Unsigned Printed Document with the details filled in by hand,, (1894-1972, King of Great Britain, later the Duke of Windsor)] by [EDWARD VIII

to "Whom it may concern... These are to certify that our Brother John Shenton who hath signed his name in the Margin hereof was regularly received into Free Masonry on the 3rd day of January 1878 & was admitted to the third Degree on the 18th day of July 1878 in the Portland Lodge Ch 637, Stoke on Trent & that he is duly registered in the Books of this Grand Lodge accordingly...", 1 side folio on vellum, with papered seal of the Grand Lodge of London, decorated with columns and other Masonic regalia, London, 30th June Albert Edward Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, became a Freemason in Sweden in 1868. The following year he was received as a member of the United Grand Lodge of England, the governing body of Freemasonry in England and Wales, and given the honorary title of Grand Master.