© 2021 Provincial Grand Court of Wessex
6th. Provincial Assembly of Wessex, hosted by King Cerdic Court No. 82, held in
The Masonic Hall, 3 Northcote Lane, Honiton, Devon. EX14 1NP on Saturday 17th. May 2014
The Regular meeting of the Court of King Cerdic No. 82 preceded the
Provincial Assembly.
During the business of the Court they Instructed candidate Bro.
Christopher Elliott.
The Province of Wessex
The Provincial Grand Masters Report
for 2013 /14
B
rethren,
I
must
first
thank
you
all
for
attending
this
sixth
Annual
Assembly
of
the
Province
of
Wessex.
This
means,
obviously,
that
we
are
now
six
years
old,
and
still the ‘youngest’ Province of the Order.
My
congratulations
to
all
those
Officer’s
that
I
have
had
the
pleasure
of
appointing
and
re-appointing
today,
please
remember
I
aim
to
reward
those
who
help
and
serve
our
Province,
and
that
as
we
are
not
yet
complete,
the
Statutes
of
our
Order
limit
the
number
of
Provincial
appointments
that
I
have,
both
Active
and
Past.
Unlike
other
Orders’,
I
am
invited,
by
the
Grand
Master,
to
make
one
or
two
(depending
on
the
year)
recommendations
for
consideration
by
him,
for
possible
appointment
to
Grand
Court
Rank
I
submit
a
few paragraphs of what the individual has done for the
Province
and
the
Order,
with
my
reasons
for
submitting
that
person
for
such
consideration.
It
is
by
no
means
a
bygone
conclusion
that
any
of
my
submissions
will
achieve
an
appointment.
Brethren,
please
do
not
think
that
Grand
Rank
in
this
Order
is
achieved
by
my
patronage.
It
rests
solely
with
the
Grand
Master
and
his
executive
to
‘give’
this
reward.
So
please,
when
you
see
any
Brother
in
this
Order
with
either
a
Chain,
or
a
large
Apron,
remember
that
they
have
been
rewarded
for
Service
to
our
Order.
Our
growth
has
been
spectacular, both as an Order, and especially as a Province.
There
are
certain
key
people
who
have
been
responsible
within
our
current
Court’s
for
this,
and
I
would
not
dare
to
list
names
for
fear
of
making
an
unintended
slip,
and
missing
someone,
which
would
be
both
grievous
to
any
individual,
and
perilous
to
my
relationship
with them!
My grateful and heartfelt thanks to all those Brethren.
Further
to
this
subject,
we,
for
those
who
did
not
know,
consecrated
our
eighth
Court
in
January
of
this
year,
at
Liskard,
The
Court
of
St.
German,
number
97
on
the
role
of
Grand
Court.
I
thank
W.Bro.
K.
Barry
Chalkley
MBE
for
all
his
hard
work
in
helping
make
this
come
to
fruition.
I
was
ably
assisted,
on
the
day,
by
a
great
Team
of
both
active
Provincial
Officer’s
and
a
few
‘acting’
volunteers,
who
did
a
fantastic
job,
and
had
a
great
time.
The
day
was
thoroughly
enjoyable,
oh,
and
we
had
some
help
from
the
Grand
Master…
he
very kindly agreed to travel down and be the Consecrating Officer.
On
the
subject
of
our
Court’s,
I
still
need
your
help.
We
now
have
eight
Court’s
within
the
Province,
as
you
will
see
listed
in
the
excellent summons prepared by our Deputy Provincial Grand Master, and the Provincial Grand Secretary.
The help I need is that we have 2 Court’s to go to complete our Province.
I
have
happily
reported
to
you
previously
that
we
are
working
towards
a
Court
at
Plymouth,
also
the
Provincial
Executive
have
a
potential
location
for
the
tenth
Court.
So
please
Brethren,
if
you
are
approached
by
any
of
the
Provincial
Officer’s
to
assist,
I
implore
you
that
if
you
can,
please,
please
give
your
assistance.
We
are
fighting
time,
because
so
far,
the
Order
has
been
consecrating
approximately one Court per month, upto this point, and it does not appear to be slowing down.
