^ #* :*-r^: t. 3"'€" :% SURREY BELLS AND LONDON BELL-FOUNDERS. SURREY BELLS AND LONDON BELL-FOUNDERS. A CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BELL INSCRIPTIONS. J. C. L. STAHLSCHMIDT, PAST MASTER OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FOUNDERS, MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ARCH^OLOGICAL INSTITUTE, AND OF THE SURREY ARCH^OLOGICAL SOCIETY. LONDON : ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.G. i: S^s^ Symeon log. Lovyd be my Lord in heven, That thus has by his angelle steuen Warnyd me of his commyng. Therfor wille I with intent Put on me my vestment, In worship of that kyng. He shalbe welcom unto me, That Lord shalle make us alle fre, Kyng of alle man kyn ; For with his blood he shalle us boroo, Both from catyfdam and from soroo, That was slayn thrugh syn, Tunc pulsabiint. A, dere God ! what may this be ? Oure bellys ryng so solemply, For whom soever it is, Now certes, I can not understand, Bot if my Lord God alleweldand Be commen, that alle shalle wyse ; This noyse lyghtens fulle welle myn hart, Shalle I never rest, and I have quart, 0* I irom ther anone ; Now well^'were I Aa ii^.§b:were, For ^iqh poyse hard I never ere, /•'.Oofe bellys; 'ryng b^- t,Kare Qone. Towneley*MyU'eyies^ Surtees Soc. Ed., p. 156. THIS BOOK (undertaken at his instance) IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF THOMAS NORTH, F.S.A., ONE WHO, LIKE ENOCH, ^WALKED WITH GOD, AND WAS NOT, FOR GOD TOOK HIM.' CONTENTS. PAGE INTRODUCTION - - - ' - . - - - - ix PART I. LONDON BELL-FOUNDERS. AN ACCOUNT OF LONDON BELL-FOUNDERS, ASCERTAINED OR PRESUMED, OF THE THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES, WITH SPECIMENS . OF THE LETTERING USED BY EACH - - - - - I MEMORANDA RELATING TO A SMALL GROUP OF FIFTEENTH CENTURY BELL-FOUNDERS - - - - - - - 49 PART II. SURREY BELLS. A CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE CHURCH BELLS IN THE COUNTY, WITH NOTES ON THEIR FOUNDERS- - - - "75 THE ELDRIDGE FAMILY AND THE CHERTSEY FOUNDRY - - - 108 A DETAILED DESCRIPTION (iN ALPHABETICAL ORDER OF PARISHES) OF THE BELL-INSCRIPTIONS, WITH NOTES FROM THE CHURCH GOODS INVENTORIES, TEMP. EDWARD VI., MEMORANDA OF PECULIAR USES OF BELLS, AND EXTRACTS FROM PARISH ACCOUNTS RELATING THERETO - - - - - - - - 123 INTRODUCTION. In introducing this maiden literary effort to my readers, I think it will not be out of place to state how it came to be attempted. During my year of office as Master of the Founders' Company I was, through a mutual friend, Introduced to Mr. North, whose demise in the midst of much unfinished work relating to bells Is a loss which can hardly be too greatly estimated or grieved for. His painstaking enthusiasm excited my sympathy, and I endeavoured to collect for him any scraps of Information from City and other records which might be useful. A further acquaintance with the subject, derived from a careful perusal of his works and those of Messrs. Ellacombe, L' Estrange, Raven and Tyssen, showed me that very little indeed was known about the mediaeval bell-founders of London, and that a careful and systematic search among the Corporation and other City archives would probably not be labour In vain. To that research I have devoted a large portion of my spare time for the last three years and more, rather for my own gratification and with a wish to aid Mr. North than with any idea of rushing Into print on my own account. X Introduction, About a year ago — with Mr. North's warm approval — I resolved to undertake an account of the Church Bells of my native county, Surrey ; and in the course of the summer and autumn I visited personally nearly every belfry in the county, to take the necessary ** rubbings " and squeezes for casts. On systematically abstracting the information thus gained, I found the county so deficient in interest, from the antiquarian point of view, that I determined to add to my projected book some of the results of my researches with regard to the early bell-founders of London, and so attempt to make good such deficiency. Hence this book, which I commend to my friendly readers, praying them to pardon my literary shortcomings. I have attempted no graces of style, being satisfied with stating in as plain and succinct (and I fear as bald) a manner as possible what I had to tell. The London researches come down to the year 1420, and so cover, as nearly as possible, the period of '* Lombardic " inscriptions, the date just mentioned being that which, in conference with Mr. North, after a full consideration of all the facts bearing on the case, we decided was, approximately, the time when black letter finally superseded '* Lombardic " for inscriptions, the previous twenty years or so being the period when the two styles " overlapped," or existed side by side. I have carefully abstained from mentioning the origin, history, and manufacture of bells In general, those subjects having been already many times dealt with by far more competent hands. The earliest dated\^^Vi in England, at present known, is at Introduction, xi Claughton, Lancashire; it bears date 1297. The bell at Goring, Oxon, mentioned in the following pages, although not dated, is, however, clearly earlier. It is to be noted that the extracts, wills, as also, of course, the inscriptions, are copied verbatim et literatim. Errors here, therefore, are errors in the original. The numbering of the woodcuts seems somewhat eccentric ; It has arisen from circumstances connected with the litho- graphed plates, and was unavoidable. While the book has been passing through the press, additional Information has reached me, which I here briefly notice. At RIdgewell, Essex, the 3rd bell is by Robert Rider ; and the cross and lettering seem to me to be the same as those on Richard de Wymblsh's bell at Berechurch. If this be the case, the bell at Rawreth may be either by Wymbish or Rider. The 5th at RIdgewell is another of the P W bells, mentioned In the following pages, and doubtfully ascribed to Peter de Weston. I am indebted to the Rev. Cecil Deedes for these rubbings. Another bell by Richard de Wymbish has turned up — the 2nd at Chalk, in Kent — inscribed — in the same lettering as the bell at Durham. At Bethersden, Kent, a bell (the 4th) is inscribed, in the lettering given on Plate VI. — It may be either by Peter de Weston or William Revel. xii Introduction. There are several of William Founder's bells in Kent. I have added to the list at p. 72 the names of Alwoldus Campanarius and John of Amiens, which occur in deeds pre- served in the muniment room of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's. I am afraid, however, that they were only bell- ringers. I cannot find the term ** campanarius " certainly applying to a h^-founder earlier than 14 18. Benedictus must, I also fear, be pronounced more than doubtful. I have expressed a doubt (p. 95) as to the identity of the lettering used by William Carter with that used by the Braziers of Norwich some centuries earlier. I have succeeded in getting better casts than I had at the time I wrote, and these are reproduced on Plate XIV., with the result of abso- lutely establishing the identity of the stamps. At p. 97 I mention a bell-founder of the name of Lambert, hitherto unidentified. A bell at Beckenham, Kent, now sup- plies the information ; it is inscribed — WILLIAM LAMBART MADE ME R L 1640 I have made a statement (on p. 99) that William Wightman was at one time managing for the Hodsons. The initials W W certainly occur on several of John Hodson's bells in 1653 and '54; but I find from a note of Mr. North's that these initials refer to one William Whitmore — not to Wight- man. I have now to perform the pleasant task of returning thanks to the many who have given me a helping hand. I wish my dear friend, Mr. North, had lived to see this Introduction. xiii work in print, and receive the thanks I owe him for unfailing assistance and advice. To Mr. A. D. Tyssen I owe also a heavy debt of obliga- tion for the readiness with which he has given me access to his unrivalled collection of rubbings, and other information relating to bells. His Surrey rubbings admirably supple- mented my own. I have made large use of information obtained from him in the following pages, frequently, I fear, without acknowledgment. To the patriarch of campanists, the Rev. H. T. Ellacombe, to the Rev. J. T. Fowler, and to my friend Dr. Raven, I am much indebted for information kindly supplied, and for loans of rubbings. To the Town Clerk of London, Sir John Monckton, I beg to return thanks for permission freely accorded to search the Corporation archives. To Dr. Sharpe, the Keeper of the Records, I am more than ordinarily grateful. His unequalled acquaintance with the details of mediaeval London life, and the invaluable documents of which he is the custodian, together with his courteous readiness to throw light on (to me) difficult points, have made pleasant the many hours I have passed in the dreary den in which he is daily imprisoned by the Corporation. My thanks are also due to Dr. Sparrow Simpson, Librarian of St. Paul's, and to Mr. St. Clare Bedford, Chapter Clerk of Westminster, for information from their respective Archives. Also to Mr. Rodman, of the Probate Registry, for the fullest kindly assistance in searching which the rules of his office permitted. xiv Introduction. To the Master and Court of the Founders' Company I am much obliged for their permission to make any use I pleased of their Records, which are extant from the year 1497. To Mr. W. C. Higgins, the Clerk to the Brewers' Com- pany, and to Mr. Lomas, of the Vintners' Company, for permission to inspect their respective books, I am most grateful. The Fishmongers' .Company have supplied me with the copy of Henry Jurden's will, and have placed later records at my disposal. I beg to thank their clerk, my cousin, Mr. W. B. Towse, very heartily. For various rubbings and information I am much obliged to the following : The Rev. J. Graves, M.A., J. P., Bradenham, Bucks. The Rev. W. H. Stokes, M.A., J.R, Goring, Oxon. ' W. A. Keith, M.A., Burham, Kent. „ A. G. Lee, M.A., Chippenham, Cambs. J. H. Stuart, M.A., Ampton, Suffolk- J. T. Wilder, M.A., Great Bradley, Suffolk. And my friend Mr. Walter Rye. For Surrey information I am indebted to my friend Major Heales, F.S.A., and to the following clergy and laity : The Rev. R. J. Dundas, Albury. W. H. Fisher, Alfold. T. B. Sikes, Burstow. N. J. Spicer,.Byfleet. T. R. O'Flahertie, Cape and Dorking. H. C. Fisher, Chaldon. Introduction. ^ xv The Rev. C. H. Rice, Cheam. C. Sloggett, Chiddingfold. H. J. Acworth, Chobham. G. H. Lee, East Clandon. J. C. Harkness, West Clandon. H. H. Gillett, Compton. Mr. A. Norrington, Coulsdon. The Rev. L. O. Bigg, Crowhurst. Mr. A. J. Style, Thames Ditton and Leigh. Mr. John Perkins, Egham. The Rev. J. R. Charlesworth, Elstead. „ J. M. Barlow, Ewhurst. „ C. Basset, Farley. Mr. G. Parnell, Fetcham. The Rev. O. C. S. Lang, Frensham. W. T. Jones, St. Nicholas, Guildford. Canon Musgrave, Hascombe. J. Back, Horsell. E. Rhys Jones, LImpsfield. H. A. Bowles, Merrow. A. J. Pearman, Merstham. T. S. Ralne, MIckleham. A. S. Shutte, Mortlake. F. Parnell, Oxtead. F. Owston, Pirbrlght. T. M. RIdsdale, Pyrford. Dr. Hodson, Sanderstead. R. H. Borradalle, Tandrldge. N. H. Brancker, Thursley. xvi Introduction, The Rev. H. J. Greenhlll, Walton-on-the-HIll. „ L. F. Burrows, Witley. Last, but not least, my best thanks are due to my nephew, Charles Burnaby Stahlschmidt, who has accompanied me in all my bell-rubbing excursions, and given me most valuable help — the casts from which the plates in this volume are produced having been entirely made by him. To Mr. A. D. Tyssen and Mrs. North, I am much obliged for the loan of wood-blocks for many of the interspersed illustrations of crosses and stamps. PART I. LONDON BELL-FOUNDERS I PRO POSE in the following pages to give an account — brief it may be, but trustworthy — of all the information I have been able to collect with respect to the early Bell- Founders of London. The sources of that information have been two-fold. Firstly, the labours of brother campanists, whose published works and private information have been alike fully and freely placed at my disposal ; secondly, my own researches among the City Archives, especially the rolls of the Hustings Court of London, which have, I believe, never hitherto been carefully and minutely examined with reference to this subject. The information will, as regards these records, be complete down to the year 1420. Whatever I shall give of later date than that will only be fragmentary. The labour of searching the Hustings rolls carefully and exhaustively is very great, and business engagements have precluded my giving more than an occasional hour or two to the work. I trust, however, at a future time (if this present essay be approved of) to return B ,j.r- 2 London Bell- Founders, to the subject, and to give the outcome of any future researches as an annexe to an account of the Church Bells of the County of Kent. " It is not until very near the close of the thirteenth century that any clear light is thrown on the Bell-Founders of London. Prior to that date, we have here and there, in books dealing with London History — such as Stow's ** Annals," the '' Liber Albus," the *' Liber Costumarum," and the Guildhall " Letter Books," so admirably epitomized by Mr. Riley in his ** Memo- rials of London Life," and, above all, in the rolls of the Hustings Court — the names of citizens who may possibly have practised the trade of bell-founding. Simple conjecture is, however, so very weak an element in antiquarian research, that I think it wiser, in the absence of any bells bearing either dates or names, to abstain from doing more than merely add- ing names of such to the list w^hich will be found at the end of this chapter. I have placed therein every citizen whose calling and place of abode points him out as probably or possibly a bell-founder. As they, with one or two exceptions, invariably style them- selves *' Potters" (Lat. Ollarius), until quite late in the four- teenth century, I have been guided rather by their ** habitat " than anything else ; and with regard to this, I think I am quite safe in asserting that the bell-founding trade was strictly confined to one locality, namely, the extreme east of the City, Aldgate and Portsoken Wards — the one inside and the other outside of the City walls. A slight sketch of the geography may not be amiss. Leadenhall Street, under that name, did not then exist, Cornhill extending eastward as far London Bell-Fonnders. 3 as St. Mary Axe. In the Cotton MS. Cleopatra A VI., the citizens are mentioned as meeting, in 1326, at the ** Leaden- hall on Cornhill." The church now called St. Andrew Undershaft was then known as St. Andrew-upon-Cornhill. The main thoroughfare thence eastward seems hardly to have had any special name ; if it had any, it was probably Alegate Street. It is called so in a deed of 1386. The " street of St. Mary atte Naxe " is mentioned in a deed of I335» the triangle formed by these last two streets and the City wall being almost entirely occupied by the Convent of Christ Church— the Priory of the Holy Trinity — whose Prior was, by virtue of his position, Alderman of Portsoken Ward. Billiter ( = Bellyetere) Lane is first mentioned in 13 10; Lymstrete in 1332. The ** trade," however, seem to have occupied chiefly the main street from St. Andrew's Church to that of St. Botolph- without-Aldgate, these two churches, but especially the latter, being pre-eminently the Bell-Founders' churches, as will be seen from the wills which will be found in the following pages. One of the first names on the list at the end comes from ** Liber Antiquus " at Guildhall. That book contains two different lists of the Sheriffs, in one of which the individual in question is called Benedictus Campanarius ; in the other, Beneit le Seynter. "Campanarius" is, of course, bell-founder; ''seynter," I take to be equivalent to girdler (ceinturier). Here the question arises, was he a bell-founder, with a sur- name derived from another trade ? or was he a girdler, the word '* campanarius " being a scribe s blunder in copying his 4 London Bell-Founders. surname, possibly Latinized into " cinctuarius " ? The former seems to me the more likely conclusion. I pass on now to quite the end of the thirteenth century, from which time we are able to trace a fairly clear chain of suc- cessive citizens who were, with more or less certainty, bell- founders. At this period we come across the family of the Wymbishes, taking their surname, doubtless, from the Essex village whence they sprang. Of these there were four — Michael, Richard, Ralph, and Walter — all *' potters," and three of them undoubtedly bell-founders, their handiwork being still among us to testify thereto. I will take Michael first, as he seems to be somewhat earlier in date than the rest. On the rolls of the Hustings Court, under date 1297, is a deed made between Michael le poter and Adam de Wirlee and Margaret his wife, daughter of the said Michael, which I here give, as germain to my subject, and as a specimen of the deeds en- rolled in that Court. Ade de 1 Die lun in cstino see T'nitatis anno regni Reg Edwardi WIRLEE ) yjcesimo quinto In ptatis tra^ In psenc dm Johis tunc custod ciuitat London Thome de Suthff Ade de Fidehm tunc Vic Rici Asshwy Willm de Bettoine Johis le Blount Thorn Romayn Wilhn le Mazener Henr le Boule Walrr de Fynchingfeld & Salamonis le Botelir Aldermanno^ leta fuit vna carta in hec verba — Sciant psentes & futj qd Ego Michael le Poter ciuis London dedi concessi & hac psent carta mea confirmaui Ade de Wirlee & Margate vxi ej^ filiee mee sex marc Annuj libi & quietj redd pcipiend annuatj ad qtuor annj tmos in ciuitate London pncipat & vsuales videlit)5 ad quelib5 tminu vigintj solid de toto London Bell- Founders. 5 ten illo cu omib5 suis ptin qdheo in pochia onju scor^ de Fancherche Lond Inr ten Pet^ le Lu i?s^ Occident^ & ten Hamon Box fe. orient^ & vicu Regni {?s^ austru & ten P'oris de War u^ aquilon qdqd ten qndam fult Ade de Auernia hnd & tend p^dics sex mare annui lil3i & quiet^ Reddit^ & m° pdcto pcipiend p^fal Ade & Margte vxi sue & hed de eisdin Ade & Margte legie ^catis libe quete bona & in pace in feodo & beditat^ imppetuum Reddend inde annuati Capellno pochiat pdice ecce qui ^ tempore fuit qus solid ad q'tuor anni tmos prescptos videb5 ad quemb3 tminu qndecim denar ad celebrand sexaginta missas de SCO spu singut annis in dieb5 veriis ut in dieb5 luni Et m^ & bed meis ut meis assignar vnam Rosam Rubeam ad festum Narsci Jobis Bapt ^ omib5 aliis suiciis consuetudinib5 exacconib3 secularib3 demand & reb5 omittis & Ego pdcus Michaet bedes & assignar mej pdictas sex marc Annui libi & quietj reddit^ pfa? Ade & Margarete & bed de eisdem Ad & Margt^ legitie ^catis con^. oines hoines & femin waranti5abim^ & defendem^ p pdcm suic imppetuu — p hac aute donacone concessione warantia defencone acquetacone & psenr carte mee confirmacone dederunt mi pdcj Ade & Marger quandam sum p'cunie pmanib5 in gersuina de qua me cptestor ben esse cdtent^ & paciat & vt omia pmissa robur ppetue firmitai optineant psent^ cartam sigilli mei impscone roboraui Hiis testib3 dno Jobne le Breton tuc custod ciuitat^ Lond Jobne de Donstaple & Ad de Hallingbur tuc vie Ciuitat^ pdce Ad de Rokeslee tuc Aldermanno ilIi^ Ward Walto de Cantuar Per le Wolf Wal?o le Fuller Jobne Buhs Wilto Maii Paulo le Poter Nicbo de Hedelee & mult*, alijs. 6 London Bell- Founders. That the Michael of this deed was Michael de Wymbish we know from another deed enrolled in 1310, being a con- veyance from " Adam de Wyrle and Margaret his wife, daughter of Michael de Wymbish, late potter." Michael's career was thus ended in 13 10. At Bradenham, Bucks, are two bells by him, each bearing the inscription — the lettering and initial cross being figured on Plate I. So far as I know, these bells are the only specimens of his now in existence. Richard de Wymbish was contemporary with Michael, but outlived him. The earliest mention of him in the Guildhall records is in '' Letter Book C," under date 1303, a translation of part of which I now give (copied from Mr. Riley's "■ Memorials," p. 47), as it mentions other names to which I shall presently have to refer. " On Monday next after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr " (7 July) in the 30'^ year of the reign of King Edward, by John le " Blund, Mayor, and the Aldermen of London, precept was given to ** Nicholas Pycot, Chamberlain of the Guildhall of London, that he " should cause to be sold all pledges for any debt whatsoever, then in " his custody : which pledges, as below written, were appraised on the " Monday aforesaid, upon the oath of John le Mazerer and Ralph de *' Honilane, goldsmiths; Adam de Muhant and Stephen de Hakeneye, ** phellpers; John le Bonde and Robert de Welleford, drapers; Aubin " de Caustone and Simon Mee, haberdashers ; Thomas de Bykenore, " Richard de Wymbihs, Robert Lorchon, and Geoffrey le Porter, ** potters ; and Alexander Le Coffrer sworn, touching the Holy « Gospels," &c. London Bell-Founders, 7 This name occurs several times on the Hustings rolls in the years 1307-13 13 and 13 15. It appears from these that his wife's name was Hilditha. Under date 131 2 there appears another mention of him in Mr. Riley's " Memorials" (p. 100), which I also copy here, as it refers specially to the subject of this book. " Richard de Wymbissh, potter and citizen of London, came here " before the Chamberlain on the Friday next after the Feast of " St. Mark the Evangelist (25 April), in the fifth year of the reign of " King Edward, son of King Edward, and acknowledged that he was " bound to Sir Ralph, Prior of the Church of the Holy Trinity in London, " and the Convent of that place, to make one bell, good, entire, and " well-sounding, and as nearly in tune, to the utmost of his power, with " the greater bell of the church aforesaid. And the said bell was to " weigh 2820 pounds, of good and befitting metal, every hundred- " weight thereof containing 112 pounds; the same to be ready by "the Feast know as* St. Peter's Chains' (i August), next ensuing " without any further delay. And should he not do so, then he agreed, " &c., as proved by his recognizance. " The same Prior also agreed to redeliver unto the said Richard the " great bell which he had formerly made for the use of him and his " Convent ; and that without delay, so soon as the same Richard " should commence founding the bell aforesaid, upon view thereof by " the said Lord Prior, or of such of his people as he should appoint " to be present thereat. " Afterwards, Alan de Middletone, Canon and Sacrist of the said "house, came and acknowledged that the said Richard had fully " satisfied them as to the work aforesaid ; and therefore this recog- " nizance was cancelled." It is not uninteresting to remark, in reference to the above, that a namesake, Richard de Wymbish, was Prior of the Con- vent from 1 3 16 to 1325. If, as we may fairly surmise, he was 8 London Bell- Founders, Sub-Prior in 13 12, it would seem as if his influence had been used for the benefit of a relation or fellow-townsman. Be that as it may, Richard must have had a good business, from the fact that he used no less than four different sets of stamps. There are six of his bells now in existence. The 3rd bell at Goring, Oxon, is inscribed — Peter de Quivil, the Bishop here alluded to, died in 1291, and, from the terms of the inscription, the bell would seem to .have been cast during his lifetime. It is supposed to have been a gift to Goring Nunnery by Edmund, Earl of Cornwall (d. 1300), who was Lord of Wallingford and patron of the Convent. If this is correct, we may place Richard de Wym- bish's date as 1290 to 13 15 approximately. On Plate II. will be found the lettering on this bell. The 2nd bell at Great Bradley, Suffolk, is inscribed, in large, handsome Lombardic lettering — For specimens of this lettering, see Plate III. The 2nd at Burham, Kent, is inscribed in yet a different lettering — The lettering used here, together with the curious floral London Bell- Founders. 