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Knights Tdmplaeu
Encampment at Bristol , never receiving any communication from the Grand Master , also tnerging into the individual Encampment of Baldwyn , which continued to act '' independently , under the control of Grand Commanders and Grand Superintendents , elected from its own body . But the Supreme Crand and Royal Encampment , though dormant and neglected , continued to exist in the person of the Grand Master whom it had elected . " *
At the death of the Duke of Sussex , in 1843 , the Grand Conclave , which the - . . '¦ ¦¦'' ' : t circular asserts had been unheard of for twenty-four years , at once showed its vitality ; and , assuming the name of the "Grand Conclave of Masonic Knights Templar of England and Wales , " elected Colonel Tynte , in 1844 , as Grand Master ,- —the Baldwyn Encampment , however , refusing to concur in the arrangement , and the Camp of Antiquity at Bath appearing to be in abeyance . In 1855 the last-named Encampment received a large accession of members , and resumed its activity . Upon which the circular says : —
" Tyro Encampments of the Masonic Knights Templar , from time immemorial , being thus in active existence , it became necessary to provide for their government by some common central authority , or Grand Encampment , of ministerial and executive officers under a Grand Master . This was the more desirable as a feeling of hostility , injurious to the general interests of the Order , and unseemly in a Masonic confederation , had unfortunately arisen between the Encampments from time immemorial and some of the Encampments acting under the London Grand Conclave . The Knights of the Encampments of Baldwyn , at Bristol , and of Antiquity , at Bath , were , in the first place , desirous of uniting themselves in
fraternal union with the other Encampments in England—those holding under the London Grand Conclave ; and , with this view , had , in the early part of the year 1857 , made overtures for reconciliation and union with that body . They were desirous of healing the breach and reconciling the disputes which had arisen between their Encampments and those of the Grand Conclave , and were willing
to have placed themselves under the authority of the latter , sacrificing , for the sake of peace and fraternal harmony , and for the general good of the Order , some of the immemorial rights and privileges thef had enjoyed , but requiring in return the preservation of their ancient name , and an honourable reception , not as suppliants for admission , but as welcome and honoured associates . " The Grand Conclave repulsed this offered alliance and these overtures of
friendship , and required that the Encampments of Bristol and Bath should appear as humble petitioners before the Grand Conclave , for recognition and admission
to its ranks . " This demand was not only reprehensible on the part of the Grand Conclave , as closing the door to peace and reconciliation , which had been opened by the proposals of the Encampments from time immemorial , but was the more preposterous and unjustifiable , that many of the Officers and Commanders of the Grand Conclave had themselves been created and installed Knights Templar in the Encampment of Baldwyn at Bristol , which had at one time been the chief asylum and centre of Knight Templar Masonry in England . The Encampments of
Bald-* Would not these words equally prove the continuance of the Grand Conclave ?
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Knights Tdmplaeu
Encampment at Bristol , never receiving any communication from the Grand Master , also tnerging into the individual Encampment of Baldwyn , which continued to act '' independently , under the control of Grand Commanders and Grand Superintendents , elected from its own body . But the Supreme Crand and Royal Encampment , though dormant and neglected , continued to exist in the person of the Grand Master whom it had elected . " *
At the death of the Duke of Sussex , in 1843 , the Grand Conclave , which the - . . '¦ ¦¦'' ' : t circular asserts had been unheard of for twenty-four years , at once showed its vitality ; and , assuming the name of the "Grand Conclave of Masonic Knights Templar of England and Wales , " elected Colonel Tynte , in 1844 , as Grand Master ,- —the Baldwyn Encampment , however , refusing to concur in the arrangement , and the Camp of Antiquity at Bath appearing to be in abeyance . In 1855 the last-named Encampment received a large accession of members , and resumed its activity . Upon which the circular says : —
" Tyro Encampments of the Masonic Knights Templar , from time immemorial , being thus in active existence , it became necessary to provide for their government by some common central authority , or Grand Encampment , of ministerial and executive officers under a Grand Master . This was the more desirable as a feeling of hostility , injurious to the general interests of the Order , and unseemly in a Masonic confederation , had unfortunately arisen between the Encampments from time immemorial and some of the Encampments acting under the London Grand Conclave . The Knights of the Encampments of Baldwyn , at Bristol , and of Antiquity , at Bath , were , in the first place , desirous of uniting themselves in
fraternal union with the other Encampments in England—those holding under the London Grand Conclave ; and , with this view , had , in the early part of the year 1857 , made overtures for reconciliation and union with that body . They were desirous of healing the breach and reconciling the disputes which had arisen between their Encampments and those of the Grand Conclave , and were willing
to have placed themselves under the authority of the latter , sacrificing , for the sake of peace and fraternal harmony , and for the general good of the Order , some of the immemorial rights and privileges thef had enjoyed , but requiring in return the preservation of their ancient name , and an honourable reception , not as suppliants for admission , but as welcome and honoured associates . " The Grand Conclave repulsed this offered alliance and these overtures of
friendship , and required that the Encampments of Bristol and Bath should appear as humble petitioners before the Grand Conclave , for recognition and admission
to its ranks . " This demand was not only reprehensible on the part of the Grand Conclave , as closing the door to peace and reconciliation , which had been opened by the proposals of the Encampments from time immemorial , but was the more preposterous and unjustifiable , that many of the Officers and Commanders of the Grand Conclave had themselves been created and installed Knights Templar in the Encampment of Baldwyn at Bristol , which had at one time been the chief asylum and centre of Knight Templar Masonry in England . The Encampments of
Bald-* Would not these words equally prove the continuance of the Grand Conclave ?