THE CHURCH BELLS OF DORSET. 99 



the souls of the testator and of his father and mother. Brazen 

 jars are left to several persons named. His tools and imple- 

 ments pertaining to his craft he left to Peter the brazier. 



"Itrn lego petro Brasier omia instrumenta mea et omes 

 mensuras artificio meo ptin." 



BELLS TO BE TAKEN DOWN IN THE CHURCHES. 



From my lord protector & the counsell to my lord Previe seall. 



After our right hartie comendacons to your lordshipp where 

 the rebells of the countrye 6f Devonshyre & Cornwall have used 

 the belles in every parishe as an instrument to sturr the multy- 

 tude and call them together. Thinkyng good to have this 

 occasyon of attempting the lyke hereafter to be taken frome 

 them, and remembrying with all that by taking downe of them 

 the Kyngs Ma tie maie have some comoditie towards his great 

 charges that waye, we have thought good to pray yo r good 

 lordshipp to geve order for taken down the sayd bells in all the 

 churches within those two counties, levyng in every churche one 

 bell, the lest of the ryng that nowe is in the same, which maie 

 serve to call the paryshoners to the sermone & devyne servis ; in 

 the doyng hereof we require yo r lordshipp to cause such 

 moderacon to be used as the same may be done with as moche 

 quietnes and as lytill force of the com on people as maie be 



And thus we bid your lordshipp most hartely farewell 



From Westm 9 this xij th of September 1 549 



E. Somerset W. Sanct John 



T. Cant W. Petre sy. 



E. North 



E Wotton ., '' R Sadler 



(Petyt M.S.S., No. 538, Vol. 46, fol. 465, quoted in Camden 

 Society Proc., Vol. 1885, p. 73.) 