9 initial stamp, came some years later into the hands succes- sively of William Schep and William Revel, London bell- founders, and will be given when I come to deal with them (see Plate VII.). The Priest's bell at Slapton, Northants,. bears the legend— the initial stamp being the same as at Burham. As to the lettering, I cannot speak, not having been able to get a sight of a rubbing. A bell at Berechurch, Essex, was formerly inscribed — in a different lettering still. This bell was re-cast some eight years since, but, thanks to Mr. Tyssen, a rubbing has been preserved. At Rawreth, in the same county, the ist bell bears the legend, in the same alphabet as the Berechurch bell, and with the same initial cross — Ralph de Wymbish, potter, is mentioned in Mr. Riley's ** Memorials," at p. 64, under date 1308, as a bondsman or bailsman for one Adam de Blakesdale, hakeneyman. The entry is not worth transcribing. It is not certain whether he was a bell- founder, no bell by him having been found, so far as I can learn. The fourth of this family, Walter, I cannot fix in point of c lo < London Bell- Founders. date. There is a Walter the potter mentioned in the Hust- ings rolls in 1287-8 ; but I do not think It can be the same. I would rather, seeing that he drops the ** de," place him somewhat later than the other three. He did not, however, apparently succeed to any of their stamps, as the only bell now extant of his Is inscribed in quite different letters. That bell is the treble at Kingston-by-Lewes, Sussex, lettered — For specimens of which, see Plate IV. It will be most convenient to mention here John Aleyn. He was, apparently, a successor to Walter Wymblsh, for he uses the same lettering and cross, as appears from the ist bell at Southease, Sussex, which bears the inscription — I find no trace of this citizen on the Hustings rolls, unless he be identical with John de Hadham, potter, who occurs there in the years 1309 and 1339 ; or John de Stowe, who is men- tioned in 1 34 1. Geoffrey of Edelmeton (Edmonton) was, I am of opinion, from the style of his lettering, of this date. I find in 1309 a citizen of this name mentioned ; but as he is described as a cutler, he can hardly be the man. He is, I think, much more identifiable with Geoffrey le Porter (= Potter, doubt- less a scribe's blunder) named in connection with Richard Wymblsh and other '' potters" in 1303, in the extract from Mr. Riley's " Memorials" given above, p. 6. London Be II- Founders, t i At Billerlcay, In Essex, is a bell by him. It bears the nscrlptlon — (Note the Cockney aspirate.) The bell, from exposure to the weather, Is so badly corroded that the exact form of the cross Is scarcely to be made out. Specimens will be found on Plate V. Referring still to the 1303 extracts from the Guildhall "Letter Books," we find there. In addition to Richard Wymbish and Geoffrey, the name of another potter, whom I strongly suspect, from his place of abode, to have been a bell-founder, although, as yet, no bells have turned up which can be identified as his. I refer to Robert Lorchon, whose will, as enrolled In the year 13 11, I now give. Die lune pxima ante festum sci Martini anno regni Regis Edvvardi fit Regis E. quinto in Hustengo London de pticis terre. test'm \ Dictis die & anno venerunt Henr in the Lane Wifts le Clerk ^^^^ i Potter Robtus de Ale^ate & Joties de Marchia executores LORCHON) o « , r test Robi Lorchun & ^bare fecerunt testamentum ipius Robti p Wiltm de Alegate potter & Rog^m le Rous potter testes fidesignes Jur & diligent^ examinatos quo ad arti- culis laijcum feodum tangentes qui dixerunt qd psentes fuerunt vbi dcus Ricus suu condidit testm quo de laijcum feodum in forma subsequntur — Item lego Allele filie mee pdce illam shopam cum solar & camera in qua Ricus le peleter tiitat in pochia sci Andree sup Cornhill iuxta tenementu meu in quo intiito Habend sibi & her suis 12 London Bell-Founders. imppetuu Item lego pdce cstine filie mee totum illud tene- mentu in quo hitaui die obitus mei cum celar solario gardino braschambre cum shopa & aliis suis ptinen t adeo integre sicut illud tenui in vita mea Habend sibi et her suis de corpore suo legittime ^Kreato obierit volo qd totu illud tenementu pdcm cum omnibus suis ptinent^ ^pin- quiorib3 heredibus meis reueneratur & descendat Ita qd illi heredes mee inueniant vnum Capellanum ijdoneum in p^dca ecca sci Andr p anima mea & animalife3 bnfaca^ mea^ & omn xtiano^ imppin diuina cebrantem Item lego jPdce Jotie vxori mee totum illud tenementu cum ptinent quod feui in pdca pocti sci Andr int^ tenementu Margarete atte Blakeloft & ten Alicie filie mee legatum supius Habend & tenend sibi ad totam vitam suam & post eius decessum volo qd illud ten reueneratur pdcis Thoin & Jotlne libera meis Habend eisdem Thoin & Jo!ie & her suis imppiii Item lego Thoin filio meo supd'co quadraginta solidat^ annui libi & quieti redditus pcipiend annuatim tminis subscriptis debitis & consuetis de illo ten quod Radus Goldsmyth tenet & inhitat in poch sci Per sup Cornhill London Habend eid Thoin & heredib5 ^^ corpore suo legittime ^creat^ imppin Item lego pdce Johe filie mee vnam shopam cum solar qm hui in pdca pocll sci Andr int^ ten domus de Halswelle ex parte orientali & tene- ments meu ex pte occidentali Habend sibi & her suis imppetuu. A few remarks on this will are not out of place here. " Braschambre," for foundry, Is a word I have not found elsewhere. Roger le Rous, one of the witnesses, was a London Bell- Founders, 13 member of a family of long-standing in the craft. I have the wills of John le Rous and William le Rous (his nephew), both potters, of the parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate, and enrolled respectively in the tenth and fourteenth year of Edward I. Roger le Rous, potter (same parish), is mentioned in 131 1 and 1358, Nicholas le Rous in 13 15, and Alan le Rous, of St. Andrew, Cornhill, departed this life in 1361. Henry in the Lane, John de Marchia (atte Marche), and William de Alegate were all of high standing in the *' potter's " craft. We find them in 13 16 appointed, together with one Robert de Raughtone, as experts, to report as to the fair quantity of alloy to be put into brass goods, complaints having arisen as to fraudulent practices in regard to this. I append the entry from Mr. Riley's "Memorials," p. 118. " Be it remembered, that on the Monday next after the Feast of " St. Matthias (24 February) in the ninth year of the reign of King " Edward son of King Edward, came the good folks of the trade of pot- " ters of London, and shewed unto Stephen de Abyndone, Mayor of " London, and to the Aldermen,that many persons who busy themselves " both with buying and selling pots of brass, and more especially one '* Aleyn le Sopere, buy in divers places pots of bad metal, and then put " them on the fire so as to resemble pots that have been used, and are " of old brass ; and then they expose them for sale in West-chepe on " Sundays and other festival days, to the deception of all those who " buy such pots ; for the moment that they are put-upon the fire, and " become exposed to great heat, they come to nothing, and melt. By " which roguery and falsehood the people are deceived, and the trade '* aforesaid is badly put in slander. Wherefore they pray that the " Mayor and the Aldermen will ordain some remedy against the " knavery before mentioned. " By reason whereof, the said Mayor and Aldermen commanded 14 London Be II- Founders, " that the aforesaid good folks of the trade should choose four " dealers and four founders of their trade, the most trustworthy and " the most knowing, for making a certain assay what alloy of lead " belongs to the hundredweight of brass, of whatsoever quality such " lead may be ; that so all the workmen in the trade might from " henceforth work according to such (standard). " Whereupon there were chosen William de Bristouwe, John de " Hadham, Walter de Brochtone, and Robert de Herford, dealers in "the said trade; Henry in the Lane, John atte Marche, William de " Alegate, and Robert de Raughton, founders and workers of pots : " the which persons made oath that well and lawfully they would " make the assay aforesaid, and lawfully on the Friday next ensuing " present the same." Of Robert de Raughtone I shall have something to say presently, when I come to his son, William de Raughtone. Henry in the Lane hailed from Aldgate Ward, and so may have been a bell-founder ; but I am by no means sure. I give his will, however, as enrolled in 1330. It presents points of interest, forming a link in the chain of successive bell-founders. Cora plita tenta die Lune |)X post festum Omniu Sco^ anno r R^ E tcij post conquestum quarto. TESTM \ Dictis die & anno venerunt Henr le Miter Salomon le potter HENRICI f ^ Jofenes de Hadhm exec testamenti Henrici in the lane & LANE ; pbare fecerunt testm ipius Henr p Thorn Godard & Thoin de Cantebregge testes iuratos & examinatos coram Henr de Secheford Aldermanno quo ad articulos laicum feodem in eodin testament© tangent^ Qui dicunt sup sacin suu qd dcus Henr suu fecit legatu inhuncmodu — Item lego Witto filio meo oes has shopas cu gardinis & alijs suis ptinent London Bell- Founders, 15 quas emi de Jotie de Hadhm in pochljs be Marie atte Nax & sci Augustini paphai London & heredib5 eiusdin Wifti de corpore suo Tie per et si contingat eundm Wiftm sine herede de corpore suo Tie pcreato decedere volo qd omnes pdce shope cu oil53 ^'^^^ ptinent p exec meos v^l p Executores executo^ me6<^ vendanf. & pecunia inde re- cepta p aia mea %i^. distribuat Itin lego pdco Wifto filio meo sexdecim lit5r stert Et volo qd idem Wiftus fit meus vna cu shopis pdcis sibi legatis & sexdecim ti pdcis remaneant in custodia per de Weston cognati mei vsq, ide Wilius ad plenam etatem puen'it fe Et volo qd Executores mei teneant couencoin interne & Wiftm de Ateg factam de xlvj ti stert michi vt executori1b5 meis ctis tminis & annis soluend vt in quada indentura int^ me & ipin Wittm con- fecta plenius continef. Et si contigit pdcm Wiltm in aliqua solucione cont^ tenorem indenture pdce deficit volo qd executores mei totu ten cu shopis & omni135 alijs suis ptin quod pdcus Wiltius de Alegate inhitat vendant et de denar inde leuatis aut sic sol'one tmin pdce aut de ven- ditione ten pdci qd Juliana vx mea tieat x ti stert et totum residuu qd executor mei expendant in pijs vsife5 &^ Dat die mcurij px post fin pascti anno r R^ E rcij post conquestu scdi. Et memorand qd istud testamentu remansit in custodia dci Henrici le Miter & no pmisit illud hie pbari ante qin compulsio fuit p cur ad psecuc5m dci Wifti & executo^ suo^ &c. There is a deed on the Hustings rolls in 13 18 between Wm. de Alegate, potter, and Henry in the Lane, which would seem to be the indenture referred to in the will ; whilst a deed 1 6 London Bell-Fotuiders, enrolled in 1336, from Henry's executors to the said William, looks like a re-conveyance or discharge. If Henrv in the Lane was not a bell-founder, Peter de Weston, his kinsman, and the guardian of his son William, certainly was one. There is a bell (the 3rd) at Fairstead, in Essex, bearing the inscription — in the lettering given on Plate VI. This lettering passed into the hands of one William Revel, as we shall see presently. And in the adjoining parish of Great Waltham the 6th bell is inscribed, with the same cross and lettering — At Whitwell, in the Isle of Wight, is a bell inscribed — mJ.~^M-^lh%B mM-mOPM-^MJ^ lB{~^^WM.^Mm While at Appledram, Sussex, are two bells inscribed in the same (fourteenth century Lombardic) lettering — WM%:m.%mM.B ^^ There is a bell with similar initials and lettering at Stowt- ing, in Kent. I was inclined at one time to assign these to Peter de London Bell- Founders. \y Weston ; but the cross and lettering are not only different from that on his Essex bell, but of so very different a character that I am now doubtful. On the other hand, these bells are connected, by cross and lettering, with other bells at Washington, Deeding and Yapton, Sussex, and Chale, Isle of Wight, which bear a founder's initial ** R " on them ; and Peter de Weston was, as we shall see, connected with more than one founder whose name began with that letter. He may, like Richard Wymbish, have had more than one alphabet. The earliest mention I find of him is in 1336. He must have been a citizen of good position. In the list of the members returned to the first Common Council elected by the Wards, in the year 1347, his name stands at the head of the list for Portsoken Ward. His will, dated in August and enrolled in October, 1347, is as follows : — Adhuc de coib5 ptitis tent^ die lune ^x ante festu sci Luce Evangeliste anno r Rs. E tcij post conquestu xxjo. TESTM \ I^^is die & anno venerunt Matild que fuit vx Petri de PETRI DE / Weston Ollar London Jo!ie de Romeneye dns Radus de WESTq_N r Cantebrigia sacdos & Thoin cognat^ iplus Petri Executores ^^ ^ Testamenti eiusdem Petri et ^bare fecerunt testamentu ipius Petri quo ad laicu feodu in eode content^ p Rogum de Kyrkeby potte & Henr de Douere Carpent^ testes iur %i^, qui dicunt sup sacrm suu qd psentes fuerunt vbi dcus Petrus suu fecit legatu in hunc modu In dei noie Amen Die Jouis & vigilia sci Barthi apti anno dni mitto ccc™°. xlvij°. et anno r r^ E rcij post conquest xxj° Ego Petrus D 1 8 London Bell- Founders, de Weston ciuis & Ollar London &c condo testamentu meu in hunc modu In pmis lego aiam mea omnipotent! Deo &<= et corpus meu ad sepelliend in cimirio vt in Ecctia sci Botulphi extra Alegate ad libitu executo^ meo^ Itin lego Matilde vxi mee oia tenementa mea in ciuitate London vt in suburbio eiusdem ciuitatis ad rminu vite sue et volo ut post decessu eiusdem Matild vxis mee qd tene- mentu quod pquisui de relicta Robti de Kelseye et de retca Rici de Essex reiJtat Wifti & Thome cognatis meis ad tminu vite eo^ et eo^ assignat & heredib3 et volo vt si vn°. morief^ alir gaudebit in deo tenement© Itin lego Matrl mee ad tminu vite sue xiij^ iiij^. anuatim Itin lego & volo vt Matild vx mea tieat ten Wifti Shep ad eius voluntate Dat London die & ano supdcis. This document calls for but little remark. It is at least possible that the Richard of Essex therein named is Richard de Wymbish. But it establishes the date of another bell- founder, William Schep, evidently a tenant of Peter's. He v^as the son of Gilbert Schep, potter, and Susanna his w^Ife, of the parish of St. Katharine Cree, whom I find mentioned in deeds enrolled In 13 14 and 13 18. William's tenancy had expired in March, 1348, as we find from the will of Matilda, Peter de Weston's widow, which bears that date. She bequeaths to her son Thomas all that tenement, " quod quondam fuit Wlllelmo Schlp." Willlam^s sole extant performance is the 2nd at Garboldi- sham, Norfolk, re-cast In January of this year by Messrs. Moore, Holmes and Mackenzie, of Harleston. I am greatly London Bell- Founders, 19 indebted to those gentlemen for a rubbing and for squeezes of the lettering. The inscription is as follows — The medallion and lettering are those used by Richard Wymbish on the bells at Durham, Kent, and Slapton, North- ants (Qy.), previously mentioned. The lettering passed sub- sequently into the hands of William Revel, of whom more anon. See Plate VII. Wymbish's stop has three, Schep's only two ''dots." Thomas de Weston succeeded, it would seem, to his father's business, but for a very brief period, both he and his mother dying In 1349, the year of the awful ''Black Death." No bell now existing can, however, be traced to his hands. His will and that of his mother, enrolled In the same year, present no point of interest, except what I have mentioned above. The next link in the chain is one of Peter de Weston's executors, John de Romeneye, and, like him, one of the repre- sentatives of Portsoken in the Common Council of 1347, his name standing second on the list. I find one John de Romeneye, a " blader " or corn merchant, mentioned in the Issue rolls of the ist Edward II. (1308). He would pro- bably be father to the Individual now under notice, whose earliest mention on the Hustings rolls Is 1331. If my hypothesis as to the group of Sussex bells mentioned 20 London Bell- Founders, TESTM JOHIS ROMEN EYE above be correct, we may ascribe those bearing the letter R at Deeding, Washing- ton, and Yapton either to him or to William de Raughtone, of whom I shall speak next. The cross used on these bells is Fig. 109. John de Romeneye also died in 1349, T^ his will beinsf as follows : Fig. 109. ^ Adhuc de ptitis Pre tent* die lune px post fm Apto^ Johi & Jacobi anno r r^ E tcij pt conq xxiij°. Deis die & anno ^bat^ fuit testiii Johi Romeney subscript quo ad laicu feod to p Wiitm Cosyn & Radu Tyler testes iur to. in hec v'ba In Dei noie Amen Die Jouis in festo sci Georgij inris anno dni mitto ccC^^. xlix Ego Johs Romeney ciuis & Ollar London condo testin meu in hunc modo In pmis lego aiam meam Deo to. Ite lego opi dee eccie vnam shopam meam cu caina & solar & gardin jacent^ ^ latitudine shope & extendit vsque ad gardin Prions &Conuent^ See Trinitat^. London Que shope & gardin site sunt int: ten meu ppriu & venella que ducit ad Campu epi London q vocaf. le Lampittes Ita vt poch dci sci Botulphi custodiant dcam shopam cu ptin p vent & aquis Ite lego Agnet filie mee vnam shopam situariux^ shopam pdcam & vnu gardin p latitudine shope jacenr in forma pdca cu omib3 ptin suis hend & tenend pdcam shopam cu gardino pdco ad totam vitam suam & heredib3 suis de corpe suo tie per imppin Et si contingat dcam Agnetam absq^ herede de corpe suo legitte pcreat decedere tunc volo qd dca shopa cu suis ptin rei^tat & remaneat ppinquiorib^ London Bell- Founders, 21 heredib5 in feodo & heditate imppm Totu vero residuu ten meo^ ac reddit^ meo^ do & lego Agneti vx mee ad totam vitam sua Et post decessu dee Agner totum v°. residuu ten meo^ & reddituu volo vt remaneant ad dcam ecciam sci Botulphi ad sustentacoem vni^ Capefti ydonei in dca eccia diuina celebr imppin p aia mea & Agnet vxis mee & libe^ meo^ & omn in xpo requiescu pcipiendu annuar ^ pencoe sua sex marc stling Et volo qd residuu dco& ten remaneat doe eccie in sustentacone dco^ ten ac opis eccie pdce imppin Et volo insup qd dcs Capetts qCi^q^ fuerit p maiore London q ,p tempe ffiit imponaf in dca Cantaria Itin lego Maiori London p labore suo annuatim vj^ viij'^. Ite lego trib5 ydoneis Capefls diuina celebratur p tres annos statim post decessu meu in eccia pPdca cuilibetCapelto p annu v marc & dimid Et volo qd si salar pdco^ Capel- lana^ de bonis & denar michi debir leuari non possit volo vt soluanf. & pacanf. de ten quondam legar Agnet vxi mee Hui^ aute testi mei constituo facio & ordino executore meu pncipale vidett Agnetam vxem mea Johem Russe & Thoin Crouchma Dat London die & anno supdcis. He had a son Osbert, who would appear to have pre- deceased him, as there is no mention of him in the will. His widow did not long survive him, her will being enrolled at Guildhall later on in the same year. The chantry which he founded and endowed at St. Botolph's, Aldgate, continued until the earlier years of Edward VL's reign, when, with others, it was suppressed and its revenues confiscated. In the Guildhall ''Letter Book F/' under date 1365, there is a note of the appointment of a chaplain to the chantry, under 22 London Bell- Founders, the provisions of the founder s will, by Adam de Bury, the then Mayor. No bells are in existence bearing his name, and therefore we can only put him down hypotheitcally as a bell-founder. There are many fourteenth century bells whose makers are as yet unidentified ; and until every county has been systematic- ally examined, and the results made known, it will be im- possible to reach any finality of identification. I come next to William de Raughton, son of Robert, whom we saw mentioned in Mr. Riley's receipt dated 13 16, and step-son of Peter de Weston, as we shall see from his will, which is a fuller document than usual at the period, and throws some light on his family surroundings, showing a dis- tinct connection between these last five *' potters." There are no bells bearing his name, so far as I know. He died in 1357, his will being as follows : Placita terre tenta in Hustengo London die lune ^x post festu coni?sionis sci Pauli anno r r^ E tcij post conquestu tricesimo primo. TESTM "] Dictis die & anno pbatii fuit testiiii Wittmi de Raughton WILLMI ^jjjjg ^ OUaT quo ad laicu feodu p Wiitm Cosyn and Rogm RAUGH- '^de Kyrkeby testes iuratos & diligent exaiatos q dixerunt T0N_ qd p>sentes fuerunt vbi dcus Wittus de Raughton suu con- OLLAR J ^.^.^ testm in hec verba — In Dei noie Amen — Die sabi in crastinu sci Martini epi & Confessoris anno dni miiiimo ccc™°. Ivj & anno r r^ E tcij post conquestu Angt tricesimo Ego Wittus de Raughton ciuis & Ollar London condo & ordino psens testin meu in hiic modu In primis recommend aiam meam Deo omnipotenti Bte ac semp virg Marie London Bell- Founders. 23 genitricj eiusd dni nri Jhu Xpi & omib5 scis suis corpusq^ meu ad sepeliend in cimirio sci Botulphi ext*. Algate London in tumulo qond Robti pris mei Itiii lego ecctie sci Pauli London xiij^ iiij^. veti eiusdem opi & nou eqlit diuidend Itm lego fabrice ecctie sci Botulphi pdce x'. Itm lego ad sustentacionem luminis coram magna cruce in dicta ecclesia sci Bot^i x^ Itm lego sumo altari in eadem x^ Itiii lego cuilibet capetto celeb°ti missas p annu in eadem iij^ iiij^. Itin lego maiori ctico eiusdem ecctie xij'^. & minori ctico vj'^. Itm lego ad expensas meas funes die sepulture mee c^ Itin lego p missis celebndis & in aliju elemosinis faciend statim post decessum meu x Itm Obliterated, lego cuilibet X in quinq^ ordin ffratr London existent ad orandu ^ aia mea statim post obitu vs. Itiii lego cuilibet Hospitali London videlicet sci Jacobi sci Egidij fee Marie exta Bishoppesgate sci Barthi in Westsmethefeld & sci Thome in Suthwerk ^ paupib5 ^^"^ distribuend equalit^ xij^. Itiii lego le^sis de la loke xij^. Itiii lego cuilibet anacorite London exist xij^. Itin lego sororit)5 ordinis sci ffrancisci ext^ Algate London iij^ iiij^. Itiii lego Thome filio Johis Dauid et Matitt sorori sue x libras quas Matilt de Rougham mat^mea in suo testio eisdem legauit & volo qd dicte x libre remaneant in custodia Matitt vxis mee vsque ad etatem legittimam dco^ Thome & Matitt sororis sue Si v°. contingat dcin Thoin vel Matitt sororem suam ante legittimam etatem e seclo migre diut^ illoi supuiuenti & in etate plenar existente x libr integre psoluant^. Itiii lego Matitt vxi mee totu illud ten cu gardino adiacente & cu suis ptin necnon & omia vtensilia vasa & instrumenta mea in dco ten & vbiciiq^ existencia die confectionis 24 London Bell- Founders. psenciu quod quidem ten die confectionis jPsenciu inhito » situat exta Algate London in pocfi sci Botulphi pdicta tiend & tenend sibi p totam vitam suam de capitalib3 dnis feodi illius p suicia inde debita & de iure consueta Et post decessum eiusdem Matift volo qd pdcu ten cu gardino p^dco remaneat Alicie sorori mee heredi1b3 & assig- natis suis imppin |? suicijs inde debitis & de iure consuetis Obliterated, itm lego Matift vxi mee pdicte totu tminu meii X de quadam placea tre cu suis ptin iacente in Portsokene in pocfi sci Botulphi p'dicta qin Petrus de Weston & Matitt vx sua mat^ mea tiuerunt ex dimissione Prioris & Conuent^ see Trinitatis London ad rml triginta & nouem anno^ Itin lego Canonicis see Trinitatis London ad eo/^ pittanciam vt ipi orant ^ aia mea x^ Itin lego Wittimo Ryuel si bene soluat executorife3 meis quod michi debet Rogo Kyrkeby & Jobi Dauid videlicet cuilibet eo^ xx^ Itin lego Robto Iseldon Jolii Petche de coiii Essex Pho Chamberleyn & Simoni Cardonn appntic meo videlicet cuilibet eo^ x^ Itin lego Matitt vxi mee pdicte tmiu appnticij mei videlicet Simonis Cardonn supdci et volo qd idem Simon ita sibi in omibg bene & fidelit^ deseru ac sicut michi deseuiret ac si supstes fuissem Itin lego Thome Croucheman & Thome atte Rose si sint coadiutores in testo meo exequendo & debitis meis recupando videlicet cuilibet eo^ xx^ Residuu v°. oiin bono^ meo^ supius non legatoji ac debita mea que vllo modo recupari potunt debitis & expensis x psolutis lego Matitt vxi mee p^dce vt ipa faciat & disponat p se ipa & aia mea sicut me fecisse vellet si ante me ip>a obierit Hui^ autem testi mei facio ordino & constituo hos executores meos vidett Matilt vxem meam pdictam Blotted. London Bell-Fonnders. - 25 pncipalem Thoin Croucheman & Thoin atte Rose pdcos & Rogm de Kyrkeby supuisorem vt ipi faciant ordinent & distribuant & istud testin meu impleant p els melius vide- rint deo placere saluti ale mee ^fice In cuius rei testimon huic testo meo sigillu meu apposui Hijs testib3 Simone de Hatfeld Thoma Copyn Thoma de Caxton & alijs Da? London die & anno supdcis. In connection with Roger de Kyrkeby, potter, one of the witnesses to the wills both of Peter de Weston and William de Raughton, It is interesting to note that at Gainford, near Darlington, there Is a bell Inscribed — -mm^^ jdi^mi c^^t:©3D m©©©^m ©e having reference, however, not to the London potter, but to a worthy clerical namesake, Vicar of Gainford from 1401 to 1412. The mention, in rather a curious way, of William Ryvel or Revel In this will establishes the date of that bell-founder. It is the only trace of him that I have found at Guildhall ; but he is well known by his bells, in the lettering of which he used three different alphabets. Firstly, the same letters as Peter de Weston had, as given on Plate VI. In this letter- ing we have the 3rd bell at St. Laurence, Norwich, in- scribed — 26 London Bell-Founders, Two other bells in the same lettering, one at a church in Kent,* with the inscription — and one at Heckfield, Hants, inscribed — + wi&Ilm \ ©€)© : M^j^^^ \ M:M:m \ 'Mmtw^ : may be either by Peter de Weston or William Revel. Revel also came somehow into possession of Richard Wymbish's and Schep's letters (Plate VII.), and we have in this alphabet, at Hassingham, Norfolk, a bell inscribed — A third alphabet, much smaller, but of similar character to that on Plate VI., appears on the single bell at Longfield, Kent, inscribed — + . and on the only remaining bell at Rowdham, Norfolk, with a similar inscription to that on the Hassingham bell. According to a MS. of about 1758, by a Kentish anti- quary, Bryan Faussett, of Heppington, there was then at Stanford, Kent, a bell inscribed, ''William Revell me fecit." This has since disappeared or been re-cast. Stephen Norton ''of Kent" flourished about this time. Mr. A. D. Tyssen has found him in the " Pedes Finium," under date 1364. It is doubtful whether he was a London founder. I find no trace of him individually at Guildhall. * Not yd idenlified. Mr. L'Estrangc says at Suttun-at-Ilone, \\hich is certainly incorrect. London Bell-Fotmders. 27 There are entries of men of the same surname, but of other trades, living about this time in the parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate. He was buried at Maidstone, in the church of All Hallows there, as we know from the will of John Maplesden (dated 1528). The name is certainly a Kentish one ; I have found the wills of no less than three Stephen Nortons at Canterbury, between 1500 and 1530. If he were not a London founder (as I think he was, from the finished character of his lettering), some, at all events, of his stamps came into the hands of a London founder in the following century. See " Church Bells of Sussex," p. 13. At Snave, in Kent, is a bell inscribed — :k®:iii5i? II mim ii Ee^^r^tg^^ And at Chiselborough, Somerset, the 3rd bell bears the in- scription — + ^M-:^mij:M^ ii j^mmM^w^^^^^^^^ ii ^Mrsj^jhyrB w and, in addition, on the waist — At Holy Cross, Canterbury, was formerly a bell by this founder, according to Mr. Bryan Faussett. On Plate VI H. are specimens of his lettering, cross and "stop." William Cosyn, potter, and witness to the wills both of John Romeneye and William Raughton, next claims our attention, as a possible bell-founder. He was a member of a family of good standing in the City:* A William Cosyn * I find an Algarus Cusuna— temp. lien. I. 2^ London Bell-Founders. (Sheriff in 1306) was one of the prominent citizens specially summoned In 13 12 to consider certain royal letters (Riley's '' Memorials," p. 95). Edmund Cosyn was M.P. for the City in 1326-7. I find many entries on the Hustings rolls of the last-named William (and of his descendants), some relating to " Cosyne's Lane" and '' Cosyne's quarf." The lane still exists, modernised to *' Cousin Lane," although the South- E astern Railway have swallowed up the houses on the eastern side of it for their station at Cannon Street ; the wharf was doubtless at the river end of it. He died probably In 1345, his will being enrolled In that year. He is described as '' of Sutton," and was owner of land in Surrey (notably at Mlckle- ham), as well as in the City of London. He left several sons, one of them named William, whom I take to be the ^* potter," with whom we have now to do. No bells are traceable as by him ; and I give his will mainly on account of one Individual mentioned therein. Adhuc de 001^5 pttis tent in Hustengo London die lune px ante fin sci Petri ad vincula Anno regni Regis Edwardi rcij post conquestum quadragesimo tcio TESTAMENTU "i Dictis die & anno venit Johanna que fuit vx Witti WILLI COSYN I Cosyn ciuis & Ollar London executrix testament! CiUlS&GLLARJeiusdem Wilti ^bare fecit testiii pdcT Witti quo ad ^ ) articulos laicu feodu tangent p Johem de Chalton & Johem Heyward potte testes iur & diligenr ac sepatim examinat qui dixunt qd psentes fuerunt vbi dcus Wilis suu condidit in hec f'ba — In Dei noie Amen die venis in crastino see Margar Virgis vidett duodecimo Kalend Augusti anno dni Mittio tricentesimo sexagesimo London Bell-Fonnders, 29 octauo ac eciam anno regni Regis Edwardi tcij post conquestu quadragesimo scdo Ego Witts Cosyn ciuis & Ollar London compos mentis & memorie licet in infirmitate corpali languens cernens mortis artictm michi iminere nolens^ intestat^. obire condo psens testm meu in hunc modu In pmis lego & recomendo aiam meam deo omnipotenti bte Marie virgini & omibj scis & corpus meu ad sepeliend in cancello ecctie sci Bothi ext^ Algate London Itm lego sumo Altari dee ecctie ^ decimis & oblacoit53 meis si que fuerunt oblir xx^ Itm lego cuilibet capetto diuina celefenti in ecctia sup^dca iij^ iiij*^ Itm lego Magistrali ctico eiusdin ecctie iijs. iiijd. Itin lego subctico eiusdin ecctie iij". iiijd. Itin lego ad opus pauimenti dee ecctie xK Itin lego ad diuidend int incarcatos in Newgate p exec meos x\ Itin lego ad distribuend paupib5 mendicare erube- scenti1b3 p exec meos in ciuitate & suburbio ^ melius viderint expedire v^\ Itin lego Witto Lumbard seruo meo xK ItiTi Jofei Hayward xx^ Itin lego Witto Grenewych xx^ Itin lego Jofii Dand x^ Itin do & lego Jo!ine vxi mee totu illud tenementu meii cum gardino adiacente & omib5 alijs ptin quod nup pquisiui de Thoma de Caxstone ciue & carnifice London & Alicia filia & her Nichi Derman & vxo dci Thoine Caxstone quod quidin ten cum gardino & suis ptin situate in pochia sci Bothi supdca int^ ten quondam Thome Copyn ex pte orientti & cimit^iii dee ecctie sci Bothi ex pte occidental in latitudine & extendit se in longitudine a via Regis v'sus austru vsq^ ad gardinu Prions & Conuent' see Trinitatis London" inf* Algate 30 London Bell- Founders, f sus Aqmlone Hend & tenend totu pdcu ten cum gardino & alijs |)tin pfate Jotine vxi mee ad totu t^tniu vite sue libe quiete bn & in pace do capit^ dnis feodi illius p s'uicia inde debita & de iure consueta Et post decessu dee Jolhne vxis mee lego & volo qd dcin ten cum gardino & suis ptin vt pferf integre remaneat quatuorpbis&fidedigniorib3de dcapochiap sustentacoe vni** Capelti ydonei in eadm ecctia celebrantis ^ aia mea & aiab5 dee Jobne vxis mee & oiin quib3 mito teneor & oiin fideliQ defuncto^ imppin Hend & tenend totu j9dcin ten cum gardino & suis ptin pfat^ quatuor pochianis & eo^ quatuo^ pochis fidedigniorib5 successor imppin p sustentacoe dci Capefti vt pferf^ de capir Dnis feodi illi^ p suicia inde debita & de iure consueta Itin do & lego dee Johne vxi mee omia Jocal mea & vtensit mea aurea argentea lignea enea plubea stagnea vna cum residuo oiiii bono^ meo^ & debito^ quo^cuq^ & vbicua existenciu in isto Testo specialit non legato^ debitis meis plene psolut: exequiis meis rite & debito modo pactis & isto testo meo plene completo ad dis- ponend & ordinend p aia mea & aia eius p melius viderit expedire & ad istud testin meu tanqm vltime voluntatis mee fidelit complend & exequendu ordino facio & constituo dcam Joham vxem meam executrice pncipale & Wi&m Lumbard Coexecutor cu ea & spalem amicu meii Henr Derby supuisorem In quo^ oiiTi pmissoa testioin psenti testo vltime voluntatis mee sigillu meu apposui Dai London die & anno supdcis. That individual is Henry Derby, w^hom, together with Mary his wife, we shall find mentioned later on in the will of London Bell- Founders. 