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looks upon these lines 

 Repent belieue and tume 

 to God betimes 

 To me to Hue is Christ to die is gain 

 This motto thine 



thou hast secur'd the maine 

 TH Morta Mart 3 

 Mt&t '. suae 36 A.D. 

 1681. 



Lists of Churchwardens and Clerks can be pretty consecutively 

 made out to as far back as 1631. 



There are six bells now in the Tower, all recast in 1724 by 

 Abraham Kudhall. In the Register occurs this memorandum : 

 1724 That the pale of five Bells belonging to ye Church ofTwiverton were all 

 recast at Gloucester and made a pale of six by Abraham Rudhall, 

 Juni" Anno Domini 1724. 



cwt. qrs. lbs. 



The five old BeUs | Weighed at Bristol j f, "^ 09 

 The SIX new ones J ° j 46 03 12 



So yt ye new BeUs are lighter than ye old ones 01 02 25 



James Rich Vicar 

 SamlI' BaoAD ) Church 

 "W"M Faulkner J wardens 



Unfortunately no record was kept of their former inscriptions ; 

 at present they bear the following : 



1. Peace and good neighbourhood, 1724 



2. Prosperity to this parish, A R, 1724 



3. 1724 



4. Mr. James Rich, Vicar, 1724 



6. Saml. Broad & Wm. Faulkner, Churchwardens, 1724 



6. I to the Church the living call, 



And to the Grave do summon all, 1724 3 5^ 



The Rudhalls were noted bell founders at Gloucester from 1684 

 to 1828. An epitaph in Gloucester Cathedral has : 



Abraham Rudhall, bell founder, famed for his great skiU, beloved and 

 esteemed for his singular good nature and integrity. Died Jany., 1735 ; aged 

 78. 



He cast the Abbey, St. James', St. Michael's, and other bells in the 

 neighbourhood. 



