:?lNb^- v.%- ""-i-' • ....-•% .M "^^/:'. ' )^- %J. Grant of Bell Metal to the Dean and Chapter, Christ Church, Dublin, l(i7I IIC 14. Ancient Bells at Canterbury - - - - 117 15. Ancient Bell worthy of Record - - - - 117 vi. INDEX. Olla Podrida. page 16 Bell at St. Chad's Cliui-ch, Claughton in Lonsdale - - 118 17. Bell at Sedbergh, Yorkshire - - - - 118 18. Chimes of Great St. Mary's, Cambridge - - - 118 19. Bells and Bell Einging in America - - - - 121 20. A Modern American Chime or Ring of Bells - - - 122 21. Bell Einging in America . . _ . 123 28. Emperor Bell at Vienna - - - - 121 23. The Emi:)eror BeU at Cologne - - - - 121 24. Bells Cast in Abbey Precincts .... 127 25. A Chiu'chwarden's Apology for breaking open a Belfry Door and ordering the Bells to be rung - - - - -128 26. BeUs of St. Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney - - 128 27. Cost of the Eing of Ten Bells at Wrexham, with particulai-s of the Bells 131 28. Ancient dated BeU - - - - - 132 29. Ancient Bell at Bex, Switzerland - - - - 132 30. Bell Expenses at Peterborough - - - - 133 31. Progress of Half PuU Changes in the West, at Leominster - - 133 32. Bell as a Thank Offering at Great Grimsby . . - 135 33. Eleemosynary Bell ...... 13,") 34. Bell at Brailes, Warwickshire - - - - 135 35. Early BeU at St. Chad's, Lichfield - - - - 138 36. Something about Church BeU Hanging, and the Vibration of Bell Towers 138 37. A BeU with a hole in her Side - - - - 142 38. Soimd of BeUs on Water - - - - 142 39. Marvels of Change Einging .... 142 40. How Bells are Eung on the Continent ... 144 41. Charter of S. Stephen's Eingers, Bristol - - - 145 liijmns to be used at Ihe Bedicatiun of Church Bells ; 42. Hymn by the late J. M. Neale', D.D., of East Grinsted - - 14(1 43. Hymn by the late J. S. B. MonseU, LL.D. - - - 147 44. Hymn used at Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashii'e - - - 148 45. A Hj-mn by the late F. Kilvert, M.A., of Bath - - - 148 INDEX TO PLATES. INDEX TO PLATES OF WOOD L! LOCKS PAGE. William Ffoimdor's Trade Mark. .... 96 Ancient Sacring Bell at Elieims ..... 106 Letter on Bell at Sedbergh, Yorksliii-e - - - - 118 Liberty BeU, Philadelphia, U.S. - - - - .122 Shields, Crowned Letter, and Stamps on Bell at Brailes, Warwickshire - 136 Plate I. Fig. 1. This loitial Cross is found on many Mediwval Bells. ,, 2. The abbreviation for Jesus, ditto. ,, 3. Initial Cross of frequent use by " i t " and " r n „ 4 & 7. Ditto. ,, 5. Robert Norton's Trade mark. ,, 6. Trade mark of an unknown founder. ,, 8. Supposed to be an error for pctrc. See page 0. ,, 9. Initial Cross, at Badgworth and Queen's Camel. ,, 10. Fleur-de-lis used by Roger Semson. ,, 11. Ditto, at Pitney. ,, 12. Ditto at Rodney Stoke, Badgworth, and Claptou-in-Gortlauo. Plate n. Nineteen ornamented Capitals occurring on several Hells. Plate III. Twelve ornamented Letters on a Bell at Chisolborough by Stephen Norton of Maidstone, Kent. Plate IV. Fig. 13. Initial Cross on 3rd and 4th at Angersleigh. „ 14. Royal Arms, probably of Heniy Yl, on tlic Tenor at West Monktou. ,, 15. Cross on the 1st and 2iid i:t Chi:;clboi-ough, and 2ud at Charlynch, with Fig. 27. ,, 16. Cross on the Treble at Nettlecombe. „ 17. Shield on a BeU at Whatley, being the initial W. H., probably William Henshaw of Gloucester. „ 18. Initial Cross at Nettlecombe and Curry Mallet. viii. INDEX TO PLATES. Plate IV., Pig. 10, 20, 21. These two Shields and elegant Cross are found at BarM i( k and East Brent. Tliey are found on bells all over England. The licljiisses on the Shields have not been made out. ,, 22. Initial Cross found at Compton Paunceford. ;, 23. The Arms of WiUiam Gilbert, Abbot of Bruton, 1528, on the -Itli lull tliere ,, 24. Initial Stamp at Combhay, date 1671. Plate V. Pig. 2.5. Grotesque lion's face at S. Catherine's, Curry Mallet and East f liiiiuock. „ 26. This Cross is found on the same Bell. ,, 27. Very beautiful Initial Cross on West Monkton Tenor. ,, 28. Initial Cross at Charlton, Hovethorne and Horsingtou. ,, 29. ,, at East Quantox Head and Halse. ,, 30. ,, This is found in three sizes on very many oai-ly Bells, all dedicated to some Saint, and generally in small letters, after which the initials " t tf." ,, 31. Cross found at Ditcheat and Dowlish Wake. ,, 32. This Initial Cross is found on many Bells dedicated to some Sai.it in small crowned Capitals. Figs. 46, 47, 49, 50, having Pig. 46 as an Inter- vening Stop. ,, S2a. Seal of Johanna de Beauchamp at Bradford. Plate VI. Pig. S.'i. Stephen Norton's name, &e., at length at Chiselborough. ,, 36. Initial Cross on the same Bell. ,, 37. Intervening Stop on the same Bell. ,, 37a. Initial Cross at BackweU and Northover. ,, 38. Cross found at Compton Paunceford, 1627. ,, 39. Crown Stamp found at Priston. ,, 40. Cross on Weston Bampfylde second. ,, 41. Intervening Stop at the same place. „ 42. Crown Stamp found on Bells by " t g," ,, 43. Ditto. , „ 44. Ditto. ,, 45. Intervening Stop on the same BeUs. Plate VII. Fig. 46, 47, 48, 49, 50. Specimens of small crowned Capitals and Stop found on many BeUs. AU dedicated to some Saint. ,, 51, 52, 53. Specimen of double lined Letters on a Bell at liatli Ivistcn and Pitney. ,, 50. Stamp on a Bell at Weston Bampfylde, date 1599. INDEX TO PLATES. >''• riate Til., Fig. 57. t^bip Stamp foimcl iu three sizes on nine Bells :— Croweombe, Litton, Bac-kwoll, Northover, J21i;i, iSutton Montis, Lamyatt, Weston Bampfykle. Limington, 58. Stop (rediicod in tlie engTaving) at N«-tliover. 59. Eagle Stamp found at Nether Ham. 60. Tudor Eose at Langridge. 61. Initial Cross often used by " t g." 02. ., this xirocedes the Letters, Figs. 52, 53, 54. fi,",. The letter N, used by Eoger Somson ; on the Bradford Bell, some of the letters are crowned as shewn. riute YIII. Fig. ti3-\^- Initial Cross at Eimpton. 61. Trade Mark of an unknown Founder. It is found on two Bells at S. Catherine's and many other places in England. „ Co. Cross found on two Bells at Bawdi-ip. ,, 66. Inserted by mistake. 67. Ditto, at Clapton-in-Gordano, Cliarlton Musgrave, and Laverton. ,. 68. Ditto. 69. Anus on a Bell at Corfe, EadcUngton, and Yeoviltou, the bearings of Guille. 70. Initial Stamp used by Eoger Semson of Aish Prior. „ 71. A Founder's Eebus at Angerslcigh. 72. Citherine Wheel Stamp at He Abbots and He Brewers. „ 73. Initial Cross at Combo Hay by Eoger Piu-due, 1011 ,, 71. Ditto on several mediroval Bells. Plate IX. Fii?. 7">, 7G. 77, 78. Four words on an ancient Bell at Tluuloxton. See page 18. I'late X. Fig. 7'J. Initial and Ornament used by Thomas Purdue of Closworth. ,, 80. Vine Ornament used by Purdue. „ 81. Initials and Stamp of Thomas AVroth of Wellington. ,, 82. Fleur-de-lis, used by Purdue. „ 83. Stamp fovmd on BeUs, dated after ICOO. 84. Mark used by Thomas Wiseman of Montacute, found on several Bells. X. INDEX TO PLATES Plate XL Fig 80, Sfi, 87, 88, 89, 90. Niuety-fouv Floral Stamps loimd on Bells at P>nitoii, &c. witli the Initials I. E. E. B. Dated 1649. ,, 91. Initial Cross at Pitney. ,, 92. Intoi'veniug Stop at Cliiselbovougli — tlie stop at (Juvry Jlallet. ., 93. Cross on the 2nd at Charlton Musgrove. ,, 95. ,, the Sancte Bell at Clapton-in-Grordano. Plate XII. Fig. 9G. Trade Mark of A. Eudhall of Gloucester. Common. ,, 97. Trade Mark of John Lott, date 1624. ,, 98. ,, George Purdue, 16.... „ 99. ,, Eifhard Purdue, 1627. ,, 102. ,, John Pennington of Exeter. Plate XTII. „ 100. Trade Mark of Evans of Chepstow, 17 ■ ,, 101. Initial Cross on the second at Poyntington. ,, 103. Intervening Stop on the second at Poj-ntiugton. ., 104, 100. Two of Stephen Norton's Lettei's at Chiselborough. ,, lO.J. Intervening Stop which accompanies Fig. 14 at West Monkton. The same at Angersleigh. ,, 107. Intervening Stop on Charlton Musgrove Treble. „ 108. Initial Cross on Bell at Compton Paunceford. Plate XIV. Fig. 1. Ai-ms of Luttrell at East Quantoxhead ,, 2. ,, at Fitzhead, date 1724, ,, 3. ,, not known, at the same place. ,, 4. ,, Farthing at Crowcombe, date 1712. ,, 5. ,, Borough of Bridgwater, date 1868. ,, 6. ,, not known, at Combe Flory, date 1710. „ 7. ,, Stawley impaling Hext at Cothelston, date 1632. „ 8. „ (?) Grey at Norton-sub-Hamdon, date 1608. The quarterings hare not been identified. (iHrilCH BELLS OF SOMERSET. THE CHURCH BELLS IN THE TOWERS AND TURRETS OF ALL THE PARISH CHURCHES OF SOMERSETSHIRE, A PAPEU READ BEFORE THE EXETER DIOCESAN ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY, JUKE -iTH, 1874, BY THE REV. H. T. ELLACOMBE, M.A., F. S. A. RECTOR or CLYST ST. GEORGE, DEVOX. Having personally visited every old tower in Devonsliii-e (475), and examined e\'ery bell, excepting in one parish, ' where the keys of the tower, on two visits, had been carried off hj the j^arson ; and by a cu-cvdar to the clergy in Cornwall, having obtained a return of the bells in that county, the whole account of which, ■with many illustrations, was published m the Transactions of the Exeter Diocesan Architectm'al Society in 18G7 ; it occurred to me that the County of Somerset shoidd be taken in hand — other Counties having been done wholly or partially by other beU himters : I made up my mind to attempt the inquhy myself, by a chcular, addressed to all the clergy, and though personally a stranger, and perhaps unknown even by name to the great majority of my Reverend brethren, I doubted not that a letter, courteously worded, woidd be received in a good tempered brotherly way, and that, at their convenience, answers w^ould be returned to my mnocent inquiiies. From all the Rrn-al Deans, I at first obtained their kmd co-operation and good will, in supplying me with the names of the Clergy — for there is no Diocesan Calendar — after that my cuxular was committed to the tender mercies of Her Majesty's ministers of the Post Office. VOL. III. N.s. — X 2 THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE From the majority, full answers were returned, accompanied with thanks from many for the inquiry I had begim, and kind offers of assistance and hospitahty if I should visit the locality ; but some, I am afraid, on the receipt of my lithographed request, looked upon it as a begging- letter, and thought no more of it ; or Galho like, " caring not i'ov such things ;" it was treated as waste paper ; the consequence of which was, that I Avas put to the expense of posting a second letter — after the lapse of many weeks — and those silent gentlemen were troubled with the receipt of a " refresher," which resulted in apologies from some, but others never favoured me with any reply ! I then " tipt " the Parish Clerk or Sexton of the tower which remained silent ; and when, in very few instances, even that failed, I appealed to the Churchwardens, and from them, the desired information was invariably obtamed. The result of which is, that after posting more than 1000 letters, a return has been obtained of all the bells in the beautifid old towers of Somei'set. More than 240 of these, Avhich have been reported to me as at this tune remaining, are mediaeval or consecrated bells, the very bells, whicli in days gone by,_ daily sounded at Mane, Meridie, and Vespere, and still call the parishioners to worship. Some, I fear, are in a sad condition as to the appurtenances wliich belong to the gear of bell hangmg. These ancient bells, beautiful m their design and lettering, may well be considered to be fully in keeping with the object of such Associations as this : nuich more so than the legends wliich appear on the bells after the Reformation, wliich, historically, should not be omitted in any printed account, though they may be of little interest to the Archfeologist. But, we must not pass to the legends before I say a few words of respect to the Bell Founders of Somerset, and I have the pleasure to congratulate that County on possessing three veiy celebrated ^j>osi reformation founders — one at Chewstock, carried on by the Bilbies from before 1700 to 1815, and another at Closworth by the Purdues, though the Rev. W. Lukis in his Church Bellff claims the latter as a Sahsbury Founder, but Closworth was then- home quarters and then' biuying place : another at Wellington, by T. Wroth. There were also founders at Bridgwater, Frome, and Martock, but I shall be going off my rail to say more of these now, intending, at present, to confine my remarks to mediaeval times. PAEISH CHURCHES OF SOMEESET. There was a noted bell foundry at Aisli Priors, earned on by Roger Semson. He rejoiced in dedicating most of his bells to the Blessed Virgin, for there are several bells with fleiu--de-lis stop (fig. 10) and the legend: t Mw t f^la^ia t ^I'acia t Ifena B-f • lo 70 That these two last letters are the initials of the said Roger is proved from a bell bearing the same legend and the same character or type, which I found at Luppit in Devon, with his name at full length set up hackwards, m a very different type, of which we shall liave more to say by and by. That he hved at Aish Priors is proved l)y entries in the Churchwarden's accounts of Woodbury, Devon, in 1548-9, in which appear 45 42 the journey expenses of the Churchwarden on horseback, with seven men and nine oxen, going to and from Woodbmy to Aish Priors with laells to be recast, and the payment to Roger Semson bellauter.' ' See Devon Bells, p. 282. THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE Then, there was an earlier founder whose initials are t. g. These are the stamps which he used (figs. 30, 45, and 67), and as for his characters, they were all small and set very open or wide apart, as on a bell at Holford, in- scribed S a n C t a a n U a . At Dowlish Wake and at Ditcheat (Fig. 67) is foimd as a sto23 on a Sancta Maria bell by t IJ, He also used a crown stamp (fig. 42). I have found from twelve to twenty with the crown stamp. At Whatley there are three early bells by t (J with his crown (42) dedicated to S. Thomas, S. Leo, and S. Clement. The tenor is inscribed Sancte ffiregori ©ra ^ro i&abi's with this shield (17) and the initials C23. 11). This shield and initials are found in other counties. WiUiam Henshawe was a bell-founder at Glouces- ter; he died about 1500, and the bell is probably one of his.' At Weston Bampfylde, besides two bells bearing the ship (57) and other stamps used by t (J, the third bell dated 1599 has this bird stamp (56) ; it is known in the parish by the name of the cock bell. There is no legend, only initials. Another founder of early date was more artistic ; he used this elegant initial cross (fig. 32) wnth this intervening stop (fig. 48). The whole ys 67 48 ' Tliere is a brass to Lis memory in St. Michaers Churcli, Gloucester. PAEISH CHITECHES OF SOMEESET. legend was composed of small early gothic capitals, aU crowned, and not at aU crowded (fig. 46, 47, 49, 50) : there are only two of his bells in Devon ; but in Somerset as many as fourteen have been reported to me : viz., at Durleigh, Farington, Litton, Tollard, Kingston, Weare, lie Abbotts, 47 49 50 Fivehead, S. Brent, Inglishcombe, Laverton, and Loxton, therefore, the probabUity is, that his habitat was in that Comity or Bristol. The above cuts are specimens of his initial cross, letters, and intervening stop. There are a few bells in this Coimty by Robert Norton, who flourished m Exeter in the time of Henry the Sixth. The following were his usual Latin legends, namely, est micljt roUatum tUc istuti namen amatum Ipiotege Inrgo pta quos con\)ora saucta maria Cloce mra btlm Hfprllo runta noriua piebs ois plauDit ut me tarn sepius aiiHit 0[z melior 'one non est rampana sub ere iHistertis sacris repleat nos Hea iobannis. AU these are preceded by a cross {1, 3, 4, or 7) ; at the end, his trade mark 1. ^ 2. * 3. •i- 4. *i* 5. •i< 6. * VOL. III. N.S. — O THE CHURCH BELLS IN THE with the initals r^U, or another trade mark i^t who was either his predecessor or successor in the business — for each used the same style of letter and initial cross. The legend (5) "me melior" is certamly m a later and different type, but it has been found with Kobert Norton's initials, and the stamp of i ^t. In the year 1431-2 John Stafford, Bishop of Bath, was made Chancellor, at which time the parishioners of Plymtree, Devon, petitioned his lordship against the said Robert Norton of Exeter, bellfounder, with whom they had agreed for three bells of a certain weight, but that he had not supphed the quantity of metal for which they contracted, and that Robert had cheated them. In this record from the early Chancery proceedings, he does not appear to have been a very honest tradesman ; but as a workman there is nothing for bun to be ashamed of We will now return to the above six legends. No. 1. — The beUs on which the name of Jesus or i\)t (fig. 2) is introduced, are very properly called by that name. In Somerset there are only 16 ; viz., at Angersleigh, Bradford, Bicknoller, Dowlish Wake, Staple-F.itzpaine (mici)i upside down). East and West Quantoxhead, PAEISH CHUECHES OF SOMERSET. 7 Nether Stowey (with PvtP, tig. 8), Otterford, Stawley (two), Thurloxton, S. Decuman 's, Halse, Kittisford (two), Over Stowey, Thurlbeer. In Devon, I fonnd 46. It may be well to obsei've here, that occasionally it is found, that a word or letter may be set in upside down, which makes it more difficult to de- cipher. For instance in the fii-st Volume of the Transactions of the Som- erset Archaeological Association (p. 31), there is an engraving of a word on one of the bells at Staple Fitzpaiae, wliich is nothing more than the word intrl)t in this legend upside down ; iCpiUl : and sometimes a wi'ong word has been redundantly stamped in the mould, and so been produced in the casting. Such is the case at Over Stowey, where IPCtt (fig. 8,) precedes the Est michi, &c. I have found the very same blunder on two bells in Devon, and one m Dorset — nothinsf but a blunder, I believe, intended for Pet re. No. 2 is an invocation to the Virgin, of which there are only two in Somerset, viz., at Otterford and Thurlbeer (in Devon 19), but the total number bearing the name* of the Blessed Virgin in different forms is 57.' No. 3 legend is a visible and lasting proof of the behef of the Roman Cathohcs of that period, that demons, stoi'ms, and tempests were frightened away and dissipated by the sound of beUs. Only five of these have been been reported to me, viz., at Hatch Beauchamp, Over Stowey, Thiu'lbeer, Upton, Wembdon, and one of them (at Over Stowey) is bhmderingly mixed up with the next legend. In Devon there are twenty-two remaining. Of the next. No. 4, Plebs dis, there are only four,^ whereas in Devon it seems to have been a great favourite, for I found as many as twenty- two. The capital P is sometimes omitted, as at Thiu-lbeer and Wilton. I Abbas Combe, Holton, Puxton. Bp. HuU E.S., Horsington, Pylle, Bradford E.S., Hol- combe. Queen Charlton, Inglisbcombe, Eodney Stoke, Charlcombe, lie Brewers, Sandford Orcas, Cliedzoy E.S., Kilve, Stoke sub Hamdon E.S., CburchiU, Kingsbury Epis., Stoiu-ton, Corfe, Litton, Tburloxton, Donnington E.S., Nether Ham, Trent, Dowlish Wake, Northover Weston Bampfield, Ditcheat, Norton, West Hatch, Farington, Nunney, Weare, Fivehead, Pitcombe, Woolavington E. S., Pojmtington. = Corfe, Thurlbeer, Wilton, West Quantoxhead. g THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE The next, No. 5, Me melior, &c., is found at East Quantox Head, with cross (29), and l^t stamp, &c., with the arms of Luttrell, Fig. 1, Plate xiv, also at Crowcombe, with Figs. 4 and 5. ^^ '^^ m f A ffi 4 r ^s*K 1 ^--^' "~' 'K '""^^ J^^ '~^^. ^^Hi P^ ^^ir\^ ^S f' 1 ^ \ J^ r ^ 29 No. 6 is of a more hidden meaning than I will attempt to explam with any satisfaction. I foimd eleven of these in Devon, and in Somerset there are five ;' they are all exactly ahke, with the same initial cross (3), and the same lettering. 2D (a, with a circumflex, seems short, for Dtcta. Some suppose it to be short for DOCtrjna, to agree with Ffplfat without a circumflex. It is supposed to refer to the fii-st or sixth Chapter of S. John's Gospel. So much will sufiice for the above six legends, all ui modern gothic characters, which, Uke many others, are tiiie Leonines or Monkish hexameters, the middle and end of which rhyme together, invented in the twelfth century. The same sort of legend was attempted by Roger Semson, of Aish Priors, at Bradford ; the tenor, the finest, perhaps in the County (diameter 46^ in., E), is inscribed: — SANCTI OMNES CONFESSORES ORATE ^ NOBIS. A rose and flem--de-lis are the intervening stops, some letters are crowned. (Fig. 63 is his N). There is also an impress of the seal of 3lol)ana He iSfaucl)amp, C^fic De ^ergalienp, &c. A bell, very similar to this one, is at Talaton, Devon (diameter 42f in. F), the finest in the County. In that parish her husband, William de I Huisli Champflower, Combe Flory, Hill Farrance, Timberscombe, Brompton Ralph. PAEISH CHUECHES OF SOMEESET. 9 Bellocampo Earl of Warwick, held lands in the reign of Henry VI. ; lie died 1410. His widow, whose seid tliis is, died 1435-6, possessed of the same lands. She is supposed to have built the fine tower of that parish Church, and to have given the beU : the letters are the same as many found in this County, viz., those used by Roger Semson of Aish Priors, on his Ave Maiia bells. I have not succeeded in finding in what way tliis lady was connected with Bradford. Neither the Earl of Abergavenny, nor Lord Beauchamp, can throw any hght upon this subject from the arcliives in then possession. The lady was 33 the daughter of Richard Fitz Alan Earl of Arundel. The bearings are gules, on a fess between six cross crosslets or, with a crescent for difference, for Beauclmmp. Impaling quarterly, 1 and 4, gu. a lion rampant or, for Arundel. 2 and 4, Cheeky, or, and az, for Warren. The whole surrounded by this legend — S. 3o]fne : tit : bcaud^amp : liuc : iC. ttrgcucng : gromuntit : Icon : t : btc^ : tgu : custotit : tic : glomgan : t : morgmk. Including those by Roger Semson which have — Ave Maria, &c., there are fifty-seven beUs dedicated to the Blessed Vii-gin, in the amiexed form: Sfa iiHana ora pro nobis, ... at Abbas-Combe. 9i)e fHaria gratia pUna, ... at Combe 8. Nicholas. 10 THE OHUECH BELLS EST THE JStgina €t\i letate 'Ma 'S.llu, ... at Charlton Musgrave. Firgo fHatta, ... ... at Farington. Stella JHaria, ... ... at Holcombe. ffiarfa faocatur, ... ... at He Brewers. Besides those wliich I have abeady mentioned, m which the monogi-am t^C is introduced, there are four dedicated to the Holy Saviour as King of the Jews, viz., 4" S^csug najatenus 3Rei Jutieornm at Cossington, East Harptree, Wookey, Compton Dando, and one at Inghshcombe. At Charlynch is foimd •i- dfjttate pte flos |Harte On one at Inghshcombe, in crowned capitals, is — -}• Ebtstt file 0" ^iserctc inEi' Besides the Archangels Michael, Raphael, and Gabriel, which are found at Angersleigh, Kingston by Taunton, Langridge, Litton, Norton Malrewrad, Badgworth, and Martock, there are many of the goodly company of holy- men and women called to be Saints, whose names occur with the usual invocation " ora pro nobis," viz., Augustinus, Anna, Andi'ew, Barbara, Katarma, Margareta, Gregory, Clement, Peter, Paid, Johanna Baptista, Georgius, Stephanus, Thomas, Luca. At Chiselborough the thnd bears this legend — 36 37 PAEISH CHUECHES OF SOMERSET. 11 The whole lettering is singulai'ly beautifiil, being all ornamented capitals and crowned {Plate III). The initial cross is quite elaborate (36), and so is the stop (37) between each word. The beU was fovinded by Stephen Norton, of Kent, his name is on the waist of the beU (sic). pmisimmm wermMiii:M(m si!i*ai^*Msstteim My friend Mr. Tyssen has lately found proof that the said Stephen Norton lived at Maidstone in Kent ; certainly he was buried there ; for m the wUl of Jolin Maplesden of Maidstone, proved 9 November, 1528, he requests Iris " body to be biuied in the Church of Alllialowes in Maidstone, next unto the grave of Stex'yn Norton, Belfo under, while he lyved." There are some bells by William Foundor, a mediasval craftsman, well known to all beU lumters, though his name has not been found liis crosses have been, they are these, at Nettlecombe, Fig. 16 and 18, with •J" Sancte ^aule ora pro nobis i6 los 1 8 On some early bells, bearing the Cross (13), there are found a monster with a lolhng tongue (25), there is such at East Chinnock : inscribed -J- SanctE Pctrc ora pro nobis Edwardian coins also are impressed. is fomid on a beU at Angersleigli, in crowned capitals, with the cross (13) and the rebus shield (71) and stop (105), and the royal Tudor amis, (fig. 14). 12 THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE 13 •J* WSiax Suguatint sonat in anre Wti is the legend on the treble at Barwick, with the most elegant cross of any (Fig. 20) 3f!)U mcrtl, HaUi IjClp, encircling it. There are also two shields (19 and 21), which appear to be trade marks : they are 19 20 21 a rebus of some sort which have not been made out. The other beU at Bai-wick, the second, has the same stamps, with the legend : •fi Sancta Itatcrfna ©ra pro nobis. They are also found at East Brent, with the same legend. Bells by this founder ai-e not common, but specimens are fovmd nearly in every county ; he has not yet been identified — probably a Londoner. This cross (20) is found in a reduced size on a bell at Michaelstow, Cornwall. PAEISH CHUECHES OF SOMEESET. 4* Sit nomtn ©omint tenttitctum 15 with the cross (13), the stop (105), and the royal Tudor arms (14) with a crown over, is fonnd on a bell at Ashford, the capital letters are crowned, and the others are well formed. 26 28 64 The same legend occurs at Bawdiip, in a different type with the cross (28 and coins), and this foimder's shield, R L W (64,) which is foimd in Sussex accompanied with the arms of the See of Winchester. This shield is also foimd on two bells at S. Catharine's with cross (26) ; also at Curiy MaUet, with cross (18) ; at Rimpton and Shepton Mon- tague, with cross (63). 4- fH]i&«Eiasc©Ki3ias ©©ffliNi m eEew^iimm cii^a:ais © occiu-s only at Yatton, with cross (30). This cross (28), composed of foiu- fleur-de-hs, is found in three sizes ; fi'om the letters which accompany it, and the simphcity of the legend, bells which have it are probably of the 14th century. 43 VOL. in. N.S.- 63 44 14 THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE One or other of the crown stamps (42, 43, 44) will be found intermixed as stops, and sometimes a medieval ship (57) which is found in Somerset, in three sizes. All are dedicated to some Saint : they are to be seen 39 57 at Great Elm, Crowcombe, Limington, Litton, Blackford, Northover, Sutton Montis, Weston Bampfield. I found two such beUs in Devon, and they occur in Co. Gloucester, but are not known in other counties. At Priston, the legend is very uncommon, being composed in English : + I^IEEP t ©HS t nm^^^SSr t OT32 t 13IM9IE f 2E?^giE f CEFEl f BiJ)F©EIE t i3E t ilEl&IM^riiE The invocation of the Saint is evident, and, therefore, may be dated before the Reformation : from the sharpness of the letters, which are clear- ly Robert Norton's, as is the initial cross, (fig. 3) ; the stamps appear to have been very little used speaking from personal examiuation three or four years ago, see Plate II. : a crown (fig. 39,) is the intervening stop. 14 27 ji^vt V^- liu l\^J^ A^ PAEISH CHITRCHES OF SOMEESET. 15 The bell at West Moiikton, which bears the royal arms (14), and the very beautiful cross (27) wliich is not known elsewhere, may be considered to be dedicated to All Saints. The lesrend is — •I" i^tc Sit Sanctorum (Tampana Eautii ISonornm I wish to call special attention to the fourth bell at Bath Easton bearing this legend — The letters are elegantly formed in this way, preceded by this cross — \dPo/ ' 62 52 53 54 The double hned letters are also foimd at Pitney and at Charlton Musgi-ave. This imusual but pretty cross (108) is only found on the second beU at Compton Paunceford, with this circle (22) as the intervening stop. The legend is — 38 108 22 On another bell at the same place is the following legend — Snnt rata spts f)tt tres Ipe JHarfa 3of)E8 •with this cross (38). Two bells with the same legend have been found at Farrant Hinton, Dorset, 16 THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE The eao-le stamp (59) is found on a bell at Closworth, at Netherham, and at Charlton Musgrave, at the latter place it accompanies the cross (93). The eagle is found also in Wilts and Dorset. There is a small Sancte beU at Clapton in Gordano, of which Somerset may well be proud, as it is probably unique ; I have noticed it in my Bells of the Church, p. 263, No. 70, from which I reproduce the following accoimt — Preceded by this cross (95), for casts of which and the whole legend I am indebted to the kindness of my friend the Rev. J. S. Shaw of Bath. "This bell hangs in a beU-cot between the nave and Chancel, where the rope woidd fall down within the reach of the minister, who 95 93 59 would soiuid it, and as a signal for the signa — or great bells — to stop, and also for the people to come to receive spiritual food. There is a curious passage in the Rites of Durham, pubhshed by the Surtees Society, which will assist us in understanding the legend on the bell : — " Every Sonnday in the yere there was a sermon preached in the GaUeley at aftemoone from one of the clocke till iij ; and at xij of the clocke the great bell of the GaUeley was touEed every Sonnedaie iij quarters of an houre, and during the forth quarter till one of the clock, that all the people of the towne might have warnyinge to come and here the worde of God preched." (p. 33) I am reminded by the Rev. Dr. Rock that the high mass, or parochial mass, for Sunday was celebrated immediately after undern or tierce, which canonical hour beran at our nine a.m., and, as it took not more than ten minutes or so, the parochial mass may be said to have begun at nine o'clock, and would be over a little after ten o'clock. From Chiu-ch, PAMSH CHUECHES OF SOMEESET. 17 people went home to theii' meals ; axid, as mid-day was then a somewhat late hovu- for dining, we may be sm-e that almost every one had by that time done his diimer, and his servants had cleared the things away. Dr. Rock is of opinion that " what used to be the practice at Dm-ham, used to be followed in most paiish Churches, and some kind or other of in- struction was every Sunday given in the afternoon. To w;ixn the parish of the sermon time a bell was rung, perhaps in the country at twelve o'clock, perhaps in the town at one o'clock. The first ringing was on the Signa, or large beUs ; the last quai'ter of an hoiu's ringing was on the smaller bell, the sancte bell ; and as the instruction was calculated to be for the poor, for servants, for those particulaily set at liberty from their household duties, after their master's meal of the day was over, very properly was the instniction called ghostly food, with which these poor servants were to be fed. Hence of what is called the ting -tang was it said, 'servis clamo cibandis.'" — See N. (& Q. vol. xL, p. 150, 1855. There are some beautiful beUs at St. Andrew's, Trent : This legend shews the W used for oiu present V, and explains the use of that letter in the legend WOX AUGUSTINI. The second in small capitals is inscribed — The fom-th is Saittta mauta, by t g bearmg his crown (fig. 44). The most perfect ring of ancient bells is at Thurlbeer, in the original cage. There ai'e four, the 1st bears legend 3, "YJazt mca, &c. 3rd beai's legend 1, CSt miCiji, &c. 2nd „ „ 4, picbs ois, &c. 4th „ „ 2, Protefff, &c. All by Robert Norton, as they have his crosses and letters. There is an original ring of tlu'ee ancients at Holton, and also at Pitcombe. I now wish to say something about A B C, or alphabet bells. They are a puzzle to aU companists. They are found in all parts of England, in France too, and in Scanduiavia ; at Severn- Stoke, Worcestersliire, the 18 THE CHUECH BELLS EST THE whole alphabet is inscribed on the flat top margm of an ancient font, and at Rushton, All Saints, Northants. Four instances occur in Somerset, one on the second at Stoke S. Mary near Taunton, from A to N, set backwards — not imcommon on bells, in Roger Semson's queer types — for he used two sets of letters with initials R.S. One at Closworth A to X. The other, on the fourth at Creech S. Michael, in a larger type than was used by Semson, but evidently copied very roughly from his Ave Bells, with the date 1590 (after Semson's time), miless it can be shewn that the family survived at Aish Priors to that date. One at Walton all in confusion. On the fourth bell at Donnington, Semson has used his tnie types, adding to Ave t Maria f Gratia f Roger f Walron t Gentleman. With the exception of the alphabets, all the legends are inteUigible enough ; but one has been found at Thurloxton similar to one at ChaUacombe in Devon, which has puzzled all who have seen it. The letters at Thurloxton are those used by Roger Semson (see Plate IX) with his initials, AMCI AGIPE ANE AOPB R.S. at ChaUacombe, the version is slightly different : AaECO ANCEO AMCEO AIPCEO RS. It is difiicidt to say what some of the characters are, but a clue may be found by comparing them with those on his alphabet bell at Stoke S. Mary. On a beU at Old Cleeve is an instance of these queer chai'acters, with SANTE t PETER t PAVLE, divided by Semson's usual fleiu-- de-Us (10). The Priory at Tamiton was dedicated to S. Peter and S. Paul, and the Chvurches where these beUs are found might, in some way, have been connected with that estabhshment. AU these mediseval legends will follow under each parish, in a tabulated alphabetical order in the Appendix, with the post reformation inscriptions as they have been reported to me. Some of the stops used by the foimders of that period are on Plate XI. The mediaeval legends are likely to be more correct, as they are copied from actual nibbings. The Armorial bearings which are foimd on bells are given in the engravings at the end. PARISH CHURCHES OF SOMERSET. 19 I annex a few specimens of the ungodly style of inscriptions found on some of the bells. Here is a post refonnation legend by the noted Bilbie of Chewstoke, which is found on the tenor at Shepton Beauchamp : — "hajs'g me right, and ring me well, theyll hear me sound at hambdon hill." That was in 1738. In keeping with which the same style of low wit is on the fifth at BackweU : — " BILBY AND BOOSH MAY COME & SEE WHAT EVANS & NOTT HAVE DONE BY ME. 1758." In similar style is on the tenor at Somerton, dated 1714 : — " FRIND WROTH AND NIGHT, FOR ALL YOUR SPITE OULD EDW. BILBIE ME RUND. PULL ME ROUND AND HEARE ME SOUND FRIND SUCH WORK YOU NEVER DON." Another at Dunkerton — " BE : FOR : I WAS A BROKE, I. WAS, AS : GOOD : AS ANEY : BUT, WHEN THAT COKEY CASTED I NEAR, WAS, WORTH, A PENNY." Other legends will be fovmd in the tabular list in the Appendix. Of the above beUs, many ai'e cracked or broken, 242 are mediaeval or pre-reformation bells. It may be here remarked, that much interesting matter relating to the liistory of the bells, and the foimders of the Coimty might be fomid by searching for old Chiurchwardeus' accoiuits in the parish coffers, and also by looking up the wills of bell-foimders in the Registry at Wells. I take occasion to mention tliis in the hope that some waiTQ hearted archaeologist may be induced to enter upon such searches, con amore. And now, in conclusion, I very gladly record my sincere thanks to the Gentlemen of the Covmty, by whose kind assistance I have been enabled to bring together the contents of this Paper. I had wished to give the diameter of aU the beUs, and the note of the tenor, but it is hardly possible without personal examination. 20 THE CHUECH BELLS EST THE As to the munber of bells in Somersetshire, presuming the statistics sent to me are correct — There are in rings of three - - -68x3 = 204 of four - - - 72 X 4 = 288 of five - - - 150 X 5 = 750 of six - - - 85 X 6 = 510 of eight - - - 18 X 8 = 144 of ten - - - 1 =10 Forty-three Claurches have two bells - - 86 New and old Chui-ches with single bells in towers or bell cots 72 2064 As for other bell-fonnders not mentioned in this paper I beg to refer my readers to all I know about them as given in my account of the Bells of Devonsliire. It is worthy of note, that in Somerset no bells are fotmd with royal heads, nor with the well known shields, the one a chevron between 3 trefoils — the arms of UnderhiU; the other, a chevron between 3 laver pots, the arms of some Giiild of BeU-founders, all which are found ia other counties, as shewn ia the annexed cuts. PAEISH CIIUECHES OF SOMEESET. 21 APPENDIX A. THE INSCRIPTIONS ON THE BELLS lit the Toivers of all the Old Pansh Churches in Somerset, with the Diameter of many and the Note of the Tenor, including Neiu Toivers with Rings, and Old Parish Turrets or Bell Cots, with the Name of the Saint to whom the Church is Dedicated. yote. — The Numbers between [ ] refer t;-> the Cuts. The Date is when reported. ^-l 1. ABBAS (OR TE:\IPLE) C0:\IBE. |°'^'"- 1 ■ Mit lOHX BRINE Mk IOHX U.\ZZAKD | 31J CH.WARDEXS T BILBIE ITM \ 2 Mr IOHN VIXCENT VICAR 3Ii-. lOHN i 34 BRINE 5Iu lOIiN HAZZAUU CH. AVARDENS THO. BILBIE CAST ME AMOS HALLETT PUT ME UP 3 AN { NO v^ DOMINI 1 16.5fi * TP } TR ,^ 1 37 GK 5 GW I 5 LORD HAVE MERCIE VPON VS W.C. 1SS6 42 Error no doubt for 1595. | I •2. ABBOT'S LEIGH. 1 MY TFEBLE VOICE MAKES HEARTS REJOICE. T. BILBIE FECIT 17S1 ■) PROSPERITY TO ALL OVR BENE- F.\CTORS A ^ R [96] 1714 3 PEACE AND GOOD NEIGHBOVRHOOD A 4 R [96] 1714 4 RVDHALL OF GLOVCESTER CAST VS ALL 1714 g SA3IUEL PARNELL CHURCHWARDEN W. BILBIE FECIT 1781 6 ' I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL I AND TO THE GR.WE DO SUMJION ALL , SAMUEL PARNELL (:;HTri;CH\VARDEN ■ W. BILBIE CHEWSTOIvE FECIT 1781 Sej/temlier 8, 1870. ''■"I 4. ALFORD. I A/l SniHlx. 1 O ® O ® O Roses No Inscription . . 2 I AN } NO § DO § MI ^v NI ^^ 1673 ^ C § L I C j W § T § P 3 I Mk THOMAS ROVCH CH. WARDEN. T. BILBIE 17.jy Jamianj 28, 1871. O. ALLER. lcwt. 24 THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE 22. BANWELL. St. Aiidrsir. THIS BELL WAS RECAST BY JOSEPH DYER SIMPSON, ESQ 1844. \T. H. TURNER VICAR THOMAS BLACK- BARROW AND GE0RC4E BENNETT CHURCHWARDENS. JEFFERY k. PRICE BRISTOL Mk. EDMOND SHEPPARD & Mil lOHN LANSDOWN CHURCHWARDENS 1734 HUNT BILBIE Mk EDMOND SHEPPARD AND Mr lOHN LANSDOWN CHURCHWARDENS 1734 I TO THE CHURCH THE LmNG CALL AND TO THE GRA-VTi I SUMMON ALL ■A 4 Ditto lOHN HAYNS AND JOHN CHURCHWARDENS. THOMAS 1742 5 Same as 2 and 3 July 26, 1870 23. BAREINGTON. St. Marij. lOHN WARNER AND SONS 1869 Nothing. T. BILBIE 1743. SAMVEL * STVCKEY * W H » C H * I L * T S * C W MADE US 4 ANNO D * 1G68 24. BARROW GURNEY. \m 32] .i? ;»{ t^! (^ ^ j^ K ^ 5 E B 1 13 ^ 1^ B Jf 1? B i^ >"! 1^ B I $ [«, 47, 49, 60] (Crazed.) ANNO DOMINI 1607 . . ANNO DOMINI 1628 (Crazed.).. Scptmltr, 1873. 25. BARROW, XORTH. St. MichatVs. [+ 32] I }:( B [+ 32 ] % Y g I N 1649 R.C. 1- R.C. Flem- de Us Grapes &c . ANNO DOillNI MATHEW MACHELL C.AV. 1721 W. K. B. F. I N 1649 E. G. Grape Frieze &c. Diam, In. NO. 1 2 3 36 — 36 1 42 O 3 4 46 i .51 — 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 1 6 1 1 ) 2 i 3 — ! 4 i 5 1 6 29 32 7 36 8 i 40 1 26. BARROW, SOUTH. G. P. ANNO 1620 m ^8] %m m>mwf!i Bi^^w^r bbbi- 27. BARTON ST. DAVID. Nil . . . . . . . . Crazed. THANKS GEYE TO GOD 1591 Ditto Ditto STEPHEN SLAD PETER PARKER C.W. T.P. ANNO DOMINI 1693 October, 1870 28. BARWICK. St. Marij Maydakn. Seaor ausustinc Sonet in ^utc Stf [U 19] [© 20] [IJ 21] Santa Uatarina ©ta i9ra Nofit's. [U 19] [O 20] [U 21] 29. BATCOMBE. St. Mary. T. BILBIE FECIT CHEWSTOKE SOMERSET. JAMES A\nELLS FECIT AUBORN WILTS 1816 Recast Tins- Tan? MIB. K.D I A L 1691 30 33 Eflat. S3 44 36 39 42 54 E 30. BATH. S. Michael's. WHEN YOU US RING WE'LL SWEET- LY SING A 4 R 1757 HARK TO OUR MELODY A ^ R 1757 FEAR GOD HONOUR THE KING A ^ K 1757 PEACE AND GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD A ^ R 1757 PROSPERITY TO OUR BENEFACTORS, A 4 R 1757 \irE WERE ALL CAST AT GLOCESTER BY ABEL RUDHALL, 1757 lOHN FLOWER & lOHN PERRY CHURCH WARDENS A ^ R 1757 I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GRAVE DO SUMMON ALL 1759 D. Miller. 29i 30A 32 33 36 37i 41 46 PAEISH CHUECHES OF SOMEESET. 25 31. BATH ABBEY. S. Tela- and S. PukI FRANCIS BENNET ESQ MAYOR 1774 10 NICHOLAS BEAKER GEORGE CLARK WARDENS 1774 WHEN YOU MEE RING I SWEETLY SING A 4 R 4i 4 4 1700 GOD PROSPER THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND A ^ E ^ ^ ^ 1700 PROSPERITY TO ALL OUR BENEFAC- TORS A 6 R 4 6 6 1700 PRAY' RING VS TRY WEE WILL PE4.ISE YOY A 4 E 4 4 4 1700 PEACE iUSTD GOOD KEIGHBOVRHOOD A S R 4 ^ 1700 lAJIES SMITH SAIJVEL DITCHER CHVECWARDENS A 4 R 4 4 ^ 1700 THO: GIBBS MAIOR Mu WILLm CLE- MENT MINISTER ANNO DOMINI 1700 ALL Y'OII OF BATH THAT HEARE MEE SOYND THANK LADY HOPTON'S HVNDRED POVND. AURA. KYDHALL CAST YS ALL liSo Do 1700 This Bell was cracked February 1869, another recast \vith the same inscription by Warner 1870 ; cast again by Warner for amendment. Diam In : Xo 32. BATH. St, Jamt'S, PEACE & GOOD JiTEIGHBOURHOOD 1729 PROSPERITY TO THE CITY OF BATH 1759 CHURCH OF GLOCESTER PROSPERITY TO THE ENGLAND 1729 ABRA. RYDHALL OF CAST US ALL 1729 THIS CHURCH & TOWER WAS NEW BUILT AND THE BELLS ALL NEW CAST AT THE EXPENCE OF THE PARISH 1729 THO. FRY & NATHl. CLEMENT CHURCH- WARDENS 1729 A 4 K Wm. hunt, D.D., ARCHDEACON & RECTOR OF BATH 1729 I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GRAVE DO SUMJION ALL A A K 1729 D. Miller. 29 31 32 33 37 40 44^ 47 SI 58J D 30 31 32 34J 37 39 i^ 47J 33. BATH. TriHity. THE GIFT OF JIARTIN STAFFORD SMITH © © RECTOR OF HADBURY WORCESTERSIIIE O O I. KUDIIALL, FECt. 1821 D.MiUer. 37 34. BATH. Christ Church, BEFORE HIM LOWLY FALL: WM. CARY FOUNDER BRISTOL, 1852 LET CHRIST BE KNOWN AROUND ., MEAES AXD STAIXnANK, FOUXDEKS, LOXDON, 1867. ANT) LOVED WHERE'ER I SOUND .. MEARS AND STAINKANK, POUNDEKS, LOXDON, 1867. THEN SHALL TRUE lOYS ABOUND .. MEARS AND STAINBANK, FOTJXUERS, LONDON, 1867. BEFORE HIM LOWLY FALL MEARS AND .STAIXliANK, FOUNDERS, LOXDON, 1867. WHERE'ER WE LIFT OUR CALL MEARS AND STAINBAXK, FOUNDERS, LONDON, 1867. AND PRAISE HIM LORD OF ALL HARDY GA\'E US STMNBANK MADE US A.D. 1867.. Two more Trebles were added in 1873, cast by Mears & Stainbank, the gift of two Sliss Halli- days, inscribed — SISTER ANNE SISTER SUSAN Rev. J. Wood, Rector. 35. BATH. <5'. Steiihcii. C. AND G. MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1845 3fi. D Miller. BATH. St. John's Hospital, ANNO DOmNI : a> : I.P. a> 1673 D. Miller. 37. BATH. S, Mary's Chajicl, Queens Square. JOHN t WOOD X ARCHITECT \ FOUNDER OF X THIS X X CHAPEL J MDCCXXXII All Rebuilt 1872. 38. BATH. St. Mary Magdalene Chapel, No inscription, only a running border .89. BATH, WALCOT. St. SiHthen. jgi GEORGE SHIELD, CHURCHWARDEN » 1805 i8S THOMAS & lAMES BILBIE CHE\VSTOKE, FECIT. Mk. AVILLIAM SAINSBURY » & Mr, STEPHEN FOARD CHURCHAVARDENS T. BILBIE FECIT i» « 1765 « Old BeU 274 29 31J ■iU 36i 40* 30 26 45 26 THE CHTJECH BELLS IN THE 40. BATH. St. Snvionrs, Liirkhall. K I. EUDHALL FECIT 1830 THIS PEAL OF ETC TIT CELLS WAS THE GIFT OP Wm. HOOPER ESQ. OF THIS PARISH AND PLACED HERE A.D. 1830. CHAs. ABEL MOY- SEY RECTOR CHAs. GEARY & DANl. HOWE CHURCHWARDENS OF WAL- COT. JOHN PINCH ARCHITECT » I. RODHALL FECt. 41. BATH. All Saints. ROBERT & JAMES WELLS ALBOURN FECIT 1794 * * * 42. BATH. St. Lukes, Lijiicombc. JOHN WARNER & SONS, CRESCENT FOUNDRY LONDON 1867 43. BATH. St. 3[ayJc's, lyncomhe. I. WARNER & SONS CRESCENT FOUNDRY LONDON 1854 PATENT.. 44. No Inscription BATH. Octagon Chapel. 28 29 30* 33" 35 38 41 45 45. BATH. Old Bathwick Cemetery. :. WYNDHAM GOODEN & THOS ■ GIBBONS CHURCHWARDENS 1818 T EUDHALL FECIT 28 31 46. BATH. I St. Johtis, Roman Catholic Triorij. S. CLEMENS ET STA VALENTINA ORATE PRO NOBIS S.S. lOCOllE ET ALOYSI CUM S. NORBERTO ORATE PRO NOBIS S.S. JOSEPH ET lOANNES EVANGE- LISTA ET S.S. AGNES ESTHER ORATE PRO NOBIS B. MARIA VIRGO, CUM MATRE SUA ANNA INTERCEDAT PRO NOBIS ET OSINIBUS FIDELIBUS DEFUNCTIS AU by Taylor. The above bells are used for striking the West- minster Quarter Chimes, the hour being struck on the largest 47. BATH. St. Thomas a Bcclcct, Widcombc. lOHN RUDHALL FECIT 1825 P. P. Eykin. May, 1873. 48. BATH. St. Matthew's, Widcombc. NEIGHBOURHOOD lOHN ^ CLEJIENTS t GARDENS ^^ IGoS Na WILTS WARDENS s^ ALBOURN PEACE AND GOOD A 6 E 1719 .. lOHN alGGES CHURCH § lAMES WELLS FECIT 1802 .. © praise t 2^ tj^ lorli 0. & G. MEARS FOUNDERS 1847 lOHN : PITCHER : lOIIN CH : WARDENS : lOIIN LONDON SMITH PINKAR : THOMAS : PARSONS : OVERSEERS 1719 These Bella were removed from the old Wid- combe Church, when the Tower of this was completed. D. MiUer. 25 49. BATH. St. Mary's, Bathwick. T. IMEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1819 T. MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1819 T. MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1819 Cage prepared for a ring of eight D. MiUer. 30 30^ 33 34 37 41 33 38 49 PAEISH CHUECHES OF SOMERSET. 27 50. BATHWICK. •S. John the Baptist. IN IIOXOEEM DEI ET IN PIAM ME3I0RIAM VIRI ADMODUM DILECTI LE\'ESON EUSSELL HAMILTON HUrUSCE iEDIS SACRiE CONDITORIS ME POSUIT PHILIPPUS EDYAKDUS GEORGE A S 1871. I J WARNER & SONS. 51. BATHAMPTON. ^. Jluhael. CAST BY WARNT:r & SONS LONDON THOMAS COLLETT THOMAS WEST CHURCHWA RDENS [+ 30] Sanctc [t 12] tfioma [t 12] ora t pro t "obis ANNO * DOMINI » 1G22 * R P [84] In the waist the Royal Arms of the Prince of Wales and motto Ich Dien with R L+ IS] Sane ta luci t ora pro no fais September 24, 1870. 52. BATHEALTON alias BADEALTON. iS. Bartholomeu: ALEXr WEBBER RECTOR JOHN WEBBER 1749 H G JIOYSEY & W GREENSLADE CHURCHWARDENS "PRAISE GOD IN HIS SANCTUARY." C & G MEARS LONDON AD. 18.54 E A WEBBER M.A. RECTOR "HEAR MY VOICE O GOD," C k G 3IEARS FOUNDERS LONDON A.D. 1854 G A MOYSEY D.D. GA^TI THREE BELLS "GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST." C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON A.D. 18.34 per Rector. 25| 28 45 27 30 33 36 o3. BATHEASTON. (S. John Baptist. JOHN RUDHALL FECIT, 1S24 ANNO DOMINI, 1634 A.T. LG. W. I ^ L [97] Ditto [+ G2]Ym(?TO3:g ; ,^-(?i«5(?.xK: \'i^ei^B : (?„«iffil?.j^T;!;^: m^^V^m Letters .32, 53,64 JOHN RUDHALL FECIT 1824 GEORGE MILSOM & ANDREW EM5IEE- SON CHURCHWARDENS Ditto October, 18 71 31^ 33 35,^ 40 40 451 54. BATHFORD. S. Swilhiii. JAS CARTER VICAR G I WILSHIRE JUNr C FORD 1842 YEEEES & W BATH- 00. BAWDRIP. «S. MUhacl. HENRY PARSONS RECTOR WILLIABI KING CHURCHWARDEN THOS BAILEY FECIT AD 1745 + [28] Saitcte £i)oma ©t A.S. * C.W. « T • P * 1671 XJ [64] + [28] u [64] ig [+] Stt §.zmv. Bomtnt Bmcljictum Same as Fcliiham, Sussex see Tyssen p. 9 JuUj, 1S70 56. BECKINGTON. S. Gregory. H EDGELL ESQ & JIr SKURRAY r C.H.W. 1756 T.B. Recast 1811 57. (Cracked) (Cracked) BEDMINSTER. 5. John. One Bell formerly more Mk SAMUEL BROWN AND Mr ROGER EDWARDS CHURCHWARDENS Uu TOIAS Mr IOHN GIBBUINGE Mr JOSEPH FULLER 1729 Mr JOHN STEVENS Mk JOHN ROBERTS JIr THOMAS WHIPPY Mr JAMES DURBAN PARISH CLARK Mr JOHN BAUNTON Mu JOHN MAYO Mr JOHN GIBBONS Mu JOSEPH GALE BIr RICHARD NELMES Mr RICHARD JONES Mr SA3IUEL GEARE JIr RICHARD NELMES Mr WILLIAM GRANT 26i 29i 32| 28 29 32 36 32 33 35 52 53 59 THOMAS BILBLE CAST ALL WE P. EykjTi. 58. BED:\irNSTER. S. Lulcc's. One Bell ahout to he aufrmented to Si.K 59. No Bell BED.AIIXSTER. S. Paul's. 28 THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE GO. BEER CROCOMBE. IS. James. PRAISE YE THE LORD WITH ONE ACCORD CAST BY BAYLEY, STREET & Co. 1756 JOHN TAYLOR & CO FOUNDRY LOUaHBOROUGH 1861 1626 W T [Border of Flowers & Crowns] .. Me ROBERT lEFFERIES CHURCH- WARDEN T A WROTH 1721 October 3, 1870 61. BERKELEY. S. Mart/. WILLIAM BILBIE CHEWSTOIiE FECIT 1790 XAMES EAINE CHURCHWARDEN LOVE CHRIST 1617 October 10, 1873 62. BERROW. S. Mary. MY TREBLE VOICE MAKES HEARTS EEIOICE CAST BY lOHN KINGSTON B.W. 1318 FERDINANDO BOARD AND ROBERT WHITE CHURCHWARDENS CAST BY lOSEPH BADMAN IN 1724 MY SISTERS ALL NOW SING WITH ME WHEN I DO RING Stops %*,* curiously shaped Crown lOSEPH BOARD & EDWARD HtS CHURCHWARDENS CAST BY THOMAS BAYLEY BRIDGE- WATER 1771 EDWARD HIX & SAMUEL HOOPER CHURCITWARDENS THOMAS & JAMES BILBIE CHEW- STOKE FECIT 1801 1688 Mr. Clarence. 63. BICKENHALL. S. Paul. One in a Tarret April, 1871 Mr. Spencer. 64 BICKNOLLER. lAMES PEARCE lOHN MANDEES WARD 1702 GILES SWEETING JOHN HAEECOMBE CHURCHWARDENS 16o7 W P E P Ditto + [3]3E3t mtcf)i collatum ii)c [^1 igtulJ nomcn amatum 31 33 36 38 G5. BIDDISHAM. ANNO DO MI NI 1609 R ^ [99] P L D ANNO DO MI NI 1628 R ^ [99] P Ditto Ditto Mr. Coleman. 66. BINEGAR. Soly Trinity. + 1 [97] L ANNO DOMINI 1634 WILLIAM lAMES CHURCHWARDEN WILLIAM BILBIE CHEWSTOKE FECIT 1776 Ditto also I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GRAVE DOTH SUMMONS ALL Jul;/, 1870 67. BISHOPS HULL. S. Peter. GP 1609 .. 1688 t [10] MWo t [10] mK%m t (PBJ^(?W t •^■LTim:^ t miM^ii^ \ [lo] jfi^f bl? t [By R S without his initials] FEARE THE LORD YOUR MAKER R W C W T P 1660 PRAYSE YE THE LORD G P [90] 1608 April, 1871 68 One Bell. BISHOPS WORTH. S. Peter. 69. BLACKFORD. Chapel. A Modern Bell 70. S MARCH 1707 t H D t lOHN 6 SIilART '» S C W T B E F 1759 BLACKFORD. S. Micliael. F THOSIAS LAMPIER C W A F t E r t 1616 [83] 9 K2 [851 July 26, 1873 Rerd. J. Hele. 29^ 31J 35 37i 40J PAEISH CnUECHES 0¥ SOMERSET. 29 71. BLAGDON. S. Andrtic. T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1S17 SAMUEL ALLEN GE0RC4E DYER CHURCHWARDENS T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1S17 72. BILBIE • ) Nothins BLEADON. S. rctcr. 1710 WE •:• lOHN : CHAMPION : VMFRY •:■ I CH.\MPT<)N : CH : WARDENS •:• WHEN : ALL : W-E ; WAS : CAST 1711 July, 1870 7.3. One Bell 74. BOEOUGHBRIDGE. BRADFORD. S. Giles. + ['] Cflmicl)i collatuin ttjc ['-] istuti iiotnrn nmntuin Ditto t[io] :x\'Y, 3^;^Bi;^ t (^ai-A-^i-s t BE JIEEKE AND LOLY TO HEARE THE WORD OF GOD ICIO I W SB WILLIAM rURDVE CAST JIEE ^mw t '^v^m'^ :ti' 'm'ni% u [33] This Tfiior is a notile Bell bearing the very same I.cgrnd and Atnis of Berir.iveny, as on the Talaton Tenor. The Letters are those of Roger Scmnson Oelolcr 27, 1871 BRADLEY WEST. lAMES A\T:LI-S ALDEOURNE WILTS FECIT 181.5 RALPH AISH HENRY BULL ANNO DOMINI 1700 T P T K Ditto February 25, 1S7 Diam. In No 30 294 32f 1 2 28 3 30 33 36 39 1 2 42 3 ; 4 5 34J 1 36J 38i 42J 1 ;"*' 1 2 3l \ _ 4 31 36 39 G i 76. BREAM. S. Briilyd. 5 u n c t c 111 i c a i I + [3] (P.nos ronfcora § [lo; man'a ;s:[42] iiivgo § r-15] Sanrtc S [■'•''] tiionisi pro S [-i-^] nobis § [^^J ora 77. BRENT, EAST. S. Marij. Ma lOIIN DINURDY Bin lOIIN WATTS CHURCHWARDENS 17J3 T B ISnmm filagtialcna GTampana ©crct frldotiiE U[i9] S[20] U[2i] Mil lOHN SMITIIFIEI.D Mu JOHN ■ DE.\N CHURCHWARDENS 1709 OAST BY Mr GEORGE DAVIS BRIDGWATER GOD SAVE THE KING Mr IOHN CHAPPEI,L AND Mr THOMAS WALL CHURCHWARDENS IN THE Y'EAR 1729 WHEN I DOTH TOLL PRAY 5ITND YOl"R SOI-LS AND IN G(JD PUT YOT'R TKI'ST AS JIAY BE WELL AVITH YOU AT L.\ST WHEN YOU COME TO DOUST RING TO THE PRAISE OF GOD THOMAS BILBIE FECIT 78. BRENT SOUTH. ,'■•. MIcIkhL X [1] IOHN ♦■ oOMERSET ♦■ GENTLE MAN ♦ AYR ♦■ GE ♦■ R 6 P [99] 1035 * [32] ^m^m ^ [•'SI I'(f)l:!;^t?P.'E$ i [-18] lj)B.^ § BV© { myni^ [-^11 crowned Small Caps 40 17 49 .50] MESSIEURS COOMBES AND Y'EO CHURCHWARDEN'S CA.ST BY IOHN KINGSTON BRIDG- WATER 1S17 ^ THOMAS RANNOLES -|- ANNO DOJIINI 1628 ♦• R 6 P [99] IOHN HARDEN AND lAMES HARDEN CHURCHAVAUDENS 1 TO THE CIIURCil THE LIA^NG CALL AND TO THE GRAVE DOTH SUMMONS ALL AVILLIAM BILBIE CHEAVSTOIIE FECIT 1777 4^ 30 THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE 79. BE ATT ON ST MAUE. Buly Tiinitij. X [21] Nothing E COCKKY FEOME IS-Jl crazed A confusion. The letters with * are upside dowTi Septcmha; 1870 80. BEEWHAM, SOUTH. ■S. John the Baptist. Mr COlvEY BELLFOXJNDER 1730 HENEY PATCH CH.WAEDEN 170.5 GLORY TO GOD I \V M. V. M. V. 1654 VIVOS VOCO JIORTrOS PLORO RECAST 18G8 BY WILLIAM MEAES, W WARREN A AYLIFFE CH. WARDENS April, 1871 Diam, IB No 28 1 30| 2 81. BY T BEIDGWATEE. .S. Mary JIaijihlcm. BAYLEY 174.5 GLORY IN THE HIGHEST Ditto, AND ON EARTH GO()D TOWARDS MEN IL WC 1650 WP GP ANNO DOMINI 1015 TO GOD WILL SANCTAE MARIAE ANNO 1634 27 2S 30 33 39 FROM LIGHTNING AND TEMPEST GOOD LORD DELIVER US 1721 WILLIAM METHUEN Wm BRYANT CHURCHWARDENS. A ^ R 1721 lOHN TAYLOR and Co FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH 1868 RECAST BY SUBSCRIPTIONS OBTMNED 1867 lOHN B HAMMILL JIAYOlt XJ [-5] Borough Arms I CALL THE LIVING MOURN THE DEAD I TELL HOW DAYS AND Y'EARS ARE FLED FOR lOYS FOR CtRIEF FOR PRAYER AND PRAISE MY TUNEFUL VOICE TO HEAVEN I RAISE Novcmhcr 1. 1871 St. John the Baptist. One Modem Bell 82. BEISLINGTON. S. Luke W ♦ P ♦• R ♦ P lOHN HASKIENS FOUNDER 1669 ROBERT COLLINGS CHURCHWARDEN Ditto Ditto Ditto THOMAS BILBIE FOUNDER 1766 THOMAS HUEREL CHURCHWxlRDEN .. January, 1870 83. BEOADWAY. St. Aldelme. ANNO DOMINI t 1672 t S K C W t T P GEORGE POOLE t THOMAS GAWLER CHURCHWARDENS CAST BY THOMAS ♦ BAYLEY ♦■ BRIDGEWATER 1748 ANNO DOMINI 1672 S K C W T P MR EDWARD BULLER CHURCH WARDEN CAST BY GEORGE DAVIS B WATER 1798 GAVDETE SEMPER IN DOMINO W C W P I P ANNO DOMN 1583 November, 1870 Holy Trinity. One Modern Bell in a Belfry 84. 1824 BEOKLEY. S. Nicholas. Dectmher, 1870 85. BEOMPTON EALPH. *S' Mary. PRAISE THE LORD V H T W 1638 W t P i- m iHifteriif sactis rcpleat nof tea Eo5an= mf A heautiful Casting 4S 31 33 35 38 384 THOVGH ; : BIN : MAID PHILIP On the waist t [8] {|?j^B33mji '■■ IS5 ^ mi ; imm& ■■■ m '^L,mm A hcautifully cast Bell : a crack through each letter M— proof of Eobt Norton May 15, 1872. 21 39 MY ; FOETINGES ; AVE SMALL; I ; AJI TET MID : Y'OV ALL : W 1684 WACWINTER PAEISH CHUECHES OF SOMEESET. 31 86. BROOMFIELD. ^Ul Saints. 1 I W JENKINS ANT) W CHCKCUWARDENS 1628 1606 G P .. GOVIEE 3 I IN IIONOREJI DEI OPTIMI MAXIMI SACRA JIINISTRATE. NICOLAO GEK- MON CEDirUIS GULIELilO NORMAN GrLIELMO lENKINS PAKOCHIANI HE COLLATIS PECUNIIS FACIENDAM CURAVERUNT AD 5IDCCCLX JOHN I TAYLOR AND Co BELL FOUNDERS 4 I Mk CHRISTOPHER 3I0TT AT^CAR GOD SAATE THE CHURCH "\\^LLIA1I lOWILLES THOJIAS GARDNER WAR- DENS A D 1716 5 LET SfY SOUND MO\-E THEE TO GODS GLORY Wm EVANS FECIT A D 1739 Jiitie, 1870 87. BROMPTON REGIS. S. Mary. S!1 :: ;: ;: :: 3 ! lOHN TAYLOR & Co LOUGHBOROUGH I ; 1S64 rj 88. BRUSHFORD. S. Nicholas. 1 2 8 i\ S COltE LET US RING FOR CHURCH AND KING 1741 WILLIASI EVANS OF CHEPSTOW CAST US ALL 1741 PEACE ANT) GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD W 4 E 1741 HEN NOiniAN GEO GOODING CHURCH- WARDENS W 4 E 1741 THE REV lOHN NORRIS RECTOR W ^ E 1741 September, 1S70. 89. BUCKLAND. S. Mary. \\\ T MEARS & Co LONDON 1861 COME WHEN I CALL BOTH GREAT AND SMALL t T i W [SI] 1707 lOHN TKATT CLEilENT RICHARDS W^U{DENS Diam In Xo 32 3S 36 41 43 31 33i 35" i^ 90. BRUTON. jS. JItiry. ONCE I'D A NOTE THAT NONE COOLD BEARE BUT BILBIE MADE ME SAVEET AND CLEAR S'. Jamci. THE GIFT OF JIAKGARET COX LADEV OF THIS MAXXER 17^8 Wm BLINI- MAX & C.H. DUDDIXG C.H. WARDEXS Wm BILBIE fecit 177'J iW BIS) SAMUEL DAY lOHX DAY CH. WARDENS 1676 K P A WG & GLORIA 1612 IX EXCELSIS DEO [12] $JK^ January 1870 and 1872 36 •10 44 JO 59 Hi 32J 35i 37* 42 108. CAMERTON. S. Peter. LET US KING AXD SIXG FOR PEACE A ^ K 1713 crazed ) T. IMEARS OF LOXDOX FECIT, W1LLIA5I WEEKS CHURCHWARDEN ) 1821 THOMAS OAREW ESQ. HEXRY BROOKES RECTOR A 6 R 1712 July 1870. 104. cannixgton. S. Mary. AN G :■ NO .:• ao •:• MI ■ P ■:■ F. B. T. B. .:• 16U 'I F t E X t 1600 : C J E C » R A IS G t Si AX : NO ; ao •- mi G P : i NI w t 1619 CAST BY lOHN KINGSTON OF BRIDG- WATER 1820 THOJIAS MURRAY AXD lOHX HARDING CHURCH- WARDEXS BOTH DE.iTII AND PLEASURE CAUSES ME TO SOUND. lONAS COLES SENr AXD WILLIAM SILK CHURCHWAR- DEXS 17.50 CAST BY THOs BAYLEY BRIDGWATER This Bell cansed the death of a carpenter who attemjited to mend the wheel whilst the bell was up.— Per ilr. Pjtt Eykyn, April 1S72. December 1870. 10.5. carhampton. 8. John the ISaptist. ROBERT STAINBANK FOUNDER LOXDOX 1868 Ditto G. WALLAN T 6 P 1613 R.L. CHURCHWARDENS P RH I BI IM ; ; E GM H HB. LH Ornamented with Rose and Thistle. FEARE GOD AND OXXER THE KING ROCrER PVRDEY CAST ME ^ 1684 REPENT : I • SAY : BE : NOT TO : LATE THYSELF ; AT ALL : TIMES : READY • jNIAKE A R 6 P & 1684 HVGH BLA(;K- WILL ; lAMES FOWELL CHURCH- WARDENS 27 33 34 42 42 4S 28 31 3: 34 42* 34 THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE -''° 106. 1 I Nothing 2 CASTIE GARY. All Saints. I WARNER AND SONS CRESCENT FOUNDRY LONDON 1854 Nothing Ditto Mr WILLIAM BURY CHURCHWARDEN Ditto 17G0 T BILBIE F June 1870. 107. CATCOTT. OneBeU, 1716 Anpust 1870 108. 1616 S. CATHERINE'S. S. Catherine's + [26] Sancta fHatia ©xa |3ra Xoiita U [ei] U [25] B Coin + [26] SanctE Wccollac ©ra Pro i&obis U [25] U [61] + [30] Sancta jo!)anncf baptifta oxa pro nobit t g September 1871. 109. CHAFFCOMBE. 6'. Michael. AN •:• NO ■■•■ DO •:• MI •:• NI 1681 ■:• \V •:• W •:• S ■-.■ L C .:. W ••• t •:• P -i- + [3] $isi^eJ5:6 : i?B(5B^ i i^BJs lOHN HUTCHINGS L\MBEAED J C. W. t ANNO X 1733 ; W •:■ F ••• W. KNIGHT, B.F. Octoler 1871. 110. CHANTRY. E(,hj Trinity. One Small Modern Bell 32 34 38 41 46J 111. CHARD. S. Mary. 31 36 42 WHEN I DO CALL FOLLOAV ALL THOJIAS BILBIE OF CULLOMPTON DEVON. W. READ & E. TAPP % C. W. 1790 REV. THOMAS ALFORD VICAR THE CHI'RCH AND KING PEACE AND GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD REVi> THOMAS ALFORD VICAR REVd WILLIAM LIDDON CURATE WILLIAM WALL IUNr and IOHN WHEADON CHURCHWARDENS GOD PRESERVE Name of Vicar, Churchwarden and Founder and date as on Treble WE WERE FIVE RECAST INTO SIX IN THE YEAR 17S0 BY THOMAS BILBIE OF CULLOMPTON DEVON REVd THOMAS ALFOKD VICAR WILLIAM READ & EDWARD TAPP CHURCHWARDENS I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GRAVE I SUMMON ALL REV THOSIAS ALFORD A'ICAR \nL- LTAM READ AND EDWARD TABB CHURCHWARDENS THOJJAS BILBIE CULLOMPTON DEVON FECIT 1790 112. Noremhcr IZth, 1871 CHARLCOMBE. S. Marij. VENITE EXULTEMUS A D 1S4.3 Sec account of the former two Bells in Collinson, Vol. i 33 37 40 43 45 48 D 113. CHARLTON CANFIELD, OR HORETHORNE S.S. Feier and Paul. AN ® NO © DO ® MI 8 NI ® 1661 ig| I R S + [28] mi^ ^i%mm -^-Lim^ I SOUND TO BIDE THE SICKE REPENT IN HOPE OF LIFE WHEN BREATH IS SPENT A R E H R 1618 PAEI.SH CHUECHE8 OF SOMERSET. 35 No 115. CHARLTON MACKERELL. S. Mary. T MEAES OF LOIJDON FECIT 1833 GEORGE HOCKEY CHTRCHWAKDEN 1788 Wm BILBIE CHEWSTOKE W Fi Ditto 1661 4- T C S 2i5S [87] lOHX TAYLOil BELLFOUNDER LOUGH- BOROUGH 1855 THE GIFT OF WILLIAJI THOMAS PARR BRYMER CLERK M A AND JAXE AXX HIS AVIFE T JIEAES OF LOXDOX FECIT 1833 November, 1S72 116. CHARLTOX 3IUSGR0VE. S. Stfphcii. ' + [31] * Bcgina O [lo-] ccli O [io7] htm o [107] alia nlla Letters double lined THOMAS PEARCE EDWARD ^ LOT t 1718 t [93] U [59] ffiaria U [69] 29J 30 30| 33f 38f 114. CHARLTON ADA^I or EAST. °^°-'"- ^o 55. Feter mid Paul. E BILBIE CAST ME 1714 R G E B CH W BILBIE FECIT Mr IOHN BRYAN Mb THOMAS NAISH CHURCHWARDENS 1738 txr fancta § [45] marsatcta § [^5] t ■• as: : NOT : NOW ; AS ...WONCE ; WAS • • • SQ : STRAINGWING : WAS ; THE ; CAVS E : BILBIE •■•• CAST ...ME 1714 •» R G* E B • CH *■ W • • • T MEARS OF LONDON CAST SFE IN THE 2nd YEAR OF THE REIGN OF •mLLIAM THE FOURTH ANNO DOMisi 1832 ybcember, 1871 3d 36 m:?i 'iMP Mmii$ 117. CHARLTON QUEEN. S. Margaret. WILLIAil FEAR AND lOHN BOLTEN CHURCHWARDENS BILBIE CAST ME 1716 m[^2] fHater iilarfa ^kna (Sracia WILLIAM BILBIE FECIT 1776 THOMAS RUSSELL AND lAMES PORTER CHURCHWARDENS I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GRAVE DOTH SUMMONS ALL Becember, 1871 118. CHARLVNCH. a. Mary. lOHN BRYANT CHURCHWARDEN THOMAS BA'iT.EY BRIDGEWATER FECIT 1743 + [15] mmm^ is? [9^] wi m [92] + [30] sancta marprcta ora pro nobis tg LLEWELYN AND lONES BRISTOL 1863 Jul;/ 1S70. 