enter on the subject .
It appears , from a correspondence with Dr . Barton and the P . G . M ., Bro . 0 . T . D'Eyncourt , that tbe deceased Bro . Barnett formed the first Lodge in Lincolnshire , was appointed S . G . AV . in 1792 , and D . P . G . M . in 1793 , in which office ( excepting the years 1795-6 ) he continued until his decease , in 1 S 33 . In 1820 , a piece of plate was presented to him , as a small token of his great services . He had not been returned as a subscribing member
since 1815 , by reason that , having removed , there was no Lodge in his immediate nei ghbourhood . He left property to the amount of only £ 600 , divisible into three shares , viz ., to his wife and two daughters . The interest of two shares produces £ 20 per annum for the widow , now in her ei ghty-third year , and one daughter . That , until the , year 1840 , Mrs . Barnett was materially assisted by her son-in-lawMr . Fordwho died at that timein indifferent
circum-, , , stances That , the high rank held b y her deceased husband in the Craft , prevented her from seeking public aid from the Fund of Benevolence , until now—prompted by the direst necessity . And lastly , that a medal was presented to her late husband , on the part of tlie Masonic Benevolent Society , by the late King George IV ., when Prince of Wales , who at the time , was patron of the society . The petition of Mrs . Barnett was , in all respects , clear and satisfactory . f
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United Grand Lodge Of England.
added that , feeling he had unintentionally occasioned some inconvenience to Bro . Armstrong , he gave him the sum of £ 5 out of his own pocket , although he could not recommend his case to the Lodge of Benevolence . Bro . Armstrong having admitted the truth of these statements , the Board resolved unanimously that , having heard , in the presence of Bro . Armstrong , the reasons assigned by the AV . Bro . AA alker for withholding his support to Bro . Armstrong ' s petitionthey are of opinion he was justified
, in so doing . " * COMMITTEE OF MASTERS , N " ov . 30 . —Present—Brothers Shadbolt , Crucefix , Norris , Philipe , L . Evans , Hobson , Rule . Case of Mrs . Barnett , Widow of the late Rev . Bro . Barnctt , D . P . G . M . for Lincolnshire . —An especial report from the Board of General Purposes , on this case , was read . It stated that the Board had found three precedentswhich enabled them to entertain itvizthat of Mrs
, , ., . Harris , in 1838 ; that of Mrs . AA right , widow of the late Bro . Rodwell AValler AA right , in 1828 ; and that of Mrs . Belzoni , widow of the late celebrated traveller , in 1825 ; the latter only , the Board considered as sufficiently analogous tothe case of Mrs . Barnett , to enable them to enter on the subject .
It appears , from a correspondence with Dr . Barton and the P . G . M ., Bro . 0 . T . D'Eyncourt , that tbe deceased Bro . Barnett formed the first Lodge in Lincolnshire , was appointed S . G . AV . in 1792 , and D . P . G . M . in 1793 , in which office ( excepting the years 1795-6 ) he continued until his decease , in 1 S 33 . In 1820 , a piece of plate was presented to him , as a small token of his great services . He had not been returned as a subscribing member
since 1815 , by reason that , having removed , there was no Lodge in his immediate nei ghbourhood . He left property to the amount of only £ 600 , divisible into three shares , viz ., to his wife and two daughters . The interest of two shares produces £ 20 per annum for the widow , now in her ei ghty-third year , and one daughter . That , until the , year 1840 , Mrs . Barnett was materially assisted by her son-in-lawMr . Fordwho died at that timein indifferent
circum-, , , stances That , the high rank held b y her deceased husband in the Craft , prevented her from seeking public aid from the Fund of Benevolence , until now—prompted by the direst necessity . And lastly , that a medal was presented to her late husband , on the part of tlie Masonic Benevolent Society , by the late King George IV ., when Prince of Wales , who at the time , was patron of the society . The petition of Mrs . Barnett was , in all respects , clear and satisfactory . f