June 24. 1854.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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Brackley, St. Peter's Church, Northants : 



1. "Jesus Nazarenus [&c, as before]. 1628." 



2. « God save the King. 1628." 



3. Same as 1. 



4. " Celorum Christe platiat [«"c] tibi rex sonus iste. 



1628." 



lire, "1 

 )ies ire J 



1628." 



5. " Cum sono si non vis veni 

 Nunquam ad preces cupies 



Dunton Church, Leicestershire : 



1. "Ihs Nazarenus [&c, as before]. 1619." 



2. " Be it knone to all that doth me see, 



That Clay of Leicester made me. 



Nick. Harald and John More, churchwardens. 1711." 



3. Same as 1. Date 1621. 

 Leire Church, Leicestershire : 



1. " Jesus be oure good speed. 1654." 



2. "Henricus Bagley/eciY. 1675." 



8. " Recast a.d. 1755, John Sleath, C.W.; 

 Tho' Eyre de Kettering fecit." 



Frolesworth Church, Leicestershire : 



1. "Jesus Nazarenus [&c, as before]. 1635." 



2. In Old English characters (no date) : 



" Dum Rosa precata mundi Maria vocata." 



3. Same as 1. 



J. E. M., M.A. 



The legend noted from a bell at Sidmouth 

 (Vol. ix., p. 109.), namely, — 



" Est michi collatum 

 Ihc istud nomen amatum," 



is not an unusual inscription on mediseval black- 

 letter bells, if I may use the expression. The 

 characters are small. It is on two bells at Teign- 

 mouth, and is on one of the bells in this tower : 



1. " >3t Voce mea vica depello cuncta nociva." 



2. " >Jf Est michi collatum Ihc istud nomen amatum." 



3. " Embrace trew museck." 



A correspondent, Mb. W. S.Simpson (Vol.viii., 

 p. 448.), asks the date of the earliest known ex- 

 amples of bells. 



Dates on mediaeval bells are, I believe, very 

 rare in England. I have but few notes of any. 

 My impression is that such bells are as old as the 

 towers which contain them, judging from the cha- 

 racter of the letter, the wear and tear of the iron 

 work, aye, of the bell itself. Many old bells have 

 been recast, and on such there is often a record of 

 the date of its prototype. For instance, at St. 

 Peter's, Exeter : 



" Es dono Petri Courtenay," &c, " 1484;" "renovat," 

 &c, "1676." 



At Chester-le- Street : 



" Thomas Langley dedit," &c, " 1409 ;" "refounded," 

 &c, "1665." 



I will add two or three with dates. 

 Bruton, Somerset : 



" Est Stephanus primus lapidatus gracia plenus. 1528." 

 At St. Alkmond's, Derby : 



" Ut tuba sic resono, ad templa venite pii. 1586." 

 At Lympey Stoke, Somerset : 



« W. P., I. A. F. 1596." 

 Hexham. Old bells taken down 1742 : 



1. ■ Ad primos cantus pulsat nos Rex gloriosus." 



2. " Et cantare .... faciet nos vox Nicholai." 



3. " Est nobis digna Katerine vox benigna." 



4. " Qmnibus in Annis est vox Deo grata Johannis. 



A.D. MCCCCIIII." 



5. " Andrea mi care Johanne consociare. 



A.D. MCCCCIIII." 



6. " Est mea vox orata dum sim Maria vocata. 



A.D. MCCCCIIII." 



Any earlier dates would be acceptable. 



On the Continent bells are usually dated. I 

 will extract, from Roccha De Campanis, those at 

 St. Peter's at Rome. 



The great bell : 



" In nomine Domini, Matris, Petriq., Pauliq. 



Accipe devotum, parvum licet, accipe munus, 



Quod tibi Christe datii Petri, Pauliq. triuphum, 



Explicat, et nostram petit, populiq. salutem 



Ipsorum pietate dari, meritisq. refundi 



Et verbum caro factum est. 



Anno milleno trecento cum quinquageno 



Additis et tribus Septembris mense colatur ; 



Ponderat et millia decies septiesq. librarum." 



2. "In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Ame. 



Ad honorem Dei, et Beatee Marias Virginis, 



Et Beatorum Apostolorum Petri et Pauli, 



Verbum Caro factum est, 



Solve jubente Deo terraru Petre cathenas, qui facis, 



Ut pateant coelestia Regna beatis, 



M 



Hasc campana cum alia majore ponderante X vi. 



Post consumptionem ignito fulgure, anno precedente 



imminente, fusa est, anno Domini mcccliii. 



Mense Junii, et ponderat haec mx et centena librarum. 



Amen." 



3. " Nomine Dominico Patris, prolisq. spirati 

 Ordine tertiam Petri prima? succedere noscant. 

 Per dies paucos quotquot sub nomine dicto 

 Sanctam Ecclesiam colunt in agmine trino. Amen." 



4. " Anno Domini mcclxxxviiii. ad honorem Dei, et 

 Beatas Marias Virginis, et Sancti Thomse Apostoli 

 Tempore Fratris Joannis de Leodio Ministri, fac- 

 tum fuit hoc opus de legato quondam Domini Ri- 