31 William Burford, bell-founder, dated 1390 and enrolled in 1394, and with whom I shall deal presently. About this time I find from the Hustings rolls the term " potter " dying out, and the trade apparently splitting up into " founders " and " braziers," the former, it would seem, con- sisting mainly of those whose work it was to cast, the latter, of those whose work was mainly with the hammer. The Founders Company received their ordinances (thereby gain- ing official recognition) from the City in 1365, John de Lincoln being the first Master of the Guild, and Robert in the Lane, son or nephew of the Henry before mentioned, the second. The Braziers' Company's ordinances only date from 1 41 6, although they were certainly in existence fifty years earlier, as they appear in a list of Guilds contribu- ting towards the expenses of Edward HL's French wars in 1363. Robert Rider or Rydere next claims attention. I find the first mention of him in 1351, and he died probably in T386, his will being dated in January of that year. His name occurs frequently in the interval, he being sometimes styled *' potter," and sometimes '-'brazier." Neither by cross nor lettering is there traceable any con- nection with any other bell-founder. The bells by him are the 1st at Ford, Sussex, inscribed — and the ist at Hartley, Kent, with the almost similar inscrip- tion — 32 London Bell- Founders. Specimens of his very pretty cross and lettering will be found on Plate IX. It is possible to determine pretty nearly the site of his foundry. It will be seen from his will, given below, that he was of the parish of St. Andrew, Cornhill — the church now known as St. Andrew Undershaft. I have a deed of 1405, being a conveyance from Robert Burford, citizen and bell- founder (hereafter to be mentioned), to John atte Lee, citizen and candlemaker, of a house In this parish, abutting on the west on the house of Agnes atte Hale, on the east and south on the house of the late Robert Rydere, and on the north on the king's highway (of Aldgate Street). John atte Lee's will, dated 141 3, contains further references to this and adjoining property. Now the only part of the south side of Aldgate Street (the present Leadenhall Street), which lies in the parish of St. Andrew, extends eastwards from Lime Street for about two-thirds of the distance towards Billlter Street. And here, undoubtedly, we can fix the site of Rider's foundry. He left two wills, as was not unusual at that period, the one dealing with '' mobllia," the other with " immobilia," or as we should say at the present day, '' personalty " and '' realty." So much I find from a calendar of wills proved in the London Archdeacons' Court in 1387. The wills themselves, however, are no longer'^in existence, unfortunately, as that relating to personalty might have shown us into whose hands his trade utensils fell. The will dealing with his real estate was, however, enrolled in the Hustings Court, and Is as follows ; — ROBTI RYDER London Bell- Founders. ^x^t^ Cora ptita tenta in Hustengo London die lune |>x post festu tnslacois sci Edwardi Regis anno regni Regis Rici secundi vndecimo. TESTM \ Dictis die & anno venit Wiffius Episwych vnius executo^ ^^^^^ r testament! Rofeti Rydere ciuis & Brasier London et ^bare fecit testamentO eiusdem RolDti quo ad articulos laicum feodum tangentes p Jo!iem atte Lee chaundeler & Jotiem Stroweston cordewaner testes iuratos & examinatos qui dixerunt qd psentes ffiunt vbi pdcus Robtus suii fecit testm in hunc modu In noie pris & filij & Spus sancti Amen — Decimo die Januarij anno dni niifto ccc"^° octogesimo sexto Ego Roljtus Ryder ciuis & Brasier London compos mentis existens & memoria condo facio & ordino psens testm vltime mee voluntatis in hue modu In p^mis lego & reco- medo aiam mea deo omnipotent! be q^ Marie matri sue & omib3 scis eius & corpus meu ad sepeliend in cimitio sci Andree sup cornhult London Item lego & do suino altari pdce ecctie sancti Andree p decimis & oblacoi1b5 meis aretro oblitis x^ Item lego lumini sancte Marie in dca ecctia xiij^ nvf. Item lego & do opi dee ecctie x^ Item lego cuilibet Capetto in dca ecctia die obitus mei celebranti & demoranti ut orent p anima mea xij'^. Item lego magro ctico dee ecctie ij^ et subctico xviij^. Residuu vero oim bono^ meo& supius non legato^ post debita mea psoluta do & lego C'stine vxi mee ad ordinand & faciend p aia mea put ipa vellet qd faceiri p ipa in casu simili Item do & lego pfate Cristine totum ius meum & statum q^ & clameum ac tminu que heo ventur in Johne & Waltb appnticijs meis 34 London Bell- Founders. Item lego & ^do pfate Cristine vxi mee omia terras & tenta redditus & seruicia cum omib5 suis ptin que !ieo die confeccois psenciu in pochia sancti Andree pdicta Hend & tenend oihia pdicta rras & tenta redditus & seruicia cum omib3 suis ptinet pfate Cristine & assignatis suis ad totam vitam suam de capit dnis feodi illius p seruicia inde debita & de iure cosueta Et post decessum pdce Cristine volo qd oinia p>dca rras & tenTa redditus & seruicia cum omib5 suis ptin vendant'^ p executores meos vt p executores pdco^ executo^ meo^ & p visum duo^ pbo^ hoim de pdca pochia sci Andree et de p^ma pecunia inde recepta do & lego dno Jofti Rider capellano filio meo adorand p aia mea xx^\ & residuu vero dee pecunie sic recept^ p pdcis terris & tentis cum ptin volo qd disposant"^ in opib5 maxime caritatiue in auxiliu anime mee & anima^ pris mei matris mee Kaiine Alicie & Cristine vxm mea^ & oim fideliu defuncto^ hui^ aute testi mei meos facio executores pdcam Cristina vxem meam pncipalem Joliem Corn ffisshmonger et Wiltm Episwych & cuilibet eo^ lego p labore xx^ & facio dnm Jotiem Rider andcm eo^ supuisorem In cui^ rei testimon huic p^senti testo sigillu meu apposui Dat^ London die & anno sup'dictis. I have now to deal with a couple of bell- founders whose dates are only approximately ascertainable. They are con- nected with one another by cross and lettering. The first of these is William Rofforde, known to us only by the 4th at West Mill, Herts, inscribed — Lo7idon Bell- Founders, 35 Cross and lettering on Plate X. The cross is a well-known one ; but as it passed through more than one owner's hands it is difficult to apportion the founding of the many extant bells which bear it. The other is one Derby. Four bells exist bearing his name, two of them being in Norfolk, one at New Houghton, inscribed — . + BJ^^m^mw^ O :^e'5ii^3a©* o mr^M- o ^^m.® o One at Burnham Deepdale, bearing — Then we have the 3rd at Ampton, Suffolk, inscribed — O ^xm^-^B o :E>®m:B^ and the 4th at Chippenham, Cambs,* which has — + b:^^^<^w-^^ O mvw^^^M-^MmwJ^ O ©^^j^ :i^m® o ^M®^%B :xD©m:Bi^ The lettering and cross are those used by Rofforde, the stop, however, is different, being No. no. I think this last fact goes to prove that Derby is later in date than Rofforde. He also makes use of certain '' Royal Heads" on his bells; these are too well known to need figuring. F^^- ^ ^^' The documentary evidence as to these two men is scanty. First as to Rofforde. There was a Philip de Ufford, a '^ So is probably the 3rd at the same church. It is in the same lettering, but does not bear his name. 36 London Bell-Founders, ** potter," in the early years of the fourteenth century ; and in a MS. vohime belonging to Sir George Webbe Dasent, relating to the Fraternity and Guild of St. Peter-upon-Corn- hill, he is mentioned as a benefactor, and his will, dated 132 1, is given.''' He is called in one place Philip de Ufford, and in another Philip de Rafford. One can understand how the R came to be inserted colloquially, and it might have stuck, and the worthy potter's descendants' surname been permanently altered. In the will of William Burford, infra p. 38, he bequeaths ;^ 1 00 to endow two chantry priests at St. Botolph's, Aldgate, to say masses for the souls of himself, his parents, his first wife-of '' John Rufford "—and all the faithful departed. Now as to Derby. William Cosyn, by his will, already given, appointed his friend, Henry Derby, his executor. William Burford, just named, in his will leaves a legacy of forty shillings to Mary, the wife of Henry Derby. I find on the Hustings rolls, in 1362, the names of Henry Derby, *' ironmonger," and Mary his wife. I assume that this is the Henry Derby of the two wills. Putting these detailed scraps of evidence together, I think we may assume that William Rofforde, possibly a son of Philip de Ufford, flourished about the middle of the fourteenth century, that his stamps passed into the possession of Henry Derby (who, as a member of one of the twelve great companies, would certainly describe himself as such rather than by the trade he actually followed) ; and that this Henry Derby was a bell-founder, and the maker of the bells just described. * Sixth Report Historical MSS. Commission, pp. 407 et seq. London Bell- Founders, 37 I think, however, it is only right to add that Dr. Sharpe, the record keeper at Guildhall — one of the very highest authorities in such matters — is disinclined to agree to my surmise as to Henry Derby. He is of opinion that at the date of which I am writing a man was obliged to belong to the Guild that governed the trade to which he belonged. I admit that this was so in theory. But the obligation was one which the smaller Guilds were powerless to enforce against '' the twelve," although they often tried to. Again, there was no special Guild for bell-founders : they were, apparently, usually either ''founders" or ''braziers;" and some might well have belonged to so kindred a Guild as that of the " ironmongers." I now come to two undoubted bell-founders — father and son — William and Robert Burford. The father, William, already mentioned, is the first (leaving the somewhat doubtful Benedictus of 12 16 on one side) to call himself a bell-founder pur et simple'^ " Civis & Belzeter" his will styles him. There are, however, as yet no bells discovered bearing his name, and consequently we are unable to identify the par- ticular stamps and lettering used by him and his son. No doubt their bells exist, and I have a theory as to which they are ; but I wait for further evidence, which may possibly turn up in some churchwardens' accounts yet. With respect to their family connections, the Burfords would seem to have been scions of a well-to-do City family. John de Burford, Sheriff in 1304, was one of the eminent citizens to whom * Alwold and John of Amiens (see list at end of this part) have conae to light since the above was written. 3 8 London P eh- Founders, Edward II., in 131 2, sent letters, personally, touching the safe keeping of the City.* He was ** one of the good folks of Sopere Lane of the trade of pepperers " (the precursors of the present Grocers' Company), who applied for and obtained ordinances for the government of that trade in I3i6.f He married Roesia, daughter and one of the two co-heiresses of a prominent citizen of the day, Thomas Romaine or Romaygne, Sheriff, 1291, Mayor, 1309. The other co- heiress, Margaret, married William de Weston, of Albury, Surrey, a family to which I strongly suspect Peter de Weston, before mentioned, to have belonged. John de Burford died in 1329, leaving his widow him surviving, and four children, Thomas, James, Margaret, and Katharine. He gave by his will large pious and charitable bequests ; among the rest, lands and moneys to endow a chantry in the parish of St. Thomas Apostle, in the City of London. William Burford's will, dated and proved in 1390, is as follows : — Cora ptita tenta in Hustengo London die lune px post festum omn Sco^ Anno r r Ricardi Scdi decimo septimo. TESTA- \ Dictis die & anno ven hie Robtus Burford filius Willi MENTUM I Burford vnus execute^ p^fati Witti &p^bare testnJ eiusdem ■nTTT5T7r^T.TA 1 Witti ouo ad articulos laicu feodum tangentes p RiciTi BURFORD \^ NUP /^Murcoks & Marcum Seman scptorem testes iuratos & dili- CIUIS & I gent examinatos qui dixunt sup sacrm suum q^ psentes BEL5ETER I {{i'unt vbi dictus Wittius suu condidit testamentum in LONDON J . J nunc modum : * Riley's "Memorials," p. 94. f Ibid. p. 120. London Bell-Fotmders. 39 In dei noie amen — Ego Wiftius Burford Bel5eter ciuis London sanus mente & in bona mea memoria existens duodecimo die mens ffebruar anno dni mifto 000"^°. nono- gesimo & anno regni Regis Ricardi secundi quartodecio condo facio & ordino psens testamentu meum in hunc modum Imp^mis lego & recoinendo aiam meam deo omnipotenti bte% Marie Matri sue & omib5 scis corpusq^ meu ad sepeliend in capella bte Marie in ecctia sci Botulphi ext^ Algate in suburbio London Item lego fabrice corpis eiusdem ecctie p sepultura mea ibm tienda tres libr sf ling Item lego sumo altari dee ecctie p decimis & oblacionib3 meis oblitis quadraginta solid staling Item lego dno Johi Ripton decem solid Item lego capellano pochiali pdce ecctie vj^ viij'^. Item lego cuilibet alio^ capellano^ eiusdem ecctie xl'^. ad aiam meam in eo& memoria hend Item lego Magro ctico dee ecctie ij^ vj'*^ subctico ij^ Item lego & volo qd Jofina vx mea inueniat de bonis meis vna lampadem ardentem durante vita sua coram suma cruce in pdca ecctia sci Bot^hi p aia mea Item lego lumini eiusde see cruc^ sup altam trabem in eadem ecctia viginti solidos Item lego lumini bte Marie expte boriat in eadem ecctia viginti solid Item lumini see Katrine in eadem ecctia xiij^ iiij'^. Item lego ver opi ecctie sci Pauli London quadraginta solid Item lego cuilt ordini qnq^, ordinu ffrm mendanciu London decem solid ad celebrand p aia mea Item lego conventm mino- rissa^ ext^ Algate London centu solid stling^ ad orand p aia mea Item lego conuentm Moniahn de Hallivvell iuxt^ London quadraginta solid st^lin^ ad orand ^ aia mea Item lego hospitalib5 see Marie ext^ Bishopesgate 40 London Bell- Founders, see Marie de Bethlem sci Barthi de Smythfeld & sci Thome de Suthwerk cuilibet hospital vj^ viij'^. ad distri- buend iiir paupes ibm iacentes ad orand p aia mea Item lego paupib3 oratricis apud scam Karinam iuxta Turrim London xiij^ iiij^. ad pticipand inr eas ad orand p aia mea Ite lego eodem modo paupi1b3 oratricis de Elsyng- spitell decem solid Item lego viginti solid ad distribuend int^ incarceratos in psona de Newgate & decem solid ad distribuend int^ incarceratos & psones de Ludgate ad orand p aia mea Item lego centu libras srling ad inueniend duos capeftos ydoneos diuina celebratur in p'dca ecctia sancti Botulphi statim post obitum meu & dum eadem suma durare porit p aia mea & aiafe5 pentu meo^ Elene quondam vxis mee Johis Rufiford ac oim quil55 ™to teneor & oim fideliu defuncto^ Item lego p expens meis fuiiar & ad distribuend int^ paupes in lect^ iacent^ claudos cecos & at ad orand p aia mea decem libras Item lego Robti Burford filio meo totu ten meu cu omife^ suis ptin quod pqsui de Alicia Pereris in pochia sci Botulphi ext* Algate in suburbio London Hend & tenend eidm Rofeto heredib3 & assign suis imppin de capir dnis feodi illius p suicia inde debita & de iure consueta Item lego eidem Ro'bto filio meo centu libras staling & oinia instrumenta mea ad artem meam ptinent^ Item lego Marie vxi Henrici Derby quadraginta solidos Item lego Johne vxi mee omia vasa & vtensilia & alia bona siue iocalia ad meu houshold ptinent^ vt in vasis argenteis Mazeris lectis mappis stagneis ereis ligneis ferreis & omib5 ^^Us ad Aulam camam dispensator coqna ptinent siue aliquo inuentar inde faciend Residm i^o omfi bonoji London Bell-Fozmders, 41 & catallo^ meo^ ac debito^ vbicuq^ existent post debita mea psoluta lego integre pfate Jotine vxi mee sine aliquo Inventar inde faciend hui^ ante testi mei hos facio & constituo exec meos vidett pfat Joham vxem meam pncipalem executricem & Rot3tum filiu meum coexe- cutorem & eo& supuisore Johem Langhorn In cui^ rei testiom huic psenti testo meo sigillu meu apposui Dai London die & anno supradictis. There is a name mentioned in the will of somewhat unsavoury historical interest, Alice Ferrers, the fair and frail favourite of Edward III. in his declining years. Her name is of frequent occurrence in the Hustings rolls : she seems to have invested largely in City property. William Burford leaves his trade utensils to his son Robert, who continued the business for eight-and-twenty years, dying in 141 8. As with the father, so with the son — so far as Is at present known no bells exist bearing his name — and thus, as I have already said, the identification of his stamps and lettering is impossible ; and we are obliged to leave the story half untold, which to me Is a great matter of regret. We do certainly get a slight glimpse of him, and a possible hint at the quarter where his connection lay. Mr. L'Estrange (*' Norfolk Bells," p. 53) copies from Blomefield a statement that In 14 10 Robert Burford, of London, was paid £2^1 14s. yd. for a new bell and all Its furniture, supplied by him to Shropham Church, In that county. The whole of the peal at Shropham, however, have been recast, and we must wait patiently for another parish record, which may yet turn up and enable us to settle the G 42 London Bell- Founders. point. I have, as already stated, a theory as to the lettering used by the two. Robert Burford's will, dated in September and proved in October, 141 8, is to the following effect : — In the Commissary Court of London. In Dei Noie Amen. Vicesimo quinto Die mens Septembr Anno Dni Millimo czzz^^ xviij^'°. et anno Reg Henrici quinti post conqui sexto Ego Robertus Burford civis et Campanar London sanus mente et in bona memoria mea existens condo facio et ordino psens testm meum in hue modum Inpmis lego et comendo aiam meam Deo omnipotenti creatori et Salvatori meo be q Marie Matri sue Virgini gloriose et oib3 Sanctis corpus q meum ad sepeliend in capella be Marie in Ecctia sancti Bothi ex Algate London jux tumulum pris mei Et volo qd de oib3 bonis et catallis meis debita mea quibuscumq psonis de jur' debitor exist pmo et pncipalir psolvant Itin lego sumo Altari Ecctie jpdicte p decimis et oblacionib3 oblitf x marc Itm lego cuilir cap"° in eadem Ecctia continue Divina cele- branti ad hend me in oracionib3 suis in eo^ missis vj^ viij"^. Itin lego magistro Clerico dicte Ecctie vj' viij*^. Itin sub clerico ejus xK Itin lego ad sustentacionem luminis trabis coram crucifixo in eadin ecctia xK Itiii lego ad sustentacionem luminis beate Marie in eadem Ecctia xx^ Itiri lego ad susten- tacionem luminis be Katine in eadiii Ecctia xx^ Itiii lego ad sustentacionem luminis sancti Bothi in eadiii Eccta xx^ Itiii lego ad constructionem nove insule Sancti Katne in dicta Ecctia xl^^ Itiii lego ad opus Capelle be Marie in eadiii Ecctia ad eandem Capellam faciend et exaltend consiti forma ad instar nove insule pdicte xl marc Itin lego ad constructionem novi campanit ibin xP'. Itin lego incarceratf de Newgate ad London Bell- Founders. 43 distribuend inr eos in reb5 "^^**^ magis necessariis p bonam dis- crecionem executo^ meo^ xK videlic quolit^ quartio unius Anni cito post decessum meum x\ Itin lego paupib3 incarceratis in Ludgate consimili forma xK Itin lego paupib5 incarceratis in psonis de Flete Banco Regis Marchalsie et Westm videlic cuilit^ fPsone consilir forma xxvj^ viij*^. videlic quolit quartio unius Anni vj^ viij'^. Itin lego paupib^ delib3 in hospitali sancte Marie ex Byshopysgate in hospit^ste Marie de Bedlem in hospit^ sci Barttlei in Hospit^ de Elsyng in hospital Sancti Thome in Suthwerk videlic cuilic hpspit^ forma pdicta xx^ Itin lego paupib^ leprosis in hospit^ Sancti Egidij la lookes et Hakeney videlic cuilir hospir. consili forma xiij^ iiij'^. Itiii lego frib5 ordinis sancte crucis London ad me fiend in oracioni133 suis in missis V marc Itiii lego fribj ordinis Carmelitat^fratrib5 ordinis August^ fratribus ordinis Sancti Francisci, frifej ordinis sci Dnici videlic cuilii ordini consiti forma xx^ Itiii lego Dinat)5 minorissar London consiti forma c^ Itiii lego Roberto Berfaire svienti ad essend fidet amicus et adjutor executorib'* meis xii. Itiii lego Joflni Stoke svienti meo x^\ consiti forma Itiii lego Thome London svienti meo c^ Itin lego Wittmo Whithed jiij^ Itin lego uxori nup Jolinis Halsted xK Itiii lego Guidoni svienti Chambre piscenarij p maritagio suo c^ Itiii volo q^ Walterus Askeby heat sustentacionem suam de bonis meis durant: vita sua viz victu vestitu cum cama p ordi- nacionem execute^ Itiii lego p pannis lin Ian emend et ^ eisdem in vestes paupi135 indigent^ Magf necessarias aptand et consuend ^ discrecionem executo^ meo^ eisdiii paupib5 in patria liband x^L Itiii lego ad distribuend int^ paupes magis indigent^ in die sepulte mee iiij^^ Itiii volo qd totum tectu nov^ insule Capelle see Katine in Ecctia sci Bothi pdicr ut in car- 44 London Be II- Founders, pentria ad custus meos p executores meos pflciar Itm lego Margar uxor! mee centum libras srlingo^ ult ppcem suam sibi de bonis meis de jur contingenr forma subscript Itin volo q feoffati mei de tenemento in quo ad confeccionem psentium !lito in poch sci Borhi pdicr cito post decessum meum inde faciant statum Margar uxori meo hend eidiii MargaT et assign suis ad totam vitam suam faciendo et supportand omia ona et repaciones dict^ ten incubenr durante vita sua pdicta Reservat et except executorib5 meis liber introit et exit ac aisiamento in tenemento pdicto p bonis meis ad comodum meu ,p raciona- bile tempus et p racionabilem discrecionem executor meo^ admistnd Et q post decessum pdicte Margar totum pdictum ten remaneat ad sustentacionem unius Capellani ydonei in dicta Ecctia imppm divina celebratur p aia mea et p aiat)5 anti- cesso^ meo^ Quas quidem centum libra sup^dict cu statu ten pdicto volo q p^dicta Margar tieat sub condicione q se teneat content de omib^ bonis meis sibi de jur contingent et q nichil concelet nee subthat de bonis meis pdictis ab executorib5 meis clam neq palam nee in aliquo disturbet p se nee p aliquem altum voluntatem meam ultimam pficiend sinaute nichil pcipiat de statu nee de centum libris i?dictis s fieat solumodo quod tee jus sibi velit assignare Itm volo pdicti feoffati feoffent dictam Margar uxem meam de oit33 terris et ten que fuerut Johnis Basse pris sui in pocti beate Marie Abchurch London tenend sibi et heredib5 suis imppin Itin volo q omnia alia terr et tenen et redd cu ptin que hm tam in Civitate London et in surburbijs ejusdm q'" in villa de Est tillebury et West tillebury in Com Essex simul cum rei^sione datis dicte Margar contingent cum accident cito post decessum meum p executores meos vendant ad pficiend voluntai mea ultimam London Bell- Founders. 45 Residuum vero oiu bono^ et catallo^ meo^ in p'senti testo meo non legar do et lego executoribus meis ad voluntatem meam ultimam pficiend et ad inde disponend in piis elemosinis et opib3 caritativis ut in paupib5 incarceratis de psonis liband paupife3 puellis maritand viis nocivis p patrias emendend et aliis opib5 precatf p bona discrecione executor^ meo^ et p ut volunt cora sumo Judici respondere Et ad istius testi mei Execucoem et ultime voluntatf mee implecionem Henricu pker Alexandrum Sprot, Vinetarios, Jotlem Brid Brasyer meos executores et Johem Cornwaleys eo^ supvisorem facio ordino et constituo p psenr Itm lego p^fatis executorib5 meis et eo^ supvisori videlic cuilir eo^ p labore suo x marc. In cujus rei testimonium huic psenti testo meo sigillum meum Apposui Dat^ London die mens et Anno supdictf Itin lego Agneti Ap"^ Seynt Katyns nup svienti mee xx^ Itm lego svientib3 meis qui michi ex Antiquo svierut videlic5 cuilir eo^ xx^ His bequests show him to have been a wealthy man. It would further appear from the will that he died childless, and so the bell-foundry came to an end or passed into other hands. I have now to mention a bell-founder who has been for years a puzzle to campanists, William Founder. His bells are found in various parts of England ; and it is universally agreed that he was a Londoh man. I believe he was con- temporary with the two Burfords, and I offer the following evidence in support of my belief. In the issue rolls of the eighth Richard H., ist May (1385), is the following : — " To Sir Simon de Burley, Knt., Constable of Dover Castle, for 46 London Bell-Founders. "the price of 12. guns, 2 iron * patella,' 120 stones for the guns, "100 lbs. of powder, and 4 stocks of wood purchased of William " the founder, of London, and delivered to the said Simon by the " hands of William Hanney, Clerk, for fortifying and strengthening " Dover Castle, £gy los." Again, in the will of John Plot, proved in 1408 (interesting as one of the earliest wills in the English tongue, and published as such by the E. E. T. S.), there is a bequest as follows : — "Also my will ys that John Walgraue seruaunt of Wyllyam " Fondour haue of my gode iijj. iiij^." I have another reason for placing him at this epoch. Some of his bells {e.g.^ one at Abbotsham, Devon) are inscribed in ** Lombardic " or Gothic capitals, others are in black letters. His date then, as regards lettering, is on the border-line between Lombardic and black letter ; and, from all the evidence I can gather on the subject, I think this may safely be placed at about a.d. 1400, perhaps rather later than earlier. What his actual surname was is most doubtful. Mr. North concluded it to have been Underbill ; but the shield'"' with the arms of Underbill (and of Rufford and several other families as well) never appears on bells bearing his trade- mark — the circular medallion (Fig. 1 1 1) with his name — which bells alone we can say certainly to have been his. It occurs on many bells with the lettering used by him, but which almost certainly passed into other hands. I am more inclined, bear- ing in mind the device on his stamp, to think his name was * Bearing a chevron between three trefoils. London Bell- Founders. 