Bodmin, One and All Masonic Hall
Entry hall north
Entries in grey
are not obtained from documentary evidence, but
are inferred from content, context, etc .
Date of manufacture and insertion
1874
Number of lights
1
Maker
Fouracre & Watson
Main subject
Molesworth arms in centre surrounded by diaper pattern of masonic images and a border with “H”, “M”, and Pythagoras triangles.
Subject type
Decorative
Donor
Lady Beatrice Anne Molesworth,
née Prideaux-Brune, widow of dedicatee.
Dedicatee
The Revd Sir Hugh Henry Molesworth, 9th Baronet,
died 6th January 1862 .
Notes
Death of dedicatee,
Royal Cornwall Gazette January 10, 1862 p 4 ,
West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser January 10, 1862 p 5
Royal Cornwall Gazette July 11, 1874 p 8
Maker,
Royal Cornwall Gazette January 9, 1875 p 7 .
Moved to north side of entrance hall of new hall,
Western Morning News January 10, 1911 p 7 .
In the northern wall of the ante-room
there are three stained glass windows which were presented to the old lodge-room …
In memory of Brother Sir Hugh Henry Molesworth Baronet, P.M.
W M Lodge One & All AD 1850
Obit AD 1862
In memory of Brother Sir Hugh Henry Molesworth Baronet, P.M.
The arms
of Molesworth of Pencarrow are gules an escutcheon vair between
eight crosses fitchlet argent.
The crest is an armed arm embowed proper holding a cross crosslet or.
The motto is Sic fidem teneo
(Thus I keep my faith).
(Burke, Bernard, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales , p 693 . 1884 , London, Harrison & Sons ).
The arms of Brune
are quarterly, 1st and 4th, azure a cross moline or;
2nd and 3rd, lozengy gules and ermine.
(Burke 1884 , op. cit. , p 138 ).
The arms of Prideaux-Brune are
quarterly, 1st and 4th argent a chevron sable in chief a label of three
points gules; 2nd and 3rd, per pale argent and gules three
castles counterchanged.
(Burke 1884 , op. cit. , p 824 ).
The dedicatee’s wife
was Beatrice Anne Prideaux-Brune.
W M Lodge One & All AD 1850
Obit AD 1862
Right-hand border