why is the Royal Ark Mariner degree governed by the Mark Grand Lodge
The governance of the Royal Ark Mariner degree stems from administrative developments in English Freemasonry following the 1813 Union 1. When the newly formed United Grand Lodge of England restricted its recognition to the Craft and Royal Arch degrees, other additional and side degrees were forced to establish independent governance, leading to various administrative alliances 1.
Within this structure, Royal Ark Mariner lodges were arranged to be attached, or moored, to Mark Master Mason lodges, assuming their numbers on the roll in a manner similar to how Royal Arch chapters are attached to Craft lodges 1. The Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons purchased full possession of the rights to the Grand Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners on 10 June 1884 for £25, the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons records. Under this standing arrangement, the degree is governed by the Grand Master's Royal Ark Council, and the Grand Master of the Mark Master Masons serves *ipso facto* as the Grand Master of the Royal Ark Mariners.
when did that happen
The Royal Ark Mariner degree came under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons in 1871, as the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons records. The Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons subsequently took full possession of the rights to the Grand Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners on 10 June 1884, as the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons notes.
is it the same in all jurisdictions
Governance of the Royal Ark Mariner degree varies across Masonic jurisdictions and is not everywhere held by the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons.
Under English administration, the degree operates under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons and is governed specifically by the Grand Master's Royal Ark Council, as Mark Masons' Hall records.
Under the Scottish Constitution, the degree is governed by the Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Scotland, where it forms part of the Royal Arch series and is worked in a lodge attached to a Royal Arch Chapter, as the Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Scotland states.
In the United States, the degree is governed under the jurisdiction of the Grand Council of the Allied Masonic Degrees of the United States of America, as the Grand Council of the Allied Masonic Degrees of the United States of America notes.
do you have to be a Mark Master Mason first
A candidate must be a Mark Master Mason before he can be proposed, seconded, and balloted for membership in a Royal Ark Mariner lodge, as Mark Masons' Hall records.
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