47 Bird. We have a John Brid (or Bird), brazier, mentioned in Robert Burford's will. I know of the following bells by him. Doubtless there are more. The 2nd at Abbotsham, Devon, inscribed — B This inscription, as already stated, is all in capitals. The following are all black-letter bells. Two in Essex, viz., the 2nd at Aldham, bearing — + B'^^ IBiiJ^a ^ufeafa X3^w«trt J^af:erina; '^ucafa: the sole remaining bell at Brightlingsea, bearing — + Quiets jgt$f0 X3Q,^lt0 ~^0i;0r ^^mpana ^^\x\\^t\\Si Three bells in Norfolk. Cringleford 2nd, inscribed with same legend as the Aldham bell. The 2nd at All Saints, Norwich, bearing — ■\- ^^\\\x^ ~^t^tx^x ©00 HtrUts Hup^r (Dmnm .B^ItJ The 4th at Surlingham, inscribed — + 3:0l|ann?0 6Tristt ^arc ©i^narc ^rxt JHu&is ©rare One in Sussex — the single bell at Ninfield — inscribed — + ~Ms^ ©^^ Xllarfinus (giuent Haltrct gE^rinus ^X '\3ix\^x^ One at Magdalen College, Oxford — the 7th of the peal — with the same motto as the Aldham and Cringleford bells mentioned above. 48 London Bell-Fotrnders. All the above bells bear his circular foundry stamp, No. iii. There was about this time a Bell- makers' Guild. In a curious old book belonging to the Brewers' Company I find the fact recorded. I am much in- debted to Mr. Higgins, the clerk of that riG. III. ancient Guild, for permission to inspect and copy the same. The book, which commences in 14 16, contains — interspersed with the usual accounts — some most curious memoranda relative to City life. Among others, biographical notices of many of the Mayors — from the point of view of the Brewers' Company — who seem to have been accustomed to make propitiatory presents to each new occupant of the civic chair, and to bespeak his good offices on behalf of their trade. In this book is a list, not dated, but appa- rently about 1420, of the various Guilds existing in the City at that time, including, among several others which have long since disappeared, the " Guild of the Belle-makers." I have searched the Guildhall records in vain for any infor- mation on the subject. They never received civic sanction by having '' ordinances " granted, and so must have been purely a religious Guild. This brings us down to the year 142c, the date to which my researches at Guildhall have been brought. My reasons for stopping here are twofold ; firstly, at this date there is a considerable and serious break in the Somerset House Calen- dars of Wills proved in the Archdeacon's Court of London f' * The most likely Court for a London Bell-Founder's Will to be proved in. London Bell- Founders. 49 and secondly, It Is the date at which, approximately, inscriptions In black letter superseded those In capitals — Lombardic or Gothic. Black letter came In, I think (and I am supported In this by Mr. North), with the fifteenth century, and was so firmly established by the end of the second decade that thenceforward Inscriptions In capitals only, though not quite unknown, are very uncommon until post- Reformation times. I am able, however, from researches which may best be described as fragmentary, to add here an account of a small group of fifteenth century founders connected with one another, and of, I think, much Interest. The first of these is Richard Hllle, citizen and founder, whose name I find on the Guildhall records In 1423, and who died In 1440. He, like the Burfords, Is known to us rather by his will than by his works. There are no bells, so far as I can find out, which bear his nam.e or his initials ; but I have reasons for connecting him with a particular foundry- mark and set of lettering, as I will try to show later on, after quoting the documentary evidence relating to him and his. And firstly I will give his will, as proved in the Commissary Court of London (Prowet 44). Rici HiLLE — In Dei Noie Amen terco die mensis Maij Anno Dni millimo 0000""° xl° it regni vero Regis Henrici vj*' post conquu ao xviij^'. Ego Ricus Hille ciuis & foundo"" ciuitat^ London in bona & Sana mea memoria existens condo faco & ordino psens testin meu vltima mea continens voluntate in hunc modu In pmis lego & recommend© aiam mea deo oipo*' creator! & saluatori meo bte% Marie Virgini Matri suis & omib3 scis H 50 London Bell-Founders, corpus^ meu ad sepeliend in ecctia sci Bottii extra Algate London vidett in Capella bte Marie Virginis ibm Ix lego sumo altari dicte ecctie pro decis & obl5ni1j5 meis oblitf & detentf in aie mee exonatione iijs iiij^. It lego fabrice corpis eiusd ecctie p sepultur mea in ilia ecctia henda xx^ Irmagistro ctico eiusd ecctie iijs iiij^ It sub ctico eiusd ecc^ xx^^ It lego fabrice corpis ecctie btae marie atte nax london vj^ viij'^ It^lego fabrice corpis ecctie sti Andree de Glaston in Com Rutland xx^ It^ lego fabrice ecctie sti Olaui in loco Judaism© london xx^ It^ lego x marc sterling in ecctia sti Botlii ex^ Algate pdiccp unu* inmediat post obii meu* sequent & diuina celebrant^ p aia mea & aiat)3 pentum meo^ ac omn bnfacto^ meo^ et fideliu de- functo^ Ii lego Johne filie mee c marc in p^cunia nuniata & valenc at c marc de bonis meis vt in denariat shope me spectant It lego Rogo Het apprentic meo quinq^ marc in pcunia ni?at & valenc at quinq^ marc de bonis meis vt in denariat^ shope mee spectan Ac remitto & relaxo eid Rogo vltimu annu tmi appnticialitar sue michi ventur Ir lego Wiltimo Bolter app'nticd meo xx*^ in pecunia ni?at & valenc at xx^ de bonis meis shope mee spect; Ac reinto & relaxo eidm Wittmi vltimu annu t^i appntic sue michi ventur It lego Rico Creswell apj9ntico^ meo vj^ viij^ ac pdono & remitto eidm Rico Creswell vltimu annu t^nn appntic sue michi ventur It lego remto & relaxo Jofci Wodewall appntico meo vltimu annu appnticiat sue michi ventur It lego Jotie Berdefeld sunti mee quinq^ marc stling ad maritagiu suu & in casu q"^ dicta Joftna obierit anq"" marief volo q"^ mediet v marc eidm Jotlne legar remaneat Isabelle Chamburlayn vxi Wilti Chamburlayn froundo"- & at medieta? ad diuidend in? * [Annum] understood. London Bell-Founders. 51 paupes & in at opibus caritat It lego Agneti Heth sunti n^ee V marc ad maritag suu & si dicta Agnes anteq^ maritar fffit obierit tuc volo qa v marc eidm Agn plagai remaneat Jo^ne vxi mee ad disponend & distribuend p ut sibi melius videbif expediri Residuu vero oim bono meo^ supius no legar do & lego Jo'hne vxi mee ad inde faciend sua spontanea voluntate cu & de bonis suis ppriis & ad dispo^ p aia mea p ut sibi videbif* deo placere & aie mee ac aiab3 omn fideliu defucto^ pficere Huius ante testi mei facio & constituto meos veros & liinos executores Jotinam vxiii mea Johnem West Wiltm Piggisworth ciues & fifoundours ciuitatis London et do & lego eisdm Jotlm West Witto Piggesvvorth p eo^ labore circa execu"j psentis testi mei Hend vidett eo^ cuiu xP In cuius rei testimon huic jpsenti testo meo sigillu meu apposui Dat die & anno supradict^ Probat fuit prius testin cora nobis A. P. [Alex5 Prowet] Commissar &<^ vj die lun A° Dn' pdict & cmissest admistraco bono^ Exec in eodm nominal! His foundry did not end with him. His energetic widow carried it on, as we find from the records of the town of Faversham, in Kent, where there still exist two contracts with her for bells for the parish church there. These have been already noticed by the Rev. T. H. Ellacombe, in his '' Church Bells of Gloucestershire," and are here reprinted from the sixth Report of H.M. Historical MSS. Com- mission. The first is as follows : — "This Indenture, made betwene Johane Hille of Londone, widewe, " one that one part & Johan Wottone, Johan Syngler, Johan Ulffe, " William Wellis, & Johan Poland parisshens of the parisshe churche of 52 London Bell- Founders, " our Lady in Feversham in the counte of Kent, witnesseth that whereas " the said Johane late solde unto the seide parisshens v newe belles of " accorde, whereof the most weyithe xxxiiiic (cwt.) i quarter xxiii lb, the " second xxiiii c di (and a half) & xiiiilb,the thirde xviiic di (and ahalf) " & xvi lb ; the fourthe xiiii c xii lb, and the fifth x c xxii lb.,accompting " every c (cwt.) after lOO, pris the c 27^, which v new belles the saide "Johane her executours or her assignes shall warant hoole, well " sownyng (sounding) & of good accorde, from the day of the making " of this indenture unto the ende of an hool yere & a daye thanne next " following. And if so be that any of the saide belles be founde " defectiff, or be nought of accorde, in the faute of the saide Johane " or workemanshipe of the seide belles, thanne the seid parisshens or " there assignes, whanne theyme lyke wythynke the seide yere & i daye, " shalle take doune, or do take doune, the seide belle or belles so " founde faute atte their propre costes & expences & carrie or do cary, " to London to the dwelling place of the seide Johane. And thanne " the seid Johane, hir executors or assignes, be good & resonable " warnyng to hir or hir assignes thereof made, shalle make, or do " make another belle or belles & bringe & recarie uppe agayne to the " seide towne of Feversham, & do hange uppe in the steple there, " according to the sorte aboueseid, at hir propre costes and expenses. " In witnesse of the whiche thing, the parties aforseid to these enden- " tures, yche to other, have sette their sealx — Yevene the xxviii^^ day " of Marche, the yere of the regne of Kyng Henry the Sext after the " Conquest, the xix ." The second one is a parchment indenture dated the 12th of December, 38 Henry VL, between — "Johane Sturdy of Londone Widewe & John Oulf mayor of " Feversham, William Thornbury Vicary of the parisshe chirche of " Feversham aforesaid William Nortone Esquyer, Johan Londone & " Thomas Calf Churchwardeyns of the parisshe Chirche aforesaid, she "having sold them a new tenor bell, weighing 35 cwt 4 lb at 120 lb " to the cwt price 26^ the cwt, & warranting it hool sufficient well *' sownyng & of good accorde unto an olde meen belle longing unto London Bell-Fonnders. 53 " the said parisshe chirche fro the day of the date of this indenture " unto the ende of a hool yere & a day then next folowing in case of " default of workmanship within that time she is to supply another & " perfect bell in its place at her own cost, the purchasers however " paying the expenses of cariage recariage taking downe hanging up " & alle other costes about the same she paying however 10 shillings " sterling towards such carriage." On the reverse of the indenture is the following additional entry : — " Forthermore thys Indenture wytnessyth that the old tenor bell " of Faversham weyde xxxiiii cwt. dim (and a half) iiij lb : every cwt " by 100 ; & the new tenour bell weyth xxxv cwt iiii lb : the cwt " rekenyde by 100 : so the new bell excedyth the olde one quarter " xxiii lb : the whiche one quarter xxiii lb comyth to in money "xii^ vi^ And the same comyth to in money for the workman- " schyp of xxxiiii cwt dim vi lb viiin. xii^. ix*^. the some totall comyth " to ix^\ vs. iiid. the whych ixH. Vs. iiid. was payde to Johana Sturdy of " Londone Wydewe the xii day of December wythin wryttyne by the "handys of William Smyth, Thomas Calff & Johan West in full " payement for the seyde new bell." If we assume, as I think we may very reasonably do, the absolute identity of the two widows, Johanne Hille, of 1441, and Johanne Sturdy, of 1459, we have strong evidence, I think, as to the stamps used by Richard Hille and his widow. There is a foundry stamp, known as the "■ cross and ring " shield No. 169 (see Part II.), which is found in many parts of the South of England, and by universal consent was the trade-mark of a London founder. It is sometimes found with a small cross on a lozenge placed above it. It also, or rather the alphabets used with It, passed Into the hands of a bell-founder whose initials were I. S. Campanlsts, taking a 54 London Bell- Founders, mistaken view of a foot-note In Mr. Tyssen's '' Bells of Sussex" (p. 14), have assumed that this was John Saunders, of Reading. I read the matter quite differently. I take the shield to be Richard Hllle's foundry-mark, the shield with the lozenge- shaped cross above It to be the foundry-stamp as used by his widow, while the bells bearing the initials I. S., invariably placed one on each side of a coin, the coin almost invariably having the same lozenge above It, I believe to be those cast by Johanna Sturdy during her second widowhood. The ''lozenge" is heraldlcally indicative of womanhood ; and while these are the only cases In which a lozenge is found placed over a foundry-stamp or coin, so the present is the only case in which we can undoubtedly trace a bell-founder (or rather bell- foundress) of the feminine gender. The shield and the Initials are never found together, so far as I am able to ascertain. Assuming my hypothesis to be correct, I may as well add a few notes as to the lettering found In conjunction with these stamps. They are all ''black letter" bells, and four different sets of capitals are used. Firstly, the very handsome crowned letters used by Stephen Norton, figured on Plate VIII. The 4th bell at Layer de la Haye, in Essex, has them, and also the 2nd at Little Tolham, in the same county ; in both cases with the initials I. S. And there are two bells at Watllngton, Norfolk, similarly inscribed. As these letters are not found (so far as I know) with the cross and ring shield, it Is probable that Johanna acquired them after her first husband's death. London Bell-Founders, 55 There is another set of capitals used by Hille, very similar to, but still slightly different from, Norton's letters, and un- crowned. A bell at St. Nicholas, Colchester, has them. The third set of capitals is the one most generally used. It is much smaller than either of the others, and is found on the Stoke d'Abernon bell mentioned in this volume (infra, Part II.); on the 3rd bell at Langford, Essex; on the ist at Little Tolham, Essex ; and on many others. Whiie the bells at Headley and East Horsley, Surrey, have a different set of capitals again, originally the property of a fourteenth century bell-founder. There are also three sets of '* smalls," of different sizes, the smallest being the one most used. Stephen Norton's initial-cross appears also in this company ; on the Layer de la Haye bell, for instance. At Walton-on- Thames, Surrey, is also a bell with this cross and his capital letters ; but as it bears neither the foundry-shield nor the initials, I hesitate at ascribing its authorship to either Hille or his widow. In Richard Hille's will there is a bequest to one of his apprentices, Richard Creswell. We want a bell-founder whose initials were R. C, the shield with his initials and mark being a well-known one. I would put forward Richard Hille's apprentice — out of his time and in business for him- self — as a plausible candidate for the honour. But as yet there is no evidence, only mere surmise on my part. We must now leave Richard Hille, and occupy ourselves with his daughter Johanne. Whether the 200 marks or her personal charms were the attraction, she soon found a husband 56 London Bell- Founders. in Henry Jordan, citizen, and a member of the Fishmongers' Company, and, Hke her father, a bell-founder by trade. A family of this name had been members of this Guild for very many years. " Jordan's Key," standing, as far as one can tell, on some part of the site of the present Custom House, was well-known as ope of the boundaries of the fish- market of Billingsgate. Henry, however, was not of this race. They had ended *'wi' a lass." Johanna, daughter and sole heiress of John Jordaine, being found a lunatic on inquisition, had been placed by Henry IV. under the guardian- ship of John Crosbie in 1406, and so dying without heirs in the third year of Henry V., her property escheated to the Crown. Such property, I may add, judging from the inqui- sitions still preserved at the Record Office, seems to have woefully diminished during her wardship. Henry Jordan was a descendant of a Leicestershire family. In Nichols' ** Leicestershire " there are several entries show- ing the existence of a family of this name there from 1297 downwards. In 1395 Philip, the then Abbot of Leicester, obtained the king's writ to compel Giles Jordan, of Loughboro', to restore certain tithes of the Chapelry of Woodhouse, which he had unlawfully detained. The writ is to be found in the Close Rolls of 19 Ric. II. Giles Jordan, presumably the son of this last-named Giles, apparently migrated to London, and became a member of the wealthy Company of Fishmongers. His avocations, however, were not pursued in the line specially intended by that craft. According to the testimony of his brass, still existing in Lough- borough Church, he was a founder by trade. He would seem London Bell-Founders. 57 to have retired to his native town, and been buried there at some date after 1438-39. The brass is in a most dilapidated state, part only of the two figures remaining, the coat-of-arms entirely gone, and the inscription so worn from the attrition of the tread of four centuries and more, that it is only legible in parts. An interesting notice of the brass by the Rev. W. G. Dimock Fletcher, in the *' Leicestershire Archaeological Transactions," gives the date as 1455. Nichols gives the inscription, as far as it was legible in his day, as follows : — ■ ^txt Wtiii ^Xits l0rtran antr MeLX^tl rits ^tiifie unttcr f fits ^r^nt. Iaf]e pscr|mtnt0 xyf Euntrun futttrmtr ap While Burton, an earlier writer still on Leicestershire Archaeology, states the arms to have been, Quarterly ist and 4th ar. three mullets ^//. (Jordan), 2nd and 3rd sa.y a Chevron between 3 garbs ar. (Harleton). I am bound to add, in the interest of truth, that, judging from the rubbing of the inscription which I now have, I cannot make out the word *' fundour." It seems to me to be *' fyndinge." Again, another difficulty arises in the fact that, according to Henry Jordan's will, his father and mother, Giles and Margaret, were buried at St. Boltoph's, Aldgate, London. I cannot read these riddles. But I do not think we are as yet justified in claiming Giles Jordan as a bell- founder. 58 London Bell- Founders, With regard to Henry Jordan, of course there is no doubt. Mr. J. W. Clark's discovery of payments to him recorded in the **Mundum" Books of King's College, Cambridge, under date 1465-66, is effectual evidence on the point. Dr. Raven, in his '' Church Bells of Cambridgeshire," has gone very fully into the question of the inscriptions on the ^N^ bells formerly in the old clochard of this college, and unfortunately sold in 1755, and has come to the conclusion that both the ist and 5th of the peal were by Henry Jordan. I am sorry to differ from so very much better an authority than myself. I agree with him totally as to the 5 th ; but I think that the ist, which, in addition to the inscription, bears the initials I. D., is a remanet from a former peal which was, as we know from the accounts, wholly or in part recast by one Danyell, a bell-founder, of London in 1460. Bells with these initials are found elsewhere, e.g., the ist at St. Botolph's, Cambridge, a small bell at Chellington, Beds, and the 2nd at Cranham, Essex, are instances. In this last case in combination with the Royal Arms (France and Eng- land quarterly), as on the King's College bell ; but in this instance uncrowned. Now, I see no reason why Henry Jordan should use the initals I. D. on his bells ; and as we have an undoubted con- nection of a bell-founder, whose surname began with a D, with the King's College peal, 1 see no necessity for going behind him. There is no proof that Jordan recast the entire peal. The only link of evidence connecting the two bells is that they both bear the Royal Arms, crowned. But if Danyell, as Mr. Clark suggests, was in 1466 either in dis- London Bell- Founders, 59 grace or dead, it Is quite on the cards that his stamps had passed into Jordan's possession. The 5th bell, however, which was undoubtedly Jordan's bell, gives us a valuable clue to the stamps used by him. It bore, in addition to the inscription, a medallion representing the Crucifixion of our Blessed Lord. Now this is most unusual ; the only bell I know of in the South of England bearing it is the single bell at Tarring Neville, Sussex, which also bears the three stamps, Nos. 186, 187, and 188 (Part II.) ; and these I believe to be Henry Jordan's stamps. They are well known, the medallion ^' Jesu merci ladi help," Is found with other lettering, and, I think, came Into Jordan's posses- sion from another foundry — perhaps Danyell's — but the other two, I believe, are exclusively his. They are invariably found together; and we have In the stamp. No. 186, un- mistakable evidence, to my mind, of its ownership. The cross keys and dolphin naiant are the arms of the Fish- mongers' Company, to which he belonged, the laverpot and bell denoting his trade ; while the garb is the cogni- sance of the Harleton family, from whom he was de- scended, as we know from the coat-of-arms on Giles Jordan's brass. The date of Jordan's death is not quite clear. His will is dated In 1468, but was not enrolled at Guildhall until 1470. The records of the Archdeacon's Court of London, where It was probably proved, being wanting, we cannot fix any nearer date ; but this is of little consequence. The Fishmongers' Company, who were his universal legatees, have preserved a copy of the will, and have kindly allowed me to use it. I 6o London Bell- Founders. give it now in extenso from their copy, as it contains a codicil which is wanting in the one at Guildhall. The Testament of Henry Jordeyn. In the name of God Amen the xv^^ day of the month of Octobre in the yere of our Lorde God m^ cccclxviii and the viij*^ yere of the reigne of Kyng Edwarde the iiij^^ I, Henry Jorden Citizein and Fyshmonger of the Citie of London hoole of ipynde and in good helth of body being in and for the disposlcon of my lands tenements and mesuage undrewritten make and ordeyn this my present Testament in this wise that foloweth Ffurste I biquethe my Soule to Almyghty God my maker to his blysed Mother Seynt Mary Virgyn and to all the Seynts of hevyn and my body to be buried in the Chapell of our lady in the Northeside of the pyshe Churche of Seynt Botulphes w^oute Aldgate of London that is to say in the place where as the body of Johanne my Wiffe there resteth buried Also I give and biqueth to William Turke, Robert Derlyngton^ Edmond Newman Lawrence Ffyncham William Hayes and John Stanesby Wardeyns of the Comynaltie of the mistery or crafte of ffyshemong''s of the said Citie of London All my lands and tenements w^ the Gardeyns and all other there apptenns as they been sett and lien togeder in the lane called Billiter Llane* in the pyshe of Seynt Katheryn Crechurche w^in Aldgate of London that is to say betwene the Kings highwaye of the said lane called Billiter Llane* on the p^tie of the este and the tenement late of Katheryn sOtyme the Wiffe of Bartholmewe Semern Goldbeter on the ptie of the West in length and they extende in brede betwene the tenements and gardeyn of the Abbott and Covent of Evesham and of the prioresse & Convent of Halywell and of Richard Walderne on the ptie of the North and the tent of the pryour and Convent of Seynt Mary w'oute Byshopegate of London on the p>tie of the South All whyche lands & tenements w* the gardeyns and all their apptenns I the forsaid Henry Jordeyn late joyntly had togedre w* John Bromer Fyshmonger and William Ffreman of * In Guildhall copy called Bellezeterslane. London Bell-Fottnders. 6i London whiche all their right thereof by their deed to me the said Henry and to myn heirs have released and w^ Reignalde Derlyngton Ffyshemonger John Burveyn Richard Birde & John Grene nowe dede of the dymyse feoffement delyverance and confirmnon of William Northampton Citizein and Draper of London John Grithe of London gentilman and John HoUe Citezein and Grocer of London Also I give and biquethe by this my p'^sent testamente to the forsaid Wardeyns of the Comynaltie of the said misterye off Ffyshemongers of the Citie of London All that mesuage w' gardey lying therto and all the apptenns in the said prsshe of Seynt Katheryne beside Crechurche of London upon the corn'' of the said lane off Billiter lane of London whiche I the said Henry Jorden late joyntly had togedre w*^ William Ffreman Gierke whiche all his right therof by his dede to me and to myn heires hath released and w^ S"" John Bury Freest John Burveyn Citezein and Bruer of London John Grene of Loght- burgh in the Countie of Leicester Sir Robert Smyth Freest and Symonde Belamy Citezein & Ffishemonger of London now dede of the gifte feoffament delyverance & confirmation of Richard Appulton William Suthwynde Gierke and of John Kent Citezein and Merchaunt of London Also I the forsaid Henry Jordon give and biqueth by this my p'sent testamente to the abovesaid Wardeyns of the Comynaltie of the said Crafte of Ffyshemongers of London all my Tenements w' their apptenns in the pshe of Seynt Brigide in Fllete Streete in the subberbes of London as they been sett and lien betwene the Tenement belonging unto the ffraternytie of our blessed lady Seynt Mary the Virgyne in the said Church of Seynt Brigide on the ptie of the Este and the Water of the Fleete on the p^tie of the West wherof th'one hed abbutteth upon the gardeyn of the Gaile or Prysone of the Ffleete towards the North and th'other heed abutteth upon the Kyngs way of Fflete Streete towards the South The whiche said Tenements w^ th'apptenns I the saide Henry Jordon to- gedre w^ John Bromer William Eston, John Barnewell and William Hampton Citezeins and Ffyshemongers of London, 62 * London Bell-Founders. whiche all their right therof by their dede to me and to myn heires have released and w^ Thomas Ffulbourne Ffyshemonger and Richard Lyon Haberdaysher Citezeins of London nowe deed late joyntly had of the gifte graunte and confirmacion of John Lorchyn Citezein and Grocer of London and of Beatrice his Wiffe To have and to holde all and singuler the forsaid lands tenements and messuage w^ the gardeyns and all other their apptenns to the forsaid Wardeyns of the said Comynaltie of the Mysterie of Ffyshemongers of London and to their suc- cessos Wardeyns of the Comynaltie of the mystery of Ffyshe- mongers of the Citie of London for the tyme beyng forevmore Off the cheff Lords of that fee by svyces therof due and of right accustomed under the forme and man"" folowyng and here under- written. That is to wite I the forsaid Henry Jordan wolle and ordeyn by this my p'sent testamente that the said Wardeyns and their successours or deputies for the tyme beyng yerely and forevr- more shall fynde of & with the revenuez profitts and rents comyng and to be taken of the said lands tenements messuage w^ the gardeynes and all other their apptenns an honest Preeste to say and syng divyne svyce daily in the said Church of Seynt Butolphes w^oute Algate of London saying or synging his masses daily at the Aultre of o"" lady in the said North side of the Quere there, And that the said Freest be attending and helping to syng and saye in the said Churche of Seynt Botulphe all dyvyne svyce there throughoute the yere, yere by yere one after an other As wele at Matynes Masse and Evynsong and at Salve as all other dyvyne svyce there to be song and saide And the same Preeste to syng or say his masses daily aboute the houre of viii of the clocke in the morne w^oute a cause reasonable or lettyng than he to be ruled by the discrecon of the said Wardeins w^ ad- vice of the pryncypall of the prysheyns of the same Churche And I wolle also that the same Freest and evry of his successos evry day at his masse after the Gospell said and doone shall turn hym from the Aulter into the Churche warde and shall prey London Bell- Founders. 