

THE CHURCH BELLS OF DORSET. 133 



Item to Ric Damper ffor fetchyng and carryyng home a roope 

 to Sr John Horsey vmd. 



Item payd ffor a buckle and bawdrick ffor the vith bell vis. 

 nid. 



Item to Bailer ffor trussynge the in belles and to a man to 

 helpe hym xvind. 



Item payd ffor a roope ffor the great belle ins. mid. 



Item payd to Poole for the vth belle LXIII li. 



Item payd to the same Poole ffor castyng the vith bell x li. 



Item payd for takyng doune the bells and brckyng, mis. id. 



Item payd ffor Roopes ffor the scales, vs. xd. 



1558 Inprimis payd to ye Bellfounder for the iiii th Bell waying 

 .... at .... the hundred xxxvili. xivs. ivd. 



Item payd to Apsey and his sons for hangynge uppe of the 

 sayd belle and for their meat and drynke for iii dayes and a 

 halfe, vms. vid. 



Item payd to Roger Coker for Iren for the sd Belle vis. vmd. 



Item payd to James Poncharde and Thomas Adamps to helpe 

 them in the same worke xvid. 



Item payd to John Adamps for his expenses for bryngyn home 

 the sd Belle xvid. 



Item Bullock for nayles nd. 



There is a mysterious item in the account of 1553-4 as 

 under : 



Item in full payment of a Belle solde XLli. 



Why this bell was sold is a matter of doubt. It may have been 

 one of the Abbey bells (perhaps the only one in the Abbey tower 

 before the others were removed from All Hallows Church) which 

 had been sold cheap. 



In 1567-8 there is a memo that the newe bell lacketh of his 

 former weight Lxvli of metall. 



In 1574-5 a memo William Purdy (Purdue) bellfounder must 

 allow for cccxvmli of bell metall that lacketh in weight of new 

 bell. 



In 1577-8 occurs : 



The weyght of the belles as they were delivered to Purdewe. 



