58 ALL SAINTS' BELLS. 



1640 To Mr Ragg for his work & his mens about a new yoak 



for y e 3 d & 6' Bell 1 o c> 



To ffrierson for Iron Work about y e sayd worke 1 3 o 



ffor fetchinge y e wood wch made y e great Bell yoake from 

 Marton (Markeaton) & for help to draw it up into 



steaple & neales o 4 o 



ffor mendinge y e great Bell-wheele o 2 8 



1670 (In Josiah Wheeldon's bill) 



for peicinge y e great Bell Clapper 00= 06 = 00 



for Lainge more Iron uppon y e great Bell Clapper to 



make it Heavier 00=03=06 



1675-7 To Rodger Wheldon for mending y e great Bell Clapper. . 00=02=06 



1680-1 The Great Bell wheele I 1 8 I 8 o 



It was also rehung in 1620 — see particulars under the fifth bell 

 — and was " quartered,'' together with the eighth, in 1678. 



The entries relating to repairs to the bells and bell-frames, both 

 in the Accounts and Books of Orders, are very numerous. The 

 following are some of the most interesting : — 



" 4 th May 1628. 



" Memorand it is agreed the daie & yere above written that the church- 

 " wardens of All S ts shall get fforward w th the repaire of the Leads at the 

 "Top of the Steeple & that timber for the repaire of the fframe of the 

 " Bells shall be p'vided for & the church repared And that the sessm' by 

 " the gen'ral consent of the saide pishe w ch was formerly made shalbe 

 "gathered by the now churchwardens for & towards the repares aforesaid 

 "the one half to be paid pse'tly & the other half after the leads of the 

 "said steeple shalbe repared." 



Copy of a letter from George Oldfield, 1670 : — 



" Nottingham Octo 22 

 " Mr Worden my kind love and Respects 

 " pesented this is to give you accompt 

 " of the charge for the Brasses* and als 

 " which you sent from your church 

 ' ' the 5 pare of ould brasses wayed o — 2 .... 

 "the 5 pare new brasses wayed — o — 2. . . 



" the casting the ould comg to — 1 — . . . (part is torn off here) 



" the new mettelle aded comg to — o — I .... 



2-6.. [I] 



"this from your friend Geo. 01d[field]." 



This is endorsed : — 



This for Mr Worden 



Churchwarden of 



All Sants in 



Derby. 



* " Brasses" are the sockets in which the axles or " gudgeons " of the bell 

 work. 



