By the Rev. W. C. Lukis. 



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no more, and "with Clement and William Tosier closes the history 

 of the Salisbury foundry, about the year 1731. Their bells are to 

 be found in the immediate neighbourhood, at Nunton, Homington, 

 Winterborne Dauntsey, Shrewton, Orcheston St. Mary, &c, but they 

 are all of small dimensions. Clement Tosier, however, made one or 

 two great efforts, for I have just discovered that in the year 1680 1 



1 Copy of a Document in the Muniment Room, Salisbury Cathedral. " Articles 

 of Agreement had made and concluded by and betweene the Reverend Deane 

 and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Sarum, and Clement Tosier, of the 

 Citty of New Sarum, in the County of Wilts, Bell-founder, and Elizabeth 

 FfLowry, of the said Citty of New Sarum, Widdow. 



" It is Articled and agreed by and betweene the partyes abovesaid as followeth, 

 viz. : — 



1. That the said Clement Tosier and Elizabeth Fflowry shall, at their owne 

 proper cost and charges, new cast the seaventh and eighth Bells belonging to the 

 said Cathedral Church, and fit and tune them to their places ; And shall finde 

 and provide such a quantity of mettle as shall be necessary for that purpose ; 

 Which mettle (to be made) shall bee composed of eight parts of the best Copper 

 and two parts of the choysest Tinn ; All which the said Clement Tosier and 

 Elizabeth Fflowry doe promise to performe within the space of eight weekes 

 after the date of these psents. 



2. That the said Clement Tosier and Elizabeth Fflowry shall warrant and 

 make good the said Bells being soe cast as aforesaid, for the space of one yeare 

 and a day next after they are hung up in theire places, And if it shall happen 

 either of the said Bells shall prove defective w th in the space of one yeare and 

 a day aforesaid, that then the said Clement Tosier and Elizabeth Fflowry shall 

 make good and recast the sd. Bells at his owne cost and charges untill they 

 shall continue sound and pfect. for the space of one whole yeare and a day next 

 after their hanging up. 



3. That in consideration of the sd. worke to be performed the said Deane and 

 Chapter doe covenant and agree to pay the said Clement Tosier and Elizabeth 

 Fflowry after the rate of Twenty Shillings by the Hundred for the soe casting 

 and perfecting the said Bells, and to allow and pay them after the rate of flive 

 pounds, three shillings, and six pence for every hundred weight that the sayd 

 Bells shall weigh more than they did before the said Tosier cast them. 



4. That the said Deane and Chapter shall pay for the aforesaid mettle soe 

 soone as the said Clement Tosier and Elizabeth Fflowry shall bring it in place, 

 and for their labour and charge w ch they shall be at in casting the said Bells 

 soe soone as the said Bells are finished and hung up." 



Inwitnesse whereof the partyes aforemencioned to these p r sents interchangeably 

 have sett their hands, the 16th day of August, 1680. 



Signed in the p r sence. of ) The marke of Clement ^ Tosier. 

 Tho. Naish, Geo. Frome, Jun. j The marke of Elizabeth 3 Fflowry. 



