ALL SAINTS BELLS. 57 



Itm for carriage of it to Nott m <S: back again two nights 



layinge there 01 : 04 : 00 



Itm Churchwardens charges at castinge of it 00 : 10 : 00 



1 1 111 to George Kagge for hanginge the Belle 05 : 04 : 06 



Itm to Edward 1 >aft for Iron worke 02 : 01 : 00 



Itm for old wood that lined two yokes and for Saweinge 



them ' OO : 08 : 00 



Itm for helpe to gett up the Bell 00 : 05 : 6 



Itm for a piece of wood that made two yokes CO : 06 : 8 



I tin to John Page for cotters and bands 00 : 02 : 4 



Itm to Mr Ouldfield for castinge I pare brasses & for 



carriage of I pare to Nottingham 00 : 17 : o 



1659. to Robert Smalley ffor borde and to Edward Carver ffor 



wood ffor the 3 d and 5 th bell wheels by bill 01 09 07 



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



wheels by bill 00 14 OI 



1670. (In Josiah Wheeldon's bill) 



for filinge two Goodgins for the fivfth Bell & filtinge 



them for y e Brasses 00=02=06 



Tradition says this was one of the bells brought from Beauchieff 

 Abbey at the Dissolution, but this is very doubtful. 



The Tenor Bell is a remarkably fine-toned one, measuring 

 4 ft. 3 in. across the mouth. It is traditionally asserted to have 

 been the treble of the six at Dale Abbey before the Dissolution ; 

 but as the Dale bells weighed 47 cwt., and this alone weighs 32 

 cwt, this seems absurd. It bears the following legend, in old 

 black letter, in one line round the haunch : — 



(Shield, Fig. 15) Qfrinttat? pTa fiat f)ec camjiana 

 (Crown, Fig. 14) ftiatA (May this bell be blessed by the Holy 

 Trinity). 



The same legend, in different order of words, occurs on the 

 sixth bell. The initial of the first word is engraved in Fig. 7. 



As the Tenor is of fourteenth or fifteenth century date, 1 am 

 unable to say where, or by whom, it was founded, the records not 

 extending so far back. The following charges for repairs, &c, 

 occur in the accounts : — 



1623 Itm to Thomas Pegg for mending the great bell o o o 



1630 Itm for trussing the Great Bell and mending the wheele .132 



1633 pd John Rage for a gudging for great Bell 141I 



1635 ffor mendin y e great bell's claper o 2 6 