119. CHEDDAR S. Andrew. *■ [84] GEEVE THANKES TO GOD ANNO DOMINI 161S W B I A mm mm mm mm m m A Bell like this at Mapcrton T P ANNO DOMINI 1G73 W R IB C W (Grapes, &c., as used by Purdue fig. 80) G MEARS & Co FOUNTDERS LONDON 1864 EICHA A'COURT BEADON VICAR HARK HOW I CALL PREPARE TO COME TO THE HOUSE (IF GOD AND KINGDOM OF HIS SON Mk lAMES HAWKINS & Mii THOJLVS YEEP CHURCHWARDENS 1757 T BILBIE FECIT August, 1870 29 31 34 30 48 56 36 THE CHLTICH BELLS IN THE >'<'120. CHAETER HOUSE HINTON. .^. John Baptist. Nothing- + [61] Jlojannrs ^ [-^5] iti s^ [-4.5] ffare THO SHYTE RO EVNDLE C W L ^ C 16S7 November 9, 1846 Diain.In.:| No 12L CHEDDOX FITZPAINE. S. Mary. I LEAD THE JIEL0DI0U3 ROUND, BAYLEY AND STREET, 1750 FROM HILLS TO YALES MY PLASING NOTES REBOUND BAYLEY AND STREET 1750 lOHN 5IA.RTIN SOUTffWOOD & RICH- ARD BIRD CHURCHWARDENS 1853 lAMES GOTBY" BRISTOL HEALTH WEALTH AND PEASE TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD BAYLEY I AND STREET 1750 ' RICHARD GADD AND THOJIAS BAN- TER C.H. WARDENS FRANCIS WARR RECTOR BAYLEY & STREET 1750 January 1870. 31 37 38 44 F 122. CHEDZOY. iSS EP © BT jS'. Mary. RW 8J 1659 » !» GB 1699 T. MEARS FOUNDER LONDON 1840 lOHN SIBLEY Wil CRANE CHURCH- WARDENS t 9i>M\m t J«i'^:6 t w%mr, t (One of R. Semson's) DRAWE •••• Q ANNO RP S5 NEARE DO •;• MI TO NI •^m GOD 161? TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GRAVE DO SUM- MON ALL lOHN PHILLIPS lOEL CRANE CHURCHWARDENS G. DAVIS FOUNDER B RID WATER 1790 21 37 38 44 123. CHELLINGTOX. iS. James. I T. B. CULLUMPTON FECIT 17S2 fDiam. in. 124. CHELVEY. S. Bridyct. THE REV Mr. OLIVE VICAR Mk. JOHN MORGINS CH. WARDENS Me WILLIAM COTTLE OVERSEER 1738 THOS BILBIE 125. CHELWOOD. S. Leonard. john adams churchwarden 1773 aem beilbie fecit 126. CHERITON NORTH S. John Baptist. 30 34 ANNO DOinNI 1678 W T i IJPJCJWTP EDWARD COCKEY FROM 1840 WALTER NICHOLAS CHURCHWARDEN CAST BY lOHN IQNGSTON B. WATER 1823 ^ 1651 * R B R A * !g? * * «- * '" May 1872. 32 32 36 39 127. CHESTERBLADE. One SmaU BeU PAEISn CnUECHES OF .SOMERSET. 37 128. CHEW MAGNA. S. Amhrw. THE REV. lOHN HALL VICAR RICH- ARD MITLLIXS CHARLES WEAV'EU CHURCHAVARDEXS ISIO-U The latter resigned the office and 'Williim Bush was chosen instead. MY TREBLE VOICE MAKE HEARTS REJOICE THOMAS AND lAMES UILBIE FECIT WILLIAM lOXES AND WILLIAJI HALE ESQUIRES 1735 T. BILBIE CAST US ALL WILLIAit lONES AND WILIJA5I HALE CHURCHWARDENS . MARCH YE 1st WAS CAST . lOHX BULLER GAVE THE FOUNDER ONE POUND BECAUSE HE CAN HEAR THE GREAT BELL SO FAR ROUND WILLIAM lONES ESQUIRE WILLIA5I HALE GENT CHURCHWARDENS i A\aLLIAM lONES ESQUIRE Mu. WILLIAM HALE CHURCHWARDENS ANNO DOMINI 1735 RICHARD IHISWELL lOSEPH RADFORD OVER- SEERS PRAY GOD SEND GOOD LUCK THOMAS BILBIE FECIT Di.m In; jj,: | JQ^ 6 MR WILLIAM SMITH VICAR WIL- LIAM lONES ESQUIRE WILLIAM HALE CHURCHWARDENS IX THE YEMi OF OUR LORD 1735 I TO THE CHURCH THE LI\'EING CALL AND TO THE GRAVE DOTH SUMJION ALL MR laCHARD CHIS^\^■:LL lOSEPH RADF. IRD OVERSEERS 129. CHEWTON. .S. Mary Jifai/dalfh. T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1825 THOMAS LANGTON CAST WTC THREE LESSER BELLS G. ADAM WARDEN la-jf T. PENGARD CHURCHWARDEN WIT,. COVENTRY CARPENTER THO. STAR Y-^^ PIX'MER S. WASON Y' MAS Ui27 Mk IOHN BEACH Mr IAMES BOARD CHURCHWARDENS THOMAS BILBIE FECIT 1753 Mu RICHARD DRISLE Mr STEPHEN WASON lUNIER CHURCHWARDENS IOHN HIPSLEY GAVE ME . SING PRAISE TO GOD THOMAS BILBIE CAST ME AND MADE SING SO MERRYLIE Inscription cut off cxcppt ' CHURCHWARDEN " ■ ALL WEE CURTIS Kovemkr 17, 1871. 38 39 45 49i 56 CHEWSTOKE. S. Aiidrtw. W KERTON T 1731 FOUNDER BILBIE CH, W. ROBERT PAINE RECTOR . . 01 00 00 lOHX LUKINS .. .. 01 18 00 GEO PARROTT .. .. 00 10 00 IOHN FISSHER .. .. 01 01 00 IOHN AVATTS .. .. 00 10 00 W. BATH .. .. 00 10 00 CHAS BILBIE .. .. 01 01 nO W. WEBB CHELVHELL .. 00 10 00 IAS. STALLARD .. . . GO 05 00 ELI.AS BLACKER .. . . 00 05 00 JOHN WEBB .. .. 00 05 00 W. GURTON .. .. 00 05 00 THOS READ .. . 01 01 00 lOSEPH BANE .. ...00 10 00 IOHN RE.AD .. .. 00 10 00 IOHN BUSH .. .. 01 00 00 T. WALKER .. ..00 05 00 JAMES MORRIS .. . . 00 05 00 IOHN SANDERS .. .. 00 05 00 MY SOUNT) IS GOOD WELL UNDER- STOOD AS PLAINELY DOTH APPARE IT TWASS OWED BILBIE AND HIS FI!INUS AS CASTE ME TO BE HEARE 1718 THOFF JIY VOICE IT IS BOOT SMALL I AJI A COME AMAIN ST YOV ALL HALALVIAH ED. BILBIE 1718 T. ME.UiS LONDON FECIT 1820 GEOARG BULLOCK ED BILBIE FECIT 1698 MR WALTER WEBB W. CURTON T BILBIE CHURCH- WARDENS CAST IN SEPTEMBER IN THE YEAR 1731 TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GRAVE DOTH SUMMON- ALL TB. ET. Dcremher 20, 1871. 131. CHILCOMPTON. S. John the Baptist. THE g"vt:ft of the right HON- OVRABLE THOMAS LORD VISCOVNT WEYMOVTH ANNX) DOMIN 1752 § g; T 01 B ^a « DOMINI 1630 ^ ANNO The same The same THOMAS MARCHANT I \MES CATLEY CHURCHWARDENS TtiOMAS MEARS MAKER OF LONDON 1821 The same I^liriiari/ 5, 1872. 32 33 37 38 43 49 38 THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE 132. CHILTHOENE DOMER. .S'. Mary. TS)%1 T^I'V"! MU S ^,3 H ,A' i; ^ 1 isp B j; .? W II II il T II T II W 11 T. P. ANNO DO II MI II NI 1| 1668 With Purdue's running vine border over [SO] Aurjust nth, 1873. 133. CHILTON CANTELOE. ,S' James. FELICI . ITT . POl'VLO . FELIX . CONNV- BIA DICAM LJ5TIFIC0 ACCErtSIT VOX . MEA . QXTINTA . CHOEO . A.D. XVII. KAL . FEB A.S. MDCCCLXXIII TEES . FVIMUS . MELIVS . FORET OBMVTESCERE POSCIT FILIA ME CtUARTAlM . NVPTA . FUTURA . PATREM . A.D. XVII . KAL . FEB . AS . MDCCCLXXIII On each is "John Warner and Sons, London." GEVE THAKES TO GOD 1616 WAS RECAST A.D. 1865 ANNO DOMINI 1624 L L. R. T. W H T P ANNO DOMINI 1726 SIMON STRANGER C.W W.K. B.F. (Fleur-de-lis and crowns) The two Trebles were given by Dr. Goodford on the marriage of his eldest daughter, January 26th 1873 134. CHILTON POLDEN. One very miserable House Bell 135. CHILTON. Holy Trinity. t [10] .?j^T^(^t5:6 t [10] 1?J5^J5B t [10] Sit nomcn § [45] tiomini ^ [^5] be r\ta ictum i u> X [^s] + ANNO DOMINI 1635 A B. WM. ♦■ R 6 1- [99] YOV THAT HEARE : ME : MARK ; MY ■ CALL : A i WAKE FROM SIN RE ;f^ RN ! AE JJ? [87] PENT 4 A 1656 34 36 38 136. CHINNOCK EAST. S. Mary. JOHN ALLEN C.W. ANNO DOMINI 1772 W.K. B.F. SanctE Petre ora ® V^^l pro nobis T. MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1S29 RICHARD GENGE THOMAS TAYLOR CHURCHWARDENS lOHN CLARK CHURCHWARDEN ANO. 1744 W.K. B.F. ANNO DOMINI 1659 SD. IP. W.C.T.P. 137. CHINNOCK MIDDLE. S. Mitrgaref s nud S. Zitkcs. ^ [84] GEEVE THANKES TO GOD AO DI. 1600 Blank .. .. .. GIVEN BY MR. R. GAPPER RECTOR BUT HUNG AT THE EXPENCE OF GIBBS ESQ 1779 WILLIAM BILBIE CHEWSTOKE FOUNNDER (One Crazed) 138. CHINNOCK WEST. S. Mary. IN HONORE DEI ET SANCTI PETRI LLEWELLYN & lAMES BRISTOL Recast 1871 MR. THO. MORLEY CHURCHWARDEN 1784 +[101] S^jailQf.cSIS l^ [103] R-J^t^BKHi;^ 139. CHIPSTABLE. All Saints. Blank recast in 1861 .. 29* 33 36 39i 42 E 17i 39 2i 28 29 30 32 36 PAEISH CHUECHES OF SOMEESET. 39 '"• 140. CHISELBOROUGH. 5. Micliael. ■ [15] $155 t [12] ll^j^Bl'^ M [12] X [15] 5J^l©»Ti-^ >^ [92] K.i^(r>j;Bn^ Ji § [92] ®b;\- i [9-'] mm> § mM$ [[37] [37] m [36] (?;^RfiiniE II [3:]le^;<«?5'5J:r Sec all those Letters on Plate 3. Stephen Norton's name is on the waist, see Fig 35. He was buried in the Parish Church of Maidstone, Kent. i»ANNO DOMINI 1640 U J, P [99] Deccmligr 11, 1866 141. CHKISTOX. ANNO DOMINI 163S Xovemitr 18, 1870 142. CHUECHILL. S. John Baptitt. ALTHOrOH ; MY : WAISE ; IS . SMALL : I : WILL ; BE i HEARD : A : MAIN- GST : YOV ; : ALL ; SING ; ON : MY : lOLLY ; SISTEKS ; ED i BILI5IE I CAST ; ME :. «! « 5Ir IOHN : lENNINGS SS28 CHVRCHWARDEN 6 1722 <'£Si T MEAES OF LONDON FECIT 1812 + [3(1] fanta matta t g T MEAKS OF LONDON FECIT 1SI2 SING PRAISE TO GOD Mr IOHN BABER CHURCHWARDEN 17?5 MY SOT'ND IS GOOD RIGHT UNDER- STOOD FOR THOMAS BILBIE CASTED JIE PLAINLY DOTH APPEAR June 12, 1841 143. CLATWORTHY S. Mnm. afiAwa N5iAsa to dod op 1199 I H S CAST :\IEE WILLIAM PVKDA'E CHVRCri- WARDENS rilO.MAS BVRGE WIL- LIAM WILLIAMS W.P. 1G48 1635 103.5 F..B. V\'.G. 33 144. CLAPTON IN GORDANO. S. Michael. Early Bell greatly corroded with iS [67] and t [12] Stiimps Ditto with a? [39] and t [12] ANNO ♦ DOMINI ♦■ 1618 Sancto Bell in a Cot. + [95] g^Kpl^I^ Q';F,^.i?J^T-!BIg; I'S This is on the sound liow — a remarkably clear casting. See Notes and Queries, vol. x, pp. 332, 434 — xi, p. 150. April 7, 1874 145. CLAYERTON. S. .Miiri/. ANNO DOMINI 1637 I 4 L [97] Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto On a Ting Tang. lAMES WELLS FECIT 1802 .. January 17, 1872 14G. CLEEVE, OLD. S. Aniircu: t WILLIAM t HODGES 1- WILLIAM t WEBBER + CHVRCHWARDENS, T. WRATH t [12] f;\iQ^^ GOD SAVE THE CHURCH MR MIT- CHELL RECTOR MR IOHN HOOPER MR HUGH BIXDON CHURCHWARDENS 1722 T. WROTH Auijmt, 1871 147. CLEYEDON. S. Andrew. 1695 •:■ I .:. TO - THE : CHVRCH : THE :' LIVING : CALL : AND : TO - THE : GRAVE : DO - SVMMON ALL 1725 O O a O O W : S : u : Av : T. B : F : Q © Pits for Five Bells. July, 1S72 29J 32 28 31 34 13 34 35J 39i 32 42 40 THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE 148. CLOFOED. S. Marv. PiaCE OF lEF^ERIES AND PliICE OF BRISTOL 1854 AT THY DEPARTVRE I SHVLL SOVND AND RING TO BRING THEE INTO GRVND © O 149. CLOSWOETH. All Saints. TP ES ^ [79] MI m Ni m DO as WD AN ^ NO ^ 1655 ^ WD iJjJ [89] Purdue's Vine Ornament + [95] »;^f. U [59] f,A'9i!J?J^'R>5Mi^ U [59] r'DM^'eiB U [59] KJV(FJ5B- 11,^- a [69] 3?(:>ii?LL„^ PRAISE HIM UPON THE LOUD CYM- BALS * 'SSJ;:^ ♦ '■■m'S^* 'S!£%('^^ » ':'2^;'^ : X : J. HALLETT • C * W * J. SMITH @ FECIT @ 1764 3G HA 3e79TP3G C 3 W 3 IR 36 AVD |||i[89]AN S 36 3 SO 3 3G NO 1G67 [in] A B C D rerp Q t [10] AVD MI 3G NI 36 [79] t EFGHI t [14] 11 S T A\. A X I F A P T B T a A H S"R M T T F F T P These are like R. Sempson's Letters. On tlie Toml) in the Churchyard: — " Here lieth the Body of Thomas Purdue, who died the 1st day of Septcmher, sine;- the year of our Lord 1711, aged 90 years.' ' In the Register : — Mrs. Purdv buried .Tunc 6, 1709 Elizaheth iPurdue, Jan. 16, 1723 Thomas Purdue was buried Sept. 7, 1711 April 17, 1872 150. GLUTTON. S. Augustine. NICHOLAS ADAMS ♦■ BENIAMIN LONER CW, 1870 CHA- BENIAMIN GIBBONS AND CH : WAR : MR THOilAS READ AND YELL A LIN: CH:: W: for 1734] T.B. BENIAMIN ADAMS CHALONER : lOHN FRY MR SAM- 1374, [error NICHOLAS (Crazed) T BILBIE FECIT iilR SAMVELL ALIN AND MR THOMAS READ CH. AY. 1734 Diam, In. No 1 2 3 4 5 6 33 7 33 S 38 41 41i 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 27J 30 30} 32 38* 1 151. COKER, EAST. S. Michael. MR I. BARNT;T AND MR I GILES CHURCHWARDENS B. FECIT 1771 Ditto FULL OF MUSIC WE ARE IF WELL RUNG T. B. FECIT 1770 Mil I B Mr R M C W^ T B FECIT 1770 Ditto THOMAS BILBIE CULLUMPTON FECIT 1770 Mr I. B. FECIT AND Mr R M. C. W T B. RELIGION DEATH AND PLEASURE MAKE ME RING MR lOHN BULLOCK AND MR. RICHARD MITCHELL CHURCHWARDENS BILBIE FECIT 1770 152. COKER, WEST. 5. Nartin. MR. THOMAS WARRY CHURCHWARDEN T B FECIT 1779 T W k IS C W T B FECIT 1770 T W & IS C W T B FECIT, 1770 THOMAS BILBIE CVLLVMPTON FECIT 1770 MR. THOMAS WARRY & MR lOHN SANDFORD CH : WARDENS T.B.F. 1770 ME RESONARE lUBENT PIETAS MORS ATQVE VOLVPTAS T.B.F. 1770 MR THOMAS WARRY & MR. lOHN SANDFORD CH. WARDENS Ovtober, 1870. 153. COMBE DOWN. Eoly Trinity. THOMAS HEARS OF LONDON FOUNDER 1833 27 28} 29J 30 31i 34 39i E 35 TAEISH CHUECHES OF SOISIEESET. 41 154. COMBE FLOKY. 55. Peter and Paul. G ^ P [98] 161 J T. AV. THE PARISHOXERS GAA'E ME TO THIS CHURCH U [6] 1710 + ' [3] miftETi'if fnrn'f rr pirat nof tea Eo]&an» nif O [5] ALEXANDER 3IALET RECTOR GOD SAVE THE CHURCH lOHN WHITE lAitES TREBLE CH. W/VKDENS 1742 THO WROTH FECIT Mu RICHARD HILL RECTOR GOD SAATi THE CHURCH Mu lOHN COPE AVARDEN T 1710 W. XJ [6] (Sec 6, Plate xiv.) 155. COMBE HAY. EDW A^LLIS C. W. 1773 W ^ C + [73] ANNO ■:• •:• DO : MI ■:. 1614 R 4 P [99] + [30] goU tllC fat t !)CV » of fjEJJ (Eridently lute •n-ith Old Stamps) ROBEART WILLES •:• [86] C NI W I 4 L [97] « [89] 1671 lOHN PHELTES 156. COMBE S. NICHOLAS. 5. yicholtts. MY SOUND IS GOOD MY SHAPE IS NEAT TWA8 BAYLEY M.U)E ME SO COMPLEAX 1760 GOD SAVE THE CHURCH 1724 Me lOEL SMITH Mk IOHN TRATT CHURCHAVARDENS THO. AVROTH FECIT (cracked) HEALTH AND DELIGHT GOOD RING- ING ATCELDS I SMUTHURHA3I CAST BY THOMAS BAYLEY BRIDGAVATER 1760 C WARDEN E'R X B .i? [70] DRAWE NEARE TO GOD 1613 G. P. 157. COMPTON BISHOP. S. Ahdrew. Me IOHN FRY AND Slu ^\'ILLIAM WICKHAM CHURCHAVARDENS 1773 A. BILBIE W. W. BILlilE 1711 Nothing Ditto AV. AV. BILBIE 1711.. Me IOHN FRY AND Mu AVILLTAM AVICKIIAAI CHURCHWARDENS 1773 A. BILBIE. jDiam. In 30 31 36 3S 39 27J 32J 331 35f 37i 42f 158. COMPTON DANDO. S. Mail/. GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO 1617 Ditto + [61] W%S't% § [45] 1.5\-^J\B.F.in'f § [45] BB.^ ANNO DOMINI 1618 Ditto 159. COMPTON MARTIN. S. Michael. I. G. S. 31. CHATICH WARDENS THO. BILBIE 1733 IOHN PANES GAA-E ME IN 16.54 RE- CAST BY N. MILLNER II. BILBIE '■ 1713 I MY SO^^sD IS GOOD Vv'HICH ONCE WAS BAD LETT.S SING 3IY SISTERS AND BE GLAD lOSEPII ABRAM GEOR: HURLE C H AV BILBIE CAST 3IE 1719 SOLOMON CREES AND RICHARD DERHAM CHURCHAVARDENS BILBIE COME HEAS AND SEE THE SHAP OF ME SING SISTERS SING AVHEN I DO RING SOME PRAISE I WILL MY MAKER BRING GEORGE HURLE JOSEPH ABRAM CHVRCHAVARDENS ED. BILBIE 1719 ALL : THOUGHT : I : AM : THE • FOVERTH : BELL : MA' : 3IAKERS PRAISE ; ILE : BOA'LDA' : TELL EGBERT BATHE & MR. THOMAS WEEKS CHURCHWARDENS THOMAS BILBIE FECIT 175;; 42 THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE No 160. COMPTON DUNDOX. S. Andrcic. I E 1668 T X 1630 (With Floral Decorations) lOHN lURTLETT & WILLIAM EDWARDS CHURCHWARDENS THOMAS BILBIE CAST MEE 1706 WILLIAM BILBIE CHEWSTOKE FECIT 1777 PROSPERITY TO THIS PARISH HENRY BARGE & lOHN ALLEN CHURCHWARDENS 1729 THOMAS & lAMES BILBIE CHEWSTOKE FECIT Mr IOHN SAINBURY AND Mil lAJIES CALLOW CHURCHWARDENS I TO THE CHURCH TIffi LIVING CALL, AND TO THE GRAVE DOTH SUMMON ALL Attgiist, 1871 161. COMPTON PAUNCEFORD. iS'. Mary. + [38] ANNO DOMINI 1627 R 6 P [^9] (Royal Arms) + © [22] $sj3 {my,m ® [22] w^^v;^^- + [5 08]^ Stmt tiun spcs Ijfj T£S i;c man'a Thei-e are two tells with this legend at Tarrant-IIinton, Dorset 162. CONGRESBURY. H. Aiidnw. Me WILLIAM lONES & Mk THOMAS OSZEN CHURCHWARDENS 17di T.B. ^ ANNO DOMINI 1606 G. P. I. W. H. N. (On the waist) ^ ANNO DOMINI 1606 G. P. ANNO DOMINI 1600 G. P. H. N. I. \V. COME WHEN ♦- I ♦• CALL TO SERVE GOD ALL 1621 Mr WILLIAM lONES AND Mr THOMAS OSZEN CHURCHWARDENS © THOMAS BILBIE FECIT 1754 HEAR ME OH HEAR ME WHEN I CRY PREPARE TO LIVE PREPAEE TO DYE The cage is dated 1024. April 1872 1 Diam. in. No 1 2 3 4 1 3 30 35 1 23 2 3 4 5 36i — 36| 41 43| 1 49 2 57J 3 4 5 163. CORFE. T. 5IEARS LONDON 1858 + [1] Sancta mavia ova pro nobis + [1] »« anctc ^ctve ora ^ro nobis U [69] + [1] Ubs ois plautiit ut mc tarn septus antJtt June 1876. 164. CORSTON. All Saints. Nothing Mr IOHN FERRYMAN CH. AVARDEN 1754 T. BILBIE Mai/ 1873. 165. GORTON DINHAM. iS. Andrew. W. K. B. F. I. L. I. C. C. W. ANNO DOMINI 1724 (Purdue's FoUage) g»jg*I*jj*X*L*I * F*I*M*I*S* W. L. ANNO DOMINI 1694 I. L. I. C. C. W. W. K. B. F. ANNO DOMINI 1724 li a b t mn \ c ti e I m t ^^ Jumble) T. S. M. F. C. W. T. P. ANNO DOMINI 1685 (Grape Foliage.) (Cracked) Recast by Warner. 1869 166. COSSINGTON, .S'. Mary. W P HALLELUIAH 1604 + [61] iljc § [45] i^a^arcnus § [45] rei § iutieoTum Mr IOHN SMITH CHURCHWARDEN BILBIE CAST ME 1720 W L 1662 W N R N (With Floral Decor- ations) HUGH BOON AND ROBERT WILMOT C AVARDENS T KINGSTON 1825 July 1870. 22 27 30 E 19 42 29 30 31 S3 37 PARISH CHURCHES OF SOMERSET. 43 >" 167. COTHELSTON. St. Thomas of Canterbury. ANNO DO ♦ MI ♦■ NI ♦ 1632 ♦• G A P y (No. 7 on Plate xir. Shield on each side Lord Stawley and Hext) G MEARS 1863 & CO FOUNDKRS LONDON lOHN LORD STAWIEL T P M B 1689 IJ M CAAIPLIN I GIBBS CHURCHWARDENS CAST BY T KINGSTON 1808 PEACE HEALTH AND PLENTY TO THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD B AND S ^ 1752 Same as the Second , . Jiilij 1871. 168. CRANMOKE EAST. S. James. One BeU Dated 1840 169. CRANMORE WEST. S. Sart/u>lomeu>. lAMES M^ELLS ALBOURN AVILTS 1810 170. CREECH S. MICHAEL. S. Michiel. Mp I BUCKNEL Mr CHURCHWARDENS TAUNTON 1838 GODFREY BAVERY HALLELVIAH •:• G V 1009 lOHN GODFREY & lOHN D DUNNINNG CHURCHWARDENS 1853 lAMES GOTLEY BRISTOL A B C D E F G H I K L M N P Q R S T V W X Y Z D M V t 1590 DRA"WE • NEARE ■: p .:. TO GOD •:• 1614 September, 1870 31J 36 38 42 47 34 36 39 40 43 No 171. CREWKERNE. >S'. Bartholomew. Nothing . . CAST WITH THE TREBLE BY lOHN KIN(;ST()N. B. WATER. 1820. MES- SIEURS PlIELl'S .\xi) DUJIMETT CHURCHWARDENS Ditto as to Founder and Ch. Wardens, d.ate 1822 R. 0. COSSINS : IV : I . O . HALLETT : C. W : ANNO • DOMINI ]g5 1698 . T » P. a lOHN * BEAR '• EDWARD § TYLER « C. W. , lOSEPH TUCKER THOMAS , PURDUE , THOMAS ICNIGHT , ANNO DOMINI. 1706 ME RESONAHE lUBENT PIETAS MORS ATQUE VOLUPTAS. lOHN WILLS CHURCinVARDEN. C.VSI BY THOMAS BAYLEY BKIDGEWATER 1767 39 39J 38 39i 43 51^ Fibrnarij, 1872. I 172. CRICKET 3IALHERBIE. S. Manj Magdaloi. (S-.ti <3. fHcats ILonliini iFccetunt 1852 173. CRICKET S. THOMAS. S. ThouKU. Two modem hells without Inscription. 174. CROSCOMBE. S. Mary. SIEARS . LONDON 1808 ANNO DOMI NI . 1013— R. A. P. R. B. Mr. G. PAINE. JIk. E. HODGES . CHURCHWARDENS. T. BILBIE. 1734 Same as the Treble. FRANCIS BLACKBURNE RECTOR. ROB- ERT COOKE. lOHN SOMERS CHURCHWARDENS. MEARS 1820 1658 R. W. W. C. H, A. Februnry, 1873. 44 THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE 175. CROWCOMBE. Hull/ Ghost. lAMES BERNARD ESQii CHUECH- AVARDEN T. BILBIE FECIT 1771 Ditto + [4] iSe mclior fant non rampana fub £« © [5] Mr SAMUEL FARTHING RECTOR RICHARD BURSTON & WILLIAM GRANT WARDENS GOD BLESS THE CHURCH T ^ W 1712 XJ [4] Farthins- on other side XJ [9] Arms of Doblo ou a Shield on one side (See Plate xiv.) On the Bell are three medallions on a large scale, a Stag in chief and one Bell in base. 17fi. CUCKLINGTON. S. Lawrence. BENGEFIELD CHURCH- 1823 EDWARD GOCKEY AVILLIAM WARDEN FROJIE Ditto WEEL SWEETLY SING WHEN US RING 1726 •:■ SAMi. BENGEFIELD CH. AVm COCKEY BELLFOUNDER YOU WD. 1726 Wm. COCKEY BELL FOUNDER GOD PRESER\:E THE CHURCH October 1871. 177. CUDWORTH. .S'. JUi'cJirie!. THANKS TO GOD AO Di CtEEVE 1607 I. A. R. P. WILL MEMBERY and IOYCES FRY CH: ; WARDENS THOMAS — MAD MEE ANO D. 1678 November 1870. 178. CULBONE. S. Onlbone. Two small BeUs boxed uji (plain) Angtist 20, 1873. 35:} 37 39 43 48 F 195 23 179. CUELAJSD. All Saints. Two small BeUs in a bellcote 180. CUERY MALLET. S. James. T BILBIE FECIT 1764 T BILBIE FECIT 1764 HUGH WILMONT RICHARD WILMONT CH. WARDENS 1774 + [18] Sit i&otncn Somini ISenrtiictttm O (Coin) S + [18] En IWitltts annis @ [2«] Htsonct (Eainpana Sofjanis O (Coin with 92) Jammry, 1871 181. CURRY NORTH. SS. Tetir mid Faul. >T MEARS LONDON 1811 SIX BELLS WERE CAST A D 1811 E M WHATLEY W HOUSE CHURCH- WARDENS T MEARS FOUNDER MAY ALL WHOM I SHALL SUM- MON TO THE GRAVE THE BLESSING OF A WELL SPENT LIFE RECEIVE June, 1872 182. CURRY RIVEL. S. Andrew. + [SO] Sancte gorgtt ora pro + [30] nobis ti)omas pgpcr CAST BY I PYKE BRIDGWATER 1781 THOMAS HOUSE lOHN WHEEI-ER CHURCHWARDENS WILLIAM PURDUE CUMSTOKE SAWTELL SIARMADUKE REVd Mb BLAKE RECTOR GOD SAVE THE CHURCH WILL KETT THOMAS HILLARD CH.WASDENS 1742 T WROTH FECIT COME AT MY LORD ALL Aims on waist) CALL TO SERVE THE 1610 G P T. T (Royal June, 1871 30 31 33 36 40 A 33 35 S8 41 43 48 32 36 39 42 47 PATvISH CHUECHES 183. CUTCOMBE. S. Laureiiec. COME TO RIXG FOR CHURCH AXD KING W i^ E 1761 PEACE AND GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD, W § E 1761 3 Wm EVAXS of CHEPSTOW CAST US ALL 1761 4 Mk IAJIES EDBROOKE A.N1) Mr IOHN KENT CHURCH ^\■AUDENS, "\V { E I 1761 THE REV SAMl. SQUIRE VICAR KATi. EDBROOKE GENT. 1761. W , E July, 1874. Diatu. lu:; mo 31 184. S. DECUMANS. S. relet: COME LET US RING FOR CHURCH AND KING W. E. ^ 1723 + [1] Eft miciji collaUim [4 i^t «] istiili nontcn amatum PEACE AND GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD E E 4 WE [100] 4 1723 SIR : HVGH ■■ WINDHAM : Jo WHED- DON : K : GIMLET : K : HUOPPER H : MOREL ■ W. HOLCOilBE : R E R G On waist — 16 7 16 RA 4 TB SOVND TO BEID THE SICKE RE- PENT IN HOPE OF LIFE WHEN BREATH IS SPENT , A F , R W , R P , W P , N D , C W K08 4 W * 4 P A ]8o. BINDER. All Saints. ^j? [«] .9,^i?f(i5;^- iS)H;^ ^\f^•m.% (Vciy coiToded) + [81] Saiuta anna 4' [^3] ora + [^0] t § g [45] LOVE GOD 1636 I. D. (Bad work) REPENT I SAY BY NOT TOO LATE THYSELF AT AL TIMES REDY MAKE R. A. 1646 RECAST AT BRISTOL FEAR GOD IN LIFE 1S40 W. C. June, 1870. 33 35 38 42 30 32 35 36 41 OF SOMEESET. 186. DIXNINGTOX. S. Xichoias. Two Small Bdls, Oolbs. and lOolbs., reca:st 1870, by Llowrllyn and .Uinios, Bristol. Novcntbci't 1S70. 45 Diani In. 187. DITCHEAT. S. Min-i/ Mcffildleiii-. Mb IOHN HANNAM «< Mr IOHN HAYES CH. WARDENS 1750 W ^ C 1750 ANNO DO • MINI » 1085 ^ D : B « I : H !& C W T o P[79] GOD PRESERVE THE CHVRCH WM COCICEY CA!TL!8is5} 1654 I SOUND TO BID THE SICK RE- PENT IN HOPE OF LIFE AVIIEN BREATHE IS SPENT 1611 27 29 33 36 A 321 35f 37i 41f 47i lOHN PARSON lOHN SEALY CHURCH- WARDENS HENRY ALLIN SIDES- MAN T ^ P •:• 1640 DRAE NEARE TO GOD T ^ P ►J< [■*] Protege iiirtja pia qiios couiioca fancta niaxia (By tradition brought from Barlynche Abbey) MICHAEL MICHELL GEORGE COMMEN CHURCHWARDENS T ^ P Manh, 1872. 195. DUNDEY. S. Michael . lEFFERIES A: PRICE BRISTOL 1840 BENIAMIN GRIFFIN CHURCHWARDEN 1706 THOS AND TAMES BILBIE CHEWSTOKE FECIT Mr lOHN DOWLING & RICHARD COX CHURCHWARDENS 1642 Mr BENIAIHN DOWLING & Ma RICHARD CO A' CH.WARDEN 1765 Mr THOJIAS REEDWELL CHWARDEN T BILBIE F 1750 Mr THOMAS REEDWELL CH. T BILBIE FECIT 1750 jUatj, 1873 40 G 30^ 31f 35i 38 39J 44i PAEISH CHURCHES OF SOMEESET. 47 196. DUXKERTON. Ali Saints. C & G MEAKS 1846 BEFORE , I , WAS • A , BROKE , I , WAS , AS . GOOD , AS , ANEY , BUT , WHEN » THAT , COlvEY » CASTED » I . NEAR « WAS , WORTH , A . PENNY , {gs THOMAS BILBIE CAST ALL WEE SIk THOMAS HARDING AND Mii THOMAS FLOWER CHVRCH WARDENS a 1732 © O I Q B o Ditto HAKKE , HOW , THE . CHIRIPING , TKEABLE , SOVNDS , SO , CLEAR , WHILE , ROWLEIXG , TOM . COM , TUMBLEING , IN THE REARE « « JIk TH05IAS , HARDrN(i , AND * Mr , THOilAS , FLO^\'ER , CHVKCHWAR- DENS THOMAS BILBIE CAST , ALL , WEE 1732 April, 1872 197. DUNSTER. S. George. THOMAS LEE GENT CHUECHWAIIDEN T BAYLEY FOUNDER 1766 ROBERT ALLERCOTT AND ROBERT LEIGH THOMAS BAILEY M E FECIT 174+ lOHN CLEilENT AND RICHARD BV'SHER CHURCHWARDENS 1688 R P Blank lEFFERIES AND PRICE BRISTOL 18.53 ROBERT ALLERCOTT AND ROBERT LEIGH CHURCHAVARDENS lEREMIAS DAVIS CLERICUS THOMAS BAILEY FECIT 1744 Sin WILLIAM KIMER CURATE (iOD SAVE THE CHURCH Mii GILES ESCOTT Mr IOHN .SEALY' CHURCH WARDENS 1719 T W I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GRAVE I SI .AlMiiN ALL GEORGE GALE GENT W CLARK CHURCHWARDEN 1782 GEORGE DAVIS BRIDGWATER Jii!i/, 1S7S. 24 25i 26 26J 30J 198. DURLEIGH. + L321 ^..^i^qit^A- II [*8] I AND R WOODLANDS CH. WARDENS 1739 t [10] Mrr, t ['"] mmn^K t c^"] (p:^.^^- t ^m^LEMlWf! ^ .VNNO DO MI NI 1G31 P H ♦■ AV H E ^ P ♦ [99] 199. + ANNO G P DIRSTON. S. Ju/,11. DOMINI 1G33 AV WILLIAM RICHARDSON HENERY BIS- COMBE CHT-RCinVARDENS » CAST BY' THOilAS BAYLEY BRIDGE- WATER 1765 jgi EDMONT) HASCOLL THOMAS CHURCHAVARDENS 17GS POOLE CAST BY I WATER 1821 KINGSTON BRIDGE- Fiirnari/, 1872. 200. EASTON-IN-GORDANO. iS. George. MY TREBLE VOICE MAKES HEARTS RETOICE 1784 AVILKINS CHURCH- WARDEN BILBIE FECIT WILKINS CHURCHAA^ARDEN BILBIE FECIT 1784 REVi) 1831 HENRY MIREHOUSE A'ICAR ANNO DO MI NI 1634 I S A L COME AVHEN I CALL TU SERVE GOD ALL 1634 I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GRAVE DO SUiniON ALL -.634 48 "" 201. THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE ELM, GREAT. S. Mary. ^ [9] gc- [44] ^M M-mM, ^>'&K JfBi^ ® [42] m^ mmiM ©bjv j?Ki|) (AU Broken) itfrt^) 1(471. Diam In No 202. ELWORTHY. S. Mnrtin. t [10] .g!.^ie?|iK t :tfB^F,B B ^ [90] EICHAKD LANE RECTOR lOHN WHIT WARDIN 1699 lOHN POTTER FRANCIS WATCOT AVARDEN I 4 P [102] 1624 Protege uirgo pia quae ronboco sancta tnaxt'n M/ 15, 1873. 203. ENMORE. S. Michael. NICHOLAS BROWNE & lOHN TROBB C. W. WILLIAM PVRDVE CAST ME 1647 Mil WILLIAM CRUCK8HANK Mr THOs NORTH CHURCHWARDENS CAST BY THOs DAAaS 1796 THOMAS ROWSELL & lOHN TRATT C. W. 1734 WILLIAM WAY CLARK W ^ K * B fe F lOHN NORTH AYm TURNER CHURCH- WARDENS KINGSTON FOUNDER 1825 Wm CRUCKSHINK THOMAS NORTH CH. WARDING- TO THE GRAVE HIS SUMMONS ALL TO THE CHURCH THE LIVTN CALL Febrmry, 1871. 33 35 36 45 47 F 204. EMBOROUGH. S. Maru. Diam. In ^ [51] Kw, § m.mm § m^- Nothins; (Broken) October, 1871. 205. EVERCEEECH. ^ § ^Mw^>^% [45] WILLIAM COZENS GENT. & Mr IOHN PENNY CHURCH WARDENS T. BILBIE FECIT 174G Jahj, 1841. 206. EXFORD. W. S. Mary Magdahn. P. FOUNDER COLUMPTON CAST BY T. BAYLEY 1764 MY TREBLE VOICE MAKES HEARTS REIOICE CAST BY WILLIAM PANNELL OF COLLUMPTON DEVON 1826 HALLELVIAH 1603 G. P. E. C. P. H. R. E. I. M. REV. lOSEPH RALPH RECTOR RICH- ARD COURT AND ROBERT PEARCE CHURCHWARDENS I TO THE CHA^RCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GRAVE DO SUMMON ALL SepteiKbcr, 1870. 31 31 31 384 42 44J 30i 33i TARISH CHUECHES OF S0MEE8ET. 49 No 1 207. Nothing EXMOOK. 208. EXTON. .y. I'eler. I TAYLOR FOUNHER LOiniUBOUOUCrH 1871 Ditto t [10] SANCTE PETIUO I'AVLE I! S As on First and Second . . Opened Kaviinber ISth, 1871. 209. FARNBOEOUGH. All Saints. THOMAS CILBIE CAST AI-L WE AXD I AM A PRETTY HELL THAT YOU ALL MAY SEE SING PRAISE TO GOD Mr THOMAS Lli'PLVT AXD Mu lOHN READ CHTIRCHWARDEXS WILLIAM KELSON CH. W.ARDEN 17S6 Wm BILBIE FECIT ^ Mr THOMAS LIPPIAT AND Mu lOHN READ CHURCH WARDENS 'I'HOMAS BILBIE CAST ME 1729 Ditto, without the date . . Ditto Ditto Mr IOHN read AND Mu TH0M.4S lippiat ch. wardens 1729 t. b. i to the church the living call and to the grave do su"mmon all In thf Parish Register :^ Six Now Bells set up, and the Church flock, A.i>. 1729. Weight of BeUs :— Old. New. Treble . . 7-30 Treble . . .54.3 2nd .. 784 2nd . . .523 3rd .. 1174 3rd .. 547 Tenor .. 1295 4th .. 645 .5th .. 750 Tenor .. 1000 4003 4010 The Four Bells were east into the present six. April, 1372. 28 30 33 34 N-l 210. FARLEY HUNGERFORD. .S'. Leonard. PHILIP PALMER CnURCHWARDEN 1681 Ditto GLORIA ♦ DEO ♦ IN ♦ EXCELSIS 1661 Nothing. (A New Bell.) ITmeml/cr^, 1841. 211. FARRINGTON GURNEY. S. John the Baptist. (All Crowned Capitals) * ANNO GEVE THANKES DOMINI 1598 TO GOD 3 ►J, [84] ANNO DOraNI 1598 I The Cross i.s that used by Robert Wiseman of Montaoute. March 13, 1872. 212. FITZHEAD. S. Mary Magdalene. Nothing THE PARISHIONERS GAVE MEE TOO THIS CHURCH IN 1714 GUSTAVUS VENNER ESQ WILLm BRYAN CiENT WARDENS Nothing A'\':E : MARIA I PLENA ; GRATIA ; ORATE ; PRO NOBIS * • * Mu : ■\\-ILLIAM ; BYAM : Mr IOHN : NEWTON : CHVRCH ; WARDENS 1724 THO 4 WROTH ; FECIT OMNES : SANCTI ; PATRES i CONFES- SORES ; ORATE • PRO i NOBIS : Mu WILLIAM ; BYAM ; Mr IOHN NEWTON : CHVRCH : WARDENS 1724 TH FOR A lOHN A LOTT -i- SL\DE <) MEE <$• + ANNO DO A MI .J NI ^ 1524 ^. (Prince of Wales' feathers, &c., on waist) WATER /;■ BEARENS v lOHN PATT- JIAN + ANNO DO ,:, MI v l!*'I 1624 I ^ L [97] C. W. '^ Mr Wm BARTON AND Me IOSEPH CLAYEY' C. W. W'M COCKEY BELL- FOUNDER 1746 THE RIGHT HONBle THE LORD BISHOP OF EXETER VICAR ROBERT BLUNT AND GEO. GEORGE CHURCH- WARDENS ROBERT WELLS ALD- BOURNE ^^1LTS FECIT 1792 WILLIAM ♦. WHITCHURCH ♦ ANDREW ♦■ ROGERS C. Wd. 1662 I 4\ L [97] ^ July, 1872. 25 25 31i 29 219. One Bell FROME. Christ Church. 220. FR():\IE. Trinity Church. One BeU 221. One Bell FROME. S. Mary, Emwj: Hill. 222. FROME. S. Mary, Woodlands. 10 HN aUDHALL GLOUCESTER FECt 1828 (Ting Tang) WHEN I DO CALL COME SERVE GOD ALL 1715 W ;§ G 31 33 36i 39 42 47 PAEI8H CHURCHES OF SOMERSET. 51 N» 223. GLASTONBURY. S. John the Saptitt. Me WILLIAil CASSEL & 5Ir TIIOIIAS KING CHUBCHW^\RDESS T. BILBIE 1743 P. LE-n^LLYN CAST ilE M. SHEP- HERD HUNG ME 1649 1 I ROCHE T. H. ROACH ESQks. CHURCH- WARDENS Mk A\T:LLIAM CASSELL AXD Mk THOMAS KING G\XV. THE CASTING OF BIEE . THOMAS BILBIE CAST ME 1743 T. BILBIE FE(;iT 1748 THOMAS WHITE GENT. CHURCHWARDEN I SOUND TO HID THEE REPENT IN HOPE OF LIFE WHEN BREATH IS SPENT 1612 (Cracked) (Recast 1872) HARK HOW I CALL PREPARE YOUR HEARTS TO COME TO THE HOUSE OF GOD AND KINGDOM OF HIS SONN L. A. E. G. 1648 (Cracked) (Recast 1872 by Llewellyn of Bristol) July 1870. 224. (xLASTONBURY. 5. Benedict. PUBLICK SUBSCRIPTION GXTE, US BIRTH NOW OUR CLEAR TONES SHALL lOIN IN MIRTH CAST BY T. PYKE BRIDGE WATER 1776 (Cracked. No Clapper.) OUR TONES WOULD ALL HAVE BEEN MOCH DEEPER IF CONTRI- BUTIONS HAD BEEN GREATER (The same Founder) Nothing Nothing I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GRAVE DO SUMMON ALL (By the same Founders.) jxly, 1870. 225. GOATHILL. S. Peter. One Small Bell. No Inscription 35 39 4U 43i 5U 27 29 31 34 16 NOi 226. GOATHURST. S. Edward. lOHN WESCOTT CHURCHWARDEN CAST -BY E DAVIS 1783 RICH STEVENS Gt. 10 . ^\^LLIS Wm TAYLOR CH.WARDEN WE VTEKE, ALL CAST AT GLOUSTER ANNO 1705 PROSPERITY TO THIS PLACE & ALL OUR BENEFACTORS 1705 PEACE AND GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD GOD SAVE THE QUEEN PEACE AND GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD A R 1705 SIR lOHN TYNTE Kx & BARt BENE- • FACTOR Mu Wm ALLEN RECTOR 1705 February 22, 1871. 41 227. GREINTON. S. Mich'icl. 1 ^ [61] fanctE § [4-5] paule § W'>] ora § pro § nobis t § g R.. CLARCK .:• BILBI : 1707 AVINNIARDD 3 RI CHERD MOG <> CH O Wm BIL- ! BIE CH a WARDEN 1788 STOKE FECIT O 4 So deeply con-oded cannot bo decyphered 228. HALSE. S. James. 45 SPIRING . SPURWAY . BAKER . AND / . lOHN TUCKER CHURCHWARDENS 1829 . I. KINGSTON FOUNDER BRIDGEWATER FECIT R . H.iNCOCK . & B . CEIDLAND . CHURCHWARDENS . T . BILBIE . COLLOMPTON . FECIT 1810 Mr WILLIAM . HANCOCK & . Mr THO.MAS . BOND . CHURCHWARDENS THOMAS . BILBIE . IUNr FECIT 1754 + [1] Ccst mt'cfji collatutn tJ)c [2J I'stulJ nomm amatum 4 r n m "i" [30] Sanda * [30] maria * [so] ora pro nobis »2 THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE «» 229. HAM NETHER ok LOW. S. Andrew. 1 W^> § 'if BI$ (Very SmaU Capitals) j^^(?;^I,t5tii5 U [59] SWflJiEBJi U [59] Jainmry, 1871 230. HAM HIGH. S. Andrew. K ; R D e [87] 1665 ® [85] W D ; M [86] ; ® [89] : <:> a <^ ; 1461 \ (Reversed for 1641.) Nothing lOHN BALL lOHN GOOLD CHURCH- WARDENS. CAST BY THOMAS BAYLEY BRIDGEWATKK, 1763 Mk "WILLIAM GILBERT Mk THOMAS HOWE CHURCHAVARDENS CAST BY G DAVIS BRIDGEWATER TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING I CALL 1795 AND TO THE GRAVE I SUMMONS ALL /«?y, 1871. 231. One BeU HAMBRIDGE. S. James. Jhhj. 1870. 232. HARDINGTON MANDEVILLE S. Mary. RB :)(: Rt» :)(: RD :)(: THEY :)(: WERE THE :)(: CAVSES RB :)(: EC :)(: CW :)(: ANO 1611. T P :)(: [79] BELLES :)(: WEE :)(: BE WT®K8iBT<) ANNO ^ DOMINI ^ 1742 ^ lOHN HOOD I •••• GEYE i.591 W § TP ANNO ; THANKS TO GOD ^ ES : RG DO : 1661 c w TP RB :)(: RG :)(: C :)(: W :)(: TP :){: :)(: AN :)(: [79] NO . DO :)(: MI :)(: NI :)(: 1061 Jtdij, 1872. Diam. In. No 28 1 33 2 A 3 i 5 32^ 34J 37^ 42 47 1 2 3 4 29 — 31 1 36 2 3 4 SS 5 233. HARPTREE EAST. S. Zamruee. I AM THE FIRST OF THOSE CRIES LOUD TO THOSE THAT ARE ALIVE 1640 ANNO DOMINI 1627 ►J* [611 I39:B^?|1^ § [45] I^JVZ.^K-Bl^ijl^ § § El^ag (Fine Letters.) CHARLES OZEN AND lOHN HARRIS CHURCHWARDENS 1804 FEAR GOD & HONOUR THE KING THOMAS & lAMES BILBIE CHEWSTOKE HARK HOW I CALL PREPARE YOUR HEARTS TO COME TO THE HOUSE OF GOD & KINGDOM OF HIS SON LLEWELLYN & JAMES BRISTOL (Lately recast. Old Inscription) October, IS7Z. 234. HARPTREE WEST. S. Mary. ANNO DOMINI 1603 Mr STEPHEN BROAD & Mr WILLIAM lASPER CHURCHW^ARDENS T. BIL- BIE FOUNDER 1764 SAiilUEL ICERTON & Wm BATH CHURCHWARDENS 1729 T B D. S. HAYNES VICAR AND Wm VOWLES CHURCHWARDEN I TO THE CHUECH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GRA\^ DOTH SUM- MONS ALL Wm BILBIE CHEW- STOKE FECIT 1778 Ajn-il, 1871. 235. HASELBURY PLUCKNETT. S. Michael. c : E : D CH: W. Nothing Nothing Nothing •• •• THO : BILBIE : CAST : ALL : WE Mr CHRIST PARTRIDGE JIr EDWARD SLADE : CH: WARDENS 1735 September, 1870. 36 33i 36 41 2^ 28^ 30i 35i PAEISn CnUECHES OF SOMEESET. ■""I 236. HATCH BEAUCHAMP. 5. John Baptitt. 1 ANNO DOMINT 1681 T. 1', T. B. C. W. T. P. 2 ANNO DOSITNI 1623 G. P « H. T * E. B 3 ' + [1] Focc mca iii&n brpcUo nmta uociba i Mi( RICHKAD BUNCOJIBE Mu lOSEPH PAULL CHURCHWARDENS T. BILBIE CULLOMPTON FECIT 1S04 January, 1871 ■ 237. HATCH WEST. S. Andrnv. G. MEAES & CO FOUNDERS LONDON Ditto 1861 3 i ^ [61] Santta § [^5.1 1 g ►^ [61] Sancta i- [43] matia § [«] t § [45]g AN • NO * DO • MI * NI 1682 $$ W $$ ^ii«i7, 1872 T. P 238. HEATHFIELD. S. John. Mk NICHOLS CHAPMAN Mi: lAMES NORiLAX^ CHURCHWARDENS 1716 Me IA3IES CHAPPELL Mk GEORGE WESCOJIBE Mk ROBERT AX'ESCOMBE CHURCHWARDENS 1657 3 ] Mu ISAAC WOOLCOTT CHURCHWARDEN CAST BY G. DAVIS 1796 Mu lAJIES BOND Mu ISAAC WOOL- COTT CHURCHWARDENS CAST BY G. DAVIS nn-t I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL ANT) TO THE GRAVE I SUMJIONS ALL Maij2\, 1872 Diam In 26 29 33| 239. 1 Nothing 28 30 31 34 37J HAWKEIDCtE. S. Giles. ►t< [61] Sancta ^' ["J fenten'na l*i [so] t m 3 [3»] ^ [61] fane § [^5] te '* [-ts] tijoma 1 § g (AU in a bad state.) July 0, 1871- Diam. In. 24 28i 32J 240. HEMINGTON. S. Mary. PRAYES THE LORDE I. W 1610 ►ft [61] Sanctn si? [«] tnaria § [-45] ora O pro § nobis PRAYES GOD I. W. 1.392 ►J< [61] Sancta § [45] maria § ora pro § nobis Mr . lOHN . HALLS . AND . Mr . lOHN . ROLLYS CHURCHWARDENS I. C. 1610 October, 1872 241. HENSTEIDGE. S. Nicholas. Me IAMES HUSON Mr EDMUNT) M ANSEL CH: WDS. 1731 W^G ANNO : DOMINI 1673 R P • E C : W. T. P. E. S. ANNO : DOMINI 1700. T. V. THO : Hoaas : thcs seymor c. a\.- ^ come ; TO ; SERVE ■ GOD • OR : NOT ; AT ■:. ALL ANNO : DOMINI 161.3 R ^ P (Royal Arms on waist) ROBERT DAVIS & WILLIAM OBORNE CH. WARDENS T. KINGSTON BRIDG- WATER FOUNDER 1826 Jtthj, 1871. 34 36 38 40 48 54 242. HIGrHBEIDGE S. John. THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE Diami,,.. NO g^g. HIXTON S. GEORGE. ;S'. Georr/e. J. Warner & Sons, Lonclon, 1859 243. HILL FAREANCE. Uolij Cross. Mr lOHN CHAPMAN VICAR TW 1713 THE PARISHIONERS GAVE MEE 1695 T^ W Mr JOHN LANGTON Mr IOHN BIN- DON WARDENS T 4 W 1713 ^ [3] fHiftcriif fnnif repltat nof tea Jioljannis HENREY WESCOMB HUMPHREY BRIGE T ^ W 1707 April, 1871. 244. 1708 1708 1708 1708 BILBIE lOS HINTON BLUETT. All Saints. CAST ALL • ROVSELL OF W. WE 1708 GOODIN (A Figure Head impressed) December 20, 1877. 245 HOLCOMBE. S. Aiulrcic. >i< ^mn^x^M § [45] m:^nm § m^m$ ■^ [30] sancta ntina ora pro nobis t g Ajjiil 9, 1872. 30 I 3U J 33i i; 36i i 31J 33J 36J 40i m 29 311 3H 39 MESSRS. lAMES & READ C W CAST BY lAMES KINGSTON BRIDG- WATER 1828 CAST B\ BAYLEY STREET & CO BRIGWATER 1756 ALL THAT HATH BREATH PRAISE THE LORD 1C24 Mr IOHN BROWN C. W. CAST BY G. E. DAVIS 1783 I . SOUND . TO . BED . THE . SICK . REPENT . IN . HOPE . OF . LIFE . WHEN . BREATH . IS . SPENT Juli/ 22, 1873. 247. HOLFORD. [7] mi^ <%i^mi^ i^wm^ ^ [7] AW^ fBA'^« PAEISH CHURCHES ""= 249. HORNBLOTTON. S. Peter. [1] O; [8.5] f I. B * I. H. © [85] 16G1 + 250. HORSINGTON. S. John Baptiit. ^ GLORY BE TO GOD ON HIGH A EDWARD COCKEY 1831 FOUNDER FROaiE THOMAS HVSEY ESQr AND Mk IOHN WARRY OH WARDENS O O O 1738 BILBIE FECIT A [73] OR :> NOTATALL o ANNO DO A MI ^ NI >;> 1601 R 4 P [98] SANO TA MA gl A OHA jaO NO alS July, 1871 27J 30J 30^ 2.51. HUISH CHA3IPFL0\VEK. .S. Feter. THOJLVS BILBIE COLLUMPTON FECIT 1790 4 4 & Mr Wm BUCKNELL CHURCHx 6 & W PASN'ELL FOrNDER •:■ COLLUMPTON 182G ^ [3] ffitirttriif l3.tT.it rtpltat wot tea 3of)an= nif @ [5] CAST BY THOs BAYLEY ERIDGEWATER 1703 WILLm CiRANT lAMES BRYANT CHURCHWARDENS ROBt COMINS SIDEJIAN THOs P.AYLEY founder 1763 ME RESONARE lUBENT PIETAS MORS ATftUE VOLUPTAS WILLm GRANT I\MES BRYANT CHURCHWARDENS ROBt COMINS SIDEJIAN yoconlei; 1870 30 32 34 3S 42 E OF SOMEESET. 252. HUISH EPISCOPI. a. Mary. E SAVERY FOUNDER TAUNTON 1839 CAST BY KJHN KINGSTON BRIDG- WATER lOSEPH SAWTELL ANTHONY CULLEN CHURCHWARDENS 1822 W. AV. CHURCHWARDENS IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD GOD 1620 REPENT I SAY BE NOT TOO LATE THYSELF AT ALL TIMES READY MAKE T.P.I.M. 1650 Jtim, 1S70 55 253. HUJsTSPILL. All Saints. Mb CHARLES COLSTON AND Mr IA3IES SAUNDERS CHURCHWARDENS 1732 THOs BILBIE gi » 8! Mk SAMUEL lEFFEREY 3Ir THOMAS STRANGE CHURCHWARDENS 1753 HEALTH WEALTH AND PEACE TO THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD CAST BY BAYLEY STREET & CO Mb THOMAS GREENWOOD CHURCH- WARDEN THOMAS BILBIE CUL- LOMPTON FECIT 1790 ^ ^ ^ WILLIAM BODY i IOHN : GLAN- FIELD ® ANNO DOMINI ® 1G93 GOD SAVE THE QVEEN AND CHVRCH GEO. WHITE CHVRCHWARDENS 1704 ABRm RVDHALL GLOVCESTER BELLFOVNDER 254. HUNTSPILL EAST. All Saints. One Modem Bell 56 THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE 0. HUTTON. s Mari/. BILBIE 1708 S H a: G I c- AV : NO G : s • DO : L : : MI B : C 't NI W : 1675 AN ^ ANNO DOMINI 1627 ANNO ^ DOMINI 1637 ME © ED S BILBIE .:• ('AST 170S •:• SAM :?- HAIS SS GO. lONES'-:- WARDENS •:• WHEN •:• I .:. DO ■:• CALL •:• COM •:• SERVE •:• GOD •:• ALL •:■ Q April, 1872. 256. ILCHESTEE. S. Manj. GEORGE EDWARDS & lOS. CORRY CH. WARDENS Wh BILBIE CAST ME 1783 G. 5IEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1854 GIVE THANKS TO GOD ANNO DO- JHNI 1612 GEORGE EDWARDS & lAMES CORRY CH. WARDENS AVm BILBIE CHEW- STOKE FECIT 1783 ANNO •:• ■ 1609 R P DO Ml :. NI •:• J III II, 1870. 2.57. ILE ABBOTS. 5. Mary. W T ^ I C AN ^NO ? 1668 i DO W T. P ^ g MY ^ S! (Crowned C apitals ; [59] no stops.) I WILL NOT FAYLE TO SINGE MI PART A.C()RDING I'NTO MUSICK ART, WITH MY SIDE MATES I DO AGREE IN PERFET SHAPE AND HAR3I0NY R 6 P. G L R T. W (J P ^ [30] ^ J»E 1^ e ^ B :tfJf'0LB ^T^M DRAWE NEAKE TO GOD 1619 G P June, 1870 Diam, In 24 33| 37f 40f 258. ILE BREWERS. AH Saints. ^ [72] mMim tm.n^'^vi. >J< [*] protcg uirgo pla quas con&oca sancta maria CAST BY THOs BAYLEY 1768 ROBERT UTTERMARE CHURCHWARDEN GEVE THANKES TO GOD, ANNO DOMINI 1592 □ (Wiseman's Mark) August, 1870 259. ILMINSTER. I (AU crowned capitals) No 2C5 KKVNSIIAM. .y. Jo/iii Jla/itint. H)-2. KKLSTON. S. Nieholaa. Jill STErm-.X TOGHIU, (11: ^VAl;DEN 1702 T. 1!. Ditto Mr STEl'lIFX TdCHIT.L CH. WAKDF-N T. lULlilK FttTNDEH- 176.' Mi: STEPHEN TOCIIILL ( H. WAIJDEN ITB'i T. It. F. 3U 31 37 41 263. 1 ^VIl,LfA:\I KKNX. IKFFEIMKS BraSTOl. (In ;i tiiiTCt) I VALt'E XOT WHO DOTH 51E SEE FOK THOJI.\S I'.ILliV CASTED JIE, AT.THOW JIV SOUXD IT 18 hUT SMALL 1 TAX BE HI;A1!D AMOXGST YOU ALL Wm north & KOBEUT TllOWER CHUKCmVAKDENS Wm north & RoBinrr trower CHURfHWARDENS 1731 stephex kodford i;ob^rt ford CH WARDEXS R .\ UiJ4 Blank 1613 ., lOlIX WOOD lAMES MILLARD V. W THOMAS * l.UIES BILBY f'HEW- STOKE FECIT 1701 DRAWE XEARE TO GOD R D. l';07 (Roy;il !irm on -waist) LAVS DEO VXI FT TRIVXO. IN SECVLA . SKCVI.iiUVM. 16112 "VVILLIAJI SAXDi;i;S HEXRY D0L5IAN, THOMAS BROWXEIXi; CH. WARDENS w 4 r. 4 1! ,^ r. 16119 A Tins Tiing. Aiiymt 27, 1838 32| 33J 34J 36i 40J 43 46 621 266 KEY.NTON .MANDEVILLE. .v. Jto/-f/ Jffff/'lnlrii. 1 i COOKEY FROME 1S24 ALEXANDER ToMSEY CHrRiHWAKDEX'' 17XS WlI.LIAJl ISILP.IE CHEW- STOKE FECIT 181.) 3 Ditto .(;»•;/, 1S72. IG-i. KEVi'STOKE. j .S. rurl. 1 ANO DOMIINI 1637 o I Mk lOSEPH SHEPl'ARD CH. WARDEN ' I T. BILBIE 174S 3 ! V. A. CH. W : 1734 T. B. 4 ; ANNO DOMINI 1(37 1 Mm/, 1872 2H7. Kll-.MIXGTOX. .V. Mxry. 1 ! ANNO DdlllXI 1634 TTL .; GOD SAVE THE CHURCH SAM: HILL ARCH: D. WELLS RECTOR I GRACIOUS FATHER :-: lOUN I SERIEANT AVARDENS 171.J i AnijHs/, 1S70. 58 THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE N"] 2CS. kil:\ieesdon. 1 .S'.S. FcUr and J'liiil. t^AST BY lOMN WAUXKK AND SOXS LONDON. 1868. THK lOINT GIFT OF THE LOEU OF THE MANOK AND HIS SISTER MISS lULLIFFE Mk UEOKGE carter & Jill THOMAS GRANT CHURCHWARDENS 1727 Mk JOHN GREEN & Mii THOMAS SHUTE CHURCHWARDENS 1733 YOU RUDDLE & COCKEY AND SEE WHICH is' THE BEST WORKMAN OF ALL US THREE . THOs BILBIE CAST ME. CAST BY lOHN WARNER & SONS. LONDON . I. SHALL BE HERE IF I AM TREATED lUST WHEN THEY ARE MOULDERING IN THE DUST. HENRY CANDY WILLIAM WYATT CHURCHWARDENS 1868 PEACE AND GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD. PROSPERITY TO THIS PARISH. 170o. JAMES MILLWARD AND ABRAHAM STUCKEY CHURCHWARDENS . 179.5. I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL . I TO THE (JRAVE DO SUMMON ALL THOMAS & lAMES BILBIE . .Ijiii/, 1872 269. KINGrSBUEY EPISCOPL .S'. Martin. AN : NO : DOMINI : NI S 1682 :>: I M 3: w P $ : W $ T P (Running Foliage) [80] AN : NO : DO : 5UNI U 1678 W • o ;!:: I : T f. C : AV go T :^ P (Running Foliage) MY SOUND IS GOOD MY SHAPE IS NEAT T'WAS BAY LEY CAST JIE SO COMPLEAT WILLIAM HUMPHRY THOMAS RICHARDS CHURCH WAR- DENS 1770 r:_: :]; (Crazed) WILLM : GIBBS ■:• CHRIS : MEAD * CU • WARDENS '* • ED: BILBIE * * CAST •:• ME « * 171.5 SOVNI) : TO : BID : THE : SICK : REPENT ; THAT : THAY : ilAY . LIVE : WHEN : BREETH : IS : SPFENT : ha : la : i,v : lAH .:. Ja, 1S71. 33 35 37 43 oO 32 37 41 48 270. KILTON. *S'. yicholas. BARTHOMEW silk CHURCHWARDEN 174-5 THOMAS BAYLEY BRIDGWATER FECIT lOHN BURNELL lOHN BAKER CHURCH- WARDINGS W 4 P 1657 lOHN PRYOR O (Coin) WARDEN T 4 P O (•-'">'>) 1<^2U Mni/ 1, 1872. 27 J. •KILVK. S. Manj. Mk HENRY' DA:MPNEY RECTOR GOD SAVE THE CHTRCH lOHN CUNDUT GENT AVILLIAJI SHVRTT WARDENS THOs 4 AVROTH FECIT 1723 REPENT I SAY llE NOT TO THYSELF AT ALL TIMES MAKE ( )n waist : LATE REDY Q 1636 & I S . A\ S 1 9 ? ? [30] faiictn m;iTin Wi [30] ora pro nobia 272. KINGSDON. All Satntx. ffare + ['6] Eoljanncs O dtisti o ©ignare Q pro nobis ©tare William Founder's Stamp Q {^<^'' *li'' 'J-'ail- piece at the end of this Appmdi.K) the only Bell in the County with his lUiuk. GEEVE THANKES TO GOD ANNO DOMINI 1607 ^[26] 5ancte Eoj&anncs ©ra pro |io6ig O [25] \J [64] THOJIAS TUCKER RECTOR GEORGE NONEY THOs ROY'SE CHURCH- WARDENS 1782 WILLIAM BILBIE CHEWST'OKE FECIT HARK HOW I . CALL . PREPARE YOUR HEARTS AND . COiLE . TO THE HOUSE OF GOD . AND . KINGD(»M OF HIS SON . A . INDOE . R TARR 1861 (J. Taylor k Co., Iji.ll I''oundprs, Loughborough) PARISH CHUECHES OF SOMERSET. 59 Noi 273. KINGSTON. S. Mary. GOn SAVE THE CHURCH Mu lOHX STEUUAT VICAR Mk RICHARD FARTHISC; Mu lOHX SHERWOOD WARDEN'S THO:^ WROTH FECIT LOVEIXrt FRIENDS DID BRING ICE HERE >\"ITH lOY TO RING 1730 Mk TIIOs SWINNEY CHUKCIIWARDENS JIk THOs bull WROTH 1736 n [32] ^jSEiQg^j^ (*)ieB.:^sji m'K:-^ ■^■m >\'^im ^Crowned Capitals) ^ [30] .9.-^lQ(rS,J\" GIATi TH.^JS'KES DOMINI lGo4 ANNO DOMINI 102-' (i P mMvxJi ii^:o TO GOD ANNO 274.. KINGSTONE. All Sttintx. lOHN CHAPEL C W T P ANNO DOJIINI 1696 CAST BY BAYLEY STREET & COM- PANY BRIDGWATER 1756 lOHN BROOK C W T P 1693 LORD HAVE JIERCIE VPON VS W C 1396 (Error for 1693) Septembi-r, 1870. 31| 32^ 34J 39 4li 42i 29 C2 36} 40 F 27.5. KINGSTON SEYMOUR. ANNO DOMINI 1082 Ditto Ditto BILBIE :X: CAST :x: ^lE 17U HA ■:. LA •:• LV .:. lAH ■:• lAMES I AYM.YX CHURCHWARDEN R P R P 1684 yurijii/frr S, 1S72 27(3. KINGWESTON. All Saints. PRAISE HIM IN THE HEIGHTS 1854 GATHER MY SAINTS TOGETHER UNTO ME WE PRAISE THE GOD 1854 THEIR SOUND 60ETH FORTH INTO ALL LANDS 1854 GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST 1854 (AH by Taylor) July 1870. 277. KITTESFORD. ■V. yic/tolas. + [1] iSLocc mca uiua ticpclla cuuta uociua + [1] ©at miclji collatuiu itjc istulJ noinen amatum •^ [*] flrst iiu'cbi collatum (i&^ [«] iljc I'stuti nonun amatum ^--^ 278. KNOWJ.E. S. Giiv6. Two Small Bells in a Tuixet 279. LAMYATT. iSS. Mary and John. ' PRO.SPERITY TO THIS PARISH A ^ R ^ I 1719 .,, ^.-,. 24 3flJ o8 44A 31i ■m^T^^ ^ ["J '-^ [-^2^ , ^;>Lmi% ^ [»"1 'ii [^^] Frhruary -id, 1874. | GO No 280. LAMBi;< )0K EAST. Two .Small Bells in a Tuixct THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE Dia... In No, 283. 281. LANGFOED BUDVILLE. S. Jamis. NICHOLAS RITHRDON lU GENE ROB lEWELL CH. WARDENS WROTH 1738 D. B. SOLI DEO DETUR GLORIA I P 1063 lAMES CLATWORTHY & lOHN RUGG CHUR( UWARDENS THOs BILBIE CULLOMl^TUN FECIT 1810 A^■ALTER f'LATWOR'i'HY ABRAHAM THOMAS CHI'ltCHWARDEXS 1687 G P ANNO D05IIXI 1600 I A -J Mai/, 1871. 282. LANtrPORT. All Saints. MY TREBLE VOICE MAKES HEARTS REIOTCE CAST BY THOs BAYLEY BRIDGWATER CHARLES RANDOLPH GENT AND Mr. EAITHFT'L ASH CHURCHWARDENS 1772 GOOD RINGING LIGHT CAS''' BRIDGWATElt GENT AND YEILD GREAT DE- BY THUS BAYLEY CHARLES RANDOLPH Mil EAITHFUL ASH CHI'RCHWARDENS 1772 HEALTH PEACE AND PLENTY TO THIS NEIGHBOPRHOOD CAST BY THOs BAYLEY BKlliGWATER CHARLES ItANDOLrH GENT AND Mr FAITH- FUL ASH CHURCHWARDENS 1772 FAITH UnVV. AND GRACE ATTEND THIS I'LAiF, CA.ST BY THOs 1!AY- LEY BRIDGWATER CHARLES RAN- DOLPH GENT AND Mii EAITHFUL ASII CHURCHWARDENS 1772 JIE RESONARE lUBENT PIETAS MORS ATQUE VOLUNTAS CAST BY THOs llAYLEY BRIDGWATER CHARLES RANDOLPH GENT AND Mil FAITH- FUL ASH CHURCHWARDENS 1772 June, 1878. 30J 31 36 37 41 LANGRIDGE. i% ^ [■5'] * ["] ^ BENEFACTORS RE .:. IV .:. I S $ ANNO DO .;. MINI : 1631 R ^ P [99] June, 1871. 290. LOAD IN :\L\ETOCK PARISH. One Small Eel!, plain, in a Turret . . March 31, 1874. 34 291. LOCKING. N otliing CAST BY I PYKE BRIDGEWATER lOHN KINGSTON FOUNDER. I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL & TO THE GRAVE I SUMMON ALL. CAST BY G. DAVIS BRIDGE- WATER. Wm COOMES ^ Ru LANCY CHURCHWARDENS Hcptemlier IS, 1871 i92. LONG ASHTON. All Saints. SIR lOHN SMITH BARONETT FOR WHOSE NAME I AVILL BOLDLY SPEAKE WILLIAM BRITTAN is. HENRY MI'RFORD CH. AVARDENS T BILBIE 1767. ROBERT STAINBANK . 1868 . LONDON. WAS RECAST AT EXPENCE OF SIR HUGH S.MYTH BARONET ANNO DOMIN 1809. THOs & I.\JIES BILBIE CHEWSTOKE FECIT VICAR . HUGH CA.MEBRIDGE W E. 1749 THOMAS WICKHAJt HAY'WARD. Wm CHURCHWARDENS. SIR HUGH SJn-TH KNIGHT. THOJIAS PINNOTT ESQ 1669 SIR I H SMITH 1868. ROBERT STAINB^ViJK. FOUNDER LONDON Ma nil, 1871 293. LORRINGTON. S. Thomas a Bcckct. 1 Nothing but a garland of Roses o ' ANNO DOMINI 1GS3. E C W. C T. P. 294.. 1868. LOPEN. All Saints. T. BAY'LEY MAKER. 176o .. August 9, 1872 32 36 40 14 17 62 THE CHURCH BELLS IN THE 29c LOXTON. ■S. AiuJrcw. w, [32] ^Mm^'f^ ii [*^] twfwf ;Ji.A-3;j5 (All crowned capitals.) THOMAS . POUNSFORD lOHN GAD . CH. W . 1736 m [74] •n%M^,M ^ VICAR . T. BILBIE Juhj, 1872. 296, LUCKHAM. S. 2Iary: CHURCH KEIGHBOURHOOD COME LET US RING FOR AND KING W. E. 1759 PEACE AND GOOD W. E 1759 PROSPERITY TO THIS PARISH W. E. lAJIES DARCH lOHN EEES CHURCH- WARDENS W, E 1759 LET MY SOUND MOVE THEE TO GODS GLORY Wm EVANS CAST US ALL 1759 297. LUFTON. SS. Peter and Faid. lOHN HODGES 1628 The same May, 1871. 29>S. LUXBOROU(xH. S. Mary. LLEWELLYNS & lAMES FOUNDRY BRISTOL 1863 BELL- CUR MERRY PEAL IS JIAINLY DUE TO Mr & Mils GERALD CAREW W.VLKEE KING CURATE 1864 April, 1872. 28 31 34 299. One Bell LULLINGSTOCK. All Saints. 300. LYDEARD S. LAWRENCE. S. Lnwrctice. E : TOTTERDALE : AND W. CULLIFORD CHURCHWARDENS CAST BY JOHN KINGSTON BRIDGWATER 1803 lOHN GALHAMPTON WARDENS 1727 lOHN HEWES Mk THOs LESSEY RECTOR GOD SAVE THE CHURCH lOHN GALHAMPTON lOHN IIAWES CHURCHWARDENS 1717 (Crazed) Fell in the month of August 1869 ; dashed to pieces. Date 1707 TORN CROSS & lOHNJl? WITHERS CHURCHWARDENS CAST BY GEORGE DAVIS BRIDGWATER 1785 301. LYDEARD BISHOP. S. Mary. I L & C. W. ESQus C. WARDENS MY LITTLE VOICE MAKES HEARTS REIOICE CAST BY T. PYKE BRIDG- WATER 1776 CAST . BY . T . PYKE BRIDGWATER . I . L . C . W . WARDENS 1776 (A frieze border) Mb W. 5IULLTNGS Mr C. WARDENS CAST STON BRIDGWATER I FARTHING BY T. KING- 1816 (Cracked) Same as the Treble. Without the Motto (BrokenJ Ditto JOHN LETHBRIDGE & CHARLES WINTER CHURCHWARDENS CAST BY THOMAS PYKE BRIDGWATER 1776 I. L. C. W. C. W. &c., as on the 4th lOHN LETIIBHIDGE & CHARLES WINTER ESQks CHURCHWARDENS 1 TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GRAVE DO SUMMON ALL CAST BY T. PYKE BRIDGWATER 1776 May 14, 1872 32 33 35 46 PARISH CHUECHES OF SOMERSET. 302. LYDFORD EAST. S. ilary. I WARNER & SOXS LONDON 1865 PATENT April 1871. 303. LYDFORD WEST S. Mary. 1 1742 2 ANNO DOMINI 1C07 3 ANNO 1587.. 4 1605 R ^ P [99] 5 ANNO DOMINI 1698 T. P. THOMAS YO\TvG lOHN SHERO%T) August, 1871. 304. LYMSHAM. S. Christopher. PRAISE HIM UPON THELOUD CYM- BALS G. JIEARS & CO. I. H. S. 1864 Ditto Ditto Ditto with W. H. I. S. the Initials of Cliuich- wardens Same as on the first three. (AU recast at the expense of the Rev. .1. H. Stephenson Rector) Afay, 1871. 30.-, ANNO ■: DRAAVE. T D. LYNG EAST. S. Bartholomew. DOMINI . . 1609 G 4 P [98] NEERE. TO. GOD. G. P. 1612 ANNO DOMINI. 1 678. T. B. M. R C. W. T. R. T. W. Mil LAAVRENCE I3R0ME VICAR, GOD SAVE THE CHVRCH . T. W. 1721 Mr IAMES ST4NDARD Mr ioHX MEADE WARDENS Mu RICHARD DII'.BLE Mr IOHN r.REWER. CHVRCHV.'ARDENS 1725. November, 1870 32 33 37 39 31 306. MAPERTON. ■S'. Ptttr mid S. Paul. t [10] $,A1v)(J'q;j- t [10] -JfB^EK J?J^VW5 T[I0] RS[70] I BILBIE. CHEWSTOKE 1177 m m m m m l''l"' W P (A similar bell at Cheddar) yovt-mhi-r, 1S70 307. :\IARK. 1 I 334 2 405 3 4 45 5 6 S. Mark. MY SOUND IS GOOD MY SHAPE Is NEAT. THOMAS HAY LEY CAST MK SO COMPLEAT. C03IP0SED I'.V RICHARD LYDE CLARK. 1760 AVAS THE TREBLE BELL ALMOST ONE HUNDRED YEAR BUT AM THE SECUNT IT . SILVESTER KEEN CHURCHWARDENS NOW BECOME PLAIN APPEAR lAJIES Dl'RSTON. 1760. I. L. H F. C. \V. ANNO DOMINO 107J T P. C03IE LET US ALL SOUND OUT. I'LL KEEP SIY PLACE NO DOUBT THO. BILBIE CAST JIE. Mr AVILLIAM COUNSELL AND Mk IOHN COUNSELL CHURCHWARDENS 1727 6 Cast in Bristol 1860 COSIE HERE BROTHER POUNDERS. AND HERE YOU JLVY SEE. AVHAT SORT I IF A AVORKJLVX YOUNG BILltlK M.VY bee HELE CHALLENGE ALL INGLAND FOR CASTING A BELL \A'HO A\-ILL BE THE AVORK- AIAN CAN BE BUT DUN AA'ELL THO BILBIE CAST MEE, Mr AVILLIAM .t AIr IOHN COUNSELL CHUKCinVA.RDENS 1727. SING PRAIS UNTO GOD. Jtilij, 1870 308. MARKSBURY. ,V. Petrr. The same Wm BILBIE 1782 The same Rd HILL CH: AVARDEN 31 33 30 MY TREBLE A'OICE MAKES HEARTS REIOICE Ri. HILL CH. WARDEN 1782 AVm BILBre FECIT AVm BILBIE F ^ Ri) HILL CH. AVARDEN 1782 T. MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1820 MATT^v. PARFITT (IHURCHAVARDEN 29 m 30^ 32 3T 40.'r G" 64 THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE N° 309. .MARSTON MAGNA. S. Mary. EDWARD PANIL C. W. ANNO DOMINI 1721 W. K. B. K NATHANIEL BAENARD ANNO DOMINI 1707 T. P. T. K. Nothing- Same as the Second .310. MAESTON BIGOT. «S'. Leonard. ' T. MEAKS AND ! FECIT 1809 SON LONDON THIS TOWER BUILT AND THE FIVE NEW BELLS HUNG BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMON EARL OF CORK ANNO DOMINI 1809 T. MEAKS AND SON LONDON FECIT DectmliryH. 1872. 811. MARTOCK. All Saints. AT D.VWN THE RUSTIC TO HIS TOIL I CALL TO GR.VTEFUL REST WHEN SHADES OF EVEXIN(; FALL I CALL TO PRAYER TO MARToCK MAKE IT KNOWN SALVATIONS PURCHASED BY THE DEA'J'H OF ONE MEARS LONDON 1845 » i-r [87] I N <;<•> I W gs » 16.17 f ^ :» .Snnc tE (ja hri t ova pro nobis □ [SI] BEE MEEKE AND LOWLY TO HEAKE THE WORDE OF GOD 1014 THOMAS ROWE lOHN CHAFFIE ANNO D.iMINI 1G45 MY SOVNI) AND SERVIS ALL ANT) SOME IS TO INVITE YOU FOR TO COME TO SERVE THE LORD TO LOVE YOUR FRIEND AND TO BE SIlNDFUL OF YOVR END Ilcmiilin- 10, 18Cr. 312. JMEARE. . loHN BUTT . VI( AR . TH . MEDLYCOTT . ESQ. 1730 HAKRY . BARNES . CHARLES . JIARTEN . CH . W.VIIDENS . RING . TO . THE . PRAISE . AND . GLORY . OF . (iOI) . I . TO . THE . CHURCH . THE . LIVING . CALL . AND . TO . THE . GR.VVE . DOTH . SU.MM(JN . ALL . THOMAS . P.ILBIE . ('AST . ALL . WE . RE(ASJ' . BY . SIR . W . C . JIEDLY'COTT . BARt . ITIE . REVi) . W . WEST VICAR . is.-,s . SILA'ANUS . LOX(;.MAN CHURCH , MEARS . . RoBEi-rr AVAKDEXS FOUNDERS One Small Tin^' Tan" Bi;ll . HAWKINS . C . & G . LONDON Octoiir, 1872. 317. MISTERTON. S. Leonard, Two small bella 30 32 36 37 40 42 46 54- 66 THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE 318. MlDSdMER NORTON. ^S. John BaptUt, OF KING CHARLES T. V,. F. 17o0 THE THE GIFT SECOND Ditto TWAS CHAFwLES THE SECOND OUR GHACrOUS KING WAS THE CHIEF CAUSE WE EIGHT BELLS RING . T. B. F. 1730 ANNO DOMINI 1623 Ditto Ditto JOHN HARRIS . LANSDOAVN & RICH- ARD BATT . CHURCHWARDENS 1793 REPENT I SAY BE NOT TO LATE THIS LIFE AT ALL TIJIES READY MAKE THOMAS & lAMES BILBIE CHEWSTOKE . FECIT Mr SYDENHAM VOYNTZ . FOR MADAM HOOPER AND Mu GEORGE HARRIS CHURCHWARDENS . THOMAS BIL- BIE FECIT 1750 Xorcmber, 1870, 319. MILVERTON. S. Micliad. Mr. R. GOUGH & Mr WILLIAM EDWARDS (.'HURCHWAliDENS 1763. T. BILBIE. CULLOMPTi IN lOSEPH PEARSE & lOHN DYER CHURCHWARDENS 1737 CASTED BY THOMAS WROTH. Mr SAMUEL HUNT & Mr FRANCIS EDWARDS CHURCHWARDENS 1776 THOMAS BILBIE lOHN DYER & lOSEPH PEARSE. CHURCHWARDENS 1737 CASTED BY THOMAS WROTH. WELLINGTON. Mr IOHN CRIDLAND & Mr THOMAS HANDFORD CHURCHWAHDENS. 1783. THOMAS BILBIE CULLOMPTON Mr WILLIAM BILES & Mr GEOltGE LEEKEY CHURCHWARDENS 1S02. CASTED BY T. BILBIE CULLOMPTON May, 1872 33 33 36i 4U 48 .320. MILTON CJ.EVEDON. 6'. JmiH:S. m [32] XW, li (*i:<^(?lB !l [^] '^1^1 (All crowned Capitals) f [85] a u; t; a i^eo ^y? [se] ci? f (true Date is Ifiji)) O GIVE . THANKS . TO . GOD . ALL . WAISE S. M. 1710. ^ [30] Sane it W [^o] Hjonia ^ [30] oxa pro no ijiS (cracked) June, 1872 (One crazed.) 321. MINEHEAD. S. Jadiacl. LLEWELLYNS & lAMES BELLFOUNDERS BRISTOL 1863 ZoUtJco Mux gloria .1607 \_^\ \t p[ MARK W\I,KER & IOHN RICHARDS CHURCHWARDENS 1766 . CAST BY THOJNIAS BAYLEY BRIDGWATER EDWARD LEE & IOHN lENKINS CHURCHWARDENS THOMAS BILBIE COLLUMPTON FECIT. 1804 May, 1871 322. MONKSILVER. ,1/1 Saint''. GIFT OF GEORGE NOTLEY ESQr MY TREBLE VOICE MAKES HEARTS REIOICE. IOHN KINGSTON BRIDG- WATER. 1815 t [10] igj£if ^E t [10] mmm^ t :l^:^■yI,^ GEORGE 1675 NORMAN CHURCHWARDEN. I. IENKINS CHURCHWARDEN. IOHN KINGSTON BRIDGWATER 1815 G. MEARS FOUNDER LONDON. 1860 E. KIDNER W. I. DIBBLE CHURCH- WARDENS. REV 6. P. BEAUJIONT CURATE. 3IAY ALL THOSE WHOM I SUMMON TO THE GRAVE REC^EIVE THE BLESSING OF A WELL SPENT LIFE. 1870 30 33 37 29 31 34 36 39 PAEISH CHUECHES OF SOMEESET. "■^ 323. MOXKTON C'UMBE. °'™'" f"" 326. ■S'. Michael 1 Blank .. .. .. ..21 2 >i> :i> H (j; .it K e 5D K ;^". .r- Ji. 23 324. MONKTON WEST. 6", Aiiyustitie. GEORGE nUXMAX WILLIAM TREBLE CHURCH WARDEN'S 1747 The same THE 1668 KING . ■ Si ■ lilUDG- SER\TE (;0D HOXXOK lOHX HARE C. W. CAST BY THOMAS 1!AYLE\ WATER 1747 Mu TH03IAS HOUSE CHURCHWARDEN 4 4 i THOMAS JULBIE CUL- LOMPTOX FECIT IS04 >$• ['-H ?t}ec jFit Sanctovum Camjpana ILautiE iSonotum ■■){■ [i05] U ["J (^^ '"P crotrncd) 32.5 MONTACUTE. S. Catherine, □ [S4] FIRST I CALL TO WAKE YOU ALL ANNO DOJHNI 1619 T. E. G. C. □ OEE'S'E TH.VNKES DOMINI 1610 TO GOD ANNO □ HEE THAT HEARETH MEE TO SOUND LET HIM ALWAYES PRAISE THE LORD 1614 MEARS & SON ISIO WILLIAM KNIGHT BELLFOUNDER ANNO DOMINI 1733 EPE (This Bell l.as some of Purdue's Fnezo ornaments) Tieccmbcr 11, 186S MUORLINCH. S. Mary. I AM A PLEIDG THERE PRAISE TO SIN(; AS TO THIS PLACE DID ME BRING BILBIE CAST ME 1714 67 Diain. In 3.5 I AM THE FIRST OF THOSE FIVE CRIES LOUD TO THOSE THAT ARE ALIVE 1633 (Crazed) TWAS BAILEY CAST ME SO C(JM. PLEAT MY .SOUND IS GOOD AXD MY SHAPE IS NEAT 1770 t <^m% t (|il|)33 t ^»E t LONG MAY AVE LIVE AMEN ISAAC KINGSTON FIRST BEGUN ME 1801 BRIDCiWATER AND I AM BOUND TO RING HIS KNELL THAT MORE WOULD ADD . BUT . NONE . WOULD . SELL A. D. 1611 I. D. I. B. C. W. T. P. August, 1870. 327. MUCHELNEY. SS. Feter and Pant. RO : BANBERY : 10 : BAYLEY : T. K. ANNO DOMINI . 1602 MARTIN : RICKE I THOMAS ; LOCKE : ANNO DOMINI 1707 T. P. T. C. AND G. MEARS . FOUNDERS LON- DON . REVi) WALTER .\LFORD . MINISTER . CHARLES BAULCH . lOHN . WALROND . CHURCH WARDENS 1847 MEARS . AND . STAINBANK . FOUNDERS . LONDON 1872 lOHN K. T. TRA\-ES . WILLIAM WHITE . CHURCHWARDENS . SAMUEL . o . BAKER . MINISTER ROGER : WAGET ; ROBERT ; THO BOSGROVE : GOVLDE ! WAliDENS 1 SMITH : T : A PEN \ ■■ C4ULICK WIL GIOVIS 1626 June, 1872 36 38 41 H 48 68 No THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE 328. MUDFOKD. .S'. Mary. E. H. L. H C. W. ASNO DOMINI 1664 T. P ALL THAT HATH BREATH . PRAYSE THE LORD . 1623 ANNO D05IINI MDLXXXII 1621 I SOUND TO BEAD THE SICKE . EEPENT IN HOPE OF LIFE WHEN BREATH IS SPENT . lOHN SAMPSON AND HIS BROTHER SIM CAYSED ME HERE TO BE CAST AGAIN^E 1666 . T. P Novcmherf 1870 329. NAILSEA. Boll/ Trinity. ALEXANDER . COOMBES . CHURCH- WARDEN . MY . TREBLE . TOICE . MAKE . HEARTS . REIOICE . THO . AND . lAMES . BILBLE . CHKWSTOKE . ETC . ANNO DOJUNI MDCCXCIII lOHN . COMBS C.^V. EDWARD BIL- BIE . CAST ALL WEE 1723 . I . CARETH . NOTT . HWO . DOTH ]ME SEE . FOR . TWAS EDWARD BILBIE . CASTED . ME JOHN . COMBS . C.W. EDWARD BIL- BIE . CAST . ME 1723 ALEXANDER . COOMBS . CHURCHW4R. DEN . I . TO . THE . CHURCH . THE . LIVING . CALL . AND . TO . THE . GRAVE . DOTH . SUMMON . ALL . THO . AND . lAMES . BILBIE . CHEW- STOKE . MDCCXCIII June, 1872. 330. NETTLECOMBE. S. Mary. m [i«] Saiutc Pauk ©ra Pro "^Mi m. [18] O (.C'l-'i") SOLI O (Coin) DEO Q DETVE Q GLORIA O T ^ P O 1625 iVNNO DOMINI 1613 G&P 33L Mk lOHN NothiDg. NEMPNETT. iS'. Mary. COX . CH . W 1743 I HASIE . WELL . CAST . WICH . THAT : YOV : SEE . TWASE . • THOMAS . BILBIE . CAST . ME . 1728 AMBROSE . MAISHWILL . AND . RICHARD . NAISH . CHURCHWARDENS Nothing Mr IOHN COX CH W . 1743 .. February. 1871 332. NEWTON S. LOE. Holy Trinity. Mr EGBERT COLLINS AND . Mk IOHN FRANCIS CHURCHWARDENS. 1741 . THOMAS BILBIE CAST ALL WEE MAY^YE 4th 29 30 33 36 38 3 NU 3 NU * NU 5 NU 6 NU 29 29J 31 33 37 41 September, 1872 j 333. NINEHEAD. AH Saints. ANNO DOinNI 1630 . W. S: TH05IAS SHIPPEARD CHURCHWAR 1660 . T ^ P ; EXON : ANNO DOSUNT . 1630 . (No Canons) ANNO DOBIINI 1629 R ^ P. (No Canons) m [30] ,? j^ le ^ ,<^ ^ [30] m M n -x .a ^[30] «5)BJ^ J?B1^ IQilJBI^ ^ (? (p May 27, 1872 31 33 36 39 44 PARISH CHUECHES OF SOMEESET. 69 No 334.. NOETHOVEE. iS. Andrew. AXNO DOMIM 163G R i P ^ T. K. E. HENRY CHICHESTER ESQUIRE LORD . OF THE JIAXOUR CAST BY TIIOJIAS BAYLEY IX BRIDG^VATER 1762 HENRY CHICHESTER ESQ RIC. FRAMP- TOX JUXu TI3I SKREEX W E B F 1751 * [44] $:^ide ^ [37] t^M mMii o W!A.M &m-im^> 1515) m [»o] jn$ ^ 'i? [42] iJ^ [-17] December, 1864 335. NOETOX FITZWAEEEN. All Saints. TAYLOR & CO FOUNDERS LOVGH- BOROUUH 185S GLORIA . SOLI . DEO TAYLOR & CO LOT'GHBOROUGH . DETUR . FOUNDERS June, 1872 336. NOETON SUB *S'. Jfart/. HAMDON. >{) AXXO IbO.S • : D(i .:. R S< V. [99] MI ^ A NI XXO : •:. DO IGOS R 4 V [09] XI MI t [10] :\Yii, t mMii:\ t [lo] ^%Mt$iM t J?r.BT3J\-. B J? [70] ■ On the 4th is a Shield with six Quarters with a Boar Crest, with a motto Yita et Semper, W. G initials. (Plate xiv, fig. 8.) On 1, 2, 3, the Royal Arms 337. XOETON :MALEEWAED. ANNO DOmXI >$. 1634 ^ I ^ L [97] ^ * [74] Rw^j^c* ; JiBWJEi ^i^ms 29 32 35 41 338. NOETON ST. PHILIPS. S. Pli Hip and All Saints. ^ANNO <:> DO I A L ^ [97] J MI ^ NI .:. 1640 ^ Nothing Nothing- >^ ['^0] Sancta anna f ora pro nobis ]) i NATHANIEL SOLTER M^VDE MEE 1654 FOR THO FLOWER 1654 PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD TO THIS PARISH 1731 Aiigmt, 1871 351 37i 3Si 41J 44i 339. NUNJJEY. S. Fctcr. 1 riS23 JIu SIM(JN . nODDINOT . & Mii Wm YEOMAN CH. Wds W. C. 1743. Wm. COCREY bell FOUNDER AVY. 1741 S. H. 29 33 Mit SIMON HODDINOT & Mu AVm YEOMAN CH. M^ns. ^V. C. 1 74 1 * [Gi] Sue i^ [1-'] fHan'a J [:^4] (^iimB. § |3Icna ^ Dominus § JKccuiii ANN O DOMINI 1633 I ^ L [97]! F.:hraaii/, 1873 340. OAKE. A'. Bartholomcic. Mr JOHN' BOND Mr STEVENS . C . AVARDENS . CAT BY GEORGE DAVIS BRIDGWATER 1790 ANNO DOMINI 1639 I ^ L [97] P. P. M. H. I. P. E. L. L C. 1608 H. B. H. B. AV W 29i 32 34i 38 40 30i 33 38|. G 70 No 1 341. OARE. S. Mark. THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE Diain,.In, MEMENTO MORI lOHN CHAPELWARDEN 1770 FOUNDER SHORT BAYLEY JIu;/, 1S71. 342. ODCOilBE. SS. Peter and Paul. MY TREBLE VOICE MAKE HEARTS EEIOICE Nothing THIS LIFE AT ALL TIMES READY MAKE REPENT I SAY BE NOT TO LATE PREPARE TO MEET YOUR GOD I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GRAVE DOTH SUMMON ALL Angicst, 1870. 343. OECHARDLEIGH. One SmaU Bell (Blank) . . 344. OTHEKY. S. Michael. ED : SOMER : WIL : MICHEL . C. \V. ANNO DOMINI 1692 :|: T. P. 2 I. H. 162 I. M. C. "W. THOMAS , GAMLEN , Mk. THOMAS , TACHELL . WARDENS , THOMAS , AVROTH , FECIT 1729 WILLIAJI : CHARD : CHARLES . WESTLAKE CHURCHWARDENS : TH(_)S BILBIE : CULLOMPTON : FOUNDE 1811 WILLIAM ATYCCJ . . TO . THE . CALL . CHARD . WILLIAM . CHURCHWARDENS . I . CHURCH . THE LIVING AND . TO . THE . GRAVE . DO . SUMMONS . ALL . Wm BILBIE CHEWSTOKE FECIT . All re-huiig- by Henry Boswcll, at the expense of Dr. Shipton, the then Vicar. October 20, 1863 .10 m 34 30 41 31| 34 41i 46i 34.5. ORCHARD PORT.