6^ and openly say these words for the Soules off Henry Jordon and Johanne his Wiffe, Giles Jordon and Margarete his Wiffe Richard Hille and Johanne his Wiffe and for all xten Soules De Profoundis &c. and so to say the Psalme of de profundis w' speciall Coletts for the said soules The same Freest takyng yerely of the said Wardeyns and their successos at iiij termes of the yere in the Citie of London usuall by evyn portions in money vWli, stg for his salary. And also I woUe that the said Freest and his successours forev^'more after and afore that he hath song or said his masse in the said Churche of Seynt Botulphe be vvayting and attendaunte upon the said Wardeyns and their successours att all suche laufull and convienyent tymes as he by the same Wardeyns or their deputie therto be warned and called And I wolle also that the said Wardeyns of the said Mysterye and their successos or pte of the same Wardeynes wt vj other worshypfuU p'sones of the clothyng of Ffyshemongers or moe in their fellow- ship evry yere and for evrmore the day of my deceas or w^in a monethe next suyng after the same day or tyme of the yere that I shall deceas upon holde and keep in the forsaid Churche of Seynt Butolphe w^oute Algate an Obite or anniv^sarye of Flacebo and dirige by the Freests and Clerk of the same Churche so- lempnely to be song by Note on eve and masse of Requiem by note on the morrowe next ensuing forth w^ lyghts and ryngyng of Bells for my soule and the soules abovereheresed openly to be named At the whiche yerely Obite so to be helde and kepte and for all necessaries thrto behofuU I wolle that there be ex- pended xxj^ iiij'^ in man'' and fourme folowyng that is to saye amongs the Freests and Clerkes of the said Churche of Seynt Botulph and for ryngyng of Bells there iiij*^ Also for the hire and wayste of ij tapers of wex bothe of the weight of xxlb whiche shall stande and brynne in the said Churche of Seynt Botulphe beside my tombe and my Wiffe's there before thymage of o' Lady And ij other tapers of the same weight whiche shall stande and brenne in the same Churche wherof one shall stande upon the middes of the stone there as the bodies of my father 64 London Bell-Foimders. and my mod'^ there lien buried And th'other taper shall stand on the middes of the stone there as the bodies of the forsaid Richard Hill and Johanne his Wiffe lien buried vj. Also for bred ale chese spices Wynes and other necessaries for the same Obite xj^ iiijd Also I wolle that the said Wardeyns of the for- said Mystrie and there successours yerely and forevmore the same day that myn Obite is helde at the said Churche of Seynt Botulphe paye and delyv'' w4n the place and close of the My- noresse w^oute Algate of London to the Abbesse of the same for the tyme beyng x^ So that the same Abbesse w^ hir Couent in their conventuall Church holde and kepe therw^ for me and the Soules aforsaid yerely and forev^'more an Obite by Note of Placebo and Dirige on eve and masse of Requiem by note on the morowe next after by them and their mynystres solempnely to be song And als© to the V Friers residensers in the said place of mynoresse for the tyme beyng yerely and forev'^more at the tyme of payment of the forsaid Xs that is to wite to eche of them viij^ sin iijs iiijd to say in the same Churche Placebo and Dirige on eve and masse of Requiem in the morne after next ensuyng for my Soule and the Soules abovvesaid. And in like wise I wolle that the said Wardeyns and their Successours forv^'more wMn the said moneth of the tyme of my deceas or assone after as they may holde and kepe yerely and forev^'more in the Churche of Seynt Nicholas Coldeabbey beside Oldefyshestrete of London an other Obite w* Placebo and Dirige by Note on eve and masse of Reqme by Note on the morne after next ensuyng by the preests and Clerks of the same Churche solempnely to be song forth with lights and ryngyng of Belles for my Soule and for all the Soules abovvesaid there openly to be named At the whiche Obite so yerely to be holden and kepte there and for bred ale chese & spices and for all that is necessary therto I wolle that there bee expended xiij^ iiij'^ Also I wolle that the said Wardeyns of the said Mystier yerely forev^'more pay and delyv"^ to the Wardeyns of the Ffraternytie of Seynt Gile founded in the pyshe Churche London Bell- Founders. 65 of Seynt Gile w^out Crepulgate of London and to their successos six shillings viii'^ sterlinge so that my Soule and the Soules afor- said may be preid for daily as the Soules of the Brotherne and Sustren of the same ffraternytie of Seynt Gile of Comen use been in the said Churche of Seynt Gile wonte and accustumed to be pried for towerdes the fyndyng of the preests of the said fraternytie And I wolle also that the forsaid Wardeyns of the Comynaltie of the Mystery of Fyshemong^'^ of the saide Citie of London for the tyme beyng yerely and forevmore by them self or els by their deputie or deputies purvey buy and delyv'^ vj''''xviij quarters of Coles or els money to buy w*^ the same Coles unto the same nombre after the price of viij'^ for evry quarter of the said Coles to be delte and disposed by th'advice and discrecon of oone good man or two of ev^yche paryshe where at the said Coles shall be given or distributed Wherof ffirst I wolle that there be given unto evryche of xvj of the poire househoulders and needy that bee freemen and women of the said Crafte of Ffyshe- mongers 'longing to Oldefyshestrete of London two quarters of Coles And to x of the poire and nedy housholders beyng fremen and women of the said Crafte of Ffyshemongers longing unto Bridgestrete of London evryche of them ij quarters of Coles And to viii of the poire and needy housholders of the same Crafte being fremen and women in Thamysstrete of London evryche of them ij quarters of Coles And also unto xxx of the poire and needy people beyng householders & dwellyng in the said Pyshe of Seynt Botulphe w*oute Algate of London evryche of them a quarter of Coles And to xx*' of the poire houshold^ w*in the Crafte of Ffounders dwellyng wMn the walles of the Citie of London evry of them a quarter of Coles And to x of the poire and needy people dwellyng in the forsaid pyshe of Seynt Katheryne beside Crechurche beyng householders evryche of them a quarter of Cooles And to x of the poire and needy people beyng householders dwellyng in the Aley goig into the Fleete out of Fleetestreete in the said Pyshe of Seynt Brigide in Fletestreete and to some dwellyng w^oute the same Aley beyng K 66 London Bell-Founders. householders aboute and nexte to the Fletebridge evryche of them a quarter of Cooles The some totall in money for all the forsaid vj'^^xviij q^ters of Cooles after forsaid prys of viij^ for evry quarter amounteth to the some yerely of iv^^ xij^ The whiche Coles unto the said hole nombre I wolle that ther be given and distributed in the forme above said yerely and for- ev^more betwene the feeste of Mighelmas and the feaste of Christmas next ensuyng And if the said Coles be bought for lesse price than is aforesaid that then I wolle that there bee delyv^ed and given moo Coles after the good discrecon of the Wardeyns of the said Crafte of Ffyshemongers for the tyme beyng And furthermore I the forsaid Henry Jordon Wolle and prey that the Maire of London and his successours the maire of London for the tyme beyng ones in the yere forev^more have ov^sight and see that this my p'sent laste Wille at suche tyme as shallbe at his pleasure and leasure be truly executed pfourmed and fulfilled in all thyngs and by all things according to all the hole charge of the disposicon of this my said wille by the Wardeins of the Comynaltie of the forsaid Mystery of Ffyshe- mongers Ffor the whiche oVfSight and labour of the said Maire in this parte by hym to be had & doone I wolle that the War- deyns of the same Mistery or Crafte of Ffyshemongers for the tyme beyng forev^more paye to the same Maire of London for the tyme being yerely forev^more takyng upon hym the said ov^sight and labo^ for the execucon of the servysses x^ sterlinge Also I wolle that the Comen Clerke of the said Citie for the tyme being have evry yere for evrmore to remember the Maire of the said charges iij^ iiij*^ to be paide by the said Wardeyns of the Mysterye of Fyshemongers of London. And the residue of the money comyng and to be taken of the said Rents yerely and forevmore I wolle that the same Wardeins and ther Successor evry yere and forevrmore havve for their labo* in this pte to be had and for the executyng of this my Wille xls sterlinge that is to say evryche of them vjs viijd And whatsoev^ leveth over unspente of the said residue I wolle that it London Bell-Founders, 6y be disposed yerely and forev^more to the reperacon mayn- teynyng upholdyng and susteynyng of the forsaid rentes and to the moste necessarye and proufitable use of the said Crafte or mystery of Ffyshemongers Wherof the hole some of the forsaid charges amounteth yerely to xvij7£ sts And if the forsaid War- deyns of the Comynaltie of the said Crafte of Ffyshemongers of the Citie of London or their successours for the tyme being be forgetfull negligent or slowe and kepe not nor fulfill all and singuler the charges of this my present Wille and evry pcell of them in like maner and fourme as it is beforewritten at eny tyme by the space of two hole yeres so that warnying therof to them be given and made by the maier or maires of the Citie of London for the tyme beyng by iij tymes w^in and duryng the same ij yeres Or els if the said Wardeyns of Ffyshemongers suffre the said tenements and messuage w^ th'appurtenaunces to falle in decay and feble to the fallyng downe by defaulte of due reperacions after like warnyng of ij yeres by the said maire or maires to them to be made for the same I the forsaid Henry Jordon woUe and ordeyn by this my p'sent testament That then all the forsaid landes and tenements with the appurtenances in Billiterlane and in the forsaid pyshe of Seynt Katheryn Cre- churche remayne to the maire and Comynaltie of the said Citie of London for the tyme beyng and to their successours forev^- more to the susteynyng of London Bridge and of the Preests and Clerkes of the Chapell of Seynt Thomas upon the same bridge to fynde a good honest Freest forev^" there to syng in the said Chapell And I wolle that the Maistres and Wardeyns of the said Brydge for the tyme beyng and there successours pay yerely and forev^more to the said Preeste for his salary tenne markes sterlyng to pray daily yerely and perpetually for my Soule and for the Soules of Johanne my wiffe Giles and Mar- garete my fader and mother Richard Hill and Johanne his Wiffe and all Cristen Soules And whatsoeV* shall remayne or be resi- due of the rentes comyng and to be taken yerely of the forsaid Tenements in Billiter lane and in the parisshe of Seynt Kathe- 68 London Bell-Founders. ryne Crechurche ov"" the forsaid x mrks I wolle that it remayne and be counted to the onely use of the sustentacon of the said Bridge And I wolle also that than all the forsaid landes and tenements rents and svyces w' th'appurtennces at Ffleete- bridge in the said Paryshe of Seynt Brigide in Ffleetestrete hooly remayne to the forsaid Abbesse and Systers of the house of mynoresse beforenamed for the tyme beyng and to their succes- sours Abhesse and Systers therof forev^more w*" the revenues & rents therof comyng to holde an yerely Obite in their Churche for my soule and the Soules of Johanne my Wifife Giles and Margarete my fader and my moder Richard Gille and Johanne his Wiffe and all Cristen Soules and also to fynde perpetually an honest Preeste specially and daily to syng and say his masses at the Aultre in Trynytie Chapell on the North side of the Conent Churche of the said Abbesse and Systres as other dyvyne svrce in the same Conent Churche to pray for my Soule and all the Soules of all the psones before named And that Obite so to be holden and doone by the said Abbesse and Susters and by the friers of the same place and their Successoures for the tyme beyng in that moneth that I shall decease in every yere and for- evermore I wolle also that the said Abbesse and Susters and their Successours yerely and forev^more by their true and suffi- cient deputie pay and delyv"" bifore the day off kepyng of the said Obite to ffourty of the povereste people after their reasons of men and women of the Paryshe of Seynt Botulphe withoute Algate biforewritten and inhabituants in the same paryshe that is to wite to eche of them eight pence to prey for my Soule the some therof is twenty-six Shillynges and eight pence And in likewise to twenty of the poverest people of the Crafte of Ffounders of London to ev^yche of them eight pence (S^me) thirtene Shillyngs and foure pence And in the same maner to twenty of the poverest people dwellyng and beyng residentes in the said Paryshe of Seynt Katheryn Crechurche every che of them eight pence (S"m) thirtene Shillynge and ffoure pence. The hoole somme of money to be distributed as is afore- London Bell- Founders, 69 saide is ffyfty three shillynges and foure pence to prey for my Soule And of this my presente Testamente I make and ordeyn myn Executours (that is to wite) Maister Hugh Damlett Gierke Thomas Burgoyne Gentilman Hugh Pool Gentilman William Chamberleyn Ffounder and Thomas Dalstone Glover And I Biquethe to either of the said Maister Hugh Damlett and Thomas Burgoyne for his labour in that partie Tenne shillynges sterlynges And I bequethe to evr>'' of the said Hugh Pool William Chamberleyn and Thomas Dalston for his labour six shillynges and eight pence sterlynges In Witness wherof to this my prsente Testamente I havve sett my scale Geven in the day and yere aboovesaid. THE CODICIL nexte after written is annexed to the Testamente In Ptechement undre Scale Also I Henry Jordon Citezein and Ffyshemonger of London Wolle and requyre that the Wardeyns of the Comynaltie of the Mysterye of Ffyshemongers of the Citie of London named and specified in my testamente wherto this Codicell is annexed and their successos Wardeyns of the said Mysterye for the tyme beyng or their deputie or deputies supporte releive and helpe Dan Henry Jordon my sone monke pfessed in the house of Horley in Barkeshire in tyme of his neede couenyently as it bisemeth to his ease and nedeful unto hym w^ money as it pleas them as ofte tymes as suche case shall befalle or happe duryng his lifife And for this cause that if the Pryo^ and Covent of the said house of Horley for the tyme beyng kepe hym to streightly or otherwise entrete hym than he ought of very right and duetie to be doone to Or els that they wolle putte awey from hym his abite and livyng of a Monke there whiche he hath chosen to hym. And also I wolle that if Thomas Wydm^ pole Citezein and Ffyshemonger of London abide and contynue his dwellyng in the Citie of London or nygh to the same duryng his life be 70 London Bell- Founders. attendaunte by that medyat tyme when nede shall be to remem- bre and be helpyng to his power unto the Wardeyns of the Comynaltie of the forsaid Mistery of Ffyshemongers for the tyme beyng and se that my said laste Wille and testamente herunto annyxed be fulfulled and doone And also that the said War- deyns of Ffyshemongers and their Successors Wardeyns of the said Mystrie for the tyme beyng pay for me all the hoole charge by me in the said testament oute of all my landes and tent^ w^ th'app^tennces named and specified in the said testamente charged to be paid in pfo^myng and fulfillyng of my said Wille in like manr and fo^me and also according as it is written in the said testament And for this labo'" to be doone in the svrysses of the attendaunce of the said Thomas Widm^'pole I wolle that the said Wardeyns of the Comynaltie of the said Crafte of Ffyshe- mongers and their successos Wardeyns of the same Crafte of Ffyshemongers for the tyme beyg pay to the same Thomas Widm'*pole evry yere duryng his life w^in the moneth that myn Obite shallbe kepte at the forsaid churche of St. Butolp w^out Algate of London x^ stg And if he doo eny thing more to the ease of the^Wardeyns of the said Crafte of Ffyshemongers for the tym e beng then that they give hym more for his labo^" con- sciencely as he desvyth Also I the forsaid Henry Jordon wolle and ordeyn by these psents that the coste and charge of th'inrollyng of my testament or laste Wille herto annexed shalbe borne and paide upon & w' my moovable goods. The codicil is rather curious. It opens up a glimpse of a possible *' seamy side " of monastic life. The Billiter Street properties are still in the possession of the Fishmongers' Company, having been bought back by them from the Crown in Edward VI. s reign, when all pro- perties held for ** superstitious uses " were coolly confiscated by Parliament for the benefit of the Crown. London Bell-Fotcndei^s. 71 I have endeavoured to trace the later occupants of the foundry, supposing that the Company would probably lease it as a ''going concern," but without success, owing to the destruction, in the great fire of 1666, of the major part of their records. I assume Jordan's shop and dwelling-house to have been at the north-west corner of the street, now fronting on Leaden- hall Street, and that the foundry was on the west side of Billiter Street, on a space now partially occupied by the East and West India Dock-house. The earliest notice I findof the " foundry " site in the Company's books, after Jordan's time, is In 1592, when it was in the tenancy of one Skynner, having previously been occupied by tenants of the names of Ffawnte and Richard Johnson. I do not recognise these as bell- founders' names, and therefore I conclude that by the Refor- mation period the premises had passed out of the trade. There was a foundry in Billiter Lane in 1529, as I find from an entry In the Founders' Company's books of that date. A. receipt of annual quarterage from *' Hewe Howyill, a Frenchman working In Bylleter Lane ;" '* Frenchman " being equivalent to foreigner or non-Londoner, the Individual In this case being plainly a Welchman. William Chamberlayne, one of the witnesses to Jordan's will, and, I am rather inclined to think, his successor In the foundry, was still living, and a member of the Court of the Founders' Company In 1497-8, the date at which their existing records first begin. The bequest to poor founders of the City of London Is still paid annually by the Fishmongers' to the Founders' Company. 72 London Bell-Founders. List of London Citizens who may have been Bell- Founders, WITH the Dates when they are mentioned IN City Records. Alwoldus, campanarius ... circa 1 1 50 Beneit le Seynter, campanarius ... Sheriff, 12 16 John of Amiens, campanarius ... temp Hen. III. Walter le Potter, Alderman (Sheriff, 1273) 1260-79 William de Suffolch, potter... .. 1276 John le Rous, potter . 1281 William le Rous, potter .. 1286 Adam le potter . 1282-87 Gilbert de la Marche, potter . 1282-88 Paul le potter . 1283-1312 Walter le potter . 1287-88 John de Totenham, potter ... . 1288-1315 John de Alegate, potter 1291 Philip de Ufford, potter . 1294-1316 Michael de Wymbish, potter . 1297-1310 William de Alegate, potter ... . 1299-1341 Alan de Suffolk, potter . 1300-1331 Geoffrey le potter t ... . 1303 Richard de Wymbish, potter . 1303-15 Robert Lorchon, potter . 1303-11 Adam de Chepe, potter . 1307 Ralph Wymbish, potter . 1308 William de Hadham, potter . 1309 * Probably there were two of this name, the earlier one's dates being 1299-1318 ; those of the latter, 1 330-1341. f Probably identical with Geoffrey of Edelmeton. See p. 10. London Bell-Founders. 73 John de Hadham, potter •• 1309-39 John atte Marche or de la Marche, potter .. 1310-17 Roger le Rous, potter .. 1311 WilHam le Clerc, potter .. 1311-30 Henry in the Lane, potter .. 1311-30 Robert de Algate, potter ... .. 1311-32 Gilbert Schep, potter .. 1314-18 Nicholas le Rous, potter .. 1315 Walter de Braughtone, potter .. 1315-1S Robert de Hereford, potter .. 1316 Robert de Raughtone, potter - 1316 Walter Wymblsh ... Doubtful John Aleyn ... ... Doubtful Salomon le potter ... ... 1330 Peter de Weston, potter ... 1330-48 John de Romeneye, potter ... 1331-49 Peter de Blithe, potter ••• 1335-53 John Poul, potter ... 1335 Peter de Herlawe, potter ... ... 1338 John de Stowe, potter ... 1341 William in the Lane, potter ... 1347 William Schep, potter ... 1347-49 Roger de Kyrkeby, potter ... ... 1347-56 Thomas de Weston, potter ... 1349 John Barbydor, potter ... 1349 William Cosyn, potter ... 1349-69 Thomas Croucheman, potter ... 1349-69 Adam Mantel, potter ••• 1351 Robert Ryder, potter or brazier ... ... 1351-86 74 London Bell-Founders. Simon Hathfield, potter 1353-73 Robert de Blithe, brazier 1356 William Revel 1356 William Rofforde Doubtful Simon Cardoun, brazier 1356-73 Philip Chamberleyn, potter... 1356-82 Robert Russe, brazier 1356-97 Roger Rous or Rose de Bury ' 1358-92 Alan Rous, potter ... . 1361 Henry Derby, Ironmonger ... 1362-90 John Scorchenlll, brazier ... 1367 Walter Byxle, brazier . 1369 John Hey ward, potter . 1369-73 William Burford, bellezetter 1371-92 John Langhorne, brazier ... I 3 79- I 405 Thomas Haward . 1382 Thomas Pulberghe ... . 1382 William Founder . I 385-1408 Robert Burford, bellezetter 1392-1418 Thomas PIryton, brazier . 1405-10 John Brid or Bird ... . 1418 END OF PART I. PART II. THE CHURCH BELLS OF SURREY, THERE are in the county of Surrey 388 churches and chapels, containing, as far as I am able to ascertain, 1030 bells. These figures do not pretend to perfect accuracy, as there may have been a few churches recently opened for Divine worship of which I have not heard ; and again, I have not perfect information as to the number of bells in each of the new churches. In default of information, I have credited each church with one bell only. Of the above churches and chapels 147 only are of older foundation than the present century. They contain 694 bells, the dates of which are as under : Pre-reformation bells ... ... 22 1570 to 1600 ... ... ... 13 1 60 1 to 1700 , ... ... ... 134 1701 to 1800 260 1801 to 1883 250 In addition, there are 15 bells whose date it is impossible to fix with accuracy. It is almost needless to state that the 76 The Church Bells of Surrey. remaining 336 bells required to make the grand total of 1030 are all dated in the present century. These 1030 bells are distributed as follows : I peal of 1 2 ... 12 6 , , 10 60 29 . 8 232 36 , 6 216 17 . 5 85 8 , 4 32 34 , 3 102 17 - , 2 34 Single bells 241 Priest' s, sanctus , and clock bells . 16 1030 It will thus be seen that from an antiquarian point of view the church bells of Surrey are of but little interest. If we eliminate — as I think we may fairly do — all *' new " churches from our calculations, there still remains the fact that only 35 bells, or just over two per cent., are older than 1600. The nearness of the county to the metropolis, and the conse- quent facility for recasting, will, I think, combined with the mania for *' peals," which sprung up during the first half of the eighteenth century, account for this small percentage of ** ancients." There are, however, a few bells still left of antiquarian interest, and one which is a puzzle, whether it be an ancient or (as I suspect) an eighteenth century piece of handiwork. Of these I now proceed to give an account, in chronological The Church Bells of Surrey, yy sequence, so far as can be ascertained or reasonably surmised, and grouping together those bells which by Identity of stamps or lettering show signs of affinity. First, then, as earliest In date, we have to deal with those bearing Inscriptions in Lombardic letters (sometimes called "uncials " or " Gothic capitals "). Of these there are 6 still to be found ; and, in addition, one which has been recast, with the original inscription ad- mirably reproduced in facsimile by Messrs. Warner and Sons. First in order comes the single bell at Chaldon, the church famous for its magnificent twelfth century fresco, covering the whole west wall of the nave. That the bell is as old as the fresco I dare not avow, but It Is undoubtedly the oldest bell In the county. In shape very like a common flower-pot, but the crown rather spherical than flat, the sides almost straight and not fining off into a sharp angle below the sound bow, but ending with an abrupt curve, and apparently of the same thickness all tlie way down. It is very like an early Italian bell figured by Mr. Ellacombe in his *' Bells of the Church " (Fig. 3, p. 530). There are no '' lines " on the bell except at the inscription band. The inscription — is in well-formed letters, specimens of which are given on Plate XL, Nos. 148 to 151. I think it may be certainly reckoned as not later in date than 1250, and from its archaic shape may well be much older. 78 The Church Bells of Stirrey. The 2nd bell at Bisley I place next in point of date. It bears the unusual inscription — in somewhat smaller letters than the last. The alphabet is much like one used by Richard de Wymbish (see ante, Plate II.). The inscription is not, as usual, on a band below the shoulder, but directly on the angle formed by the crown and the shoulder. Specimens of the lettering are given on Plate XL, Nos. 152 to 159. I was at first inclined to ascribe the casting, or rather the gift of this bell, to the abbot and convent of Chertsey, who were Lords of the Manor of Bisley, but my friend Canon William Cooke, F.S.A., kindly reminds me that *' Fraternitas " is never used to signify a monastic community. It means a body of externs either attached to a monastery or a parish church. The privilege of '' Fraterni- tas " conferred great spiritual benefit on the person enrolled from a participation in the prayers and devotional offices of the monks or clergy. It also carried with it obligations, and was a means of securing favour and protection to the mon- astic community. The form of admission to Fraternity found at the end of the Exeter Pontifical concludes thus : " Magister ad petentem dicat : We take yow Maister N. into oure Bretherdon, graunting to yow the spirituall partetaking of all masses, matynes, evensongisy praiours, fastingis^ abstinencis, wacchiSf labores, and other good dedis, the wheche to the pray sing of God teethe don among tis and all oures.'' Wicliff denounced letters of Fraternity as one means used by the The Church Bells of Surrey. 79 Friars for *' wynning of worldli good or worldl wirschip that thei coveten," and Piers Plowman wrote — " For while Fortune is thy friend friers will the love And fetche the to their fraternitie." — Fo. liii. b.* I am inclined to date this bell as early in the fourteenth century, during the abbacy of John de Rutherwyke, 1307 to 1346. The donors were doubtless the fraternity attached to Chertsey Abbey, to which house Bisley belonged. Two ancient bells at Wotton next claim attention. They are both evidently from the same foundry, and bear the fol- lowing inscriptions — II. + ^©'M.M-^MS^mB m^n.%BW% ^M^^^m The initial cross on both is Figure No. 160, and the stop, No. 161, occurs between each word. The letters are bold Fig. 160. Fig. 161. and well-formed, if in. in height. The curious conglomera- * In the Additional MSS. (No. 5827), p. 212, is the admission of Richard Olney and his daughter to the Fraternity of the Charterhouse in 1437. 