Il6 THE CHURCH BELLS OF DORSET. 



1608. To the "anvelmaker for new making the great bell 



clapper 385. yd. 



Ironwork made to hang a bell in the " speare." 

 To " Goodman King for careing of the bell to Sarum 



to be new cast, and home agayne " 203. 

 Mr. Wallis the bell founder 



" Tacking doune of the fourth bell and hanging of 

 him upp agayne " 4.5. 6d. 



The present bells are a fine peal of eight in the key of D. 

 The following particulars are given of them with inscriptions 

 and approximate weights, &c : 



ist (ycwt.) and 2nd (8cwt.), 1856. Inscription, " C. & G. 

 Mears, Founders, London. These Bells were 

 raised by Subscription 1856. Henry Frampton 

 William Holland Churchwardens Charles 

 Webb Charles B. Rowe Edward Henry Hen- 

 ning, Secretary Alfred Ellis, Jun r Frederick C. 

 Lewer W T illiam G. Webb " 

 3rd (gcwt.), 1686. (This was the treble bell of the old peal of 



six ) 



Inscription, " Sum minima hie campana at inest 

 sua gratia parvis. (I am the least bell here, but 

 each little one has its own charm.) S.K. 1686. 

 M.R.T.P. C.W. T.B. This bell was added 

 toy 6 five in 1686." 



4th (izcwt), 1686. Inscription, "S M V. Pulsata Rosa- 

 mundi Maria Vocata. (I am rung the Rose of 

 the world called Mary) Samuel Knight Fee set 

 1686. T.B." Mathew Raindle Thomas Pottell 

 Churchwardens 

 (Painted on bell.) This Bell was new hung in 



the year 1776 By (Probably John 



Bemister.) 



(The S M V is a founder's error for S V M = Sum.) 

 In 1776 the churchwardens paid John Bemister's bill, 

 11 1 6s., but no particulars are given. 