^L\X. S. Miclincl. H . W . 1740 W. . POORTMAN '-.•, 4 W 6 P P (Very rough anil illegible) PORTMAN K. B. F. ESQ ANO SIR :)(: WILLIAM ;)(: POORTMAM :)(: WAP © R 4 P :)(: 16.57 t [10] am t 3:k t u^i s>^®m sm [70] (Query for Stoke S. Mary) Jiili/, 1872. 24f 25$ 30* 346. OTTERFORD. >S". Liouarcl. AN : NO • 1676 . T. P. D(i : MI : Nl : AV. A. H. S. :;t: C. W. + [1] firft miciji collatiim :i)c istuti tionun ainatum + Protege uixgo pia quae conboco sancta maria + ^Totcge uirgo pia quo3 confaoco sancta maria Juli/, 1870 347. OTTERHAMPTON. lOHN ., LEWIS , CHUECH , WARDEN 1737 I- HENRY SHEPARD : HVEGH HONNYBALL WILLIAM : PVRDVE : 1647 . ANNO •:. DO MI NI 1617 Oetokr, 1872 PAULTON. Soli/ Truiity. 348. 1742 Ditto Ditto Ditto THOilAS MILLARD AND Mr JOSEPH HILL CHURCHWARDENS . 0. BILBIE 1742 June, 1872 PAEISH CHURCHES OF SOMERSET. 71 No 34;t. PAULET ■S'. John BaptUt. 1659 . AVILLIASr •:• RADFORJ)' THOSLVS t + FFX'IT . GATCOMBE •:• lOHN ■:■ • :• rHURfHWAllDENS t BAYLEY t B1UDG^VATER t 1745 Mr YEO . i: WALTER BLOW^ER CHURCHWARDENS . A 4 R [96] 1731 RICHARD DOIDGE VICAR Mk WILLIAM GATCOMBE Mk IOHX LOYD CHURCHWARDEN'S 1853 CAST BY BAY LEY STREET & CO A B A C V ,•) W M .:> R ^ P [99] ) jg AN NO ■) DOMINI .4 1625 3.')(>. PENDOMEK One small Bell in a Turret 351. PEN SELWOOD. S. Miclmel. + in •: nomine \ liominc (Crowned Ciijiitids) amen B SAMUEL RAlvE 1717 E. L. ANNO DOMINT: a. 15S4 G. P. (Earliest of G. Purdue's Bells) August, 1870 352. 1819 PEXSFOED. S. ThOMOS a BecJiCt. THOMAS . PLAYER . CHURCHWARDEN . T. MEARS . OF . liONDON FECIT . 1S19 . Octokr, 1870 25i 28 32 18 42 ^"i 353. PENNARD EAST. All Saints. 1 I T. C. G V. R A-. T. R. 1642 .. ^ ANNO I W : ■:• DO •:• MI •:• Nl •:• 1607 B .:. + R 4 P. [99]. Mr henry MARTIN &. Mu lOHN REEVES CHURCHWARDENS. 1740 BILBIE FECIT JULY Ye 12tk 1 , SHALL , SOUND » AND , KING , TO , BRING , THEE , INTO , GROT-ND , AT , THY , DE- PARTUKE , I G , 1649 , T G » lOHN . WYNNE . VICAR . Mr . HENRY . MARTIN . Mu lOHN . REEVES . Mr THOMAS . WASSUN . ROBERT . BATT . Mk . ROBERT . CHASEY . THOMAS . CHASEY . WILLIAM . COWPER THOMAS . HUtGINS . THOMAS . BILBIE CAST ME . JULY Ye 26 . 1740 . GOD SENT) GOOD LUCK February, 1871 354. PENNARD WEST. S. MicluKl. M M . 1605 T. 0. B. E. I I A : DO L O. D. GEEVE THAKE3 TO GOD 1611 3 □ [84] HALL . A : LV ; A •:• .•.NNO :• DO •:■ MI ; NT . 1604 GEE\^ THAIvES TO GOD DOMINI . 1607 ANNO ANNO . DO . MI . NI . 1674 . I. R. T. F. : C. W ; T. P Octoha; IS 70 355. PERROT NORTH. S. Martin, WILLIAM litlSKINS ESQr & lAMES SL.-VDE . GENT . CH W. T. BILBIE I . FECIT . 1803 GOD SAVE THE KING T. B. F. 1S03 THOMAS BILBIE CULLOMPTON FECIT 1803 July, 1370 38i 42 44 50 44 34 36 38 44 49 K 29 31 ■i-2 No 3-G. PETHEETON NORTH. S. Mary. J. Blank THE CHURCH BELLS IN THE 359 6 THE EEVii Wm GEOllGE VICAR • EEWARD ACKAlMAN THOs STAKKEY ' & lOHN COATE CHURCHWARDENS I ANNO DOMINI 1810 THOMAS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT Uoy 29, 1872. 357. PETHEETON SOUTH. SS. Peter mid Pan!. □ [81] I : WAS . GnrEN . BY . JIISTRIS . CtLASY . AND . IN . REMEMBRANCE . ALOVD . DOE . CRY . 1681 Mr SAMUEL . VAUX . CHURCH- AVARDEN . BILBIE . F . 1765 GO 5 W . lEFFERIES * . BURCHALL SAMPSON •••• THO : SYMS •:• C .:. W •■■■ BILBIE 1713 •:• HALAL- VIAH es 'o NOTHING VNTO THE POOR THEY GIVE TO SEE IN WHAT STATE THEY li\t; e> © Q BRISTOL . FECIT „ . PEREN . & lOHN VAUX . CHURCHWARDENS 1832 6 » lOHN 8S COLBERT gj THOMAS » VILE igj CH : WARDENS » BILBIE « CAST » ME 1721 ■:• I ■•• CALLS •:■ THE •:• LR^ING •:• TO REPENT ■ ■:• THAT -y THAYE •!• MAYE ■:-■ LIVE "■ WHEN -i- BREATH "•:• IS •:• SPENT » ^ ^ May, 1872. 358. PILL. Christ Chnrc/i. One Small Turret Bell. (Formerly six) Juli/, 1870. PILLE OR PYLLE. S. Thomas a Becket. lEFFERIES AND PRICE BRISTOL 1842 ►J< [61 J faiuta maria magti altna ^ [61] fancta «« [is] mat garc ta § [■i*] Ota pro no bis PEACE & ;G00D NEIGHBOURHOOD, A 4 R [96] 1719 PROSPERITY TO THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND A ^ R 1333 3Iay, 1871. 360. PILTON. S. John Baptist. 31J 33f 36i 40i GIFTS . FREE . BOUGHT MEE R. M. E. I. F. CH. Wps 1726 Mk RICHARD . MILLIER . & Mr lAMES FUSSEL CH. Wds 1726 Me ROBERT . WHITE . & Mu WIL- LIAM ANDREWS . CH . Wds Wm . COCKEY . CAST MEE 1748 Mr IOHN . HAGGET . & Mk . GEORGE . PHELPS CHURCH . 1761 . BILBIE . FECIT GEORGE . HAWKINS & GEORGE DUNKERTON CHURCH 1785 . Wm BILBIE . CHEWSTOICE . FECIT ROBERT . ROW . VICAR . TO . PRAYERS . I . LOUDLY . CALL . AND . SOUND . THE FATE OF ALL Mr THOMAS . STROUD . & Mr SAMUEL COOK . CH. WARDENS . T . BILBIE . FECIT 1758 March 7, 1873. 361. PITCOMBE. S. Leonard. + SancU anna ora ■^[soJSant tat pto "oiis (Very illegible.) * [30] $j!ti^e^jv m.MaM m^ w<^ Jamiari/, 1871. 281 33i 35 PAEISH CI!L'ECHES OF SOMEESET. 73 36; pit:minster. 55'. Andrew and Mary. lOHX • MALLACKE • KOBERT • UEEKAKD * ANXO * DOMINI • 1692 4z|; THOJIAS . SOUTHWOOD . WILLIAM . BUNCOMBE . CUUllCH . CAST . BY . THOMAS . BAYLEY BKIDGWATER 1759 ANNO DO MI NI IGSO REV. . MICHEL . DICKSON . VICAR . W . STONE . I . GOODLAND . WARDENS . W . AND . T . PANNELL ^ FOUNDERS COL- LUM?TON 4 6 1732 ^ ^ KEVd G. R . LAWSON . VICAR . ROBERT MATTOCK . CHARLES CHURCHWARDENS . 1853 . CAST . BY . C . PANNELL . & . CO . OF EXETER . ^ A A "i- O O •=• SEMPER . FIDE LIS Dicaiiber, 1872. 363. PITNEY. S. John Baptint. t S5iil(?(5;^' t [»'] KA-(5KJUTDJi t BB t ^^i^T^tsK t m^m ^■^f^'($ t I'^M t 1Q»:B3il? (r John help now.) WILL (I CHARD 6 ANNO 1705 <■) O '•8.51 1 K i T I P 1 T I 5071 I INIMOD | ONNA I DRAHC | MA ILL IW O (All biickwnrds: William I'hard, Anno Domini, 1706, T. P. T. K.) June, 1872. 364. POKLOCK. A. Jjnbri/iii.s. PHELPS AND HENRY PHELPS AND ROBERT G R I FFITHS CHURCHWARDEN S I. A. M. T. P. D. S. 1617 AND DEATH IS LIFE IS LIFE . DEATH 1617 Mr R GRIFFITHS AND Mk IOHN TAYLOR CHURCHWARDENS DAVIS FECIT BRIDGWATER 1782 IOHN FRY AND Wm FLdYDE CHURCH- WARDENS . 1823 CAST BY WILLIAM POND PANNELL COLLUMPTON DEVON. June, 1871 3U 35J 36J 43 F 365. PORTBUKY. GLORIA ^:> IN 1610 S. Mary. EXCELSIS if^ DEO ^ H B : R : : FECIT Wm. EV^VNS FOURTH . THOMAS . WARDEN : F : A H : ED ; 1699 . . HE AND CAST ME . SHEPILERD . W. E. 1749 R : BILBIE . THE . . 1749 CHURCH- 30 33i 35 39 BILBIE . CAS . BIE . 1713 . M. B. GEO . GOLETT , lAMES , WxVTTS , CH. WARDENS : ILE SOVND TO : BID : THE : SICK REPENT ; AS : THAT : YE : MAYE LIVE : WHEN : BRETH , :S : SPENT . HALALVIAH . Dioiii, III 366. PORTLSHEAD. 6'. Fetn: MY TREBLE VOICE . MAKE . HEARTS REIOICE . A , B , F « 1772 A . , B , F . 1772 ABRAm. , BILBIE , FOUNDER , 1772 ABRAm , B , F ^, 1772 Ditto ABRAm' »^ BILBIE FECIT . Mit WILLIAM . HORSINGTON CHURCHWARDEN . 1772 TJeeiinber, 1870 3G7. POYNTINGTUN. All Saints. m [101] in a r i n AN ^, NO ;■ DO ^' MI f NI . 1595 Mk CALEB LOADER CHURCHWARDEN 368. PKIDDY. S. Lawrence. □ [84] GEEVE THANKES TO GOD ANNO DOMINI 1618 ^ [61] Campana § [-15] Sanctc § [i'A no^anncs § [^■5] JSaptistc □ [84] GEEVE THANKES TO GOD 1618 M«'i, 1871 30 30^ 33 35 38 44 33 24 39 34 36 38 74 THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE Np 369. PEESTON BY YEOVIL. GLORIA . DEO A. D. 1S68 . WILLIAM . WARDENS >S'. J I 6 L [97^ DO 1657 . ^-s-s. S WfiP^R^P ^.^^ SAMVELL ^^^^ YEANDOLL ^i;.^,^ SVRREADGE ^ THOMAS & BAL- DROPP . .c_s-s. The same Shield is on a BeU at C'orfe, and at Yeovilton, also at Portlcmouth, Dunchideock, and Colaton Raleigh, Devon November, 1872 379. EADSTOCK. S. Nicholas. Nothing Ditto Ditto Ditto CHARLES . SIMMES . CH. WARDEN 1740 BILBEE . CAST ALL . WE November, 1870 76 THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE No: t I 1 2 380. KIMPTON. iS', Mnry. TOHN LOKER + C W f lGo7 » « lEDWARD . C4ENGE . C W T. KING- STON FOUNDER B. WATER 1824 W [63] sit nojiun ioinine fccurtjfctum Seplcmler, 1870 381. KOAD. H. LnKreiice. Mk WILLIAM jTUCKER & JFb HENRY BATTEN CHURCHWARDENS 1753 TH03IAS BILBIE FECIT THOlLiS NOADES & BENIAMIN HAW- laNS CH. WARDENS THOMAS BILBIE FECIT 1753 Ditto .. HENRY BATTEN POOLE & lOHN THOMAS CHURCITVVARDENS T. HEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1817 April, 1872 382. One BeU 383. One BeU KODDEN. RODHUISH. 384. ROWBERROW. *S'. Michail, T. BILBIE 1752 Ditto Ditto Ditto , . . . |Di WILLIAM . SWYMMER . ESQk . LORD I . OF . THE . MANOR . OF . ROWBERROW 1752 THOMAS BILBIE > FECIT 25 28 31 32J 34A 35J 40 42J 385. RITISHTON. S. George. CAST BY THOMAS BAYLEY BRIDC4- WATER 1747 Ditto f CAST BY . BRIDGWATER URIAH HILL THOMAS . FYKE . 1781 lOHN BALL . CHURCHWARDENS Juhi, 1870 S P 886. RUNNINGTON. S. Pstcr. DAVID SLOCOMBE WADDEN I EXON [102] 1670 REVd EDWd WEBBER . RECTOR . lAMES . BINDON CHURCHWARDEN . T . BILBIE . CULLOMPTON . FECIT 1810 Atipiisi, 1870 387. SALTFORD. S. Marn. PERROT FENTON CHURCHWARDEN . T. MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1820 . May, 1870 388. SAIMPFORD ARUNDEL. Holy Cross. THOMAS . BILBIE . CULLOMPTON DEVON FECIT 1794 ►J< iJHc melioi: bete non eft campana sub txt REVu. L. A. CLIFFE . MINISTER . . R. B. BELLET . ESQr AVARDEN . W. ANT) . C. T. PANNELL A FOUNDERS A . COLLUMPTON . LONG . LIVE . WILLIAM . THE . 4th . A. D. 1830 . ^ [1] ®ft mid)t coUatutn tf)c istutf nnnicn ntnatum SOVND <'■> TO : BEID ; THE SICKE <8> REPENT ; IN HOPE : OF : LIFE i» WHEN : BREATH Si IS : SPENT ;• EDMVND : PARSONS ' DOMIXI , 1718 , A\II. , AISH ;^ .395. 2 Ditto with C. "\V SHAPWICK. H. Majy. IS June, 1871 30 :]U:2. ' 1 2 1 Xothin"- SEAVIXGTON. S. Miihaei. Koi'cmbir IS, 1870 1 EX . DOXO FRAX ; ROLLE : ARMIOEIU : AXXO aO.MIXI . 1702 T. ]{. 2 >i« [Gi] 5nntc ; IBnria i ora pto nobis t 3. | 321 3 Xo Inscriptior., Bilbie's Border . . . . 331 4 lOHX ; HOLE ; R(_) ■ lAXES : SO-V C ; \V BILBIE : 1712 . 5 TOTHX • HOLE ■■ RO : lAXES : 4U C : W : AVHEN : I : DO : G CALL ; C0:ME ! SERVE GOD I ALL ; BILBIE ; 1712 ; Jul;; 1870 78 THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE 396. SHEPTON BEAUCHAMP. S. Michnel. MESSIEURS SALISBURY & PHELPS CHURCHWARDENS I KINGSTON FOUNDER BWATER 1728 Nothing Nothing BILBIE FECIT, 1738 HANG ME RIGHT AND RING ME WELL TKEYLL HEAR ME SOVND AT HAMBDON HILL 1738 Q BILBIE FECIT 6 I Nothing Smmber, 1872 397. 8Hepto:n' mallet. Sf. relet- and Paid. WHEN . YOU . US . RING . WELL SWEETLY SING . FEAR GOD . HONOUR THE KING . PEACE AND GOOD . NEIGHBOURHOOD . WE WERE CAST AT GLOUCESTER . THOMAS RUDHALL BELL FOUND . 1773 PROSPERITY TO THIS TOWN . WILLm GOLDFINCH lOHN . TILSE WARDENS . THOMAS . TIDCOMB . AND lAMES BROWN CHURCHWARDENS . CAST BY lOHN KINGSTON BIUDGWATER 1822 . . TO THE CHURCH THE CALL . AND TO THE . DO SUMM . THOMAS BILBIE [ I . CAST . MEE . RINC; . To THE PRAISE . AND . (iLORI ! OF GOD . 6 I . .SOUND : TO : BID : THE : SICK REPENT . AS : THAl-E : MAYE : LIVE : WHEN . BREATH : IS ; SPENT : BILBIE . 1714 ; FRIND : WROTH : AND : NIGHT : FOR : all YOURE : SPIT : OVLD : ED. BILBIE : HATH : ME . RVND : PVLL : ME . ROVND . AND . HEARE . JIE . SOVND : FRIND SVCH . WORK . YOV : NEVEU : DON . THO. GOODEN : ROB. PEDDLE CH. WARDENS . Bccanbtr 23, 1873 40J-. lOHN STANTON DIXV.W. S. Mnnj. WESCOT . BUILDER 1847 Mu lOHN . AVIGHT . PRESTON . CHURCHWARDEN . THOMAS . BIL- BIE . FECIT . 1752 Ditto Ditto As on the Treble Ocloler. 1871 40,3. 1 lOIIN CH STANTON PEIOK. ■S*. Lmcrtiice. WEVEl; . lOHN . WHITE WAUDKXS . 17:i6 THOMAS BILBIE C.VSl JIEE May, 1870. 3G 39 43 39 "■"I 406. STAPLE FITZPAINE. I S. PHir. I *^ list ilpiiu rollatum iijc istiiti nomm ' amatum ! .: 1 1 3 4 1670 L . H AH . N H R A W T M T B LOWE . GOD . ANNO DOMINI M H . I . B. 1GC.5 1J90 Mit THOMAS VIRGIN . & Mu . lAJlES WYATT . CHURCHWARDENS . THOMAS . BILBIE . CULLOJMPTON FECIT . 1803 June, 1870 407. G . P Ditto STAPLEGrROVE. 1608 YOArN-G . MEN . ARE . WEE . ESTEEME . BVT . SMALE . AVILLING I P . C . 16.53 . W 4 P . TO . CAST . . THOVGII FAILE . US. FEORTVNE DOE PRAYSE Ditto . Y'E . GP fi THE LORD 1G08 December, 1870 408. STAWELL IN LINCH. HEALTH . PEACE . AND . PLENTY . TO THIS . NEIGHBOURHOOD . THOMAS . BAILEY . l^'OUNDER . 1770 409. STAWLEY. S. Michael. * [1] (Eft midji collatum itjc iftiilJ uomc amatiiiu I 2 I ^ i.'] The S;inie ' 3 I 4« ['] protege utrga jjta t\\\ai confaoco fanta maria (Augmented to five hy Taylor, Oetobev, 1873) June 28, 1872 33 37 40J 40J 28| 31 IN BVT 34 MEE 40J 28i 80 THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE ""i 410. STOCKLAND BRISTOL. .S'. Manj 31¥:j?f I Septctnbcr, 1872 412. STOCKLINCH OTTEESAY. S. Marij. ►J, lOHN ^ lEFFERY « WARDEN » R A St T B igf 1070 ANNO DOMI . NI 16^7 W ^ P. m. [30] Sane tc El [30] gcor gci oxa 11 [30] pro no Ins J«/i/, 1872 413. STOGU:\IBEE. 5. Mary. 16S7 S. L. C. WRDENS . FOUNDERS T. P. C. & G. MEAES LONDON . 1857 WHEN . OIE . CALL . IN GOD . REIOICE . ALL (:i pieue out) lOHN . MARSDAN . GEORGE . ESCOT . CH WARD . 1745 T . WROTH . FECIT . CHARLES . CADE . ESQ. AND , CHARLES . WINTER . C4ENT . CHURCHWARDENS . PIETAS . MORS . ATQUE , A'OLITTAS . ME RESON- ARE . lUBEX'J' . CAST . BY . BAYLEY . & COMPANY . 1755 Janiwnj, 1871 25 14 34 38 414. STOGUESEY. Alias STOKE COURCY'. S. Andrew. CAST . BY' . lOHN . WARNER . & SONS . LONDON . GIVEN . BY . SIR P. ACLAND . Bt. A. D. 1865 . ON . THE . RESTORATION . OF . THIS . CHURCH . MAY . GOD'S . BLESSING . REST . ON . THE . WORK . T. PERROTT . I. BUNCOMBE . C. Wms . 36 Mil THOMA.S . . ROWE . CAST . BY . BRIDGWATER COMBS . Mr. IOHN CHURCHWARDENS . GEORGE . DAVIS . . 1795. ANNO GOD DOMINI 1611 G, P. . SAVE . THE CHURCH . cS: . BLESS . THE . QUEEN . Mk. ROGER . HEJIBURUOW . HENRY . PITTS . AVARDKNS . lOSEPH . SWEETING . & . JIATTHEW . STODDEN . CHURCHWARDENS . 1765 . CASTER . T. BILBIE . I . TO . THE . CHURCH . THE . LIVING . CALL . AND . TO . THE . GRAVE . DO . SUMMON . ALL . FOUNDER . T. BILBIE . 1765 . Dcccmkr, 1870 415. STOKE-SUB-HAMDOX. S. Andrew. E . CHAFFE k . IOHN . CHAFFEY C. WARDENS 1787 . CAST BY . G. DAVIS . B. W.n'ER . lOSEPH . WINTER . THOMAS PRYER . CHURCHWARDENS . CAST . BY . THOMAS . BAYLEY . BRIDGWATER . 1794 SAMUEL . GUNDEY . FRANCES . ( H.VFFEY . C W. T. P. ANNO DOMINI . 1635 . (Purdue's Spiigg and Running Frieze. t [10] i^¥B t tt'-^'Bij^ (;;B..^tj;a t jfLBia j^ E .9 [90] Ditto 37 39 43 48 54 41G STOKE S. MICHAEL. TAMES WELLS ALDBOURNE WILTS FECIT 1821 (with fleur do lis and little beUa) Ditto 2Iareh, 1873 PAEISH CHUECHES OF SOMERSET. 81 No 417. STOKE NORTH. S. Miirlui. Wm. BILBIE . CHEVS'STOKE FECIT . A ^ A . Mu. MOSES . SMALL COMBE CHrRCIIWAIlDE> . 1776 . I . TO . THE . L'HUliCH . THE . LIVING . CALL . AXD . TO . THE . GRAVE . DO . SUMMON . ALL . November, 1839. 1 2 418. 1617 lOHN 1S'21 STOKE PEEO. KINGSTON BRIDGWATER >i* [-Ji] Sancta *■ [^2] barbnra § [*5] t g June, 1S71 419. STOKE RODNEY. S. Aiidreie. t Jje al pvnis to goi ij i W [=iO] snnclE t [li] lucn "r ^s"] ora t pto no bis Xoviinber, 1870 420. STOKE S. GREGORY. . CALL . 162S I. W. ■S. Gregori/. TO WAKE YOU T. E. A FRIST ALL 5Ik EZRA PEARCE . VICAR . GOD SAVE . THE CHURCH . ROBERT . GROSSMAN . lONATlIAN . SOPER WARDENS . T. 1714 . W. lOHX . BARRJNGTON . WILLIAM . TUCKETT . CHURCHWARDENS . I. KINGSTON . FOUNDER BRIDGWATER 1818 . MESSIEURS . HEiLBROW AND . BORRINGTON . CHURCHWARDENS . I. KINGSTON . 182S lOHN HOUSE AND . lOHN . MILLER . CHURCHWARDENS CAST BY . lOHN KINGSTON 1828 . 1873 Diani. In iNo id 1 1 1 2 ; .3 i 1 i i i i — 1 1 2 1 3 i 1 1 1 1 2 3 i 1 4 1 2 3 4 5 421, STOKE S. MARY. S. Marl/. I. TAMLIN . S. STODGELL . CHURCH- WARDENS . 1829 I. KINGSTON . FOUNDER . .VKTiiiHOjaaoav ^ s . (One of Roger Semson's Vagancs A to j« backwards) 26 CAST . BY . T. PYKE . 1779 . I. HOOPER BRIDGWATER C. WARDEN . WILLIAM . TORREY . MARY PROPPTER CHVRCHWARDENS 1657 . W. P. 1870 422. STOKE SOUTH. S. James. ASKO DO MI NI 1623 . R 4 P [99] Ditto C & G. MEARS . FOUNDERS LONDON . 1845 Septcinlicr, 1872 423. STOKE TRISTER. S. Andrew. Nothing I. W. 1607 Nothin" HOPE WELL THE . GIFT OF . Miis MARY . KIDDLE . Wm COCKEY . BELL- FOUNDER . 1751 . October, 1871 4:^4. STONE EASTON. MY . lOHN . DOREY . CH. WARDEN 1752 . T. BILBIE FECIT . MY . lOHN . DOREY CH. WARDEN . T. B. F 1752 The same The same lOHN' . HIPSLEY COX . ESPY . MYr . lOHX . DORY . CH. WARDEN . . T. B. F. 175a . 1872 25i 27J 32 32 34 36 27 28i 30 33 82 THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE No 1 2 3 425. STOWELL. *S'. Jlar// Jfiff/dalci 1815 . . Nothing Nothing 426. STOWEY. Jidy, 1S72 .S'. Mnn/. ALTHOVGH : MY : SOVND • IS • VERY : SMALL : I : WILL ■ BE : HEAKD : ABOVE : YOU ALL : BILBIE : CAST : ALL ■ WE ■ lOHN : WEST ; AND : ROBERT ; RICKETS : CHURCHWARDENS Nothing T. B. 1730.. Nothing Mr JOHN : WEST : AND • Mu RICKETS : fiHURCHWARDENS • THO : BILBIE : CAST : ALL • WE ; I : TO : THE : CHURCH : THE : livinCt : call : and : TO : THE : CiRAVE : DOTH • SVMMONS : ALL 1730 1870 427. STOWEY NETHER. THE . GIFT . OF . THE . I'RIN- CIPAL . INHABITANTS . 1749 THE . GIFT . OF . TH03IAS . BALCH . ESQi! . THOJIAS . BAY- LEY . FECIT . 174t ROBERT . GOVETT . lOHN . CUSSENS . CHURCHWARDENS . I7li7 . CAST . BY . THOMAS . BAYLEY . IN . BRIDGWATER ROBERT . BALCH . ESQu . lOSEPH . THORNE . GENT . CH . WAR- DENS . 1749 . CAST . BY . BAYLEY . AND . STREET ME . RESONARE . lUBENT . PIETAS MORS . ATQUE . VOLUPTAS . ROBERT . GOVETT . lOHN . CUSSENS . rilURCHWARDEXS . 1769 . CAST BY THOMAS BAYLEY Jnf;/ I 873 3iaiii. In No 1 2 3 4 26 5 27 j ., ~ 31 34 A 428. STOWEY OYER. S. 3[nrij Magdalene. x^ [1] f ,tc [8] ffftmidji roUatum igc istub nom^n nmatum '^i; [o] CAST . BY . lOHN . WARNER . AND . SONS . LONDON . 1805 CAST . BY . DAVIS . 1790 . Me lAMES . RICH . SIMON . MORLE . CH . AVARDENS ►J< [^ 3Eocc mca mci ticptUa nociua Icbs ois plairtit (A junihlc of two legends) Mr . THO . WIKAM . Me . lOHN . BLAKE • lOHX . lOANS . WAR- DENS . 1711 Se2>tcmher, 1871 429. STEATTON. S. rigor. GOD SAVE THE KING PROSPERITY . TO . THIS . PARISH PEACE . TO . THIS . NEIGHBOURHOOD 430. STREET. llolg Trinity. MY . TREBLE . VOICE . . HEARTS . REIOICE . Me. . MAYNARD . A: . JIil lONES . CH. AVAEDENS BILBIE . CHEWSTOKE . . 1777 . MAICES ROBERT lOHN . Wm. FECIT Mr ROBERT . MAYXAED . & Me lOHN lONES . CH. WARDENS . AVm. BILBIE CHEWSTOKE FECIT . 1777 Ditto without Chewstokc . . Ditto Ditto THOMAS . MEARS . LONDON . FECIT M.WNARD . lOHN CIIURCJIWARDENS . k SON . OF RICHARD . GODFREY . 1805 DfLcmber^ ^872 30 32 34 36 18^ 20 23 No 431. PARISH CHURCHES OF SOMERSET. STRINGSTON. W. p. 1660 ^ [30] Sane tat mart a •^ [30] o r a P 1 nobis (In very bad condition; August, 1871 432. SUTTON BINGHAM. All Saints. Nothing ... 168.5 . DOMIXI July, 1872 433. SUTTON BISHOP. One Bell in a BeU Cot Fehrmry, 1872. 3 4 6 ! 434. SUTTON LONG. Holy Trhi'tly. Sane ta luaria ora pro no bis W. S. t I. S. t T • B. K. L. 1816 (A confusion of letters) 1 ID i§ ^ :© 1« 3e K. (? K (AU crowned capitals. Recast by ilturs) TUrS'ITATEJI ADOKEMI'S . (Recast) I . TO . THE CHURCH . THE LIVING . CALL . AND TO THE GRA^rE DO SUMMON ALL . (Recast) July, 1872 435. SUTTON :MALLET. 1 ; A. D. 16.U .. ANNO •. DOMINI 10u7 Iv 4 P [O'-'l 43G. SUTTON MONTIS. Jloly Trinity. 1 j ANNO DOMINI . 1636 . R 4 P [90] .. 2 I S^M (.t)...^B(;i.iV:HJ\-BKt?J i(?)}i:Pi i?K«55 nmi$ ¥ © [57] , (Tao V only is crowned. The ship is very small) MY . SOUND . IS . GOOD . MY . SHAl'E . IS . ^EAT . TWAS . BAILEY . C.VST . ME SO COMFLEAT PHILIP . BAKER . 1761 Jii/y, 1872 83 rDiam. In. 33 437. SWAINSWICK. S. Mary. V.) k (,i London MEARS . 1846 FOUNDERS July, 1871. 26 i 27 29i 3lf- 36 438. Nothiu" SWELL. A'. Catlii-riiit. * [«i] S C § [■'•^] anna § [-iJ] (In an exposed turret, therefore much corroded) 439. TAUNTON. 5. James. JIi: . lOHN . REEDE . Mil . lOHN . STRICKLAND . ClIVRCHWARDENS . T . WROTH . 17'Jl (Error for 2, as ai^piars by the Churciiw:irdens' liouks) COME SOLI I . . WHEN . DEO . P . 161(1 . I . CALL . 1610 DETVR . GLORIA 4 : lOHN . PERRIAM . ESQ & . WIL- ! IJAM . HARTNELL . GENT . i;H t WARDENS . T . BILBIE . EECIT . 1749 5 1 OSMOND . WITHER . ROBEART . GAD . CHVKCHWARDENS . I . P 1626 " 1721. P" for carridge of y' BeR to Weling' i: whome, l:i' 0"' " (Wroth lived a* WuUing-ton. See Milverton.) Jioa; 1871. 34i 36 39 •12 F 84 No THE CHUECH BEI.LS IN THE UO. TAUNTON. S. John. One Bell. (Nothing) 441. TAUNTON. S. Mary Magdalctie. THOMAS . LONDON PLACED . OF . ST, TAUNTON . SUBSCIIIPTION . BADCOCK JMKAES . FOUNDER . PURCHASED . & . IN . THE . TOWER . MARY MAGDALENE . . BY VOLUNTARY A. D. 1840 . HENRY ROBERT . NEARN lOHN . DURLE . CHURCHWARDENS THE . PRAISES . OF . THE . CiOD . OF . GODS . WE . SING . THE . BIRTH . AND . CORONA- TION OF . THE . KING . Same as aliove with the following : WE , CELEBRATE . THE FESTAL . DAY . AND . . RITES . DEMAND MERRY' . LAY . . HOLV . MARRIAGE . OUR . THOMAS . MEARS . ] ROIT . 1816 . (.. SUTTON . CH. WARDENS . . OF . LONDON W. LEVERSEDGE M. HAVILAND . 4 : PEACE . AlSiD . GOOD . NEIGHBOUR- I HOOD . 1725 . RECAST . BY' . G. MEARS . & CO. LONDON . 18(i.5 . ANNO . DOMINI G. : P : 1616 Same as the Trehlc, hut with this motto : WE . CALL . THE . PEOPLE . AND . CONVENE . THE . PRIEST . AND . FROM . THE . BODY . MOURN . THE . SOULS . RELEASE . Mr.. . lOHN . WHITMARSH . Mk. RUFUS . LANGLEY . JIk. IOHN . STANDERAVICK . CHURCHWARDENS . 1748 . T. BILBIE . CAST . MEE . ANNO THE . TOWER :mary MisARS DON . DOMINI . 1861 REBUILDINCt . OF . TAUN MAGDALENE . AND MADE 3IETAL OF BELL . IN THIS . I . . ALL . . THE . . HOPE BREATH . CLARK . MAY HENRY" . . WHICH . 1647 . LEGEND . CALL . TO DURING . OF THE . ;oN . s . GEORGE . OF . L(.1N- . FROM . . THE . OLD . . WAS . CAST AND . BORE . COME . WHEN . SERVE . GOD CO . ME DEN I . SOUND . TO . BEID SICKE . REPENT . IN . OF . LIFE . AVHEN . . IS . SPENT . W . R . A'ICAR . . FREDERICK . F . W . TODD . LIDDON . CHURCHWAR- 1861 334 34 40* 40» 42 io\ 50 56S No 442. TAUNTON. Holy Trinity. I WESCOTT BRISTOL 1842 443. TELLISFORD. All Saints. t [10] PROSPERITY . TO . ALL . OVR : BENEFACTORS : W . W . 1703 ^ [30] aanr te pc trc ^ [30] axa pro nobis Febrmry, 1872. 444. THEALE. Christ Church. One Modern BeU in a Turret. (Blank) 445. W THOEN COFFIN. S, Andrew. C . W . T . 1679 26 27 29 36 lAMES . ROBERT . 1673 . T CHURCHWARDEN July, 1870. 15J 13 44C. THORN FALCON. Holy Cross. HALLELVIAH 1609 ANNO DOMINI 1683 W. T. ?. Ditto G. P. B. 0. T. H. C. 1870 30 31* 34 PARISH CUUECHES OF SOMERSET. 85 447. THORXE 8. MARGARET. S. Margartl. ALL ; THO ! I : AM : BUT UTTLE I & SMALL I WILL ; BK ! . IIEAUD : BEFORE YOU : ALL : ►J« ['] iSlocr mta biba Ijcpcllo nmtn uociua Mic WILLLVM UVKl'OKD WAllDEX Jill KOOKK TII()JL\S ; SIDESMAN . M'l.ch, 187J. 44S. THLRLBEER. fi. Thomm. 1 ►J«'l1] WXazt mra faiba ticpcllo ciinln uaciua '^ ►!< [1] Itbs 013 plniiltt lit iiic tain scpiiis nutiit 3 : ►{< ['] Cft midji collatimi \\\i istul) nomcn amatuiu i I Ss [■•] iDtctcge ui'tgi pia quos tonboco r.iaria Diain. In; No, 450. TICKENHAM. ^*'*^. Qttirini.t and Jiilitttii. NATHANIEL . BOLTEK . 16.il ANNO DOMINI 1632 3 Mil . OHRISTOPHEn . CH . WARDEN . T FECIT . 1752 PHILLIPS . BILBIE ANNO DOMINI lfi27 EDWARD . STOKES . ESQr . CHURCH- WARDEN . THOMAS BILBIE FECIT 170.3 Jtdij, 1872. 4.51. TDIBERSCOMBE. S. Michad. FOUNDER . CUL- Wm . PANNELL LOMPTON *i* L-'] iHiftcriif fncrif replrat iiof ten loijnnnit Wm PANNELI, OF CULLOMPTON . FECIT . 1S2! Ditto, with ROBt . HOLE . NATHl MERCHANT . AVARDENS REVd W.I. BRADLEY . VICAR EOBt . HOLE . NATHl . MER- CHANT . WARDENS . Wm . PANNEL . FOUNDER . 1821 February, 1871. 449. THURLOXTON. S. Giles. , CAST . BY . laNGSTON . P.. WATER I . R. H. & . W. K . C. WARDENS (Crazed) 4.52. 2.ii 1801 2 I + ['^1] .i^Q-.A (IIAHIA '(i)B.A ni^ 3 ^ AO?B AMCI AGIPE ANE R S I (SiX' Pkteix.) »J< [1] eSft mfd)i tollatitin it): iatuti nomtn _ amatum I The words and letters on the third are similar ! to those on the Bell at Challacomhe, Devon. L. AVESCOTT . 1S12 TIMSBUEY. S. Mary. FOUNDER BRISTOL 261 294 38 , 3 THOMAS . SAMBORNE . PALMER . ESQ. CH. WARDEN . 1758 . T. B. F. Ditto Ditto Ditto T. MEARS . LONDON . FECIT . IS22 . ROBERT . LANGFORD . ESQ. CAPTAIN PARISH . CHURCH- WARDENS . Bcccmhcr, 1840. 86 THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE N° 453. TINTINHULL. A". Marijnrti. lOHN . NAPPER . lOHN . MABBARD . 1617 . GIVE THANKS . TO . GOD . CHURCHWARDEN . . T. PYKE . B. H. PRIDDLE CAST . BY WATER . 1737 Mr. THOJIAS . FRANCIS & Mr. • HENRY . PRIDDLE . CHrRCH- AVARDENS . 1799 . CAST . BY . GEO. DAVIS . GIVE . THANKS A. D. 1602 . I. W. A. S. TO GOD September, 1870. 454. TOLLARD. S. John Baptist. M[3-^] %VlK II [48] ft^ABU (All crowned Capitals) BRTFORD . Mr . G . CHURCHWARDENS . R . . FOUNDER . TAUNTON Mr . N DAVIS . SAVERY . 1837 Mil . lOHN . LOCK . Mu . lOHN WATHARS . CHURCHWARDENS 1753 . CAST . BY' . BAYLEY STREET . AND . CO. 45.5 TREBOROUGH. S. Feter. Mr . W . YENDEL . CHURCHWARDEN . CAST . BY . lOHN . KINGSTON . BRIDG'vVATER . DEC . ISth 1811 2 I An A\-e Mmia Bell by Roger Semson I . SOUND . TO . BID . THE . SICK . REPENT . IN . HOPE . OF . LIFE . WHEN . BREATH . IS . SPENT Apyil, 1S71. 31 33 35 m 40 G 25* 28 31 28 28 32i 456. TRENT. ■S'. i»(hew. <|! ^ 3U? J^ Ti J^ !iti J? B i|) :6 $ :g ig if ■R B m (^^arge Capitals) ^ [95] cp;^3.!>?.;^T}i^ ;• j?jfi5($@j: : (Small Capitals) DRAWE NEARE TO GOD RAP ANNO DOMINI 1607 mKKm m^^ JfBi^ ^ ["] m^ THIS . BELL . WAS . MADE . BY' . THE . PARISHIONEKS . OF . TRENT . IN . 1626 . WILLIAM GERRARD . ESQ . THOMAS . LOS- COMBE . BENTDFACTORS . THOMAS . PENNINGTON . NEW . CAST . ME . IX . 1026 Juli/, 1872. 457. TRULL. AH Saints. t [10] SANCTE t [10] RETER t PAVLE Mr -:• PATRICK •:• MACDONALD •:■ MIJs'ISTER •:. Mr. IOHN •:• BAKER •:• Mu •:■ IOHN •:• GILL ■:• AVARDENS .:. T jj W. '1711 . BEE :)(: MEEKE :)(: AND :)(: LOLY :)(: TO :)(: HEARE ;)(: THE :)(: WORD :)(: OF :)(: GOD :)(: F. :) : K. :)(: T. P. 1G6 $$$$$ :)(: PRAISE : GOD : AL : WAYSE :)(: AN :)(: NO :)(: DO :)(: MI :)(: NI :)(: 1660 :)(: E. K. C AV. :}(: T P. A. MEARS . FOUNDER . LONDON . 1860 . AVILLIAM . ALLEN . IN- CUMBENT . AVILLIAJI . BLAKE . AVILLIAM . THOMAS . CHURCH- AVARDENS Jiili/, 1870. 458. UBLEY. ;f. Bartliolomctc. A NN O DOMINI . C. AV. R ^ P [99] IOHN . AVEEKS • AND . lAMES . POOLE . CHURCHWARDENS . 1767 . T. B. F. The same fancta § [48] atma § r £• t [43] (Same as at Honiton Clyst) April, 1S71. 32 34J 37 40J 45< PAEISH CHURCHES OF SOMEESET. 459. TWERTOX. 5. Artchael. AND . XEIGHBOUR- TO THIS . PARISH . $5?:$ PEACE HOOD . 1724 PROSPERITY . A ^ R. 1724 S$$$S 1T24 #$$S$S A 6 R. [96] Mb. tames . RICH . VICAR . 1724 SAMl : BROAD & Wm. ; FAVLKXER . CHATiC II WARDENS 1724 $y>$:J: I . TO . THE CHVRCH . THE . LIVING . CALL . AND . TO . THE . GRAVE . DO . SVMMON . ALL . 1724 July, 1873. 460. THOMAS BILBIE Ditto RECAST . UPHILL. S. Sic/tolns. KNVFTON . FECIT . 1840 1775 WILLm THOMAS KNYGHT WARDEN 1775 Wm. CHEWSTOKE . THOM.\S . KNrOHTON WARDEN . WILLIA3I . FECIT 1775 . I . TO CHURCH CHURCH- BILBIE CHURCH- BILBIE . ! . THE . ! THE . AND . TO . THE SUMMON . ALL . LIVING GRAVE CALL DO 4G1. UPHILL. A^eir Church. WESCOTT . BRISTOL 1843 4G2. BIai:k Ditto UPTON NOBLE. January, 1872 29J 31 32 34i 37i 463. UPTON. S. James. REIOYSE IN THE LORD YE SAINTS ON EARTH , T , M BALD . PERBT . I ! I 2 1+ [:] ©oce mta faiba titfdlo cunta uociiia ^, 6; t [10] HWM 2i KI. January, 1 871. 87 jD aiu, lu 2n 32 21 24 464. Y0B6TEK. S. JEilmund. Modem and Small 465. WALTON. Boly Trinity. f [10] C B A t n m in n FED G H I K L X W V (Alphabet in confusion) TH05IAS . MAYNARD . MATHEW . ADAMS . CHURCHWARDENS . 1730 . WILLIAM COCKEY . BELLFOUNDER THOMAS . . FECIT MEARS . 1814 OF LONDON D H : CALL HEARTS G PRE- AND ANNO : DOMINI : 1G87 : T : P : c : w G : N : R : H : R : G S P $$$ Purdue's Vine [8o] HARK : HOW : PARE : Y'OVR ; COJIE : TO : THE : HOVSE • OF : GOD : AND ; KINGDOJIE : OF . HIS . SONNE (On a shield below) 1637 I . H . N . M (With Roses, Lilv, &c.) Uarch, 1873. 466. WALTON-IN-GORDANO. S. Paul. One BeU 88 4G7. WANSTEOW, >S'. Mary. THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE """i 470. W . 31 . COCKEY . BELL . FOUNDER . 1738 THIS TO . THIS CHUECH PARISH GOD . PEESER^^ 1738 3 I PBOSPEEITY I . 1738 4 I THOs BILBIE 1768 ,; THOMAS . BAYNARD . ESQr . AND . Mr . HOMAS . lAMES CH Wds . 1738 December 10, 1872. 4G8. 1744 1790 WAYFOED. S. Michael. 469. WEDMOEE. S. Mary. TUCKER Me. IOHN . TUCKER . Mk. "WILLIAM . BROWN . CHURCHWARDENS . MY . TREBLE . YOICE . MAKES . HEARTS . REIOICE . . LORD . HO'WE . GLORIOUS . ARE . THY . WORKS . 1705 (Coins impressed. Car. ii.) BILBIE . CAST ME . Me. IOHN BROWN . B. BILBIE . C4E0RGE lA'YLEAFE . TUCIvER . Me. CHURCHWARDENS . Wm. 1772 CAST . STONE ME . no.-i . GABRIEL IOHN . BAilROW . GEORGE . GREEN . CHURGHWAEDENS . EDWAD . EDWARDS . lAMES . BILBIE . CHEWSTOKE FECIT 1801 I . TO . THE CHURCH . THE . LIVING . CALL . AND . TO . THE . GRAVE . DOTH . SUMMONS . ALL . Wm. BILBIE . FECIT . PETER . EVENS . & GEORGE . VOWLES . CHURCHWARDENS . 1775 Wm. BILBIE . FECIT . July, 1870. 28 31 33 33 39 G 18J 20 37 39 41* 45i 50i 57 D WEAEE. S. Gregory. 1 I THO . BILBIE . PHILIP . AND . IOHN . NEDS WARDENS 1733 PARKER CHURCH- 1827 incised ^ [85] -:/ ^ 1^ [86] 6 + § I. B 4 ■ [90] 1657 5 I W. (? John WaUis of Somerset) 4 ^ [32] $j»£if i^i^ m [po] mM%m m m^ ^ W^ 11)BI$. (Crowned Capitals) WILL ■ ANDREWS : Me. EVINS : CH. WARDENS . 1755 471. WELLINGTON. J?. John Baptist. THOMAS MEARS . FOUNDER LONDON 1S41 . Mr, IOHN . POPE . Me ALEXr. WEBBER . CHURCH- WARDENS . ON . EARTH . PEACE . AMEN . THOMAS . WROTH . FECIT 1748 . THOMAS . MEARS . FOUNDER . LONDON . 1841 . Mr. IOHN . POPE Mr ALEXk. EDWARD AVEBBER . WARDENS . Mk IOSEPH . CtIFFORD . Me IOHN WOOD . CHURCHWARDENS . THOMAS BILBLE FECIT . 1781 FEAR . KINC4 GOD 1748 . . HONOR T. W. THE Mr IOSEPH . GIFFORD & Mr IOHN . WOOD . CHURCHWARDENS . THOMAS . BILBIE . COLLUMPTON . FECIT . 1781 . DRAW . NIGH . G. P. TO GOD 1G09 1748 . THE . REVd WILLIAM . lESSE . VICAR . PHILIP GIFFUED . AND IOHN lONES . CHURCH- WARDENS . lAMES . PERRY . THOMAS . MARSH . IOHN . THOMAS . NOS RESONAEE lUBENT . PIETAS . MOES . ATQUE . VOLUPTAS . March, 1871. 50 PAEISH OHUECHES OF SOMEESET. 89 472. lAJIES . S.MITH IA.MES FECIT W'ELLOW. tS'. Jitlian. KOSSITER . & KOBEKT CHURCHWAUDLN^ . WELLS . ALBOUKXE . ISb'J Oiam. Iti'i No I'7 JIk. GEILES . LUXG . 4: JIu. (lETLES . ]iALM . CHUKf'HWAKDEXS . 17o3 . THOMAS . IJILBIE . EECIT GEORGE GIFFOKD . lOUX . j'ALMER CHUItrHWAKDENS . THOMAS . YEARS . UF . LOXDOX FOUNDER . 1835 . lOHX . GIBBS . OF . STOXE . HOUSE . AXD . NICH . STAD . CHUROHWAUDEXS . A A R. 1725 lAMES . SMITH i A ■ BOURXE ROSSITER . i: ROBERT . CHURCHWARkEXS lAMES W'El.LS . AL- WILTS FECIT 1809 THOMAS . MEARS . l^ONBOX . RECAST GEORGE . (UFFORl) CHURCHWARDEXS . FOUXDER A. D. 18:!S E. GIBBS 1871 473. WELLS CATilKDRAL. TE . BEUM . L.ETO . CKLEBREMUS . HYMXO TE . MAGXE RERUM . COXDITOR . El' . TUAS . SOXABO . LAUDES OLIJI . VOCE DISCORDES . SOXAJIUS O. GIVES . (iUA^I . DULCE COXCORDIA . FKATliU.M COXCORDE . SONAT Di:0 . OPTIMO . MAXIMi) . TRIUNO IlELIGIOXI . LUiERTATI HARMOXI.E . S BIXI . CAJIPAXARUM . CHORI . PRUTS . DIFEKACTI . AC . DISSONI . JIUTUO . TANDEM . CONCEXTU . IMPEXSIS . DECAX'I . ET . CAPITULI . WELLEXStS . ABKLE . RUDHALL . FUXDEXTE . FEL- ICITER . COALUERE . A. D. 1757 34 saj 38J 4H 44 51 36J 38 40 44 48 oOi SAMUEL . CRESWICKE . S. T. P. DECAXUS . TIM . . COLLERS . ROB . AVOUDFORDE . ROB . WILSOX . lOH . WALKER . ROB . WHEELER . RIG . lENKINS . EDM . LOVEL . CANONICI . RE- SIDEXTES . A. n. 1757 QUI . AUDIT . INTELLIGAT . I. RUDHALL . FECIT . A. D. 1803 . June, 1870 Notts from Callicilrn! Documents. "158C. Great Bell to be placed by the Master of the Fabric in Tower, and the fragments of Jletal to be sold." " 1587—88, Feby. IG. HarewcU's great BcU to be recast by Joseph Carter of Reading." " 1627. Coi-poration give towards recasting Bells in Cathedr.il, 40s." Fabric Roll, 1G70. Mr. James of Bristolo for metal for HarewcU's Bell £17 15s." " Cost of asrcement between Thomas Purtle and Ueaa, 2s. ' Thomas Purdiu for forming bell called Harewoll, .£23. " For the Iion-work to George Howell, £11 1 7s. OJd. "To William Britten for Wood-work, i38 4s." " 1G72, 3 July. Purdy the belLtonnder to have JEd." Fabric Roll, 1G73. Thomas Piudy recasting HarewuU, £i 17.s. 5d. 'Thomas Aloorc forcaiTying Bell from Clapwurth to Cathedral, £5." 'Fabric Roll, 1'174. liarewell, £5." Thomas Hart for rocastin" From the Corporate Fri^cvedbtr/s. '31 March, 1G2G. Ther was taken out of the purse in the chest forty shillings, in the presence of Jlr. William Tavcmcr, Maior, Mr. Vertue Hunt, Jlr. Thomas Baron, Mr. Henry Baron, Mr. Palmer, Bartw. Cox, to be dcl'red to cv'y of them v« apiece to gave towads the Castiugo of the Bells in the Cathedrall Churcli of St. Andrew in Wells, and thereof Jlr. Mcail and ilr. Fo.ster had ey- ther of them v% th' one paid by Jlr. Co.x, th' other by Mr. Maior." Diam. 1 55 474. One BcU WELLS. 'S. 'T/tonirrs the Apostle. 64 C 90 THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE No 475. WHEN . I . . FREELY lesa WELLS. S. Cnthbert. WAS . MADE . GAVE . R. . PEOPLE H. L. D. Mk. HOBEET . LAX lOHN . HICKES . . 1772 . ABEAM FECir . . AND . Mr. CH. WARDENS . BILBIE T. S. 1664 E. B. WILLIAM . f:OLLINS ROBERT . WILLJIOTT M'AUDEXS . WILLIAM 0HEW.STOKE . FECIT AND CHURCH- BILBIE , 1785 . ANNO DOMINI 1624 . TO . THE . CHURCH . THE . LIVING . CALL . AND . TO . THE . GRAVE . DOTH . SUMMON . ALL . lOHN . LAX . CHURCH- WARDEN . 1787 . WILLIAM . BILBIE . CHEWSTOKE . FECIT . 476. WEMBDOM. S. Geoiyc. HOOK JOHN . HOOK . & . FRANCIS . WHITE . CHURCHWARDENS . CAST . BY . lOHN . laNGSTON . BRIDGWATER . 1824 . ti> [1] SSocE mea iit'iia tic pclla cunta nocttia m [85] fU [87] ® t F. C. § G M ^-^J ■ I6.i8 . R. C. E. S. ROGER . BAILEY . lOSEPH . COLES . CHIRCHWARDENS . CAST . BY . BAILEY . STREET . COMPANY . 1854 . Mr. WILLIAM . PYNE . VICAR . GOD . PRESERVE . THE . CHURCH . Mk. HENRY . GERRIT . Mr. lOHN . CHAMBERS . CH. Ws. 17 . T 4 W. [19] Jdiinar'j, 1872 477. 1 16fl5 . 2 ! Ml!. WESTBURY. S. Liitcrii, D 478. WESTON NEXT BATH. All Saints. Weight New. C07 639 700 813 982 1448 Old. 50.3 608 695 803 1036 1453 THOMAS . SCUDAMORE : GENTLE MAN •■■• AND . Mr . THOMAS PECKSfONE . CHURCHWARDENS .:. g, 1739 .:. T .:■ B "Be it remcmljcrcil in N^ovemlier 1739, Weston six old bells was taken dowB and caryod to Chew- stoke and new cast by Thomas Bilbie for forty pounds. He added 100 lbs. of new nietall for five pounds. The new bells was fetched in February 1740, in two was'ons, by men and boys, it being' a hard frost. Hanged by John Bush, John Fernell for £20. Wm. Cheync, Rector." — Ch. Warden's Book. 479. WESTON BAMPFYLDE. MoUj Cross. 'di [36] sivie^E. ws'^m WM wtp mr^i^ ^ ["] >i* [-40] Sancta § [i''>] maria § L^J] ora § pto I nobis . I. R. ^ W. P. 1599 [56] (See Cut) (This is caUed the Cock Bell) Jul,/ 1872 480. lOHN WESTON-IN-G(^RDANO. ,S'. Fan/. WILMOTT W . 1654 Ditto lOHN 29| 301 33 34J 37J 42 JOHN . HARRIS W 6 P . R 6 P WILLIAM . BATTMAN . CHURCH- WARDEN 1775 Wm BILBIE CHEW- STOKE FECIT JOHN WILMOTT . lOHN . HAJJRIS . CHURCHWARDENS . 1654 . WILMOTT . lOHN . HARRIS WAP . R 4 P • THOMAS PARSIVALL . ESQUIRE 1054 ■)iili/, 1872. PARISH CHURCHES OF SOMERSET. 481. WESTON-SUPER-MARE. S. John Baptist. rEFFEKIES & PRICE . BRISTOL 1842 m. ['^S] (<^ O ;SE B O X O K lEFFERIES & PKK'R BRISTOL 1842 .. Ditto MAY . THE . CHURCH . OF . ENG- LAND . FLOURISH . AND . ITS . ENEMIES . DECREASE . RECAST . BY . W . IKFFERIES 1834 Same as the Treble 482. WKSTUN ZOYLAXD. S. Jla,;/. GOD SA\'E THE CHURCH . Mr . THOMAS . TKWTERIL . VIC.VR . JIu , MAUMADUKE . LING . Mk . ROBERT . ENGLAND . WARDENS §?! [30] Sanrtn anna M [30J orn pro nobis ts MARMADUKE LINC; ^- lOHN PAGE . CHURCHWAliDEXS . CAST . BY . THOMAS . BAYLEY . BRIDGE- WATER . 1773 i4.mes mot'nstevens & william taze\\t:ll churchwardens lle- WELLIN fc [AMES FOUNDERS BRISTOL 1870 I . TO . THE . CHURCH . THE . LIVING . ( AI,L . AND . TO . THE . GRAVh . DO . SUJIMON .ALL . W . PANNELL . O . REVd '. C . ROCKETT . VICAR . ^T;L- LIAM . fUAPJlAN . Wm . lEN- NINGS . CHUKCmVARDENS . A.D. 1823 Ftbniayi/, 1873. 483. NVHEATHILI.. .V. Joliii ISnptist. I Onp Bill ill a Tiirnt Uinm, In No 1 2 3 4 5 1 1 2 3 4 484. WHATLEY. S. Gcorflt: BOVGHT 91 Diam, In GIFTS . FREE . BOVGHT . JFKE W ^ C. 1717 ® [*2] f a n r t c t o m a c ... SL'i-lfanctc Irno t * [*2] f a n c t c r 1 c in t ^ Sanrtc ffiircgori ©la Pto Nobis U [17] ?E f^ (All crowned capitals) (?) William Heushaw of Gloueestci", who died l.iOO 2, 3, and 4, .are fiom tlie same foundry 48.5. WHITE LACKINGTON. S. Mary. OXON . FECIT . 1827 . I. T. Mn. R. HEXT . & . Mil. CH. WARDENS . 1779 BILBIE . FECIT . ABRAHAMS . THOMAS lOHN . TAYLOR . 1827 OXFORD W. SPEKE . CHVRCH . DOMINI ':v) G. : ILETT . "wardens . 1699 . T. P. FECIT ANNO 48G. WHITE STANTON. S. Andrciv. EX . DONO ARMIGERI . 1696 . FEARE . GOD . THE KING HENRICE . T. P. XS^O AND . ANNO BRITT . , DOMINI HONOVR . DOMINI lfi9o $:$: H. B. C. W, T. P. $$$$ ►J< [5] f a n : t £ * [^3] s o r g i i ^ [i-?] t § [^'-'l g I . TO . THE . CHURCH . THE . LIVING . CALL . i: . TO . THE . GRAVE . DO . SUIDION . ALL . I. POUND . FLOOD . CHURCH- WARDEN . CAST BY . T. . PIKE . B. WATDK . 1779 July 30, 1872 40 30i 31^- 331 39| G 92 THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE 487. WHITCHUECH. S. Nicholas. WILLIAM . BAKJ5E . AND . WILLIAM . BINNY . CHrRCHWAEDENS . ABRAHAM . BILBIE . 1770 Aitfjiist, 1871 488. WICK 8. LAWEENCE. . AM . BrT . BE . ALL SAMUEL S. Laivroice. THE . FIRST . ALTHOUGH . SMALL . IF . I . WILL HARDE . ABOVE . YOU . lOHN . SHEREARD SHEPHEARD 11355 . IX . THIS . PLACE . AM . SEf'KOND . BELL . I . WILL . SHURELY . DOE . MY PEART . AS . WELL . lOHN . SHEPEARD . SAMUEL . SILEPEARD 1655 Mr - lOIIN DEN 1761 lONES . CH . BILBIE FECIT WAR- Mk . (GEORGE . SHEPPARD . Mk SAMUEL . THOMAS . CH . WAR- DENS . 1736 I . TAYLOR . THOMAS . BILBIE . CAST . MEE . fiEORCiE . XOTT . PUT . ME . UP GOD SEND . GOOD . . LUCK. . SOUND . TO . REPENT . IN . LIFE . WHEN . SPENT . lOHN AND . SAMUEL CHURCHWARDENS 1655 BEED . THE . SICKE lion: . OF BREATH . IS SHEPHARD . SHEPPEARD . W 4 P . R A P Jiihj, 1871. 489. WICK CHAMPFLOWEE. One Bell in a Tun-ft 490. WTLLITON. One Boll in a Tuiret . 43i 491. Mil WILTON. S. George. . WILLIAM . DORSTON . Mr . NATHANIEL . MINIEFE . 1719 . I . DANCE . AND . RING . FOR . GEORGE . OUR . laNG . LITTLE . AND . LOTTD . SHORT . AND . PROUD . DESPISE . NOT . Y'E . THE . DAY' . OF . SMALL . THINGS ^ [1] Icbs 010 ''' 4 y plautiit ut tiu tam stpius autJit ^-' 27 i BILBIE ANNO . CULLOMPTON . DOMINI . 1605 FECIT . 180-) G 4 P [98] GENl . WALTER . CLIFF . SAMUEL . NORMAN . AND . EDWARD . BELLRINGER . CH . WARDENS . T . BILBIE . FECIT . 1804 July, 1870. 492. WINCANTON. SS. Feter ami Pun/. 1 RuBEET . lONES . WELLS . AL- ', BOURNE . 179:i INo CARPENTER r & . IAS . LINTOKN . CHURCH- I WARDENS J .Jidi/, 1870. 493. WINFOEI). ■S. .Vnry >i)itt S. Fi lei: 295 an 35| 381 29 31 33i : 35j 39 44 Eb 1 ;. T. MEARS . LONDON . FECIT 1816 . HENRY" . ELTON . ESQit. LORD (.)F THE MANdi; . REVi> . W'm EDWARDS . MINISTER . THOMAS . READ . & . BENIN- . PEARCE . CHUEC1IWAE11ENS . 1S16 . MAY . ALL . WHO.M . I . SHALL . SUMMONS . TO . THE . GRAVE . THE . BLESSINGS . OF . A . WELL . SPENT . 1>IFE . RECEIVE . T . MEARS . OF . LONDON . FECIT . 1816 . [16cwt.] November, 1872. PAEISH CHURCHES OF SOMERSET. 93 494. WINSCOjMBE. S. James. 3IY . TKEBLE . VOICE . JIAJCES . HEARTS . REIOICE . Mii. WILLm. FRY . CH. W. 1770. A. 15. F. Wm. fry FECIT I Nothing \V.M. FRY ABR\m. 1770 AnRA.M. BILlilE . CHURCH WARDEN" . 1770 BILE IE . FOUXUEU . TO . THE . CUUKCII . THE . LIVING . CALL . AND . TO . THE . GRAVE . DOTH . SUMMONS . ALL . WILLm. FRY . CHURCH- WARDEN . 1770 . A BR Am. BILBIE . FOUNDER . ^lj>iil, 1870 495. WINSFORD. S. Fder. REV . BENNETT . MICHELL . VICAR . AV . CLATWORTHY . W . RIDLER . WARDENS . W . PANNELL . & . SON . FOUNDERS . COLLUMPTON . 1842 2 Ml! . THOMAS . PEA USE . & Mr THOMAS . FOLLET'l' . CHURCH- WARDENS 3 I A THOMAS . ALL . 1765 S 4 4 1 A A Mk . THOMA.'^ . PE.\R.>\ 2 34 3 36J 4 43 1 2 ' 3 4 498. WINSHAM. 6'. Slephcv. D ain, In lOUN . liOVETT . lOHN . BENNETT . C. W. W 4 P R ^ P 1656 lOHN i- STUCKEY A HILLARY 6 WILLIS ^ C <•. W ^^ ' T ;> R C. PANNELL . FOUNDERS . COLLUMPTON . 18-20 . OHo'jtr, 1872. 502. WOOKEY. a. Jlntthac. ^ [S7] ^ [90] ^ [86] GEORGE COOK Mu GEORGE BAKER CH. WARDENS 1735 T. BILBIE ^ Eb § iiajarenus xzx iuTjcxin GEEA^E THANKKS TO GOD 1615 Mr . THOMAS . STKOODE . Mk . BAYLEY . CH . WARDENS . T . lULBIE . FECIT 1719 Fchriinri/, 1871. WOOLLAVINGTON. 1691 . T . P ANNO . DOMINI A * R ., C . W . Ditto G ,P 1611 NO LET TOLINGER N G . -I- [7]JC"5?:g mMMK t ^-^% 1- [10] W^BIJt t (pBi^i|.IJf t July, 1870 30 32 37 37 504. W(JOLLEY. All Saints. WOOLLEY . CHAPEL . W 4 E 1749 24J 505. WOOL^TiRTON. S. Lawrence. m. [30] fancta ^ [so] anna ora m [^0] fancta ^ [3"] lura m [3o] ora pro nobis. Aiujust, 1871. 506. WOOTTON COURTENAY. All Saints. 31 33 38 41 WALTER . & . WARDENS . Mr . THOMAS ROBERT . COORT rilO . CilLHAM . . RIDLER . 1710 Mr . RALPH GOD sa\t; . GILHAM WARDENS . . COMBES . RECTOR . THE CHURCH . THO . WALTER . COORT 1710 lOHN . GREENSLADE WARDEN . CAST . PIKE . B . AVAT-ER . CHURCH- BY . T . 1776 CTampana i)i&cs ccnijocat ali tcclcsiam J 606 (jm tij iti — fjs ANDREW . BRYANT . WILLIAM . BERRYMAN . WARDENS . T . M . P 1629 Jul;/, 1870. 30 30 ! 32^ 35 39 PAEISH CHURCHES OF SOMEESET. 95 No 507. WOOTTON NORTH. S. Petir. :)(: H :)(: H :): I :)(: B :)(: O :)(: W :)(: T P [79] :)(: A N :)(: NO DO :)(: MI :)(: NI :)(: 1671 (With a frieze of Purdue's Grapes) Ditto, G not reversed + AXXO ^ DOMINI A P viij'' " 2-5. A similar Inventory witnesses that there remained on 24th March 37th Henry VIII., in the custody of " Williame Clement incumbent of the frechapell of Cher^iion." " j bell price ij'" ' 1 am much indebted to the kind courtesy of the gentlemen at the Pablic Record Office for these Documents. 98 THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE 23. A similar Inventory witnesses that there remained on 34tli March 37th Henry VIII. in the custody of "Eohert Ston'- liogor Wymliy & EoLei-t Prydell incumbent of the chauntreys yn Wollavyngton " " among other ornaments & goods one Iv-tle heU valewid at s'" 22. A similar Inventory -witnesses that there remaiund ou 17th llarch 37th Henry VIII. in the custody of "Eychard Hodshon mynyster or chaui.'.ey priest yn the chapeH of Catcote." among other goods jewels or ornaments " iij bels " 19. A similar Inventory witnesses that there remained on 17th JMareh 37th Henry VIII. in the custody of " Wyllam Harvey incimibent of the chauntry named Jhu yn Yevett ; " among other goods and ornaments " ij paxes of laten with a sacryug beli of Brasse valeWid at. . . .iij'' 11. A similar Inventory witnesses that there remained on 24th March 37th Henry VIII. in the custody of "Mathew Broke incumbent of the ffrechapeH 311 South petherton called Seynt Johns " " one bell valewid at. . . .iij' iiij''" 10. A similar Inventory witnesses that there remained on 24th March 37th Henry VIII. in the custody of " John Copstone kep of the goods of the frechapell yn Con'maletf' among other goods " ij litle bells weyng xl lb pice vi' viij'"' 7. A similar Inventory witnesses that there remained on 24th March 3?th Heuiy VIII. in the custody of "Eohert Walche incumbent of the ffrechapell yn Shorston," among other goods and ornaments " a bell valewid at iij* iiij'"' 6. A similar Inventory witnesses that on 17th Marck 37th Henry \^II, there remained in the custody of "John Andersey incumbent of the chauntrey of Nweton Placy," among other ornaments " j bell valewid at vi' viij''" 3. A similar Inventory witnesses that ou 17th March 37th Henry "\T!II, there remained in the custody of " Thomas Welsworth priest mynyster of the almeshowse of Seynt Mary mawde- Ijm in Glastonbury;" among other goods and ornaments " ij Ij'tlo bells valewid at x'' a small belt valewid at iiij'' " Exchequer Miscellaxea. — Church Goods, 3.5th Henry VIII, (4a) o , i I Leade and Bells Eemiyning vij""' September anno domiui 1.548. as well at the t TH 'til'- 1 Monastery of Glaston in Com Somerset. As in divers places of Brk. within the Circuity and office of Roger Amyes, Surveyor, there as followeth. That is to say The tower there viij very grete Glaston late Monaster}'. In-' The Church yerd iij mooste huge Belles at PAEISH CHUECHES OF SOMEESET. 99 CEETIFICATES OF COLLEGES AND CHANTEIES. " SoMERSETT." — The Certiticate of the Commissiouers appointed by letters patent 8tli Februaiy 2nd Edward VI., for the Survey of all Colleges, Chauntries, Free Chapels, Guilds, Fraternities, &e., in the said County. "Decaxatus de Csewkeexe " No. 1. Ilmymter.— Apparently in the Parish Church " too sacringbelt." No. 4. South PetheHon.—ln the Free Chapel of Saint John " Bell mettatt clb." No. 10. Curry Malkft.— In the Free Chapel of Saint James there " Belt mettall xllb.'" No. 19. Donyet. — In the Chauntrie within the park there " Bell mettall di. c." "Decanatus de Taunton." No. 31. WeUmonheton. — In the Chapel belonging to the Hospital of St. Margaret there, " Belt metall xllb No. 33. Bishop's Lydyarde. — In the Chapel of Our Lady there called Sandylan, •' Bell: metalt xxiiij lb." No. 38. Mylvertwi. — The Chauntrie of Our Ladj' there, '" Beft metaft xxxlb." "Decanatus de Dunstek." No. 44. Wyteleseomhe. — ''Ther is a chapell within the church yerde ther wherin hath ben uo masse theis viij yeres past but used to kepe theiin such necessaries as be mete for the reparation of the saide churche, the parish churche and in the same chapelt ther is one belt," "Belt metal! di. c." No. .54. Saint Decomans. — In the chapel of the Holy Cros in that parish, '• Belt metatt c lb." "Dedaxatus de Beydgewateu.'' No. 61. Li/nye.— In the free chapel of Saint Michael of Borrowe within the parish there, '• Belt metatt mdccc lb." No. 67. North Petherton. — In tlie free chapel of Slierston witliin the parish there, "Belt metatt xl lb." In the chauntrie of Newton Placy within the said parish, •'Belt metait di. c." 100 THE CHUECH BELLS IN THE "DecjVnatus de Pa-«t,et." No. 69. Wullavington. — In the chauntrie of Saint John Baptist within the churchyard there, " Bett metaH Ix lb." " JURISDICTIS GlASTON." No. 77. — Murlynche. — In the chauntrie of Catcote within the parish there, " BeH metall doc. wayght by estimation, videlt. thre bells in the steple ; a saunce bell ; too leche bells in the chardge of William Cooke." No. 79. — Glaston. — In the chauntrie there, Belt metatt, c lb." "Decanattjs de Axbkedge." No. 81. — Wedmour. — -In the chauntrie of Our Lady there, " Belt metall, di. c." No. 83. — Ganwell. — In the chapel of Saint George there, " Bett metatt, xl lb." "Decanatus de Bedmystee." No. 102. — Norton Hmvtefeldc. — ^In the fi-ee chapel there, "Bett metatt, c lb." No. 116. — Porthury. — The parish of Oui-Lady — " In the chapel of Saint Katherine there, " Bett metatt, di. c." Y,o- 117. — Bedmyster. — In the free chapel or hospital of Saint Katherine there, "Bell metatt, c lb." In the free chapel of KnoUe, " Bett metatt, di. c." In the chapel of Saint Peter of Bysporte, '-Bett metatt, di. c." "Dkcanatus de Fkoome." No. 128. — Chuton. — In the chapel of Eston Minor, " Bett metal, xvij c." No. 132. — Mydsomcr Norton. — In the chapel of the guild of our Lady in the parish church there "BeH metatt, vij lb." "Decanatus de Ilchistee." No. 136. — Aller.—l-D. the chauntrie of Our Lady there, " BeH metatt, xl lb." No. 138. — Uchister Burrnve. — In the free chapel of the Holy Trinity of Whitehall there, "BeH metatt, c lb." No. lAG.—Stohe Bvibius Samden. — In the free chapel of Saint Nicholas there, "Bett metatt, ccc lb." " Decanatus de Marston." No. \\1.—EHcohr.~ln the chapel of Our Lady of Burton, "Bett metatt, :d lb." No. 183. — Horsyngton. — In the free chapel of South Cheryton within the parish church there, "Bett metatt, xl lb." OLLA PODRIDA. 1. Index to jiatters about Bells, Treated of in Hittorpius de Diiinis Ofjiciis ; foh, Paris, 1610. Page 1202. Campana cimi soiiat, quasi populus ad placitum pei" prse- conera convocatim ,, 1215 d. Campanai loco tubarum introdiictse in ecclesia. „ 1201 d. Campaiuo cur sonant lu- in processionibus. „ 1181 c. Campanae sunt propheta;. ,. 1181 c. Campananmi signrficatio. „ 1218 d. Canipanarum son us quid denotat. „ 1218 c. Campana.s per signa dantur, quai olim per tubas. „ 1218 d. Campana' ubi primum repertas. „ 1218 d. Canipaii;\3 unde hoc nomen sortitse. ,, 665 c. d. Campana3 Signa vocantur. „ 665 c. Campana3 a Campania, et Nolaea Campaniae civitate sic vocatse. „ 276 b., 369, b c. Campanaj nunc, quod in veteri testamento, tubfe, „ 396 b. Campanas nioveve presbyterorum munus, nee mysteria caret. „ 1181 c. Campanaj quid mystice significant. „ 147 c, 471, a. 1). Campan* triduo ante pascha silent :, Lignonim sono populus vocatm*. ,, 910. Campanae niuic popiikun convocant, sicut olim tubae. ,, 859 c. Campanee predicatores significant. „ 859 c. Campanarum classicum trinum in diebus festis. ,, 954 b. Campanae cur non sonant tempore Passionis Domini. „ 1210 a. Campanarium quod in alto locatur quid designat. 102 OLLA rourjDA. 2. Index to .matters about Bells, treated nf in the Commentaries un the JJeercfals of h're(/ori/ IX., hi/ Em. (ioir.iile: Tellez, Venice, 175G. Tom. i, p. 132 Xote 8. ( 'ampiiniu-um jjiilsatio semper fiiit pi-ohibitii tem- pore interdict!. „ i, p. 221 /(. 4. Cainjxviiarum pulsatio in receptione episcoponun at abbatum. „ i, p. 443 n. 3. Campanarum oi'igo, et a (pio tempore earum usus in ecclesia caeperit. ,, i, p. 444 /(. 7. Campana? certis horis ad ecclesige oHicia jieragenda pulsantur. ,, ii, p. 180 II. (5. Campanarum pulsatio in receptione episcoporum, et principum secularium. „ V, p. 186 II. 2. C'anipana3 pulsatio ad fideles in ecclesia congregandos, plerumque dicitui- signum datum. „ V, p. 327 ;/. ."). Campanai-um mentio quando liabita apud authores tum Orientis tum Occidentis. ,, V, p. 327 -/. 0. Campanarum benedictio ab heterodoxis baptismus dicta est. „ V, p. 320 /(. <■). Campan;e apud antiques monachos perforates, vel fractaj fuerunt, et quare. ,, V, p. 328 n. 7, 8. Campanaj quare in Oratoriis monachorum poni non debeant. „ iii, p. 100 n. 2. (.'ampanulaj usum in elevatione sacratissima^ hostile quis primus instituerit. „ iii, p, 574 n. 3. Campanulas pulsatio ad elevationem et delationem SS. Eucliaristife, ad infii-mos, ab ecclesia prajcepta. 3. Sermon Bell. — The name by which the largest l)ell in the tower is sometimes knowai, rung when a sermon only is to be preached : It seems to have originated in the time of Edward VI. In his Injunctions we find the following : "All ringing and knollmg of bells shall be uttei'ly forborne at that time [Litany, Mass, &c.J except one bell in convenient time to be rung or knoUed before the sermon."' — See Cr(iniaer'.'< Lettem, by the Parker Society, p. 502. OLLA PODEIDA. 103 4. Burmese Bell in. the Miiseiun at Lircrpuol. This bell was taken in the war 1824. It was used as a log signal bell on the pier head at Liverpool, and there got cracked. After that, January 6th, 1853, it was deposited in the Museinii. The bfll weighs 15i cwt., the circ-umference of the lip is 144 inches, the height, uioluding the ero-\vn and cannon, is 5 ft. 3^ in. The sides are covered with aa inscription, a translation of which, by the very obliging coiu-tesy of }kIajor-General Sir A. P. Phayre, C.B., who was for many years Chief Commissioner at British Bnrmali, I am enabled to lay before my readei's in his own words. Xote on the iiiscrijJtion on the Bnrtm'xc Bell in the Lirerpool Museum. " The inscription is \\ritten in two languages, as is generally the case in BuiTnese writings uii religious subjects. The languages are Pali, the sacred lansfnacre of the southern Budhists, and Bm'mese. Each Pali sentence is followed by its equivalent in the vernacular ; thus the opening sentence of the inscription is the following Pali text, used as a commencement f)f all serious writings, sacred or secular : — " Namau Tatha Bagawa tau, Arahatau, Thannna thambudhatha. I do homage to Bagawa, replete with the six glories, worthy ot wor- ship, possessed of unerring intuitive knowledge. " The inscription, of which a rubbing has been fonvarded to me, consists of two parts ; the first part sets forth at some length the motives witli w'hich the bell was cast, the persons who caused it to be made, and the pagoda near which it Wits to be placed. It appears to have been intended for a pagoda, not for a monastery, and, as far as I can judge, the pagoda meant is the chief one at Prome, a town of importance on the river Irrawaddy. "The second part of the inscription is much clearer than the first; it contains a prayer — as far- as Budhists can be said to pray — that the benefits residting from eveiy good work may be realized by all engaged in this one. I annex a tentative translation of tlie inscription, which, after ftirther study of the original, or with a clearer rubbing, may be rendered more complete. 104 OLLA PODEIDA. Translation of Inscription. — First Fart. "1 do homage to Bagawa/ replete with the six glories, worthy of worship, possessed of unerring intuitive knowledge. " When the divine Budha, by virtue of the omniscience attained beneath the baudi tree,^ had overcome the five tyrants,^ and l)y the power of his great merits and graces had repelled their assaults, then like the world illmnined by the rising sun, he had mastered all knowledge, and foresaw what would happen in ten thousand future worlds. He foresaw that in after times his divine religion would be sustained by the righteous Kmg Dhamma Athanka* and his successors, and that the hen- of the great Lord of the celestial elephant, and of the white elephant, who has appointed me to rule over* Myedd, and to govern the thirty-two divisions of the province of Hanthawati, with the style and title of Meng}d Menhlii Navu^ahtd, would be a supporter of rehgion. I therefore (with that exalted sanction), and my truly beloved Avife, the Lady Governor, with one accord having consiUted together, and being sincerely devoted to religion ; having also consulted and admitted the deputy of the province named Mdung Aung to assist ; then having respectfully invited the Rahans and Shens,*^ and called the lay people great and small ; and considering that to the future state we can carry nothing with us ; that we should now therefore while we have opportunity, with one accord support the rehgion of the excellent Lord, and render assistance to those who do ; therefore after having humbly ■ Bagawa, a name for Budha. = Baudi tree. The Jiciis religiosa, being the tree under which Gaudama ]5udha attained perfection. The remains of the tree are still shown at Budha Gaya, iu Beliar, though there are no Budhists to reverence it. 3 Five tyrants, Budhist term for (1) Animal constitution; (2) subjection to the repairs and operations of four causes ; (3) passion ; (4) death ; ^5) the most powerful evil spirit or tempter; by resisting all these Gantoma attained to Budha-hood. ■i Dhamma Athanka ; the great king of all northern India, who embraced Budhism about 259 b. c. He may be called the Budhist Constantine. 3 Myede. This is the district immediately to the north of Prome. The Governor of Pegu appears to have been also Governor of Mycdt'>, which district he rided by a deputy. 6 Eahans and Shens. The priests and deacons of Budhisai. ULLA PODEIDA. 105 listened to discourses on tlie t'ouv trutlis/ and the three tokens^ which pertain to divine law ; and ardently longing for the great blessing to he attained by crossing the gulf between the world of mortal existence, and (reaching) that shore where rest and peace are to be found in Nirvana;'^ therefore, in the year 1179," tlie holy ceremony of dedication to the Lord Pagoda," called in the Mun language, Kyaik d:l throut, and in Bunnese, Tshan dan kun (" Holy hair relic hill"), was performed Second Part. " On account of tlie good work, from its inherent mfluence on our destiny, we desire to derive the blessings which follow those who fultil the fom- moral principles, and to reach that Nirvana, where lust, anger, and the rest of the ten tires which burn us in this life, are extingmshed. In every existence which we may pass through, we intensely desire, by virtue of the divine law, to promote the good of those who revere that law. We give a share of the merit of this good work to our parents, our instructors, the excellent king the lord of water and land, the queen, the royal children and grandchUdi-en, the royal relatives, to the heir apparent, and to all om- countrymen; all who have worked with us, may they receive a like shai-e of merit with om-selves ; through their kindness the desii-e of our hearts was accomplished, and the ceremony of consecration was held. May the Nat" that guards this ground hereafter be a witness to this good work, and lament the absence (of the donors). May it be so. The fomider of the metal was the master founder Oo-kan; the composer of the inscription was the ship clerk Monng Mo. 7 The four great trutlis are: 1st— All being in misery. 2n(l— It is so in every fuitli. 3rd — But it may be stopped. 4th — The way of making an end to misery. 8 The three tokens. There are three subjects on which the mind should continually dwell: (1) The impermanency of all eartlily objects; (2) The misery of existence; (3) The unreaHty of all e.xternal to oiu-selves. 9 Nirvana is the extinction not only of all evil passion, but oven of self-consciousness, and cannot be distinguished from annihilation. '° The year 1179 of the Burmese era, is 1817, A. D. ■■ A pagoda, as is well known, is a solid building of masonry, built to contain a relict, either of some great Budhist Saint or even of Budha himself. The principal pagoda at Prome, a town about fifty miles south of Mycd.', is called "the royal hair pagoda," as it is popularly believed to contain some of Budha's hairs. '^ Nat, a being superior to man; the good Nats guard holy places. 106 OLLA PODEIDA. Memorandum on the inscription upon the Burmese Bell. " In addition to the remarks which I have made, I may state the hell was cast by the Governor of Hansawati, which is the classic name fbi' Pegu, that his wife was probably of Mun or Pegu race, and therefore the name of the pagoda where the bell was dedicated is given in the Mun language. The pagoda is a well known one at Prome, a town on the Irrawadi river. It appears from the last line of the inscription to have been hung under a handsome roofed biulding or campanile. This portion of the "first paii;" of the inscription has not been translated, because what follows gives a cei'tain weight of silver as paid, but as the meaning is obscure from a portion being illegible, I have omitted the sentence ; the rest of the inscription is clear, and very few words have been omitted in' the translation ; I have added a few notes to explain some words. " Bells are not used in Burmah to call Avorshippers together, but are hung Avithiji reach of everyone, m the immediate vicinity of pagodas and other places of worship, for the use of individual worshippers. ( )n presenting an oftering to the pagoda or image, the worshipper strikes the bell, "to give notice to men and angels" (such is the usual phrase) tliat an act of worship, or a good deed, has been performed. The bell is struck with a wooden mallet, or a deer's horn. I never saw a- Burmese bell with a clapper of any kind." A Description of other Bm-mese beUs will be found, Avith illustrations, in the Journal of the Asiatic Society, No.. 72, 1837. 5. Ancient Sacring Bell at Rhetms.— The annexed engravino- is a full sized representation of an ancient bell at Rheims : it is of open work, and adoi-ned with the symbols of the four evangelists, the name of each being cut in. The bell is described in the first vohmie of the An7iales Archeologiques, p. 262, Paris, 1844. The style of fohage enables us to guess the date to be about 1250. The beU at Rheims was supposed to be the onJy one of the sort in existence, but in 1873, a curiosity dealer at Warwick piu'chased a sirnihu- bell of a traveUing pedlar, with a pair of old jack boots, old swords, &c. OLLA PODRIDA. 