8o The Church Bells of Surrey, tion of crosses on No. i bell is given in Figures 162 and 163. The stop and lettering are much Hke those used by Stephen Norton (Plate VIII.), but are plainer and uncrowned. They are doubtless of the latter half of the fourteenth century, Fig. 162. Fig. 163. and are the workmanship either of a Reading or London founder. We now come to a small group of bells, evidently allied to The Church Bells of Surrey, 8i one another, although, as I think, by no means the work of one founder. The single bell at Chelsham is inscribed in large elegant capitals, with a fleur-de-lis (No. 164) between each word, and the initial cross, No. 165. Fig. 164. Fig. 165. The 5th at Limpsfield has been recast, but the original inscription has been most admirably reproduced in facsimile by Messrs. Warner and Sons. It has the same initial cross and stop, and the legend — Bells with this lettering are fairly abundant in Essex, Kent, and Sussex, and are doubtless the work of a London founder — not impossibly William Burford, of whom I have spoken in Part I. of this book. Nos. 166 and 167 are specimens. Connected with these bells is the 2nd at Merstham, dedi- cated to St. Katharine, with a black-letter inscription ; but M 82 The Church Bells of Surrey, the capitals used are those found on the last two-mentioned bells. The Initial cross is also the same. Fig. 1 66. Fig. 167. Two other bells bear the same capitals, but they bear a distinctive foundry mark, and are, I think, from a different maker. They are the 3rd at East Horsley and the single bell at Headley. The black-letter "• smalls " on these are different from those on the Merstham bell. They bear the cross No. 165, but in addition the other well-known cross No. 168, and foundry shield No. 169, known as the cross and ring shield. Fig. 168. Fig. 169. The Church Bells of Surrey, 83 If the capitals used on these bells were, as I fancy, the property at one time of William Burford, we may ascribe the Merstham bell, later in date, as being in black letter, to Robert Burford, his son. At his death the foundry came to an end, and the stamps passed into other hands. Not impro- bably those of Richard Hille. I have already given my reasons (p. 54) for connecting the "cross and ring" shields with Richard Hille, and Johanna, his wife ; afterwards, probably, the wife and ultimately the widow of one Sturdy. If what I have there advanced be correct, we must connect with these last two bells — at East Horsley and Headley— the little 3rd bell at Stoke D'Aber- non bearing the cross (Fig. 170), and initials + I O H (Fig. 171) with coin (Fig. 171^), and ascribe the founding of this last to Johanna Sturdy, Y\Q. \1\ a, widow, about the middle of the fifteenth century. Fig. 170. Fig. 171. The remaining bell in the county with an inscription en- tirely in capitals is the 5th at Chertsey, which local tradition 84 The Church Bells of Surrey states to have come from the abbey at the dissolution. It bears the same inscription as the ist at Wotton, in handsome crowned letters (Plate XII.). It has, in addition, the well- known initial cross, given on the same plate, the '* Lion's Head," foundry stamp No. i8i, and a coin. The stop be- tween each word is given in Figure 182. Fig. 181 Fig. 182. With this bell is connected by stamp and lettering a small group of five ^' black-letter " bells — at East Clandon, Chid- dingfold, Ewhurst, and Seale. The Seale bell (lately recast) bore the cross and the lion's head only, without any inscription. The other four bells each bear the lion's head and the coin, and the capitals used on them (always crowned) are those used on the Chertsey bell. They are, the 1st at East Clandon, inscribed — the Chertsey stop (No. 182) being placed horizontally after The Church Bells of Surrey, 8:; the R for a slur. The initial cross is the same as on the Chertsey bell. The Chiddingfold bell (No. 3) Is Inscribed — It has no initial cross, but bears the well-known R L founder's shield (No. 183^'), the ownership of which has not yet been traced. I have a strong suspicion that the mystery stands a good chance of being cleared up when the bells of Hamp- shire are taken in hand by some one competent to the task. Fig. 183. The 4th at Ewhurst has in addition to the inscription- the Chertsey initial cross and the R L shield. * It has got the fashion to call this the R L W shield— quite erroneously, however. The letters on the stamp are R L ; the thing at the bottom is a "merchant's mark," not a W. Besides, three letters would imply a double Christian name, a thing almost unknown in England in pre- Reformation times. 86 The Church Bells of Surrey, The 3rd bell at Ewhurst is inscribed — with the Chertsey initial cross and the coin and lion's head stamp. Mr. A. D. Tyssen believes this lion's head stamp to have belonged to one or other of the Reading foundries during the fifteenth century (''Sussex Bells," p. 9). It is certain that the stamps and lettering were in Reading in the middle of the sixteenth century, and used by John Saunders, bell-founder, of that town, who died in 1559. But I find from the books of the Founders' Company that for the last three years of his life John Saunders was also founding in London ; and I think he may well have picked up the stamps there. The lion's head stamp is found on bells so widely scattered over the kingdom, from Norfolk to Somerset (at Angersleigh, in the latter county, in company with an undoubted London cross), that I cannot help coming to the conclusion that it was originally the distinguishing mark of an early fifteenth-century London founder, and that it migrated later — possibly to Winchester — to the possession of a founder whose initials were R. L., and certainly finally to Reading. Next come two black-letter bells bearing similar lettering and stamps. The 2nd at Merton, dedicated to St. Margaret, and the ist at Burstow, dedicated to St. Thomas. These bear the well-known initial cross No. 184, the Royal Arms (uncrowned), and the ornament No. 185, which were un- doubtedly from a London foundry, and owned at one time by a founder whose initials were L D., the name being as yet a The Church Bells of Surrey, 87 mystery, but with a probability in favour of one Danyel. (See mite^ p. 58.) Fig. 184. Fig. 185. Two bells — one, the 3rd at Merrow, bearing the motto — and one (formerly the 3rd at Betchworth, now recast) in- scribed — are both also from a London foundry. They both have (or rather had) the well-known *' cross keys " stamp (No. 186), the Fig. 186. Fig. 187. ss The Church Bells of Surrey, medallion, *'Jesu merci " (No. 187), and the '* banner" shield (No. 188), with a device as yet undeciphered. From the Fig. 188. evidence I have before adduced (p. 59), I think we may fairly ascribe these bells to Giles Jordan or his son Henry ; but probably to the latter. We now come to four '* black-letter " bells, all differing from one another, and from any of the other bells in the county. First of them is the 3rd at Limpsfield, with an inscription to St. Margaret. It bears in addition the stamp of a rose (No. 189), the letters T H, and the impress of a coin. Mr. Tyssen (" Sussex Bells," p. 7) would ascribe this to one Thomas Hickman, circa 1358. I think the fact of the inscription being in black letter proves the bell to be very much later, whilst the use of the rose points to the latter part of the fifteenth century as a much more likely date. Thomas Harrys, of London, bell- founder, who was doing work for King's College, Cambridge, in 1478-79, is, I ^'H Fig. 189. The Church Bells of Surrey 89 Fig. 191. think, a more plausible candidate for the honour of having cast this bell. The 4th at Walton-on-Thames bears the well-known in- scription — In X3^uUt0 M.xvxx^ ^M^t^^^ntl ^Tantpana I^riannts The initial cross and capitals are crowned (see Plate VIII.), and it has also cross No. 191. The crowned cross and capitals were at one time the property of Stephen Norton, of Kent, and passed from him to some London founder of the fifteenth century, as I have already detailed. The 6th bell at Limpsfield bears an initial cross of much the same character, but larger and uncrowned. It is inscribed — Sum ^xma ;^ufeafa i^Eluntri XSarta "yTxrcafa in very large handsome well-formed letters. The cross and capitals are given on Plate XIII. This bell has been re-cast ; but the original inscription has been most faithfully reproduced by Messrs. Warner and Sons. There are other bells with this lettering in Essex ; and I am inclined to date them some- what late in pre- Reformation times. The 2nd bell at Thursley bears an inscription of some four- teen letters, placed at intervals, three inches apart, round the band, but it is quite undecipherable, a black-letter S being the only one free from doubt. The wide spacing of the letter- ing rather indicates a somewhat early date, prior, I think, to 1450. N 90 The Church Bells of Surrey, I have only two more pre- Reformatlon bells to dispose of ; and of the authorship of these there can be no doubt, for they bear the well-known shield (No. 197) of William Culverden brazier, of London, who died In 1522. They are, the 3rd at Chobham, with large, handsome crowned capitals (No. 198), dedi- cated to St. Margaret, and with p cross (No. 199) or coins between the words ; and the 5th at Wimbledon Parish Church (a badly cast bell), inscribed to Fig. 198. The Church Bells of Stirrey, 91 St. Bartholomew, with a different Initial cross and coins. This latter bears also a shield, with a very curious letter or rebus upon It, which I give as Fig. No. 200, and of which Fig. 199. Fig. 200. I profess myself utterly incapable to make out the meaning. The Wimbledon capitals are not crowned. We come next to the Elizabethan bells, seventeen in number, Including two lately recast. They come from foundries at three different places, viz., London, Reading, and Wokingham. Of those from the last-named place, all cast by Richard Eldridge, I do not now propose to speak. As regards the others, we will take the London bells first. Robert Mot, the first owner of the Whitechapel foundry, who died in 1608, cast bells still at Banstead, Chertsey, Merstham, and Walton-on-the-HIll, all of them bearing his well-known circular stamp with his initials. The 2nd at Fetcham is also by him ; but, Instead of the circular stamp, it has the shield No. 201, originally the foundry stamp of the Brasyers of Norwich. There were, till recently, also bells 92 The Church Bells of Stcrrey. by him at Betchworth and Weybrldge (the latter bearing his initials only), also with his circular stamp. All these bells Fig. 20I (except the Weybridge one) are inscribed, in black letter, RiJlJierfus nttrf mt fmt, and are dated from 1585 to 1597. He seems to have had three different sets of lettering. His R is very badly formed, and he invariably spells his surname with a small m. To the same foundry, although not bearing the foundry stamps, we may also attribute the 2nd at Barnes, inscribed in coarse black letter, and dated 1575. The initial T belongs to the same alphabet as is used by Carter at Banstead (see posty p. 95), and would seem to indicate that these letters came to Mot, and through him to the Carters. This is con- firmed by the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th at Little Bentley, Essex, cast by Mot in 1599. The present 4 th bell at Wimbledon is also from the White- The Chttrch Bells of Sttrrey. 93 chapel foundry. It is Inscribed in large, peculiar, somewhat ill-shaped capitals — and Is dated 15 7-, the fourth figure being wanting. It has a bell (No. 202) at the beginning of the inscrip- tion, and 2. fleur-de-lis or an ornament of a cross- like form between the words. There Is a .precisely similar bell at Dovercourt, Essex, with Initials which I take to be R. M., and dated 1572. The 4th at Cranleigh, with the initials A. W., Fig. 202. and the inscription — PRAI8 GOD dated 1599, cannot be identified as yet. There are bells by this maker In Sussex and Kent, which would seem to point to him as either a London or a *' local " founder, not Improbably one casting at Horsham, Sussex. His lettering has affinities to the Reading and Chertsey Roman letters. From one of the Reading foundries — that belonging to the Knight family — we have two bells in Surrey of this period. One by William Knight, dated 1583, and Inscribed, In coarse large black letter — + muKii: anti: xtt)iXit% cam^rana tiJiianic The cross is a plain Maltese one, and there Is a fleur-de-lis (of the same shape as that used by the Eldridges) between each word. This Is the 2nd at Dunsfold. The Inscription Is a curious instance of survival and of phonetics. 94 The Church Bells of Surrey. The other bell is the 3rd at Peperharow. It has, with the same Maltese cross as the last bell, the inscription — K^tt^t ~Myi\^\^ X^atrc ^iitt 1603 This foundry, which was carried on by at least six genera- tions of the Knights — from 1560 to 1710, when the last of them, Samuel, removed to London — was, I am inclined to hold, an offshoot from London. In the ** Bells of Sussex" (p. 20, footnote) Mr. Tyssen gives the names, presumably about 1565, of the then bell-founders of Reading, William Welles, William Knight, and Vincent Gorowaye. I am by no means sure that the date of this list should not be placed somewhat earlier. In the books of the Founders' Company of London for 15 18 I find the name of Winsent Galaway, while a certain William Knight was Under Warden in that year. Upper Warden in 1528, and Master of the Guild in 1530-31- This similarity of names is remarkable; the two may have migrated to Reading, or their sons and namesakes may. In the case of the Galaways the names are so peculiar as almost to amount to a certainty, but as regards the Knights, the name being rather a common one, the identity is not so easily to be assumed. Passing now from Elizabeth's reign to that of James I., it will be most convenient here to take up the bells cast by Joseph and William Carter. Joseph, the father, was casting bells at Reading from 1579 till 16 10. According to Mr. Tyssen, he started business in London in t6o6, seemingly at the Whitechapel Foundry, in succession to Robert Mott, his son William taking charge thereof. There is only one bell The Church Bells of Surrey, 95 of his extant In Surrey — the 2nd at Walton-on-Thames — and as it Is dated 1608, might have been cast either in Reading or In London. It bears the Inscription — in the mediaeval capital letters also used by William, about which I shall have something to say directly. William Carter's bells are five in number, viz. : the former 3rd at Weybrldge, lately recast ; the 3rd at MIckleham and the 5th at Walton-on-Thames — both these last dated 16 10, and with a Latin inscription ; the 2nd at Banstead, dated 16 13, and the 2nd at West Moulsey, which last, as well as the Weybrldge bell, is dated 16 14. These last three are in- scribed in English. The Walton bell Is all In small black letter, except the Initial W. The other bells are all In Gothic capitals, of which I give specimens on Plate XIV. It has been stated that these are from the alphabet used by the Brasyers of Norwich in the fifteenth century. I think a comparison of my figures with those given In the '* Church Bells of Norfolk " will show that this is erroneous. Though alike, they are not Identical. To return for an instant to Reading and the Knight family. We have at Frensham three bells dated 1627, evi- dently the remains of a peal of five cast by Ellis Knight. They are the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th, and are inscribed — 2. I AS SECOND WILL RING 3. I AS THIRD WILL SING 4. I AS TENAR HVM ALL ROVND 96 The Church Bells of Surrey. The 2nd bell at Morden, dated 1604, and with the donor's name, R. GARTH, in coarse Roman capitals, bears also the maker's Initials, W g (perhaps meant for S W), evidently formed by scratching them inside the ''cope." I am at present quite unable to connect these Initials with any name. Three bells by William Land come next under our notice. The 3rd at Fetcham, with his initials only, and the date 1613. The I St at Barnes, dated 161 6, and the 5 th at Dulwich Col- lege Chapel, dated 1633, both with his name in full. Accord- ing to Dr. Raven ('' Cambridge Bells," p. 62) he was an Eastern Counties founder, and perhaps a foreman of Stephen Tonni, of Bury St. Edmunds— a bell at St. Edmund's Church, Cambridge, bearing his initials under date 1576. I cannot help thinking there must be some error here; 1576 to 1633 is a very wide Interval for a man to be founding. Query, Were there not two William Lands, father and son ; or, more probably, three ? See note against Bermondsey, post. A bell by John Wilnor — the 5th at Dorking — is the only contribution to Surrey from the neighbouring county of Kent. It Is dated 1626. John and Henry Wilnor's foundry w^as at Borden, and they died In 1640 and 1644 respectively. ('* Sussex Bells," p. 34.) From the foundry of the Hodson family (who were, ac- cording to Mr. Tyssen, the principal London founders of the latter half of the seventeenth century) we have ten bells in Surrey. The ist and 2nd at Chipstead, dated 1658, and bearing the Initials of John Hodson's foreman, William Hull ; the two bells at Caterham, dated 1664 ; and the full peal of The Church Bells of Surrey. 97 five at Coulsdon, dated 1675. All these have John Hodson's name on them, but the last five bear also the initials C H, for Christopher Hodson, whose name appears alone on the 2nd bell at Addington, with the date 1683. The other three bells of this last-mentioned peal — the treble being dated 1655, while Nos. 3 and 4 are quite plain — are also stated by Aubrey to be by the Hodsons. The treble at Betchworth (lately recast) was by Christopher Graye (whom Dr. Raven calls probably a degenerate son of "Colchester" Graye). He seems to have wandered about a good deal, mainly in the East of England, and the place where this production of his was cast is doubtful. We must now hark back to the Whitechapel foundry. From the Carters it passed to their foreman, Thomas Bart- lett, in 1619. He died about 1647, and was succeeded by Anthony, his son ; and he, in 1676, by his son James. This last was a member of the Founders' Company, paying his fine for admission to the livery in 1677, ^^d serving as Under Warden in 1691 and Upper Warden in 1695. From James we have eight bells in Surrey, including the 4th, 6th, and 7th at Richmond (dated 1680), and the clock- bell there. The fourth has the foundry stamp No. 203 and the inscription — " Lambert made me weak, not fit to ring, But Bartlet amongst the rest hath made me sing." (I cannot identify this Lambert, but he was probably a London bellfounder). The clock-bell bears the initials W H, which would seem to denote the somewhat ubiquitous o 98 The Church Bells of Surrey Fig. 203. William Hull again, sometime foreman to John Hodson, now to James Bartlett, and also, as we see from Mr. Tyssen's book ('' Sussex Bells," p. 28) casting for himself at South Mailing. I think he must have been the son of one John Hull, a member of the Founders' Company, and Master of that Guild in 161 3 and 1627. The other four bells of James Bartlett's are at Christ Church, Southwark, and dated in 1700, the last year of his life. All his Surrey bells bear his circular medallion, evi- dently copied from Robert Mott's, and used before him by both Thomas and Anthony. Philip Wightman cast five bells of the present peal at Mortlake in the years 1694-5, the tenor (alone) bearing the later date. I can find out nothing as yet about this founder. Dr. Raven (p. 99) states him to have been managing the The Church Bells of Surrey. 99 Whitechapel foundry ; if so, it would seem to have been in James Bartlett's time, but his dates and inscriptions at Mort- lake point to his being in business on his own account six or seven years before Bartlett's death.* Before passing to the eighteenth century, I just wish to mention here the Eldridge family — the only Surrey bell- founders of any continuance. I have given them a chapter to themselves. One other Surrey bell-founder, only I think of temporary abidance, may be briefly dismissed. I allude to Michael Darbie, of Southwark. In Tighe and Davis's '' History of Windsor" is an account of a contract made with him in 1674 for the recasting of the bells there. He was eminently itinerant. No bells in the county can be identified as being by him. He may have been the author of some of the unin- scribed ones, notably the 2nd at Maiden, which from marks on the headstock dates from his time. Two bells in the county are the workmanship of two members of a well-known bell-founding family — the Bagleys — who, starting originally at Chacombe, Northants, appear to have branched out in various directions. Matthew Bagley, the nephew of Henry, the first at Chacombe, came to London in or about 1687— so I find from the Books of the Founders' Company — and died there in 171 5. The single bell at Tooting is by him, and bears the date 1705. There is also at Woodmansterne a bell (the 2nd), dated 171 7, in- scribed "James Bagley fecit." I know nothing of this James ; he may have been Matthew's son and successor. * William Wightman, his father, was certainly foreman to John Hodson in 1653. loo The Church Bells of Surrey. One of the later Bagleys migrated to Reading. In the Registers of Tylehurst, Berks, Is an entry under date 1723 of the recasting of an old peal of five into a new ring of six bells, by Henry Bagley, of Reading, bell-founder. From the celebrated Gloucester foundry of the Rudhalls we have the entire peal of eight at St. George the Martyr, Southwark, cast by Abraham Rudhall in 1718. John Waylett, hailing from London, but mainly an " Itine- rant," cast the 3rd bell at Home in 1718. Samuel Knight, first of Reading and afterwards of London, cast several bells still In the county. The 5th at Chidding- fold, dated 1699, is without doubt a Reading bell ; the others were all cast In London. They are the 3rd at Dulwlch Col- lege Chapel, dated 1739; the 3rd and 8th at Epsom, dated 1737; and ten out of the beautiful peal of twelve at St. Saviour's, Southwark (Nos. 10 and 11 have been since recast). These twelve were cast on the spot in a shed In Winchester Yard— so I am informed by Mr. Mash, the steeple-keeper. His bells are very roughly cast, but excep- tionally fine in tone. His foundry was In an unidentified spot (probably^ I think, Shoe Lane), In the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn. He died In the latter part of 1739, his will being dated 15th Novem- ber, and proved on the 19th December in that year. He was succeeded In his business by his executor and residuary legatee, Robert Catlin. There are eighteen bells of his in the county. The entire peal of six at Horsell, four of the Richmond peal, three at Kingston-on-Thames, and odd bells at Mortlake, Dorking, The Church Bells of Surrey, loi Frensham, and Christ Church, Southwark, as well as the small priest's, or clock bell, at the last-named church. They range in date from 1740 to 1751. Catlin's business, after his death, came into the hands of Thomas Swain. Swain was a Middlesex man, the eldest son of Thomas Swain, of West Bedfont. During the later years of his life he lived at Longford, in the parish of Harmondsworth. I find him so described in deeds dated 1777 and 1781. The peal at Thames Ditton is by him, as also are odd bells at Thorpe, Cobham, Godalming, Bisley, and Epsom, making a total of eleven, bearing dates from 1753 to 1781. The single large bell at Windlesham — since recast — was also by him. With Swain this foundry seems to have ended. Before dealing with the Whitechapel foundry — part of whose continuous existence for three hundred years I have already traced — I will dismiss two offshoots from it — Thomas Janaway and Robert Patrick. Thomas Janaway, whose foundry at Chelsea began and ended with himself, did a fair amount of business in Surrey, there being twenty-eight of his productions still remaining. Two entire peals of eight, Battersea (St. Mary) and Bletch- ingley ; a peal of four at Holy Trinity, Clapham ; two at each of Epsom, Ashtead, and Charlwood ; and odd bells at Mortlake and Nutfield make up the tale. Dates vary from 1763 to 1785. Robert Patrick, who married Sarah Oliver, the grand- daughter of Thomas Lester (of the Whitechapel Foundry, whom we shall come to mention directly), started an opposi- I02 The CImrch Bells of Surrey, tion business in Whitechapel. His sole performance in Surrey is the peal of eight at Reigate (the treble of which has since been recast), dated 1784. To return now to the Whitechapel Foundry, which at the opening of the eighteenth century was still in the hands of James Bartlett. On his death, in January, 1701, the busi- ness passed to Richard Phelps. I cannot trace his early history ; apprenticeship in those days was the universal entry to a trade, and so we may be certain that he must have undergone the customary seven years, but to whomsoever he was ** bound " it was certainly not to James Bartlett. Had he been, there would have been an entry in the Founders' Company's apprenticeship book, which there is not; and, moreover, Richard would have been free of that guild, which he certainly never was.'"' Wherever he learned his business, he learned it thoroughly, and during the thirty-seven years he owned the Whitechapel Foundry he appears to have had a large and successful business — the largest, I fancy, in the kingdom. Surrey contains of his workmanship no less than eighty- two bells, including fifteen which have been since recast by others. Entire peals by him still exist at Oxted (five) and Sheire (six), whilst at St. Mary's, Lambeth, at Ockley, Wonersh, Bramley, Farnham, Epsom, and Worplesdon, the peals originally by him are now in part by later founders. The two rings at Haslemere and St. Nicholas, Guildford, of his founding, have been entirely recast. Altogether thirty * He was in business for himself before Bartlelt's death. There is a bell at Burhani, Kent, by him, dated 17CX). The Chtirch Bells of Surrey. 103 churches In the county contain more or fewer bells by him, and they range In date from 1701, at Ockley, to 1737, at East Clandon. The latest dated bell bearing his name Is the priest's bell at St. George's, Southwark, Inscribed — R. PHELPS 1738 T. LESTER FECIT, probably Indicating, as he died In August of that year, that an order given to him had been executed by his successor, Thomas Lester, his foreman, to whom, by his will, he be- queathed all his trade Implements, his business, and the lease of the foundry. Lester'"* was casting bells by himself from 1738 until 1752, according to Mr. Tyssen, and in that last-named year he took into partnership Thomas Pack, who had probably been his foreman. I find, however, at Holy Trinity, Guildford, a peal of eight, seven of which (the tenor was recast in 1779), with the date 1749, bear the inscription — CAST BY LESTER x\ND PACK while the 4th at Betchworth, lately recast, bore Lester's name alone, with the date 1750. Only sixteen of Lester's bells still remain in Surrey, but we have notes of fourteen more which have been recast ; of these last seven were at the parish church of Croydon, and destroyed In the fire there a few years ago (they were dated 1738), and a peal of five at Puttenham (also recast). Nos. i to 7 in the Rotherhithe peal of eight, three bells out of * There are many of this name on the Founders' Company's rolls during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. I04 The Chtirch Bells of Surrey, six at West Clandon, and three out of eight at Godalming — remains, doubtless, of entire peals — are among the sixteen survivals. Lester and Pack cast twenty-three now hanging in Surrey. The entire peal of six at St. Mary, Guildford, the peal at Holy Trinity, Guildford, just mentioned, five out of six at Ewell, and five odd ones. The latest date is 1767. Lester, however, survived until 1769, in which year, on his death, the firm was reconstructed, William Chapman, Lester's nephew, being taken into partnership. For a brief time all three names appear on bells (none, however, in Surrey), and then the firm becomes Pack and Chapman only. There are only five of their bells in Surrey ; a further three known to have been by them are now recast. They are dated from 1771 to 1779. William Mears, the first of several generations of that name, now comes to the front. He learned his business from Chapman, and in course of time started in business on his own account. Five of the present peal at Godstone (the treble has been recently added) and the 5th at Tandridge are inscribed — WILLIAM MEARS & Co LONDON FECIT 1777 On Pack's death in 1781, Chapman took Mears into partner- ship, and the firm became Chapman and Mears. Nos. i to 9 at Horsleydown bear their joint names and the date 1783, the order apparently not having been fully executed before Chap- man's death in 1784, as the tenor (No. 10) bears William Mears' name alone, and the date 1784. The Church Bells of Stcrrey. 