The Provincial Grand Master

Jeremy Roberts

(The head of Staffordshire Freemasons)

Freemasonry brings together men of good character who value friendship, integrity, respect and service to others. In our Lodges, members find companionship, personal development and the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to their communities.

We are not defined by wealth, status, race or background, but by a shared wish to become better men and to help those around us. Membership is open to men who are of good character and who have a belief in a Supreme Being. If our aims and values speak to your own, please get in touch through this website and we will gladly help you take the next step.

Women who are interested in Freemasonry are warmly invited to visit our contacts section, where details of the two women's Grand Lodges can be found.

The Grand Superintendent

Michele Santopietro

(the Head of Royal Arch Masonry in Staffordshire)

Welcome to the Royal Arch in Staffordshire.

The Royal Arch is considered to be the completion of Pure and Antient Freemasonry and continues a Master Mason's journey to discovery. As such, it shares a unique partnership and close working relationship with the Craft.

Although the first three degrees (Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, and Master Mason) are governed by the United Grand Lodge of England, and the Royal Arch is governed by the Supreme Grand Chapter of England, in real terms we are one organisation.

The Provincial Grand Master and myself represent this unique partnership by working closely together across a wide range of joint activities that seek to attract, inform, develop and engage the members of our Province. Enjoyment remains at the very heart of all that we do!

With these things in mind, it is hoped that every Master Mason will give serious consideration to continuing their journey from Initiation in the Craft, to Exaltation as a Companion in the Royal Arch.

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Senior Provincial Craft Officers

Deputy Provincial Grand Master Matthew Adderley
Assistant Provincial Grand Master Matthew Gibbons
Assistant Provincial Grand Master Ralph Ritchey
Provincial Senior Grand Warden Michael Seddon
Provincial Junior Grand Warden Mark Ferguson

Senior Provincial Royal Arch Officers

Deputy Grand Superintendent Ralph Howarth
2nd Provincial Grand Principal Paul Foster
3rd Provincial Grand Principal John Derry
Provincial Scribe N David Thomas

A brief history of our Province

The first recorded Lodge of 'free and accepted Masons' is evidenced in the diary of Elias Ashmole, the renowned Lichfieldian, Antiquary and Founder of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.
He records being made a Freemason in 1646 at a Lodge held at his father-in-law's house at Warrington.
Ashmole listed those present and none had any connection with operative stonemasons.

For an indepth history of our Province, click here to download a PDF document