107 He told the dealer that they were bought at u sale, and formerly came out of Weston Hall, Co. Warwick. I have ascertained that one of the possessoi'S of this old raiuision (pulled down a few years ago) was lialph Sheldon, a great antiquary, born in 1623, died in 1682. He, as a traveller in France and Italy, had accumulated a vakiable libra)y and collection of antiquities, which were all sold in 1781. This bell is now in the author's possession : it is most imdoubtedly of ancient date, and cast from the same moulds as the one at Kheuns. M. Didron of Paris has reproduced this bell with a different handle. 1(18 OLT.A T'ODEIDA. 6. ' Clocking ' Church Bells. — " The danger of the above practice lies in this — the bell receives a very heavy blow, and at the same moment the vibration of the bell is snddenly checked. The blows of the clapper, when ' clocked,' cause the beU to swing upon its pivots like a jjendiilum : a moment comes when the niotions of the bell and clapper get out of time one with another, and therefore the two meet ; the bell falhng against the clappei' as it is raised. The consequence is that the bell receives a very heavy blow, and at the same moment the clapper is held tight against it ; thus stopjiing the vibration of the bell-metal : and the bell breaks under the strain. In chiming, the clapper strikes the bell and rebounds. In rmging, the clapper falls upon the bell and hes there ; but it lies loose and can yield to the vibration of the metal. A clock- hammer is caught up from the l^ell by a spring immediately after its blow ; but m ' clocking ' we have a heavy blow, the beU swinging to meet tlie clapper, and also a sudden clieck to the vibration of the bell-metal. The EUacombe hammers cannot give a heavy blow ; and they woidd infallibly be bi'oken by any bell swung so as to meet them. It is no doubt possible so to manage a clocked clapper that it shall not stiike hard, and shall not be held against tlie liell ; but such delicate handling would be far more difficult than simple chmiing." — W. Wigiam, Church Bdh, Febi-uary, 1873. 7. Contract for casting two Bells for the Abbey of Westminster. (From the Arcliives of the Dean and Chapter.) — " Articles agreed the thyx'd day of Novembyi' in the xxxi. yer of the raign of our Soveraign Lord Kyng Henry the viii.*'' betwen William Abbot of Wastm'". of thone partie and John Whyt and John Saunder of Rydyng belfounders of thother partie for the new castying of ij. belles of the rynge of the said monasterie : that ys to say the therd belle and the fyveth belle of the same lynge as folowyth. " Fm-st that the said Abbot shall tak down the said ij belles and shalle carye the same to the Kynges bridge at Westm''. and ther delyver them at his cost and charge into the barge. " Item the said Whyt and Saunder shall then carye the same Ijelles to OLLA PODEIDA. 109 Redyng at ther cost and shall cast the same ij belles new of the same metall, and shall make them to kepe towne and weight and to be toynable with there fellowes, want}Tig of weight at the most a quaiter in each belle. And yf the' new belles want any weight of the olde then they shall alow to the said Abbot for every 2'>ound wyght so wantyng iii''"" so that it passe not a quarter in eyther belle, and shall carye the same new beUes whome to the Monasterye of Westm''. and ther hange them ii^jpe againe in ther places perfectly and welle in every thing at ther cost and charges, and shall warrant the same so to contenew sond and toynable for a year and a day next after they be so hanged perfectly npe. And yf it fortune the same ij new bells not to be perfect and toynable at the fiirst castying and hangying that then they the same Jolm Whyt and John Saunder shall tak tlie same down againe and caiye and recareye the same and sliaHe new cast the same agayn and shall hang upe the same agayn at ther own cost and charge, and so from tyme to tyme so oft as shalle nede unto they be consonant and toynable w^th ther felows, and all this to be at ther cost and charges, and then to waiTaunt them for a yer and a day next after they be so perfectly hanged upe ut predicitm-. Item the said Abbot shall geve to the said John and John for the premisses ix''. ix''. and therof Ix". to be payd at the sealyng of the wi-ytynges A\ith the noYAe in hand. And the rest to be paid when the said new belles be hanged uppe and toynable. And the said John Whyt and John Saiuider t > be bound in an obligacion of xP'. for per- formance of the said covenauntes. Also the said Abbot shall pay for every pound whyght that the new belles shall wey more than the old iiij'^. to the some of a, hundreth ])ound wyght in both the belles and not above. " In wittnes whereof the parties above said haith assigned thies articles of covenauntes the dey and yere above said. BiUe prior per me John A.' Endorsed "Artycles of covenaunt towchmg the newe castyng of belles." * I am indebted to the Idndness of Mr. Josepli Burtt of the PiiLlic Eecord Office for this interesting document, which is a draft, with corrections and alterations, but signed. M 110 OLLA PODBIDA. 8. Grandsire Triples, &c. — It appears by a tablet hi the Belfry at St. Peter of Mancroffc, Norwich, that this noted peal of 5040 Changes was composed by John Garthon, and rung there August ■26th, 1718. For many years it had been unnoticed, being considered a false peal, but it has since been proved to be true. The date is long before Mr. John Holt's discovery in 175-3, as set forth in the cuxular following, and when coupled with the entries in Dr. Mason's MSS. in the Library of Dowiaing College, Cambridge, places beyond all doulit tlie fact, that the first true peal of Grandsire Triples was composed by John Garthon of Norwich. St. Peter of Mancroft, Norwich. — Tablets in the Belfry. — May the 2d, 1715. — Here was Rung by the Ptingers call'd Norwich Scholars, that most Icomparable Peal called Grandsir Bob Triples, it being the 3d whole peal that they have rung, livit the first whole peal that ever was nuig to the truth by any rmgers whatsoever. It has Ijeen studied by the most acute ringers in England (hut to no effect), ever since Triple Chano-es were first rung, but now at last it's found (^it to the truth By loHN Garthon, one of the said Society, and Rung by hun and the rest of the Society in 3 hours 18 minutes, which is about 1550 Changes in an hour, the whole Peal being 5040 Changes, and not one BeU misplac'd or out of Course. The Names of which Ringers are imder written against their Respective Bells as they Rung:^ — John Garthon, First. James Brooke, Fourth. The. Gardiner, Sixth. Isaac Pearce, Second. Davd. Sannervill, Fifth. William Dixon, Seventh. John Briggs, Third. Eobert Woodcock, Eirjhtli. On the 26th of August, 1718, was rung that Harmonious Peal called Gransire Triples, which have been y'' study of y'' most Ingenious men of this Age who delight in y" ait of Variations ; but all tlieu' Projections have proved errors until it was undertook by Iohn Garthon, who, with long Study and Practice, have perfectly discovered those Intricate methods which were hiden from the eyes of all the Ringers in England: the extent of this Peal being 5040 Changes, have oftentimes been Rung with Changes alike, but the fii'st time that ever it was Rung trae, was m three hours and a half, without any Changes ahke or a Bell out of Course, by these men whose names are underwritten against their Bells as they Rung : — ULLA PODPJDA. HI James Brooke, Treble. Kobeit Crane, Fourth. Win. I'allow, Sixth. Jolin Briggs, Secoml. Henry Howard, Fifth. Tlio. Jlelchior, Seventh. "William Palmer, Third. Tbo. Barret, Tenor. "Oil the 25t]i (.)etol)t'r. iTol, here was Eung that Misterious Peal called Steclraan Triples : the Discovery thereof has Ijeen the Study of several Ingenious Ringei\s ui England, though to no effect, untill this intricate Peal, -svhich differs from all other Methods of Triples as being every Bell a like course, was perfectly Discover'd by [name iller/lhle], who fii-st compleated the Peal of Perfect Stedman Triples with only two Doubles, and no Alteration ; the extent being 5040 changes, was compleatly rimg by us in 3 houi-s & 40 minutes, on which Occation Willm. Scott, in his remarks upon the ringing this Peal, did Elegantly sing, viz : — As for the sweet and Pleasent Treble, she By Melchior well was Eimg that Bell, and called tlie Bobs so free ; Blofield the 2nd; Palmer 3rd did King; Atber Eung 4th, and was not Loath, but made her for to Sing ; Gardner the otli did sway ; Footer the (ith did play ; the 7th round Cris. Booty bound, & made her to Obey; the Tenor tine v<: neat, brave Porter so eompleat did ring Jier mit iK: turn'd about that Cymlial loud & great. 9. Copy of a Circl'lar issued by the late Mr John Holt, 1753. " To all aitists in ringing. Mr. Jolm Holt of Ijondon, having at length discovered a method of rmging 5040 Grandsii-e Triples without changes over agam, or y" use of any other means than plain leads, bobs, and only two singles, which hath liitherto been looked upon as impossible ; he has also made improvement in Plain Boh and Uiiion Triples; all wliich he is wilhng to communicate to y" world : but as his circumstances are low, and as he can expect no reward for his labor, nor assistance towards y" expenses of publishing them, but trom his brethren in y" art, he proposes to have neatly prmted two whole peals of Grandsii-e Triples, divided into halves, one contaming 3 regular coui-ses, the other 5, with 2 singles — one at -f half peal, y° other at y" end : the bobs being so regidarly disposed as to be easily called. One complete peal of Plam Bob Triples in 3 regular courses, withf)ut any single or alteration, but only leads and bobs 112 OLLA PODRIDA. as are usually rung. Also a complete peal of Union Triples, each half in 3 reo-ular courses, y'' singles made at y" middle and end of peal — and to deliver copys of these four peals by next, to any single person, or any set of 8 bell-rmgers who shall subscribe not less than 5s. '3d., and notify their subscriptions post paid to Mr. John Cundall, in Salisbury Court, Fleet St : who engages to deliver y" same with a list of subscribers, or return y'' subscriptions if there should not be enough to diffi-ay y^ expenses of printing. ■' Those who have not an opportunity to subsciibe in London, and are wilhng to encourage y" design, to send their subscriptions to y" printer of this paper. To the Ipswich Journal. " 1 September, 1753. " The Subscribers' Names to Mr. John Holt's Four Peals. " Tlie foUuivijKj are of y" Compamj of College Vouth-s, London. Samuel Killicao, Esq 7 Mr. Kobert Kandell, liell founder, Fleet Ditch 4 „ John Cundell 4 „ Thomas Lester, Bell founder, White Chapel 4 „ Wm. Oram 4 „ Thos. Lowe 4 „ William Skelton, jun 4 „ John Hardham 2 ?5 Mr. James Watson 2 Christophe Pinchbeck Eobert Eomley William Underwood Thomas Bennett Joseph Griffiths William Kickard Samuel Tomson Eichard \\'vnn " Tlie following are of y' same Company residing in different parts in England : — The Eev. Dr. Mason of Trinity Col- lege, Cambridge 2 Mr. Samuel Anderson of Stourliam, Suflfolk .' 2 „ Henry Cowley of Twittenham, Middlesex 1 John Swaine of Stand well 1 Chris. Chitty, Famham, Surry... 1 The Eev. -Air. Windle 1 Mr. Joseph West, Cambridge 1 The Nottingham Company 1 Tlie Stroud Company, Grioucestershire 1 Mr. Thomas Hancock of Biserlay, do. 1 „ James Archer of St. Phillips, Bristol 1 Tlie Oxford Company 1 OLLA PODEIUA. 113 Mr. Samuel Lee, Dover, Kent 1 3Ir. Joseph Levens of (Jroydon, Surry 1 AVilliam Forbery, Esq., of GaU))-, „ John Short, do 1 Leicestershire 4 „ Eayley of Kingston, do 1 The St. Neot's Company, Hunting- , „ Himt 1 donshire , -i „ Tow 1 The Cambridge Company 4 These peals to be had of Mr. (Xmdell, at y'^ Golden Eagle, in Dnke's Covirt, Bow Street, Covent Gai'den." [The above interesting copies are from a voluminous collection of papers on linging, of the same date, by C. Mason, d.u., wliich, by the kind courtesy of the Master and Fellows of Downing CoEege, I have been allowed to examine and publish.] 10. EiNGixG Rules ix the tenth century nv 8t. Duxstax (Died A.D. 977). " Regularis concordia Anglicaj nationis monachonmi sanctimoniahumque orditur. " Cap. i. Qualiter diurnis, sive nocturnis horis regularis mos a monachis per amii circulum observari conveniat. . . donee quidem pueri introeant ecclesiam, unum continuatim pulsetm' tintinnabidum. " Finitis vei'o tribus orationibus a pueris, sonetm- secvmdum signum facto signo a priore iteiimi autem pidsatLs I'eliquis signis, atqne finitis eisdem psalmis, incipiant nocturnum. " . . . . Quod si luce diei ut oportet finitum fueris officium in- cipiant Primam absque tintinnabidi signo, sin autem, expectant lucem, et pidsato signo, congregentm' ad Pruuam . . subsequatur litania, quam universi, more sohto, prostrati huinihter, nullo excepto, signo pidsato, com- pleant Quibus hnitis vacent fratres lectioni usque ad horam secundam tunc facto signo, eant, et se diumalibus induant calceamentis. loti veniant ad ecclesiam, edituus piimum sonet signum, dispositi singidi in locis suis, campana pidsata, mcipiant horam Tertiam, deinde Missam matutinalem celebrent — hoc expleto, facto signo a pi'iore, convenientes ad capitidum &c., sequentes Missas ministri se induant, et Tertia peracta, mox signonim motu lidelem advocantes plebem, missam inchoent 114 OLLA PODEIDA. " . . . pulsatis signis, celebrent Sextam. Finita Sexta, sequitur litania : qua finita, Cantoi', missae officium inchoet : finita Missa, pulsetm* primum sigmim Nonaj. " Temperius agatur Vespera cujus signa dum sonant &c. Signo namque completorii piilsato, agatur oratio &c." At Chapter, when prayers for the dead were said, the Prior gave the sign for such prayer by " pulsata taliula ;" and, to go mto the lavatory, or the refectory, the sign was "pulsato signo a priore."^ U. KiKGiNG Rules of Lanfranc. — "Decreta D. Lanfranci pro ordme S. Benedicti. " Tllucescente die pulsetur a custode ecclesise parvulum signum modice. " Cmn a^^propinquaverit tempus hoi'ae tertiae pulsetur a secretario modice siguum minimum quam skillam vocant . pulsetur signum cantetm' Nona, cantata Nona, exeat Prior ad jjercutiendum cimbalum &c."^ 12. Eakly Rules for ringing at Bath. — De Campanis Bathon, a. d. 1421. — Inquisitio ad quod Dampnum, Claus. Rot. 9th Hemy V. No. 31. — " InquLsitio capta apud Frome, die Jovis Sancti Dionysii anno &e. Coram &c., qui dicunt, &c., quod a tempore &c., in civitate Bathon, in dicta conunissione specificatur usitatum fuit et consuetum quod nuUus homo civitatis predicte nee aliquis alias per eos aliquo die aliquas campanas in eadem civitate quousque Priori et conventus ecclesie cathedralis civitatis predicte campanas suas ejusdem ecclesie primitus pulsassent neque aliqua nocte postquam iidem prior et conventus campanas suas ecclesie predicte pro ignitegio pulsassent, non pulsassent neque sonarent nisi in diebus natalibus domini Epipli. domini Pasch. dedicacionis ecclesiar. parochialium civitatis et fest. locor earum ecclesiarum nee non in diebus sancte Katarme sancte Nicolai et in fest. ad sanctorum ad matutinas. Et in omnibus aliis festis minoribus ad matutinas tonare sive sonare turn una campana sex ictus ' Kindly communicated by the late Dr. Eoelc, January, 1855, see Apostolatus Benedictorttm in Avffh'a, in the Appendices, pp. 84, 8j, &c., 212, &c. OLLA PODEIDA. 115 Ano-lice vocat Kiudlijiig et non aliter. Et tlicunt qii<3d (luindeciino die Augusti anno Ilegni Regis Hem-ici (jiiinti post conquestmu qiiinto Ricai'dus Wydecombe tunc major civitatis predicte Ricardus Forstev Joliannes Porke Johannes Savage junior Ricardus Honybrigge Robertus ^^aley Tliouias Shi'opshire Jcence to the Chiefe Governor or Governors of our said Kingdome for the time being, and all other oiu- officers and ministers there Avhom it shall or may concern." 14. Ancient Bells at Canterbury. — Vol. vii., p. 18G, Archwologia Cantiana.' List of the "Works of Prior Henry de Estria 1285 to 1331, Register 1, xi, fol. 112, Chapter Mimiments, CanterhiDj. Anno 1316. Quinque campane, quiu'um i que vocatur Thomas in magno clocario, que ponderat viij li ; tres aUe in none clocario longo vei-sus north, quarum i ponderat 2400li ; alia 2200 li; et tercia, 2000 h. Item, 1. Campana ad sonitum Capituli que ponderat 700 li. et dim. Precium quinque campanarum 236 h 13s: 6d: sine carpentario et ferramento. Anno 1317. Novum clocarivmi longium versus north - Glli: 5s: 3d. Item pro plumbo et plumbario - - DOh : 12s: 2d. Item, tres camjiane noue in clocario sub anglo, quarum prima ponderat 140011, secunda ponderat 1210li, et tercia pon- derat 112411. Precium Go 11, I)d. sine carpentario et ferramento. Item, 3 campane nuue rainores in clocario, que jjonderant 275011, precium lOli : 18s, 15. Ancient Bell worthy of Record. — There is a small one at Durham Castle. It was formerly in the Gate House. Diameter 6^ inches. The inscription is — ^anrte iJincentt orn 14-95 pro nobis. I Professor Willis on the Couventual Buildings and Monastery of Christ Church, Canterbury (occupies 20G pages). N 118 OLLA PODRIDA. 16. Bell at St. Chad's Church, Claughton in Lonsdale. — This most ancient bell hangs with another in a bell cot. Diameter 21^ inches. The date is 1209, in this way — + ANNO . DNI . CAI M CC NON 17. Bell at Sedbergh, Yorkshire. — The legend in extenso runs — Concqjiens Cljrtstum liirp tffelorum Eegtna. The first letter is most beautifully ornamented, the middle being filled with a lily standuig in a flower pot — all upside down — on either side are the letters ^ E. 18. Chimes of Great St. Mary's, Cambridge. — The following account of these chimes is extracted from the Rev. John Raven's "Chui-ch Bells of Cambridgeshu-e," which I commend to all lovers of old bells and their belongings : — " Chime barrels are of very considerable antiquity, and before the Reformation were pricked with ' Requiem Eternam,' and other trenta music, of which a veiy remarkable instance (a.d. 1463) is to be found in DLL A PODKIDA. • 119 T}'niin's ' Wills and Inventories from the Registers of the Commissary of Bury St. Edmund's and the Archdeaconry of Sndhury, p. 28.' In 1673, St. Mai-y's parish bo(ik has a heavy item : ' Collected and disbursed this year towai'ds the chyme, i'GS) 19s. id.' In 1722, when the old eight l)eUs were recast, the chimes were discontinued, and nothing was done till March, 1793, when the clock was taken dowai, and the University agreed to put up another, upon an improved construction, having a barrel to strike the quarters changeable on four bells, which was completed in the following February at the charge of about £300. " The history of these beautiful chimes, the melody of which has been copied over and over again, is weU worth preserving : I am indebted for it to Mr. Amps, the organist of King's College, who had it from his predecessor, Mr. Pratt. About the time of these improvements Dr. Jowett was Regius Professor of Laws, and Dr. Randall Regius Professor of Music, and Crotch and Pratt, then mere lads, were his pupils. Dr. Jowett was expert at practicid mechanics, modelling, &c. He appears to have been con- sulted by the authorities of the University, and to have taken Crotch into his counsels. The latter may be credited with the idea of taking a move- ment in the fifth bar of the opening symphony of that most sublime air of Handel's, ' I know that my Redeemer liveth,' and by a system of variations^ not unworthy of Fabian Stedman, expanding it into the annexed musical cliime. ■ " It was said by IMr. Pratt, that when the chimes were first heard, they were thought so strange, that they were nicknamed "Jowett's Horn- pipe." Very few, except those who liad known Crotch, were aware that he had anything to do with their composition, and till they were copied for the Royal Exchange, theii- merits were but little appreciated ; but now they sound fi-om many towers, and are dear to many ears ; and Crotch and Jowett may say, in the words of ^neas — ' Quse regio in terris nostii mjn plena laboris.' " Thanks to Mr. Raven ftir tliis interesting account. He gives the following as the legends on this fine ring of twelve beUs. The note of the tenor is D ; weight, 29cwt. Oqrs. 2Glbs. "1. These two tribbles, to make them a compleat peal of twelve, were raised by subscription, at the interest of Chas. Day and Jno. Paris, N- 120 OLLA PODEIDA. rino-ers of this society, in the year 1770. Alderman Weales and Jno. Hasehim, Churchwardens. Pack and Chapman, of London, fecit, 1773. " 2. Raised by subscription, at the interest of Chas. Day and Jno. Paris, rino-ers of tliis society, m the year 1770. Alderman Weales and Jno. Haselum, Churchwardens. Pack and Chapman of London. " 3. E. Phelps made me, 1722. Mess. Tho. Fowle, Edw. Phipps, Chiu-chwardens. "4, 5. R. P. fecit, 1772. Messieurs Tho. F>)wle, Edw. Phipps, Church- wardens. " 6. R. Phelps, fecit, 1722. Messieurs Edward Phipps, Thomas Fowle, Churchwardens. " 7, 8, 9. R. Phelps, fecit, 1723. Messieurs Edward Pliipps, Thomas Fowle, Churchwardens. "10. Richard Phelps, Londini, fecit, 1722. Messiem-s Samuel Herrmg, Edward Phipps, Churchwardens. "11. James Parron and John Giiibrd, Cliurchwardens. Willm. Dobson, Founder, DowTiham, Norfolk, 1825. "12. This bell was cast in the year of Om- Lord, 1770. Alderman Weales and Jno. Hasekmi, Chmchwardens. Pack and Chapman, of London, fecit. "Priest's bell. This bell was made by John Wan-en, 1(307." The history of this fine peal is to be gathered tVom Bowtell's MSS. now m the Library of Downing CoUege. First Qtjartee. Second Quaetee. t- :t- t- :t= -A- :t-- 1236 3126 Third Quarter. 2 1 :#==^: :t ^ :t zr=i-- 1 3 P Fourth Quarter. 12 3 6 Hour. =#=?= -»--«.. 3 12 6 3 2 13 13 26 6 2 13 10 I OLLA rODEIDA. 121 19. Bells and Bell- Ringing in America. — "The riist ring of bells cast for the British Empu-e in Nortli America came irom Gloucester, England, and were placed m tlie tower of Salem Street Church, Boston, 1744. For one huncU-ed and twenty-six yetirs these bells have "rung the old year out and the new year in," and their chimes are none the less sweet and melodioiLS to-day on account of theii- age. The people within sound of these bells have become as attached to them as a London cockney is supposed to be to '" Bow Bells." Tliey have the reputation of being veiy sober : and it is alleered that nothintj but sacred music was ever soiuided upon them but once, about a quarter of a century ago. A tire which had broken out m the steeple, having happily been very quickly extinguished, the excited people, whose alaim was soon turned into joy, would not go home until the Ijell ringer played "Oh, deai', what can the matter be?" "The first bell cast in Boston was in 1792. by Paul Revere, and weighed about two thousand pounds. "It is estimated that now there are annually cast in the United States about forty thousand bells of all sizes. What with church, school, college, car, steamboat, market, plantation, farm, fog, and factory bells, the aggre- gate of forty thousand a year can easily be made out. The average weight of bells in this country is fi'om one to rive thousand pounds. Beyond that it is said the depth of tone does not increase with tlie size of the bell. The largest bell in America was hung a year or two ago, in a framework tower, by the City HaU m New York. It weighed some eleven tons ; but getting cracked, it was broken up and recast into smaller bells. The next largest bell on this contment is in the Cathedral tower at Monti-eal. The bells m the fire tower m >s^ew Yoi'k average about five thousand pounds each. The loudest and sharpest toned one hangs in the old historical stone tower at the post ofiice in Liberty street. There are no very noted bells ui this country, if we except the old Independence Bell of Philadelphia, commonly called the Liberty Bell, which on the 4th of July, 1776, amiounced that the Declaration of Independence was made. By the kindness of IMeneely, bell tbunders at New Troy, I am enabled to annex a cut of it. It weighs about 1,500 pounds; it was imported 122 OLLA PODEIDA. from England in 1752, but broken at first trial. It was then recast by Pass and Stow of Philadelphia, and was hung over the Hall in which the memorable Congress of 177G assembled. Wliile the Biitish occupied the city in 1777 it was removed to Lancaster, after A^liich it was returned to its old site, and used as a State-house beU tiU 1828. After tliis, it was nmg only on special occasions, the last time being in honour of the visit of Henry Clay to Philadelphia, Avhen it broke ; it was then placed in the Museum, with other relics of I'evolutionary times. The inscription is from Levit : xxv, 10, Proclaim Liberty throughout all the Land, UNTO ALL THE INHABITANTS THEREOF. " The largest chime of bells is that of the Eoman Catholic Cathedral at Buftalo. Of the famous chmiei of Trinity Church, New York, the largest bell weiglis only three thousand pounds." 20. A Modern American Chime or PtiNc; of Bells. — " A cliime of bells has been placed in Gracechiu-ch, Lynn, Massachussets. We are in- debted for the following account to the Boston Daily Advertiser : "The weight of the largest is 2150 pounds, of the smallest 295 pounds; and of the whole iiine, 8296 pounds. The following are the bells according to their size, beginning with the lai-gest, and then inscrijitions : ' In America, a Elnir oi- Set of Bells is called a Ciii.\rE. OLLA PODRIDA. 12;5 "E (natm-al). Vuuor's Bcl/.—Mrs. Elkabetli Trull EldrifW wive me and ejglit companions to Gracechurch parish, Newton, upon the completion of the new Church, September, 1873. " This also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. — Mark xix, !l. "F (sharp). Holij Baptism /irV/. —Baptism doth also now saA-e us— not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience towards God. — 1 Peter iii, 21. "G (sharp). Christmas Bell. — For unto you is Ixii'n this day in tlie city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. — Luke ii, 11. " A. Holy Communion Bell. — This do hi remembrance of Me. — Luke XX, 19. " B. Rector's Bell. — And how shall they hear without a jireacher ? " — Romans x, 14. " C (sharp). Easter Bell. — The Lord is risen indeed. — Luke xxiv, 34. "D. Marriage Bell. — What therefore God hath joined together, let imt man put asunder. — Miu'k x, 9. " L) (sharp). Burial Bell. — The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord. — Job i, 21. "E (octave). Children's Bell. — Except ye be converted and become as httle children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. — Matthew xviii, 3. " The bells are to be called the ' Eldiidge Chime,' in horKJur of their donor, Mrs. Elizabeth Tiiill EkU'idge, who presented the money for the purpose last Christmas, at a time when numerous bequests were made Ijy leading members of the Society for the new Church, among which were donations for a valuable Church organ, and several sums of money. " The bells with the framework upon which they rest, weigh altogethei- about 8300 pounds. The wliole work cost forty-fom- hundred dollars." 21. Bell Einging in AMERifA. — "In New England towns the Church l)ell tolls at sunset for death ; it rings at nine o'clock m the evenmg for honest folks to go to bed ; it soimds the alarm when some farmhouse catches fire ; it calls the people to church ; and it peals (Jut at Christ- 124 OLLA PODEIDA. mas time, at the birth of tlie new year, and on " Independence Da,y." When the first electric flash under the ocean from Ireland to America conveyed to the President the message of Queen Victoria, aU the hells from Portland to San Francisco rang as if their sides must crack ; and the land tingled and echoed with the sound, while the hearts of the jaeople overfowed with joy. " Nearly aU religious bodies in America mdulge in the use of bells. In some places there are too many : and in large cities the clangovu" is sometimes calamitous to the ear. It is said that Roman Catholics pi-efer slow swinging and ponderous bells, of grave and solemn tone ; AvhUe Episcopalians have more merry and chiming bells." — Christian World, April 1871. 22. Empekor Bell at Vienna. — " An object worthy of notice in the tower of St. Stephen's, Vienna, is the so-called Josephme Bell, whicli, in the year 1710, was cast out of camion captured from the Turks, and handed over by the Emperor Joseph I., to the Royal Imperial Chief Gunner, J. Achamer. The bell I'ests upon two massive oak beams, which are unscreened and let down (?) when the beU is rung. "This bell weighs 324 centner. 31 pfund (40,052 285 It) = 17 tons 17^ c'wt. avoirdupois); the crown weighs 70 ctr. (8,G45 ft = 3 tons I73: cwt.); and the clapper 7 ctr. 70 pfd. (950-95 ft = 8i cwt.) ; altogether 402 ctr. (49,648 ft = 22 tons 3^: cwt). "The lieight, inclusive of the crown, is 9 fuss 8^ zoll (10 English feet); and the thickness of the sound-bow is 8 zoU (8 '3 inches). The cost of foundmg far exceeded 19,000 florins (£1,820 ] Gs. 8d). 23. The Emperor Bell at Cologne. — " This famous new bell, which is to be hung in the Southenr tower of Cologne Cathedral, is cast from French guns captured during the Franco-German campaign, and presented by the German Emperor to the committee charged with the work of completing that cathedral. "The Ijell has been cast at the machine works of Herr Andreas Hannn, at Frankenthal ; and it was only after two failures, and after OLLA PODEIDA. 125 untold anxiety and care, that he was able to produce the W(irk ^vhioh ■will hand down his name to posterity. It should be mentioned here that the first casting took place on August 19th, 1873; the second, on November 13th of the same year ; the third and successful cast was made on October 3rd, 1 874. " At the fii-st cast, each of the twenty cannon used for the bell was pushed in, resting on a truck. They weighed together about 50,000 lb. (German) ; to this was added 80 cwt. of tin. At the first cast the metal took from one o'clock at night imtil three o'clock the next afternoon, before it was perfectly licjuid, fit for rmining ofi"; at the two follo^ving civstings the time of melting was only ten hours, from five a.m. to three p.m. At the last cast, the filling of tlie mould took twenty-nme minutes and a half, without any mishap. But then followed fbiu- long, weary weeks of anxious waitmg, before the shell covild be broken ; Ijut when it fell, the ma.ster had the satisfaction of seing that his lal)our had at last been crowned with perfect success. ■' A feeling of silent admiration steals over the beholder as he looks upon this mighty form, 1 ft. 8 in. high, of a diameter of 1 1 ft. 2 in. which weighs 52,500 German pounds (over 25 tons), and which will receive a clapper or hanmier of !) ft. 10 in. long, weighmg 1,530 lb. The bell, which has at the soimd-bow a thichness of 13^ in., tapers towards the cr(jwn to a httle over 3 in. The screw passing through the cro^^Ta of the bell, and through the apparatus for receiving the clapper, is of corresjionding size, weighing 99(5 lb., and carries a nut weighing 178 lb. The six anns forminjj the crown are decorated vnih angels' heads, and end where they join the bell in hons' feet. Below the cro%\m, in three lines running roimd the bell, is the following inscription in Gothic letters : '• Gulieliiras. Augustissimus Imperator Germaiiorimi Eex Borussorum pie memor eaelestis auxilii accept! in gerendo felicissime coiiti huic templo metropolitano constituta F. C. Pio. V. IX. Pontifiee Eomano Paulo Melchers Areliiep. Coloniensi a.d. mdccclxxiv. O 126 OLLA PODEIDA. "William the Most Illustrious Emperor of Germany, and King of Prussia, in pious remembrance of the heavenly aid granted him in the fortunate course anl conclu- sion of the last French war, has ordered, after the restoration of the German Empire, a bell to be cast from captured cannon, of the weight of 50,000 lb., which is to be suspended in the house of God, now nearly completed. In accordance with this pious desire of the victorious prince, the society formed for the completion of this cathedj-al has caused it to be east, under the Eoman Pontiff, Pius IX., and the Archbishop of Cologne, Paul Melclicr.s, iu the year of oiu- Lord 1874. " Under the figure of St. Peter is the follo\ving mscription : — "Voce mea coeli populo diun nuntio sortes Sursum corda volant aemula voce sua. Patronus qui voce mea tempH atria pandis Janitor et coeli hmina pande simul. "Send I with brazen lips to the peoples heavenly message, Souls ujiwards soar, leaving earth ; join, full of ardour, in song. Thou, who througli my deep voice of the fane the portals wide open'st. Ope thou of heaven the gate, heavenly guardian, as well. "Opposite to the image of the apostle, is the German Imperial coat of anns, beautifully executed, with this verse below : — "Die Kaiserglocke heiss ich, Des Kaisers Ehi-en preis ich, Auf heil'ger Warte steh ich ; Dem deutsehen Keich erfleh ich, Dass Fried' und Welir Ihm Gott bescheer'." "Emperor Bell I am named, The Emperor's name make famed; On holy ward I stand, For German Fatherland I pray : God grant it hence Peace, welfare, and defence ! " " In the tirst-named inscrijition is also the archi-episcopal coat (jf ai'ms. The mottoes have Gothic borderings, successfully designed and executed. The note soimded by the bell was to be the deep C, but accorduig to the test committee it is C sharp ; and it will, consequently, be found not to be in tune with the other bells of the Cathedral when ti'ied with OLLA rODEIDA. 127 tht'Ui. However, should this prove to Ije the case, the evil may be remedied by somewhat planing down the sides. '■'The Emperor Bell, which was shipped at Fi'ankenthal on the 15th of April, arrived safely at Cologne on the 8th of May. The somewhat lengthened voyage, which Avas interrupted at the principal towns along the Rhine, to give the inhabitants an opportunity of viewing the monster, was successfully perfonned. The transport from the wharf to the southern tower was accompHshed without accident on the 13th of May, under the special supei-vision of Herr Hamm, amongst the excitement of thousands of spectators. An idea may be formed of the difficulties attending it, when it is stated that it took eleven hours to move the mass a distance of 350 paces on a level roiidway. " We may add in conclusion, that the new bell, next to those of Moscow (biitli not now in use, weighing respectively 193 tons and 63 tons; the former broken in 1737, the latter fell in 1855); that at Pekin, said to weigh 53 tons, and that of Novgorod (31 tons), is the largest in existence. It exceeds in size bv far the largest of our Encrlish Church bells: Big Ben, of Westminster, weighing only 14 tons; York Minster Ijell, 10| tons; (Jld Tom, of Oxford, 7-i tons; Exeter Cathedi-al bell, Great T(im of Lincoln, and St. Paul's bell, havintr a weight of 5^^ tons, and 5^ tons respectively." — BuihJcy, 5th June, 1875. 24. Bells Cast ix Abbey Precincts. — We hive a record of this in the Archives of the Alibey of St. Alban's. In the time of Abbot Michael Mentmore (1335-49) when curfew (Igxitegium) was being rung, the great bell called Amphiball'S, which was fii-st made about a.d. 1270, bv order of Abbot Ro"-er Norton, for the daily curfew ((ifJ>iitnii> i, 4S3'), was broken, which not long after was recast in the hall of the Sacristry, hj Brotliei- Adam de Dancastre, Sacrist. — itn ii, 3G3. o-^ See Lloij(Vs S. Albans Ahhe'i, 1S7'), p. -l.j. 128 OLLA PODEIDA. 25. A Churchwarden's Apoloc4Y for Breaking Open a Belfry Door and ORDERiNi; THE Bells TO BE RuNG. — The followdng letters explain tliemselves. • From the Bristol Times and Mirror, March 13th, 1875. I. " Rooksbridge, Weston-super-Mare, February 2Gth, 1875. " ^XR, — Referring to the attempted ringing of the bells at East Brent parish church upon the passing of the Pubhc Worship Regulation Act, and the writino- of my letter which was pubhshed in the Bristol Times and Mirror, I think it right to state that, after taking legal advice, I am satisfied that I was not entitled to force the belfry-door or ring the beUs without the consent of the vicar, and I beg to express my regret that I adopted a course which was not authorised by law. " I acted in defence of what I believed to be the rights of the parishioners, and had no intention of committing an illegal act ; and, on the other hand, I achnit that you were simply defending your rights as vicar of the parish, and were not actuated by personal hostility. " I repeat my regret that I took an illegal step, and caused George Hill, Edward Hubbard, aud Wilham Brock, who were acting under my orders, to do the same ; and I trust that this explanation will he satis- factoiy to you. " Yom's truly, " C. B. Churchill. "The Venerable Archeacon Denison." II. "East Brent, Highbridge, March G, 1875. " Dear Mr. Churchill, — I have received this morning from Mr. Davies your explanatoiy letter. I gladly and thankfully accept it. " Very truly yom-s, "George A. Denlson. "Mr. C. B. Churchill, Churchwarden, Rooksbridge." 26. Bells of St. Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney. — There are four beUs m St. Magnus. Largest or Tenor, origmally given by Bishop Maxwell, but re-cast. Second beU, given by Bishop Maxwell. First or Treble, given by Bishop Maxwell. Small beU, without inscrii^tion or date, OLLA PODEIDA. 129 not hung. They ai-e not, and probably never have been, rung by the conmion processes of wheel or crank, but by a rope applied so as, by a lateral traction, to make the tongue strike the side. One end of a short, rope is fastened to the tongue and the other to the wall ; a second rope is fastened to the middle of the first, and tlie lower end of it piJled l)y the ringer, which, of course, pulls the tongue to one side. The notes produced liy the bells are not at diatonic inten^als, being about five quarter tones apart. They are about G \ tone sharp, A ^ tone shai-p ; C :|: tone shai-p. The second bell is used for the clock, and is struck by the clock hammer on the outside, giving, when so struck, a note lower than that given when struck by the tongue. Third Bell. — Note — tenor G \ tone sharp; 3 feet 5^ inches diameter, and 2 feet 9 inches high, exclusive of the canons. Inscription in plain capitals, raised, in two hues : — " Made by master Robbert MaxveU, Bischop of Orkney, the yaer of God MDXXVIII the yeai- of the reign of King James the V. Robert Borthwik made meii^ the castel of Edinbrucrh." There is no date between "the" and "year," nnr any gap. In an oval medallion, m 7 lines — " Taken et brought againe lieu- by Alexander Geddus, marcliant, in Kirkwa, and recasten at Amsterdam, JuUy 1682 yeai-s, by Claudius Fremy, city beU caster. It weighs 1450 P." On a medallion a figure with s^vord, and under it SCT MAGNVS. On a raised shield the arms of Bishop Maxwell — a saltier -nith annulet in centre, and under it NLTAS. The N and S are reversed. I have no means at hand for ascertaining the motto of Maxwell ; but probably these letters are meant for the motto. Bishop Maxwell was the son of Sir John Maxwell of Pollock, Co. Renfrew, and had for his arms Anjent, saltier sahle, with annulet or in centre, maternal difference for Eglintoun. In August 1G82, "the great bell" bemg "rift" was sent "to Am.ster- dam to be re-cast." The Bishop of Orkney and Magistrates of Kirkwall gave instructions to the person to whose care the bell was intrusted, that "there be ane special and diligent care had that the letters already aljout 130 OLLA rODEIDA. tlie bell be again re-formed as the saniin is contorni to aiie note thereof sent with it, together with the several arms already thereupon, viz., the arms of Scotland, being ane Lyon within the Shield, with the portrat of Sainct Magnus, and the Maxwell arms ; and tliat tlie samm be placed upon the said beU as the samin is at present. Tliat there be added thereto, underneath the said letters and ai'ms, this line, viz : — ' This Ijell re castin at for Kirkwall, in anno 1G82.' Aiid to mark the weight thereof upon the bell."' The old bell on beings weighed at Amsterdam was found to be 1500 lbs. It lost in casting: 1G5 llis. To which was added of new metal 193 lbs. Weight of new bell ... ... 1528 lbs. do. of new tongue ... ... 46 The whole cost was 1308 merks Scots, — about L.72 7.s. 9d. sterhng. Second Bt'll. — Note — A \ tone sharp ; 3 feet 1 inch diameter ; and 2 feet 5 inches liigh exclusive of the canons. Inscription in lilack letter, capitals and small, raised in two hues : — " Maid be maister I'obert maxvell, bischop of Orknay, in ye secund yier of his consecration in the zeir of god Im Vc XXVIII. zcris ye XY. zeu- of ye reign of King James V." On a medallion a figure with a sword, and under it " Sanctus Magnus. Below — " robert borthvick." On a medallion the arms of Scotland, and on another the arms of Maxwell as before. (3n another part " I H S." First BeU. — No.te — middle C j tone sharp; 2 feet 9 inches diameter, and 2 feet 5 inches high exclusive of the canons. Inscription in black letter, capitals and small, raised, in three hues : — ■ "Maid be maister robert maxvel, byschop of Orknay, ye secund zier of his consecracion ve zier gode Im Vc XXVIIT zier ye XV. zier of Kyng James V. be roljert ijorthvyk maid al thre in ye castel of Edynbiu'gh," or " Edynbrugh." On a medallion a figure of St. Magnus. On a shield the arms of Maxwell as bef )re. On another part " I H S." Siiiall BeU. — Not hung; 1 foot 8 mches diameter, and 1 foot 4 mches high exclusive of crown. No inscription. It is called "the fire bell," and in the Utli century was called "the skellat bell." OLLA PODIIIDA. 131 The "skellat bell" was so uiUed tioni its being small and shrill toned- "Skillet" is a pot of iron or copper or bniss without ;i lid. See Halliwell's Ai-chaic Die ; Baker's Noi-thamptoiishu-e Glossary ; Forbys East Anglian Glossary, etc. Shakespeare has in Othello, " Let housewives make a skillet of my helm." The above is from an ai'ticle ui the ( hradioii, October, 18(J1, cuutributed by Sir H. Dryden, from information kindly given by Mr. G. Petrie of Kirkwall. 27. Cost of the Rixu of Tex BEr.r.s at Wrexham, with pakticlf- LARs OF the Bells. Paid for Ale, to treat different strange Ringers „ Mr. Rogers for Squaring Timber ... ,, Bell Trainer m part „ Carriage of Bells from Gloucester to Salop, up the Severn ,, 3Ir. Rogers, Cai'penter, in n.irt ,, ^Ir. Edwards, Blacksmith, in jiait ,, Mr. Combrobach, Chester. Looker over ,, Mr. Rogei-s, Carpenter „ Cable Rope to take down old Bells ,, C\\: Warden's expenses to Salop to meet the BelLs, &c. ., Bell Fi-amer's Balance ... Spent at difterent Meetings, concerning y" Bells Paid Ropes p' contract „ Edwards, Blacksmith, balance „ Clay for floor under Bells, to tune ,, John Bean, for Claying under Bells ., Roger's Carpenter, Bill in full ,, Abraham Rudhall for Casting Bells Total Expenses of Bells, Hanging Carriage, &c. ... 450 18 7 2 o 'J 8 5 8 J) 17 !0 5 ;» 12 11 2 6 40 2 G 5 10 ?,2 1 10 3 19 <) 9 IG 8 5 10 10 3 204 132 OLLA rODEIDA. Inscriptions on, each Bell. No. 1.— Y 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 10. ear 1727. Glory to God on High. 1726. And in Earth peace. 1726. Abraham Rudhall cast all. 1726. Peace and good neighbourhood. 1726. Fear God and Honor the Kingf. 1728. A. Rudhall. 1726. Prosperity to this Parish. 1726. Robei-t EUis Esq. John Pulford. Gent C.W. ^ yc)n ( To the Church the living call, ' ( To the Grave sumons all. Cast in the Reign of King George the Fmst, and old style. Tlie little Bell was of the old Peal, and cast in 1678 in the Reign of Charles the Second. The weight of the lai'ge Bell is 25 cwt. Tlie same number and weight are at Manchester College Church Tower. Pi'ivate Subscriptions £'160 ; tlie remainder by the Parish, kmdly con- tributed by the Vicar. 28. "Ancient Dated Bell. — At Inwnsback, bv Hmajersbertr, in Lower Bavaria, there is a bell bearing the following inscription : ANNO MCXLIIII (1144) AB INCAR NATIONS DOMINI FACTA EST CAMPANA. This is the oldest dated Bell known." — Antiquary, Nov. 2nd, 1872, p. 260. 29. "Ancient Bell at Bex, Switzerland. — In the tower of the Church of Bex, in the Canton de Vaud, this BeU clu-onicles an liistorical fact : it runs thus : + + MENTEM . SANCTAM . SPONTANEAM . HONOREM . DEO . ET . PATRIAE . LIBERATIONEM, In 147(). after the decisive battle of Morat, the Bernese seized and definitely incorporated the four Mandemanfs of Aigle, Bex, OUon, and Les Ormonts. It is to tliis Conquest, that the words " patriae libera- tionem " refers." — Kates ami Queries, iv, § x, p. 45. OLLA PODEIDA. 133 30. Bell Expenses at Peterborough. — Extracts from the Account Book of the Dean and Chapter of Peterborough for the year 1629 : " Ciu-penter, "To Mansfeild Wooclfyne 8 daies worck abowte the reparing the Bells ... ... ... ... xviij.s' y'li^d "To Mansfeild making a new wheele for the sermon beU and for nailes for the same... ... ... xiijs viijci " For the loane of 2 pare of screwes to take up the bell out of hu' frames ... ... ... iijs iiijc? " For laying a beame over the Timbers of ye gret bells xijc? "Rope and Wliittewer. "For a hide of Whitlether ... .. ... viij.« iiijrZ " To Gill for 2 days lyniaig balthbricks and ropes , . . ij.s- "For a gil> rope waing llli at 7d ye U ... ... vj.s" vd " To Bobart Pai-ker for a bell rope waing 2lli at 5di ye U viij.9 ixc^ "To Gil] one day raendmg baltbricks ... ... xiiijc? " Smith. "To John Stinens for iron worck about the bells and bai's of iron for divers wmdowes abowte the Chiu'ch as by the particulers of his bill dotli appear ... ... xxyj.s " To John Stinens for all the iron worck abowte the great bell only as liis bill sheweth ... ... lix.s iid 31. Progress of Half Pull Changes in the West. — The following doggerel verses, from a tablet at Leominster, are a jjroof that the noble and mysterious science of change rmging was practised there before 1708, in which year the burial of two of the rmgers is recorded in the Parish Register. 134 OLLA PODEIDA. " It" you'll give eare, then you shall heave Of rinsfino- in commendation ; Of ovir boiiney bells with their shuger'd knells, Which are held in admh-ation. Om- ancestors in ringing took this order, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, they never sought no further. To rays, to fall, to close withal, It was their whole intention ; Nothing did change, they thought it strange. They knew no such invention. But as in trades and aits new things are daily learned, Those noble spirited hearts then- ringing have decerned. Such pretty parts, such setts, such tunes, And siich several notes of change ! — in his place, From music he is estranged. The pleasant hills and dales, the moimts, the moors, the meadows, Attend imto our tales the groves and dainty shadows. The evening's lill deplores them stdl, both late and early ; Peace, boys, and speak not a word ! let us hear om- bells go clearly. Each one doth attend, they do us commend, And think it is so very strange, When yt they heart oiu- beUs strike so cleave, And at every pull a change. Chm-chwardens, we you pray, keep these our bells in order, And careful always be ovu- music still to fm-ther. So newly striuig, with cottreU fast and cotter. Let heme and whele be joyn'd well, that we have no totter. Thomas Sawin, Master of this Company. Eogkii SrENCSR. Simon Coldicott. Joseph Patishall. William Baldwin., Francis Iones. Thomas Gilbert. Robert Nott." OLLA PODEIDA. 135 32. Bell as a Thank Offering. — In 1872, the Bislidp of Lincoln presented a bell for St. Andrew's Cluu'ch, Great Grimsby, "' us a thank- offering to Almighty God for liis goodness in enabling the parochial clergy of Giimsby to labour faithfully and zealously among their flocks dming the recent severe visitation of smaU-pox, and for presei-ving their lives in the peril to which they were exposed." The Bell bears this classical inscription : Voce Mea laudo Domixum pro peste fugata : Hic iEcRis ANiMis, Christe, mederk precok. D.D. Chr: Ep. Lixc. 1871. The Bell is twenty-six inches m diameter, and is intended to be the Treble of a future Ring. Cast by Messre. Wainer. 33. Eleemosynary Bell Is the name I woulil give to a very uncommon bell at Abbotsham, fully described in the Clmrch Ikl/s of Dcivv. I refer to it here because a small bell (diam. 10 in.), jn-obably hung over the Chapel, has been discovered at Torre Abbey, Devon ; the bell is evidently from the same founchy ; the words and letters are the very same, only rather more confused, viz. : (llBUijOUUl J)rantfOmel Eleemosynarla was the place ui a Monastery wheie the connnon alms were laid up, and thence distributed by the Ahnoner to the poor. Query.— Were these bells ever sounded to call the poor for receiving their alms? .■54. Bell at Brailes, Warwickshire. — Here we find a hell of special interest. The legend runs thus on the tenor : — + (S^auUc Qiioti pait Ipsum ^raiitiis €t est iDonor Citi ^SiauDts. 5n €rlt Palacio *^ -^ ^' u u The words (supposed to he from the first stanza of some ancient Ascension Day Hymn) are accompanied by two shieMs, well known to lo(i OLLA PODEIDA. bell hunters. It appears from Dugdale's Antiquities of Wdrtrickshire, by W. Thomas, d.d., 1730, vol. i, p. 555, that the shield (Fig. 1) diarged with a chevron between three ti-efoils are the arms of Underhill.' Edmondson assigns them to the famihes of that name at Ettington, Warwickshire, Wolverhampton, Stafford, and Hoimslow. AU the examples as yet known are accompanied with legends in a superior type of 'Modern Gothic' According to Astle On Writing {London, 1803), Lombardic and Longobardic letters were centuries earher. All the See Notes and Querie», 4 §, v, p. 147. OLLA PODEIDA. 137 capitals aro crowned and ilkuninated (like tig. 3), and the smalls ai'C plainly developed. The cross wliich nsuaUy precedes these legends, and accom- panies these trefoils, is in two sizes, and it may be likened to fom- cross crosslets, so combined as to form one large cross (figs. 4 and 5). This trefoil shield is sometimes accompanied bv another, bearing a chevron between three laver put Ave have negative proof to the contrary ; he certainly uses the laver pots and other beautiful initial crosses; but there is no instance tliat 1 have met with, where the trefoils are accompanied by his iHonc. Supposmg, however, there are liells somewhere bearing • William ffounder's ' name, with the trefoils, may not that prove that Underhill was the surname of the said Wilham ? In 16 IG (about tvA^o centuries after the time of these mediaeval bells) there certainly was a bellfounder of this name in London, on the authority of Mr. Lukis in his Account of Church Bells, p. 13. The folio-wing are the habitats of bells bearmg the arms of Underhill, and the initial cross and glorious type as the bell at Brailes : — Christ Church, Oxon. — 'Stella Maria Piissima S. Maria No])is.' 1- Pots and trefoils. Lansallos, Cornwall. — ' Sancta Margareta Ora Pro Noliis.' \- Pots and ti'efoils. Compton Basset, Wilts — ' Sit Nomen Domini Benedictum.' 1- Pots and trefoils. St. Maiy Arches, Exon. \- Pots and trefoils. Torre Mohun, Devon. — Ditto. Hereford Cathedral. — ' + Smn Rosa Pulsata Mimdi Katerina Vocata.' — ^Pots only, with the same cross and letters. Magdalen Coll. Oxen. — Pots and Wm. Founder. 138 OLLA PODEIDA. At Woolborough. — Tliree bells : -\- Sum Rosa Pulsata Mvindi Katerina Vocata. + Celorum Xpe Placeat Tibi Rex Sonus Iste Amen. Protege Virgo Pia Quos Convoco Sancta Maria. Mr. Tyssen, in his Sussex BcUs, gives the following places : — Woodbreeding. 1- Pots and trefoils. Heyshot. Ditto. Guesling Ditto. All Saints, Lewes. Ditto. Winfield. Ditto. Mr. Ptaven, in his Caiahndyesliire BcIIm, finds the same cross with laver pots at Newton a,nd Ilketshall, Sirfl'olk. 35. Early Bell at St. Chad's, Lichfield. — The inscrijition is very illegible. All that can be satisfactorily made out is that the Bell is dedicated to Mary, and that the date is 1255. 36. S0METHIx^;G ABOUT ChURCH BeLL-HaNCUNG, AND THE VjBRATION OF Bell Towers. - — I wish to make a few remarks on the Hanging of Church Bells, and the Vibration of Bell Towers. '■ Notmthstanding ^vhat has been lu'ged by myself and others in other places, on the great danger of allowing the Ijell-frame or cage to touch the walls of the Tower, I beheve that tlie danger is overrated. But if there be any, it arises solely from u'cdgimj against the walls ; and fi-om the forcible and alternate hammerings of the frame, if it gets unsteady : although, if the cage can be set several inches or feet away from the wall, whether it gets rickety or not, little damage can arise, though the ringers woidd have the harder work. But. if of necessity, the cage is fixed within an inch or less ot the walls, and it gets rickety and fuU of life dm'ing the ringing, battering away, first one side, and then the other, the danger is most imminent ; and if iixrhji's are inserted by an unskilftd workman, the evil is increased by the doY\niward and expanding tendency of the wedge. In such a case, I am free to confess, that jneces of timber OLIA rODEIDA. 1:5!) fixed to tlie^ ciige and huttcil sqxare and hard up againsb the walls, so tbat cage and bells may all oscillate together in one compact body (like as a person in n rnllijig boat would try to keep himself steady by taking tight hold of the sides) little or no dangei- will occui- to the tower : provided the walls are of thick and substantial masonry ; l)ut if they ai-e flimsUy Ijuilt, and the l)ells are hung high uj), and in ;i hiofh cag-e, the vibration of the tower woidd be so great, that m some mysterious way. the bell cage gets so affected, that it is fmnd from ex- perience a ditticidt tiling to keep the belLs vip when ruiging. to say nothing of the damage done to everything in connexion ; therefore, in such a case, the cage must be kept clear of the side walls. After all, do what you A\ill, it is perhaps impossible to prevent, the vibi-ation of a towei', unless it is constimcted \\ith deep-faced buttresses on all sides, therefore great cai'e should be taken that the vibrations be not checked ; but that they oscillate steadily like a pendulum. Scientific men have not yet detemiined how much the Aabrations are caused by the soniferous waves fi'om the sound of the l:)ells, as well as by their motion. " Bell-hangers may say, that if the bells are made to swing at light angles to each other, one \\tII counteract the other, and the cage will be kept steady : but I am certain that is not the case. The cage may be a little stiffer fi-om the cross -bracings which it involves ; but it is contraiy to all mechanical principles for two forces acting at right angles to neutralize each other at all. The only way for bells to swing and counteract each other is. by making them all swmg in directions opposite t(.) one another: that would be, all North and . South — or all East and West, according as the tower may be buttressed, and then the l)ells woidd be pulled to follow each other o})positely : but this woidd only be in round-ringing ; for when bells go off into changes, then it may be that all the bells, just for one blow, would swing the same way, though the direction of their motion would be changed by the very next pull. I liave seen several old towers (Lympstone is one, and the bells badly hung) in which the timbers are so abutted Avithout wedging, and no damage done, and the tower is not a low one. It is so at Bitton, my old parish : and iu this tower of Clyst S. George, all the original timbers were hard up againrst the walls — indeed there was evidence, from the pinnmg -that the 140 OLLA PODEIDA. old cage was • set up before the walls were raised, and that they were built close against it." — Extracted from a Paper read before the Exeter Diocesan Architectural Society, 22 Septemher, 1862. P.S. — -It is now more than twelve years since the above remarks were made, therefore, my judgment ought to be more matured : be that as it may, during that time I have visited aboiit six himdi-ed towers — in many of which I found the upper bell-timbers waUed in, and wedges applied in many cases ; liut I have not foiuid any instance of a tower being damaged thereby, provided the masomy was sound and substantial. Very lately I was in the noble tower of L'Abbaye Auxhommes, at Caen, during the swinging (I cannot call it ringing — the bells being worked by the foot without wheel and rope) of two heavy bells for Service ; the cage of massive thnbers was insulated, but the motion was so great as to produce the sensation of sea sickness to one of my companions, and the oscillation of tlie lofty tiiwer \\\i\\ its glorious spire was greater than I ever befoi-e witnessed, but vdthout any apparent damage, thougli it has gone on for centuries. Therefore, after very mature consideration, T have come to this con- clusion — that it is not at all unsafe nor damaging to the tower, and better for the liino-ers, that the cap'e should be butted hard and TIGHT agamst the walls : and as the vibration or rocking of a tower cannot be prevented — no harm whatever will arise from the same, pro- vided there are no defects in the walls from old settlement or other cause, and that the whole building is of compact and solid masom-y ; the elasticity of the materials in such a Ijuilding is so extraordinary, whether a tower, spire, or even a bridge," that it is sufficient to counteract the disintegration of the materials of which it is composed. Substantially the same opinion is expressed by Sir E. Beckett in his Treatise on ChcJcs ami Bells, p. .363 (6th Edition). "A new bridge at Langbolai, N.B., was shaking owing to au unusually high ilood. Telford, who lived near, was sent for — his reply to the builder's wife, who was alarmed for the consequences, was "Never you mind Tibby — there's no fear o' the brig: I like it a' the better that it shakes — it proves its well put thegither." The bridge lias stood the furious shakes of nearly a century uninjured." — See Smile's Lives, vol. ii, p. 302 under Telford. OLLA PODEIDA. 1-11 Well-constructed towers vibrate troiii the very basement. At Abingdon, Berks., there is a spin- stone against the tower, and when the Ijells are ringing, boys amuse tliemselves by puttmg then- knives between tlie stone and tlie tower, to be pinched as the vibrations go on. I would here take occasion to say that in old cages it will be found that the tunbers do not fit close down on the shoulders of the braces, owinof to the shriukinff ; and arising from the mortices and tenons being pumed together. It is thought better not t<:) pin any of the tenons, but to bolt the whole cage down to the beams below, in this way the bolts may be screwed tighter from tune to time as the case may reqiui-e : the bolts had better be put in bracingly, that is, not perpendiculai'ly. A few words more on this subject from a letter of mine, read at the Royal Institute of British Architects, 3th January, 1864 : " With all respect for the professional membei-s of the Institute, I would beg to suggest that architects m general would do well to av(3id having anything whatever to do with the ai-rangement of the bells, or procuring them, or hanging them : all they should do is to take care that a substantial oak floor of two inch stuff (to be laid, irhen required, on beams and joists of the same material of substantial scantling, not less than eight inches squai-e for joists, and twelve inches for any beams, the ends to rest on corbels, or, what is better, on a set off' of ten or twelve inches all round) be provided for the bell chamber, such as will be fovutd in all old towers ; and it would be better not to arrange the timbers, nor consequently lay the flooring planks, until the Ijell-hanger has been considted as to the size and exact spot he will require the trap to be left ; there, wherever it may be, one or two trimmers y\nH. be re- quired. I wotdd almost defy any architect being able to do credit to his abilities, or any general contractor to carry out honestly the requu-ements, \Aithout a previous consultation and understanding with the bell- hanger ; by so doing both parties -will get rid of a deal of worry, which per- centage and profit will barely counterbalance, and the employers will be better satisfied. In beU-hangmg so much has to be done pro re natd, that it is often most difficult to foresee all the details connected with the settmg up and completing a peal of bells (and the more so if there are Q 142 OLLA PODEIDA. chimes and a clock to contend with :) all that should be left to the bell- fonnder or bell-hanger, as the case may be, for different parties may be be employed ; and either is the proper party tOj construct the cage for the bells, independent of the general contractors. It seems to me that an architect and a liuilder might just as well design and manufacture the steam engine and power looms, ov other machineiy to be set up in a mill they had constructed, though they would of course have taken instruction beforehand from theu employer or the mechanician as to requirements." 