Old Merchant Taylors School Sir Thomas White Lodge Chapter

Statue of Sir Thomas White
Merchant Taylors’ School

Welcome to the the online home of Sir Thomas White Lodge & Chapter.

If you have come to this page you are probably new to masonry or just curious to learn what it is all about.

This page is designed to point visitors towards some information both on this site and elsewhere, based on some broad questions:

Perhaps you are thinking becoming a Freemason?

Are you thinking of becoming a Freemason? is a very useful starting point published by the United Grand Lodge of England
Our Charity page gives information about the good causes we support
Our Members page lists some of the members of our Lodge if you were looking for a familiar face or name
If you are an old boy or former pupil of a different school or a university student you might look at the list of PSLC Lodges or the Federation of Schools’ Lodges, or try the list of University lodges that are part of AMULL
For ladies interested in Freemasonry – whether OMTs, staff of the School or otherwise – we would be happy to make an introduction to HFAF where there are plans afoot for a schools’ lodge
You could email our secretary if you wanted to chat to someone about our Lodge.

You may be an OMT or member of the staff who is merely curious what this is all about?

You may be interested in the connections between the School and the Lodge
Even if you are not thinking about becoming a Freemason, UGLE’s publication Are you thinking of becoming a Freemason? is a very useful starting point and answers many questions
This page gives an overview of how and why our Lodge was founded and by whom, almost a 150 years ago
Our Links page can connect you to other relevant and we hope interesting websites
If you a Crosbeian, you may want to visit the website of our sister lodge linked to Merchant Taylors’ School, Crosby.

Perhaps you are researching a member of your family or other connection who was a member?

Our tribute to members of the Lodge who gave their lives in the two world wars may be of interest
There is a list of our Worshipful Masters
There is a list of the Founding Officers of our Lodge
If none of this helps or you have a specific question, please feel free to contact our secretary

We hope you enjoy our website.

Next Lodge Meeting

We continue to be restricted by Government regulations . Our masonic rulers have decided that all masonic activity will be suspended at least until 5th April, 2021. Sadly this means that we will have lost our December, 2020 meeting and the meetings scheduled for February (installation) and March 2021.

This is greatly disappointing to us as we have three candidates awaiting initiation ceremonies. Our next planned meeting after that will be held at the School on either the 8th or 9th July,2021. Fingers crossed ! We will meet again.

Next Chapter Meeting

As with the Lodge, the Chapter is restricted by Government regulations. Our scheduled meeting for the 17th November was an “administrative zoom event”. Our January 2021 installation meeting has been lost. Although the centenary meeting should be on the 8th June. the centenary celebrations will be deferred to 2022 in order to get the attendance that such a celebration deserves

We have two candidates awaiting exaltation ceremonies and thus with the centenary celebrations we are going to be super busy as soon as the cough-19 restrictions are lifted.