The Warrant of a lodge is the authority under which it holds it’s meetings and would under normal circumstances be the instrument which forms and determines it’s origin. The Warrant of the Lodge of Perseverance is dated the 27th July 1777 and was originally designated for a lodge to be formed in Florida, part of our American Colonies. The fact that that date falls within the period of the American War of Independence probably explains why it was never issued. Our true history is chronicled from 1803 when the lodge was formed in Preston, Lancashire. The Lodge of Perseverance has operated in it’s own inimitable style from that date and continues into the 21st century, members continuing to practise the exposition of masonic principles at their meeting place inside the Britannia Adelphi Hotel and in the world at large.
The membership of the lodge is limited in size to 25 brethren and admittance is by invitation only. The lodge continues its very old tradition of the members wearing entered apprentices aprons so there is no light or dark blue to be seen. The lodge also continues to meet at lunchtime, another very old tradition. Its strength lies in the friendship which animates it’s brethren and the amity and affection in which it’s brethren hold their lodge and each other