Our
Most
Worshipful
Grand
Master
has
been
in
post
for
nearly
a
year
now,
and
has
some
very
definite
plans
for
the
direction
of
the
Order.
One
of
those
directions
is
Ritual.
Now,
it
is
a
fact
that
there
is
a
review
group
looking
at
our
ritual,
headed
up
by
the
Assistant
Grand
Master.
BUT
just
because
it
is
under
review,
does
not
mean
it
will
change
tomorrow.
There
is
a
lead
time
to
all
these
things,
and
that
timescale is not yet published. So I remind you that the facts are this;
The
ritual
of
the
Order
is
published
for
its
Members
in
books
1,
2,
and
3.
Dated
August
2010
–
this
is
the
current
ritual,
and
if
you
have
an
Office
in
a
Court,
or
at
any
level,
it
is
incumbent
upon
you
to
learn
the
ritual
for
that
Office,
to
the
best
of
your
individual
ability.
Don’t
worry
about
what
may
happen
in
the
future,
learn
and
apply
the
ritual
for
the
Office
that
you
hold.
When
you
move
onto
the
next
one,
take
the
approved
ritual
for
that
Office
at
the
time
you
are
appointed,
and
do
the
same,
and
so
on,
until
an
announcement is made, and a date for that change, if any.
I
appreciate
that
I
am
‘preaching
to
the
converted’
here,
but
as
is
said,
“if
the
caps
fits…”
I
shall
be
taking
this
strong
‘reminder’
to
all
of
the
Court’s
in
the
Province
that
I
visit,
so
shall
V.W.Bro.
Brian,
W.Bro.
Mervyn,
and
any
other
Provincial
Grand
Officer
who
attends
a
Court to represent me.
To
close,
and
I
hear
some
sighs
of
relief,
I
must
again
reiterate
my
grateful
thanks
to
all
of
you,
the
Provincial
Officer’s,
both
active
and
acting, and the Provincial Executive, for being so generous with their time on your behalf.
Please also pass on my thanks, and convey my message, to those Brethren that you know who could not be with us today.
I
will
now
give
an
advert
for
next
year’s
Provincial
Assembly,
please
put
this
in
your
diary’s,
it
will
be
held
at
Perranporth,
Cornwall,
with
the
Court
meeting
of
The
Court
of
King
Hywel
No.69
on
Saturday
16th
May
2015.
I
am
getting
this
date
in
your
minds
early,
so
as
not
to
clash
with
other
Order’s
and
other
Masonic
commitments,
and
to
ensure
a
very
good
attendance
from
all
our
Court’s
in
Wessex.
Before
finishing,
I
must
just
re-iterate
the
very
sad
loss
of
all
the
Brethren
of
this
Province
since
our
last
Assembly,
especially
W.Bro.
William
Robin
Rouse.
Bill
was
a
quiet
man,
purposeful,
direct
and
‘straight
as
a
dye’
to
coin
a
phrase.
He
was
the
Founding
Treasurer
for three of our Court’s, and was a Member of the Order from the early days of the Province.
I
know
he
was
heavily
involved
with
many
Order’s
throughout
Cornwall
and
Devon.
He
held
respected
ranks
in
all
of
them,
and
was
always involved as either Treasurer or Secretary at Provincial level or its equivalent.
Brother
Roy
was
a
new
member
of
our
Order,
but
we
shall
never
know
the
achievements
or
contributions
that
he
could
have
made
to
this Province.
They
have
each
‘lived
respected,
and
died
regretted’.
I
have
been
lucky
to
have
met
both
of
them,
and
I
know
that
this
Province,
and
life in general is a poorer place for their passing.
Brethren,
I
look
forward
to
being
with
you
at
your
Court’s,
especially
at
each
Individual
Installation,
whenever
I
can.
I
look
forward
to
your
company
at
whatever
gathering
of
Athelstan,
or
any
other
Order
we
may
be
attending,
and
I
look
forward
to
your
company
after
this Assembly.
Thank you all for your kind attention,
Yours sincerely and fraternally,
Malcolm
Malcolm J Burns GCSM
Provincial Grand Master
The Province of Wessex