105 In this last year this celebrated foundry passed to the Mears family, In whose hands It remained until 1865, In the following order of succession : — William Mears .. 1784 to 1786 W. and T. Mears .. 1787 „ 1791 Tho. Mears (the elder) .. 1791 „ 1804 Tho. Mears and Son ... .. 1805 „ 1809 Tho. Mears (the younger) .. 1810 „ 1843 C. and G. Mears .. 1844 „ i860 G. Mears and Co. .. 1861 „ 1865 In the last-mentioned year the business passed into the hands of Mr. Stalnbank, and It Is now carried on by his representatives. Of all these successive stages of ownership (except W. and T. Mears) Surrey possesses examples. The whole peal of six at Streatham are by William, in 1785 ; and there are also bells at Burstow and Chipstead. Thomas Mears, the elder, cast peals for Ash (five) in 1798, and for Newdlgate (six) in 1803, and some sixteen other odd bells at different places. The 3rd at Tandridge (1808) is the solitary example by T. Mears and Son ; but of Thomas Mears, the younger, the specimens are too numerous to be mentioned here. During his lifetime he had, vlrtjaally, a monopoly of bell-founding in the Metropolis. His successors are also abundantly represented in the county ; and the Whitechapel foundry still preserves the high io6 The CImrch Bells of Surrey. reputation which it has always enjoyed throughout its three centuries of existence. I have one more London foundry to mention which has competed very successfully with its rivals for the last thirty- five years — the Crescent Foundry — carried on under the title of John Warner and Sons, and belonging now to Mr. Robert Warner, who has just served the office of Master of the Founders' Company for the second time. They profess only to have been casting bells regularly since 1850; but Surrey has some earlier examples. A small bell at Esher (still hanging in the old dismantled parish church, now only used for funerals), dated 1 799, and the first five of the heavy peal of six at Shalford, dated 1789, all bear John Warner's name. The tenor of this last peal was recast by his descendants in 1866. Of their bells, since 1850, there are very many examples. William Dobson, of Downham, Norfolk, cast the peal at St. George's, Camberwell, in 1823 — his sole example. At St. Mary, Holmbury — a church built and endowed by the lamented G. E. Street — are five small bells by Messrs. Lewis and Co., of Brixton. There are several examples in the county from the Lough- borough foundry, including the peal of eight at St. Nicholas, Guildford. Messrs. Taylor and Co. are too well-known to need further mention here. Messrs. Gillett and Co., of Croydon, for many years famous as manufacturers of carillon machines, have within the last few years added bell-founding to their other business, and their bells are coming into high repute. There are many of their The Chitrch Bells of Stirrey. 107 productions in the county, but at present only three In a church belfry, so far as I am aware, and those are at Titsey, two of which are recasts. At Betchworth are a peal of six bells, recast by Messrs. Blews and Sons, of Birmingham, out of a peal of five. The 2nd and 3rd of the former peal have already been mentioned, the latter being (probably) one of Henry Jordan's manufacture. It is devoutly to be wished that in all cases of recasting ancient bells, the original inscription should be reproduced in fac-simile, as has been so well done by Messrs. Warner and Sons at Limpsfield, and Messrs. Gillett and Co. at Titsey. Kingston Church has another of Blews and Sons' bells. The firm, I understand, has ceased to exist. Carshalton has two bells, the ist and 2nd, cast by C. Oliver of London, in 1845. I have reserved till last the mention of a bell at Pyrford, near Woking, with a very curious " puzzle " inscription. Curious, not only as regards the order of the letters them- selves, but also for the manner in which they are produced. As they appear on the bell, in high relief, they are not letters, but matrices of letters, with the exception of the initial S, which looks to me like a bad copy of a medieval crowned letter. Plate XV. gives a faithful reproduction of the inscrip- tion,* which will be better understood therefrom than from any attempt at a written description. The letters occupy the whole length of the band below the shoulder, but are irregu- larly spaced, the first ones being much wider apart than those at the qnd. It is impossible to assign any date to this bell. * Not quite. Duplicate letters have had to be'omitted for want of room. io8 The Church Bells of Stinxy. It is well and smoothly cast — the work of a practised hand. The "stamps" with which the letters have been produced have evidently been cut in wood. I think it must have been the work of an "• itinerant " founder of the seventeenth or eighteenth century — perhaps the man who recast the 4th at Woking in 1 766. That bell bears incised upon it the letters I F (and the date) ; but I am not at all sure that they are the initials of the founder. Bells with " alphabet " inscriptions are not uncommon ; and Mr. Ellacombe has found two with " puzzle " inscriptions, but they are both undoubtedly of sixteenth century date. In one case I think the inscription is capable of being deciphered, the other is sheer nonsense. Of the meaning of the Pyrford inscription, if it has one, I am quite incapable of even form- ing a guess. So far as I can tell, it does not give initials of vicar and churchwardens, which at one time I thought possible. I shall be glad if any one can read me the riddle. The Church Bells of Stir^ry. 109 THE ELDRIDGE FAMILY AND THE CHERTSEY FOUNDRY. Thomas Eldridge, the first whom we are able to trace, was casting bells at Wokingham, Berkshire, about 1565, the business being, in all probability, an offshoot from one of the Reading bell-foundries, of which we have distinct evidence as to the existence of at least three in the early days of Good Queen Bess. This fact relative to the said Thomas, gathered from the parish archives of Bray and WInkfield, Berks, is all that is at present known about him. No bells have been traced to him, even in Mr. Tyssen's large, but imperfect, collection of Berkshire rubbings, where one would most naturally expect to find them ; still, it is quite possible that a thorough syste- matic examination of the bells of that county may yet bring some to light. Richard Eldridge, presumably his son and successor, was also of Wokingham. His bells exist in abundance, and bear dates extending from 1592 to 1623. From an Interesting paper by Mr. R. G. Rice in the Sussex Archaeological Collections (Vol. XXXI.), it appears that for at least the last twelve or thirteen years of his life Richard Eldridge had a branch establishment at Horsham, In Sussex, the churchwardens' accounts (extant from 16 10) showing *an annual payment by him of los. for the rent of the ** Bell Howse" from that year till 1622. no The Church Bells of Surrey. It is also certain, from the same paper, that, according to entries In the churchwardens' books for LIndfield and SHn- fold, Sussex, bells for those parishes were recast at Horsham in 1593 and 1594. Unfortunately the bells no longer exist to tell us by whom. I do not think, however, that Richard Eldridge can have been there so early. He was certainly casting at Wokingham in 1607-8, as we know from the parish records of Seale. I think it is more likely that he succeeded some one else at Horsham. There Is a local founder as yet unidentified, whose initials were A W, who cast eight bells still existing in Sussex, between the years 1 594- 1 605, as well as the 4th at Cranleigh, Surrey, dated 1599. He may well turn out to be the earlier Horsham bell-founder, or, as Mr. Tyssen suggests, it may be John Cole, the founder of bells in Sussex, Kent, and Hampshire, 1573-1591, whose habitat has not yet been found out. In any case, however, Richard's place at Horsham was only a small *' branch " establishment. The fact that in the year 161 1 two-thirds of the annual rental, or 6^. 8d., was covered by '' casting of a pare of Brasses for the great Bell,'' shows quite clearly that the '* Bell Howse " must have been a very " one-horse " affair, probably little more than a shed, retained by him for the convenience of executing local orders. In those days of bad or no roads the element of nearness would weigh much with parsons and churchwardens having bells to recast or seeking new ones to add to their peals. Richard's Surrey examples range in date from 1593 to 1622, and, with one exception, they are all inscribed in coarse, badly formed black letter, with rather wonderfully The CJmrch Bells of Surrey. 1 1 1 shaped capitals. The exception Is the 5th at Chlpstead, which is inscribed in Roman capitals. His almost invariable motto is, "■ Our hope is in the Lord," with his initials and the date ; but there are a few bearing a different inscription ; viz., the 5th at Capel, dated 1593 (his earliest in Surrey), which bears — ©ntnta \\:C^tXiX ^nmx the 5th at Chobham, inscribed — Jn fxttxu&Ie antr atrucrfifiie X\\t luriJ 0oti \\\ax\ i\\tt and the 4th at Chiddlngfold, w^hlch bears his name in full, and the date 1622. He spells his name on this, as on his Sussex examples, '' Eldridg." This last bell, and the ist at Dunsfold, are, I think, the only ones which we can with any safety conjecture to have been cast at Horsham. Other bells of his are at Chobham (2nd and 4th), Chip- stead (4th), Capel (4th), Merrow, Seale, Witley, Wotton, and Walton-on-Thames — all these having been, in my opinion, cast at Wokingham. Of bells by him, but since recast, are the 3rd at Cranleigh and the entire peal of five at Shalford ; four of these last with a curious ''Sternhold and Hopkins" inscription, and the date 1 61 3, the tenor being dated 1636. As no bells of his are found of later date than 1623, we may conclude he died in that year — where Is at present un- known. Nor has his will yet been discovered. Bryan (the elder of that name) succeeded him*. Doubtless Richard's son, he had been associated with him in the 1 1 2 The Church Bells of Surrey, business for the last few years of his Hfe. The earliest bell bearing his name is at I field, Sussex, and is dated 1618; it was probably cast at Horsham, as he is noted in the Horsham accounts for that year as paying the rent in lieu of Richard. His Surrey bells extend in date from 16 19 to 1638. There are three distinct and successive methods of inscription used by him. From 1 619 to 1621 (it would seem during Richard's lifetime) he puts his full name on his bells In English and In the same black letter as his father uses. These bells are at Stoke-by-GuIldford (the peal of three), and odd bells at Limpsfield, Merton, Petersham, and West Horsley. From 1623 to 1629 he uses the ordinary Roman capitals, and puts the Inscription in Latin. Alfold, MIckleham, and East Moulsey (this last since recast), are the examples of this style. He spells his surname '' Eldredge " In all these cases. From 1 63 1 to the end of his life he places only his Initials on the bell, with the motto, '' Gloria Deo in Excelsis" in Roman capitals. I think he was the first of the family to settle at Chertsey, and that all these Surrey bells of his were cast there. If this be correct, w^e may place the date of his setting up his furnaces there as 16 19. The site of the foundry cannot be identified ; it was pro- bably copyhold of the Manor of Chertsey Beomond, but the Court Rolls are wanting prior to 1 795. Dr. Shurlock, of Chertsey, writes me : ** An old inhabitant informs me that he believes there was a foundry at New Haw, Addlestone, where a limekiln now stands, two miles from Chertsey ; but The Church Bells of Surrey, 1 1 3 he can give me no proof for his statement." I cannot think this is of any value ; the object of starting the foundry at Chertsey was undoubtedly for the convenience of the water- carriage, and it is not likely to have been placed two miles away from the town. I think Guildford Street is much more likely to have been the locality. He died in the year 1640. His will, dated 14th August, and proved 8th September of that year, is as follows : In the Name of God Amen. I Brian Elderidge of Chirtsey in the Countie of Surrey Bell founder being sick of body but of pfecte memorie thankes be given to God doe ordaine and make this my last Will and Testam' in manner and forme followinge that is to say first and above all I bequeth my Soule to God my Maker who gave it me hoping and nothinge doubtinge but through the merritts of Jesus Christ to live with Him in eternal! blisse and my bodie to the Earth to be buried in Christian burial! in seemly manner att the discrecon of my Executrix Item I give and be- queath to Brian my eldest sonne my Bell howse scituate in Chirtsey with all my workinge tooles And my will is that he give to my daughter Katherine his sister out of this howse and tooles the some of fortie poundes when shee shall attaine to the age of one and tvventie yeares or her day of marriage which shall first happen and his mother to have the rent of three poundes p an out of the foresaid house called the Bel! Howse duringe her nrall life Item I give and bequeath to Wiliiam my youngest Sonne my howse that standeth in Gi!ford Streete scituate in Chirtsey aforesaid Item his mother to have the rent of the said howse duringe her natural! life A!! the rest of my goodes stock of ware in my shopp and the mony tliat is due unto me on my booke or elsewhere I give unto Katherine my wife whoe I make my sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testam'. but if it should happen that my Executrix should marry againe that then shee shall give to my daughter out of my goodes the sume of Q 114 ^/^^ CJmrch Bells of Surrey, fortie pounds lawfull English money and her yearely rent to cease out of the foresaid howses given to my sonnes as aforesaid And I doe intreate Richard Chapman the younger of Chirtsey aforesaid Mercer and Edward Welbeloved of Chirtsey aforesaid Draper both my lovinge freindes to be Oi^seers to this my last Will and Testam'. desiringe them to be aydinge and helpinge to my loving wife And for theire paines herein taken I give unto them tenn shillings a peece In witnes of this my last Will I have hereunto sett my hand and scale this fowerteenth day of August Anno Domini one thousand six hundred and fortie Brian Eldredge— Signed and sealed in the p''sents of Oliver Jennyns — Will : Stanford scripto''. The business thus passed into the hands of his eldest son Bryan the younger, v^ho carried it on for twenty-one years. In spite of the troublous times in which he lived, he, like his father and grandfather, had a large business, if we may judge from the many specimens of his still in existence. Of these there are in Surrey seventeen, and two more which are known to have been recast ; among them is the entire peal of five at Lingfield, dated 1648 — a rather unusual thing for the time of the Civil War. He discards all mottoes, inscribing his bells with only the date and his name, the latter, down to 1648, being invariably in English, and from 1649 onwards as invariably in Latin. The I St at Woodmansterne is his latest production, and it is the only Surrey bell dated in the year of his death, 1661. He spells the name '* Eldridge." His will is as follows : — In the name of God Amen the nineth day of November in the yeare of our Lord God One thousand six hundred sixty & one I Bryan Eldridge of Chertsey in the County of Surrey, Bel- founder being sicke in body but whole in mind & memorie The Chtirch Bells of Surrey, 1 1 5 thancks & praise bee giuen to Almighty god Doe here make this my last Will & Testament in manner & forme following that is to say First I bequeath my soule into the handes of Almightie God my Creator & redeemer & my body to bee buried in Christian buriall Also I giue & bequeath unto my loveing mother Katherine Bennet of Chertsey aforesaid widdow the sume of tenne pounds of lawfull mony of England to bee paid vnto her by my Executors hereafter named within one whole yeare next after my decease Also I giue and bequeath vnto Katherine Rictid John & William Hall the children of my brother in law Richard Hall of Chertsey aforesaid Maulster the sume of twentie & five poundes apiece of like lawfull monie to bee paid them as they or either of them shall & doe accomplish the age of one & twentie yeares And my Will is that my said Executors here- after named shall pay the said foure childrens Legacies into the handes of my Overseers hereafter named within two yeares next .after my decease whome I doe desire & intreate them my said Overseers to take the same legacies into their handes & put the same forth for the best advantage they conveniently can for the vse of the said foure children against such time as they or either of them shall or doe accomplish their said severall ages & if it shall happen that either or any of the said foure children shall dye before they or either of them Doe fully accomplish their said age of one & twenty yeares that then my will is that his her or their parts or porcons soe dying shall remayne and bee to the survivors of them equally to bee divided betweene them Alsoe I giue & bequeath vnto my vncle John Eldridge of Wokingham in the Countie of Bucks Weaver the sume of Forty shillings of like lawfull money of England Alsoe I giue & bequeath vnto Anne my loveing wife all my household stuffe & implements of household whatsoever as they are now fixed & being in or near my nowe dwelling house in Chertsey aforesaid Alsoe I giue & bequeath vnto my loveing brother William Eldridge of Chertsey aforesaid Belfounder all my working tooles implements & vtinsells thereunto belonging with my furnices And as for all other my 1 1 6 The Church Bells of Surrey, goods & chattells vnbequeathed I doe glue and bequeath vnto Anne my said loveing wife & my said brother Wiftm equally to bee divided betweene them whome I doe make my full & Joynt Executors of this my last Will & Testament whome I doeintreate loveingly together to pforme this my s^ last will & Testament accord- ing to the true meaneinge thereof & I doe intreate my loveing freindes Edward Chapman the younger of Chertsey aforesaid Woollen Draper John Butterfield of the same place Chandler & Richard Jordan of the same place Taylor to bee overseers of this my last Will and Testament desireing them that what in them lyes to see all thinges herein pformed according to the true intent & plaine meaneinge hereof And for theire care & paines they or any of them take herein I doe giue & bequeath vnto them the sume of twenty shillings apiece over and besides their expences travell & paines they or either of them shall doe or take in aboute or concerneing the same & to bee paid out of the severall legacies before bequeathed proporconably as cause shall require & I doe revoake & relinquish all former wills by mee made In wittnesse whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & scale the day & yeare first aboue written — Bryan Eldridge — published sealed & delivered in the p^sence of vs — Jane Blightman her marke — Edw: Ball Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 19th Nov., 1661. William, his brother, into whose hands the business nov\r entirely passed, had previously been connected v^ith it, the names of the tv^o brothers conjoined appearing on bells in Sussex dated in 1660 and 1661, while at Bolney in that county there is a bell dated 1660, which bears William's name alone. He too, during the fifty- three years that he carried on the foundry, had a large business, whether entirely a successful one seems open to question. According to his will, there The Church Bells of Surrey, 1 1 7 was a mortgage on his house — not a very prosperous ending to the career of an old man of eighty-two. He Hved in the house now owned and occupied by Dr. Shurlock, on the south side of Windsor Street, having pur- chased the same in 166 i ; and in it he died, in the last days of 17 16 ; and so the Chertsey foundry came to an end. His will, proved in May, 171 7, is to the following effect: In the Name of God Amen The fifth day of February Anno Dom one thousand seven hundred and fifteen I William Eldridge of the Parish of Chertsey in the County of Surrey Bellfounder being very aged but of sound and perfect mind and memory praised be God for the same and calling to mind the certainty of death and incertainty when the same will happen Do make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following And to such worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me withall I devise give and dispose of as followeth Imprimis I give and devise vnto my good friend Thomas Bartholomew of Hardwich in the Parish of Chertsey in the County of Surrey Gentleman and Thomas Millett of the same Parish Baker and their heires ' and assigns for ever all that my copyhold messuage or tenement held of the Mannor of Chertsey Beomond in the said County and now in my own occupacon and is situate in the Street called the high Street in Chertsey aforesaid Together with all barns outhouses buildings gardens backsides and appurtenances what- soever belonging to the same premisses to have & to hold the same p^'misses vnto them the said Thomas Bartholomew and Thomas Millett and the survivor of them and the heires of the survivor of them from and immediately after the decease of me the said William Eldridge and Barbara my wife (who is admitted tenant for life of the same premisses) In trust and confidence and to the intent nevertheless and I do hereby will order appoint and direct that they the said Thomas Bartholomew and Thomas 1 1 8 The CJmrch Bells of Surrey, Millett or the survivor of them or the heires of the survivor of them shall and do (as soon as possible may or can be after my decease and the decease of Barbara my said wife) surrender and sell the said copyhold messuage and premisses with their appurtences vnto the best purchaser they can gett to buy the same And the money arising by such sale of the said p^misses that they my said trustees shall and do pay and distribute in paying my debts and funerall expenses (and especially one debt or mortgage on the said p^misses vnto the s'^ Mr. Bartho- lomew) And that after my said debts are paid & satisfied That then I will and appoint the remaining part or overplus of the said money be paid by my said trustees vnto my daughter Barbara the wife of Richard Swaine vnto whom I give and bequeath the same And to the intent that my said copyhold messuage with the appurtences may opperate and go to the uses declared in this my last Will I have surrendered the same into the hands of the Lord of the said Mannor by the acceptance of the Steward of the same Mannor to the vses of my last Will Item I make constitute and appoint my said loving friends Thomas Bartholomew and Thomas Millett Executors in trust of this my last Will and Testament to whom I give and be- queath all my household goods and other goods and personall estate of whatsoever kind or nature they be But I do will and order that if it please God I shall dye before Barbara my said wife that my said wife shall have and enjoy during her life the bed and other furniture in the room she now lyes in And also have and enjoy such and so much other necessary household goods to be used for her own convenientcy as they my s'^ exec^^ shall thinke to be proper and convenient for her And the remaineing part thereof to sell towards paym' of my funeral charges & debts or maintenance of my said wife (if she outlives me) as they shall think most fitt and proper And if afterwards there shall happen to remaine any of my said goods That then such remaineing part of the same I give and bequeath vnto my said daughter Babara Swaine and will and direct that my The CJmrch Bells of Surrey. 1 1 9 sd executors shall and my make and allow vnto themselves such sumes of money as they shall be out of pockett in expence and charges in the puting in execucon this my last Will In wittness whereof vnto this my last Will and Testament I have sett my hand and scale the day and year first above written Will : Eldridge Signed sealed published and declared by the above named William Eldridge the testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the pi"sence of us whose names are here- vnder subscribed and who subscribed our names in the p^sence of the sd testator — James Chapman — The marke X Elizabeth Eccles — Rich : Hastier. Proved in the Commissary Court of Surrey 24 May, 17 17. It will be noticed that no mention whatever is made therein either of the bell-foundry or of his eldest and only sufviving son, William. I think we can easily read between the lines here, and conclude that the foundry had already for some years passed into the son's hands ; the names being identical, however, it is impossible to distinguish between bells moulded by the father and the son. Of their joint productions there are more than fifty in the county of Surrey, some with the initials W E only, most with the name in full, and some eight of these latter inscribed in Latin. Two bells at East Horsley and one at Charlwood bear in addition the letters T E, the initials of Thomas Eldridge, William's second son, who died in 1708. Dates range from 1 66 1 (at Banstead) to 17 14 at Alfold. I think it is not unlikely that the foundry was given up in this year — the London foundries, owned by Phelps and Samuel Knight, having probably driven it out of the field — there being only seven bells in Surrey from it dated in the eighteenth century. 120 The CImrch Bells of Surrey. William Eldridge the younger migrated to West Drayton in Middlesex, and although apparently not in business as a bell-founder, seemed determined to show that his hand had not lost its cunning, as he recast some of the bells there, his name appearing on them as both churchwarden and bell- founder. He died there in September, 1731, leaving a son, a third William, who was living there in 1740. I find him mentioned in deeds dated August and September of that year as William Eldridge, of West Drayton, Middlesex, yeoman. I append a pedigree of the Eldridge family, compiled mainly from Information kindly supplied by the Rev. H. Vyvyan, Vicar of »Chertsey, to whom, as well as to Dr. Shur- lock, I am much indebted. The Wokingham registers un- fortunately are only extant from about 1680, and throw no light on the matter. There were, however, at the end of the seventeenth century members of the family living there, pro- bably the descendants of John, Richard's younger son. A few words more. I think it is highly probable that Barbara, the first William Eldridge's daughter and legatee, was the ancestress (probably grandmother) of Thomas Swain, who succeeded Robert Catlln in the Holborn Bell-Foundry. In a deed of 1777 he Is described as ''only son and heir-at- law of Thomas Swain, late of West Bedfont, yeoman, de- ceased." The final migrations of the Eldridges from Chertsey seem all to have been in this direction. Thomas Swain (the son) was of Longford, in Harmondsworth, Middlesex, and was buried there on 26th April, 1782. The Church Bells of Surrey, 121 i » r^ C/3 P ^ -1* f3 CU n> ^ ^- CI. p a. p CLcrS N W M p O On cr Cs ON fD Ca O) JZ. * "* i"^ \ 'Sh p-w 1 *-*^D- •H E w P g^r V «P rl- W li tdc/2 — II ^5 p ^^ t;-^ ^J On Bi- Cfi ON p P I- D.crH • • &- M M O ■-* ON g' o ON 5 W ?