ALL SAINTS' BELLS. 



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is the following resolution, passed November 8th, 1693 : — 



"Ordered likewise y< y e Churchwardens take care to have y c third 

 " bell new cast att as reasonable terms they can." 



This was accordingly done by William Noone. for ^16 18s., 

 and we find the following entries in the Accounts for 1693-4 : — 



Pd John Coap for y e Carraige of y e bell too 



and from Nottingham 



Pd for getting up y e bell 6/ 



Pd Mr Noone his bill for casting and adding 

 metle to y e 3 d bell 



The Fourth Bell is 33 inches in diameter at the mouth, and 

 bears the following legend : — 



COELVM REMVNERET BENEFACTOEIBVS MEIS 

 (" May Heaven reward my benefactors ") in one line round the 

 haunch in Roman Capitals, similar to those on the second bell. 



The crown is encircled by the fine moulding, Fig. 1, which 

 occurs on the two smallest bells. 



There are no entries specially relating to this bell in the 

 Accounts, and it is probably one of the original four put in 

 circa 1676-7. 



The Fifth Bell is 36 inches in diameter at the mouth, and 

 bears the following legend : — 



BATCHELERS (Ornt. Fig. 5.) 8ELL (Ornt. Fig. 5.) 1620 

 (Ornt. Fig. 5.) in one line round the haunch in Roman Capitals, 

 similar to those on the second and fourth bells. The initial 

 letter of the second word is upside down. The Ornament, Fig. 

 5, between the words is a peculiar one, with satyrs, monkeys, 

 and squirrels. It also bears the Owl of Minerva, and the letters 

 R. M. P. B., which have not yet been explained. On the crown, 

 and below the legend, is the fine moulding, Fig. 3. This differs 

 somewhat from the one previously noticed. On the waist is the 

 mark of George Oldfield * (Fig. 9.) who cast the bell, bearing 



* Henry Oldfield and his son George were Bell-founders, of Nottingham, 

 and cast a great number of bells in Derbyshire, Nottingham, Lincolnshire, 

 and Leicestershire, during the 1 6th and 17th centuries. Bells cast by the 

 former range from 1589, at Norbury, to 1621, at Marston-on-Dove. Latterly 

 he appears to have taken his son into partnership, as bells bearing the latter's 

 stamp occur at Morley, 1614, and elsewhere. His latest bell in Derbyshire 

 is at Longstone, 1674. 



