page_title: Allied Masonic Degrees
section_title: The degrees in the UK
hierarchical_section_title: Allied Masonic Degrees / The degrees in the UK
caption_attribution_description: English: Basic structure of Masonic appendant bodies in England and Wales, illustrating the sequence in which members typically progress from the Craft to further Orders. In practice, many of these further Orders will prescribe additional membership requirements (the Royal Order of Scotland – to pick an example – demands that prospective candidates must have held the degree of Master Mason for at least five years, although it is not uncommon that in some Masonic Provinces in England and Wales, further requirements for joining are added).
context_page_description: The Allied Masonic Degrees are a series of Masonic degrees conferred by Councils of the Allied Masonic Degrees. The Allied Masonic Degrees form an appendant order of Freemasonry that exists in some Masonic jurisdictions; its degrees are conferred only by invitation. Councils of the Allied Masonic Degrees exist in Great Britain, the United States, Canada, France and Australia and their members also educate one another by presenting research papers on Freemasonry.
context_section_description: The entry degree is the Order of Saint Lawrence the Martyr.  This is the requisite for participating in Council meetings.  The other four degrees, which can be taken in any order, are Knight of Constantinople, Grand Tilers of Solomon, Grand High Priest, and Red Cross of Babylon.  However, the degree of the Grand Tilers of Solomon is normally taken last by a candidate.  In England and Wales, the Order of the Secret Monitor, once part of the AMD, now has its own independent conclaves. The Order is administered from Mark Masons' Hall, London.
  Knights of Constantinople — Plymouth Working: In 1865 a Council of Knights of Constantinople was formed in Devonport, Plymouth. In 1910 three remaining councils, Numbers 33, 34 and 35 conceded to the Grand Council of the  Allied Masonic Degrees, but in doing so, obtained for themselves the right to wear their own distinctive apron, and the privilege and exclusive right to confer the degree as practised by the Plymouth Councils since 1865.  Only Christian brethren are eligible to join the Plymouth Working.
  In Scotland, there is no direct equivalent of the Allied Masonic Degrees, nor are the degrees for which it is responsible carried out under the auspices of any of the Scottish masonic bodies, although the 'Red Cross of Babylon' is a truncated version of the Scottish 'Babylonish Pass' degree under the control of the Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Scotland. There is no reciprocal agreement on intervisitation in the 'Lodge & Council' degrees between the Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Scotland and the Council of the Allied Masonic Degrees. Nonetheless, The Grand Council of the Allied Masonic Degrees of England and Wales and Districts and Councils Overseas has been recognised since 2004 as a 'Masonic Body in Amity with The Grand Lodge of Scotland'
caption: The position of the Allied Masonic Degrees among the Masonic appendant bodies in England and Wales
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