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Epping Forest Conclave is part of the Provincial Grand Conclave of Middlesex in the Grand Conclave of the Order of the Secret Monitor, or Brotherhood of David and Jonathan, in the British Isles and its Districts and Conclaves Overseas.

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Middlesex Street
Greater London
E17AA

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http://bit.ly/OSM_306

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The Conclave

Epping Forest Conclave is the intersection between the Secret Monitor Provinces of Middlesex, Essex and London and meets biannually in the City of London.

Epping Forest Conclave was consecrated on 6th May 1980 as an Essex Conclave celebrating London’s largest open space, which is, incidentally, owned and managed by the City of London. Although initially successful, the Conclave eventually languished and by the mid-noughties had gone into abeyance.

At the start of the following decade, inspired by the rapid growth of the Scarlet Cord, the Province of Middlesex was looking for ways to improve its membership, and was considering consecrating a new unit to meet on the eastern side of the Province, however a chance conversation revealed the presence of a dying Conclave in need of a home, and the then Provincial Grand Supreme Ruler for Essex, R.Wy.Bro. Barry Clarke, indicated his willingness to assist in its revival.

After a short recruitment drive, a special meeting was held in July 2012, at The Gun Tavern, in Spitalfields in the City of London, attended by the Provincial Grand Supreme Rulers for Essex, Middlesex and London. The Conclave was opened by the Provincial G.S.R. for Essex who then reponed it to the Provincial G.S.R. for Middlesex, R.Wy.Bro. Trevor Dutt. It was immediately joined by Brethren from both those Provinces along with a number from London thus defining its future membership as a crossover of all three Provinces.

Although The Gun has now sadly closed, the Conclave still meets at the intersection of Middlesex, Essex and London at Mumbai Square, in Middlesex St, and has a healthy membership drawn from all three Provinces but with an emphasis on opening up the OSM Province of Middlesex to those who live in east and south London and the western reaches of Essex.

The Conclave meets twice a year on the 4th Tuesday in July and 3rd Tuesday in January and works in conjunction with Middlesex Scarlet Cord Consistory, which meets on the same dates thus providing an accessible and low-cost option to those Princes of the Order who wish to progress into the Order of the Scarlet Cord.

It is a working Conclave and candidates are welcome, particularly those who live or work in the City of London or its eastern reaches.

As either the Conclave or Consistory meeting on any given day will be having an official visit, the meetings are always very well attended, not just by the members, but also by a range of officers from the associated Provinces, and thus it always proves to be a great venue to meet up with others in the Province and beyond.

Dining alternates between O.S.M. and Scarlet Cord Festive Boards and is always a well-attended and jovial affair involving a range of Indian snacks and starters, curries and jugs of beer and the central location makes it very easy to get home afterwards via Liverpool St, Fenchurch St, Aldgate & East or Tower Hill stations.