37. A Bell with a hole ix her Side. — In the tower of the Cathedral at Ghent, one of the large bells has a three-inch hole just below the shoulder. It was made by a cannon baU fired by the Austrians in 1789, from the castle called the Spaniards, during the Brabantine Revolution ; the object was to stop the bells from sounding an alarm. The hole is rather rough, but the sound of the beU is not damaged. 38. Sound of Bells on Water. — Dr. Arnott relates a case where the sound of bells was heard on board a sliip saihng along the coast of Brazil, far out of sight of land. The sound was heard during an hour or two at a particular spot on deck, and it seemed to vary as in human rejoicings. All on lioard came to listen, and Avere convmced as to the existence and nature of the soiuid, but to account for it was impossible. Months aftei-wards it was ascertained, that at the time of the observation, the bells of the city of St. Salvador, on the Brazilian coast, had been ringing on the occasion of a festival ; their sound, therefore, favoured by a gentle wind, had travelled over perhaps a hundred miles of smooth water, and had been brought to a focus by the concave sail in the particular situation on the deck where it was hstened to. — Neivspaper citttin;/, date ■mi si aid. 39. Marvels of Change Einciing. — ' The Luuijcst Length.' — Of late years it has become a recognized rule that to claim the honour of having rung the longest length, there shall only be one man to each OLLA PODEIDA. 143 bell, who shall receive no relief at his rope during the Avliole peal. When it is considered that not only the body, but also the mind must l)e actively employed diu'uig the whole of this period, it will be seen that the ringing of great lengths must require the possession ijf no mean physical and mental powers. The honour of having rung the longest length on record ha^, since 18G8, been held by the Ancient Society of College Youths, as on 27 April in that year, eight meinbers of this society rang a true peal of Kent treble bob major, containing 15,840 changes, at St. Matthew's, Bethnal Green, wliich arduous feat they accomplished in 9 hours and 12 nnnutes. The ringers on that occasion were- H. W. Haley, treble, W. Cooter 2, J. Pettit 3, H. Booth 4, R. Hopkins o, E. Horrex (3, M. A. Wood 7, J. M. Hayes, tenor; weight of tenor, 14 cwt. ; conducted by H. W. Haley. Although tliis fejit has for some time stood unrivalled at the head of the list, it now tails into the second place as, at St. Peter's Church, Eerlsheaton, near Dewsbury, in Yorkshire, a company of ringers, one man only to each bell, on Saturday, December 28th, 1872, rang a true pe;d of Kent treble bcib major, consisting of the astonishing number of l(j,G08 changes, which exceeds any ])revi(jus per- formance by 768 changes. The time was returned in round nimibers as 9 hours 50 minutes, the bells having strack off into changes at 4 minutes past 8 in the mornmg, and coming home at G minutes to G in the evening, and as at intervals during the day the ringing was returned as slightly over 28. changes to the miiuite, this time gives exactly 28:]; per minute. The striking wa.s good throughout the day, and when well into the thu-d pai-t of the peal was such that it was hard to realise that the men had then been ringing for seven hours. When the time cbew nigh that it was calculated would bring the ringing to a conclusion a large crowd had gathered aroimd the church, and when the bells came round a hearty cheer was given, and the ringers on issuing from the tower received quite an ovation. The following are the names and ages, with the stations of the performers : — William Preston, Gl, Eai'lsheaton, treble; Frank Bailey, 22, Batley Carr, 2; Seth Senior, 43, Earlsheaton, 3 ; John Henry Dixon, 20, Batley Carr, 4 ; James Idle, 45, Dewsbury, 5 ; Charles Senior, 38, Earlsheaton, i] ; John Garforth, 24, Dewsbury, 7 ; Charles Alfred Fox, 33, Dewsbury, tenor. 144 OLLA PODEIDA. Tills peal of bells, of which the tenor weighs 14 cwt., was cast by Messrs. Mears, of Whitechapel. The first half of the peal was conducted by Mr. Preston, who, from his long experience as a ringer, • was emmently qnahfied for the position, and the latter half was entrusted to Mr. Fox, whose abihty for such an undertaking is well known, as he has accom- plislied that most critical tax on the muid of a conductor, namely, the calling of Mr. Holt's one part peal of grandsu-e triples, which contains 150 calls. It is probable that a long time will elapse before this feat is surpassed, as at present this is the longest leng-th that has been composed in this system, although the author of the peal, Mr. T. Day, of Bmningham, has devoted more than thirty years to the mathematical investigation of the permutations of this vaiiety of treble bob major. As this meritorious composition has been brought about by the use of legitimate fourth-place bobs only, we have much 23leasui'e in liringing it before our readers, and give it by the course ends, as follows : — 237,546. Out, one fifth and one at home. 357,024. One the middle and in. 675,432. In and out, and one filth. 763,452. Out, one the wi-ong, and two at home. 654,327. Fom'ths and in twice, fom-ths and oiit, one fifth, one wi'ong and one at home. 625,347. Two the middle, and one at home. 235,647. One the middle and out. 362,457. Out. 453,627. Out and two the wrong. 756,324. Out and fourths twice, and one fifth. 273,564. Out, two the T\Tong and two at home. 273,456. Two the middle, out and fourths, fourths and out, and two the wrong. 743,250. Two the middle, in and out, two fifths, and one at home. 467,235. Out and one fifth. '507,243. One the middle and in, and one the wrong, 236,457. In and out. 342,567. Out. The above jiart twice repeated makes the 10,608 changes, there being 51 coiu'ses and 189 calls. There was a large gathering of I'mgers from all parts of the Comity, this event having caused considerable sensation amongst the members of the ringing comnmnity, and the truth of the peal was attested at various stages of its progress. — Local Paper. 40. How Bells are Rung on the Continent. — Great Britain is the only Country where bells are rung \nt\\ a whole wheel, fitted with a Fillet which causes the rope to dance (hence probably the term "Sally") OLLA PODEIDA. 145 with a stay and slide for setting the mouth upM-ards at hand and hack stroke ; before these im])ri)vements — at the beginning of the seventeenth century — bells were not rung higher than 45 degrees with a half or three quarter wheel of this construction : Or with this form of quadi'ant, as l^ells are now swung in some of the Contineiital Churches : but, with the exception of Antwerji, all tluouo-h Belgium and France they are very generally rung by the foot treading on a lever, attached to the stock, and set at right angles to it. Heavy bells have four of them, two on either side, and in many such cases, it becomes a platform, which, when the bell is at rest, completely covers over the bell pit. The lever or pedal is called La Bascule, or counterpoise, and so the bells are never swung liigher than 45°. Sometimes three or f)uv l)ells may l>e so rung in peal, as I have seen and heard at S. Jacques, in Bruges. The heavy bells had four men : the striking was most correctly tnie, and when the time came for ceasing, the bells were left to di-op by themselves, m regidar succession. In Germany and Scandina\Ia bells are fitted with a lever and rope. 41. Charter of S, Stephen's Ringers, Bristol. — This Charter dates from the time of Queen Ehzabeth, it contains thii-ty articles, wliich are still read at the annual meeting of the Society on November 17th: among which it is provided that " None shall l)e of the said society, save those 146 OLLA PODEIDA. who shall be of honest, peaceable, and good conversation," and that " they shall at all times be ready to defend the said society agauist all charges that may be brought against it ;" that they " must endeavoiu" tci gain credit by the musical exercise (of the Ijells) ; that others of their rich neighboiu-s, hearing these loud cymbals with their ears, may, by the sweet harmony thereof, be enlarged in their hearts to puU one strmg to make it more sweet." The 22nd article is as follows : — " If any one of the said society sliaU Ije so rude as to run mto the belfry before he do kneel down and pray, as every Christian ought to do, he shall pay for the first offence sixpence, and for the second, lie shall be cast out of the company." Hymns suitable for the Dedication of Church Bells, 42. Hymn — By the late J. M. Neale, d.d., of East Grinsted. Pur- posely written for the Dedication of a New Bell at Bampton, Oxon, 2 December, 18G5. Lift it gently to the steeple, They that on the sick bed languish, Let our bell be set on high : Full of weariness and woe, There fuliil its daily mission, Shall remember that for them, too, Midway 'twixt the earth and sky. Holy Church is gathering so, As the birds sing early matins. Year by year the steeple music, To the God of nature's praise ; O'er the tended graves shall pour ; This its nobler daily music. Where the dust of saints is garnered, To the God of grace shall raise. Till the Master comes once more. And when evening shadows soften Till the day of sheaves ingathering, Chancel cross, and tower, and aisle ; Till the harvest of the earth. It shall blend its vesper summons, Till the Saints rise in their order. With the day's departing smile. Glorious in their second birth. Christian men shall hear at distance, Till Jerusalem, beholding In their toil or in their rest. That His glory in the east Joying that in one communion Shall, at the Archangel's trumpet, Of one Church they too aie blest. Enter in to keep the feast. Lift it gently to the steeple, Let our bell be set on high ; There fulfil its daily mission, Midway' twixt the earth and sky. OLLA PODEIDA. 147 43. Hymx simg at the Dedication of 14th of April, 1875. Purposely written LL.D. God I Wliom veiled Angels And Aicli;uigels adore, Around Whom Golden Harpings Their Floods of music pour : Accept the humbler homage That in our ofTriug dwells, And for Thy Church's Service Bless these sweet Sabbath-Bells. We name them by Tliy mercies," The Joys of Prayer and Praise, The gift of Holy Baptism, Trove's happj' ^^'edding-days : Thy glorious Second Advent, Thy solemn Lenten Fast, The Bread come down from Heaven, And .Tnrdan safely past. Ring out, bright Bells, j^our gladness, Call Christian folk to prayer, "Veuite exidtemus " Fills all the listening air: Lift up your tuneful voices, Ring out your peals of Praise, To (lod the God of mercies Your full " Te Deum " raise. Ring out your " Benedictus," The Saviour's ^'oiee to be, " Suffer the little Children To come for l)liss to Me." the Bells of Weybridge, on the by the late J. S. B. Monsell, And on fond hearts united In pure and holy Love, With your " Beati Omues" Call blessings from above. Ring out your " Jid)ilate," Your merry Christmas chime, To hail the coming Saviour Down the long reach of Time : With sob of Lenten sorrow From many a sinful soul Yor.r " IMiserere Domine '" In mournful accents toll. Witli Eucharistic Anthem To Him who did atone, Your " Gloria in excelsis " Ring out to Heav'n's high Throne : And wlien the journey's over. And when the rest hath come, Ring out your " ISimc dimittis " To speed the wand'rers home. Glory to (iod tlie Father I And God th' eternal Son I And God the Holy Spirit I ISIysterious Three in One I As years roll on, their Praises These Bells to Thee shall pour ". Till Thou shalt come in Glory, And Time sliall be no more ! I Treble F ' ' Venite Exult emus ' ' 2 E " TeDeimi" 3 D "Benedictus" 4 C " Beati Omnes ' 5 Bb " Jubilate " 6 A " Miserere Domine " 7 G " Gloria in Excelsis " Tenor F ' ' Nunc dimittis " Prayer. Praise. Hoi}' Baptism. Holy Matrimony. Advent. Lent Holy Communion. The Burial of the Dead. 148 OLLA PODEIDA. 44. Hymn. — Sung at Uploman, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashii-e, 2 Not idle are the fleeting sounds Whicli eartli-boni upward steal, If that they aid to higher flight "What man to God doth feel. Loud voices in our Church to-day Loud notes upon the air, With willing echoes swell the sound Of Praise and solemn Prayer. Each bell in size and tone apart Doth its own tale repeat, And all attuned in order form One harmony comp lete. Devon, 4 October, and St. Peter's Church, 8 December, 1871. We too in order true would be Wliere God would have us stand ; We too, or great or small, would do Whate'er He doth command. Each, with the force to him allowed, A Herald of His Word, All in one voice of blended might, A peal of sweet accord. All glorj' to the Father be. All glory to the >Son, All glory to the Holy Ghost, While endless ages run. Amen. 45. A Hymn by the late F. Kilvert, M.A., of Bath. Purposely written for the Inauguration of the Bells of Clyst St. George, 24 November, 1862. Time waned, and Egypt's refluent sea With Miriam's timbrel rung : 'Mid Salem's towers, the minstrel king His harp melodious strung. When to Tliy Temple's awful shrine Thy priest approach'd of old, His entrance to the Holy Place Was signed by liells of gold. All hail, Creation's mighty Lord ! ' Whose power and skill untold, In niunber, weight, and measure, form'd This wondrous frame of old. In all Thy glorious acts displayed Thy gracious hand we spy : And mark the traces they unfold Of Heavenly harmony. But chief in Music's matchless power Thy marvels stand contest ; Whose mystic sway Thy Works and Word In unison attest- When, fram'd by Thine Almighty hand. Earth into being came, The morning stars for gladness sung, Angels return'd acclaim. All glory to the Father be. All glory to the Son, All glory to the Holy Ghost, While endless ages run. Amen. Tims we, as to Tliy courts we press, With voice of praise and prayer, Are, by our peal's harmonious chime, Call'd to assemble there. 0, may the joyful sound our hearts To prayer and praise incline I While faith and love accordant move In harmony divine. aileluiat), ^mrn. PLATE I, 10 A \W/^A [r 5^ I 1 ; ^ ^^ ! 12 STAMPS ON OLD BELLS IN SOMERSET. pi.atp: II. LETTERS ON BELLS IN SOMERSET. PLATE III. toferf ^^ W^\ L^n\ 1 ^i ) 1 \ i'C,r? 1) |V; i J^ LETTERS AT CHISLEBOROUGH, SOMERSET. PLATE IV. 14 19 21 STAMPS ON OLIJ BELLS IK SOMERSET. PLATE V. 28 T* = — ^3 n^v^ ^^^^^^ i^^^^^'Ti^'/ ^^^=3 C#^^^ ' i^^^^ ^^^^ 1 '^w X^w ^LMjI ^^^! ^7 31 9k7t °T^^ 33 STAMPS ON OLD BELLS L\ SOMERSET. PLATE VI. ^tsm&iittMsmt^Lmims^ 03 llw^^^gf^ 39 43 37 42 45 STAMPS ON OLD BELLS IN SOMERSET. 44 PLATI-: VII. 49 52 S3 54 55 STAMPS ON OLD BELLS IN SOMERSET. PLATE VIII. 63 66 f^^k. W^ 68 70 75 74 STAMPS ON OLD BELLS IN SOMERSET. 76 77 78 WORDS ON AN OLD BELL AT THURLOXTON. 8i 82 84 ^3 STAMPS OX OLD BELLS IN SOMERSET. PLATE XL STAMPS ON OLD BF.l.LS IN SOMERSET. PLATE XII. 96 102 97 99 STAMPS ON OLD BELLS IN SOMERSET. PLATE XIII. lOO lor lo; 107 105 STAMPS ON OLD BELLS IN SOMERSET. PLATE XIV. <> CUXCUXCl I i I'Wr ' flj!' vyy^ I I II Til I I 1 I ..irliil ^ r*T;| I I i 7/CiX\ I 'ir m ARMORIAL BEARIXG.S ON OLD BELLS IN SOMERSET. T HE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTEKSHIRE, TO WlllCir IS ADDED A BUDGET OF BELL MATTERS OF OENERAL INTEREST BY THE REV. H. T. ELLACOMBE, M.A., F.S.A., MKMBKli (']■ THE lidVAL AHl n.lCliI.OGKAl. IXSTITITK OF GREAT BIIITAIX AND IDEI.AXP, &C., 01- ORIEL (OLLKGE, OXFORD, RECTOR OF CLVST S. CEORCE, DEVON. '■ Oh ! what a in-eacliei- is the tiuie-wum towei', Reading great SeniKnis with its ircui tungJie ! " Old Pukm. ' He that heai-s bells will make them sound what he list. As the soule thinketh, so the bell cUnketh." Burton's Axatomv. EXETER : PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR P.Y WILLIAM POLLARD, NORTH STREET, ISSl. PREFACE. Tlie following account of tlie Church Bells of (iloucestershu-e was i-ead as a Pajier before the Exeter Diocesan Architectural Society, October 4th, 1877, and is now embodied in the fourth volume, second series, of their Transactions. Much care lias been taken to obtain correct returns from the cleiyy and other gentlemen, many of whom in the case of the niediajval bells, very kindly supplied rubbings or squeezes, from which the engravings have been made. Othei- l)ell hunters also favoured me with their valuable collections, so that my thanks are due to an innumerable company of kind helpers, including many energetic ladies, who boldly mounted, not only tower stair-cases and turrets but ladders, both inside, or outside on roofs ; I may be excused for not naming them individually for fear of omitting any, but to each and to all I ret\u-n my most grateful thanks. H. T. E. Advent, 1881. Bronze Hand Bell, supposed to be by Verocchio, a Florentine artist of the lifteenth century. It was in the Biu'lington Fine Arts Exhibition, 1870, exhibited by George Salteys, Esq., to ■s\-hose courte.sy I am indebted iov its insertion here. CONTENTS. Rings of Bells in Gloucestershire ... ... Page Founders — Master John of Gloucester Hendlel ... Henshaw ... Rudhall ... Purdues of Bristol Neale of Burford Mediiuval Bells, Bells bearing Royal heads, Ornamental Crosses, Inscriptions, lirc. Verses in praise of Ringing fnmi belfry of St. Nicholas, Gloucester AppExnix A. Inscriptions, Nund)er, Diameter, ^c., of Bells in every parish Postscript New Bells Al'1'EXDIX B. Catalogue of Bells cast by the Rudhalls of Gloucester Origin and Pedigree of the Family of Rudhall Notes and Pedigree of the Family of Purdue Appendix C. Records relating to Bells and Bell Metal in Gloucestershire and Bristol about l-yoO Appendix D. Ancieat Society of Ringers at St. Stephen's, Bristol Modern Society of Ringers of Gloucester and Bristol Supplement. Budget of Bell Scraps. (See Index on p. 205.) Bell Poetry. (See Index on p. 20G.) Addenda 1 :i 4 <> 10 21) 20 74. 75 78 80 81 88 00 208 THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. INDEX TO TLATES ANT) WOOD BLOCKS. Plate L Fig. 1. Initial Letters and Stamp of A. Rudhall. „ 2. Initial Cross at Charlton Abbots. ,5.! " , ^Ornamental Border used by tlie Rudhalls, passim. „ 7. i „ 8. Stamp on the Secoml of Gloucester Cathedral. „ 9. Initial Cross on Harescombe Treble. „ 10. Cross on several Bells. „ 11. Cross at Pitchcombe and Alderton. „ 12. At Gloucester Cathedral. 13. Initials of John Pennington at Charlton Kings. „ 14. Stamp at JIatson an>S. Ditto on tlie Tenor of St. Werhcrir, Bristol. .")0. Ditto at SiKMvshill. at Shepton Moyne. ()!). Elegant Initial Cross of Ladie Help Bells. G9a. Stamp which accompanied 87 at Rcndcombe. 70. Marked 7S in the Text, Cross at Randweek. 7L Intervening Stop on Two Belle at Leigh. 72. Initial Cross at Saul. 7o. Stop marked 53 in the Text. 74. Ditto at Brookthorpe. 7o.j 70. > Specimen of Double lined Letters at Randweek. 77.) viii. THE CUUIJCII BELLS OF GLOUCESTEESHIEE. Fig. 78. Initial Cross at Gvutton. Plate VL Fig. 79. Stop which accompanies tlie Initial Cross 40. „ SO. Ditto at BrinipsfieM. „ 8L Ditto found with Cro.ss 20. „ 82. Ditto at Siddington. „ Sn, Ditto at Catliedral, Bristol. „ .SI.. Ditto at Gretton. „ 85. Ditto at Westeriuigh, -ith. „ S(;. l^itto at Brinipsfield. „ 87. Ditto, Lady Htdp Cross at Rendcomb, (G9 in the te.xt.) Plate VII. Fig. 8S. The Initial of Thomas Purdue, with intervening Stamp on Mangotsfield Treble. „ 89. Edward Neale's Stamp at Elkstone, &c. „ 90. Bagley's Border on 27 Bells, with 9-(.. Plate VIII. Fig. 91. William Evans, Initials of, and Stanips at Westeideif'h and other places. „ 92. Initials of Robert Purdue. „ [lo. Purdue running Grape Ornament. „ O-i. Bagley's Borders. „ 9.'). Initials of Georfje Purdue. Plate IX. Fig. [tG. Cross and Border of I. B. at S. Nicholas, Gloucester. „ 97. ) ]■ B(n'ders on the same Bell. „ 98.) „ 99. Initial Cro.ss at Sapperton. „ lO-t. Ditto at Charlton Alibot. „ 105. Ditto on Brookthorpe Treble. „ 196. See page 9. „ 107. Border used by Evans of Chepstow. Plate X. Fig. 100. Arms of Richard Kydermynster. „ 101. Head of Queen Philippa. „ 102. Head of Edward III. „ 103. Initial Cross at St. Nicholas, Gloucester. „ 108. Ai-nis of Kite at Camden. ., 109. Ditto of Thynne and Coventry at Kempsford. „ 110. Ditto of Fust at Hill. „ 111. Ditto of Whitmore and Weld at Lower Slaughter. „ 112. Stamp on a Bell at Shepton Mopie, (G9 in the text). „ 113. Tudor Arms on Rendcombe Tenor. THE CHURCH BELLS IN THE TOWERS AND TURRETS OF ALL THE PARISH CHURCHES OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE, A PAPER READ BEFORE THE EXETKR DIOCESAN ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY, OCTOBER 4, 1877, BY THE REV. H. T. ELLACOMBE, M.A., F.S.A., RECTOR OF CLYST S. GEORGE, DEVON. Ntrii sunt loqwtie, neque Sermoii's ; qiiunmi iwii audiantur vuci'x eurum. — Ps. xix, 3. By the kind assistance uf" miuiy friends in Gloucestershire, where it "was my lot to be a residtiit about thirty-three years — the best part of a man's life — I have been enabled to collect, without much personal examination, an account of all the Bells in the beautiful towers and turrets in that interesting county ; also most of those in the modem Churches and Chapels. J. D. Tyssen of Brighton, Esq., who at considerable expense and trouble had obtained rubbings and casts of many of the most remark- able stamps and inscriptions, most generously handed over to me his very valuable collection. Other friends most willirjgly assisted ; even some ladies mounted ladders to examine bells in outside turrets, and some other energetic bell-hunters most readily came forward ; to all and each, I desire to return my most sincere thanks : and so it has come to pass, that being enriched with these treasures, I have been enabled to produce the following paper about the bells of my adopted county, thus composing another peal, which your Committee by the voice of your Secretaries, has kindly invited me to ring out here to-day, thus securing 2 THE CHURCH BELL.S OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. the favour of your gratifying patronage before, in God's good time, my own death knell shall be knoUed and rung out. It is not my intention to go into tlie history of hells or hell founding, as that has already been done by many writers, and may be found in encyclopaedias ; and it would only l)e a repetition of what has been already published in your Transactions under my Devon Bells. But as there axe peculiarities about bells, which to the great delight of bell- hunters, crop up in different counties — for they may be said to occur in strata — arisino- no doubt from the taste and abilities of the local founders which in years gone by seem to have flourished in every county, whereas at the present time their number does not exceed a ring of six. There- fore, it is to the founders in the county of Gloucester to whom I would principally confine my remarks, noticing the work of others as it occurs. With regard to the long-established foundry in the City of Gloucester I have been anticipated by my friend the Rev. C. W. Lukis, who has already given to tht- public an account of it, in a Paper read at the meeting of the Archaeological Association at Hereford,. Jvily 186(5. from which he has kindly allowed me to cull all I wish to use .)!i this occasion. Containing two cities, Bristol and Gloucester, it cannot be a matter of surprise that the county possesses many fine rings of bells.' There are altogether about 1600 bells, comprising Towers having ringable Peals of Twelve Ten Eight Six Five Four Three Towers having two bells only » j> one ,, .•• 479 1521 There may be a few omissions, not having been favoured with replies to my requests. I may be able to give a more correct total in the Appendix. ' The term ring is the old word for a set or peal of bells. " I was added to this Ring " is often fduml on bells in this county. The word ^^en? properly belongs to the work done with the bells, such as pealing, &c. 3 = 36 3 = 30 20 = 160 98 = 588 42 :^ 210 18 = 72 40 = 120 49 = 98 207 = 207 THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. There are also a number of ancient Bell Cots and Sanctiis Bells, most of them of early date, and generally very difficult of access. These old Sanctus i^ells are now generally called the Ting Tamjs, or the Parson's Bell, and are rung about five minutes before the service is begun. Most of these bells were melted down about 1620. The .single bells in modern cots or towers are of little interest. But to return to the Glouceater foundry, which takes a very high place Among the foundries of England. There is evidence to show that in the reign of Edward III tbere was at Gloiice.ster a master founder, whose reputation extended far and wide. Master John of Gloster was so renowned that the Monks of Ely sent for him "the 19th" uf Edward III, AD. 134G, to do a heavy joli for them. They had determined to set up a ring of four large bells in their newly Vaiilt tower. In the Sacrists' Roll, in the ])ossession ot the Dean and Chapter of El}-, it is recorded that Master John of Gloster cast these bells at Ely, that he bought the several materials necessaiy \\>v the work at various places, and sent tliem by water to Ely. It is copied in full in Raven's Belh of CdmhridgcsJdve. " Some years aofo a bell founder's .seal was found in the river Thames, and its date may be assigned to about the year 1330. Upon it are the emblems of the founder's craft, viz., a Laver Pot nv Ewer, and above it, a Bell ; and around, the legend &' &3jaDEe • Oe • (31L©V€)Br,tvfc, ; (tt;^-$:ti.^LK>)K ; (33) ^ (40) a ■: w^u^ ; 40 79 33 From which it appears that Robert Hendlel made this bell in the time of the sacrist Clement Lithfield, or Lichfield. It has not been discovered when the said sacrist lived ; biit the character of the letters used would point to about the year 1400; though we have found from experience that the lettering is no safe guide to the date, as it is well known that the same letter blocks and stamps were used by several successive founders. But it may siu-ely be safely assumed that Hendlel was a Gloucester bell fo\inder. because we have shown that a foundry existed here at an early period, and it is more probable that the parishioners of S. Nicholas should employ a competent local craftsman, than that they should engage one elsewhere ; also, because those Avho have made Church Bells their study have not attached him to any other locality. It is somewhat confirmatory of this view, that the initial cross and THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. intervening stops are found on many other bells in the county — so many indeed that I take leave to name it the Gloucester Cross and Stop, especially as it has not, I believe, been found elsewhere. The next notice we have is of William Henshaw, who was buried in St. Michael's Church, Gloucester, where a sepulchral brass was laid down in the husband's lifetime, recording the decease of his first wife, Alice, and his second, Agnes. A space was left fir the date of his own decease. The ficfures of the two wives remain ; but that of the founder exists no longer, and spaces remain fir thi'ee .sons and three daughters; the device of a bell and a melting pot on three legs has also disappeared (Hayne's Bi'asses, vtil. x, p. cxxx). The legend runs thus — ►J< ^tag lot tbc aoulls of CHillam l^cnabatoe Btllfountcr, anO latt main of tijis Cotonc, anti Slpa anlJ agnta \)is tnofca ; tf)c ixi\)it\) OTillm. tifctaatlJ tijc . . . . tag of .... in Ifjt gtr of or lort ffiob a tfjouaanl) ccccc . . . . anO tfje aatli aiga trctaatb tl)t seconTic bag of ffcbtuarg tijc gctc of o' lorti m" ti' iti, for toljoae aoulea of gr cfjatitct aag a patct noat' anti a abc Wilham Henshaw occurs as Sheriff of Gloucester in 1496 and 1501, and as Mayor in 1503, 1508, and 1509. (Lukis.) Several founders probably intervened between William Henshaw and Abraham Rudhall, whose family carried on the business of the foundry for several generations. There is a tablet in the cloisters of the Cathedral bearing this inscription — " ABRAH.\M RUDHALL, BELL FOUNDEK, FAMED FOR HLS OREAT SKILL, BELOVED AND ESTEEMED FOR HIS SINGULAR GOOD NATURE AND INTEGRITY, DIED JAN. 25, 1735-6." The earliest bell by Rudhall which I have found is dated 1684 (the name is spelt Abraham Riddall), at Oddington, where there are two with an elegant running ornament, which the foundry continued to use; at first, with the figure of one or two belts, after, and then between, their initials. I These ornaments (Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7) were used by Abraham Rudhall, who € THE CHURCH BELLS OF GL(,»UCESTERSHIEE. died in 173G, by Abraham his son, then by his son Abel, who died in 1754, then by Thoniiis, and next by Charles and John, the last of the family. In 1828, the bell foundry wholly ceased, and the business was bought by Messrs. Mears, who soon transferred the stock and trade to White- ^OOOOO OOO O-OJOOC chapel, London. In a printed list (given in tlie Appendix), it is stated that from 1684 to the shutting up of the shop, they had oast 4521 church bells. THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 7 Formerly it was the custom for visitors to " the Bath " to leave some memorial of their recovery, which used to take the form of a brazen ring, inscribed with the name of the donor and rixed securely in the walls of each bath, to assist future sufferers in their movements in the water. At the Queen's Bath, one of these rings (seven inches in diameter) is inscribed — " The gift of Abram. Rudhall Bellfouxder in Gloucsr." No date. " Bell inscriptions are not only an exponent of the religious tone of the times, but also of the master founder's principles. If so, the Rudhalls may be considered to have been good citizens — they were well-wishers of their church, their sovereign, their country, and their countrymen — lovers ot order, and de.siring peace with all Christian earnestness. It would seem, indeed, that these principles absorbed all their thoughts and affections ; for we find scarcely anything else upon their bells," as plainly appears on those which are found in Gloucestershire, which I make out to be 675 ; and as for their whereabouts, that will appear in the Appendix. In conclusion, about the Rudhalls, I will quote another passage from Mr. Lukis' articles as a subject worthy of record in connection with their works, viz. : that there are very few instances of misspelt words or trans- posed letters. "Everythins: connected witli tlieir castinofs exhibits care and attention, and shows that the foundr\-, in all its departments, was well looked after. They must have been men of business ; and there is in their inscriptions clear evidence of their having lieen men of education. We rarely meet with anything appoaching to the following specimen of vulgarity and inaccuracy, as at Hambleton, Worcestershire, lf;95 : — " Be it known to all tlmt do me see, .Jolin Martin nf Worcester In- made me." But what appears on the bell at Badgworth will scarcely bear out this high approbation, for there it is in these words : — "BADGWORTH RINGERS THEY WERK MAD, BECAUSE RIGBE MADE ME BAD, BUT ABEL RUDHALL YOU MAY SEE, MADE ME BETTER THAN RIGBE. 174'2." Alexander Rigbe is on a bell at Swindon, in tliis county, dated 1679. In 1869, this inscription was wdiolly obliterated in Messrs. Warner's furnace. 8 THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Before the Riidhalls, at the beginning of the seventeenth century, there were other founders who carried on the trade in the county ; especially the Purdues, who had a foundry in Bristol. This is proved by the accounts of the Corporation at Wells, when it was agreed with lloger Purdue of Bristol to cast a bell for St. Cuthbert's in that city. There are thirty-nine bells by the Purdue family r>^miining in the county. Their letters were very large and flat (Figs. 92, 95), with simple initials and a vine- leaf 92 95 93 ornament (93), and they used the plain cross (28). As a post-reformation founder, it is quite clear that Rudhall had the chief business; but other founders occur, of whom we have not a trace in Devon or Somerset. THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Roger Purdue used this very plnin flat cross (Fig. 28). 2S xo6 Edward Neale, of Burford, has left us twenty bells with this trade mark (Fig. 89). The Neales are buried at Burford, in the aisle called by their name. 89 James and Richard Keene, of Woodstock, Oxon, have left seventeen bells. B 10 THE CHUKCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. In Marshall's History of Woodstock, It is stated that the Keene foundry- existed from 1626 to 1681; but by an old deed which I have seen the foundry existed in 1695. Bagley's were founders at Chacoaib in Oxfordshire, and used this running border on twenty-se v^en bells (Figs. 90 and 94).' 90 94 We find a few bells by Whitmore and Sanders. At Chipping Norton the bells are by Corr, who carried on business at Albourne in Wilts, and were the predecessors of Wells who was long estabHsIied there. Two other names occur, Bushell and Palmer, of whom I know nothinsr. Among the eighty or ninety mediteval bells" which remain, most of them are remarlcable for initial crosses, which do not occur on bells in the counties of Devon aiul ^--omerset, especially the cross (Fig. 40), (to which I have already called attention) which we have, with a name attached ; therefore it may be concluded that other bells, bearing the same cross and form of letters, were by the same founder. The county is specially rich in bells bearing royal heads, supposed to represent Edward I. and Queen Eleanor (Figs. 35, 36), and cross (Fig. 69). Similar bells occur in the border counties of Hereford and Worcester, but ' See an account of the family in Beeshj Bnnhnry, p. 9.3. ' I cannot state the exact nun ber, through want of replies to my inrjuiries. THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 11 35 69 36 there are none in Devon Cornwall, or Somerset. They are found at Dyrhani, Coberley, Bodclington, Huntley, two at Kempley, Whistone, and at Upper Slaughter — eight in all ; but we have no clue to their foundry. At Stoneleigh, in Warwickshire, there is a bell, (the treble), inscribed— with the supposed heads of Edward III. and Philippa (Fig. 101 and 102), with Initial cross (Fig. lOG), and a shield (crowned) bearing 102 100 on a saltire a cross patde, and on either side the initials R. K. which are the arms and initials of Richard Kydermynster Abbot 12 THE CHURCH BELLS OE GLOUCESTERSHIRE. of Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, 1488 to 1531, which gives us a clue to the foundry of these royal heads. The inscription warrants our claiming this bell as originally cast for the Abbey of Winchcombe alias Wincelcomb (Saxon). There was another bell at Stoneleigh, which I also claim as one of the original ring of eight, at that abbey ; because it is dedicated to S. Kenelm, the patrou saint; it was recast in 1752, by T. Eyre of Ket- tering, but the inscription is preserved in one of the parish records: — + 0. KENELME MARTYR XPI NOS DEFENDE NE MALIGXI SENTIAMUR FECULAS. These bells were doubtless two of the eight originally at Wynchcombe Abbey, whicli were sold to Lord Chandos, as ajipears l:)y the following entry among the miscellaneous Records of Church goods, in the exchequer of 57th Henry VIII : — " Wynchecomhe — The Lorde Shandowes for viii ])ellys there poiz vi""' ccc" xxi'" which bellys are p'sed by the Comyfsioners att Ix" so tliat the same maye be p'' by the xv"' of flFeb"'' anno iii"^'" & iiii'*" and thereafter there is a lettre wrytten to the Lorde Shandowes this money is p accordinge to the order before declared." The date of the above, 1557-1558, is the time when John Brydges, was created first Lord Chandos by Queen ]\Iary, for his support and adherance. Some bells are ornamented with armorial bearings. The Royal arms of the Tudor dynasty are found on the fourth and fifth at Renduombe. At Lower Slaughter tliere is a shield bearing WIdtviofc fretty impaling Weld (dated 1683) a less wavy between three crescents (Fig. HI) with the royal arms of Charles II. I \2 THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 13 On the third and fourth at Kenipsford, we find Thynne (Fig. 112) harry of ten, impahng Coventry, a fess ermine hetween three crescents dated 1678. At Hill, several shields with the arms of Fust, on a chevron between three wood-bills, paleways as many mullets pierced (Fig. 113). Ill At Camden, on tlie treble, foi- Kite, a chevron is fnuid between three kites' heads erased. At Bristol Cathedral the treble has the arms of John Nevhead or Nailhead (Fig. 65). Abbot of S. Augustine. He died 1486. There are four of these shields on the waist, with the initials I. N. (Fig. 66) alter- nately. The inscription is— g'aurte § c rlrmnit ora § pro ^ [29] nobts. 29 6s 64 14 THE CHURCH BELLS OF (GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 8i The cross is Fig. 29, the intervening stop (Fig. SI). The second bell has an vmcommon cross Fig. 64, and Fig. 74 for the intervening stops of the inscription. •^ [64] &ra § [74:'] iHargarcta § ora § pro § nobis. The third bell inscribed — has the initial cross (Fig. 63), with Fig. 83 intervening. At St. Werburgh's, Bristol (lately pviUed down), the third is an ancient bell by t CJ with his cross, crown, and stop. The inscription is — i{i [29] JFancte s [56] cf § [«i] r g. 63 83 II The sixth of S. Werlnirgh has two crosses (Fig. 58) at the beginning of— + [581 i'K! xjEif^ioois j^-nms mKif'i)t^.F.(S m'.xm'^.^T^.M jr$,yiMV)m$- ►t« (-27). THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 15 5S The church having been taken down in 1877, the old bells are removed to the new church in Mina K.iad. At S. Stephen's, the sanctus bell has a small medallion with this cross (Fig. 11), and is inscribed The Cathedral of Gloucester is rich in mediaeval bells. On the Great 42 43 16 THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Peter or Clock Bell are the arms of the abbey (Fig. 42), with three other shields on the shoulders bearing three bells (Fig. 48) — u u (M^f u frn't u fieri u €^;ou\ifittU3 u ncminc u ;i§>etri. This bell used to be rung up for Service liy si.x men standing in the choir : it was discontinued bv order of Chapter. 2nd April, 1827. The second bell I have already noticed on p. 123. On tlie tiftli there are two elegant crosses (Figs. 50 and 51), with the mscription — ►^ 133 xaat^ir.r^i!? ,^i?i-^.t$ m:6.?!:f)TiR;5 ci'i\-(,t)j?..^ii),^ 3'4*':«j^T^:>:iiS. 50 51 The sixth has the cross (Fig. 27), with another cross much worn, and is inscribed— ►t" .©^3^ :rl^^^^,^■ ;rs>(3L$j^^..^ ^aaWBi f^iMU.^ -y/i^^m^^ 26 27 The seventh bell is dated 162C, with a mediaeval inscription, probably a reproduction of an older bell, the whole being set in backwards — sileirbae . nnnon . oebal^ . silec . to . issiiW THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 17 for Missi de cells habeo nomen Gabrielis, with the two crosses, Figs. 27 and 26. At S. Nicholas, the treble is richly ornamented with these two borders, Fig. 98 above, and Fig. 97 below. The hell is dated 1608, with this 98 97 stamp (Fig. 9G), supposed to he the initials of John Barber. 96 There are found in the county a few other uncommon mediseval crosses, which I will notice here, taking the parishes in alphabetical order. At Abson, the stop (Fig. 38) is on the third bell. 62 10 24 18 THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTER.SHIRK At Ampney Crucis, on the fifth is the stop (Fig. 74), the same as at Brookthorpe, with the cross (Fig. 29). At Alderley, on a bell, inscribed ^au iBartfl, &c., the circle is found (Fig. 10). At Brimsfield we find the inscription in Robert Norton's letters, with ^ cracked (Fig. 24), and his well-known cross (Fig. 62), and three-dot stop (Fig. 86). At Brookthorpe on the treble is the elegant small cross (Fig. 105) preceding, in small mediaeval capitals : — II 79 84 86 I OS At Charlton Abbots the cross 62 is found, with the initials of John Sandre, and coins. At Charfield, the cross (33) so common in this county, with two crowns, accompanying ^!3ll5C«irOr CUtC^iTl^H, and the same at Cromhall. A bell with the same stamps is at Compton Abbots, inscribed to ^^IRiSS. At Driflield is the Gloucester cross, and the stop (79) mtervening, on two bells, evidently from the same fnindry. At Dowdeswell is a bell of tlie same sort. At Elkstone there. is a bell, with Edward Neale's medallion (89). At Gretton, the plain cross (78) occurs on a bell inscribed Jtldl'tcl, with the intervening stop (Fig. 84). At Hardwick, the cross (59) with the impress of a coin, and three § interveniniT. THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 19 ix"" xliiij" 35 41 jS At Hayles there is now no Church, but there is extant this record of the bells in the Abbey Church before the Reformation.' "The Certificat indented of the true and just weyte of fiue great bells sometyme Hayles Hills, standing opon the Grene in the Corte of Hayles weyed the x"" day of January anno regnori Phillippi at Marie Rej-is et Regine primo et secundo k by Thomas Watson, Steward to our said Sovoraigne Lorde & Lady the King and Queue maiesties and Henry Hodgekins then Woodward of the Countie of Glouc. By force of the Lord Treasorer and the Lord chief Barons Warrant to them in that behalf directed, having date tlie xx"" of Novemb. anno pdct. Impmis. the smalest of the said Hue bells wayeth the just wayte nyne hundred tiortie & tlijur pounds. Item the seconde bell conteynith in weyte a thousands thre score and fyve pounds. Item the third bell conteynith the weyte of twelve hundred fowre score & one pound. Item the llourth bell conteynith the weyte of fifteen hundred and a leven pound. Item the lifth & greatest bell conteynith the just weyte of two thousand and sixtene pounds. The total 1 Somme of the weite of the said ffiue bells. Memorand. that the greatest bell of the said ffiue bells is the Caunell and must be cast again before he serve as we think. Thomas Watson, Henky Hodgekyn." m" xij-^ XV m"m" Ixviij'^ Ixv" Ixj xxj' xj» XV]" XVj" br')ken in 1 83 It MiacBix. EscH. (B. 9. 1 K. 5.) 20 THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. At Harpbury we have the cross (Fig. 25) v,hich frequently is found in three different sizes. 38 25 59 At Hinton, on the third, fourth, and fifth bell, there is a chronograin in this form : — 1^ Me »J« renoVaVIt ^ gV CLark IVssVbYs t^i DaYid WArrenI ^ et pro VotIs wliich may be rendered thus — William Clark renewed this bell by the wish and order of David Warren, 1693.' At Horton, on a bell dedicated to St. Katherine, the crown (31) is used. At Holy Trinity, Kingswood, Bitton, tliere are two ancient bells, which were removed from the old Chapel of Uldland in 1821, both dedicated to S. Anne, with the plain cross (Fig. 29) and intervening stop (Fig. 81.) At Matson, the fleur-de-lis (Fig. 14) occurs on a bell, dedicated to ^ailCtcl jHarta. 14 31 71 1 David "Warren was Lord of tlie Mamir, in right of his wife, who had it in jointure. THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 21 At Notgrove the second bears a portion of the alphabet. At Oldbury on the Hill, the treble has the initial cross (11), the inscrip- tion being in small capitals^ The second bell has the ship stamp (41) ; the inscription is unusual, =;= ^O (HaeiL ©E9[ ^M : ]f-^(j;(5i^BiBi3i5 : 103:13311313$ ; i ; wb. The only full alphabet bell is at Side, in small capitals, from A to Z, with this small cross (80). The third has the intervening stop (2), the dedication being to the Blessed Virgin. 69 67 At Shipton Moyne, the sixth bell has the crosses (Figs. 67, 68) and the shield (()9) the only instnnce in this county, the inscription to the Blessed Virgin. At Stanley S. Leonard's, the cross and letters are the same as at Saj)perton, with a crown. At Stoke Gitiord, the treble has the crowns, Fig. 32 on the ti-eble, and Fig. 30 on the second, with cross (29) and stops (10) also Fig. 38 The bell is by t 5, dedicated to the Virgin. 24 THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 30 38 32 At Standish, the tenor has the Gloucester cross and stops (Figs. 40 and 79) inscribed to S. Mary ; WiUiam Lawley being the vicar. 1 cannot find on searching the Records an}^ such name, but he was vicar since the Reformation. At Swindon, there is a bell inscribed in bold letters to S. Gabriel, Avith the rose stamp (Fig. 24). At Tort worth we find ;t ship with croAvn stamps, dedicated to S. Mai-garet. At Wapley, there are two mediajval bells, the third is inscribed to two saints, (^ ^k^ iwii ^^r 'LJ' 24 34 37 S. Gabriel and S. Andrew, in two lines; also a ship (Fig. 41) and crown (Fig. 30), with the impress of an Edwardian coin. The fourth is inscribed to S. Michael and S. Peter, in two lines, with this stamp of a hand (Fig. 34), found before at Sheepwash, in Devon, with a crown (Fig. 31); there is also on the shoulder this knot (Fig. 37) in a large form. At Winston, the second, inscribed to S. Jolni, has the small cross (Fig. .52) and the third is dedicated to S. Catherine in small capitals (44, 45, 46, 47, 4S, 49, and intervening stop, 73) and the incipient cross (105). THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 25 48 49 73 44 45 46 47 A similar bell is found at Brookthorpe. At Westerleigh, the fourth is the only bell in the county with the Devonian cross (Fig. 39) with stop intervening, dedicated to S. Mary. The fifth, dedicated to same, has 29 and 55. IDS 39 29 At Yate, the second has the early cross (Fig. 29), and on either side the initial r t, with (Fig. 81) intervening stop. The third and fourth are from the same foimdry, and appear to have been the gift of Robert Stanshaw, Lord of the J\Ianor, 1473 ; the inscription is in large capitals. The third has (Fig. 25) cross and three-dot stop. The fourth, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, has the same initial cross, and the stop (Fig. 61) intervening. The capitals are much ornamented. The fifth is a flat letter bell, date IGOO, with cross (Fig. 1 2). 61 62 26 THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. The family of Bagley were bellfoundeis at Chacombe, in Northamptonshire, in the seventeenth century. Besides the running border, 90 and 94, they occasionally placed this shield as a trade mark.' 114 In the belfry of S. Nicholas Church, Gloucester, there are ten panels within an ornamentally painted frame, on which are written the following doggerel verses in praise of ringing. From internal evidence of the spelUng, &c., the composition is probably 200 years old, but there is no record of the author. Each capital letter is red. The Latin verses are headed LAUS ET VETUPERIUM TINTINNABULORUM. L Aurea duleisonam dant tintinnabula vocem, Tinnita expevti cum sonuiere uianu ; Sed sonitu reborante cadunt sursiim atque deorsum Cum rudis obstreperos tinniet inde sonos. 2. A solemne peale of tunefull Bells, Well rimge admitts no Paialells. Whether at Festivals or Knells, Tis melody divine. It doth enchaunt the ravished eare, Tis like the Musicke of the Spheare, Or like a consort which dcjth Cheare At Banquettings of wine. 1 For an account of the foundry ;it Chacombe and tlic family of Bagley, see North'.* Bdh «/ Norfhamptonshire, 1878, p. -46. THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 27 3. But tunefull Bells have timeles tones When runy by sense les art les drones, The soirnd like clatteriiigs of Bones, With an obstreiyrous Cry. They doe not ringe, they doe but iangle. And Mith pi-CBpost'rous noise intangle, They souml in one anothere angle AA'ithout all haniiony. 4. In liberall Science Musicke hath a jmrt, Wliich doth delight the eare and cheere y' heart, The vocall, and wind Musicke men doe prize The noise of stringed Instruments likewise ; But if you aske what Musicke doth excell Melodius Ringing liears away the Bell, The Fife, the Trunipett, Cornett and Recorder Come short of fine or Six Bells rung in order ; The Hai-pe, the Lute, Viol and Violin, Organs and Virginalls witli all their kin. What are they to high somiding Bells whos' worth Above them all, these few lines will set forth. Psalme 150. Praise yo the Lorde. 5. [This panel wliich contained tlie changes referred to in tlie next verse has unfortunately been stolen.] C. The somid of well Tun'd Bells the AjTe W liOEERTS JOHN ROBERTS C . W . 1697 . A R ^. BEEKLEY. ^'. Mail/. (Tower detached). reyd l seton. karn. at;car. t. tr.\t- man. i. alpass. i. pick. r. giles, C.W. 1842. Ditlo. GOD . SAVE . THE . KING . ABRA . RUD- HALL. 4 4 1700. REVi> . I . SETON . KARN . VICAR. T. TRAT.MAN . I . ALPASS . I . PICK. R . GILES . C . WARDENS . 1842. T . JIEALS . FECIT . RICHARD . PALMER . lOREPH . COLE . GEOKGE . BUSHEL . WILLIAM . BUR- COMB . CHUr.CHWARDENS . 1722. ABRA . RUDHALL . BELL . FOUNDER . REVn. CALEB . CARRINGTON . VICAR . DANIEL . MARKLOWE . AVILLIAM . lONES . WILLIAM . PONTING . ELI. GAZARD . CHURCHWARDENS . lOHN . RUDHALL FECIT . 18(j8. Diam. In. 17 19 30J 31J 33J 3oJ 39 44^ 32 S3 38 38 44 50 BEYEESTONE. 5. Mary. GnOGT^ COME AWAY MAKE NO DELAY. A4R. G'^XS^ 1737. i BIBUEY. ABR : RVDHALL CAST . VS . ALL. r23. I 2 PROSPERITY TO THE CHVRCH OF ENG- P LAND, A 4 R. 1723. li 3 GOD SAVE THE KING. A ^ R. 172S jl 4 Same as the second. i 5 PROSPERITY TO THIS PARISH. ^^„S^, A 4 R. 1723. 6 I TO THE CHVRCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GRAVE DO S VMMON ALL. A^R, 172.3. BICKNOR ENGLISH. S. Marji- LET VS IMNG MERRILY GOD SAVE THE QVEENE: 1709: ABRA RVDHALL CAST VS ALL 1709 PEACE & GOOD NKIGBOURHOOD A R 444 1709 PROSPERITY TO THIS PLACE A R 44 1709 RICHARD JIACHEN Gxt JIR WILLIAM GARDNER CUVRCHWARDENS. 1709 BISHOP'S CLEE^'E. t PETER COCKS GENT '±: THO . BEALE GENT . t:HURCHWARDENS. PEACE AND GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD . A 4 R . 1758. THOMAS BARNARD AND JOHN TAYLER CH . WAllDENS A 4 R 1740 . THOMAS PAINE ; lAMES CUCKS. WILLIAM TAYLOR CHURCHWARDEN . WILLIAM TAYLOR FOUNDER . 1854. PROSPERITY TO THIS PARISH . 1700 A . R . 4 THE LIVING I TO CHURCH DO CALL AND TO THE GRAVE DO SUMMON ALL TH. (Ting-TangJ ABRAHAM RUDHALL, I69o. Diam. la. 18 45 27 28i 29i 301 33 37 27 28i 30 32 36 34 so 1 THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRK BISLEY. HOLINESS . TO . THE LORD . CAST BY lOHK AVAENER & SONS . LONDO 1864 ANGELS MUSIC HEARD BEYOND THE STABS CAST . BY lOHN WARNER & SONS . 1864. PEACE AND GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD . 1864 PROSPERITY TO THIS PARISH . A ^ R 174S Wm. TAYLOE ESQu. & THOs. ROGERS CH WARDENS A ^ R 1748 . Wm. SEVAL and THOs HANCOK CH : WARDENS A ^ R . 1747. STEPHEN PHILLIPS VICAR . A ^ R 1748. I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO . THE GRAVE . DO SUMiluN ALL A ^R . 1748 Daughter CliurcJics. One at Bussage. France Lynch. Oakridgi'. BITTON. S. Man/. I WAS ADED TO THIS RING BY SEVii. GIFTS . PROCVED BY . I BVSH . AND . ROLi: HARDING. 1C94. L ^ C. W ^ H .;. A :. B. ANNO DOMINI 1633 Ditto 55 ROBERT 'fi BRIANT ANTHONY . W00DWAEi3" . C.W. 1699 & Vf ^. F ^ R 6 P- [92.] ^^;^:,.^^ Mk IOHN PALMER AND RICHARD FRAN- CIS CHURCH WARDENS. 1740. T. BIL- BIE FECIT. COM i, WHEN .:. I v CALL ^ TO ^ SERVE <:> GOD -^ ALL <^ 1633. W v H -■. A .^ B BLAISDON. EACH OF us BEING CAST ANEW 1732. LIKE SEVENTEEN HUNDRED & THIRTY TWO 1732 YE FUTURE AGES WILL YOU DO. I HART . & S . STERRY CHURCHWAR- DENS . 1829 I . RUDHALL FECIT. HARK TO THE MUSICK OF OUR SOUND . 1 lELF EECTOR I PRESBUH\ & I BUL- LOCK CH . WARDENS . A ^ K . 1732. BLEDINGTON. WE ARE THE BELLS OF BLEDINGTON. 1639 AND CHARLES HE IS OVR KING 1639 GOD BLESS KING WILLIAM SAMUEL KEENE MADE ME 1651 THOs STYLE i: THOs COOPER CHURCH- WARDENS . IAS WELLS ALBOURNE WILTS. FECIT. 1S17 A Sanctus Btll by Di.im. In. 28i 30 32 36 374 41 44 i n 31 324 34J 375 401 45i BODDINGTON. S, Mar If Mag d aim, BY IOHN WARNER & SONS . LONDON 1865. [*- 62] m%%l [_m 35] 3D©- [@ 36] ^•m<,n [m 3G] ■n:^v>%^! ii^^wei [@ 36] (|iJ\13BieLI,9. Lv 79] ©B,^ im^ '\mti%. BOUETON ON THE HILL. S. Lawniice. INo RUDHALL FECT 1792 INo GIBBS CHURCHWARDEN. 1792. I. RUDHALL FECt. RECAST . 1873 . BY M. & S. READER 'I'HOU ALSO JIUST KNOW A RESURRECTION OR RENEWAL HENRICVS 1X3 BAGLEY {(SJQ 94] ME (S9 FECIT C3JD 1677 HENRY ;as BAGLEY ^i MADE zm 1^77 I RING ^ TO vj SERMON (■■ WITH Ji':? A l^ LVSTY'xT BOME •> MAY v STAY -^ AT :> HOME BOUETON OX THE WATER. S, Zatcreiice. ANTHONY COLLETT GENT. MY GREAT BENEFACTOR A ^ R. 1718 WILLIAM AKERUAN k RICHARD FOX CHURCHWARDENS. A ^ R [1]. 1737 THOMAS LAMBERT & lOSEPH PAYNE CHURCHWARDEN. A ^ R. 1717 GILES VENFIELD & ANTHONY COLLETT OVERSEERS WILLIAM FOX JJ- I. V. 1650 CHARLES & IOHN RUDHALL FECt. 1785 Blank. BOXWELL. Blank Ditto BEEAM. 1 One Bell— Blank— in a Turret. Diaa. In. 291 33 37 30 31 oo4 35J 43 30J 291 33 33 42 BEIMPSFIELD. ! praise gc tijt lortc tg . tg [* 30] I B gi H AV & I O ig ANO DOMINI jg- 1657 Igf [* 62] iimeiv^ ; j-ili^^s [; se] Robert Norton's stamps and letters, with bis cracked M. BRIMSCOMBE. One Bell— Blank. 31 33i 38 THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 35 ST. BEIAVELS. 5. Mari/. THIS BELT. WAS C'A.'^T BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION 1S31. I. RUDUALL FECIT •:• THIS ADDITIONAL NKW BELL WAS GIVEN TO FORJI A COMPLETE PEAL OF EIGHT BELLS IN 1S31 ■:■ BY L.VU- RENCE ELDEST SON Wm HENv PEEL ESQu OF AYLKSMOKE HOUSE •- BY "WHOSE ASSISTANCE AND 'JTIAT OF OTHERS THIS TOWER WAS BUILT IN 1830. LAUS DEO. I RLTDHALLFECIT. COME LET US RING FOR CHURCH AND KING. W^E[D1] 1764 PROSPERITY TO OUR BENEFACTORS. W 4 E. 1764 PEACE AND GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD. W ^ E. 1764 Wm EVANS OF CHEPSTOW CAST US ALL. 1764 MhWm WORCAN CHURCHWARDEN. W^E 1764 LET SIY SOI'ND JIOVE THEE TO PRAY. W^E. 1764 (Sanctus Bell.) W 4 E. NEWLAND 1737 BEOADWELL. Blank Ditto Ditto WILLIAM ROSE & CHURCHWARDENS. 1734. lOHN HALE & lOSEPH ROSE CHURCH- WARDENS. 1761 Surplice Bell.— EDWARD NEALE MADE MEE. Diam. In. THOMAS ROSE II. B. MADE MEE,] 1762 BEOCKWOETH. S. George. Busi uf a Bishop on the Canons. The same. Ditto. A Bust of the Queen on the Canons. Same as on the First. The same, and A.D. 1849. + f LUIK-IA^ . m . T/X.($%li:,U^ . ■!£)%■($ . Bust of a Bishop on the Canons 29i 33 3 6 J. 40 o 1.5 24 26 27 31 3-3 14 32 32 34 36 39 43 BE0MESBEEE0W8. PEACE . & GOOD . NEIGHBOURHOOD . T 4 E. 1773. Blank. 1772. PROSPERITY . TO . THIS . PARlsri. T ^ R. 1773. THOMAS RUDII ALL. 1773 THE GIFT OF R. YATE, ESQr. 1 77;;. COME AT MY CAL AND SERVE (JOD ALL. T^R. 1773. BEOOKTIIOEPE. S. Switliiii. 1 I [* 105.1 6"5E^B1DL? ^ .:?i-lilOlS 5 K>^- I m'^TH^ [§ 73] (?;^'!tM:V\-l-).A-5 X^- ■1 GLORY TO GOD ON HIGH •:■ A R '^ 1711. BUCKLAND. Q T. BILBIE CAST ME Mb ■' lOSEPH THOMAS & Mr STEPHEN BAGG CHURCHWARDENS f 1763, t T f BILBIE t FECIT Ditto Mh. t THOMAS t Mr. BAGG t CHURCH- WARDENS . THOMAS t BILBIE t CAST t ME t 1763 t X+^ DRAWE ;- NEARE : TO : "^ IE-;- T' as [sij p V c w' + COJEE .:. WHEN 7 I -^ CALLE GOD " ALL ;> 1622 ■" T. S. " ■ c ;■ W On the Cage— T . ROOOME . OF . THIS . CITTIE . CAR- PENTEIt . ANNO DOMINIE . 16a6 . lAMES . M^ATHING . IOHN . READ . CHVRCH- WARDENS In 1636 - - Four Bells. Increased to 8 - 1698 10 - 1823 12 - 1872 S. Mattheu: V,'. JEFFERIES FECIT BRISTOL 1835 Blank Blank W . JEFFERIES . FECIT . BRISTOL . 1835 Ditto t t t \V. JEFFERIES t BRISTOL FECIT Blank THIS PEAL OF EIGHT BELLS WAS GIVEN TO THE CHURCH OF St MATTHEAV KINGSDUWN BY JOHN BANGLEY ESQr APRIL 10 1836. CAST BY W. JEFFERIES BRISTOL Diani In. GOD ; TS <:> >;. 1622' ;■> TO <^ SERVE ■ I E .J. T se P 38 THE CHUECH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. BRISTOL. i>'. lUichad. PARISH CLARK lAMES KELLSON ■\V i E [91] 173'J :i"^^ FRAXCIS PITTS THOMAS WELLING GENT W6E[91]17o9 Wm WHITTON, THOs iomle, tho. prew- lETT GENT. 1739 10 . PERCEVALL . SAM . PERCKVALI- . I . DOLMAN . W.M . ULIVEli . (iENT . W4 E [91] 1739 lOHN HALE TH. WARDEN . GILt COBB THOS GIBDS GENT . W ^ E [91] 1739 MY SOUND TO CHURCH THE LIVING BRING, ANT) FOR THE DEAD I ALWAYS RING. THE REV, SAMUEL LOO HAM RECToi!, W5I EVANS CAS US ALL 1739 5. Nicholas. ABRAHAM MEREDITH CH. WARDEN 1817. J. MEARS OF LONDON FECIT JACOB WILLm ATTWOOD WILLm HASSELL CHURCHWARDENS 1809. THOJL\S JIEARS & SON OF LONDON FECIT WE'LL SWEETLY SING WHEN YOU US RING T ^ R 1766 FEAR GOD HONOUR THE KING T 4 R 1764 PEACE AND GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD T ;J> R WE AVERE ALL CAST AT GLOCESTER BY THO. RUDHALL 1764 PROSPERITY TO THIS PARISH T ^ R 1704 ABRAHAJI MEREDITH, CHUCHWARDE 1817 HEARKEN UNTO JIE EVERY ONE OF YOU UNDERSTAND . MARK 7, v. 14. I. BART- LETT . \\" K WAIT . 18.06. This is engraved on the waist (the ciuotation in itaUcif) THOMAS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1804 Diam. In. 29 30i 31i 37i 41 G 3U 341 46f 46g 484 58 5. Pda: i 1729 (Rudhall Border) 30| PROSPERITY TO THE CITY OF BRISTOL | 30J A ^R 1729 jw[l] PEACE AND GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD A^R[1] 1729 ?i%: [3] ABR : RVDHALL OF GLOCESTEll CAST VS 34; ALL 1729,-^ir. [3] MSi[l] PROSPERITY TO ALL OVR BENEFACTORS 37 }^ii A ^ R «:«, [1] 1729 wu [1] HUGH WATERMAN RECTOR *.S; A ^ R 2^ 39 1729 ;;■;« KOBt. CURTIS & W,\i. SWEEPEP CHVRCH- 42J WARDENS -C& [4] A ^ R K-'fi [4] 1729 Diam In. 30J 301 32f 34f 37i 39i 43i At 19 20 21 n 331 33J 34J 36 3-J 41 42i 49 F THE CHURCH BELLS OF GL0UCESTEE8HIRE. 39 BRISTOL. GOD TKESKRVE OUR CHURCH & STATE. A^R. 17-i9 PEACE &GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD. A ^ R 1759 SUCCESS TO THE r.linisll .\RMS. A ^ E. 1759 MAY THE TRADE OE T>IIS CITY IN- CREASE. A 4 It. 17.59, PROSPERITY TO THIS I'.VRISU. A ^ I.'. 17.J9 "WE WERE ALL CAST .\T GLOCESTER BY AB. RUDHALL. i:r,',i WORTHIXGTOX BRICE & YALENTINE I 43 WATKIXS CH.AVARDEXS. A ,^; R. 17.59 I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL 48J ANDTOTHE GR.WE HO SUM-MON ALL | Yjjf, Sunctus 24A [© 11] see- 3?e(5Be i|)o m^ Diam. In. I N( 29i !i : ijn.v 32i O o4 3oJ 1 * 5 o7i 1 i 38 I ; 42 ' 44 48J 5. Thomas. \ Mb IOHN corner k Mr ROBERT PAYNE . I 33 OH . WARDENS . ITJii . T . BILBIE . F. Ditto ! 34 Mr WILLIAM WESTLEY CHURCH AVARDEN ' 37 1743. T. BILBIE FECIT j ANNO DOMINI 1627 ffi [31] sc'a vl-y [-11] fflasca § [81] ©L;a § [81] im© p.ems^ ^ [30] fanrta § [si] anna § g? [30] § r ^ t [29] § MY ■ SOVND «: HATH » PRAIESE » OF » MEN AND 8! WELL : IT : MAY : I SOVND ; THE : PRAISE : OF : GOD : FROM : DAY : TO : DAY » EDWARD : YOVNGE : ABRAHAM : SAVNDARS : CHVRCH : WARDENS ■■ HVilFREY : BRENT : MINESTER ; 1666 A R 4 P [92] ^ I (Royal Arm.s on waist) THOVGH t THOMAS t DID f DOVT + THIS t BELL t SPEAKES t OVT t WHEN f MEE t YOV t HEARE r COME t AND t AP- PEARE 1- EDWARD t YOVNGK t ABRA- HAM t SANDARS t CHVRCHWARDENS t r 1666 4 RICHARD ^ PVRDVE ^ H. B. (Royal Arms on waist. Purdue'.s frieze border.) Sanctus -f Mr HENRY COTTEN t CH. WARDEN t T. B. t WHEN . YOU . ME . HEAR . TO . CHURCH REPAIR t 1764 f f BRISTOL. 