Quatuor Coronati Lodge: Our Next Meeting

Quatuor Coronati Lodge meets five times a year on the second Thursday in November (Installation); third Thursday in February; second Thursday in May; fourth Thursday in June; and second Thursday in September. Lodge meetings are usually held at Freemasons’ Hall, Great Queen Street, London, and open at 4.00pm.

The United Grand Lodge of England requires those attending QC Lodge meetings, whether members of QCCC or otherwise, to be a member of a lodge under UGLE’s jurisdiction or members of lodges in Masonic jurisdictions recognised by UGLE. We wear undress regalia (Craft), dark suit and tie. Where we host non-masonic speakers or open the lodge to non-Masons, we close or call the Lodge off for the lecture and at that point welcome everyone to attend. There is no formal dress code for visitors on such occasions.

Thursday, 14 May 2026
Paul Calderwood
Welsh Freemasonry & The Unlawful Societies Act

Paul analyses the composition and nature of Welsh Freemasonry through the lens of the Unlawful Societies Act, official documents ordered by the British government to be sent to the Court of Quarter Sessions each year for almost 170 years.  These documents have not been explored previously in either a systematic or country-wide manner and their examination is all the more important given their fragile and deteriorating nature. Paul’s paper examines all surviving Welsh documents and will be of considerable importance not only to those interested in the history of the principality but also those interested in English social history, since many of the paper’s discoveries and conclusions apply to both.

Paul’s paper can be read here: AQC 139 Calderwood
Please note that paper is in copyright.

The Meeting will be at 4.00pm at Freemasons’ Hall, Great Queen Street, London

The Speaker

VW Bro. Dr Paul Calderwood has spent over 50 years in Craft Freemasonry, beginning in 1974 with his initiation into Spencer Park Lodge, 6198, London, following which he became a member or hon. member of eight other Craft lodges in England & Wales. In 2013, Paul was appointed Prestonian Lecturer for that year, giving a paper titled ‘Freemasonry and the Press’. He has written several books on Freemasonry including ‘This Chequered Existence’, ‘Freemasonry and the Press’, and ‘The Mark of the Red Dragon’.

Paul’s connection with Quatuor Coronati Lodge began in 2010, when he was awarded the Norman B. Spencer Prize for his essay on Freemasonry and Architecture in twentieth-century Britain. He was subsequently invited to become a full member of the Lodge and later served as its Secretary and as Secretary of the Editorial Committee of QC and its Book Reviews Editor.

Paul is a former Assistant Metropolitan Grand Master in the Craft, Assistant Metropolitan Grand Superintendent in the Royal Arch, Deputy Provincial Grand Master of the Mark Province of South Wales and Provincial Prior of the Knight Templar Province of Monmouth and South Wales.

The Summons is available here: QCL Summons-May 2026 – web

Please notify the Lodge Secretary if you will be attending: secretary@quatuorcoronati.com. It is sufficient to give your name, rank and Lodge. Everyone is entitled to attend, from EA onwards.

Delivery papers (with the exception of the Installation paper), are available to members of QCCC prior to each meeting. Papers are copyright and may not be reproduced.
Comments and questions on delivery papers should be sent via email to editor@quatuorcoronati.com for publication in AQC.

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