The King Offa Commandery Carol Service was a great success and a very happy occasion despite very windy conditions brought about by Storm Darragh. It was held at the ancient church of St Mary Magdalene in Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
The Commandery was honoured to have Colonel Nicholas Hile, a Deputy Lieutenant in Nottinghamshire, with us. He kindly presented a...
Last Saturday (16th November) the Grand Priory of England and Wales was represented by the Rev’d John Eldridge SChLJ, Bishop Lindsay Urwin ECLJ, the Hospitaller Mr Daniel Morris KLJ and the Bailiff Dr David Woolf KCLJ, at the licensing of the Rev’d Ben Eadon as the 12th Priest Administrator of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham by the Rt Rev’d Graham Usher, Bishop of Norwich.
The Registrar of the College of Guardians, the Rev’d Prebendary Graeme Rowlands, installed the Administrator in his stall in the Shrine. His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk, The Lady Dannatt, and...
moreWe were deeply saddened to learn of the death of the Grand Prior of England & Wales, The Most. Hon. Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian, on 1 October 2024.
Lord Lothian had served as Grand Prior of England & Wales for eleven years, since October 2013, and will be greatly missed.
HE the Chevalier Gareth Vaughan GCLJ, Secretary-General,...
moreThe sun shone brightly as members of the Order of St Lazarus from the four corners of England and Wales gathered in Cardiff for their autumn Investiture weekend.
An afternoon of business meetings ended with the annual Chapter-General meeting, held at the Cardiff and County Club. The meeting opened with a minute’s silence in memory of our much-loved Grand Prior, Michael, Lord Lothian, who died suddenly just a few days before the meeting. Lord Lothian had served as Grand Prior of the jurisdiction for 11 years, and the Bailiff, Dr. David Woolf KCLJ, spoke of our gratitude for these...
moreKing Offa Commandery’s Annual Service of Celebration & Renewal of Knightly Vows was held at the Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene, Newark-on-Trent on Saturday 6th July 2024. The Bailiff of the Grand Priory of England and Wales, Chevalier Dr David A Woolf KCLJ, OMLJ was in attendance and presented awards in the Companionate of Merit.
The Commandery was...
moreOn Thursday 6th June 2024, King Offa Commandery marked the International 80th Anniversary of D-Day with the lighting of a Beacon at the Ancient Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
The commemoration was honoured to have His Majesty the King’s Deputy Lieutenant for Nottinghamshire, Colonel Nicholas Hile DL present together with The Mayor...
From Thursday 30 May to Sunday 2 June 2024, eighty pilgrims from the Grand Priory of England & Wales joined their Grand Prior on his pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. This honoured the tenth anniversary of the international pilgrimage made to Walsingham by the late 49th Grand Master, Don Carlos Gereda y de Borbón.
It is with deep sadness we report the death on 16th April 2024 , aged 95, of our dear and much-respected member, His Excellency the Chevalier Peter Ernest Albert Fotheringham GCLJ, KMLJ, sometime Bailiff of the Grand Bailiwick of England & Wales (Malta Obedience) and Bailiff Emeritus of the Grand Priory of England & Wales.
Peter joined the Order in 1991 in the...
The members of the Commandery of Cumbria met at St Patrick's Church, Preston Patrick on Saturday 20th April 2024, for the Commandery Annual Church Service of Celebration and Renewal of Knightly Vows, in the presence of The Grand Prior, the Most Honourable the Marquis of Lothian PC GCLJ GCMLJ KC DL, and the Bailiff The Chevalier Dr David Woolf KCLJ OMLJ. Also present were members from the Commanderies of John of Gaunt, King Offa, The Marches, Wales and members of the Grand Bailiwick of Scotland.
The Annual Report of the jurisdiction is now available and may be downloaded here.