5. Paul's. IOHN RUDHALL FECT 1792 I RUDHALL FECT 1792 THE REVD I : A . SMALL . D .D . RECTOR OF THIS PARISH 1795 THE REVD I . A . SMALL D D . RECTOR 53 D Dlain. In. 24J 28i 39 54J BRISTOL. I I .S'. Tl crherg. 1 » SVMPT : PAROCH : CAR : BRENT ; A. M. RECT : o n o 1690 : lOH : TILL : ADAM I O lOH : WEBB : GVARDIANIS : A : R ^ ^ lOH ; TILL . ADAM : GENT ; lOH : WEBB . [ CHVHCHWAR . 1696 r \; ABR . RVDHALL . OF . GLOVCK.STKR ASA [29] fnnctE iL^ [30] gorgir H^^] ^ S j GLORIA ^ IN ^> EXCELSIS J DEO 160S , o LAVS : DEO ; YNI : ET : TRINO ; IN SE- ; CVLA : SECVLORVM : A . R A 1^96 (Royal Anns on waist) I ^ [-'■] *i' [.-'^ J;n ffiultis annis Kcfonct CTampana Soijannis ►J* [oS] Tower taken iimi 1877. Bells removed to a new Church in Miua Road, B.-iptiat Mills. CAINSCEOSS. T. JIEARS GLOUCESTER & L(>ND(JN FECt. 1S36 C-\M. -S'. George. PROSPERITY TO OUR BENEFACTOR AND RINGERS . A R A 1'09 ABRa. RVDHALL CAST US ALL 1710 IOHN HALLING ABRA. RUDHALL BELL- FOUNDER 1710 LET US RING FOR PEACE A R A 1710 COLONEL HORTON BENEFACTOR EDWARD TURNER .MINISTER PEACE AND GOOD NEKJHBOURHOOD On the Bell Cnge ; THOMAS CHURCH & .IOHN MILSON, CUyrchwarden.s 1679 CEENEY, NORTH. GIFT OF THE REVd. T. D. ALLEN 1863 I. WARNER & SONS . LONDON. PROSPERITY TO OUR BENEFACTORS A R A 1714 ABR. RUDHALL CAST US ALL 1714 GEORGE CHERINGTON & THOs , BROAD . CH. WARDENS 1714 I.E. CROOME ESQr. CH . WARDEN I . RUDH.-VLL FECIT 1S20 GOD PRFSERVE& PROSPER THIS PARISH 1714 A R 4 Diam. In. 28J 30- 3S 35 40 At 24i 25,^ 26J 28 29J 32J Bt 40 THE CHUKCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTEESHIRE. OAMPDEN. S. James. CAPTAIN THOMAS KICYTE GAVE MEE LEDAR OF THIS KING TO BE 1683 JJ (Keyte arms on waist) CAST BY ABEL RUDHALL OF GLOCESTER 1737 THO . TAYLOR : WILL . KEYTE . WILL ; WHITE . RICH . PERIN . C . W . IBSti THIS BELL WAS GIVEN BY WILLIAIM BLAKLEY . ON OF THE BVRGES OF THIS COR. 1GS3 EX BONO DIGNISSIMI BAPTISTE HICKES MIUTIS 1678 C . & G . MEAKS FOUNDERS LONDON . RECAST A . D . 1851 . REV . C . E . KENNA- WAY . VICAR . JOHN TURNEY . WILLIAM REMELL . CHURCHWARDENS GLORIA IN EXCELSIS RK 1678 C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON . 1857 REV C . E . KENNAWAY . RECTOR . W . RIMEL ESQ . lAMES TIDMARSH ESQ . CHURCHWARDENS CEENET WICK. 1 Small Bell— Moilern IS4S Diam. In. 28 2SJ- 32J 34 37 42 43J 49i CERNEY. SOUTH. AH Saints. PROSPERITY TO SOUTH CERNEY A ^ K 1721 PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD A 4 R 1721 mis ABR. RUDHALL CAST US ALL 1721 Siffl THO FITCHEW WILL TRUBY CHURCH- WARDENS 1721 m,!, I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL : AND TO THE GR.VVE DO SUMMON ALL 1721 On Ting Tang EDWARD NEALE MADE MEE, 1676 CHALFOED. Six Steel Bells, Navlor Vickary & Co., E. RIEBE'S PATENT 1857" 30 31 33 3G 40 15 CHAEEIELD. THE LIVING I TO CHURCH DO CALL . AND TO THE GRAVE DO SUMMON ALL . ABR . RUDHALL . BELL FOUNDER 1722 CHAELTON ABR0T3. S. Mart/. ^ [104] $jii5^^t=; ■\- m?in + ?Ki^B O [62] ISO [62] CHAELTON KINGS. ,y. Mary. W X W. LAWRENCE I. WHITHORNE CH. WAR- DENS I. RUDHALL FECIT 1801 . BALLINGER . W . RUCKE . A O R ^ ^ ANNO 1688 SOLI • DEO • DETYR • GLORIA FEAR • GOD » HONNOR » THE * KING * W H ■• W . E ; 1647 X SA . DIGHTON ED . WELLS CARD . ECCL . FEARE GOD 4 I : P ^ [13] 1630 The .same mth HONNOR THE KING THOMAS BATTEN . CARTWRIGHT BUCKLE CH . WARDENS 172:i A ^ R [1] CHERINGTON. S. Nicholas. EDWARD NEALE OF BURFORD MADE ME FOR CHERITON IN 1663 EDWARD NEALE OF BURFOR MADE ME 1670 G. R. RECAST IN 1870, I . W . GARDNER TET- BURY A ^ R 1744 [See the end aliout one of these liells stolen.] Diam. In. 214 34 35 37 40 43 49 26 23 33 THE CHURCH BELLS OE GLOUCE.^TERSHIKE. 41 I CHEDWOETH. THE REVnd ARTHUR filBSOX VICAR THE RF.Vd CORXELIL'S PITT . CURATE . D . SLY AND P . PEACHEY CHURCH- WARDENS . PURCHASED . BY SUBSCRIP- TION . I . RUDHALL FECt. 1S31 GOD PRESERVE THE CHURCH & KIXC A^R [I] iri'j ABu RUDHALL CAST US ALL. 1717 SSSf PROSPERITY TO ALL OUR BENEFACTORS A 4 R 1717 ."iJXS PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD A ^ K [1] 1717 RICHd PEACHEY WILLIAM WHEATLAND CHRCHW.VIiDENS A 4 R [1] 1717 ^XS In. ("HILDSWICKHAir 1 CHELTENHAM. S. Marij. THIS TREBLE .A.ND THE SECOND BELL WERE PRESENTED TO THE PARISH BY THE SOCIETY OF RINGERS . JUNE . 1833 THE REVd FRANCIS . CLOSE MINISTER . EDWARD HATCH & lAMES HUMPHRIES CHURCHWARDENS lUNE 1833. I RUD- HALL FECt. lOHN RUDHALL FECt. 1?23 THESl^. BELLS WERE C.\ST AT GLOUCES- TER BY lOHN RUDHALL IN 1S23 A.M. MINISTER. BUCKELL i 4.1 THE REVd CHAs IARVIS 1S23 lAMES FOWLER & WILLm CHURCHWARDENS 1823 10 I CALL IN PRAYER TO COJIBINE . THE I DEAD MU.ST HEAR A GRE.\TER SOUND i THAN MINE I Clock BelL I lOHN NICHOLSON & E . HATCH CHURCH- i WARDEN 1826. lOHN RUDHALL i Ting Tang. J WILLIAM WHITEHE.\D 1674 At the .oeveral DaugLtcr Cliiirehe.s, One modem Bell. CHEVEKAGE. Blank ... lOHN RUDHALL FECIT 1S02 3or 32 35 39 41 11 28 40 2rii| 281 El7 Diam. In. 1630 26^ 1680 2^ KUDHALL 32 CAST AT GLOUCESTER. AHI'.L 17;" ... ... ... I STEPHEN SMITH ItALPH STEPHENS C. W 35J WILLI.VN BAliLEY MADE MEE. 1702 | I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL & i 39 TO THE GRAVE DO SUMMON ALL CHUECHAM. Wji YOONG & THOS LONG WARDENS. 1790. i rudhall god send t's peace. a .*; 1; 1707 i abraha.m rudhall cast us five amno 11)1)8. recast . 1871 . by taylor & co. founders loughborough . geo . hall . vicar . ed . haine . ! churchwakdf:n. i thomas rudhall gloucester . foun- DEU.1771 THO.S HOOPER . THO.s. L.iURENCE CHURCH- j WARDENS . A 6 R l'^3 ! ABBRA . GREGORY . D.D. . lAMES DRINK- W.VTER . THU . HAWKINS . lOH . MER- RICK . CHURCHWARDENS 1088 Oct. 25 and 26, 1S7.^. — Church was burnt, and the bella melted. -All .%eut off to Warner's Foundrj- Nuveniber, 1S76. CINDEEFOED. S. John. I j X T . MEARS X FECt 1844 CHTECHDOWN. ' 1 CAST AT GLOUCESTER BY T. MEARS 1S41 ! 30 2 ; lOHN RUDDALL ■: FECr. ■:• 1S27 -j- XXS j 31 3 i G E V ]■ P R A I S E ... ... I 3.5 i ' + II (SSJi! wiiiDHT ;;•'.; iomK85J3x()iin!S'r.Uc.\sT3iSE 42 ME '.Vis 1678. + Ji'iffi BL.\XTO>' £\3 I Bfe I On a Stone in the Yard. — "This Beihows Wiu bvyldede in the yeere of ovr Lode God. 1601" 29 32 34 i 37 40 45 E B 42 THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTEKSHIRK 10 11 12, CIEENCESTEIi. >S'. John Ecangelist. BY A SUBSCRIPTION PROCURED . BY Mu HERBERT MASTER . Mk IOHN SMALL MP. & Mr THOMAS FEREBIE Church- wanleus. A4E[I]. ITiii J'SSXSiS PROSPERITY TO ALL OUR BEXEFACTORS A A^ni 1722 (SVa PROSPERITY TO THIS PLACE. A t 1'^ [1] 1713. £'^ PROSPERITY TO THIS PARISH. 17S6 a"S I lOHX TOMBS & .TAS. DEIGHTOX CHURCH- WARDENS . 172:J INo BEDWELL & THOs VAISEY CHURCH- WARDENS 1787 JACOB . HANCOCK & SAMr. HEAYER CHURCHWARDENS A^K 17iil PROSPERITY TO ALL OUR BENEFACTORS A^R1718 PROSPERITY TO ALL LOYERS OF CHURCH BELLS A 4 R 1715 PROSPERITY TO THE CHURCH OF ENG- LAND . A i R. 1746 IOHN CRIPPS & THOMAS M.\STER CHURCH WARDENS. Uo4. A 5, R. WILLIAM lONES & THO:\IAS FORDER CHURCHWAKHENS. 17yi;. CAST . BV ABEL RUDHALL Diani . In. 2'H 27 274 29 31i 33 3H 38} 40^ ^H 541 ' 60 r C. & 0. MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON . IS.'il One Bell CLAPTON. .y. James. CLEAEWELL. JOHN WARNER & SONS LONDON . 1808 30 32i CLIFFORD CHAMBERS. S. Ildcn. M . B ; MADE : ME : THE : LEADER : OF : THIS : PEALE -. TO : BE. 1771 M . BAGLEY : MADE : ME : 1771 : IOHN : SMITH : WILLIAM : COOKS : CHURCH- W.VRDENS. 3 M . B . MADE : MEE : 1771 : IOHN : SMITH : WILLIAM ; COOKS : C . W IOHN : SMITH : WILLIAM : COOKS : CHURCH- ! WARDENS ; MATHEW : BAGLEY : MADE I :MEE: 1771 i AND : NOW : I : HOP : TO ; PLEASE ; YOU ALL : AND ; SING : TO : THE ; (iREAT CREATERS : PRAYS ; MY : FATE :HATH BEEN : UNFORTUNATE : BEE : FOAR MY ; SELF : COULD : RAIS : MATTHEW BAGLEY ; MADE ; MEE : 177.S Rumun» borders 90 :vud 94 on earli. CLIFTON. S. Amhvw. ROBERT STAINBANK . FOUNDER . LONDON 1868 Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto lEFFERlES & PRICE FECIT BRISTOL 1838 THOMAS CARLISLE AND CLEMENT JII LLWARD CHURCHWARDENS. (Opened Whit-M..ndav, 1868.) Dutft'ij -^qifajr Lhapd. THO. HALE & SONS . 1873 ST. ANDREWS THE LESS Diain In. 2og 26i 28 29^ 32 ol 37i 42i *S'. James, Two BelU in ;i gable Boll/ TriniKj. I . RUDHALL . FOUNDER . 1822 Christ C/iiiixh. G. MEARS & CO. FOUNDERS LONDON 1861 CAST A.D. 18.-)3 One Bell ,S. Paul's. S. I'cttr. Emmanud. S. HALE k SONS 1865... REDLAND. «. John. lEFFERIES & PRICE, BRISTOL All Salnl.'s. IOHN WA1;NER & SONS . FOUNDERS LON- DON 1S66 THE CHLTRCH BELLS OF ULOUGESTERSHrRE. 43 f, COALEY. •S'. BartholoMCu. I THIS BELL RECAST AT THE EXPENSE OF lAMES HUTCHINSON ESy A D 1S5?. C & G HEARS . EOCNDEKS LONDON. GOD GRANT VS PEACE. A 4 U [1] HS'J? THE GIFT OF HENRY HRETT ESQ & TWO MORE EELS. WILLIAM RANDELL -"VS ABR. RVDHALL BELLFOVNDER ANNO DOM iuy7 SSK 5 GOD SEND VS PEACE. A R i^ 1707 6 Mu HUMPHREYS C WARDEN ISIJ. I. RUD- HALL GLOUCESTER . FECt. Diam In. lah 2S 29 32 A COAL-riT HEATH. Blank. COATK.S. .S. Mat'Jdw. COME AW.U" MAKE NO DELAY A^ R 17It) THE REVEREND ELIAS CARTAliET RECTOR WILLIAM WHITE TflWAi; I lE.V 17Ii; COLKSBOURXE. GOD SAVE THE KING ABR. RVDHALL CAST VS ALL. 171!' PEACE & GOOD XEIGHBOURHOOE. 1719 PROSPERITY TO THIS PARISH. 1719 THOs PKEEDON lOHN HALL CH. WARDENS. 1719 COLN. ;6'. Alllwi/ll.':. ALFRED . KENT . M.A. VICAR . ISriS . C . G . HEARS & CO. FOUNDERS . LONDON "NOW IS THE ACCEPTED . TIME." G. HEARS & CO. FOUNDERS LONDON 1865 ABR : RVDHALL CAST US ALL 1725 ^JS PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD jg^ 1725 GEORGE HVNT VICAR SSS 1725 ANT : L.A.MBERT & lOHN AVESTBVRY CHVRCH WARDENS 1725 u^e PROSPERITY : TO THIS PARISH i^^ ITU ms THOMAS : CHVRCH : ESQ. BENEFACTOR . Sanctus lOHN : GREEN : AND RICHARD : CHVRCHWARDENS : lOoti SSSs E U N [89] I 4 28 24 2.5 31 C 24 31 28 29 32 32 36 37 MOULDER I 13^ COLN S. DENYS. PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD. A ^ R 1734 PROSPERITY TO THIS P.A.RISH. A^R 1734 PROSPERITY TO THE CHURCH OF ENG- L.\ND. A ^ R 1734 Wm . HOWES CH.AVARDEN. A^R 1734. A . RVDHALL OF GLOCESTER CAST VS ALL. 1734. COLN ROGERS. ■S. Andt't'tv, REVd H. I!. FORSTEK RECTOR. ISIS I R. 167d. GOD PRESERVE THIS (HVIfcll & I'AUISH. AiR. 171ti COMPTON ABD.VLE. .•>, ()s,n,/,l. \\"1I.I.IA:\1 GIXES CH. W. 10m'. ,I(iH.V ItVR- i:i;X AND ■ VISER : LAVIt.iNCE C W ■ kI(;ht ; hand Ditt'i ... MiiED.MVND.Gt)ODHKH.CHII!('HWAl!DEN T ^ R 170S [►t«o7] VlBQmJW [-i; oa] t; (^u;^ci.i£. jj I COMiTON GREENFIELD. |l 1 PEACE AND GOOD neighbourhood [W^E 1736J Diam. In. 26 2S 29.i 32 27 2Si 32 COMPTON LITTLE. .y. UeiiU Blank SSI GOD PRESERVE THE CHURCH UK ENG- LAND. S^IOHN RUDHALL GLOl'CESTER 1810 ROBERT COWLEY CHURCHWARDEN A^R 1720 iiS'i ABRA RUDHALL BELLFOUNDEK. iiJS PEACE AND GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD A 4 1! 1720. iSE^ CONDICOTE. Onti Blank 44 THE CHUKCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. COESE. S. Marf/arH. RICHARD KEENS MED JIEE 16S0. X SOLI X DKO X DE X TVR X GLORIA X T K X WM X 1635 HONXOI! + A>'D + PRAYES + BK + GIAEX\E + T(l + GOD + ANXo + 1680 + TK + \VK . Hi CEANHAM. S. James. PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD. A A R && 1708 I . RUDHALL GLOCESTER FECIT. 1800 GOD SAVE THE QVEEN & CHVRCH. A6R4 iros OBADIAH DONE RECTOR STEPHEN COLL & ED. CARSON . CHVVARDENS . A ^ R A 1708 CEOMHALL. S. A ml inc. [►* -10] i?;^i(i;^e" [■* so] .a.riQ-.ju.A-ex [<* 33] miM mi<$ 'n'miis> THE REVd Mil PENN . Mil lOHN . THOMAS . RICHd . RYMOR CH.W . AV ^. E [HI] 174^ CUBBEELEY. S. Giles. [^60] ii3©m'S[# 35] i;^z;mei3Y$ RE-CAST BY JOHN WARNER i: SONS. LONDON 1870 ROBERT i ROWDEN ■■ MINISTER : SAMVEI, ; BYT : FRANSIS : CROSLY : CHVRCil- WARDENS 1661. E ^ N ;5 ^ [M 60] .KVe [® 35] ?th^}\m [@ 36] frB.A'^lJ^ [® 35] :1;':J.J31,^ DAGLINGWOETH. Ifolt/ Cross. PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD. A i R 1757 PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD. A A R 1720 Blank Me GYLES HAYNES CH.AVAEDEN. A "S R 1720 Diam. In. 30 33 37 G# •29J 3U opi 28 31 UEEEHUEST. PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOVRHOOD. 1736 PROSPERITY TO THE CHVRCH OF ENG- LAND. 1736 M. BLE\VS AND SONS FOUNDER BIRMING- HAM 1872 I . BARNARD . I . DIPPER . CHURCHWARDENS. ABEL RVI)HAT,L CAST VS ALL. 1736 WILLIAM HILL & RICHARD PIFF.CHVRCH- WARDENS. 1730 TO THE CHVRCH . THE LIVING CALL . TO THE GRAVE DO SVMMON ALL. 1737. didbeooe:. St. (rcor'JC. \VILLL\.M BAGLlvY . MADE . MEE. 1706 Ditto t t Ditto ... lOHN . REEVE WIIJJAM . BAYLIS . CHURCH WARDENS. 1706 One DIDMAETON. K Liiinntce. DODDIKGTOX. 1609 S. Marl/. No Bell. The Clock Bell of the Squire '.< house ad- joiuiug is used for the services. DOESINGTON -S'. Peter. GOD SAVE OVR KING. 16'1C. DOWDESWELL. ,S-. Mkhtd. aE t ifis t ecKiJssr. t E-S t ifi t ®©I0 [^ 40] .?.,?ii(?^e- [ : 79] li'Sc^Ee [ ; 79] im^ [ : '9] li^'m "wmu^ WHEN I . WAS CAST INTO THE GROVND . I LOST MY TONE AND REVIV ED M Y SOVND. EDWARD NEALE. 1658. i E.N. ( Diam. In. 28 29i SI 32 35 39 G 24i THE CHURCH F.ELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRK 45 DOAATS'END. One Blank. DOWN HATHEELEY. Corpus Oftristi. ANN PYFF & BEX : BREWER CH. WARDENS. A 6 R [1] 1734 DOYNTOX, Iloh/ Trlnitij. ROGER © DIMER © WILLIAM © BALDEN CHVRC WARDENS. R ^ P [U2] 1604 Cracked Mr TOBIAS FOX & Mk SAMUEL SNAILHAM CH. WARDENS. T . BILBIE » FOUNDER. 1766 lOHN O L.^^NGTOX O OENT O ROGER O DYMOCKE AQVEILA MABSOX Q C . W . O 1657. W 4 P. R A P. [02] Mr •:• STYLL ■:• WILL •:■ HOLBRuOK •:• W •:• DENS ; BILBIE ■:• 1709. lEFFERIES AND PRICE BRISTOL. 1844. W. C. DRIFFIELD. .5. .Vm-'j. Dr RICH . PARSUXS . CHAXCELLOR VICAR SIR GEORGE HANGER KsT Sf^ [ ; 79] mi.^ r : 79] T^lltf) lD(?13Ii? [►^40] ^ymtB?( [■; 79] myiMSi [■ 79] DUMBLETOX. S. Petci: PEACE AND GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD. 1729. PROSPERITY TO THIS PARISH. 1729 PROSPERITY Til THE CHVRCH OF ENG- LAND. 1729 ABR RUDHALL CAST VS ALL. 1729 RICHARD TYSO & lOHN ANDREWS CHVRCH WARDENS. 17:;9 I TO THE CHVRCH THE LIVIXG CALL. Diam In 32 32i 36 40 44 AND TO THE GRAVE DO SVMMON 1729 ALL. 28J 30 3U 33} 36 39i G I ""i DUNTESBOUENE. ^■. Abljols. ANTONY SLY . AND THOMAS HARDING CHVRCHWARDENS OF DVNSBORNE. I Diam . I In. 24 On a Me(;iillion | EDWARD NEALE | [89]. 1658. PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOVRHOOD. A ^ R [1] 1751 CAST BY ABEL RUDHALL. 1737 25J 29 DUNTESBOUENE EOIJS. ^ © © © ^^^.^ (pj^nJKo mi.^ ik^m 26 DUESLEY. J/oli/ Trinitij. 1 n a il 3 4 o n 7 J ST. MEARS OF LONDON FECIT. 1824 EDWAR WALLYNOTON | ,,uTTBr.uivAijTM7xra JAMES YOUNG CHURCH^^ ARDENS DYMOCK. .S. Mar II. Bl;ink. 1731 PROSPERITY TO THIS TOWN & PARISH. 1726 ROBERT THURSTAN & THOs HILL CHURCH- WARDENS, I. RUDWALL FECIT. 1829 Mil lOHN CAM OF THE FAHJI & Mit YOUNG HOOPER OF THE LOWIOR TOWN HOUSE A ^ R. 1731 Mr ROBERT HALL k Mr IOHN WEALE CHVCHWARDLNS. 1707 I CALL IN PRAYER THE LIVING TO COM- BINE. THE DEAD MUST HEAR A LOUDER VOICE THAN MINE. THOMAS HILL &. ROBERT CHUItCHWARDENS. 1827. IOHN RUDHALL FE<'IT. Come away, make no delay. A ^ R. 1755. 27J 28 30i 31" 331 35 38 42 G# 46 THE CHURCH P,ELL8 OF tiLOUCESTERSHIRE. 3 i ' 5 DYEHAM. ^. Pact: T . MEARS GLOUCESTER & LONDON FECt. 1835 HEEC t CAMPANA f GEORGS t WYNTERI + FAMAM t SONAT t WILLIAM t PVRDVE t AND RICHARD f PURDVE f CAST t ME. leso. + ANNO DOMINI. 1638 AN[NODO]MINI. 1638 im 60] S?eBYJ< [^ :3.5] ^.^3^J>;^T^,^3^ [^ 36] .$;^>^(ris.^ [^ 36] 9^Mn.\ ^ GLORIA t DKO f IXt EXCELSIS t lOHANNES + WYNTER t ESQVIAR f JOSEPH SMAL- COMB C t \V t P. 1669 Purdue's Gr.-qie Frieze [P3] and Flcui-de-li.s [1 4] EASTINGTON. JOSEPH SAVAGE & HENRY SMITH CHURCH- WARDENS. 1828 lOHN RUDHALL FECt Diam In. 29 30i 32J 334 371 124 NOj EBLEY OR CAINSCEOSS. One Diam. In. EASTLE,\CH MARTIN. ^. Martin. CAST AT GLOSTER BY ABEL RUDHALL. 1739 im 4^ m m. m (indistinct) SANCTUS WILLIAM : BAILT : THOMAS : KNIPE : CHVUCH. WAnDKXS. 1616 EASTLEACH TURVILLE. *S'. Andrew. JOHN RUDHALL FECt. 1789. INo NEWPORT CHURCWARDEN. 1789. A.R. FECt. (Cracked) EASTON LOWER. «. ^farl;. 1848 24 EBRINGTON. ! MATHEW BAGLEY. 1687 lOHN KEYTE & ROBERT HAINES CHURCH- I WARDENS. MATHEW BAGLEY. 1769 I HENRICVS BAGLEY. 1678 I HENRY BAGLEY. 1678 Wm potter & lOHN KEYTE CHURCH- WARDENS HENRICVS BAGLEY. 1678 20 28 32 EDGEWORTH. 1 S. ^f,lry. prosperity to this PARISH lil3^ 1716. I 24i ««; 6 «^ A I ABR. RVDHALL CAST VS ALL "X'S 1716 «»; 25 HEN. WITTS. CHAS. BALLENGER CH. MAR- I 26^ DENS «■•>„ 1716 I EDWd LOGGIN GRIFFIN RECTOR ?SXS 171ti I 284 THE GIFT OF THO. RIDLER ESQ W^ 1716 304 ELBERTON. Sane tE « [38] tfja me M [25] otapro » [38] no bis ELKSTONE. S. John EranfjfUKt. WILLLVM : POOLE : MINISTER : lOHN SAVNDERS : AND : EDWARD ■ BALD- WIN ; CHVCH-WARDENS I 1657 TIMOTHY SADLER CHURCH-WARDEN. A ^ R 1719 WILLIAM J POOLE t MINISTER J lOHN J SAVNDERS t EDWARD t BALDWIN 1% 1657 Ditto, and un 1 and 3 EDWARD NEALE on a 37i Medallion. 16 U S7 EDWARD NEALE. [39] 29 33 39 THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 47 ELMOEE. S. Bartholomcn. lOHN RUDHALL FECt. 1825 WHEK YUU ME KING ILE SWEETLY ^^IXG. A. HUXMAX . C : W. 1721 PROSPERITY TO THE CHrRCH OE ENG- LAND A 4 R. 1721 HEARS & STAINBANK KOrXPERS LONDON. RECAST 1867 THOMAS LEE^VARNER IXCTMIIEXT R. GUILDING &, D. YICK CHURCH- WARDENS ANSELMN HUNMAX Wsi HASKIXS . CHURCH WARDENS. 1721 Blank. A^R. 1721 ' Diam. I III. ELMSTONE HARDWICKE. JOHN BUCKLE lOSEPH BARNARD . CH . AVARDENS ]77f. T i R iE«S GOD SAVE 0\n KIXC THOMAS BUCKLE. THOMAS GREEN . C . W . ANXO 1«18 WILLIAM DVRMAX VICAR SHS WILLIAM BLISSARD 5SS WILLIAM HOPE CHVRCH W^ARDEXS 167 FAIRFOED. C & G MEARS FOUXDEHS LONDOX. A.D. 1852 Ditto 1678 S£SS1783 JOHN LOND S MADE ME HENRY lENNER CHURCH-WARDEX 4 1760 C & G MEARS FOUNDERS . LOXDON. 1851 HENRY LEWIS CHVRCH WARDEN. A ^ R 1735 Small Bell FALEIELD. R. WELLS. EDMYND BARTON CW^ 1650 ■:• ^ HEXRY : NEALE CH : W.K. X 1637 FAKMCOTE. FARMINGTON. Ht. Peter. lOHN •: TAYLAR Diam. In. MADE ;MEE : E. F : R. S: .$® 32 33 40 44 A I 2 I 3 l' 4 29 30 2SJ 29i 33i Z^ 40 44J FELTON. S. Peter. GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST. ^V E. 1734 AND ON EARTH I'EACE. W E. 17:J1 GOOD WILL TOWARDS MEN. W V.. 1734 Wm EVAXS of CHEPSTOW CAST US ALL. 1734 — KNAPP CHURCHWARDEN, MAIOR WADE. W 6 E 1734. COROXEL OPUS FISHPONDS. 1. JEFFERIES BRISTOL. 1820 FLAXLEY. Blank PEACE AND GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD. 1727 FEAMPTON COTTEREL. ,S Peter. PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD. 1760 ANNO DOMINI 1602 L T B. ANNO DOMINI 1627 THE KING PITT & QUEBECK FOR EVER 1760 JOHN TALE AND NICHOLAS ANDREWS CHURCHWARDENS. 1660 LET MY SOUND MOVE THEE TO GODS GLORY. W. EVANS FECIT. 1754 27 29 35 23 28 32 34 36 39 40 46 E 48 THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. N0| FEAMPTON ON SEVERN. 1 I PROSPERITY TO ALL MY BENEFACTORS A^ R 1734 C. KNIPE & R. CLARK WARDENS. I. RUD- HALL FECt 1791 PROSPERITY TO THIS PARISH. A 4 R 1733 A & R 1733 S. lENNER & ROBt A^VOOD CH-^VARDENS. A5i R 1933 I TO THE CHVRCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GRAVE DO SUMMON ALL. 1733 FEENCHAY. 5. John Baptist. Wm JEFFERIES BRISTOL FECIt. FEETHORNE. S' Mar I/. THE REV. W. L. DARELL RECTOR 1S47 C & G. MEARS FECt. A Ting-taDg also FEOCESTEE. -S'. Peter. + ANNO DOMI t 1639 W W . GLORIA DEI t 0. W . SH + C P t I W t I P T E t R S . S S T W . W H . T B . t 1639 T W + T \V t I W t ^V WETTMORE t NOS FECIT . ANNO DOMINI 1639 CAST AT GLOVCESTER . BY RUDHALL 1794 t GLORIA SIT DOMINO LAVS CHRISTO MVSICA NOBIS f W W t t 1039 INo WETMORE & WILLIAM WILKINS CHURCHWARDENS A ^ R 174.^ COMIC AWAY 1719 FEOCESTEE. Disused Chapel. MAKE NO DELAY. A S R FOEEST OF DEAN. Iloli/ Trinity. Blank THIS BELL WAS CAST AT GLOCESTER. 1S17 Diam. In. , NO •29 i 2 •29A 32 3 33 36 1 1 2 1 o 4 1 5 6 oi ! 7 8 36 1 in ! I 1 ST. GEOEGE. : 1711 ; ?jsffi LA.MES WELLS ALBOURNE WILTS FECIT 1S1.5. S.iMUEL HOBLEY & ROBERT DIN CH. WARDENS HENRY DAVIS S.\Ml BRY.^NT CHURCH WARDENS 0^ T /J R 1771 fffiS GLOUCESTER CATHEDEAL. .S. Peter. li< [9] ROBAUTE NEWOMBE OF LEICESTER .MADE MEE 159S ^ DOCTEll LEWES DANEE. SSSS SantE ^ctvc ota pro nobis ® [8] E g; S 54, 55, 56 lOHN RUDHALL GLOVCESTER FECt 18105528 lOHN RUDHALL GLOVCESTER FECt ISlOj,^ ^ [50] © [51] Ku fHuUis annis Jarsoiut Campnua laijanniQ ^ [26] Sum l\os.T IJuIsata ffliintif fflaria Uocata * [20] ^ [27] E : w : T. iti2i; ^ [m] fSLiss tt alh \)3.hco nomcn (5abnclis. (All imck- wavil) DAN : NEWCOME : DECAN ; NATE : LYE SUED : NATH ; PANTING : THESS : A ^ R ANNO 1736 mi The following were the inscriptions on the old 3 and 4 — GUL . JANE . S . T . P . DEC. ANNO DOM. 1666 Sit noiiuit Domini lacnttiictum Great Peter or Clock Bell — U [43] U [42] IHe U [42] fecit u [42] ficd U [42] (Eonbcntus 7 [42] nomine U [42] IDetTi U [43] .\nn5 of Gloucester .\bbey, 2 keys in saltire. The shield of the founder on the shoulder. This bell used to be rung up for Service by six men standing in the Choir. It was discontinued by order of Chapter 2ud -\]iril 1S57. GLOUCESTEE. ,S'. Marl.: & G MEARS FECt. 1S47 Diam. 111. 20 29 48 F lOHN St. Manj Magdalen. RUDHELL FECt. 1793 294 29J 31J 36 37 4oi 4S 51i Etr 684 23 16 THE CHURCH BELLS OF (;L(JLTCESTERSHrKE. 49 A K ^ ESS Blank GLOUCESTER. .*••. Akhitc. .S'. Bartholm.'ieir IIospitaL Diatn. 13 : NO 29 Christ Clatreh, Spii. 18-23 lOHX lU'DHALL GLOUCE.STIOK 1.S23 <& Fl-X'T « -1 .*■'. John the lliiptift. PEACE & GOOD XEIGHEurUH00D;g3i 1"^6 FEAR GDI) HOXOl'R THE KIXG 1776 CHARLES TVLEU THOs lOXES OVERSEERS aSfS 1770 THOs RUDHALL GLOCESTEl; KdrXDER S» 1775 EDWd TRICKSEV THOs CHARLES lUNit CHURCH WAlfDKNS 1776 '.27i THi: REVi) Mr I'.KXJAMIX XEWTOX RECTOR 1776 ."?. Muni le Lodi. Rixo vs :\rEui;iLY & wee shall y,y. PRAISED 1705 A R 4 Mil INo PRICE VICAU . Mn TH(l. r.Vl!(;i3 | lUXii W. BROWN!-: C.W. 1705 \ PROSPERITY TO THi: CHVRCH oF EXG- LAXD A R ,t, 1 705 ^ [2S] ANNO DOMINI 1636 Ditto Mb IOHX price VICAR . lOHX PARKER & lOSEPH HARIHS CH. \VAI!DEXS 4> 1710 -^ A li 5 ilkhacl. WILLIAM WOdDWARD l(J.-,7 1067 GOD SAVE QUEEX AXX ARKs. lirHHALL 6 6 1703 PROSPERITY TO GLOVCESTER& ALL OVR BEXEFACTORS 17n.j A . R . A ^ ROWLAXD PYTT « IOHX HEMIXG CHYHCH WARDEXS . 1703 A . R . CAST BY IOHX WARNER & SOXS LOXDOX 1S72 26 29 29 30 33 3G GLOUCESTER. S. Mar 11 le Ci\i/pl. 1 i AVm 1 )RAr I:1! : AB : RUDHALL : CH. WARDEXS I 1769 liva 2 ! PROSPERITY TO OUR BEXEFACTORS A ^ R ! 17411 3 LETVSREIOICE WITH CHEERFVL VOICE A R/i 1710 * S!tSKA:RAl710 SSfeH I 1710 6 ! ABRA RUVHAI.L J5ELL FOVXDER 1710 tIar^juio 8 I T6R2-S177-2 30 31 36 30 41 31 33 39 47 4S Ifi .^•. Xie/iohix. ROBERT L0X(;NI:Y . CHVRCH WARDEX f 1008 . L 4 li. ^ [28] ANNO DOMINI 163G Ditto ^ [40] $.A-l>K'$13 : [79] 11^ : y^■^^ : IJK.? : 13.A:1;^ : [79] tf,l\-ed to ojiposite the Tolsey. PROSPEI!ITY TO THE CITY OF GLOVCESTER uoi; --'^^ GRKTTON IN AVIXCIICOMBE + AY (3 § w;^BO § [«4] (r,^^;^•3)I;v § 2S 31 314 36 39J 44 G 22i 2C 50 THE ClIUKCIi BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSTIIRE. GUITIXG POWER. S. .Vk/uid. I. WARNKR & SONS, LONDON. 1870 } I. BOND and SON . BELLFOUNDEHS BUR- I FORD . OXON. 1809 One of tlie old Bells \v:is by James Keen, 1033. GUITING TEMPLE. I TAYLOR & Co LOUGHBOROUGH. 1871 Ditto 1870 THIS PEAL WAS RESTORED AND ONE BELL ADDED BY SUBSCRIPTION A.D. 1870 F. E. BROWNE WITTS VICAR . lOSEPH . ST.\TTE lAMES HEWER CHURCHWAR- DENS Same as the First. Surplice Bell. L TAYLOR & CO 1871 Before 1870 there were three Bells. (Jn the Tenor Wcus inscribed RICHARD KEENE ^IXBV. THIS RING. 1062 H.\MPNET. .S'. Matlhcir. THO^! WELLS & THOs TAYLER CHURCH- WARDENS . 1S32 . I. RUDHALL FECt. Dinin. ij NO 111. ara §[81] HANHAJI ABBOTS. ►J* [29] Saiutc 55 [ol] prgi i pro C/ii-lst t'ltii.rrh. THO: HEARS . FECt 1840 Ditto. HARDWICK. iJ. John Baptist. T. MARSTUM, & N. H.A.WKINS CHURCH- WARDENS. 1819. I. RUDHALL . FECt. THE GIFT OF T. T. L. P.AKEii ESQr 1819. RECAST . 1841 T. WELCH & W. POWEL C. WARDENS •:• lOHN : HAWKINS ; (•trcfits;^ ® (Coin^ W. Ly ASTMAN ^ 1093. (Royal Arms). Cracked 10!:i. (Bad letters) Cr.-;cked W.M POWKLL & THOs WELCH CH. WARDENS 1836. T. ?iIEARS GLOUCESTEK & LONDON FECt-:. A :U:4 AN>0 : DOM * [-28] ANNO DOMINI, (; , 11 32i 154 17 29 30 S3 35 41 G HARESCO]\IBE. *S'. John Baptist. Blank Two in a Gable Cot. HARESFIELD. THE (ilFT OF Mr SAMl NIBLETT. 1779. T R. SAMr. PVLTON GENT : CH.WARDEN. 172.^. E. H. NIBLETT VICAR. L CH.\N1)LER & R. SMITH. C. W. GLORY BE TO GOD ON HIGH. REC.A.ST. 1846. GOD PROSPER ALL OUR BENEFACTORS. A^R. 1702 lOHN . WILTS CHURCHWARDEN. GOD S.A.VE THE QUEEN. 4 A R ^ 1702, ^ I. TO THE CHURCH, THE LIVING CALL, AND TO THE GR.U'E DO SUMMON ALL, E, H, NIBLETT. B.A. VIC.A.R , F, JIARTIN & R. DAVIS C.WARDENS . GOD SAVE THE QUEEN AND THE PRINCE OF WALES, 1846"?S.aSS HARNHILL. S. Michiel. RICHARD : lACKSON : RECTOR : PETERS JIICHELL ; [89] ; EDWARD ^ NK.A.LE Bl'XL FOLTNDBR. HARTPURY. iS'. Marij. GIVE : THANKS : TO : GOD : TB : IB : C:AV, MAY:17 1«2rt WILLIAM GOUGH. D.A.NIEL BURB. CHURCH- WARDENS 1715 A 4 R. ^ [2.)] SanclE t [12] gcorgi f [12] ora pro nobis GIVE •■ THANKS : TO GOD : TB : IB : CW : JL'VY ; 17 ; 1626. (Unknown founder), SOLI ; DEO : DETVR : GLORIA . IL : IN : C:W- DENS : 1620 HASELTON. 5, AiKh'cn: T. ilEARS FECt. GOD SAVE THE CHVRCH & KING. 1721. A^K; Diam. In. 30 30 31 33 37 41 33i 37 391 4U 44' THE CHURCH LKLLS UF CLOUCESTERSHIRE. 51 HASFIELD. 1 GLORIA DEO IN EXCELS. 1026. 2 BE YE FOLLOWER OF GOD AS DEAUE j CHILDREN' AXXO 1641) Cracked 3 THOs FULLIAMES ESQ & Mit WILLm CROOK CHURCHWARDENS. 1S3-2. RUDHALL FECt 4 Ditto HATHEROr. ^•. .v;.7,„/-i,s-. LET THE FIRST HELL Sn lOHNS KIND GIFTS DECLARE— WHILST S>L\LL IJKLLS PLEASE AND (iREAT ONES GLORIOUS ARE. A ^ R. 17:.'. PROSPERITY TO ALL I'.F.N I-.K.-\CTORS. A 4 R. 1715 PEACE AND GOOD NKHIHBOI'RHOOD. A^R. 171.". ABR RUDHALL BELLFdUNltKH CAST YS ALL. 1715 6 MR lOHN BRADLEY RECTOR. A ^"i R. 1715. 6 MAY THE LAST BELL I'OU EYER RING & RISE THE FA.Mtirs N.\.ME uF WEBB ABOYE THE SKIES. 171.'.. Reca.st. C&G MEARS. FOUNDERS LONDON'. 1S52 Sauctu.-!. ANNI DdMINL I'J--!. I! 1'. Clock Bell. lOHN WABXER & SONS, LONDON. 1S08 Presented by J. S. Bayley, Est]. The Bell.s ui"l715 weie the L'itt ..f Sir Ji.lin Wel.l.. Diam. In. m 29^ 1 304 3-25 o') A I 1 2 251 , 4 2(i ') -' G 28J Beli HAWLING. .V. /aiIc. Diam. In. 31J 35 A IGi 1) HENBUEY. ? .1A«V/. I'ROSPERITV Ti) THOSE WHO LOYE GOOD BELLS. A.D. 1717 ISGO Recast (iOD PRESERYE ilUi: BENEFACTURS. 1717 Reca.st ISlJO PEACE AND GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD. 1717 lUHN .I.\<.)UE. loHN H.VNCOCK CHURCH- WARDENS. 1717 THE HON'OURAliLE I'.DWAKD SOUTHWELL. 1717 Recii.st ISCO THE RIGHT HONiii.K CHARLES WILLIAM & AKAHFLLA L(HII) AND LADY WALDE 334 3H 374 414 46 E HAAVK];siJURY. UEWELSFIELD. .■■v. Mnri/ Md'jihihn. Blank SOLI DEO DETUU (iLORI.V. 1634 Blank i'EACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD. W E 174« 30 30 31 40 1 ' Blank HEMPSTEU. .s. ! MYLTIS i ANNIS <•• RESONET ^ CAMPANA ••) lOHANNIS. A recust in rough capitals with the Ai-ms of Fu.st \J [113] 28 48 53 52 THE CHURCH HELLS OF GLOUCESTEK«HIRE. HINTON. S. Peter. I H S T IHS ^ Me ^ iiiixo Va VIt gV. CLark IVssVbVs DaVId . WarhknI ET I'ltii VotIs 1000 6 5 1 r, TOO 50 4 _r, 5 500 5 1 1 5 1 1693 This Chrunogi-iUii is uu the 211(1, Snl, 4th ami ht\\ Bells. In U)93 David Wan-eu was Lord of the Manor in riglit of his wife, who had it in joynture Four similar Bells at Newljold I'avy, oo. Warwick, dated 1707. HOETON. .S'. J times. THOM.\S CAM lAMKS NOBBS CHVBCHWAR- DENStT. W. +AV4P tit r. lUlii ^ [31] sea latatarina ora pro nobis ■^[25] I lij E g -y i{5 ; 3^.i^'X^KBl\^? ^ [62] m ^ [33] (l-J^illlSAtSK e [33] :i?:sBF33(|;Si^ ^ [33] (f;(5i^^;Oi(t)j^?5 <& [33] -m^ '^ (pivmi^.^^ ^ HOESLEY. .S. Miirtln. PEACE & (iOOD KE1GHB( irRHOOD. A. B. A 171-2 ;-;ij ANNO ^^ DOMINI 1632 ; I ■ B : T M. ; Ditto. CAST AT . (iLOUCESTEB BY lOHN KUDHALL 17SII1 MEAllS & STAIXBAXK ForNDERS . LON- DON 1871 The Old Bell same as 2nd and 3rd. MrRICH.\RD DAVIS VICAR lOHX HARVEi' WILLIAM GRIFFITHS CHt RCHWABDEXS !iS^ T (^ R 1776 i.;„ Diam NO In. 1 29J, 2 32 33 3 3ei 39J 1 4 33 35 37 46 30 HOEFIELI). FEAR CxOD & HONOl'R THi: KING. A R K^ 1715 I. PARKER . C. WARDEN . 1810 lOHN RUD- HALL FECt. ABR . B . THOs FRANCOMBE & THOs lEN- KINS HANGERS THOMAS SWEETING CHURCHWARDEN. 1734. ABRmBI + BIE FECIT GEORGE THE IIJd. KING DEFENDER OF THE FAITH k A. R. 1773. Dii NEWTON LORD BP. OF BRISTOL. lOHN SHAD- WELL ESQ. LORD (iF THE MANOR OF HORl-TELD. HUXTLEY. .S'. Jihii JJtipti.1t. 1 t (pfSB t S.^YC t WJiM, t Kraq:;K t IAf€S*'t ...«Q(f)t J6.J6t 2 AV F t I T t R B t BAYLI t OF t HVNTLER «SS 1580 ^. 3 m [00] wmv « L=^c] (?jSffiM?<^ii«i;tJ ' .-■. ; 36] m:ni •» [301 .^KwwfsB [35] » 4 ! lOSEF t WHYE t THOMAS t DRAPER t I GHARTCHE t WARDENS t ?SV3 1670 A . R fi i.vi ICOMBE. 1 : Blank ... 2 i IOHXBRY'.A.N AND lOHN ROBERTS CHVRCfl- j WARDENS. 1662 3 j PROSPERITY TO THIS PARISH. A R 1717 Sauctns. : Diam. • In. 27 29 31 32 37 30 1 33 '> 34 3 4 44 5 6 INCIIBE(jOK. 1 I Very Small Bell. KEMEETON. FEAR GOD & HONOUR THE KING. A^R 1754 DEO (iLORIA. PAX H(_i.MlNIBUS. T. MEARS FECIT. 1844 A^R. 1751 PROSPERITY TO THIS PARISH. A ^ R. 1754 ABEL RUDHALL CAST US ALL. 1754 I . TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GR.WE DO SUMMON ALL. 1764 27 34 23 27 14 THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 53 KEMPLEY. ALL I'BATSE AND GLOBT THOMAS FELPS. 1680 HE TO GOD KUH EVER. m [60] IJ?Sy O [35] ei^3^)J?J'. Lan-rcnrf. lOHN LIEELV & THOMAS BAUR CH. WAR- DENS A ^ R 1742 Wm HALL & lOs. GERRING CH. WARDENS lAs \VELLS ALBOURN FECIT 1802 TQ IQ AQ RE RP EO. This bell was made 1590. (Badly fonned letters) PRAVES THE LORD 1635 (Bad letters) PRAYES THE LORD 1626 LECKHAIUPTON. HARK TO OUR MELODY A 4 R 1746 ROBERT lONES RECTOR. ANNO DOM. 1688 (Royal Arms ou the side) GOD : SAVE : VS : ALL : 1688 : RALPH CRUMP WEE : WARE ; ALL ; CAST : BY 4 ABRA ^ RUDHALL GLOS : 16SS (Royal Arms ou the side) L RUDHALL FECt. 1833 C. & G. MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 18... SUMPTIBUS HEN. NORWOOD 1688 DE LECKHAMPTON LEIGH. S. James. 4. [40] ssivi^e^er <^ [79] ffiiCTJv^L ^[79] m.^ i' [79] OTi'Q) -nmu^ GOD SAVE OVR t [71] KING t [71] MAY 27 t [71] ANNO 1619 1667 GLORIA : IL : VICAR : 1628 ! + ANNO Diam. In. SOLI— DEO— DETVR- : I B : R W : C W GOD SAVE OVR KING t [71] MAY t 2 1619 LEIGHTERTON. 5. J'tntrs. 1 j CanciE gorgit 4- [29] ora pio nabiC &■ [30] 28 29 30 32 34 38 33J 35 39i 42 47i 54 THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. KO 1 LEMINGTON. RICHARD SANDERS MADE MEE 1722 LITTLEDEAN. S. EtheWn-t. COME LET US KING FOR CHURCH AND KING W i E PROSPERITY TO THIS PARISH W ^ E 1752 PEACE AND GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD W4E[91]1752 W. H. HOWELL & W. lAMES CHURCH- WARDENS W 4 E 17f.2 WE WHERE ALL CAST AT CHEPSTOW BY W. EVANS 1752 LET MY SOUND MOVE THEE TO GODS GLORYW6E[31]1752 LITTLETON ON SEVEEN. Blank PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD MS 1781 Diam. In. LITTLETON WEST. Blank. LLANCANT. B 19 24 27i Blank LONGBOEOUGH. S. Juiiivy. 1680 1680 1680 RICH. KEENE CAST THIS RING 1680 THO. GRAVHUISH & ISAAC SNOW WARDENS A 6 R 1 739 itSiU Hi CH. LONGHOPE. I. RUDHALL FECt 1829 ABR. HUDHALL OF GLOVCESTER CAST VS 1700 GOD PROSPER THIS PARISH 1700 PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD A R 1700 Cracked THO.S STEVENS lOHN COLEMAN CHVRCH- WARDENS A R. 1700 LONGNEY. iS, Lawrence. SUCCESS TO ALL MY BENEFACTORS . lOHN RUDHALL FECt 1824 * THE GIFT OF Mu Wm LONGNEY . 1824 . loHN RUDHALL FECt * I. RUDHALL 1833 CAST AT GLOVCESTER BY I RUDHALL 1796 I BAllON & R LAND CHURCHWARDENS 1796 t PULSA VOCO PLEBEM TRACTARE NE- GOTIA VILL^ »5JS A : R 4 1712 iK5 FEAR X GOD X HONNOR X THE X KING X T.H. X I.D. X C X W X 16 <5 X I P X P. C. GUISE VICAR . I . NEWPORT . CURATE W.M LONGNEY . & INo HAWKINS . CH. WARDENS . 1833 . •" I . RUDHALL FECt Small Bell. LYDBEOOK. Blank. Diam In 28 30 33 3o 40 284 29 30i 3H 32 39 43 LYDNEY. S. Mary. PROSPERITY TO ALL MY BENEFACTORS A ^ R 4 1703 THOMAS SHEASBY & RICHARD HOOK CHURCHWARDENS 1841 PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD A R 6 6 1700 ABRA. RUDHALL CAST US ALL ANNO DOMINI 1700 T. BROWNING . E W BOUGHTON CHURCH- WARDENS 1797 . I . RUDHALL FECIT DAVID THOMAS ROBERT ADDY CHURCH- WARDENS A 4 R 1700 MAISEjSIOEE. GOD CONTIXEV PEACE A. R. 1697. A. RUDHALL. 1697 iSB THO. ROOKE. A. R. 1697 '0M PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD. GOD SAVE THE KING. le97. K. W. MIDDLETON & I. SURMAN CHURCH- WARDENS lOHN RUDHALL FECx 1826 lOHN RUDHALL GLOCESTER FECt 1805 30 3U 33J 36i 38 434 28 29 33 35 35 39 T?IE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 55 MO MANGOTSFIELD. iS'. James. THIS : BELL : WAS : GIVEX : LONG THEREFORE : MAY ■ IT • SO\'ND IN : RINGING : CHANCES : OR : IN RINGING : ROVND : 1687 : lONATHAN TVCKER ; R. P. 4 [92] JONATHAN t TVCKER fCHVliCH + WARDEN 1687 A.K.4 EDWARD NICHOLS «> CHURCHWARDEN 1778 WILLIAM BILBIE X CHEWSToRE .{FOUN- DER « ^ » « CHARLES BARER CHURCHWARDEN 1801 THOMAS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT. lONATHAN : TVCKER : WORTHY : BENE- FACTOR fim Wm BALL *S AND lOHN BAL- LARD CHVRCHWARS. 1697 : A R ^ ^ ?Sa » RECAST BY SUBSCRIPTION. T. V. PETER- SON ESQr & R CROOME CHUlt'H WAR- DENS 1827. I. RUDHALL FECt. The Cage ye Gift of Jonathan Tvcker Churchwar- den 16S7 Jonathan Tucker was a yeoman living at Moorend, lie died Oct»>ber 2nd, 1712, a't. 75. Sou of John Tucker of the same place who died 1657, set. 5y. Blank. Downend Chapd. MAESHFIELD. y. ilary. PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD A^R 1720 PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD A R ^ 1708 Mr MERRICK AND Mr HUFE CHURCH- WARDENS 1739 BILBIE FECIT IOHN BEAL & IOHN GILL CHVRCHWAR- DENS A R 4 1708 Mr RICHARD MERRICK & Mr MICHAEL HVFE CHVRCHWARDENS 1739. BILBIE FECIT (Corns) GE0RGE,GILES & IOHN NICHOLLS CHURCH- WARDENS A 4 R 1734 MARSTON SICCA. 1829 1829 Diam. In. ' NO 1 28J 2 1 29 33 34 1 36i 2 3 42i 4 5 G 1 2 31 33 3 4 36 37 41 46 5 6 MATSON. COME AWAY MAKE NO DELAY A ^ R 1739 t [14] fancta « maria MEYSEY HAMPTON. .S. Miifii. GOD PRESERVE THE CHVRCH A R 1708 GOD SAVE THE (,iUEEN & CHVRCH . A R A 1708 ABRA RVDHALL C.\ST VS ALL 1708 PROSPERITY TO ALL OVR BENEFACTORS A R 4 1708 PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD A R A 1708 Wm FOHESHEW & R. MILLER CHVRCH- WARDENS lS-25 . RUDHALL FECt Over the Gallery " 8am Mouldei- & Edward Tombs gave the fir.st bell." MICKLETON. G. MEARS & CO FOUNDERS LONDON 1862 I. RUDHALL RECAST THIS BELL A.D. 1828 BY ORDER OF REVd C . WHITE . M COR- BETT, W . EDEN W . MEADS . R. DUTTON . FEEOFFEES OF THE CHURCH LANDS LEFT FOK THE REPAIRS OV MICKLETON CHURCH AND PIOUS AND CHARITABLE USES. Blank RICHARD KKENE C.\ST THIS RING BY THE APOINTMENT (JF HENRY HURST IOHN BONNER . IOHN WALFORD . WILLIAM ROSE . WILLIAM WIDDOWES FEOFFEES OF A MESSVAGE CLOS LAND . ONE YARD LAND IN MICKLETON BELONGING TO THE CHVRCH . WHOSE PIOVS EXAMPLE MAY GUIDE THEIR SVCCESSORS THE PROFITS OF THE PREMISSES FOR THE GOOD AND BENEFITT OF THIS CHVRCH FOR EVER 1668 I. RUDHALL RECAST THIS BELL ANNO DOM: 1877 BY THE ORDER OF THE FEOFFEES (JF THE CHURCHLANDS, LEFT FOR THE REPAIRS OF MICKLE- TON CHURCH AND PIOUS AND CHA- RITABLE USES. PROSPERITY TO ENGLAND . GOD SAVE THE g. AND CHVRCH . ABRA RVDHALL OF GLOVCESTER BELL FOUNDER . PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD . 1706 . VENITE EXVLTEMVS. Oiani. In. 14 m 27 29 30 J 32 36i 39 G 56 THE CHUKCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTEKSHIEE. MICHAEL DEAN. S. Michael. SUCCESS TO THE RUDHALLS OF GLOUCES- TER PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD 1760 GOD PRESERVE OVR CHURCH & STATE 1760 GLORY TO GOD ON HIGH ^ 1760 1760 4 6 6 SUCCESS TO ALL 1760 OUR BENEFACTORS fi THIS BELL WAS RECAST AT THE COST OF Mks COl DAVIES OF THE WILDERNKSS BY G MEARS & Co OF LONDON APRIL 1864 . SAVORY & SON GLOSTER AGENT. Oa the old bell wa.s — HENRY PLAT & lAMES BULLOCK CHURCH WARDENS. 1760 RECAST BY L RUDHALL ISlfl. HENRY PROS- SER& INO. MASKELL CHURCHWARDENS Sanctus, or Ting-ting — I. RUDHALL FOUNDER . A MINCHINHAMPTON. Holy Trinit)/. PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD A A R 1719 ^® GEO. PLA\"NE & FRANs T. MEARS FECt CHAMBERS 1842 CHVRCH OF ENG- lAMES PARKER PROSPERITY TO THE LAND A 6 R 1719 NATHANIEL PERKS & CHVRCH WARDENS A. TOWNSEND AND G. RALPH . WARDENS 1797 I. RUDHALL FECt •:■ lOHN ROWDEN curate A 6 R . 1719 lOS. ILES AND lACOB SCUSE CHURCH- WARDENS 1825. lOHN RUDHALL FECt MINSTEEWOETH. *S'. Mary. COME AWAY MAKE NO DELAY. 1788 PROSPERITY TO THIS PARISH I. SMITH & R BROOKE CHURCHWARDENS ELECT. 178S PRAISE BE TO GOD. 1788. REVd Wm 6YLLETT VICAR THIS PEAL WAS CAST BY INO. RUDHALL 1788 lAMES BUTT & lAMES ROAN CHURCHWAR- DENS. 1788. THIS PEAL WAS THE GIFT OF SIR CHAs BARROW, BARt. 1788. Diam. NO In^ 27 1 28i 2 294 30^ i2l 35 38i 1 1 41 ' 2 F 124 1 3 4 i 6 30i 7 31 8 321 38 38J 40 1 2 3 27 4 28} 5 6 29J 30i 33i 1 36i Gff I 1 a^h- MISEEDEN. 5. Andreiv. COME AWAY MAKE NOE DELAY :':af 1722 I. TO THE CHVRCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GRAVE DOE SVMMON ALL «M A 6 R >SS 1722 sa^ MOEETON IN MAESH, or HENMAESH 6'. David. ALTHOUGH I AM BUT LIGHT & SMALL . I WILL BE HEARD AMONG YOU ALL . H. G. BUSBY AND E PALMER CHURCH- WARDENS 1862 I AM THE SICCOND IN THIS RING THERE- FORE XK.ST I WILL SING . H. G. BUSBY AND E PALMER CHURCHWARDENS 1862 WILLIAM BAGLEY MADE ME 1693 FEAR GOD AND HONOUR THE KING 1623 PROSPERITY TO THIS PARISH . REV ROBt lARRATT RECTttR REV. I. N. CHASE CURATE H G BUSBY AND E. PALMER CHURCHWARDENS 1862 ANTONY GUEST CHURCHWARDEN A 6 R 1735 lOHN EDGLY AND THOMAS POOL CHVRCH WARDENS. 1693 PRESENTED BY THE RIGHT HONble LORD REDESDALE . MAY ALL I SUMMON TO THE GRAVE THE BLESSINGS OF A WELL SPEN LIFE RECEIVE. 1862 Diam. In. 17 46 MOEETON VALENCE. S. Stejilien. THOMAS MEARS FECt 1840 REMEMBER THE FOVNDER . ABRA. RVD- HALL 1696 6 6 £» PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD A 6 R 1739 CHAING FOR THE BETER A 6 R. 1696 PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD ABRA. RVDHALL —96. W P. (Coins impressed). GEORGE BARRON GENT : HEN : ABBOT MINISTER ; 1696 . ?;;S A CAST AT 1795 NAILSWOETH. GLOUCESTER BY I. RUDHALL 24i 25J 26J 274 30i 33 364 41 F 29 31 32 35 39 G 25 THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. NAUNTON. 5. Andrew. PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD T ^ R 1775 FEAR GOD HONOVR THE KING T ^ R 1775 RICHARD TAVLOR MICHAEL FREEMAN . C . W. 1684 NEWENT. 5. .Uary. lOHN HILL lOHN MATTHEWS CHURCH- WARDENS, JOHN MEARS FECt 1843 SAMVEL : HILLMAN : ARTER ; PITT ■ CHVRCH WARDENS : SEPTEMBER 19 ; 1604. STEPHANUS^^SKINNER^ET-^RICARDUS,^ HILL ^ GARDIANI ^ JULY ^ 13 ,:> 1633 THOMAS : MASTERS : lOHN • CLARKE CHVRCH : WARDENS • ANNO DOMINI 1640 HAYLWAY PARSONS & ARTHUH HOPE CH- WARDENS 1724 LAVDATE DEUM IN CYMBALIS BENE SO- NANTIBUS lOHN HILL lOHN MATTHEWS ECCLESI.E CUSTODES C & G MEARS . FOUNDERS ISoO NEWINGTON BAGPATH. S. Bartholomew. RUDHALL GLOCESTER FOUNDER THOs 1779 NEWLAND. All .Saints. SLEWS & SONS BIRMIN3HAM 1875 PROS- PERITY TO ALL MY NEIGHBOURS lACOB BACNAL OAKLEY SUMPTA REFORMATA. CHRISTOPHER BOONE . lOHN . WITT . CHVRCHWARDENS . lULY . 5 . 1660 : I : P : m m PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD A R ^ ^ 1701 lOHN MILLSOM . lOSEPH . DEW CHVRCH- WARDENS A 4 R. 1728 PROSPERITY TO THE CHVRCH . OF ENG- LAND A 4 R172S 4 I TO THE CHURCH . THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GRAVE DO SVMMON ALL A^R i.«S M Diam. In 30 32 39 Atr 30.i 34 36 40J 42 45 Eb 38i NEWNHAM. S. Peter. THE GIFT uP GEORGE i- SARAH MARTIN lOHN RUDHALL FECt 1810 lOHN RUDHALL GLOSTER FECt 1810 Ditto •:• lOHN RUDHALL GLOSTER FEO ISIO i(« Ditto EDWARD COWELL BRICE, B.A. INCUMBENT William BARLING FRANCIS PICK .lORRIS CHURCHWARDENS IN THE YEAR 1868 LLEWELLYNS & JAvlES . UELLFOUN- DERS . BRISTOL NORTHLEACH. S. Peter. Rob J} Cok 55 rj^j, 1700 TJ (Royal Arms) Will » Cor ;s 1700 IJ ditto Com s5 Whe-j » Wee Si Call 54 And ^ Skrvb » Gou » All W. 0^1700 God S Blkss s> Kinq « William » 1700 » Rob «S Cob \J (Royal Anns aud a Monogram) <* SP On Eakth BfXLS Do Ring » In Heaven Anqels SiNo Halelujah (S} Edmund i) Stone i) & $ RiCHAKD ■!} TOWNSEND If & RICHARD <) BUCNSDON <^ C ^ W 1700 W . C. S« Ralfe DnTTON'3 Honourable & Weel Fob Ever Tell, The Corbs of Alborne Cast Us, To Make Ye Peal Go Well, Wili, ^ Cor «* 1700 IS& XJ (Royal Arms and foliage, very doriated friezes, &c. NORTH NIBLEY. S. Martin. PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD 17i6 PROSPERITY TO THE CHURCH OF ENG- LAND. 1726 PROSPERITY TO THIS PARISH 1726 ABR. RUDHALL CAST US ALL WW 1726 lOHN TROTMAN & SAMl COOKE CHURCH- WARDENS 1726 I TO THE CHVRCH . THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GRAVE DO SUMMON ALL 1726 IH. NORTHWICK (in Henbury). I. S. C. W. E E 1713 THOMAS HOLLISTER & lOHN SMITH CH WARDENS . E. E 1713 Diam la. 27i 28i 31 32^ ■iZ 36i 30 36^ 39 40 48 28 30 32 34 36 40 31 31 F 58 THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. NOTGEOVE. 4- \^m[\ -^ I u + s.i j -^ [m^I ^ lT¥?j W THOMAS RUDHALL GLOCESTER FOUNDER 1770 No. 2 is a most indistinct casting. NTMSFIELD. CAST AT GLOUCESTER BY T. JIEARS 1837 NORTON. ABRAH : RIDDELL : BELL : FOUNDER : OF : GLOc ; 1685 IF ■ YOV ; DOO : ASK ; WHO GAVE : MEE : SQR : BRET ; OF : HATHERLEE : gg ^ ^ 4 ABR : RIDDELL 1685 : jg (Ead letters) I AM : THIRD ; BELL : FOR : TO : RING : MANY : A : DAY : FOR : OVR : KING 16S5 (Cracked) lOHN FLOCK : WILLIAM . WELCH . CH : WARDENS : A4 R 1711 lOHN POt)LE & WILLIAM . MAN . CH- WARDENS A 4 R. 1735 SAMl COX & Wm BARNARD CH, WARDENS (Broken tti pieces) 1727 1, 2, and 3 are very long waisted bells. 4 ODDINGTON. S. Xicftolas. ABRAHAM KIDDALL & I : L : OF : GLOVCES- TER MADE VS ALL 1684 ^ «»& * A 4 R 1738 ;i'« ROBERT PREWKT & THOMAS BENFIELD CHURCHAVARDICXS AS I AM THIRD BELL IX THIS RING . PRAY GOD PRESARVE OUR NOBELL KING 1B84 6 A lOHN lOHNKS AND lAMES BEALL CHURCH- WARDENS ^ 16S4 fi^ william "^ bagley -^ made mee . peter herbert thomas phipps churchwai;dens. * This is the eailiest bell by lUulhall. Dtan. In. 3U 28 29 36 F 29J 32 37 41 G 28 30 33 36 40 OLDBURY ON THE HILL. Arild the Virifin. OLDBURY UPON SEVERN. CAST AT GLOUCESTER BY T. MEARS 1844 OLDLAND. iS'. Anne. RECAST FOR OLDLAND CHAPEL WHEN IT WAS REBUILT A D. 1829 . READER THOU ALSO SHALT KNOW A RESURRECTION . T. JIEARS OF LONDON FECIT OLVESTON. S. Helen. GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST. 1733 AND ON EARTH PEACE. 1732 GOOD WILL TOWARDS MEN. 1732 Mr EVANS OF CHEPSTOW CAST US ALL. 1732 GOD PRESERVE THE CURCH AND KING. 1732 ABRAHAM FISHER CHURCH-WARDEN. THO- MAS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT. 1811 Diaiu. In. 24 32 OWLPEN. COME AWAY MAKE NO DELAY : T ^ R 1770 OZLE WORTH. lOHN RUDHALL GLOUCESTER FECt 1809 41 20 34 35 39 40 41 50 Eb 26i THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 59 OXENHALT>. © [57] II . liii^-^iQtme § S„^yH(?^I : Blank t MDCV . RX . RH WO . R. OXENTON. COME AWAY MAKY NO DELAY : T. RUDHALL 1765 COME AT MY CALL AND SERVE GOD ALL 1765 lo: i 12 PAINSWICK. 5. Juhit Eia»g€}ist. lOHN RUDHALL . GLOUCESTER . KECr 1821 Ditto WHEN YOU ME RING ILE SWEETLY SING 1731 l^ROSPERITY TO ALL OVU BENEFACTORS A i R 1731 SSS THE GIFT OF EDMd WEBB CLOTHIER 1686 . RECAST 1731 THE GIFT OF Wm ROGERS ESQii 1636. RECAST 1731 ABR RVDHALL CAST VS ALL 1731 J555? 1732 j^^g PROSPERITY TO THIS TOWN AND PARISH. A 4 R 1731 lOHN DOWNE VICAR A ^ R 1731 THOMAS SMITH AND WILLIAM BARNES CHURCHWARDENS A 4 R. 1731 BTXS I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GRAVE DO SUMMON ALL PAUNTLEY. w m)- V>1$ All crowned caps [15, 16, 17, 18, 19] WILLIAM HALL CHVRCHWARDEN 1698 ABRA. RVDHALL The second bell is by the same founder as the second at Farley i.'hamberlayn, Hants, his name John Barbur, as appears from a. bell at CliUtern, All Saints, Wilts.— iVofc 6^* Mr.Tyssen. DIam. In. N '62 THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. SANDHURST. S. Lawrence. PROSPERITY TO ALL MY BENEFACTOR A ^ R 17f.l ffiS Wm VERNON & lOHN SlIITH CH. WARDENS A ^ R 1751 -Wif. THOs VERNON THOs COTHER CHURCH- WARDENS 1768 T 4 R lOHN PALMAR MADE MEE 1621 (on waist) DS WK (Below) OOD t SAV t OVR t QVEN t ELIZABETH 1596 (small caps.) GOD t SAVE t OVR t QVEN » ELIZABETH 1596 SAUL. S. James. [72] $J\"f}(^{FS t^t^mM m^'i w^ mm$ m [25] SEVENHAMPTON. S. Amlrew. BE . YEE . FOLLOWARES . OF . GOD . AS . DEARE . CHILDREN . W. CHANLER » 1650 «* * [40] $.A1^(?S:S § [79] (^JiBK-reJi § [79] lOHN TIMBRELL CHURCHWARDEN A ^ R 1718 * Before and after the date are impressions from a spurious Jewish Shekel, .such as are still made for aale. The devices are corrupt followings of those on the true shekel, and the inscriptions the same, but in the "square" character insteiid of the original " Old Hebrew " or " Samiuitan." Obv. — A cup (cup of manna, or wine cup?) and the words ^H')t2?' ^pu? (shekel of Israel). Hev. — A branch with leaves and fruit (Olive? Aaron's rod?) and the words nu/lpn D'iityTl' (Jerusalem the Holy). These sham shekels were figured ;md described as real by the nximismatistti of the 17th century, and are still to be bought in London, fresh from the mint. They have become more and more deb;ised in character, but in the earliest and best of them the imposture is as evident ;is it would be in an imitation of a coin of Edward I made about twice the proper size and with the inscription in modem Roman lettere. I am indebted to the kind courtesy of the Rev. J. T. Fowler of Durham (or this explanation. See " Notes and Queries," sec. 5, vol. iv. SHEEPSCOMBE. G. HEARS & CO. FOUNDERS LONDON 1864 Diam. In. 30 31 m 34 36 42 I 30i 32 34* SHERBOURN. THOMAS HAYWARD VICAR 1746. lAMES LENOX DUTTON ESQr R. CHARD HIN- TON CHURCHWARDEN . HENR BAGLEY MADE ME-: • 2 JOHN DVTTON : ESQVIER NEALE 1653. 3 Ditto WHEN : I : WAS : CAST : INTO : THE : GROVND ; I : LOST : MY : OLD : TONE : AND : REVIVED .MY : SOVND JO, NEALE ; of Rurford i roq-i made mee l°"J 16,93. I RICHARD HINTON CHURCHWARDEN n^ Sb lOHN DUTTON BARONET THOMAS HAY- WARD VICER fSm (On shoulder) I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL Km AND TO THE GRAVE I SUMMON ALL K^ HENRY BAGLEY MADE MEE . IT . IS . TREW IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1742 'Sm (On the bow) SHIPTON MOYNE. S. John Baptist, G. MEARS & Co FOUNDERS LONDON 1865 CHRISTOPHER DOWNTON lOSEPH BROWNINQE CH. WARDs 1704 ARfi GOD SAVE QUEEN ANNe & THE CHURCH AR^S1704KS ANNO DOMINI 1620 Ditto ^ [68] Sum Bofa ^9ulgata JHnntii fHatfa Facata4-[67] U [112] Diam. In. 25 27 29 32 34 37 Blank SHIPTON OLIFFE. § I § SHIREHAMPTON. S. Mary. Blank (Steel bells by Vickers of Sheffield) SHURDINGTON. .9. Paid. GOD SAVE VS ALL & SEND VS PEACE A R 1719 29 30 32 35 39 44 THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 63 HOI 3 SIDE. 5. Mary. RICHARD MINCHIN CH. WARDEN 1771 ^^ ^KS ; ?5¥^ ; VZ (very small letters) ^ [57] |>.KID5e(gfa- : Ymm SIDDINGTON. S. Peter. 1 , -*< [61] IBS$Yg : ■^JiZiV'>l% » (Small crowned caps, 15, 16, 17, IS, 1'.*) LORD BY THY MIGHT t KEEPE VS + FROM t POOPE t AND t HYPOCRITE 1678 IN t HONOREm t St PETRI f- ME f FECIT FIERI GEORGE WRIGHTf lOHN BARENS t CHURCH t WARDENS r 1678 & R P A W.C^t Bell cage well moulded by R . C 16S7 •26 28 28. 30 31 34 39 ! 42 3.5 38 42 48 STANTON. S Michael. ^ FILIVS § EGO § GENEROSORV ^ NAT EVI SVO § GII REDNT ABINDE 1660 HVMPRY KEENE AND lAMES KEENE MADE THIS RING. 1640 Blank. 1640 Blank. 1640 Ditto HENRICVS IZOD ET GVLIELMVS SPOONER PROCVRATORES 16.';2 Henry Izod, Rectoi-, died 1690, set. 52. (On his monument). STANWAY. i>. Peter. COURT CHURCHWARDENS. Diatn In. 27i 28i 29J m 36 39 G COOK & T. lOHN RUDHALL FECIT. 1826 SOLI DFO OLOTJIA . PAX HOMINIBVS . SIP- PR AN GVE AND FRANCIS WOLLAMS CHURCHWARDENS 1636 AND TRIOVMPE FOR OVR KING 1625. ALEXANDER TRACY. TO THE PRAYES OF GOD WEE SINGE 1625 STAPLETON. Hoh/ Trinitij. FREE FROM REBELLION GOD SAVE THE KING 1694 A ^ R THE GIFT OF lOHN BYBB GENT. CITIZEN OF BKISTOL. A RUDHALL 1694 Blank MILES HOBSON AND RICHARD PHILLIPS CHURCHWARDENS . R AND W PURDUE 1669 CAST BY JOHN RUDHALL. lOHN RUDHALL FECIT 1792 STAUNTON (by Coleford). AU Saints. ^he ^ift of mr, f Samuel :61i Harris a (f;hurchii!ardtu ot iftaunton Jfar|ish | (|;loucestei;shir8 J503 (Bhe (pift of t^he Bevercnd lames :13am- mond A'.Jii of Merton (fiollege l^")xforid to the U?artsh of .Staunton (|(loucestershir|e. GIVE ^'^ THAINK »S„ TO WSi GOD ffiil P ^ 1623 Blank. ►J< Intonat^. ^elis^vox QJampana ^ichaelis ►J< ^aiict ^oma ^ra pro nobis 32 334 37i 42 27 29 31 32| 35 39 G- THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTEESHIEE. 65 no; STAVEETOX. >'. Catherine. •2 I JOSEPH PEAKCK, CHrHCHWAKHKX im I I. HUDDALl, I'UUXDHl; 3 ■ DAXEEL SrUAT & THOs PUHKOrCHS CHURCHWAKDEN'S 1771 Ailt Uiam. [I no 30 32 36 STINCHCOMB. & djvil. lOHN ■■ PINFOLD : GENT H)92 A4 R : \&Ji : lOS CLER : i« ALEXANDER RIGBE MADIC ME 1679 NOW PEACE & PLENTY A : R & 1713 ^ce (fJabriel fS [24^ l^ra J;^i;o bis GLORIA Wa DEO t EaJ I^^ t EXCELSIS 1- 1630 F + H TAINTON. One bell TETBUEY. V'rfj'ni Mnr'i. I. RICH. & 1! WARMAN C \V L'-Q:!. I. RUD- HALL FECT ;:"s PROSPERITY TO THE CHT^PJ H uF ENGLAND A 5 R \l-2-l PROSPERITY TO THE CHUIM' OF ENGLAND A i R ]7;i2 iiCS PRO.^'-PERITY TO THIS TOW N A /,\ R 1722 PROSPERITY TO THIS TOM N .t PARISH K ^\l 1722 SSK GILES KODV AND Jl.\TTHEW WU.KS GENT. CHVRCHWARDENS A ^ R 1722 S^si Ditto fta.> I TO THE CHVRCH THE LIVINCi CALL 4: TO THE GRAVE DOE SUMMON ALL 1722 TEWKESBURY. Vlr'j'ui Mitrii. IAS. PEACE & WILLI.^M HATHAWAY I CHURCHW. A 6 R 1743 <^^ I PROSPERITY TO THIS TOWN ZSi 1725 SS^ I ABRA: RUDHALL lOHN CALE 16H6 SSffi I ABRA: RUDHALL CAST VS ALL r;3 1696 .£^5 I CAST AT GLOUCESTER BY T. MEARS 2SM 1837 \tte used the old ornamentation) I PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOVRHOOD AMEN I ?Ka.l796 PROSPERITY TO THIS TOWSE & CHVRCH. ABRA RUDHALL OF GLOUCESTER. BELL ; FOUNDER 1717 rSJS REVn CH. WHITE VICAR HENRY BRIDGES * HU(;H MARTIN CHURCHW. 1837 . T. mi-:ars fect Sanctus— T. MEARS FECt. 1837 28 30} 32^ 34 36 45A 30J 31 324 36 39 42 46 51 18i llubj Trill itj. T. MEAKS FECt 1835 THE CHUECH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 67 8 THOENBURY. Virf/in Ma fir. GLORY TO GOD IX THK HICHICST \V K [i'l] 17t)0 Mr IOHN SALMON Mu L\MES CTLLIMOKE CH. WAKIIENS iriiO M. F. S. STEPHEN'S VICAR, L. FORD, W. CUR- NOCK & W. COWLEY, C. \VAUUEXS 1S2S. I. RUDHALL FECt ION THURSTON ^VM TANNER . GuD SAVE THE KING Iti'JS. A1;R. RUliHALL CAST VS ALL MORDECAI HIGHNELI, CHiniCHWARDEN 1788 I. RUDHALL FECr M. F. S. STEPHENS VICAR IAS. FORI) . \Vm CORNOCK & AVm COWLEY CHURCH WARDENS ISJS. I. RUDHALL FECr THO. HARVEST lOH. HuWELL RIC. WEBB. Wm CLARKE CH. WARDENS li;i»8 RALPH GROVE VICAR . GUY HOWELL HEN. PRICHARD . ROB. WYSE C. W. 1717 A R. TIBEETON. Uohf J'rinUif. & [32j s^^iQe??.-^ ;m3iq;^ mi.K vnip : I. P : X . GLORIAM X EXCELSIS X SONO T. P C ; AV . DENS ■; 1631 * ^ I L 39 TODBINGTON. PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD T A K. 1773 2 1 .IOHN I'ARSONS. MINISTER. 1773 3 THOMAS RUDHALL FOUNDER. 1773 W.M RUSSELL & ISAAC BAYLIS CHURCH- WAIIUEN. 1773 i COME AT MY CALL & SEIiVE GOD ALL. ] 730 TODENHAM. .S. Thomas u Bcrkct, LET VS RING & MERILY SING A : R 1713 PEACE i: GOOD NEIGBoVRHOOD A : R 1713 NOW PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOVRHOOD A : R 1713 ABR.A.. RUDHALL OF GLOVCESTER CAST VS ALL 1713 MbIOHN TAYLOR RECTOR WILLIAM HOBBS; ROP.T ROUSE VH. WARDENS 1713. THOs MANDER GENT. Mr WILLIAM BAMBURY THE LIVING I TO CHURCH DO CALL & TO THE GRAVE DO SUMMONS ALL A : 1713 I 28 33 [ 34 ; 37i 424 F TOEM.ARTOX. a Manj. P. LLEWELLYN BRISTOL lAMES BEARD IOHN .UlNOLD CHUllCHWARDENS TOR. MARTOX lS.il C8 THE CHUECH BELLS OF GLOUCESTEESHIEE. TOETWOETII. I. TAYLOR & Co. FOUNDERS LOrGH- BOROUOH 1871 Ditto FUNERA PLAN60 S ABB ATA T'ANnO FUL- GURA FRANGO KXCITO VENTIS PACO GRUENTOS DISSII'O VENTOS (J. GRES- WELL jr. A. REGTOR. I. ADAMS G. AV. A.D. ISSO. lEFFERIES & PRICE BRISTOL. Blank [72] $(?.^ ^i]^ [41] cA, [31] 6 I LAUDO DEUM PLEBEX VOGO CONVOCO I CLERUM DEFUNCTOS PLORG PKSTEM FUGO FESTA DEGGRd . I. ADAMS G \V. A.D. 1850 I & P BRISTOL FICGIT. REV. CLEMENT GRESWELL REGTOR TEEDINGTON. ,S'. Join) Baptiit. ABRA RUDHALL lUNIOR IVrtn CHARLES BICK GENT UiiO Mr THO. CARTWRIGHT SENIOR Wm SURMAN IUNIOR a U 1700 AVm SURilAN GENT 1700 Wii CAP.TWRIGHT GENT 1700 THO.s CARTWRIGHT lOHN SUR1H.N CHURCH WAliDENS 1700 A AR4 A 4 R 17S1 HOOD TEESHAM. PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOrU- TUEKDEAN. JOHN HV:\rF!!YS : THOMAS ; PAINE ; CHURCHWARDENES. liUl. EDWARD NEALE 4-[52] e't5f=:H:n);t:.s?§ :^'mn^ § :Ke'!?(?- COM : AND : PRAY : HEARE : AND : OB AY ' I ; HVMFRYS ; T: PAINE : CH: \\\ Sf\nctvi9 ov Par.^on's bell — EDWARD NFALE : BVRFORD : MADE :MEE: 106a 24 14 THE RKVD. THOS. EV.\NS n.D. LODE 1842 . T. jr. IJiClT TWIGWOETH. VICAR OF ST. 5IAUY DE TWO MILE HILL. ,S'. Mii-liael. Blank 4 ! TWYNING. & Marij Marjdahn. GOD SAVE THE KING 1723 A ^ R PROSPERITY TO THIS PARISH 1723 A ^ R PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD 1723 RICHARD GOB & RICHARD KNIGHT CHURCH WARDENS 1723 A ^ R PROSPERITY TO ALL OUR BENEFACTORS 1723 A 4 R I TO THE GHUltCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GRAVE DO SUMMON ALL 1723 \ A 1! TYsr.EY. S. M!rh,(rl. Ornamc-nt.« all njuialf'. FEAl: GOD & HONOUR THE KING ^B CHARLES & lOHN RUDHALL FOUNDERS GLOUCESTEI! 1785 Ditto lEliKMIAH HAWKINS i TIM BARNES WAP.DENS I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE (!R.4.VE DO SUMMON ALL ULEY. ,S. Giles. I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GR.WE DO SUMMON ALL . ABR, RVDHALL OF (iLOUCESTER . BELL FOUNDER CAST ME 1715 iSaS ri'LEADOX. lOHN RUDHALL GLOUCESTER FECt 1800 Tiiii; tan;,' RUDHALL FOUNDER 175it (Parson ',s bell) 14J n \ G 45 F 30 14 THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 69 UPTON. S. Leonard. lOHX CARWARDDINE & DAXl SMITH CH- WAKDEXS ITl'S }S& PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD I72S gsg ABR. RVDHALL CAST VS ALL S'^ 1728 ffi?3 lOHX ABBOT, A.Jl. MINISTER ?aa 1728 ,i%; lOHX CARWAKDINI'; & DAXIEL SMITH CHURCHWARDENS ;»S 172S SSS I TO THE CHVKCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GRAVE DO SVMMON ALL 1728 W^ "WALTON CARDIFF. Blank WAPLEY. .^■. Peter. PROSPERITY TO THIS PARISH A ^ R 1724 CHARLES OSBORNE : CHURCHWARDEN « » » » lioses) Wm BILBIE CHEWSTOKE FECIT 1777 [coin] ,?pnttc fabriel ora pro nobis 5*? [32] ^,^-liiC(5e'„-Vl>).;t3KI.A ^\1^ [41] WATERMOOR (in Cirencester). C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1851 WELFORD. llolii Trlnitij. LIONELL DUKE OF DORSET LORD OF THIS MANNOR T. EDKINS & W. BADSON RICHARD SANDERS MADE VS ALL 1721 (Cracked) GEORGE SAUL AND EDMUND OAKLEY CHUKCHWARDENS 1721 EDWARD ASTLEY RECTOR 1721 THAT ALL MAY COME AND NONE MAY STAY AT HOME I RING TO SERMON AVITH A LUSTY BOME WILLERSEY. S. Peter. LET ME RING FOR PEACE MERRILY. A A R 1712 ^ A^R 1712 PROSPERITY TO THIS PARRISH A ^ R 1712 ABRA RUDHALL BELLFOUNDER 1712 PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOVlUrOOD . GOD S.4VE THE QUUN . A /^ R 1712 Jilt RIC. GREGORY RECTOR loHN FREEMAN WILLIAM SUCK CH. W.iRDEXS 1712 WESCOTE. WILLIAM BAGLEY SI.iDE ME. H. B. JOHN RALEIGH 1706. GOD S.WE KING lAMES VWi T. W. lOHN SMITH AND RICHARD HOPKINS CHURCH. EDWARD NEALE BEL FOUN- DER 11)02 Rnyal Anns G R Sanctus WESTBURY (on Severn). LET VS RING FOR PEACE MERRILY A A R 1711 PROSPERITY TO ALL OUR BENEFACTORS A 4 R 1711 ABRA RUDHALL CAST US ALL 1711 (cracked) PEACE AND GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD A A R 1711 GLORY TO GOD ON HIGH AMEN A ^ R 1711 B. H. MAYO IOSh BENNETT CHURCHWAR- DENS. lOHN RUDHALL FECt 1825. 35J 28 29 31 33 35 39 G 29i 314 33i 3o 40 G 27 30 32 B 32 34^ 37 40 43J Eli THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. WESTBUEY ON TRIM.; IJoli) Triiiiti/. PEACE & GOOD >-EIGHBOURHO0D JL'i'i 1774 FEAR GOD HONOUR THE KIN'G 1774 T ^ R PROSPERITV TO THIS PARISH ."SS 1774 T ^ K WHEN US YOU RING WELL SWEETLY SING CAST BY lOHN WARNER & SONS LONDON 1859 Ditto I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GRAVE DO SUMMON ALL 1774 "WESTEELEIGH. THE GIFT OF St IOHN ASTRV ESQii ANNO DOMINI 1702 1616 MAY THE CHURCH OK ENGLAND FLOURISH 17«1 (Biutly urackeil) 4 ^ ►J* [39] § ^^ue § [86] ^ijaria ^racia § [85] l?lena •{» [29] ;ii*rotcge § pura § pia § ij^uos § fonvoco oB.tiA ^ i;uiB(.'j'j Wm LUTON INo DAVIS CHURCHWARDENS 1754 ABEL RUDHALL FOUNDER AVESTON-BIET. IMS. CUMLY NATH. LUDLOW CH. WARDENS A 4 R 174a I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GRAVE DO SUMMON ALL A ^ U 1743 WEbTON ON AVON. All Saints. Blank L R. FECt 1817 WESTON SUB-EDGE. .?. John Baptist. >iam. 1 NO In. 33 1 35 ?,71 3 401 46 49i 1 161 4U 34J WHADDON. >?. Margaret. ABRA. RUDHALL OF GLOVCESTER CAST VS ALL 1694 RECAST BY ABEL RUDHALL 1752 C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON. AV. SAVORY ct SON GLOUCESTER AGENTS 1850 WniTTINGTON. C. & G. MEARS LI )NDON S. BOYCE lUSTINIAN LORESBY CHURCHWARDENS 1855 Diam. In. 29 WHITMINSTER. PROSPERITY TO THIS PARISH 1722 ABRA- HAM RUDHALL BELL FOUNDER '£& PEACE AND GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD 1722 ABRA. RUDHALL BELL FOUNDER 4V», Blauk 1634 S3S I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GRAVE DO SU.M.MON ALL ABRA. RUDHALL BELL FOUNDER 1722 "WICK. (fI?Bt*lT3^ J849. Dittd WICKWAE. a. Marij. GOD SAVE THE KING 1695 A R ^ rj-js PROSPERITY TO THIS TOWNE & CHVRCH A^ R 1716 THOMAS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 180S Ditto lOHANNES BIDDLE ECCLESI^ RECTOR 1695 ABR. RUDHALL ^mki Wm HALE lAMES PULLEN CHURCHWAR- DENS. RECAST ANNO DOMINI 1808 REV. THOMAS COOK RECTOR. THOMAS MEARS & SON OF LONDON FECIT 32 41 21 35 3S 40 G 18 19i TIIK CHURCH BELLS OF GL<:)ITCESTERSniRE. 71 xo 1 2 WINCHCOMBE. THOs TOVKY GENT ANNO DOM 1 1503 HENRY HIGHFORDE RECTOR OF FREE- THORNE AXNO DOM 94 (.') ABRA RUD- HALL CAST VS ALL 1693 I WILL RIXG FOR THE KtXG A R AXNO DOM leys THOs RVDHALL OF GLOSTER FOUNDER 1776 SAMl SJtITH lOHN HEAVENS CHURCH- WARDENS 1776 lOHN I'HILLIPS & lOHN lOHN lOHNSON CHURCHWARDENS A^R 17oy Sanctiis — Blank See page 1 2, about oMei- bells. WIXDEUSH. .S. Filler. WHEN YOU MEE RING ILE SWEETLY SING Scroll work only GOD SEND VS PEACE & PROSPERITY AMEN A R4 1707 &'>a GOD SAVE THE QUEEN & CHURCH Jt SEND VS PEACE A : R ^ 1707 PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOVRHOOD A : R ^ 17U7 CAST BV UlN' WAKXKH & SONS LOXDUX \S>iV.i WINSON (in Biburyl. S Michatf. COME AT OUR CALL & SERVE GOD ALL T ^ R 1764 Mr : RICHARD HOWSE & Mi: THOMAS BRIDGES C: W T ^ R 1764 JSiS WINSTON. S. Bartholomew. PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD T 4\ R 1771 ►^-[52] e'5 ©"Ell!? I :>Hmm ^' Be"i5!5- (Small cu|iit;Lls as at Turkdeau ami yapj)ei'ton) §g [60] k„^?s6-:kw.j^ #[351 i?K-e-(?e' ^[36] ■nr?)^ #[35] m^ ig[3G] Diam. In. 30 32i [ 34 j 37 i I 41 25 27 28 30 35 Ab 29 3U 304 sej WINTEEBOUEXE. .y. Micliail. GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST W ^ E [91] 1757 AND ON EARTH PEACE W ^ E 1757 GOOD WILL TOWARDS MEN W ^ E 1757 PROSPERITY TO THIS PARISH W ^ E WE WERE ALL CAST AT CHEPSTOW BY W.M EVANS 1757 GOD PRESERVE OUR KING & KINGDOJI & SEND US PE.\CE W^ E 1757 WINTEEBOUENE. All Suinls. Blank WITCOMBE. >•. .I/n/v/. THOMAS RUDHALL GLOCESTER FOUNDER i; IS® .IP I . AM . THE VOICE . OF A . CRIER . LV . THE . HOVS OF . GOD . COM AA'D . KIP HOLI : ]6:!0 WITHINGTON. .S. Mkhicl. WHEN YOU US RING WEEL SWEETLY SING A ^ R 1739 WERE ALL CAST AT GLOUCESTER BY ABEL RVDHALL 17:39 PROSPERITY TO THE CHURCH OF ENG- LAND A ^ R 1739 JOHN WOLLEY ROBERT ROGERS GENTS CHUIiCHWARDENS 1738 PROSPEUITV TO THE PARISH . A ^ H 1747 THE HONi!i,E lOHN HOWE ESQ. AND THE REVd IOHN HAVWARD rector 1738 WOLSTON. >'. Martin. RICHARD ROBERTS ROBERT HIGINS 1633 T. HOWEFF I. AVOOD TOBIE NORRIS CAST ME H F I R Diam. In. 33i 35i 38 40 44 72 THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. WOODCHESTEE. S. Marij. 