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Essex Race into 2025.

The Knights of the Province of Essex have certainly raced into the 2025 New Year at some speed and with great enthusiasm.

The Provincial Prior and his Team of Provincial officers have had visits to St. Katharine’s Preceptory, Essex Jubilee Preceptory, Plantagenet Preceptory, Maplestead Preceptory, Frederick C. Hughes and visits by the Provincial Sub Prior to St Chads Preceptory and Waltham Holy Cross Preceptory. All of the visits were extremely well attended by the Knights of the Province.

The Preceptory of Improvement for the first two months of the year were exceptionally well attended by the Knights of the Province who showed no lack of drive in getting straight back into their stride after the holiday with 38 attending in January and 51 in February a new attendance record for the POI.

The Centenary Fund has started at pace and a number of Preceptories have made donations to the fund to become Patrons and some Bronze Patrons of the Fund.

Chelmersforde, St. Katharine’s, Essex Jubilee, St. Thomas a Becket, Frederick C Hughes and the Preceptory of Improvement have all become Centenary Patrons and Sir Peter de Tany, Plantagenet, Maplestead, Sir William St. Clair, Arthur Dentith and St. Chads have become Bronze Centenary Patrons.

The donations to the New ’Centenary Fund’ have already reached the magnificent total of £9000 in just the few months that it has been in existence.

Our thanks and Congratulations to all of those Preceptories. Framed Certificates will be presented at the Provincial meeting in May. Their Centenary Fund status can now also be shown with pride on their summons.

The pictures below show some of the Provincial Team visits and also the Preceptory of Improvement.

Essex Jubilee.

The Provincial Prior visited Essex Jubilee Preceptory in January where he was pleased to see the Eminent Preceptor Geoff Waddoups install into the Order the new Knight Antony Milton. He was also pleased to accept a generous cheque for £500 for the new ’Centenary Fund’.

The P.Prior and new E.Preceptor at Essex Jubilee. (Expanded view)

Plantagenet.

The Provincial Prior is seen with the new Eminent Preceptor Colin Rumble, who had just been installed by the outgoing Eminent Preceptor E.Kt. David Chapman. The Preceptory also presented the Provincial Prior with a very generous cheque for £1000 to go to the ’Centenary Fund’.

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The Prior together with new E.Preceptor. (Expanded view)

St. Chads.

The picture shows the Provincial Sub Prior along with members of St. Chads Preceptory and the newly installed Knight Stephen Hutton who had just been installed. The Sub Prior was also presented with a magnificent Cheque for £1000 to go to the ’Centenary Fund’.

The Sub Prior together with the E.Preceptor and the new candidate. (Expanded view)

Maplestead.

(Maplestead Group Visit)
The Provincial Prior with the Knights of Maplestead Preceptory and Provincial Officers after a very busy meeting in February following the installation of the new candidate Knight Peter Scopes and the Installation of the new Eminent Preceptor E.Kt. Robert Spring.

Candidates and Senior Officers. (Expanded view)

(Maplestead Cheque Presentation)
The Provincial Prior was presented with a magnificent cheque for £1000 by the Treasurer E.Kt. Keith Cook of Maplestead Preceptory for the new ’Centenary Fund’.

Provincial Prior recieving cheque. (Expanded view)

Waltham Holy Cross.

The Sub Prior attend the Waltham Holy Cross Preceptory and is seen with its members and the Eminent Preceptor E.Kt. Steve Martin.

The Sub Prior and E.Preceptor. (Expanded view)

Frederick C Hughes.

The Provincial Prior with the Knights of Frederick C Hughes Preceptory on his team visit to Mark Masons Hall. Where E.Kt. Michael West was Installed into the Eminent Preceptors chair.

The Sub Prior and E.Preceptor. (Expanded view)

P.O.I.

The pictures show some of the Knights of the Province at the Preceptory of Improvement for the January and February meetings. A wonderful attendance by so many enthusiastic Knights. The Preceptory of Improvement also took the opportunity to present to the Provincial Prior a cheque for the generous amount of £500 for the ’Centenary Fund’.

Members of the LOI. (Expanded view)		LOI at work. (Expanded view)

The Province of Essex Continues Its Malta Tradition.

The Province of Essex held its annual Malta ceremony at Saxon Hall, Southend- On-Sea where 11 Candidates took their Degree and were welcomed into the Order.

This means that in the last 3 years, a total of 38 Candidates have taken their Malta Degree at the Essex Provincial Malta Meeting.

This popular annual meeting is the principal event at which Knights are invited to take their Malta Degree although the Province affords Knights many opportunities to go through the Ceremony, including the Combined Malta meeting in June each year and full Malta ceremonies in 4 individual Priories.

As such, the Malta Degree is very well represented and attended within Essex.

The Provincial meeting, presided over by the Sub Prior E.Kt. Mark Harrison and in the presence of the Provincial Prior, R.E.Kt. Roger Langdon Smith, was a great success and enjoyed by nearly 100 Knights, including seven heads of other orders in Essex, lead by the R.W. Provincial Grand Master of the Craft, R.E.Kt. Paul Tarrant KCM.

The Provincial Sub Prior was ably assisted in the ceremony by E.Kt. Shane Clapham, E.Kt. Malcolm Peter and Kt. Daniel Moodey.

The accompanying photos show the Provincial Prior and Sub Prior with the 11 Candidates, the attending Heads of Orders in Essex and a further selection of the Provincial Bodyguard and Knights of the Province.

A total of 77 Knights dined together afterwards in peace and harmony.

(Photographs by the Provincial Photographer Kt. Robert Brettell)

Candidates and Senior Officers. (Expanded view)		P.Prior with Members of his Bodyguard. (Expanded view)

Heads of Orders (Expanded view)		The Provincial Prior and Sub Prior (Expanded view)		Prior's Bodyguard (Expanded view)		Prior's Bodyguard (Expanded view)

Entry under the Arch of Steel (Expanded view)		The Festive Board (Expanded view)		The Festive Board (Expanded view)		The Festive Board (Expanded view)

Festive Board (Expanded view)		Festive Board (Expanded view)		Festive Board (Expanded view)

 

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