{"id":131,"date":"2024-09-01T05:02:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T05:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rossmasonichall.co.uk\/?page_id=131"},"modified":"2024-09-01T05:27:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T05:27:37","slug":"the-inner-guard","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rossmasonichall.co.uk\/?page_id=131","title":{"rendered":"The Inner Guard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Inner Guard is the Tyler\u2019s equivalent inside the door of the Lodge. The first mention of this Officer in England in printed sources is around 1816. Remember, that one of the Junior Warden\u2019s duties is to prevent unqualified people from entering the Lodge, and he often deputed the most junior member of the Brethren present to stand just inside the door to pass on messages from the Tyler about anyone seeking admission. Over time, this role was formalised into the Office of the Inner Guard, who remains directly answerable to the Junior Warden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"325\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/rossmasonichall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153\" style=\"width:153px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rossmasonichall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-12.png 325w, https:\/\/rossmasonichall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-12-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Inner Guard is the Tyler\u2019s equivalent inside the door of the Lodge. The first mention of this Officer in England in printed sources is around 1816. Remember, that one of the Junior Warden\u2019s duties is to prevent unqualified people from entering the Lodge, and he often deputed the most junior member of the Brethren [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":84,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rossmasonichall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rossmasonichall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rossmasonichall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rossmasonichall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rossmasonichall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=131"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rossmasonichall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154,"href":"https:\/\/rossmasonichall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131\/revisions\/154"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rossmasonichall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rossmasonichall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}