1622 THE GIFT OF Mk INO. BOX CHURCHWARDEN PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD 175y AAR ANNO DOMINI 1635 I. KING I. BOULTON WARDENS 1793 I. RUD- HALL FECt ^ [29] j^v©" § m:>im,:K § (?Bj»f$;i:iiE § IAMES smith & INO. KING CH. WARDENS A ^ R 1738 On a board. — Mr. John Box of this parish, Black- smith, gave, Anno Domini 1761. the Treable Bell belonging to thi.s peal. lam. Martin, Wm. Kirbj', Tho. Browning, Geo. Davis, Wm. Wood, Ids. Hoddenett, Ringers WOODCHESTEE (Monastery). lOHN TAYLOR & SON FOUNDERS LOVGHBOROUGH 1849 (on each beU) Diam. In. 27 28 32J 35 39 27 28J 30 WOOLASTON. W. W. C. C. W. E. E. 1696 A. HAMANS I. WOODRIF I. HUHE ^ [40] $Mm^ i W-^Vvl,^ ': f^:H-.A THOMAS RUDHALL GLOUCESTER FOUNDER 99 1774 1 SOLI X DEO X DETUR X GLORIA X I. S. G D. 1 31 C. W.DENS 1633 IAMES WOODRIFF Wsi LEWIS WARDENS I 34 TiR1775 I AVOEMINGTON. Jlohj 2'riniti/. Blank lOHN CLARK (cracked) Blank 24 26 28 WOTTON UNDEE EDGE. Vhyiii Mart/. WHEN YOU VS RING WE'LL SWEETLY SING A ^ R 1756 SrfS PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD A ^ R 1756 PROSPERITY TO THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND A 4 R 1756 PROSPERITY TO OUR BENEPV.CTORS A ^ R 1756 WE WERE ALL CAST AT GLOUCESTER BY ABEL RUDHALL 1756 THE REVd Mr Wm TASWELL VICAR A ^ R 1756 THOMAS AUSTIN AND PHILIP DAUNCY IUNk CHURCH-WARDENS A ^ R 1756 I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GRAVE DO SUMMON ALL A ^ R 1756 Diam. In. 29 31 32 34 37 38 41 48 P YATE. fS. Mart/. THE GIFT OF RICHARD STOKES OF STAN- SHEWS GENT A 4 R 1723 fan § eta § [81] ma § ria § r 4- [29] t § m [25] Ktf)Be:B(i5V3 i [se] .^(^j^jas- !t'l.-A'K6 (large capitals modern Gothic) m [25] ^ m [61] fr,BK,i?iS5.'k.i?i5(i'.-^i55 [37] (r..si!.t.n?-.^i3A(.t) ^ [61] i$(5.A- l:u< Heret'..rd 15 S Ross Herefordshire ■ 24 (i Eaton-Bishop Herefordshire 12 5 Marberry Cheshire S 6 North Nibley 1 iloucestei-shire - 11 5 Colesborn Gloucestershire u s Burti m-upon-Treut Stiffordshire 21 8 Newark-upon-Trent Nottiughamshirt - 28 ti Kington Herefordshire 13 5 Goosiiagli Lancashire - 8 ti St. .Michael's Chester 1 fi Nantwich Cheshire - 10 s St. Mary's Lichtield 19 6 Holt Denbighshire 9 li found Shropshire 12 5 Kjrkbam Lancashire - 13 10 Wrexham Denbighshire 25 6 Trentham Staffordshire - 10 5 St. Meuver Cornwall 8 r. Little Kudworth Cheshire 7 5 Alvescott O-xfordshire 9 6 Midilletim Lanca-shire - 12 ti Bangor Flintshire 7 ."; Standish DitU> - 11 6 Didsbiny Laucasliire 8 6 Bradford Yorkshire - l.'i fi Ecclestone Ditto 8 6 Boaden Cheshit-e ■ 14 '' Newtown Montgomeryshire - 8 A Great Ton-ington Devonshire ■ 13 C, Lyonshall Herefordshire 11 a Charlbiiry Oxfordshire - 14 .1 Longdon Staffordshire 12 ^ Breadley Staffordshire 8 12 St. Martin's-in-the-Field London 32 e EdgAvorth Glouceatershire 1) 8 All Saints Bristol 18 5 Chedworth Ditto - 11 12 St. Brides Loudon 28 5 Cold Aston Ditto 7 5 Canon Pyon Herefordshire 11 10 Christ Church Bristol - 20 6 Astley Worcestershire 13 6 Wells Somei-setshire - '2a 5 Eardisland Herefordshire 13 R Pre.steign Ridni.rshire - 14 fi Upton Gloucestershire - 17 r, Minshall Cheshire - 10 8 St. Peter's Lincoln 19 fi Bishop's Castle Shropshire 9 8 St. James Bath 19 6 Bonvilston " Glamorganshire - 12 ti Longcott Bei'kshire 9 6 Newpi n-t Shropshire - 13 10 Kulhara Middlesex 20 fi Enfield Staffordshire - 14 li rttoxeter Staffordshire 14 fi Waverham Cheshire 9 li Much Wenlock Shropshire 16 .'; Gladestry Radnorshire 7 s St. Peter's Bristol 10 6 Minchinhampton Gloucestershire - 13 6 Crowan Cornwall 12 6 Bideford Devonshire - 14 8 Holy Cross, Pershore Worcestershire 26 8 Tetbnry Gloucestershire - 10 •i Dumbleton Gloucester 11 6 St. Michael's Lichfield - 10 6 Llanghaine Carmarthenshire - 8 6 Carmarthen Town - 12 5 Keutchiirch Herefordshire 8 6 Lantwit Glamorganshire - 11 fi Turning 1 Jloucestershire - 11 6 AUensmore Herefordshire - 11 Tj Abugeley Denbighshire 6 ri Bim- Lancjishire - 13 5 St. Stephen's-in-Brannel Cornwall 10 8 Mottram Longdendale Cheshire - 11 6 lilaugonovd Glamorganshire - 4 6 Kingham Oxfordshire - 11 10 St. Chad's Shrewsbury 28 6 Bibury Gloucestei-shire - 9 12 Painswick Gloucestersliire • 27 6 Much Dewchurch Herefordshire - 9 6 Marple Cheshire 14 r, Stoke-upon-Teme Shropshire - 8 5 Week St. Mary Cornwall 8 fi Tn-iverton Somersetsliire - 12 8 Totnes Devonshu-e 26 6 Acton Cheshire . 14 6 Mold Flintshire 8 6 St. Nichol.as Liverpool - 15 H Neston Cheshire 10 f. Burtxin-in-Wirroll Cheshire . S 8 Ludlow Shropshire 25 6 Montgomery Town - 10 s Wigan Lancashire 30 76 THE CHURCH I5ELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 5 Michatlchurch, Eekley Ditto cwt 6 6 Laimcells Cornwall cwt 10 6 Quedgley Gloucestershire - 1(1 5 St. Tudy Ditto '12 5 Blaisdon Ditto 8 ■S St. Fiiitiarry Cork, Ireland 30 6 Newcastle-uuder-Lj-ue Statfordshire 17 6 St. Nicholas Liver[iool 16 6 Langarreii Herefordshire 11 6 Hortc.n Staffordshii e y 6 Cliapel-eii-le- Frith Derbyshire 11 5 Kilhampton Cornwall 13 6 Biirriiigton Gloucestershire - 8 6 Chipping Sodbury ( Tktucestershire 16 6 Wilinslaw Cheshire 13 6 Brouij'ard Herefordshire 16 S Great Biulworth Ditto 22 6 Over Areley Shroi)shire y I, Over Ditto 11 5 Melling Lancashire y Dilwyii Herefordshire 12 5 Radley O.xfordshire 6 6 DeerluirBt Gloucestershire 11 6 Hindon Wiltshire y 6 Fraiiiiitim-uiiun-Severn Ditto 10 8 St. James Bristol 25 5 Coin Sit, Dennis Ditto 6 Leintwardone Herefordshire 13 8 St. I'eter's Ncjrthauipton 14 5 Kingst Wiltshire Lancashire Cornwall Berltshire Oxfordshire Stati'ordshire Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Cheshire Lancasliire Ditto Caraiai-theushire - Cornwall Wiltshue Cheshire Berkshire Gloucestemhire Worcestershire Montgomerj'shire - Monmouthshire - Gloucestershire Ditto t. 15 5 11 ti 24 ti 19 ti 16 ti 11 6 !» 5 •26 6 9 5 •20 5 11 ti 17 t) 11 1 8 V2 ti 11 1 " l.:5 1 *> 13 1 6 8 1 6 10 « 9 ! 6 15 ti 11 5 15 ti 24 6 8 t •* 9 ti p ti 8 8 10 8 11 8 22 ti !t ti 11 ti ;* ti 11 8 18 6 28 ti 8 8 9 6 9 5 7 8 10 8 8 ti 8 ti 10 6 9 5 8 8 13 6 14 6 18 ti 20 ti 21 ti 12 8 12 6 15 ti 8 8 12 8 15 ti 20 ti 9 .'-. 9 ti 13 8 13 M: 13 cast 8 15 14 13 ti 8 14 Als.. beins Magor Sutton Coldfield Willenhall Halsall Alderley Tirley Sellack Maresfield Allsager ^\'eston Begiird Westou-under-Penyard Drumbo* St. Peter's Bidford Wybury Stiipleton Townhope Gla-sbury Hay field St. Meryu Padst.)W Stovighton St. Weonards MaljKis Much Marcle Colwich Slaisemore St. George's, Bolton Croston Fle.\ton Stockport (1817) Blaenavou IJipple Madley Hatton Newnham Arlingham St. Austle Cardigan Upton Bishop Londonderry Rochdale Builth Swinnertou Chirk Brilley St^ good bells." LEGEND OF THE ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY NAME OF RUDHALL. " The founder of this family was a distinguished warrior ; being in some severe engagement abroad, where his bravery shoUiC conspicuous, towards the close of the day, that part of the force to which he was opposed was nearly annihilated, which the king perceiving exultingly exclainred, ' Well done, Rid-all ' ! Which he speedily accomplished. In consequence of this achievement he was called Rid-all, which continued, with variations in the spelling as Rudhall, Rudhale," frc. The legend is curiously illustrated by the inscriptions on tlie earliest liells in the County, viz. at Oddington and Norton — Abra. Riildall of Cilovcester made us all 1G84 and l(J8.'i. True Verfilon of the Sturi/. The family in reality took their name from their place of residence, thus their patronymic had a local origin. Rmlhall is close to Ross in Herefordshire, receiving its name from a Holy Rood or Cross at the junction of four parishes, to v>it, Upton Bishop, Weston under Penyard, Bampton Aliliots, Ross. Hence Aula Crucis — the Hall near the Rood — Rudhall. William Rudhall, who died 21st September, lf>.')l, was simply a captain, and not a general. The following document, wherein Capt. Rudhale is cited as ha\ing made a composition with Parliament, is among the Royalist Composition Ptiperx, 2nd series, v. 43, ^"^"f^^ " William Ru-lhall of Rudhall in tlie Co. of Heref. gent. " His delinquency — that he ilid adheaie unto and assist tlu' late King in the wans against y' Parliament. "He petitione. 1773, a-t. .-.2. Will pro- ved June 1774. Sarah, wife of T. Tyler. Abraham=rSarah Packer of Painswick, ob. May 1S05, ;L't. 55. Rudhall, mercer, ob. -Mar. 1798. ict. 55, will proved 17 July 1799 P.C.C. David Ai-thur=f=Charlotte. Mary, ob. May 1766, 20. ;ct. Thomas, bellfoun- der, 1770 to 17S-3.' Charles, bell foun- der of Brighton, ob. Aug. 1815, sV set. 69. r- Ele.anor, ob. Oct. 1755, a;t. 1 month. James ob. Jan. 1760, set. 20 mos. John,()b. Feb. 1835, ict. 75. The last Bell- founder. ob. July 1751, a;t. 52. — ' — 1 Elizabeth, wife of T. Woodward. =Frauces, da. of Rev. John Arnold, ob. Sept.lS51,ect. 84. Saunders of Gloster. b.apt. at S. Michael 1771. Mary, oli.^John Bush s.p. Mar. of Bri.-!tol, 1871, set. Solicitor. 77. Frances==Fi-u)cLs Grevile Catherine, ob. Sep. 1839, tut. 50. David Arthur- Richard Saun- ders, ob. Mar. 1861. =Mary Sophia Fosbroke Marj-.= Caroline=J. T. D. Nib- 5daugh- Anne.- lett of Hare's ters, ob. Field Court, infants. Glouc.^ Prideaux, ob. 17 Oct. 1865, ict. 75. Eleanor, ob. s.p. Aug. 1862, a;t. 67. John, ob. s.p. Dec. 1870, xt. 73. 3 sons, ob. in- fants. — I Mary Jane. David Art. Fn.sbroke=T=Marj- Ann, Saunders. Vicar of I da. of Rev. Sutton S. Michael, | Dr. Morris. Heref. .^ Francis Grevile= Prideaux. =Frances Sarah Allbutt. -^ Rev. \niliam Henry=j=Catherine Elizabeth Pndeaux, ob. June 4 Shapland. 1880, ;ct. .30. I ^ On his death the two half brotheis Charles and John can-ied on the business together, and finally John alone = These two sisters, as coheiresses, are the present owners of the bell-foundry jiremises, their mother let the ])remisc3 to Mears of London 1829, as a yearly tenant. He broke up the business and transfen-ed the mould.,, etc to "Whitechapel. They possess a gold watch frosted with diamonds, which came into the possession of Abell Rudhall (his name is on it) said to have been given to General or Captain Rudhall for his lovalty to Charles l' Negative proof that the Bell-founders were in some way connected with the Ross familv. but I have failed to graft them in alfirmatively •" I am indebted to the courtesy of Mr. J. T. B. Niblett and Mr. F, G. Prideaux fur much of the above infomwtion 80 THE CHI'RCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTEESHIRE. It may be well to place here, in juxta position to Kudhall, the pedigree of rurdue, many of whose hells are in the counties of Gloucester, Somerset, and Devon. I am indebted to the kind courtesy cjf the Rev. G. Purdue, Yicar of Challow, for the following account: — PEDIGREE AND NOTES OF THE PURDUE, PURDEW, OR PURDY FAMILY. Grant of Arms to Julin Purilew, temji. Kdw. Ill, in a book of AVrotesley, Garter : — Ar. a fess cheqiiy or and sable. In chief a martin of the last. These arms were gninted as correct by Camden Chirx., but tlie writing is that of Rd. St. George, who succeeded Camden. See Add. MSS., u.')14, in British Museum. John Purdew or Purdue, in the=f=Phillis, daughter of Edger of tvme of H. \'III. I Boscomb in co. Dorset. r John Purdue. =T=CIemence, daug. of Baynton I of Falston, co. Wilts. ~ I I ! I Mill l~T^ Symon' Purdew, Hyde=Anue, daug. & coheir of Anker of Vernham Street Winchester. Aulborn in co. Wilts. George Purdue of Taunton, bellfounder,^ born c. 1580. | William Purdue cjf SalisUiuy, died at=p 2. Koger of 3. Thomas, b. ItiJl, of Closworth in Somerset, ob. 1711, Limerick, buried in the Cathedral 1673. Stone inscribed — HeRE.\ BELLKOrXDKI!,HoXKST.\NDTHrE, Until thk Kesukkction lies rrisDUE. WlI.LLVM PVKCVE OBUT Illu Xbris Ao Dxi .mdcl.xxui. Bristol, a bell fcjun- der. aged 90. In.scription on his tomb in Churchyard. HiCUE LIETH THE BODY OF ThOMAS PtHDUE, WHO DIEO THE 1st day of Sf.pte.mber in the yeah of ouk Loud 1711, AGED 90 YeaUS. Heue lies a BELL FOUNDEH, HONEST & TRUE, Till ye besuhhection, na.med Purdue. Nicholiis Purdue, bellfounder, M.ayor=j=Elizabeth, of Winchester Iti'i-'j and 1665, buried | ob. lli/S. in the Cathedral yard May 1675. | 1, Koger Purdue=p of Aldbourne, Wilts. ■2. tTos. William. John Purdue, bellfovuider. Mayor of Win- chester 1092, Ui9S and 1706. Nicholas Purdue, bellfounder & smith, Mayor= of Winchester 1749 and 1755, ob. 1780. William Purdue (jf Lamb, .rue, Bei-ks, died=pElizabeth Cox. 1748, buried at Lamborne. Nicholas Purdue, born 1722, buried in=f= Alice Spicer, died Landjorne Ch. yd. I81IO. Tomb there. Samuel, ob. 1758. Anne, ob. 17,02. 1 Caroline, ob. 1773. April 16 1779. ■William Purdue, born 1759, of Holywell, of Ox-=pEliz,abeth Inotts ford, ob. 1824. Tomli in Ch. yard. I of Binsey, Oxon. James Purdue, born 1798, of S. Peter's in the East, Oxf.iid, ob.=i=Eliza Parker at 1828 Tomb and monument in Ch. | Witney, Oxou. 2nd wife Jane Gurney, of=George Pui-due, b. 1825, of Mert. Coll.=rl. Ann C. Dry of S. Merryn, Cornwall. Vicar of Challow, Berks. I Oxford, ob. 1858. 1. George Henry Purdue 1854. Keble Coll. Ox., Curate of High" Wycombe, Bucks, ISSO. 2. James R. Purdue, King's Coll. Lond, Med. ' This Symon had a large family, but I am not able to trace the connexion to the founder of my own branch. The arms are the same, and the name is spelt in tiie same three ways, Purdew, Purdue, and Purdy. In the Gentleman's >[;igazine 1865, l>age S'^, there is a copy of the will of Richard Purdew 1516. In the accounts of the New Forest the name of Purdue constuitly occurs as Foresters or Verderers. The first of the name (as family tradition asserts) who engaged in business as a bell founder was George Purdue of Taunton. He was born circa 1580. THE CHUKCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 81 APPENDIX C. RECORDS WHICH REMAIN RELAX [NG TO THE BELLS & BELL METAL IN GLOL'CESTERSHIRE & BRISTOL, ABOUT 1550. 8 Exchequer, Queen's Keiiu-mliKiiiccr ^Fis(cll:iiic:i, Chnivh CiooJ.*, — 2.36 Li';ul licllys to lie :uis\viT\(l e ]i:iyiMl liy ilywse e Sniulryi- psoiiiii'S viulcrwiytttii ;is t'olldwcth, viz. — The Cyrcuytc of Richard ] Suuth'uiptou. PawlettE.squyer late Res- I Wilteshyre ceyvor of the Coimtyes GIouc. e the of J Cytee of Brystove. J • *»•»♦ Bellvs. HayUes. Henrye Hoilgekyn.s for v bc-llys there iK'lywed by the Lordc Tri'.sorers warrante to the pisslioncri? of Stta"fl'orde oppon aven poiz. - vj'"' cccl''* "WTiich belles aiinaiiitiiii; tn llie \V('ii;ht nf Lwiij- xvij"' wen- deliuered by warr' fmui tlir L. Marques of Wintoii lord aic Cliituncollur directed to the same Henry vnto 'Withn Smyth and John Gefferes to theese of the pish Churche of Stratford vpon Aven tl'or thi- wbirli the same L. Throasorer diy forc(^ of the lord Treasorer ami tlie Lord Chief Baron's "Warrant to tlieiu in tliat 1>eh:df directed Inuring date the xx"' of Xovem. Anno prod. Inqiris the smalest of the said five liells wayeth the just wayte of nyne hundred ifortie o ffour pounds - - - i-\' xliij'' Itm. the seconde bell conteynith the weyte of twelue lumdred foure secuv e five pound . . - - m'' Ixv'" Itm. the third wcU conteynith the weyte of twelue hundred foure score e one pound . . . - xij' Ixxxj" Itm. the ilmirth liell conteyneith tlie weyte of tfiften hundred and a leven pound ... - xv'' xj'' THE CHURCH T.ELLS OF GLOUCESTEESHIRE. 83 Itm. the fifth e greatest bell coiiteyuith the just weyte of two thousand and sixteiic pouiuls - - - ni' lu'^^xvj'' Tlie totall Sonuiie of tin- wcite of thr said ffivc liclls - Ixviij' xvj'" !M-emorand that the greatest bell of the said Itive bells is liroken in the Cannell and must be cast again before he serve as we think. Thomas WATSfix. Hknry Hodgekvx. Tlu' luvi'Utorie indented of all tlie giiii" lonjission to them directed in that behalfe as hereinafter ensuithe. if * ■::- ■:.■ ■::■ * Item there reniayncthc in tlir tnwre there fdure belles w"' their cla|ipers. ^' 4.* -::■ •.- •■- * -J (Exehecpier, Queen's Reniemluaneer .Miscellanea, Church Coods, (.douc. — ) 64 Civitat The Inventory Indentid of all the goods plate and juells vesteme'ts bells and other (Jloucestre. ornamc'ts ajipten'nge or behmginge vntn the yrishe ehurehe of all Saints w"'in the saide cytie made by Jolui Woodwarde and A\'itlm burton jiroctors there the xi daye of July in the sixte yeare nf tlu^ Raigne of o"' Sou'aine Lorde Edwarde the sixtc; * * * [asabnve]. Item iij bells and one smale. * if * « * * o (Exchequer, (i)ueen's Rememliraneer ;Miseellam'a, Church Goods, Gloucester, — ) 65 This byll Indented the xx\ ij"' daye of :\Iaye 153 witnesseth that the Deane any that means thi' day be deferred, he shall pay for his ofi'ence the sum of Six Shillings to the Company. 7. Item, There shall be none made free of the sai.S4. It being tlien election day, there was these persons putt in election for masters as followeth : — Votes 10. Mr. Francis Price | | | | | | | | | | Votes 2. Mr. Robert Bound |_| Mr. Thomas Whelps Election for Wardens : — • Votes 1. Mr. Richard Adams | Votes 9. Mr. James Huljberd I I I I I I M I THE CHUECH BEI.I.S OF GLOUCESTEESHIKE. 93 November 17, ICS.'). It being tlie eoinpt day. Mr. Francis Price, the Old Master, the sum of tenn pounds and the said Master James Huljert ga\e security Mr. Walter Stewart, and wa^s accepted by us wlio was tlien jncscnt. X Mr. Thomas Plielps X Mr. Jon. Blanch X Mr. Cadugo-an X Mr. Thomas Atkins X Mr. Francis Brice X Mr. James Hulbert X Mr. Robert Boimd X Ml'. Richard Adams X Jones Carver X Thos. Rendall X Thomas Cox These quarterages then reed, and the accmmt accepted p. us. Tho. Atkins. John Blanch. Tho. Phelps. Alex. Cadnggan. 1(!07. An Exact List of all ye Persons' names who belong to ye Company of Ringers to whicli must be added yo names of all such who may be admitted for the future, and is usefull for adju.sting of (juartridgrs and invitation to feasts, &c. 00 04 00 04 00 04 00 04 00 04 00 04 00 04 00 04 00 04 00 04 00 04 1. John Neads, Senr. 2. Robert Bound. 3. Richard Adams. 4. Ffrancis Price. r>. Cliarles Aiisford. (>. Joseph Baugh. 7. ^Marmeduke Williams. 5. William Pugsley. 9. Roger Adams. 10. Benjamine Light. 11. David Potter. 12. James Stretman. 13. William Nickolls. 14. Matthew Gibbs. 1'). Thomas Martine. IG. Joseph Luff. 17. William Birte. ly. Robert Dunninic- 19. John Ivei. 20. James Josham. 21. Wm. Turton. 22. Henry Warren. 23. Henry Seaborne. 24. Jonathan Horniblow. 2.-). Robert Detfield. 2G. Ffrancis Cadduggan. 27. John Hobbs. 28. George Norris. 30. John Clark. 31. John Neads, Junr. 32. Robert Tunbiidge. 33. Charles Bligh. 34. George Packer. 3.'). Thomas Rothley. 3G. Charles Nickolls. 37. Jno. Groues. Rob. Edwards. 94 THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTEESHIRE. , A MODERN SOCIETY OF RINGERS IN THE DIOCESE OF GLOUCESTER AND BRISTOL. Called the "Diocesan Association of Change Ringers," was founded Jan. Sth, 1S78 for the promotion of Belfry Reform and the cultivation of Change Ringing. "Tin; belfry is part uf the L-hurcli ami is consecrated tci the .service of Almighty t!od. The hells are instruuients of sacred mnsic. The office, therefore, of ringer is a holy office, and shoidd ever he i)erforined in a reverent manner." President: — The Right Reverend C. J. Ellicott, D.D., Lord Bishop of the Diocese. Vice-Presidents : — The Venerable Sir George Prevost, Bart., Archdeacon of Gloucester ; The Venerable Henry G. Randall, Archdeacon of Bristol; The Right Honourable Sir Michael Edward Hicks Beach, Bart., m.p.. ; Colonel Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kino-scote i'.h., m.p. Master: — Mr. John Drinkwater, Sandhurst. Gloucester. Hon. Secretary: — The Rev. Pitt Eykyn, France Lynch, Stroud. Hon. Treasurer: — The Rev. Mowbray Trotter, S. Mary de Crypt, Glo'ster. At Ea,ster, 1880, the Association consisted of 7G honorary members and 201 performing memliers. RULES. 1. That this Society be called '• The Gloucester and Bristol Dioce.san Change- Ringing Association," and that it have for its objects the promotion of Belfry Reform and the culti\ation of Change-Ringing. 2. That it shall consist of Hmiorary and Performing Members, and that, lieing a Member, the Bishop shall be ex-ofiii-io President; and, with the same qualification, the two Archdeacons .shall be Vice-Presidents. There shall be also two Lay Vice- Presidents. ;1 That Members shall be admitted at any Meeting of the Committee, whose names have been previously submitted to the Secretaiy. 4. That any pei-son subscribing not less than five shillings annually shall be an Honorary Member. Each Performing Member shall contriliute annually the sum of <)ne shilling and sixpence to the funds of the Association ; but no one shall be admitted as a Performing ilember laitil he has satisfied the Committee of his capability of taking the treble or tenor of a ring of tower bells or handbells in 120 chanses. THE CHURCH BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 95 5. That at the Annual Meeting in eaeli year the Membei's shall elect from either the Honoraiy or Performing Members two Lay ^'ice-Presidents, a Master, a Secretaiy, and a Treasurer, who, together with tlie Bishop, the two Archdeacons, five persons elected from the Honorary Members, and one representative from each company in union (wliich shall consist of not less than fi\'e Members') shall form the Committee of Management : of whom five shall be a quorum, with power in the hands of the Committee to add to their number for the current year. C>. That the Committee shall fix the time and place of the Annual Meetings, which shall always be held between Easter Day and Mie First of July in each year; and shall also arrange from time to time for united practices of the Association. 7. That all Subscriptions shall become due on the First of January in each year. 8. That the expenses incurred liy Members in attending Meetings arrangeil by the Committee may, as far as the funds in the opinion of the Committee will admit, be a.ssisted by the Association. 9. That funds permitting, the Conniiittee shall a.ssist any local company to secure the services of a change-ringing instructoi-. 10. That each Member be furni.shed witli a list of the ordinary times of practice of each Company in union. IL That the A.ssociation be responsible for any ma\i)idable accident. 12. That no member .shall forward any cuunnnnication to the public press reflecting upon any Company in Union with the Association, or MemVier thereof, without the sanction of the Secretraj-. 13. Persons permanently resident outside the Diocese can be admitted into the A.ssociation as Honoraiy Performing Members by a lifo composition of five shillings terminable upon residence in the Diocese. 14. That any alterations in, or additions to the above rules, shall only be made at an Annual or Special Meeting. HERE ENDS MY PEAL— MY TALE OF GLOUCESTER BELLS. 1^ 91 L L C 1 3 ^ 13 . 9[ iH € X3 . 96 THE CHUECH BELLS OF GLOUCESTEESHIEE. GERMAN BELLS. (Translated from the Organ far Christliche Kannt.) In farmer years sevei'al intei'esting inscriptions on liells have been niaile puLlic in the " Organ iiir Christliclie Kiinst." We can now give sonic further information, wliich we owe to the researches of Hans Weiningers, of Regensljurg. Until now the bell at Gilching, near Bruck on the Amper, has been consiilereil the most ancient one, bearing an inscription, in all Bavaria, and may date be- tween the years lli » Viel-Tetrel, V. Buchetti, senr., Clermont-Ferrand, (Department of the Puy-de-D6mic.) Lheritier Bros. „ „ „ Dcncausse TJrsulin, Tarbes, (Department of the Hautes Pyrene'es.) Bades, Perpignan, (Department of the Pyrt'nees-Orientales.) Caibaille, „ „ „ Burdin, senr., 28, Rue de Cond^, Lyons. (Depart, of the Rlione.) Church Bells GuUiet and Son, 9, Rue Duhamel. „ „ „ Morel, G., Rue Lafayette a la Bouche „ „ „ SUFPLKMKXT To I'.ELLs (iF GLOUCESTERSHIKE. 10» Champalay, 44, Riu- de la Reinc. Handbells, &c. Douenne and Son, 20, Quail Tilsit. „ Gubian, Widow J., 7, Rue de la Reine. „ Xinot and Tauch^, 12, Rue des Remparts d'Ainy. „ Bollt^e, Mans, (Department of the Sarthe.) Beaciguis Bros., Annecy. (Department of the Haute Savoie.) Paccard Bros. Dubuisson-Gallois, V., 122 & 124 Faubourg St. Martin, Paris, (Depart. Seine.) Dutot Jerome and Co., 4, Rue des Quartre Jardiniers, Granjon, A., Jun., 58, Rue des Fontain au Roi, Hildebrand, A., 254, Rue St. Martin, Loeffler, F., 17, Notre Dame de Nazareth, Cailar, Noel, 16, Rue Oberkampt, Lecull and Daperon, Amiens, (Department of the Somme.) Guillaume and Besson, Rue Plantaoenet Anders Germany. Goussel, Metz, Lorraine. Jaclard, „ „ Rosenlacher, C, Constanz, Baden. L. P. Lotter, Banberg, Bavaria. J. Leonhardt, Eighstatt, „ Josef Bachmeyer, Erding, „ A. Hannii, Frankenthal, „ H. Pfeifer, „ „ Klauss and Sons, Heidingsfeld, Bavaria. ^ym. Hamiii, Kaiserlautern, „ Lechleitner, Melses and Co., Kempton, Bavaria. Wohlfarth Theodor, A. Behringer, Noerdlingen, Bavaria. J. C. Haak and Son, Rostock, Mechlenburg-Schenvin. Jos. Beduwe, Aachen, Aix-la-Chapelle. Prussia. Albrect, F., 9 Alte Leipzigerstrasse, Berlin. Blechschimdt, C. L., 75, Brandenburgerstr, Berlin. Collier, G., 47a., Oranienstrasse, Berlin. Grossheim, B., 86, Ackerstrasse, „ Hackenshmidt, A., 13, Markgrafenstrasse, Berlin. Reschke, C, 21, Engel-Ufer, Berlin. 2 o no SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OE GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A. Rodenkirchen, Deutz, Nr. Cologne. Petit and Bros., Edelbrook, Gescher, Westphalia. F. W. Rinker, Sinn, Nassau. G. A. Jauck, Leipzig, Saxony. Ostheimer, BoV)lingen, Wurteniburg. Svntzerland. W. Deck, Basel. England. Mears and Stainbank, Whitechapel, London John Warner and Sons, Crescent Founchy, London, E.G. Barwell, Jas., 39 & 40, Great Humpton Street, Birmingham. Blews, W. and Sons, to 14, New Bartholomew Street, Birmingham. T. Simpson, Orange Sti-eet, Halifax, Yorkshire. Llewellyn and James, Bristol. Taylor and Son, Loughborough. Shaw, Jas., Bradford, Yorkshii-e. Gillett and Bland, Croydon. Moore, Holmes and Mackenzie, Redenhall-Harlston, Suffolk. E. Stockham (Hand Bells), 35, Carey Street, Lincoln's Inn Field. Ireland. J. Murphy, 14, Thomas Street, Dublin. S. Law and Co., 9, Fountain Street, Belfast. John Winnington, 22 to 24, King Street, Belfast. 1. Hodger and Co., Dublin. Scotland. Henry Hetherton, 13, South Clerk Street, Edinboro'. John C. Wilson, 47, Portugal Street, Glasgow. 4.— INSCRIPTION ON EIGHT MEMORIAL BELLS AT BROMBOROUGH CHURCH, CHESHIRE. 1. When tlie full ring its tuneful voice shall raise. Let me be first to lead the call of praise. 2. Gladsome we peal from out the Church's tower To God's great glory, and His love and power. 3. To woi'ship duly Heaven's Almighty Lord ()ur sweetest chimes invite with one accord. SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTEESHIRE. HI 4. When wedded lo\-e makes two as one aliide, Their joy we shave and spread it far and wide. 5. From Mersey's bank sounds forth our sacred glee, And courts responsive echoes from the Dee. G. Aloft are we, but loftier points the spii'e. That Heavenward man should raise his heart's desire. 7. May every strain melodious we outpour Stir all who hear God's goodness to adore. 8. Gloria in Excelsis Deo. In caram fflemotiam Carolt S. JSamforli (qui liuoticcimo liir f^obrmbn's 9nno IDom. mtJcrdiii. anno cctatia sua bicrsimo quarto. Ijac fa:ta cxccasit), ffampanaa tascc octo tictiicabit atquc in fjac fficckaia Parocljiali JSrunbtrgrnsi poni curafait Carolua 13amforlJ tic Bvookljurat. pater ejua. Slnno Som. mbctcliii. ClibarUo B. ©rem, SiH., Kfctorc. ^^""^^^ fl. Dale, I ^„^^^.^^.^ 3ol)annc2 CEarl, t 5.— AGREEMENT WITH A BELL FOUNDER, 1732, Jor Recasting the Bells of St. Saviour's, Dartmouth. A document, with reference to the recasting of this fine ring of bells, at the cost of Walter Jago, mayor, in the year 1732, has lately come to light. Articles of Agreement indented, made the thirtyeth day of March, in the fifth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland King Defender of the Faith, &c., between Ambrose Gooding, of Plymouth, belfounder, of the one pai-t, and Walter Jago, of Dartmouth, in the said comity, Esi|., of the other part as followeth (viz.) : — Imprimis. The said Ambrose Gooding, for the consideration herein after mentioned, doth for himself, his executors and administrators and assigns, ami to and with every of them, that he, the said Ambrose Gooding, shall and will at his own proper cost and charo-es (by and with the consent of the mayor, justices, and magistrates of the Burrough or Corporation of Clifton Dartmouth Hari^biess) take down the five bells now in tower of St. Sa\'iours Church, within the said burrough, and new cast them according to art, and also cast a sixth bell, and make them all sound, good, musical, and well tuned, so as to be approved of by Mayne Sweet, of Modbury, in the said county, gent, and John Gylbert, of Milton, in the said county, Esqr., and Mathew Pope, of Dartmouth, aforesaid, gent, or two of them. And that the said bells shall retain as much or more weight after lieing so cast than they .shall weigh at the time of taking them down. The said Walter Jago, his exe- cutors, administrators or assigns finding and providing nine hundred pounds weight of bell metal. Item, the same Ambrose Gooding, for the consideration hereafter mentioned 2 O'' 112 SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. doth hereby for himseli', his executors and administrators, and for every of them further covenant and promise to and with the said Walter Jago, his executors, administrators, and assigns to and with every of them, that he, the said Ambrose Gooding, shall and will, on or before the nine and twentieth day of September next ensuing, new cast the said five bells, and cast a sixth bell for the said Walter Jago, to be put up in the said tower of St. Saviours Church. The said Walter Jago finding, providing, and allowing nine hundred pounds weight of bell metall for such sixth bell and the loss of nietall at five pounds per cent. And that he, the said Ambrose Gooding, his exors., adms., or assigns shall and will on 'or before the nine and twentieth day of September next ensuing, the date hereof, put up and place the .said six bells in their proper order in the tower, above mentioned, at his and their own proper costs and charges, and find whole wheels, iron, and brass work, and all other neces.sarys for all the said bells (bell metall only excepted) ; and that the said sixth bell shall also be cast according to art, and made sound, good, musical, and well tuned, so as to be approved of by the said Majiie Sweet, John Gylbert, and Mathew Pope, or two of them. And that if the said bells, any, or either of them, shall happen to crack within the space or term of one whole year next after they shall be so put up, that he, the said Ambrose Gooding, his executors and administrators shall and will at his and their -own proper costs and charges, on request of the said Walter Jago, his executors, achninis- trators, or assigns, new cast such bell or bells, as shall happen to be so ci-ackt within the term of a year, and make such bell or bells sound, good, musical, well tuned, and agreeable with the other bells, also to be approved of by the said Mayne Sweet, John Gylbert, and Mathew Pope, or two of them, on forfeiture of the sum of fifty poimds of lawful money of Great Britain, untu tlie said Walter Jago. And the .said Walter Jago doth hereby for himself, his exors. and adms., and for every of them, ccjvenant and promise to and with the said Ambrose Gooding, his executors, administrators, or assigns, and to and with every of them, that he, the said Walter Jago, his executors, administrators, or assigns, shall and will at his and their own proper costs and charges, find and provide nine hundred pounds weight of bell metall for the makeing good the loss or waste of the metall in new ■casting the said five bells now in the tower, and for the casting the sixth bell, to be added as aforesaid. And that he, the said Walter Jago, his executors, administrators, or assigns .shall and will well and truly pay, or cause to be paid unto the said Ambrose Gooding his executore, administrators, oi- assigns, the sum of two and forty pounds of lawful money of Great Britain, in manner following, that is to say, thirty pounds in forty days next after the bells shall be liung up, and twelve pounds within one whole year next after the said bells being approved of by the said Mayne Sweet, John Gylbert, and Mathew Pope, or two of them. Lastly, it is agreed, that the dross of the metall and the metall which .shall be lost, when all the said bells shall be cast, the same shall be for the use of the said Walter Jago, his executors, administrators, and a.ssign.s. In witne.ss whereof, the SUPPLEMENT TO BHLLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIKE. 118 parties to these presents their hands and seals have set the day and year fii-st above written, A.D. 1732, Walter Jago, (seal). Ambrose Gooding, (seal). Sealed and delivered (being written un treble sixpenny stamped paper) in the presence of iis — Tho. Leigh, John Petheebridge, junr. Memorandum. — It is agreed that the said Ambrose Gooding shall not leave the work relateing to the bells above mentioned, and go to any other place or places to work, untill the severall bells shall be hung up in the said tower anmi„i> Ducklington ... ... .5 Standlake ... ... -5 Banbury ... ... G Wood Eaton ... ... .5 Stanton St. John ... ... 1 Witney, treble and tenor ... 2 Ewelme ... ... ... 1 Burford, two trebles to make eight 2 Amersden ... ... 1 Coggs (tenor) ... ... 1 Martin (fifth) ... ... 1 Southley ... ... 2 Woolvei'cot ... ... 3 Somerton ... ... I Upper Heyford ... ... 1 Standlake (third and tenoi') ... 1 SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GL0UCESTER8HIRE. lift Dedington North Aston South Newington ... Steeple Barton Chastleton Shilton ... Chipping Norton Westwell Crawtoii (MS. co. Northampton Fullbrook Beckley ... Cockthorp Spellshury, to make six RolhuL'ht Wordington In the City of Oxford. St. Ebbs... In the County of Bucks. Padbury Maid's Morton Beconsfield Hilsden ... Walter-Stratford ... Tinswick (tenor) Hilsden (tenor) Westbury Codington (MS. co. Oxon.) Imley Brill In the County of Warwick. Priors Marston Craperdy Stratford-upon-Avon Welsbourn Whichford Hillington Birmingham Harbouni Solihull ... King's Norton Printed by Leonard 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 ] 4 .1 (i () ■5 (J G 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 G G G G .5 G 6 6 S G Long Compton, to make six ... 4 [James Compton, Earl of Northamp- ton ; Elizabeth Compton, Countess of Northampton ; Edward Sheldon England, the Rev. John Brown.benef. Holley (:\LS. co. Oxon.; Satchwell Shesstock In the City of Coventry. St. Mieliael's In the City of Litchfield. The Minster In thk County of Berk.s. Tilchurst Shinfield Appleford In the County of York. Hull Collegiate Chm-ch At the other Church in Hull In the County of Worcester. Eversham — to make six Benger, near Eversham Offingham Tladbury Droitwitch, St. Andrew's In the County of Gloucester. Elmeley (M.S. co. Worcester) Hampton Morton-in-Marsh Evenload (M.S. co. Worcester) Bourton-on-the-Hill . . . Bloakley (M.S. co. Worcester) Sainbury Didbrook Hoiiybourn Duinljleton Wick Rising'ton In the County of Wilt.s. Hi^■h worth 4 1 .5 10 G 1 1 8 5 5 1 5 G 6 G G 5 5 G G 6 4 ■5 1 1 Lichfield, near East Gate. Oxford, 17:}2. 122 SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 14.— BELL EXPENSES, WOO.— Ejfrads from Accnunt.'< of the Feoffees of the Common Lands of Rotherham, Yorkshire. 8 August 1600. " Paid for castinge the market bell ... ... ... ... 8s. pd. to Watson for the clapper ... ... ... ... 3d pd. to Kenricke for the a.xeltre to the market bell ... ... 22d." From ChiD'chiuardens Accounts of the same place (mixed ivitk Feoffee's 1594. " Payd vnto Robert Okes for 10 payre of bell ekes " Item given to John Burgan for caring a bell-clapper to the mending Item more layd doune for the mending of it . . . 1611 (pp. 4, .5) " Item for hewing the espe for bushes for the belles Item for amending the great bell and fourth 1)ell whecles . . . Item for nailes Item paid to Geo. Steele for leading the espe ... Item for sawing the espe Item paid for ringing on St. James' day 1611 ... Item paid for a lanterne for Robert Gurry [the chime keeper] Item paid for ringing at the Byshopps being at Rotherham Item to Robert Gurry for grease for the belles, oile foi' the clock chyme, & for washing of his surplus Again 1611 in same accounts (p. 9) " Item for amending the great bell stringe Item for a small chyme rope Item for .5 paire of eekes Item for a clock corde ... Item for ending of the greate bell stringe Item for the clocke great corde Item for a stringe for the fourth bell Item for a string for the second bell Item for ending of the oreate bell strino- Item for piecing of the fourth bell string- Item more for iive paires of eekes ... Item for ringing the .5th of November Kindly Extracted hy Miss Toidmin Smith, Jan., 1877. Accounts.) 10s." 12d 2. 4d." 2s. 12d 9d 4s. 2s. 2d OS. 4d 8d 13d 3s." .3s. 4d 4s. 6<1 7s. 2s. 6d 3s. 4s. 6d 6s. 6d 5s. 4d 2s. 8d 2s. 4d 6s. 6d 17s. 4d" 00 08 00 00 08 00 01 09 00 00 09 00 00 05 00 12 08 00 00 04 09 00 09 04 00 02 06 00 01 00 00 13 04 SUPPLEJIENT TO I'.ELLS OF CxLOUCESTERSHIRE. ]'2S 15— COST OF BELLS.— Frithelstock, T>EyoN.-Extmct^ from Chvnhvanhm' .... ^<'<'''*<'^''« rehxUng to the fourth Bell cast in 1G56 looO. p tor a board for to make a compas for the great bell ... 00 10 00 p" for towinge up and downe of the bell ... ... _ 00 05 00 p^ for iiiakinge of a wheile for the great-bell & for orderinge and trusinge of the other p" for man and hui-se to goe att Bodman for meHle, for 4 dales expences p'' vnto Phillip Dennis for Iron worke a.s it appeareth by his bill ... p*" for 2 bell ropes ... p" vTito Bray for attendinge of the bells & for leather keys & boult for the secomi bell ?■* vnto M*- Pennington for mettle for the bell p*' more vnto him for castinge the said bell p"* for 8 seames of hard woode and for carriage p"" for 16 pooles &: for carriage ... p'' for camlles and seame for the bell founder p*' M' tfayi-e for 10 seames of woode A: carriage Extracts rchitiiuj to the third Bell cast m 1686 1686. p'' ffor Ale when wee agreeed w"> the bel founder ... ... 00 03 00 p'' when wee tooke downs our bell ... ... __ 00 08 00 p'' when wee tooke up the nioole ... ... ... 08 03 04 p'' to the belfounder for mettell added and casting our third bell ... 12 00 00 id" for changing of two brasses ... ... 00 08 06 p" when wee tooke vp the bell ... ... ... qo 10 00 p* Thomas Dendell for 4 new ropes ... ... ... 01 00 00 p*" to Phillip Bawdon for Iron Stuf for y« bels ... ... 03 11 00 p" for makin of a new clapper for y<- third bell .. ... 01 05 06 p"" to Joseph Ayi-e for clay and filling y'' pit ... ... OO 03 06 pd to M' .Jo : Gay for a dell bord ... . . 00 02 00 p'' him for posses for the house ... ... 00 02 00 p'' him for reed & straw ... ... ... 00 03 07 p" him for poles ... ... ... ... „q qj qq p*" him for 23 seames of wood ... ... ... 00 1!) 02 p* 3 dayes worke to Ching to cleane [the] wood ... ... 00 03 06 p"* him for 46 seames of stones. . . ... ... 00 03 10 p"* paid him for Timber to weigh the bell ... ... ... 00 00 10 p'* him for a diall ... ... ... ... 00 10 00 124 SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTEESHIEE. 16.— ANCIENT BELFRY RULES.— i^rom the Belfry ofStoiu Church, near Gainsborough. Articles and Okders to be Observed by the Ringers. All you who hath a mind to learn to ring- Must to the Sexton admission money bring ... ... 2k 6d These Articles observed strict mvist be Or your expelled this Society Two nights a week Sir's you must meet or pay ... 2d This forfeiture to us -without delay Or when tlie Sexton for you tools a Bell You must appear, or else this forfeit tell ... ... 2d And when you come upon this Belfry If that you noise and talk this forfeit pay ... ... Id When you round peals can ring you must pay down To be a changeman Sir's just half-a-crown ... ... 2s 6d On the first change that you have learnt to ring One shilling- more must pay Sir's that's the thing ... Is And every Ringer must pay more or less As he thinks meet to wish you good Success ... ... 2d If you would learn to prick a peal in score Unto tlie Colledge-youths you nuist pay more ... ... Is When you know Bob, Hunt, Single, Dodge, compleat, You'll not deny our Colledge-youths a treat ... ... 2s (Jd On our feast-day the twenty-ninth of May Each member nnist Sir's just one shilling pay... ... Is Where our Accompts are past Sir's for truth And you are stiled then a Colledge-youth Now Steward then are chose — & by-the-l>y. If that you do the Steward.ship deny Your fine umst pay as in the margin see ... ... Is Gd Then from your Stewardship one year your free Those Rules peruse well before you Enter It is a hard task on which you Venture When once a Member you are freeh' made Those Articles must justly be obeyed So now my Lads admission money bring ... ... 2s Gd And we will Learn you presently to Ring. John Marshall, Master. | Willl^m Swift, Notary. March the first 1770. SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 125 vnj" xvi xviij 15.— EARLY EXPENSES ABOUT BELLS.— Yatton.— Church Booke, 145L De Expensis Fact is, d-c. For Caiyage of the Cabell and poley for the strekjTig of the Belle For Cowts jTi stvekyge of the grete Belle For Expn.s'.s in the Daye of the weyy'g of the belle ... For Metel boght for the belle of Th. Tynker For Caryage of the belle to Radelene For the tii-ste payme't for the belle at Brystolle to the bellema ... iiij' iiij^ For Expns's doe at Brystoll yn tyme of the weyj-ng of the newe belle in inakyng of o' Dety.s and oer expns' dyvers wyse i]^ It. We payed for custom for o' Wene to Brystolle warde comyg & goyng It. To the suit of Hew the 1 lellema for ch^ys For the takyng a dowen of the olde belle and the hongyng up of the newe belle to the belleman To Wyir huema for fettyng home of the newe belle from Radelene For dyverse expen.ses in mett & dry'ke yn the day of the caryage of the 1 lelle homewarde ... For nayls to hongyng of the belle ... ... ... ij" For Wyir Collanys ys hyr to go w* the Wene in caryage of the belle w^ W. huema ... ... ... ... ii Expens yn Vytall payde to John jti the daye of the hongyng of the belle ... ... ... xv*" It. The same daye for eggs butter and chese ... ... v It. It. It. It. It. It. It. It. It. It. It. It. It. iiij' vi" iiij' yd mj" IG.— ENIGMA ON A BELL.— By Fr. Sweertius in MayiuK de Tintninabulis, Anistels, 1664, cap. xx. E.st intra cselos, est intra mansio terras, Non coelum tango, non quoque tango solum : Constringor vinctis, concludor robore duro, LTt nulla mutem, conditione locum. Os mihi semper hiat, petulanter et excro linguam. Nee, nisi cum cogunt verbera multa, loquor : Cum loquor, assiduis repleo clamoribus aures ; Verbera cum cessant, tunc quoque, cesso loqui : Non ulli noceo clamoribus ; hortor iniquos, Contrite ut querant corde salutis iter. Another by Nic. Reusnerus. Os mihi semper hians et pendens ferrea lingua est. Vox est multa, nisi prodita verberibus. 2 Q 126 SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTEESHIEE. 17.— TWO ANCIENT BELLS AT S, CLEMENT'S, TRURO. In.scribed : — 5anrta 2'rtnitas Stmts Dfus iKtsrrrrr i^olits. (Diameter 32 inches.) Fio-. L Sanrta fHargarrta ©ra ^vo ilobis. (Diameter 34 inches.) Fig. 3. Fio-. 2 Fie. 4. The Cross Fig. L will he found in my Devon Bells, plate iv, Fig. 38 generally accompanying the Tudor arms. The stamps Figs. 2 and 4 are shewn in plate xvi, No. 10.5 and 106 in the same volume, as occuiTing on Bells in Cornwall, now reproduced with Royal Arms of Ed. IL or IJL, viz., 3 Lions passant guardant. This shield Fig. 3 is par- ticularly interesting, lieing the only instance I have met with of a Plantaganet — probably Edward the Second, a.s Edward the Third very soon quartered this Coat with the Arms of France. IS.— MONKISH RHYMES ON BELLS. En ego Campana, nunquam denuntio vana Laudo Deum verum, Plebem voco, Congrego Cleiimi. Defunctos plango, vivos voco, fulmina frango : Vox niea, vo.x vitae, voco vos, ad sacra venite. Sanctos collando, tonitrua fugo, funera elaudo, Funera plango, fulgura frango, Sabbatha pango, Excito lentos, dissipo ventos, paco cruentos. Quoted by Brand from a Tract, entitled A Helpe to Discourse, 12mo., London, 1633, p. 63.— See Penny EncyclojXBdia in Ai-ticle on Bells by Sir H. Ellis. SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 127 19.— OF THE RINGING OF BELLS IN CHANGES OR VARYING OF NUMBERS.— Ra\vlin.son M.S., A, 31.5, folio 21.5^ in the Bodleian Library. The Author of this M.S. was one Peter Mundy, the date about 1652 or 1653. Ringing in changes no where out of England. At my now last being m London I ouerstept to mention soiiiwhat of the sweet ringing of our tuneable bells especially in changes w* my opinion deserves notice first for the art therein to bee observed— 2, there melody, and 3, the singularity of it. Not the like nor nothing near to bee heard in the whole world beside and leaving dispute whether and how farr bells bee necessary to cIiuicIk's I will only for exercise and recreation set downe as well as I can somwhat concerning the said changes beeing grounded on Number Measure and tyme as all other Musicke is, viz. : The manner to find out or compose the changes. ffii-st therefore take notice that 1 bell or n" cannot allter for it is 1 forward and backeward, neither can 1 multiply nor diuide but 2 may bee changed 2 tymes for putting the 2 after 1 is 1 & 2, and putting the 2 before the 1 =s 2 & 1. Is in all 2 tymes 1, 2 changes. Three bells will make 3 tymes 2 changes, viz., sett 3 after 1 & 2 makes 1, 2, 3; .sett 3 betweene 1 & 2 is 1, 3 A; 2; then sett 3 befoie the 1 then it is 3, 1 & 2 ; this is for the change 1 & 2. ttbr the other 2 .k 1 you may doe the like and it will produce the other 3 ; is in all (i, viz., 3 tymes 2. flfower bells after the same rule will make 24, putting the 4 severall waies first with 1, 2, 3, as 4 after 3, 4 after 2, 4 after 1 , & 4 before ; there is 4 changes made of the first of the G. And with the next 132 etts [sic] rest you must doe the like, putting the 4, or beeginning beehinde with one somnie and before with the other : soe will the ba.se run forward and backeward, the like with the treble which is most vsuall. I hope this is sufficient to .shew that Viy degrees it may bee don with •'>, (i, 7, 8 etts as you please, as for the changes of 2, .">, 4, .i & (i I have set downe att length as you may see in folio. Imagine you were to ring the changes of any n"' from 1 to 12, and that every change should continue for the space of 1 minut you nuist diuide the n"' of changes by 60 which giuetli the houres. tliese houres by 24 giues dales an And by the same rule 4 bells a:. 3991 G 800 «■ will make all those changes x, 479001600 < : The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Manchester, the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Liverpool. Pnnklvnt : Mr. William Alhinson. Secret ciry: Mr. W. J. Chatterton, 0.5, Clifton Street, Old Stafford, Manchester. 11. Lincolnshire (South) Change Ringers' Association (Foumled LS7fl). — Pidron : The Right Rev. the Bi.shop-Suffi-agan of Nottinghaui. President : The Rev. Canon Moore. Secretary: Mr. J. R. .Terrain, Spalding. 12. Middlesex (West) Bell-ringers' A.s.so(IAT1un. — Secretary: The Rev. C. T. Mayo, St. Andrew's Vicarage, Hillingdon, Uxbridge. 13. Norwich Diocesan Association ok Ringers (Established 1877).— Prcsideiit : The Very Rev. the Dean of Norwich. Vicc-Pri'sidents : The Ven. the Archdeacons of Norwich, Norfolk, and Suffolk ; Sir Robert Buxton, M.P. ; C. S. Read, Esq. ; E. Birkbeck, Esq., M.P. ; Sir Francis Boileau, Bart. ; Gervas Holmtis, Es(|. ; R. Caller, Esq. Si'cretury : Rev. G. H. Han-is, Tunstead Vicarage, Norwicli. 14. Oxford Diocesan Guild of Chuiu ii Bell-rincjers (Founded l.sM). — Prcslilcnt : The Bi.shop of the Diocese. Vice-Presidents : The Ven. the Archdeacons of Berks, Bucks, and Oxon. Master of Guild : Rev. F. E. Robinson. Secretary: Rev. Dol ben Paul, Bear- wood Rectory, Wokingham. L5. Rochdale AND District Association. — President: Mr. A. Hurst. Smcfury: Mr. F. Birtwistle. IG. — Surrey Diocesan Association. — Secretary: A. S.Young. The Vicai-age, Kings- ton-on-Thames. 17. Wilts (North) Giild of Ringers (E.stabli.shed LSS0).—P(/^-«/* ; The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Salisbury. Vice-Pre'iidevts : The Ven. the Archdeacon of Wilts and the Rural Deans. Secretary : Rev. C. \V. Honey, Bishops Canning, Devizes. Ls. W^inchester Diocesan Guild of Ringers (Formed 1879). — Patrons: The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, the Ven. Archdeacons of Winchester, Surrey, and Lsle of Weight. Preskbnt : The Rev. Cant)n E. Wilbeii'orce. Secretary : Rev. A. du B. Hill, The College, Winchester. lit. YoHKSHIHE ASS0CL\.TI0N OF Ch ANiiK-RIXGKHS (Established l!S7-i). — Presideitt : Jasper W. Snowdon, Esq. Vice-Pret>ident.i : Messrs. C. Jackson and Mr. \V. H. Howard. Secretary : Mr. W. Whittaker, Leeds. 2 S= 144 SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTEESHIEE. 32.— BELLS STOLEN. About the beginning of the present centiuy some youths of Abson, Gloucestershire, who were passionately fond of ringing, wished to add a treble to the ring o£ five in the tower of tlie parish church They knew that there was an old bell in a farmyard at Slaughterford, on the borders of Gloucester and Wilts. This they managed to carry away, ami having broken it to pieces, they kept it for awhile, and then sent it to the foundry at Whitechapel, London, to be cast into a treble, and set it up in the tower, where it now is, with many names inscribed as subscribers to the bell. The thieves were never discovered. In October, 1844, a bell was stolen from the church steeple of Glossop, Derbyshire. In December, 18.5G, the fifth bell at Church Brampton, Northamptonshire, was stolen. It was unhung and lay on the tower floor. Some men broke open the door, rolled the bell down the churchyard into a cart, and took it away. Nothing ha.s ever been heard of it, nor have the thieves ever been discovered. There was snow on the ground when the theft was committed, and the mocht-s operandi was in consequence quite clear. The road is much lower than the chmchyard, and the wall is just level with the paving of the churchyard ; this enaVded the thieves to get the bell into a cart. But how was it nobody heard the noise ? In May, LSGo, a bell was stolen from the Abbey Church of Pershore, Worcester.shii'e. On the 24th May, 18G8, it wa,s discovered that the second bell, weight about 5 cwt., was stolen from the tower of Worcester Cathedral. In neither case were the thieves •discovered. About 1830, the treble bell at Cherington, Gloucestershire, was stolen and set up in Avening Tower to make a ring of six. In this case the culprits were discovered, convicted, and punished. A vulgar error prevaileii in the locality that, if a bell could be taken from one tower ami put up in another without being caught in the act, there was no redress. The following song used to be sung in the village : — Those Cherington bells, those Cherington bells, What a sad tale their jingling tells ! Alas ! their now imperfect chime Proclaims our folly, and our crime. Our hours of sport are passed away. Our hearts now droop, that once were gay, For we are confined in these dreary cells, For takini; one of these Cherington bells. Little was it supposed by us The matter would have ended thus. And doubtless all would have been well Had we restored the furtive bell. SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 145 But we alas ! fools as we were, Carried the silly joke too far ; As this famed bell, tradition says, Belong'd to us in former days. And was purloined from Avening Tower A century ago or more, And thence conveyed to Cotswold hills And placed among the Chering-ton bells. This absurd story we believed, But we're egregioasly deceived, For its inscription jjlainly tells 'Twa,s always one of Cherington bells. Sorry we are for what we've done, We're pajang dearly for our fun : ! that we were out of the cells We'd ne'er again take Cherington bells. The Rape of the Cherington Bell. — A Later CumjMsition. There was a bell at Cherington, Whose tongue's melodious sound Waked envy in the heart of men. Through all the coinitry round. But most of all at Avening Wliere .sons of valour dwell. And made six gallant youths a.spire To seize this lovely bell. For Avening had five bells alone. So must its ring increase ; That these six gallant Avening youths Might have a bell apiece. So on a dark November night, They laid their plans with skill, With ropes and bandages prepared Climb'd Cherington's high hill. Tlnough gates and dooi's they burst, and up The winding staircase sped, To the dark chamber where their bell Hung silent on her bed ; 146 SUPPLEME^^T TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTEKSHIRE. Her tongue they deftly muffled^ straight, Bound cords ai-ound her waist, And l:>ore her oft', and joyed to see Their prize in safety placed. Then ranged her with their other five, And bade her join and sing — To celebrate their triumph with One merry festal ring. But soon the folks of Cherington The law's strong arm invoke. And make their Avening neighbours pay Right dearly for their joke. The culprits sentenced for six months T(;) fill a convict's cell ; And l>ack, behold, to Cherington, Restored the captive bell. Hence, all ye brave, a lesson learn From force and fraud abstain : Nor ever seek by midnight pranks, A beauteous bell to gain. Whate'er ye do, be just and fair, So shall ye live to tell, How honest toil and lawful play Brino- home the wished for Belle. In December, 18.)!S, a \alual:ile Burmese bell, suspended fi'oiu a yew tree on the lawn, was stolen from Wansted Park, Essex, the seat of Ahlerman Finnis. The thieves were convicted and the bell restored. The diameter of this bell is 30 inches ; it weighs C cwt. and 8 lb. Date 182!S. The surface is covered with an inscription, the translation of which has been kindly sent to me by Alderman Finnis, and introduced hei-e as a specimen. " I worship the God who is worthy of homage ; who possesses an intuitive knowledge of good. The divine law for good man was destined to be of long duration, and to last for a period of five thousand yeai's. " The Almighty God having been all beneficent, having desired the promotion and SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 147 increase of all beings, ami lia\ing practised the ten pavauiees' attained the wisdom of an Arleyah- and the knowledge of the five general principles or laws'. " That Almighty God being endowed with the right wonders of Religion, and im- parting religious instruction to all mankind, and establishing widely the three particulars of religion,' those souls who desire emancipation from evil become glad, all people become happy, and the one hundred and one nations' associate with each other and unite in commerce to advancement. " In the City of Yathanahporrah (Ava) there li\es a King the Tshat-tan-Seng-Meng- Sheng Bwah-sheng Meng-darah-gyee (The Lord of the Tshat-tan' Elephant and the tirst Sovereign of mankind) who loves and honours God, and adheres to the Meng- kyen-torah-tshai-pah,' the four Then-ga-hah, Yah-tarah,* and the seven Apare- hanah-tarah," and this King's devoted .servant the Yat-vom of the title of Na- Meo-Meng-klah-keoh-tscah, who can sup))ly all the wants of his Sovereign instan- taneously, who is gifted with all -ntelligence and bravery, and who also pursues the practices of a good man, first, collecting all the pioperty which he himself an<] his famih' have hone.stly acquired, ami then i-aising a subscription from all pious and ■ The ten paramees are acconipHshmeuts or virtues, viz., — Charity. Love, Forbearance, Reli- gious Austerities, Seclusion, Huiuility, Diligence, Truth and Wi-^dom. « An Arleyah is one who has undergons certain and great changes by which he bcomes inde- pendent of the common destinies of Nature. ' These are — the principle of Instability, the principle of Existence or mode of Existence, the principle of discriminating Marks, Signs, &c.. tlie principle of Absorption or Annihilation, the principle of Command. ■* The study of religious books, the means of coinprehenJing suuh works, and tlie conduct in accordance with the knowledge whi(;h such works impart. ■■> These are enumerated to be thirty kinds of Straus, three kinds of Taliengs, seven kinds (jf Burmese, si.xty kinds of HullMh or foreigners, and one Maha-Bea-Manah or Brahmin. ' A kind of fabulous elephant. ' Ten practices for the pursuance of those who have the reins of Government — viz., 1st, of giving bounty ; ^nd. of religious observances ; 3rd, of giving charity ; 4th, uprightness ; •5th, mildness; 6th, adherence to laws ; 7th, not returning anger or entertaining revengeful feeling ; 8th, not oppres.sing a fellow being; 9th, forbearance ; 10th. giving freedom. 8 These are 1st, the taking of only one tenth of land revenue ; 2iid, the supplying of provisions and accoutrements to the military forces once in six months ; Srd, the giving assistance to the poor with capital, and at the end of which taking in repayment only the principal; 4th, always expressing kind words. ' These are l.st, the holding of council tlirice a day ; 2nd, the just disposal of aU matters; Srd, the just collection ol rov'enue and iutiictiou ot punishments; 4tii, lespectful conduct towards superiors and elders ; 5th, not takmg possession of children of the villages ; Gth, the worship- ping of the nuts of within and without the city ; 7th, protecting the priesthood. 148 SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE (rood citizens, have with such means caused this Bell which weighs 25,000 Thupya of brass to be cast at the foot of the Tshoolay (or as it is termed in Talieng, Kyte-ta- thoot) pagodah, and consecrated it to that pagodah on the 15 Lazan of Zaboung 1189 (A.D. 29 February 1828). " For this good act in tluis consecrating this Bell, which sounds well ; I pray that at a future period I may attain the same knowledge as God himself possesses — namely, of Then-Rayah (instability'), Weekayah (existence or moile of existence, form, &c.), Lek Khaaslr' (sign, mark, token or specific sign), Naik-ban (emancipa- tion from evil) and of Panoah-tee (command) and thus become An dreeyah. I also pray that for this good act of mine the same blessing may attend my Father, Mother, Teacher, the King ami the Inhabitants of the three States viz. : Men of Earth, Devahs, and Bramhahs, ami may all these people approve my act. " I call the Nuts (Devahs) of this Eartli to bear witness to this my act. " That-than-paman The Angel has placed his Seal. " Poodeah. I pray for knowledge of the past, of what exists, and what is to come, or to see what is before me — accomplished." 33.— EXTRACTS FROM THE ACCOUNTS OF THE CHURCH- WARDENS OF ST. MARGARET'S WESTMINSTER. -Published by John Nichols, Esq., 1797. 1498. Payment for the knell of Jone Grey of Wilton, for the great belle. Several other knells [It is spelt also knyll.] ... ... G 1627. The weight of the bells : The first bell weith ... ... ... ccccc"' The second „ ... ... ... ccccccxxi"' The third „ ... ... ... dcccM"' The fourth „ ... ... ... mx"' The fifth „ ... ... ... mccccccxiij"' Slim of the weight of all the bellis . . . munamdccii"' 1547. Paid to the ringers at King Henry the Eighth his Dirige in the parish Church ... ... ... ... ... 8 1548. Paid to the King's amner, when he would have sealed up the Church Doors at the departure of the King's majesty, the 2nd ilay of July, because the bells were not rong ... ... ... 024 1553. Paid for bread and drink, on Ash-Wednesday, to the ringei's at the victory and overthrow of Wyat and his adherents ... ... 008 ' Mutability of creatures. - Port Admiral, Yaywon, or Lord of the Water. suppr.^■:^rKXT to hells of (iLorcKSTLRSHiRE. 149 I'lGO. Paiil to the rinyt"r.s wlit-u tlio Queen's Majesty went from S. James to Hampton upon Tbamyes ... ... ... OOC l')C^>. Paid to the ringing for tlio piosporous reign of the eleventli year of Queen Elizabeth ... ... ... ... r [There aiv simihir paynients in the years following also on her Birthday, September 7th.] l:">:s(>. Paid for ringing at the beheading of the Queen of Seotts ... 