Marmion Lodge was opened on 13th June 1865 by Warrant of the United Grand Lodge of England and is Tamworth’s oldest Masonic Lodge. The Lodge takes its name from the influential Marmion family, who were hereditary champions to the Dukes of Normandy and, by virtue of the Norman conquest, became champions to the new Kings of England from 1066. The Marmion family held Tamworth castle for six generations from c1100 to 1294.