THE BELLS OF ST. PETEK, DERBY. 9I 



No. 3. 



JOS: TABERER & HEN: EVERY. CH-WARDENS 

 A A R-1738. 



No. 4. 



'^ GLOIRA DEO IN EXCELSIS .jj? 

 WILLIAM .jp DVFFIELD .$. THOMAS «ij(. SKINNER 

 C-W •v/v T ^ H 1636 



No. 5. 



I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO 

 THE GRAVE DO SUMMON ALL •v/n. 1769 



It will have been noticed that the inscriptions show none 

 of the quaintness of spelling usual in the period in which 

 they came into existence, except that the arrangement, or 

 reading, of the angels' anthem, is not usual ; and that the / is 

 placed before the r in " Gloria." All the letterings, except 

 those on the last bell, have the old form of v, and the u in 

 that is a medieval one. The ficur-de-lis is freely used for 

 dividing sentences, initials, and names. There are long orna- 

 mental scrolls in the unoccupied spaces ; but no elaborately orna- 

 mented capital letters, such as are found on the bells of All 

 Saints' and others in the county. There is only one, No. 3, 

 that has a founder's mark, the bell of Abraham Rudhall, and 

 No. 5 has no founder's name or mark, but the letters used 

 upon it are of an excellent type for clearness and sharpness. 

 The inscription on this bell being long, allows no space for 

 ornamental scrolls, in which it is altogether lacking. We are 

 inclined to think that No. 3 must have been recast, as it bears 

 the date 1738, and comes between the 2nd and the 4th, which 

 are dated 1636. By this we conclude there were originally 

 four bells of the latter date. 



It would be interesting to ascertain who was intended by 

 the letters "T. H.," found on Nos. i and 4 of the 1636 bells. 

 We venture to suggest that they indicate a member of the 



