

ALL saints' BELLS. 51 



ed of benefact irs in all 



— xxxiij" j s vj d — 

 Some on both sids is : x.x.x.iii 1 ' i s vi d 

 And now the bel is worth : x. x.x.x.iii 1 ' 

 Thanks to all these benefactors 

 To ovr Chvrch and steipell : s : r 

 Who may rightly be stiled the 

 preservers of steipel, bells & mens 

 lives . from iminent danger pre- 

 uented by the making . S; hanging 

 vp of this bell : Dominvs providebit 

 Deo tribvite Iavdem : gloria tribuator Deo 

 Amen : — 



The "Sixt bell" referred to is the present Tenor, which was 

 rehung in this year. I am unable to find any other record of the 

 existence of the Sanctus Bell. The two brass wheels have, how- 

 ever, come into view before in the 4 and 5 Philip and Mary, 

 when " It is ordered that the chwardens shall receive ij brasen 

 pulleses and Irone pinnes and a hooke for theym." Perhaps they 

 were formerly used to suspend lamps from the roof. The follow- 

 ing entries appear subsequently in the accounts : — 



1656 for mend y e first bell I o I 5 j 2 



1641 A key cotters and rollers for treble bell | O | I | 4 



1670 (In Josiah Wheeldon's bill) for y e ould little Bell irons 



mendinge oo=oi = 00 



1683-4 pd Roger Morlaye for drawing up the 5 th Bell and ) 



putting a Gudgion into it ) 00 : 03 : 06 



The Sixth Bell is 3 ft. 4 in. in diameter at the mouth, and 

 bears the following legend : — 



X Jmitc (gfampana 3acra j-iat ipfrmttate 



^ElJCata 1607 (" May this bell be blessed by the Holy 

 Trinity "), in one line round the haunch in " Black letter," with 

 very tine and elaborately ornamented Lombardic capitals. See 

 Figs. 10, 11, 12, 13, for the I >_ (Y r I" and I >. The 

 ~JE{ and -T? also occur on the Treble bell. At the commence- 

 ment is the square rose, Fig. 8. 



On the waist of the bell are the following letters in pairs ; — 

 IU Ti;p> I > O I > X^ (5X3 TW, They are 

 in small Lombardic capitals, with the exception of the la.st pair, 



