Apple-Tree Tavern, Lodge at the

Apple-Tree Tavern, Lodge at the. This is the third lodge mentioned by Dr. Anderson in his reconstructed minutes of the Grand Lodge for 1717-1723, published in the Constitutions of 1738 as having taken part in the formation of the Grand Lodge in 1717. The Apple-Tree Tavern was located in Charles Street, Covent Garden, London. The Lodge moved to the Queen’s Head, Knave’s Acre in 1723, where it was in 1727 and still third on the roll, though it had appeared second on the Engraved List of 1725 (having changed places that year with Rose and Rummer Lodge). In 1723, there was a reorganization of the Lodge and a new warrant was issued to it, so that, after being recognized as third in 1727, it was surprised to find itself No. 11 on the Engraved List of 1729. It remonstrated but the assignment of rank was adhered to, because its charter had the effect of dating the Lodge only from 1723. When No. 2 (originally the Crown and later the Rose and Rummer) expired about 1740, the Apple-Tree Lodge was elevated to No. 10, but renewed its protest at