no THE CHURCH BELLS OF DORSET. 



This is also very common in Devon, and is found on sixteen 

 bells in Somerset, but it disappears as we go eastward. 



An approximate date may be given to the 3rd and 5th at 

 Fordington, inscribed respectively 



^ HitttctH ;Klufftiuii Ont ,pj;0 ^o¥x^, and 



*i' J.n pEiwltl^ j?^mn^ ^e^ouct (Jnmpau ^LoUauui.^, 



for they bear the shield (No. 3), in which may be discerned 



6. — FORDINGTON. 



John Walgrave's initials. Like many other foundrymen he 

 himself became a founder. In 1408 he was servant to the great 

 William Dawe, called William Founder, M'hose marks are all over 

 England. In that year died a wealthy and charitable man, John 

 Plot alias Rouwcnhale, citizen and maltman of London, and 

 among legacies for Mass of Requiem and repair of " fowle 

 ways" is iij.s. iiij.d. for " John Walgrave, servaunt of Wyllyam 

 fondour."^' I am inclined to connect with this pair a bell which 

 was recast more than 50 years ago, the tenor at Pimperne. 

 When I was bell-hunting there in 1850 Mr. Ewart, then curate 

 of the parish, told me that the old tenor was dated in Arabic 

 numerals 141 5, and inscribed >h ^WluU X3E),m'U1[ C±>Xl\ '^XO 



Fifty Early EivjUsh Wills, p. 15. 



