07 



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06 - 07 



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sexton at the time. There are many entries relating to it in the 

 accounts, where it is termed the "3rd Bell," there being only six 

 until 1677-8. The following are the items : — 



1629 I tm the charges of Casting and hangyng the Bell y' 

 broken 



1636 for mend : y e 3 d Bell 



1637 for trussing y e 2 d & 3 d Bell 



1639 ffor a Gudgeon & 4 wedges for 3 d Hell & carpent: wages 



about y e 5 Bell & Iron Work about y e same bell 

 Two carpters wages about hanginge y c 3 rd Bell &c 



1640 To Mr Ragge for his work and his mens about a new 



yoak for y<= 3 d & 6' Hell 



1659 to Robert Smalley ffor borde and to Edward Carver ffor 



wood ffor the 3" and 5 th bell wheels by bill . . 

 To Edward Daft for materialls about the 3 d and 5 th bell 



wheels by bill 



1663 It for the third bell wheel (to Edw d Daft) 



1670 (In Josiah Wheeldon's bill, given in full further on) 



for Irone for y e 3 d Bell weigliinge 12 pounds 00=04 =04 



The Eighth Bell is 3 ft. 8 in. in diameter, and bears the fol- 

 lowing legend round the haunch in one line, the lettering being 

 Lombarclic capitals : — 



<3C)0 &MT&M TTi;ECI)\ r IKTh 1632 



In the last word the fourth letter is a Jj£. en the bell, and th e 



second GT is upside down. The lettering is that used by the 



Oldfields about this time. In the accounts are the following 



entries relating to this bell : — 



1623 Itm charges for a bell wheel that was broken 1-4-4 



Itm for yron worke upon the fall of the fourth bell o - I - 6 



Item for a daies work to Ragge about the same Bell O - I - 2 



1642-3 Aug 6. ffor cottaringe 4 th Bell and help J O I I I O 



Sep 27. i o Ragge llkesson for 4 lh Bell wheel & truss- | 



inge all y e Bells I I I I 



Daft for 2 clypiss wedges and cottars I0I4J 6 



The following also occurs in the Book of Orders : — 



April 1 1678 Ordered y' y e sixt & y* fort Bell in All S's steeple bee both 

 turned* and that John Rayg & Henry Blinkgreave & John Strong 

 shall agree with a workman for y e dooing thereof & y' y e said 

 churchwardens shall paye y e same. 



We now come to the history of this bell, which is rather curious 

 The original bell appears to have been cracked about the year 



* After a bell has been hung many years, it often becomes necessary to turn 

 the bell round, so that the clapper may strike on a fresh place. This operation 

 is technically termed "quartering." 



