52 ALL SAINTS BELLS. 



which are in Roman capitals. These are probably the initials of 

 the principal personages connected with the church, but it is 

 difficult to assign them with certainty to any individual. Possibly 

 the first pair should be J^. JB, for Edward Bennett, Vicar; 

 %\ JF>, for Robert Parr, Churchwarden , 5s£ <D for ^Ej£ ^E), 

 the initials of Henry Deane, Churchwarden ; Jri JB, for Henry 

 Bingham ; d> iH$, for Gabriel Barber, or George Blagreave, the 

 Sexton. The last pair I am unable to assign. 



There is nothing relative to the casting of this bell either in the 

 Book, of Orders or the Accounts, but from the style of lettering, 

 &c. it is almost certain that it was from the foundry of Henry 

 Oldfield, of Nottingham. 



Until 1677-8 this was the second bell, and the following entries 

 occur in the accounts : — 



1637 for trussinge y e 2 d & 3 d Bell I o I I I 4 



1670 (In a bill of Josiah Wheeldon's, quoted in full further on) | 



for mending a staple for y e 2 d Bell 00= 00 =04 



The splendid capitals on this bell were such favourites with 

 bell-founders that we find them on bells from about 1450 to 

 1786. 



The Seventh is a remarkably fine toned and heavy bell. It 

 is 3 ft. 7 in. in diameter across the mouth, and bears the following 

 legend : 



NON NOBIS DOMINE NON NOBIS SED NOMENI TVO 

 DA GLORIAM ^ ~W~ J. M 1629 (" Not unto us, O 

 Lord, not unto us, but to Thy Name give the glory "), in one line 

 round the haunch in Roman capitals, excepting the initials before 

 the date, which are of Lombardic character. 



Encircling the crown is the fine moulding, Fig. 2, of which there 

 are three variations on these bells. It is also repeated beneath the 

 legend, except below the initials, where it is replaced by the word 

 WABDENS in Roman capitals. Edward Walker and John 

 Sharpe were churchwardens in 1628-9. 



On the waist are the initials (5 J3 in Lombardic capitals, 

 but I am unaware of a bell-founder bearing them, and the bell 

 was almost certainly cast by one of the Oldfields, at Nottingham. 

 In all probability they stand for George Blagreave, who was 