1 l.")8.S. Paid to the ringers the Sth of August, when tlie Queen's majesty w .nt from S. James to the camp (at Tilbury) ... ... 10 [The like payment on tlie lOth of August on her return] 1503. The broken termor waied mdc.xxi"' weight, the new tennor that came in hir place weid niccc ami a half The weit of the greatest bell ys mmc and a half. The weit of the treble Avas delivered cccc iii (piarters and xvii '' The weit of the fourth l)ell last brought in y- uidee and a half and xiv"' weight : the weight of the fourtli bell taken away, as is before cxpres.sed, is mccc and a half. The weit of the second bell carried away dcec iii quarters ; the new bell brought in hir place weid just dccc and a half. loflC. Paid the bell-iingers the 7, for joy of victory against the Spaniards 7 l'>!»7. Paid to Mr. Moat, the first of November, l-")97, for new casting of the fourth bell, weying nidc iii quarters, for a new clapper weighing xlviii"' Hi02. Paid for ringing at the Funeral of the Queen liiOo. Paid the 5th of August for ringing for the King KiO"). Paid the lingers for ringing at the time when the Parliament Hous should have been blown up ... ... ... 10 KidO. Paid to ringers on the day that the King landed, and on the day that His Majesty came to AMiitehall ... ... ... 0110 At the Coronation of King Charles the Second ... ... 100 [There are many other similar jtaj'iuents to the ringers, Ijut not worth extracting.] 1G70. Paid to Mr. Darbie, bell founder, for two new bells ... ... 47 10 34. -ACCOUNTS OF ST. MARY HILL, LONDON, page 85. 1492. Payde for mendyng of 3 clapers of the greate liells, to a smyth with- out Algate For a rope for the second bell waying 9" For makyng of a whele to the Saince bell 2 T 1 3 3 2 G 11 1) 1 150 SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTEESHIRE 1497. It was ai^'veed l:iy Mr. Parson, Mr. Aklcrniaii, and i.livers other lA the parishioners, that the Clark and Churchwardens from that time should take for any knyell of the gTete bell Gs Sd, that is to either of them -tod ; for the kneyll of the second bell rynging only an hour, the Clark to take 1 2d, and for -J; a day 40d only to Inuisrlf ; and for the lyttle or iii-st bell, for a man 8d, for a chihl 4d. Makyng of a bawdryk and a new l)()kyll to the lytill bell ... 8 [20 Ed. IV.] Pay.l to 4 children of S. Magnus for ringing ... ... 4 ]-j09. Paiut now lives at Oxfonl), wlio is an excollont ringer, supply 4 liis place, and rang tlie third Ik'11, no they were as follows: — Mr. Hearnc the 1st or trel)!e. Mr. Yates the (ith. Mr. Vicars the 2nd. Mr. Smith the 7th. Mr. Nash the .Srd. ilr. Barnes the .Nth. Mr. Teny tlie 4th. Mr. Lloyd the !)th. Mr. Brickland the .")th. Mr. Benwell tlie 10th or tenour. Mr. Yates before rani;- the fifth, and thrn tlie sixth was rung hy Mr. Broughton, in whose room Mr. Brickland was imw taken. When I mentioned afterwards my nhservations to ye s'' ^fr. Smith, he tdld me, that tho' he rung himself yet ho minded the faults also himself. T'pon which 1 ask'd liim, how many there were? he .said three hefore tliat wch stoppd them, I told him there were ju.st live before that, at which he a, f. ■52. 17;14. September 28, Saturday, 4 Kal., Oct. — Yesterday being the obit of William of Wickliaiu (founder of New College) and the festival of St. Cosmas and Damianus, some of t!ie Oxford ringers agreed to ring at New College, proposing to ring 687C cater changes upon the ten bells there. They desigiieil to have begun at eleven in the morning, but 'twas near twelve before they began, for they had rang only two lumiked changes when the clock struck twelve. They had so many gro.ss faults that 'tis not worth while to particularize tliem all, only thus nnich may be noted, that a bob was missed being called befoi-e they had got to two hundred, and tli(tf thfij strangely blundered a little after they had rang 'iOO, and ,so again a little after they had raiii;- 1100, and .so after 1400 and IIKK) ; and at length when they liad rang 2714 (which M-ants 41(j2 of the \vIio!e) they were c|uite out, it being then three ijuarteis after one. Then they .set the bells and soon after began again and rang (J.iO, and made an end at very near half hour after two, so that the whole both times were 3304 changes in two hours and an liaif, whereas they rang on the 1st of May last 347' changes in two houis and nineteen minutes. 1 was vt'vy appreheiisise yesterday when they hrst began, that they would not peri'm-iii theii' task, the compa.ss being too wide, and the the person that rang the ninth bell making a bad step even at first. Though 'twas so %Vefc I heai'd them all the time, walking for that purpose up and down in the parks on the east side of Wadhaiu College. Had they linished the peal and done it will I should liave taken care to transmit in print (in one of my l)Ooks that T print at tln^ Theater) the names of the several ringers to posteiity, 0870 changes having never as yet at one time been rung in Oxford. But as the performance was bad (considering the character each ringer bore for his skill in the art of ringing), as it will not be for their credit to have their names mentioned, so neither will it be for the honour U4 SUrPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTEE.SHIEE. of William of Wickham to diwcovev aaIui tin' persons woi-c that perform'd so lamely on the day he died, which day ought to he ol)seT\'d with all possible decorum, and tlie ringing should he then as clean anil true as can he, for which reason I shall pass over (what might he furtlier t)hser\'"d) in silence. Y. 14o, f. o3. 17o"). May ol, Saturday, 3 Kal., May. — I hear the Oxford ringers rang tins Whitsontide above 3000 changes excellently well at Warwick. V. 142, f. 144. 1734. July 9, Tuesday, 7 Non, Juli.— Anno. 1733, came out at London, a little book in 12mo., Ijeinii' tlie third editi(jn nf Campanalooria or the Art of Rino-ino-. One Annables is now putting out a new eilitiim nf the same bi.i<.>k, wch 'tis said will he the best book of its kind that ever yet was jmnted on that subject. Tlie .said Annables is one nf the London ringers that i-ang at Oxford at Whitsuntide in 1733. He rang the ninth bell, and is judged tu understand ringing as well as if not better than any man in the world. V. 80, f. 0. On the south side of the \'estiy or belfry of Hornsey Church, Middlesex, these rustick verses are in bliu-k written — 7/ Ihdt to I'liiiJ yoii (hj i-iiinc here You 'must ring icell ivith Im ml and ear, If fliiif i/ou, rivy ill spur or Imf A (Juiirf (if All' ■)niisf pdi/pir l/iai. Auil if (I Jiill ifiiu iirriil' riiw, Si.r I'l ,11'c is liar hi'fiirt' i/mi i/<>, ^[ikI If i/iiu ( iirsr or sn'ror / siii/ A sliilliiiifs ilui' irifliout ili'liiij, Aiii} if;jou (jiuiriU fsic) //( ihis plucc, \iiu sliiill not rtuij III null CKsr. V. 124, f. 11.-). 1729. January i:>, Thursday, Ls Kal., February.— On Satur No other peal rung 31 D 20 October, 1726 14 Mar. 1727 OOOO'^ 17 Ap. 1S76 5276c 41 C 52 B 29 D 3.5 D 41 C 36 D 41 C 31 D 41 (.' 4 December, 1728 2 August, 1735 Trebles dated 1770 Twelve about 1772 21 June, 1775 Trebles dated 1792 Opened in 1793 30Noveniber, 1807 4 June, 1814 7 Nov. 1729 15 Dec. 1735 24 Dec. 1770 3 June, 1773 22 Nov. 1775 2 Feb. 1799 18 July, 1708 30 Nov. 1807 7 June, 1814 5120.. 8008^ 5610- 5320^ 5170.^ 5280^^ 5184^ 5390^ 5016^ 7 June, 1873 27 Nov. 1875 21 Jan. 1788 20 Oct. 1863 18 Jan. 1844 7 Feb. 1853 27 Dec. 1813 22 Feb. 1830 20 Mar. 1875 5280'- 5016. 660OI 5014^ 7126'^^ 5088'^ 5088' 5040' 5010' 4 Aug. 1819 21 Oc*. 1819 15 F 4 August 1819 28 D 21 October, 1819 33 D 2 September, 1830 25 Dec. 1830 30 C 26 February, 1841 1 May, 1812 54 C 4 July, 1814 5213' 5213» 5126.. 5148. No peal ever rung 23 E November, 1850 25 Dip March, 1857 32 O 8 July, 1867 II C 2') Mar.-h. 18G8 23 D 19 May, 1868 50 D 52 18 May, 1852 5082» 6 Mar. 1853 5040^ No peal over rung 7 Jan. 1871 5016^^ No peal ever rung No authentic peal 16 Feb. 1858 8448= 30 Mar. 1867 5015> No other peal rung 28 Mar. 1823 5136i. 9 April, 18G4 5088" No other peal rung J 10 August, 1872 - 31 December, 1872 - 62 Bfe 1 November, 1878 The first ring of twelve bells ever completed was the York Minster peal, which, augmented to twelve in 1681, was re-cast into ten in 1765. The tenor of the t"-elve is said to have weighed 50 cwt. The ring often was destroyed by fire in 1829, and the present twelve wis opened in 1844. A peal on twelve bells has not yet been rung at York. L'ntil Wednesday, February 17th, 1836, there was a ring of twelve at Christ's Church, Spitalfields, on tliis date it was destroyed by f.r>?, and has since been replaced by a liea\-y ring of eight. The Spitalfields tenor weighed 44 cwt. C sharp. The first peal rung was 5170 of Grandsire Cincjues on March 5th, 1804, and the last, another of £010 in the same method, on February 16, 1829. » Giauilsu-e Cinque?. ^ Kent Treble Bob Masimus. <■ Stedmiui'.s Cinques. ^ r>ob llaximus. Oxford Treble Bob Maximu.?. SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOrCESTEPSHIEE. IGl 40 — 111 my Bells of the CltUfch. pul>li.shL'd in 1872, the seventh chapter contauis an account of ancient Ecclesiastical Haxdbells — TiNTixxABUi,.i:. Since that date a few other bells of the same character have been found in Scotland, and published by Mr. Joseph Anderson in his interesting volume of Scofhind in Early Cliristian Times, 8vo., 1881, to whose courtesy iny thanks are due for his kind permission to reproduce extracts from his descriptions and the use of his illustrations. "This illustration (Fig. 1) represents a .small bell, made of thin sheet iron, rivetted up the side, having a loop handle at the top, and flattened on the side.s, exactly similar in eveiythmg but size to the buried bell of Bii-say. It is the smallest of these Scottish bells, being onlj" 2^ inches in height, 2 inches in breadth, and 1 inch in width. Like most of these iron bells, it still bears indications of ha\ing lieen coated externally with bronze to enhance its appearance and sweeten its sound. It is very small, but not so much smaller tha:i other bells of the same description that are known as sacred bells as to occasion a doubt as to its ecclesiastical character, and its association with the engraved symbols, the cress, and the Celtic in.scription is sufficient to substantiate its claim to be considered as a relic of the early Celtic Church. But beyond this we cannot proceed, and the incidents of its history must remain untold." Fig. I. Fig. 2. " This bell (Fig. 2) Ls of iron, but has been coated with bronze, of wliich slight traces still remain. It measures 9h inches in height, exclusive of the handle, and 8 inches by 7 across the mouth." It is called the Bell of Kingoldrum, and M'as dug up in 18-13 in the churchyard of Kingoldrum, Forfar.shire. It is now in the museum of Edinburgh. I have noticed this Bell in Bells of the Church, p. IS-i. '=This bell (Fig. 3) is preserved in the Manse at Fortingall. It is slightly more oval in form than most of the Scottish l;>ells, and in this respect it comes nearer to 162 SUrPLESLENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. the bell of Kingoldrum than any of the others. It nieasiu-e.s 9 inches high, exclusive of the handle, and 7| inches by six inches across the month. Its coating of bronze has mostly scaled^ off, but enough remains to show that, like all the other iron bells of this type, it was covered with sucli an external coating." Fig F'S- 5. "Another bell (Fig. 4) of similar type was discovered in August, 1873, between the wall and the eaves of an old cart shed on the farm of Balnahanait in Glenlyon. Though much mutilated, it is still an interesting specimen of its class. The handle is almost gone, and a gi-eat part of the lower portion of the bell has disappeared through oxiilation. What remains of it is quite tliin, and partially eaten through by rust, Imt the form is unmistakable, and slight traces of a coating of bronze are still visible upon it. In its present condition it measures 9 inches high, 7 inches broad at the bottom, and G inches at the top, and is 3h inches in greatest wiilth from side to side." " The bell of Struan, in Athole, locally known as the Buidliean (Fig. •")) whicli is now preserved in tlie House of Lude, is also of iron, coateil with lironze and rivetted. It measiu-es 11 inches in height exclusive of the handle, and 7 inches by •'ij inches across the mouth ; it has an iron tongue or clapper fastened into it by luits and screws, and was actually used as the church bell till about 1828, when the late Mr. Mclnroy of Lude gave the congregation a new bell, and received the old one in exchange." The history of the bell will be found in Bells of the Church, p. 134. SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTEESHIEE. 1G3 " The bell of Kilmichael Glassai-y (Fig. C) is small, measuring onh" •>{ inches high, and 2} inches by li inches across the mouth ; it is of hammereil iron, greatly decayed, and unfortunately broken. It was found about 1814 in removing a heap of stones on the farm of Torrebhlaurn, in the parish of Kilmichael Glassary, in Argyleshire." The bell case, which is of brass, is represented in Plate I in my Bdls uf the Church, and at p. 127 is fully described. Fig. 6. " Fig. 7 is a bronze Ijell at the church of Insh which stands on a small eminence at the north end of Loch Insh on the Spey, a few miles below Kingu.ssie. It was found lying in a window of the church ; it is of cast bronze, in shape not unlike the liell of St. Fillan, being 10 inches in heiglit and !» inches by 7f inches across the iiKJiitli. It has an oval-looped handle, and likt- St. Fillan's ' Ix-ll, it lias a moulding- round the mouth." The coating of bronze which appeai-s on these rivetted bells was not laid on for the purpose of " sweetening the tone;" it is the unavoidable flow of the mttal used in brazing the sides together. — Ed. ^ See Eiigrariug, Fig. 43, p. 196, aiul its History, p. 133, 7??/.'.s of fit- Church. 164 SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 41— DUMB BELL RINGING. An Apparatus for practising change ringing without bells has been lately erected at Chewton Mendip, Somerset, for the inventor, the Rev. Theodore Mayo. A description of this apparatus may be useful to others who are prevented from practising in the ordinary way, either by the want of a ring of clnncli l.iells or by the objections of sensitive neighbours. A large room being available, two strong beams, about 18 feet apart, were fixed across from wall to wall near one end of the room, the ends of the beams being built into the walls. Smaller cross-beams, mortised into tliese, form with them the lower frame. Upon this the frame, in which the dumb bells are hung, is erected in the usual manner ; but the beams, which are above the strong beams, are also Imilt into the walls. A plan of the upper frame is given in jig- 1. It will be seen that thei-e are eight small pits, measuring 4 feet 7 inches by 10 inches. In each of these pits is hung a cast iron dumb bell with proper wheel attached. The dumb bell is so designed that the centre may be far (fig. 2) from the centre of revolution ; this result is partly produced by the casting being thicker at the lower part of the bell. The ettect of this is that, while the dumb bell weighs only about 170 lbs., it gives the same resistance as a church bell of much greater weight. In the upper part of the casting is a slot, 3 inches by 1 inch, through which passes the wrought iron stock, and on the ends of the stock gudgeons are turned in one piece with it. (Jig. 2.) To support the wheel, a piece of wrought iron, (fig. 3) passing diametrically across it, is bolted to the lower part of the dumb bell, is finnly fixed to. the stock, and bolted again to the upper part of the wheel. Its end projects beyond the wheel and may be used as a stay ; but in practice it is found better to ring these bells without sliders. Across the two lowest spokes of the wheel and concentric with it, is fixed a curved piece of wood, a segment of a circle, the horizontal section of which is given in fig. 4. As the projecting part passes its lowest position, it presses a button which forms part of a pneumatic bell apparatus, and thus a gong, placed at some distance Ijelow the frame and just above the ringer's head, is made to sound. No description of the pneumatic ajjparatus is needed, as the system is often used for bells in jirivate houses. An electric apparatus would have answered the same purpose. The eight gongs are of course tuned to a scale. The inventor, Mr. Mayo, says that the sen.sation of ringing these bells is wonderfully like that of ringing in a church tower ; but, as no sliders are used, a little special practici' is required to avoid overthrowing. The wheels, stocks, bearings, kc, were supplied Ijy Messrs. Hooper and Stokes, of Woodbury; the pneumatic apparatus was made Ijy Mr. Zimdars, 327, Gray's Road ; and the carpen er's work, the fixing, and the jianging of the bells, were done by a local tradesman, Mr. John Batt. SUrPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTEESHIEE. 165 I f^ GL ja_ ja CL f Wall G G "cr G G I 1 ? 4 5 <5 ^'■' I I I I I I Sralt of Ftef. ffil \ D Wall D 13 — cr Fic. I. 13 — cr Fig. 1. I'li'ilii'iil Fig. 3. Sinle of Feet. Bell Tcrret, Chewton Mendip, 1880, 2 V 166 SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE 43._QUARTER CHIMES ON BELLS.'— Chimes for indicating the qvuarters have been used ahnost ever since the introduction of clocks into churches, the most popular, perhaps, being the arrangement known as " ding dong." They are very useful and effective, and may be employed with three, or even two bells ; but where sufficient bells exist in a tower, it seems a pity not to have a full chime, say on four or more bells. Cambridge Chimes may be used on a ring of G, 8, or 10 bells, and are very beautiful, especially on large bells. Chimes on G, 8, or 10 bells may be made almost to any musical ai'rangement ; but sevei-al much-approved sets are given by Mr. Smith, of Derby, in his pamphlet on Clocks, which may easily be tried uj^on a piano. First QnnrtfV, Set of Quarter Chimes on Ten Bells. :t: :rar::t=l ^eeoiul Quarter. ^53 Third QiKirlir. — — •• d \~i—m * 1— ~*—i- r^3t !-t, Fourth Quarter heforf striking. fct: -^-^ f-f-f-i t- If-t t=s=r- ■A-P- ,J^m^^ _, ,^._^.._... Set of Quarter Chimes suitable for a Ring of Six Bells, or if placed upon the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th Bells of a ring of Eight.' First Quarter, — ■•- -t^ i Second Quarter. ^^^^m^^E^ Third Quarter. ~i=t l^llig^^&^^^ll t1: Fuiirtli Qi'iirttr, before sirilcinr/. ' This woiikl b(> bettor if plnytd on tlie lower six of .a Ring of Eiglit. SUITLEMENT TO 15 ELLS OF GLOUC'ESTEKSIIIRE 107 Set of Quarter Chimes suitable for a Ring of Eight Bells, or the lower eight of a Ring of Ten Bells. First Quurlei: f^^-^ T/iinl Quarter. Fourffi Q'nirtir. hrfoir .ttrikln/. Finl. — 1^ 'Secomf. -H — -m — ^ CamVi'iilge Chiun^s. tr ^tE=y3Z^£ifl^l W^E^^E^I^'^JFlEl'^k^Ei^E^ Fnnrth. -■m^-i — J— t •-P- -m '-^ " Fully (Ifsciilcl in ]■. II "> of Oi.r-A Podriua, auni'xcj to the " P.rlls of .Soimn'sct." 168 SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTEESHIEE. 44— THE ASHBITRNHAM BELL AT CHELSEA. This Bell was given to the old Parish Church of Chelsea by the Honourable William Ashburnham in the year 1G79, as a grateful offering to commemorate his escape from (Irowninf- in the Thames, into which he had wandered during a darlv night of the above yeai', and from which he was saved by hearing the clock of this Church strike nine. Considerino- this circumstance to have been a most providential means of saving his life, he made certain conditions that it should be rung every evening at that hour during the winter months in case of any future similar event. Insc'EIPTION. — " The gvift of the Honorable William Ashljuinham Esquier, Cofferer of His Maiesties hovshold 1C7!' ;"' with the trade mark of Robert Mott, of Whitechapel. SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTEE SHIRE. 1G9 EELL rOETRY 1. CAMPANALOGIA : by J. Copywcll, A Poem, in Praise of Ringing, by tlie author of tlie " Shrubs of Parnassus," (J. Copywell i.e., William Woty.) London : Printed for the Author and sold by J. Coote, in Paternoster Row. MDCCLXI. [Price One Shilling.] To the Society of College Youths, and to all Ringers in general, this Poem (being the fii-st Attempt of the kind) is Inscribed, with great Respect, by their most obedient Servant, the Author. Yo sacred nine ! assist a daring bard Who scorns the vulgar hackney'd road to fame Parnassian — one who aims, elate with hope Adventurous, to reach your sweet abodes Through paths, which poet never trod before ; Oh ! harmonise my numbers, while I sing The Ai-t of Ringing. Let the measui-e sound Tuneful as is my theme, nor think it aught Ignoble, insignificant. For health This exercise awaits — an7r TO BELLS OF GLOLTESrEKSTTIRE. 171 Pours his (Iv. ail thunder o'er th'eiisanguin'd field Scatt'ring the Austrian host, while all dis- may'd Their leaders own him victor of the day. These for the sacred, nuptial tie proclaim, And ev'ry sound, and ev'ry varied peal, Call smiles of transport from the happy pair. " Can none remember — Yes, I'm sure — all must When gracioiis Charlotte, prime of all her sex, The Queen of rare accomplishment amv'd, How ev'ry bell divulg'd it thro' the isle. And ev'ry steeple nodded high applause. These in most climes, but most in British land Tell to the travelling winds their monarch's birth. Oft as the annual Ijlessed day returns For thee, George ! superior they aspire And bid the nation triumph at thy name. Ev'n grief lifts up her melancholy head, Wipes from her face the slow descending tear. And for a day grows convert unto mirth. Go I view the rural region, where the blush Gf innocence is seen ; where health imprints Her kisses on the cheek Soon a.s the peal, By rusticks rung, each virgin's ear salutes. How blithe her eye 1 how sprightly is her mien ! And ev'ry stripling gambols witli deliglit. Ev'n infants, hanging at their mother's breast. Quit the sweet nutriment, their pleasure smile Ineffable, clench hard their little hands. And seem eonvuls'd with agonies of joy. Echo, coy njTuph, Avho loves to dwell unseen, Unrival'd mistress of uncounted sounds, 2 X' Dear memory's sister-twin her voice exalts. Mellifluous, and ever fond to learn, Repeats distinct the bold harmonious tones. Nor j'ou, ye social spirits ! let me pass Un-notic'd, who aroiind the festive board, With hand-bells charm the minutes. Tho' ye shine In miniature, not less ye merit praise. Indulge your honest joy. By turns regale Your cheerful hearts with nectar from the vine But let sobiiety present the glass. Yours is the tie of friendship ; yours the bond Till death indissoluble. Long in mirth May ye survive, and bid old care good night 1 And if the Muse can prophesy with truth Your names shall flourish, longer than the verse Of him who aims to register your praise. Far better thus to close the mirthful eve If scandal be awaj', and mad excess That drowns the .struggling soul. Far better thus That at one fatal cast to sink your fame And substance to ijei'dition, or to tire Yoiir constitution in the harlot's arms. Now rise accordant. Pull the pendant ropes, Bid ev'ry bell strike true. The noble touch Rouses the lethargy, that clogs my mind, And prompts me on to action, swell my heart And dance without control ! for sweeter far These lofty sounds, than those dead, languid airs, That tremble on an instrument of wire ; As far superior as th' expressive notes Of Blard and Lowe are to the eunuch's trills. 172 SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OP GLOUCESTEilSHIEE. Britons arise — resume the reins of Taste, And let the natives of your isle receive Your amplest tribute of deserv'd applause ; For whilst 'tis yours to boast an Arne or Boyce, No skill is wanting from a foreign land. AN ODE To be sung at the Annual Feast of the College Youths. (Tune, The Early Horn.) Becitutive. The annual day, once more with joy returns. And pleasure brightens in each sparkling eye To usher in the feast ; The jocund feast, where smiling plenty fills her copious horn, And pours her bounteous gifts with lavish hand. The God of Wine, his welcome visit pays. And brings the nectar of empurpl'd grapes. The sons of humour smile immense applause Each object to the mirthful scene invites : But most this room, where ravishingly sweet, Harmonious hand-bells lull the ear, And rivet each attentive College Youth, Each lively stroke a different change diffuses round. And gives new spirits to the festive board. A ir. Ye Youths so gay ' To hail this day, Your chearful music bring. No sound excels The fine toned l)ells. When merrily they ring. The list'ning croAvd around. Their joy reveal, To hear the peal. All, all applaud the enliv'ning sound. Bodleian Bawl MS. B. 322. THE MERRY BELLS OF ENGLAND, by Kennedy, 1840. " You hear, as I, the merry bells of England: Can any country of the same extent Boast of so many, in their form and tone Differing, yet all for harmony designed ? Clustered in frequent bands thro' towns and cities. Lodgement they find in many a village tower. Or tapering spire that crowns an upland lawn. Or peeps from grove or dell. Whilst, now and then. Behind a hill, a steeple ivy-clad Modest and low, reveals its whereabout To the lone traveller only by their tongue. Art's work they are, but in their tendency Somewhat like Nature to the human soul : Rais'd up 'twixt earth and heaven, they speak of both : They speak to all of duty and of hope : They speak of sorrow and of sorrow's cure ! " ON A CHURCH BELL.— By W. Wogan, Esq., of Ealing. Come, come to Me, the Meek Redeemer cries. Come, come to Christ, the echoing bell replies. Come all ye weary, all ye heavy prest. Your burdens bring, and I will give you rest. Awake my soul, leave thy soft bed and home. And answering say, I come, Lord, I come. SUPPLEJIENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 173 THE BELLS. -By Eilgar A. Poe. " Hear the sledge.s with the hells — Silver hells : [foretells ! What a world of merriment their melody How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night ! While the stars that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight ; Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, [wells To the tintinnahulation, that so musically From the hells, hells, hells, hells, Bells, ln.lls, hells— [hells. From the jingling and the tinkling of the " Hear the mellow weilding hells, Golden hells: [foretells: What a world of happiness their harmony Through the balmy air of night How they ring out their delight ' From the molten golden notes. And all in tune, W^hat a liquid ditty floats [gloats To the turtle-dove that listens, while she On the moon : Oh, from out the sounding cells, What a'giish[of euphony voluminously wells: How it swells : How it dwells On the Future '. how it tells Of the rapture that impels To the swingirg ami the ringing Of the bells, bells, bells. Of the l)ells, bells, hells, bells, Bells, hells, bells— To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells: # * * * " Hear the tolling of the hells— Ii'on bells : What a world of solemn thought their monody compels : In the silence of the night. How we shiver with aflright At the melancholy menace of their tone : For every sound that floats From the rust within their throats Is a groan. And the people — ah, the people — They that dwell up in the steeple. All alone. And who, tollinreak softly o'er mountains and dells, There's no music on earth can ever exceed The time-hallowed tones of her church- going bells, With their delicate swells over woodlands and fells, The time hallowed tones of her church- going bells. sweet 'tis to see how that magical call Lifts the latch of the door, and throws open the gate ' The rich and the poor, and the great and the small. Come forth at the sound, in gladness elate ; And grandsires, and matrons, and maidens unite. And with groups from the school the multitude swells ; Dear Old England has not a more beautiful sight Than her thousands allured by the church going bells. Whose exquisite music o'er mountains and dells, Brings Hope to our doors with the church- going bells. And often the bells ring out merry chimes — At weddings and christenings we love them full well ; How bright is the sunshine on Sundays! ] And when peace follows war, and at festival how clear Is the landscape, aglow with beauty and light • And the deep Sabbath silence, which speaks to the ear Of rest and devotion from morning to night 1 Round the family altar what a circle is there. When the Bible is read and the morning hymn swells. And they rise up in joy from famih" prayer, To welcome the sound of the church -going- bells : So sacred, yet cheering, o'er mountains and dells. The time-hallowed voice of the church- going bells ! times ; And at death, ah 1 how sad is the funeral knell ! But in sorrow or joy there's no echo so sweet Can enter the house where piety dwells, Or make the glad heart with such ecstasy beat, As the Sabbath call of the church-going bells : In harmony sounding o'er mountains and dells. There's a sermon for all in the church- going bells. When afai- oft' the emigrant seeks for a home. In the lands of Old England across the broad sea=. SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHTEE. 175 Wliere the Saxon and C'.-lt in tlie -wiMemess roam, Ami the axe of the v/o j.lnian resounds on the breeze, Soon the temple of woisliip uplifts its tall spire ; And deep in the woods, where the English- man dwells, The fauiiiy altar glows with its lire. And the Sabhath is there, and church- going bells. Like music from Heaven, ring o'er inoim- tains ami dells — the beautiful sound of t!ie church-goinf^ bells. At home or abroad, in the city or town. In village or liandet, or on the wild moor; From the palace so grand, and the Queen on the throne, To the humble and poor at the cottager's door. The Sabbath brings blessings more precious than gold ; Our sorrows it cheers, our care it dispels ; Pure joy to the young, and Hcaxen's peace to the old, Sounds freely to all witli the church-nfoino- bells. So God speed their cchces ce'r mountains and dales, The time honoured sound of the church- going bells. Oduher, ISGS. LYR.A. SaBEATK'A. EARLY PRAYERS.— By Mrs. U. A. Roach, August, ]iS47. " I \v:is gliul wlien they .said to me ' Let ii5 g.j to tl»^ House of the Lord.' " The bell, that witli its peaceful sound Rings through the morning air, While half the world is slumbering round — Whom doth it call to prayer ? Not mothers from the cradled child, Not the kind nurse of age, Nor childhood with its carol wild, Entering life's bu.sy stage. Not those who labour ceaseless on. To earn their daily bi-ead ; Nor till the busy day is gone. Lay down their wearied head — For these, for these, in pleading tone, A short and earnest cry Is incense that their God will own, Ami bless them from ondiiy-h. And j-et a favoureil few may come From shnnliers blest and light, From closet prayer and quiet home, Here in their brethren's sight ; May kneel in earnest social jDrayer Before their tasks 1)6^1, And vanity, and toil, and care Have sought to enter in. So children in some happy home. Their peaceful slumbers o'er, Ere to the dewy fields thej' roam. Come to their parent's door ; Take some kind warning ere they part, And duteous homage pay. And bear their blessing at their heart, Thonghout the varied day. 176 SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTEESIIIRE. On receiving " The Bells of the Chuech," by the Rev. H. T. Ellacombe, 4to. Tis Christmas Eve, sing ding, doiifj, bell. The western gale from Quantock fell, Howls round the Woodland home : The hearth is bright, with liolly dight, And on a lettern, goodly sight — There lies a pictured tome : The lone hermit likes it well And sings its praise with diiig, dong, hell. From Holford Tower the west wind brings The fitful music on its wings Of Christmas chimes that merrily Ring out their carols — one, two, three ; The hermit turns the page, and ' well ' Quoth he, ' comes in tliat ding, dong, hell,' Now whirl bla.sts wild ami driving rain. Capricious, ' against the window pane From eastward rush, and bear alonsr The mellow chimes of Dodington ; But heard in snatches, faint and low Their mournful voices come and eo ; — 'Ah well-a-day,' the hermit cries, ' Of vanished years what visions rise Coraingled with those notes.' — that knell Rings out, methinks, tlieir ding, dong, hell.' ' Now to my tome I'll turn,' quoth he ; ' One fault alone methiidcs I see ; — Out of his brain things new and old, Fruit of long travail, brave and bold. Mine antient frioid hath brought ; but he Hath not prefixed his efligy ! For if his readers gazed intent On each faniiliar lineament. They'd cry, ' 'Tis he 1 let's greet him well With cheerful peals of ding, dong, hell.' From youth to age, we two together, In winter and in summer weather. Have both grown old, and now we stand Expectant on the border land. Till time's commissioned voice shall say, To one or other, ' come away.' Alas ! for days of 'Auld lang syne,' T'were wrong, as bootless, to repine. Since firet I heard from Bitton tower. Its tuneful chimes, with voice of power, (How many years I may not tell) Ring out their meny ding, dong, hell. Again those Christmas bells ! Oh list. As momently, ' the wild ■winds whist, Mid howling storm, and groaning trees. Alternate, borne iipon the breeze. From either tower a voice I hear, The coming or the dying year. Soon lost shall be to me and you In ages past old seventy-two ; May heaven vouchsafe to you and me A better friend in seventy- three ; And as time speeds, yet once again To listen to the old refrain (The new year's birth, the old year's knell,) With blessings fraught, of ding, dong, hell. Dee. 2nd, 1872. W. L. N. CHURCH BELLS.— From Sacred Lyrics of the Liturgy, L841. Yon chiming bells so full and swelling, Whose rich vibiations greet the ear. To us in solemn notes seem telling Of faith, of hope, of Heaven near ; Each heart with holy joy is bounding— From earth each thought is on the wing. Whene'er the welcome call is wending, That bids us join the choir and sing, Amen ! Amen ! Amen ! SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTEESIIIEE. 177 9 THE BELLS OF St. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, NORTH OTTERING- TON, YORKSHIRE, are inscril.LMl as follows: — The small bell ; " Holiness to tile Lord." The larger bell : " Jehove Sanctitatera consonemus .soror iiar\ula," (Little sider let us tor/ether sivj ■ Holi- ness imfo the Lord.') Ho-ly, Ho-ly, Ho-l\-, the Saints and Angels sing With covered faces in the realms above, Witli prayer.s inces.sant to tlie Almighty King To hasten (Hiick the coming day tliey love. Ho-ly, Ho-ly, Ho-ly ! repeat the bells below Chiming the Matin.s or the Evensong, That to men's hearts the love of Goil may flow, Preparing them to meet their Judge ere long. Holy, Holy, Holy ! S. Micliael's Host loud cry. And bending low their liright angelic forms, To earth witli God's commands do swiftly fly: _ ' That they may turn a.side dread Satan's storms. Ho-ly, Ho-ly, Ho-ly! S. Michael's bells now ring With kindred sounds their message to release. That men may hearken to the words they sing Of Faith, and Hope, of Charity and Peace. 2 Y Holy, Holy, Hi)ly ! they sing with joyful sound. Who celebi'ate the mystic Marriage rite : Between the Lord and Church dotli love abound, wondrous mercy ' pleasing in God's sight. Ho-ly, Ho-ly, Ho-ly \ the wedding bells peal forth A blessing on the happy forms below ; Telling with joy a loving woman's worth. The gift of God: — rarer than rubios' glow ! Holy! Holy! Holy! Imw will Hea\en re- joice When Saints and Martyrs feasting with their Lord, With crowns and palms anil high uplifted voice, In perfect bliss, praise Him for e'er adored. Ho-ly, Ho-ly, Ho-ly ! e'en now on earth we find The struggling souls so wearied with their sti'ife. In sweet Communion with tlieir Maker kind Partakinir of the Sacramental Life. Holy, Holy, Holy ! the moiu'ning Serajihs wailed While looking on the distant earth be- neath. Seeing the wickedness of man, and hailed A Saviour's love, triumphant over death. Ho-ly, Ho-ly, Ho-ly! thus tolls the " passing " bell Warning that life is but a fragile flower ; A soul has gone to Paradise or Hell, To give account of every idl e hour. 178 SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLODCESTEESHIRE. Holy, Holy, Holy l my little sister dear, With constant ett'ort and with one accord. To God Jehovah witli our voices clear, Sing we loudly " Holiness to the Lord 1 " Ho-LY, Ho-LY, Ho-LY I — we thus do God proclaim, Ho-LY, Ho-LY, Ho-LY 1 — Lord, our notes inflame, Ho-LY, Ho-LY, Ho-LY 1— to His most blessed Name, Ho-LY, H(j-LY, Ho-LY ! — through ages e'er the same 1 August, 187-5. J. H. 10 In a former publication " Olla Podrida," will be found several Hymns which may be used at the Dedication of Church Bells. By the kind courtesy of the author, the Rev. Dr. Millard, Vicar of Basingstoke, I am allowed to publisli a Hj^mu which was sung to Hanoccf tune at the Festival of the Winchester Diocesan Guild of Ringers, July, 1881. Ring forth. Holy Bells, Rino- forth from your Tower. With music that tells Of Christ's saving power ; Ring forth in the hearing Of Old men and Young, And greet the God-fearing With each iron tongue. Ring forth, uieny^ chime, Declaring to all That now is the time To come at Christ's call ; To Matron and Maiden, To Father and Boy, To Saint and Sin-laden, Give tidings of Joy. Loud, loud be your Praise, That all nren may hear The Anthem ye raise Resounding and clear ; Proclaim, Christ is Risen, Exalted and Crowned, And hath open'd Death's Prison And set free the Bound. 1880. J. E. Millard. 11 CHURCH BELLS. What varying sounds from you grey pinnacles Sweep o'er the ear, and claim the heart's reply ? Now tlie blithe peal of home festivity. Natal or nuptial in full concert swells. Now the brisk chime, or voice of altei'ed bells, Speaks the due hour of social worship nigh ; And now the last stage of mortality The deep dull toll with lingering warning tells,— How much of human life those sounds com- prise. Birth, wedded love, God's service and the toml) ! Heard not in vain if thence kind feelings rise. Such as beiit our being, free from gloom Monastic — prayer that counnunes with the .skies. And musings mindful of the final doom. SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTEPSniEE. 179 12 THE OLD AND NEW YEAR BELLS. Frum Tennyson's In Mcmovutm. Ring out wild Lolls to the wild .skj-, The flying cloud, the frosty light : The year is dying in the night, Ring out wild bells and let hiiu die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring happy bells across the snow ; The year is going, let him go ; Ring out the false, ring in the true. Ring out the grief that saps the mind For those that here we see no more ; Ring out the feud of rich and poor, Ring in redress to all mankind. Ring out a slowly dying cau.so. And ancient forms of party strife ; Ring in the nobler modes of life With sweeter manners, p>u'er laws. Ring out the want, the care, the sin, The faithle.ss cohlness of the times ; Ring out, ring out, my mournful rhymes But ring the fuller minstrel in. Ring out false pride in place and blood, The civic .slander and the spite ; Ring in the love of truth ami right, Ring in the common love of good. Ring out old shapes of foul disea.se. Ring out the harrowing lust of gold ; Ring out the thousand years of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace. Ring in the \aliant man and free The larger heart, the kindlier hand, Ring out the darkness of the land. Ring in the Christ that is to be. 13 SONNET AT OSTEND. By Rev. W. L. Bowles. How sweet the tuneful bells' responsive peal ! As when, at opening morn, the fragrant lireeze Breathes on the trembling sense of ^^•an disease, So piercing to my heart their foicc I foel 1 And hark '. with lessening cadence now they fall, And now, along the white and level tide They fling their melancholy music wide ; Bidiling me many a tender thought recall Of sununer daj-s, and those delightful years When by my native streams, in life's fair prime. The mournful magic of their mingling chime Fir.st wak'd my wondering childhood intd tears ? But .seeming now, when all those days are o'er. [no more. The sounds of joy once heard, and heard 14 THE BELLS OF BROMHAM, WILTS. By Thoma.s Moort , Esq. Those Evening Bells, those Evening Bells, How many a tale their music tells. Of youth and liome, and that swuet time Since last I heard their soothing chime ? Those joyous hours are pass'd awav, And many a friend that then was gay ; Within the tomb now darkly dwells. And hears no more those Evening bells. And so "twill be when I am gone, That tuneful jieal will still rin^- on, While other bards shall walk these dells And sing your praise, sweet Ewning bells. 180 SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTEilSHIEE. 15 THE BELLS AND CHIMES OF ENGLAND. The Bells and Chimes of Motheiland, Of England green and old, That out from grey and ivied tower A thousand years have tolled. How heavenly sweet their music is As bi'eaks the hallowed day, And calleth \vith a Seraph's voice, A nation up to pray ! Those bells that tell a thousand tales. Sweet tales of olden time ! And ring a thousand memories At Vesper and at Prime : At Bridal and at Burial, For Cottager and King, — Tho.se Bells ami glorious Christian Chimes, How Vilessedlv they ring. Those Bells and Chimes of Motherland, Upon a Christmas morn, Out lireaking, as the Angels did. For a Redeemer horn ! How merrily they call afar To cot ami baron's hall. With holly deck'd and mi.stletoe To keep the festival ! The Bells of England, liow they peal From tower and Gothic pile, Where hymn and swelling anthem till The dim Catlifdral aisle ; Where windows bathe the holy light On piiestly heads that falls, And stain the florid tracery. And banner-dighted walls ! Ami then those Easter Bells, in spring, Those glorious Easter Chimes I How loyally they hail thee roimd. Old Queen of holy times I From hill to hill, like sentinels. Responsively they cry, And sing the rising of the Lord, From vale to mountain high. I love ye, Chimes of Motherland, With all this soul of mine. And bless the Lord tliat I am sprung (_)f good olil Engli.sh line. And, like a son, I sing the lay That England's glory tells ; Foi' she is lovely to the Lord For you, ye Christian Bells ! By the Rev. A. Cleveland Coxe, now Bishop of W.N. York, U.S. 16 THE CURFEW HYMN. When thy glorious orb of day. Casts on earth his parting lay, Loril ! teach thy children's hearts to pray. Liird ! lie our weary heads to rest L'pon our Saviour's \\'oimded breast. Be every sin — to Him confest. Do thou, each sinful thought reprove. And fill us with thy holy love — Prepare us for thy realms above ! When we hear the curfew's tone. Make our erring wills thine own ; Bow us before thy awful throne ! Oh ! quench in us, each spark of ire, Renew in us each pure desire, Retine us in Thy heavenly fire I " Dust to dust " we soon shall be. Our Souls shall wing their flight to thee. Time melts into Eternity 1 LTna voce. A.S.K. .Tulv .V Ls.')!>. SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESrERSniRE. 181 17 THE CURFEW-COMPLINE. Tlie Cuifew calls, tlien, eve too late, Cover the fires of angry hate I Let not bright day have cheerless end, The sun upon tliy wrath ilesccinl. tiie Compline calls ! then fall to pra3'er 1 Cast on thj' GpD thy loail of care. Then lay thee down, and s\v;-ttly rest, With His most sure jtrotection lilest. The Curfew-Cunipline calls ! th ■ day. Perchance thy last — hath eMj'd away : So sleep that thou uiay'st hope to rise To duty, or in Paradise. And whenso'er the Curfew bell Thy \-ital fire extinct shall tell, O niay'st thou from life's Compline tiuie Wake to the eveilasting Prime ! IS CHUDLEIGH BELLS. Warner's Devon Tour, ISOO, p. 179. Oh wondrous power of mo lulated soiuid! Which, like the air (whos^ all obedient shape Thou makest thy slave), canst subtilty per- vade The yieliled avenues of sense, uuloek The close affections, by some fairy ])ath Winniug an easy way through ev'iy ear, Ami with thine unsubstantial ([uality. Holding in mighty chains rlie liearts of all ; All but some cold and sullen tsmper'd spirits, Who feel no touch of sj'mpathy or love. 10 THE BELLS OF ST. PETER'S, Mancroft, Norwich. The celebrated Doctor Parr averr d That he more scientific ringing never heard Than at St. Peters: and (piite well he knew The art in theor\' aivl practice too. From the Land's End t ) Julm O'Groats I've Ijeen, And very many bells ha\-e heari' and seen, But ne'er but once, save at St. Peter's, knew Twelve raised in peal so beautifully true. They also fall them at a rapid pace, Yet not a single Viell strikes out of place. This fine-toned ring, if under my connnaml, A mutHed peal, so soleian, yet so grand. Should anuualh' ring on that proud day Which maile tlicir countryman, lirave Nelson, pay The debt of Nature in Trafalgar's Bay — Firing at intervals, to represent The thunder of the guns on that event. Not long ago, the able Norwich band Lost Mr. Thurston, ipiite a first I'ate hand. In ringing changes none coidd him excel. Till the last change that rang his funeral knell. A mural tablet well liis fame reconls, OutsiI. Hlatter, D.D., Piie.st Vicjir of the CitheJial, Exeter, and Vicar of \Ve.st Austey, who died at the advanced age of 78, in the Close, Exeter, April '27, IS — . What lUL'au those s^muil-; upDU inine ear, Those tones so like a knell. Ringing so sadly through the air. Is it the pas.sing licll ? That bell in its mournful voice Bears a message up on high, Telling the flight ot" a Christian soul To its liome beyond the sky. It .^speaks (though with an iron tongue) Tidings, though sad, j-et blest Telling the tale of a weary heart. Soaring to Heaven antl rest ! Does it not whi.spev, though our friend May rest beneath the sod, That his soul, his iiuiekening spirit Speeds onwary F. SteJmau. " Gentlemen of the noble crew, Of Colledge Youths — there lately blew A wind, whieli to my noddle Hew, (Ujjon a daj-e, when as it snew,) Which to my brains the vajiors drew, And there betcan to work ami l)rew Till in my Pericranium grew Conundrums, liow some peal that's new Might be compos'd ; and to pursue These thoughts (which di the tube on high. Pour the molten copper in, Mi.x it with the bubbling tin, That the viscous mass may flow, Duly through the mouth beloAV. That offspring of consuming fire, And man's creative hand. High from the summit of the spire. Shall murnuu- o'er the laml. Like flattery's voice, from yomler tower Shall speak the genius of the hour, — Shall bid the sons of mirth be glad, Shall tell of sorrow to the sad. Reflection to the wise ; Shall add to superstitious fear. And peal on rapt devotion's ear The sounds of Paradise. And all his changeful fate brings down On suflering man below. Shall murmur from its metal cro^^'n, Or be it joy or woe. * * * Browner see the mass appearing ; Now the rod I dip within — Should it glaze it, close adhering. We may then our work begin. Come pour the tide, And l>e it tried. To know if vot with favourinu' sio-n. The ruder and the weak combine. * * * SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTEESHIEE. 201 Lift the liberating latcli, Free the metals on their way, — First a hasty moment snatch, Heaven's protecting aid to pray ! Strike the stoj^per ! out it goes, — Heaven protect us ! — now it flows. Shooting, sparkling through the mould, Now the fluid mass has rolled. * * # Through the moulded chambers orlidino'. Now the metal Alls the soil ; Maj' the fashioned ma.ss, subsiding, Prove deserving of our toil. » * * Short repose, an instant courting, Toll the bell has coiled, we rest — Like the bird in groves disporting, Each may play as likes him best. • ♦ » Break me down the mighty mould. It has reached its master's aim, Let the longing eye behold The created child of flame. Break it down, though strong it fit, Swing the hammer till it split. Would we raise the living bell, We must break its mortal shell. The master knows the time to shiver The moulded form with cunning hand — * • » Lo from the clay asimder parting, Untarnished by the lapse of years, Rays of metallic lustre darting, All freshly bright the bell appears. » « « Come, close your ranks, your counsel tell. To bless and consecrate the bell — Coxcoedia's name may suit it well. And wide may it extend the call Of union and of peace to all ; — Such then be its solemn name, And this its object and its aim. • * » And now, with many a rope suspending, Come, swing the monarch's weight on liigh. By our last toil, its throne ascending. To i"ule the azure canopy. Stretch the pulley — now he springs ! Yet another — now he swings ! Let him bid the laud rejoice — Peace be on his earliest voice ! There are verij many Translations of this celebrated Poem. Translations, &c., from Schiller, Sir W. Gomm, Svo. London, Kodwell 1821. Translations, &c.. Lord F. Lereson Gower, Svo., London, Murr-iy \ $23. Song of the BeU, Wyttenbaeh, 8vo., London, Hatchard 1S27. The German Muse, &c., Schoberl, sm. 4 to, London, TreuteU & Co. 1S27. Song of the Bell, Anon, 12mo., Bath (?) 1828. Lyrics, &c., T. P. Johnstone, 8vo., London, Senior 1839. Select Minor Poems, &c., T. S. Dwight, 8vo., London, Wiley & Co. 1839 Song of the Bell, E. R. Impey, 4to, London, Simpkin & Co. 1840. Poetical Works. &c., Anon, 8vo., London, Black 1S41. Song of the Bell, I. J. Arnold, 12mo, London, Nutt 1842. Minor Poems, &c., T. H. Merivale, 12mo, London, Pick- ering 1844. Poems and Ballads, &c., Sir L. Bulwer, 8to., London, Blackwood 1844. Arthur I. Taylor, London 1844. Song of the Bell, C. Swayne, 12mo, Bristol (?). 1845. German Anthology, T. C. Morgan, 12mo, London, Long- man 1845. Selections, &c. from SchUler, Miss Swanwick, 12mo, London, Longmams 1846. Song of the Bell, H. A. Merton, 12mo ditto, 1846. Burden of the Bell, J. Westwood, 8vo, London, Lumley 1850 Poems, &c. translated, E. A. Bowring, 12mo, London, Parker 1851. T. B. Lytton 1839. Song of the Bell, Schiller, translated by Merivale 1869. By Montague 1839. 1827. n. L. 1833. Mangan 1835. Lambert 1850. Mercator, Montreal 1868. In French, by C. M. de V. L. Paris, 1808. by H. D. Skrine, Bath 1870. 202 SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OF GLOUCESTEBSHIBE. Gl BELLS ON CHRISTMAS EVE. By W. H. D. A. Bells o'er the moorland swinging slow, Bells from the leaf -surrounded tower ; The chiming bells that to and fro Waver throughout the midnight hour : Musical bells that, earthward, throw Their shifting notes in a golden shower ! Bells through the city pealing long — ■ Bells from each starry pointing spire ; Eloquent bells, that fling their song Home to the heart like a tongue of fire ! The solemn bells — the reckless throng — Still lower these, and those still higher ' Bells ringing in the Christmas tide. Bells ringing in the Christmas time — Like the song that goes up to greet a bride, Oh, happy bells! your soft, sweet chime — The chime that, floating far and wide, Rings in the happy Christmas time. Bells which, like angel voices, fill The lamest soul with grandest dreams. Oh, haunting bells ! which surely thrill With all the music of lapsing streams ; Magical bells, at whose spirit, will Heaven glimpses come in golden gleams. Bells which awake a dream divine, Bells which like weird enchanters are ! Oh see the orient heaven shine. The herald light, the beacon star ! Oh see the wise men own the sign, And, wondering, bend their steps afar ! Bells o'er the moorland swinging slow, Thro' the city-shadows floating free ; Oh tranquil bells, that calmly go Through the glade and over the lea. Teach ye the ignorant to know The truth, and teach the blind to see ! Bells, bid it pause — the battle strife ' Fling halcyon-song on the battle-wave ! Bells, bid the soul leap to lusty life — Waken the heart from its self-made grave: Hope for the mother, and love for the wife, And Faith for all, Bells, we crave ! Bells ringing in the Christmas tide, Bells ringing in the Christmas time. Like the song that goes up to greet the bride, O happy bells, your soft, sweet chime — The chime that, floating far and wide. Tells of the Ij'e.ssed Christmas time ! 62 SABBATH BELLS. From tlie Bristol Thnes, 6 Sep., 1S43. Sweet sabbath bells, I love your voice. Still saying to my heart — Rejoice ! Whether from lofty spire ye sound, AVith paven streets and towers around ; Or chime the gentler Village Bells, O'er meadows green and leafy dells, Ye seem to speak a world at peace, Where toil and care a season cease, — A holy rest — a joyous hour ; A stainless calm where no clouds lower ; Gladness and love to earth come down, And heaven above without a frown : A triumph over sin and woe. Sweet gift I a sabbath sent below Whence heav'n born faith may reascend, Ajid view the God of all, our friend. Sweet sabbath bells, ye speak to me Pure joy and tranquil ecstasy. SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OK GLOUCESrEESHIRE. 203 03 LICHFIELD BELLS. By Jas. T. Scott. Ill lij"0 Bishop Ha^kett (of Lichfield and Coventry), after making great alterations and improvements in the Cathedral of the former city, ordered Sis Bells for it; the first of these alone was hung — and that during his last illness. His own words suggested the follow- ing hues. — From :( Neaspaper. The bell peaLs forth ! the earliest souiilIs The ijonderous mass has ever given, Boom through the air — each aisle resounds With chimes that link man's thoughts with heaven. The aged Prelate hears that Boll — His pious act has placed it there ; Its every solemn tone pleased well, While grateful joy calleil forth a tear. " Thou bell " — he said — " to hear thy chime I rose, but now again return To seek my couch, for that brief time, Ere my freed soul from earth is borne. " And when again thy knell shall toll, In swelling tones, those tones shall tell The flight of my immortal soul — For thou wilt be my passing bell." Yes, holy man ' thy words were i^roved, Too soon, to be the words of truth ; For when again that great bell moved, It toll'd thy mortal frame to earth. But tho' that frame was thus con.signed To diLst and to corruption given ; — Thy bell still sounds upon the wind, And (as thou didst) ealls man to Hav'n 1 64 THE SABBATH BELLS. Anonymous. — Estcoui-t's " Music the Voice of Harmony in Creation, 1S57." The sweet sound wafts along the sunnuer breeze, As it flies o'er the hill top, and flits thro" the trees ; On the mild airs of Heaven 'tis peacefully borne. And 'tis kiss'd by the joy-breathing zephyrs of morn. Not Araliy's rich and spicy gales — Not fair Italia's smiling vales — Not the lovliest flowers in Flora's train — Not poesy's sweetest and tenderest strain — Not music's rich note, through my soil will rise On its dulcet sounds to the bright blue skies; Not each, not all, can such bliss impart To my listening ear — to my grateful heart ! G5 WOEDSWORTH. But hark, the summons ! down the placid lake Floats the soft cadence of the Church Tower bells. 0, enter now this Temple Gate ! 204 SUPPLEMENT TO BELLS OP GLOUCESTEESHIEE. GO THE SONG OF THE BELL. By W. H. Longfellow. Bell ' thou soundest merrily When the bridal party To the church doth hie ! Bell ' thou soundest solemnly, When on sabbath morning Fields deserted lie ' Bell 1 thou soundest wearily ; Tellest thou at evening, Bed time draweth nigh ! Bell ! thou soundest mournfully ; Tellest thou the bitter Parting hath gone by ! Say ! how canst thou mourn ? How canst thou rejoice ? Thou art but metal dull ! And yet all our sorrowings, And all our rejoicings, Thou dost fill them all ! God hath wonders many, Wliich we cannot fathom Placed within thy form. When the heart is sinking. Thou alone canst raise it Trembling in the storm. Cut from a M.S. of S. Blaise, ninth century, on Psalm 29. Supposed to represent Asaph a mu.'iician ou cymbals, Jederthum with the harp. CONTENTS OF THE BUDGET. 1. Quotations from Shakespeare about bells 2. Ditto from Milton. S. List of Bell Foundei's. 4. Inscription on Memorial Bells at Brom- borough. 5. Agreement with a Bell Founder. 0. Agreement with Henry Oldfiekl. 7. Sacrilege of Church Bell-'. s. !). Bells taken from Feversham. 10. The Fate of Sacrilege. 11. Will of William Culverden. 12. Will of Richard Atkyns. 13. Catalogue of Bells cast by H. Baglej". 14. Bell Expenses, ICOO. 1.-). Cost of Bells, 1G.5G. Ancient Belfry Rules. Early Expenses about Bells, 1401 Hi. Enigma on a Bell. 17. Two Ancient Bells at Truro, lis. Monkish Rhymes on Bells. ID. Of the Ringing of Bells in Changes. 20. Tone of Bells affected by Time. 21. The Redenhall Patent Clapper. 22. Great Bell at Mandalaj-. 23. Large Bell in Japan. 24. Great Bell at Manchester Town Hall. 2-5. Belfry of S. Saviour's, Southwark. 2G. Extracts from Ancient Records. 27. Fog Bells. 28. Proprietates Campanarum. 2[). The Bells of S. Michael's, Coventry. 30. Spanish Bells. 31. List of Associations and Guilds. 32. BelLs Stolen. 33. Extracts from Churchwardens' Accounts — S. Margaret's, Westminster, 1498. 34. Accounts of S. Mary Hill, 1492. 3-5. Parish of Waterswich, Suffolk, 1490. 30. Extracts from Hearne's Diaries. 37. The Guild of S. Paul's. 38. Rings of Ten BelLs in England. 39. Rings of Twelve Bells. 40. Ecclesiastical Hand Bells. 41. Dumb Bell Rinoing. 3 2GC CONTENTS. BELL POETRY 1. Campanalogia, by J. CopywoU. 2. The Merry Bells of England. Kennedy. ;i On a Church Bell. W. Wogan, Esq., Ealing. 4. The Bell.s. Edgar A. Poe. ."). Church Going Bells. Lyra Sabbatica. 0. CONTENTS. ^07 Church Bells. Ruv. J. 8. B. Monsell. ■ o7. Inscviption in the Ringing Loft of Cluist The Gran. Wre Boh. R. R. j Church, Bath. The Passing Bell. Bishop Maut. | "^S- Great Tom of Oxford. Dr. Corhet. The Bells. Rev. G. J. Chester. | 59- ^erry Bells of England. GnthelngeniousArtof Ringing. Ancient CO. Song oi the Bell. Schiller. Author. Extracts from Lord Leveson Gower's The Church Bells. ' translation. My Native Bells. From " < )nce upon a Time." hy Charles Knight. The Death Knell. Church Bells. Rev. G. J. Chester. The Bell in thr Village Tower. From the German of G. W. Wiedentidd. The Church Bells. The Sabbath Bells. Chailes Lamb. The Bells. W. Jerdan. List of translations of this poem. Gl. Bells on Christmas Eve. W. H. U. A. G2. Sabbath Bells, lirist,,! T'anex., fi Sept., 1S4:5. (]•?,. Lichtirld Bells. James T. Scott. ()4. Sabbath Bt'Us. Anonymous. From Estcourt's " Music the Voice oi Harmony in Creation." 05. But, hark '. the Sumnrons. Wordsworth. 06. Song of the Bell. Longfellow. ADDENDA Monster Bell for St. Paul's Cathedral, London. — On the 23ixl of November, 1881, this bell was cast by Messrs. Taylor, at Loughborough ; on the 2nth it was hoisted out of the pit and sounded : the note is Et The diameter is Oft. Gfin., the heif'ht from tlie lip to the top of the canons 8ft. lOin. Under the arms of the Dean and Chapter is the iascription : vae . mihi . si . NON . evangelisavero. The Illustration on page 204 is taken from a book printed in the Black Forest, with the following title : — "■ De cantu et musica sacra a prima ecclesiw fetate usque ad prfesens tempus auctore Martino Gerberto Monasterii et Congr. S. Basilii in Silva Nigra Abliate. Typii Sanblasianii, 1774." 2 vols. 4to. It is numbered Fig. iii, Tab. 2G. There is a copy of the work in the British Museum. Gerbert dates the original manuscript as a.d. GOO. Los Angeles This book is DUE on the last date stamped below. 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