^ P'Cr lAi M M p - ON ON Q- 00 O <-!l !^ p ^ On C 2._ ^1" •<» «F^ P • (D P " On j^^^-v ON O o M C "-^ ■ Is CO ft) p,_ p *^ p^ ' P* ON g ^^ * a.a -^ n M p W P.V; - • P M t3 ON^->. 4^ O O ""^ O tr fD td O) O O - 3 O OQ P O O 5' crq f:r p cr fr> I 1— •• OQ 3- P O C/1 ON 13 CD CD M I— '• CQ 3 R The Church Bells of Surrey, 123 INSCRIPTIONS ON THE CHURCH BELLS IN SURREY. I NOW proceed to give these in full detail, adding in each case the diameter (at mouth) of the treble and tenor, or smallest and largest bell of each peal. I also give all such parts of the various returns of church goods made in Edward VI.'s reign as have reference to the bells. These are distinguished by the initials T. R. E. (an expression which I have adopted from " Domesday Book"), meaning '' Tempore Regis Edwardi." These Edwardlne returns and inventories were printed by the late Mr. J. R. Daniel Tyssen in 1869, ^nd it is entirely from his book that my extracts are taken. Notes of any peculiar uses are given with each parish, so far as I am able to give them. It is a matter of great regret that I am unable to give these more fully, one half the parish clergy having thrown into their waste-paper baskets not only my application for information, but also the stamped addressed envelope in which I fondly expected to receive either what I 124 -^^^ Church Bells of Surrey. asked for or my circular returned, in token of inability or un- willingness to give information on the points detailed by me. A short summary of these peculiar uses, so far as they have reached me, will, I think, not be uninteresting here. The Curfew bell is still rung at Chertsey — a rare instance of survival of a custom 800 years old. One solitary instance of the '' Pancake " bell still exists in the county, viz., at Mortlake, where it is rung from 11.30 to 12 on Shrove Tuesday."^' This was, of course, in pre-Refor- mation times the bell which called parishioners to be ** shriven " on the last day before the season of Lent. The Death Knell or Passing Bell is still rung in many parishes, the more usual rule being to ring it as soon as notice can be given to the clerk or sexton ; occasionally, however, it is rung the morning after death, at a particular hour. The ** tellers," or strokes to denote sex — three times three for a male or three times two for a female — are used before the knell at Alfold, Byfleet, West Clandon, Chobham, Comp- ton, Ewhurst, Frensham, Hascombe, Horsell, Limpsfield, Mickleham, Mortlake, Tandridge, and Thursley. At Merstham the same '' tellers " are given at the end of the knell. At Fetcham the knell is rung, but no *' tellers" at all are given ; while at Cheam they are given at both beginning and end of the knell. Old Catholic customs still survive as to Sunday ringing in many places. The eight o'clock or ** Matins bell " is still rung at Alfold, Byfleet, Cheam, Chobham, Compton, Crowhurst, * I believe this bell is rung at Dorking also, but my information is not definite upon the point. The Church Bells of Surrey. 125' Thames Ditton, Ewhurst, Fetcham, Frensham, Horsell, Leigh, Limpsfield, Merstham, Mickleham, West Moulsey, Mortlake, and Thursley. At Ewell and Mitcham it has only been discontinued of late years. Six instances still continue of the Sunday " Mass Bell " at 9 a.m. on Sundays, viz., at Alfold, West Clandon, Crowhurst, Limpsfield, Mortlake, and Tandridge ; in this last instance it is called the " Sermon Bell," and may therefore possibly not be a case of survival. At Ewell, until a few years ago, the bells were rung at 7 a.m. on Sundays. They are still rung at this hour at Limpsfield in the summer. Whether these are "survivals" connected with religious duties I am unable to determine. ABINGER. St. James. ^' i WILLIAM ELDRIDGE MADE MEE 1674 3. MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1880 (Diameter of treble 25 in., of tenor 30 in.) No. 3 was formerly inscribed H S ^ D D <> CHVRCHWARDENS, and was in all probability cast at the same time as the other two. T. R. E. Item iij belles in the steple the best by estymacion viij^ and the resydew under after the rate. ADDINGTON. St. Mary. I- 1655 2. CHRISTOPHER HODSON MADE ME 1683 ^' \ Quite plain (Diameter of treble 20 J in., of tenor 28 J in.) T. R. E. Item a sacring bell. Item iij belles in the stepull. 126 The Church Bells of Surrey. Another return gives : Item a prosecion bell. Item ij bells in the stepull. Item a little sacaring bell. A later return still (7 Ed. VI.) gives : Two belles and ij littill hand belles. ADDISCOMBE. See Croydon. ADDLESTONE. See Chertsey. ALBURY. SS. Peter and Paul. I. THOMAS HEARS FOUNDER LONDON 1841 3. > WILLIAM ELDRIDGE MADE MEE 1695 4.) 5. Same as No. i. " 6. T H ^ W C <) CHVRCHWARDENS ^ WILLIAM ELDRIDGE MADE MEE <> 1695 ^ (Diameter of treble 29 J in., of tenor 44 in.) T. R. E. Item iiij belles the greatest xiiij<= the third x^ the second viijc the lest vjc. The five larger bells removed from the old dismantled parish church to the new one in 1841, the (present) fifth being recast, and a new treble added to the peal. Death knell rung at 9 o'clock on the morning after decease. At funerals one bell tolled for an hour previously. Full peal on Sundays for half an hour before services. Ringing on Queen's and Prince of Wales' birthdays. ALFOLD. St. Nicholas. 1. GLORIA ^ DEO ^ IN ^ EXCELSIS ^ 1631 ^ B ^ E 2. WOE(>FECIT 1714 3. BRAINVS 9 ELDREDGE ^ ME ^ FECIT ^ 1625 ^ (Diameter of treble 29 in., of tenor 33 J in.) The Church Bells of Surrey, 127 No. 2 is from the Chertsey foundry, and William Eldridge's latest dated bell in the county. T. R. E. Inprimis iij belles hanginge in the steple waing xviij<=. Item the saunce bell. Item ij small b. (this Hne erased in MS.) Death knell rung at 8 o'clock on the morning after decease. For a man, unmarried and under forty, the 2nd bell is rung three times three, and then tolled for an hour. For a man over forty, the same with the tenor bell. For women, " three times two," and then tolled as for men. For children of both sexes under ten the treble bell is used, the sex being denoted as in the case of adults. And at the funeral the same bells are respectively tolled. The treble is rung at 8 a.m. on Sundays, and treble and 2nd chimed at 9 a.m. Bells rung or chimed for half an hour before service on Sundays. ANERLEY. See Battersea. ASH. St. Peter. Thomas Mears of London Fecit 1798 I. 2. 3- 4. 5. (As above) I TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL AND TO THE GRAVE I SUMMON ALL GEORGE PANNELL JOHN WESTON CH. WARDENS (Diameter of treble 27 in., of tenor 35 J in.) T. R. E. Item four bells in the steple the best by estymacion xijc and the rest under after the rate. M^. Solde ther parcells ffoloweng : Inprimis fyve sacring belles. District Church in this Parish : Wyke, St. Mark — Modern church with two modern bells. 128 The Church Bells of Surrey. ASHTEAD. St. Giles. I. DEUS BENEDICAT NOBILI DOMINO DUDLIO WARD NOSTRO BENEFACTORI THE REV^ WILL'^ CARTER RECTOR: W^ FINCH & W« PINNION CHURCHWARDENS Thqs Jan away fecit 1785 '■) 3. >R. Phelps fecit 1725 4.) 5. Richard Phelps made me 1725 6. THESE SIX BELLS & APURTINANCES WAS THE GIFT OF THE RIGHT HON^^ EDWARD LORD DUDLEY WICH COST ABOUT THREE HUNDRED POUNDS EXCLUSIVE OF THREE OLD BELLS MELTED DOWN ANNO 1725 Thqs Janaway Recast me 1763 Will** Finch & Will** Thornton CH : wardens T. R. E. iij belles in the steple and ij small belles. I believe some of these have been lately recast ; but as my application for information has been treated with silent contempt, I can only tell what was the case a few years since. BAGS HOT. Dedication unknown. Church rebuilding, and, as I hear, a peal of bells contemplated. In the old edifice there was only a *' ting-tang," dated 18 19. BANSTEAD. All Saints. I. B .J. E ^ GLORIA ^ DEO ^VA^ EXCELSIS ^ 1638 ^ 1613 3. THOs MEARS LATE LESTER PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT 1791 JOHN HARRISON & DANIEL NEWETT CH : WARDENS 4. R0&Bxttua ntirf m^ ftcif 1585 O TJie Church Bells of Surrey, 129 5. LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT THIS BELL WAS CAST BY SUBSCRIPTION IN THE YEAR 1756 6. WILLIAM S3 ELDRIDGE 83 MADE g3 MEE S3 1661 S3 I S3 L S3 S S3 L S3 CHVRCHWARDENS (Diameter of treble 32^ in., of tenor 48 in.) No. I. has a row of fleurs-de-lis round the crown above the inscription, and No. 6 a handsome ornamental bordering in the same place. T. R. E. V belles in the steple. BARNES. St. Mary. 1. WILLIAM LAND MADE ME 1 616 2. Cfiis «J» htW «J» capt ^ "^u ^ 0ttlr^it ^ xjf Tlimnas «$» ^wx^^t S 1575- U U U X) 1234 3. GVILIELMVS ELDRIDGE ME FECIT +i667+ + +C-fS+ + CG + CHVRCHWARDENS Clock Bell. H N 16^7 (Diameter of treble 32 in., of tenor 39 in.) T. R. E. Item in the steple iij belles. Md. Ther was sold . . . one hand bell. In the accounts rendered to the Royal Commissioners the following entries occur : 2nd Ed. VI. Paide to Robert Dalton carpenter of Barns for the Stok of the myddel bell by the consent of the parishe ... ... ... ... ... ... iij^. \}d. 3rd Ed. VI. Paide to John Hatfilde carpenter dwellinge at Wannesworth for making a newe stoke for the myddell bell by the consent of the parish ... v]s. Paide to a belfownder of London for mendying of the same bell by the consent of the parish . . . iiij^. \]d. Paide to Hewgh Lyngton of Wanncesworth smythe for ironworke for the same bell by the consent of the parish \]s. 130 The Church Bells of Surrey. 4th Ed. VI. Received of John Harding bellfownder of London for iiijor candelstyks &c. &c. &c. one hande bell solde to hym by the consent &c viijx. Paide to Gyles Fforest joyner of Mortlake for making a newe whele for the myddel bell by the consent &c. ixj-. The shields on the 2nd bell are i & 3, a chevron between three lions pas- sant, and 2 & 4, a greyhound's head erased— the armorial bearings of Thomas Smythe, who held the lease of the manor in Queen Elizabeth's time. The bell is by Robert Mot, of Whitechapel. The small stamp before the date bears a bell surmounted by a crown. Fig. 202. District churches in this parish : Holy Trinity. St. Michael and All Angels. Both modern churches with modern bells. BATTERSEA. St. Mary. 1. THE GIFT OF THOMAS RHODES ESQ'^ AUGUST 1777 THO^ JANAWAY FECIT 2. BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION OF THE INHABITANTS 1777 THO^ JANAWAY FECIT 3. MUSICA EST MENTIS MEDICINA THOMAS JANAWAY FECIT 1777 ^' ItHO. JANAWAY FECIT 1777 8. MARK BELL ESQR & lOHN CAMDEN ESQR CHURCH- WARDENS 1777 Thomas Janaway Fecit Clock Bell. T. MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1824 (Diameter of treble 29 in., of tenor 45 in.) T. R. E. Inprimis four greate belles and one litle bell in the s(teple). There were six bells previous to the recasting in 1777. District churches in the parish : All Saints. Christ Church. St. George. Ascension. St. Andrew. St. James. The CJmrck Bells of Sicrrey, 131 St. John. * St. Michael. St. Saviour. St. Luke. St. Paul. St. Paul, Anerley. St. Mark. St. Peter. Holy Trinity, Penge. St. Matthew. St. Philip. St. John Evangelist, Penge. All modern churches with modern bells. . A peal of six at the last-men- tioned church. BEDDINGTON. St. Mary. A peal of ten bells by Mears, stated to be dated 1868. Access to belfry refused. T. R. E. Item a sauns bell. Item V belles in the sleple. District church in this parish : Wallington, Holy Trinity. Modern church and modern bell. BERMONDSEY. St. Mary Magdalene. ^■|t. mears of LONDON FECIT 1830 3. R: PHELPS FECIT 1721 (Diameter of treble 33 in., of tenor 2>l\ i"-) T. R. E. Item iiij belles and a sance bell. 2-3 Edw. VI. Item, solde ... a crose of copper and other olde mettyll of lattyn to Wylliam Lawnd* weying xlvj pound &c. District churches in this parish : St. Andrew. Christ Church. St. Mary. St. Anne. St. Crispin. St. Paul. St. Augustine. St. James. Bishop Sumner Memorial Church. All modern churches with modern bells. St. James has a fine peal of ten by Mears, dated 1828. * See ante^ p. 96. This is, I think, decisive, as to there having been two of this name. It would seem probable there were three. 1548 to 1633 is a long interval. 132 The Church Bells of Surrey. BETCHWORTH. St. Michael. -W. BLEWS AND SONS FOUNDERS BIRMINGHAM 1876 As above ; and on waist : ^;^.-.^^.°''^''"l CHURCHWARDENS C. EDE J 6. As above ; and on waist : G R KENSIT VICAR BENEDICTUM SIT NOMEN DOMINI 1876 (Diameter of treble 2Z\ in., of tenor 40 in.) Formerly a peal of five, inscribed as follows : 1. CHRISTOPHER GRAVE MADE ME 1667 TC 2. R0&^rlU0 nttjf vx\ fe^ttt 1590 O 3- jStt ^lum^tt ^0mtnt ;©:en^tr«iunt U © U Stamps 186, 187, and 188. (See p. 87.) 4. By T. Lester, dated 1750. 5. By R. Phelps, dated 1721. T. R. E. In the Steple iiij belles and a hand bell. District church in this parish : Brockham Green, Christ Church. A modern church with one modern bell. BISLEY. ' St. John. I. THOSSWAINE MADE ME 1781 lAMES STEDM AN CHURCH- WARDEN 3. W E FECIT 1710 (Diameter of treble 27^ in., of tenor 31 J in.) The Church Bells of Surrey. 133 T. R E. Item iij belles in the steple. For an account of the curious 2nd bell, see p. 78. It is an undoubted early fourteenth century bell, not improbably by one of the Wymbishes. The lettering is very like one of the alphabets used by Richard. BLETCHINGLEY. St. Mary. 1. THO^ JANAWAY CAST US ALL & JN« WHEATLEY & EDW^ SIMMONS HUNG US ALL 1780 2. THO^ JANAWAY FECIT 1780 WHEN FROM THE EARTH OUR NOTES REBOUND THE HILLS AND VALLEYS ECCO ROUND 3. THOMAS JANAWAY FECIT 1780 MUSICA EST MENTIS MEDICINA 4. THOMAS JANAWAY FECIT 1780 5. THOMAS JANAWAY FECIT 1780 THE RINGERS ART OUR GRATEFULL NOTES PROLONG, APPO LITENS AND APROVES THE SONG 6. LET AARONS BELLS CONTINUALY BE RUNG, THE WORD STILL PREACHT AND HALLELUJAH SUNG PROSPERITY TO THE PARISH OF BLETCHINGLEY And on Waist: THO^ JANAWAY FECIT 1780 7. As on No. 4. 8. THIS PEAL OF 8 BELLS WAS PUT UP BY SUBSCRIPTION IN THE YEAR 1780 SIR ROBERT CLAYTON BART. PATRON. MATTHEW KENRICK LL.D., RECTOR JOHN STEEL & JOHN RADLEY CHURCHWARDENS THO^ JANAWAY FECIT (Diameter of treble 30 in., of tenor 47 in.) T. R. E. Item yn the Styple ffower belles. According to a later return there was also " a sauns bell." Prior to 1780 there would seem to have been five bells only. The Church- wardens' accounts contain many entries relating to the bells. According to Manning and Bray, in 1519, on new casting a bell, the bell-founder was made to enter into an obligation of suretie of the bell. The scrivener for preparing it Was paid \\\]d. \ the bell-founder's horse meat, ij days and a night, \]d. \ 134 ^^^ Church Bells of Surrey, m horse hire, ]s. v\\]d. ; his man meat and drink the same space, viij^. ; his cost when he took the sound of our little bell, vjV. ; carrying the bell to London and recarrying home, vj^. viij^. The Churchwardens' accounts, 1546 to 1552, contain the following entries : Receyttes. Item receyved of Maister Sackffeld ffor the Belcroft the thre yeres rent iij J. Faymentes. Item payd ffor grese for the bellys „ for a bell rope xiiijV. ,, to Thomas Shortter for mendying ij bawdrykkes ... vd. „ for halff a hyde of whyte lether x\d. „ ffor grese for the belles ageynst holand tyde ... iij^. „ ffor mending of a clapper iii^. „ for mending of a bawdryke ij^. „ ffor haunsyng the thryd bell i}d. „ to Wattman ffor a bell clapper xx^. „ to Thomas Whattman ffor the mendying of the lyttle belle clapper ijd. „ to Robert Wright ffor the bolstring of the seconde bell xxj^. „ unto the goodman Wright ffor mendyng of the grett bellwhele viii^. „ unto the goodman Wright ffor a box ffor the secounde bell iiiM „ unto the goodman Wright ffor amending of the lyttle bellwhele ij^- „ the goodman Wright for mendyng of the other bell id. . „ to Thomas Whatman ffor makyng of the yrone worke for the same belle iiij^- Item delyvered to Robart Wright more nales at the same tyme ]d. „ bought of Cowper ij bellroopes ffor the belles ij^. iiij^. ol^. „ payd to the glover of Meystham ffor whyte leddd ffor the bawderyck vj^. „ payd to John Kelyck of Nuttffyld ffor mendyng of ij bawdrycks "U^* The Chuixh Bells of Surrey. 135 Item to Shortter's Wyffe for grese for the bells ]d. Item payd to Annes Shortter for soyppe for the bellys \d. „ to Willyam Marttynes wyfFe for grese for the belles ]d. „ to Robert Eyton ffor hawnsying of the thred belle... \]d. District church in this parish : OuTWOOD, St. John Baptist. Modern church, with four bells, dated 1869. BLINDLEY HEATH. See Godstone. BOOKHAM (LITTLE). Dedication unknown. I. Quite plain. (Diameter, 20 in.) T. R. E. ij bells in the staple — handbell and a sacring bell. BOOKHAM (GREAT). St. Nicholas. 1. Quite plain. 2. WILLIAM ELDRIDGE MADE MEE 1675 (Diameter 27 and 33 in. respectively.) The ist and 4th of a former peal of four, Nos. 2 and 3 of which being cracked, were sold " years ago " to buy an organ. T. R. E. iiij belles in the steple. District church in this parish : Ranmore, St. Barnabas. A peal of eight bells by Mears, dated 1859. Tenor 49 in. in diameter. BRAMLEY. Holy Trinity. 1. RICHARD PHELPS MADE THESE 6 BELLS 1732 2. R:P: FECIT 1732 3. T. MEARS OF LONDON FOUNDER 1820 JAMES STILLWELL CHURCHWARDEN 136 The Church Bells of Surrey. 4. + I • S + I • S + OVERSEERS OF THE POOR FOR BRAMLEY PARRISH 1732 5. R • P • FECIT + RICHARD SPARKES THOMAS STREET CHURCHWARDENS 1732 6. HENRY LUDLOW ESQR BENEFACTOR 1732 (Diameter of treble 23 J in., of tenor 36 in.) Formerly a chapelry to Shalford, under which see return T. R. E. District church in this parish : Grafham, St. Andrew. Modern church with modern bell. BROCKHAM GREEN. See Betchworth. BUCKLAND. St. Peter. WARNER & SONS LONDON i860 ::}'■ 4. I WILLIAM ELDRIDGE MADE MEE 1681 5. ^ - (Diameter of treble 23 J in., of tenor 31 J in.) T. R. E. Item iij belles in the steple and a hand bell. There were four bells in Manning and Bray's time, circa 1800. BURSTOW. St. Bartholomew. 1. + (Fig. 184) Hantfc ^Erjijnta ©xta ^xx^ ^^iuMsf + (Fig. 185) 17 (Royal Arms). 2. lOHM BHYSS WYLLVM ROFE THOMAS GELMAM 3. RAISED BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION 1785 W^' MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 4. WILLIAM ELDRIDGE MADE MEE i68i MD TT (Diameter of treble 30 in., of tenor 39 in.) T. R. E. In the steple iiij belles and a handbell. For No. I see p. 80. No. 2 is evidently the work of an itinerant founder. The Church Bells of Surrey. 137 The Byssh family were landowners here for many years in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Death peal. Sex denoted as usual by 3 x 3 for a man and 3 x 2 for a woman. BUSBRIDGE. See Godalming. BYFLEET. St. Mary. 2. W. WARNER & SONS CRESCENT FOUNDRY LONDON 1853 3- ' Three small bells. Of the three composing the former peal the Rev. N. Spicer tells me two were quite plain, and the third (presumably the tenor) was inscribed in black letter — T. R. E. Inprimis iij belles in the steple the beste waiethe vj'^ and the reaste after the rate. Death peal. Sexes denoted as usual — 3 x 3 for male, 3x2 for female. Same, on smaller bell, for children. Bells rung at 8 a.m. on Sundays. CAMBERWELL. St. Giles. I to 10. C. & G. HEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1844 Before the fire, and consequent rebuilding of the church, there was a peal of six by R. Phelps, dated 17 17. T. R. E. Item iij belles in the steple. A later return gives, Thre grete belles and a saunce bell. St. George. 1. WILLIAM DOBSON DOWNHAM NORFOLK FECIT 1823 2. GIVE NO OFFENCE TO THE CHURCH 3. LONG LIVE KING GEORGE THE FOURTH 4. THE LORD TO PRAISE MY VOICE I'LL RAISE 5. THESE EIGHT BELLS WERE CAST BY WILLIAM DOBSON AT DOWNHAM NORFOLK 1823 T 138 The Church Bells of Surrey, 6. (No rubbing.) 7. THIS PEAL OF EIGHT BELLS WAS ERECTED IN SAINT GEORGE'S CHURCH CAMBERWELL 1823 8. THE REV. EDW^ SMYTH VICAR W^^ LAW RICH'^ BILLITER AND THO^ TURK CHURCHWARDENS. W« DOBSON FECIT 1823 Other churches in Camberwell Parish : All Saints. St. Mary Magdalene, Peckham. Camden Church. St. Clement, Dulwich. St. James. St. John the Evangelist, East Dulwich. St. Mark. St. Peter , St Michael and All Angels. Emanuel, West Dulwich. St. Philip. St. Stephen, South „ Emanuel, Peckham. Christ Church, Old Kent Road. St. Andrew „ St. Saviour, Champion Hill. St. Chrysostom „ St. Antholin, Nunhead. St. Jude „ St. John, Forest Hill. St. Luke „ All modern churches with modern bells. CAPEL. St. John the Baptist. I. CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS 1870 '^' ItHOs MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1797 4. a^utt ftxxpK ta tn Viw ^J(^ys^ R E 1605 5. a^mnta Ija&cnf ^xmx R E 1593 6. C. & G. MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1852 (Diameter of treble 26J in., of tenor 35 in.) Prior to the recasting in 1870 the treble bore the same inscription as Nos. 2 and 3. T. R. E. Item iiij belles in the steple the best by estymacion viijc and the resydew under after the rate. Death knell as soon after death as notice is received. Rung for an hour after the usual " tellers " of 3 x 3 for man, or 3 x 2 for woman. Tenor used for adults ; second bell (the former treble) for children. The CImrch Bells of Surrey, 139 Sundays, tenor rung at 8 a.m. Bells rung or chimed for service. " Ringing in " on tenor. Peals on Easter Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, and Harvest Festival. Ringing on 5th November discontinued the last fifteen years. A bell occasionally tolled for Vestry meeting. CARSHALTON. All Saints. C. OLIVER FOUNDER LONDON W. A. B. CATOR RECTOR ^- Ch. Wardens 1835 W^i Brown J ^^ 6. WILLIAM ELDRIDGE MADE MEE 1662" IE. RW.CHVRCH- WARDENS. (Diameter of treble 29 in., of tenor 43 J in.) T. R. E. In the steple iiij belles and ij hand belles. District church in this parish : LowFiELD Heath, St. Michael. Modern church and modern bell. CHALDON. SS. Peter and Paul. I. 4- (PI. XI.) €rj^x^j^:m.^ : ^m:^w% - :p2iTrjiii (Diarfieter 2o| in.) Unquestionably the oldest bell in the county \ for an account of it see p. 77 T. R. E. Item ij belles in the steple. The C/mrch Bells of Sicrrey. 141 CHE AM. St. Dunstan. 1. JOHN WARNER & SONS LONDON 1870 2. THE REVEREND M lOHN PICKON RECTOR M SAMUEL PEARSON BENEFACTORS R P FECFP 17 14 3. THOMAS MEARS OF LONDON FOUNDER 1835 4. lOHN HEATH FARMER R P FECrP 17 14 5. Same as No. i. 6. lOHN KILLICK & GEORGE HICKSON CHURCHWARDENS 1778 PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT (Diameter of treble 26 J in., of tenor 39-J in.) T. R. E, Item iiij belles in the steple. Item a lytell bell callyd the scanctus bell. Item a lyttell hand bell. Item a lyttell bell in the Chauncell. The former No. 5 was by Thomas Lester, and dated 1739. The treble was by Pack and Chapman, and with the date 1774 bore an inscription to the effect that it was " the gift of Thomas Fisher of New York Merchant to Christchurch in Poughkeepsie." How it got to Cheam no one knows. I suppose it was ordered and cast, and not paid for, owing to the troubles which resulted in the Declaration of Independence of the United States in 1776. Death knell. Tolled for an hour the day after death — preceded and fol- lowed by the usual "tellers," 3 x 3 for male, 3 x 2 for female. Tenor bell used for adults, treble for children. The tenor bell is tolled on Sundays at 8 and 10 a.m., and two bells after morning service. The bells are chimed for the usual services. Ringing on the 29th May and 5th November, and on Queen's Birthday and Coronation Day. District church : St. Philip. Modern church and modern bell. CHELSHAM. (Diameter 34 J in.) i 142 ne Church Bells of Surrey. Initial Cross No. 165. Fleur-de-lis stop No. 164. See p. 81 for an account of this bell. T. R. E. Item ij belles in the steple. Item ij procession belles. The other (smaller) bell bore the inscription RW • RC. It was mysteriously stolen from the church in 1834, and neither bell nor thieves were ever traced. CHERTSEY. All Saints. G. HEARS FOUNDER LONDON 1859 LAWRENCE WILLIAM TILL MA VICAR I- ) WILLIAM ANTHONY HERRING | ^ - ^ ROBERT WATERER / Churchwardens A D. 1859 SING WE MERRILY UNTO GOD OUR STRENGTH 3. PROSPERITY TO ALL OUR BENEFACTORS ESPECIALLY ARTHUR ONSLOW ESQ. & THO : SCAWEN ESQ. KN^^s. FOR THIS COUNTY RICHARD BERRYMAN WILLIAM EDMEAD CHURCHWARDENS 1730. R. PHELPS FECIT 4. JAs BERRYMAN &W^iYEOWELLCH : WARDENS 1756 LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT 6. GVLIELMVS ELDRIDGE ME FECIT 1712 TB TS 7. o RtxJrcrfus xwai mt fait 1588 8. G. MEARS FOUNDER LONDON A.D. 1670 Angela Burdett Coutts whom God preserve named me SHOSHANNIM At whose Expence I was Recast A.D. 1859 GLORY to god IN THE HIGHEST AND ON EARTH PEACE GOODWILL TOWARDS MAN. (Vicar's and Churchwardens' names as on No. i.) (Diameter of treble 29^ in., of tenor 49 in.) For initial cross on No. 5 see Plate XH. Foundry stamp, Fig. 181. Stop, The Church Bells of Surrey, 143 Fig. 182. See p. ^-i^ ^o^^ ^^ account of this bell, which local tradition states to have come from Chertsey Abbey. No. 7 bears Mot's circular stamp with his initials. No. 8 before recasting bore this inscription : RICHARD HASTLER HENRY LEE CHURCHWARDENS WILLIAM ELDRIDGE MADE MEE 1670 T. R. E. Item v belles in the steple. The tenor bell is known as the curfew bell. Manning and Bray give the following account of the survival here of the ancient custom of ringing the curfew : " The curfew bell is tolled here in the following manner. From Michael- mas to Ladyday at eight o'clock in the evening. The clerk first rings up {as he expresses it, ix.^ raises the bell), he then rings a few minutes, lowers down the bell, and after a short pause he tolls the number of the day of the month. But on every Sunday this is rung at eight in the morning on the biggest bell." Of course there is an error here, and the worthy writers in this latter para- graph are confounding the ''mattins " bell with the curfew bell. I don't know whether this custom still obtains ; it did forty years ago, when, as a boy, I was living in the neighbourhood.* District churches in this parish : Addlestone, St. Paul. Long Cross, Christ Church. Lyne, Holy Trinity. Ottershaw, Christ Church. All modern churches with modern bells. CHESSINGTON. Dedication unknown. ^;}i73o. A pair of ting-tangs (one cracked) of the respective diameters of 15 and 1 7 in. * The Vicar writes me that the curfew is still rung. 144 ^^^^ Church Bells of Surrey. CHIDDINGFOLD. St. Mary. 1. HEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1870. 2. BRYANVS ELDRIDGE ME FECIT 1656. 4. Hicliartr Crtrrttr^^ ntatr tne 1622 G.P. T P. 5. SAMVELL KNIGHT MADE MEE 1699 GORGE CARPENTER CHVRCHWARDEN 6. WILLIAM ELDRIDGE MADE MEE 1665 GV GE CHVRCH- WARDENS (Diameter of treble 26 in., of tenor 39 in.) For shield and foundry stamp on No. 3 see Figs. 183 and 18 r, and page 85 for an account of this bell. T. R. E. Item iiij bells in the steple. Aubrey mentions a monument in this church to Anthony Smyth, lord of the manor, who died in 1660. *' He gave j£6o to the tenor." " Dum campana sonat proles dum spirat ab Iro Marmor si sileat te tua facta sonant." Death knell for children on small, for adults on large bell (query, treble and tenor respectively ?) ; after usual tellers of 3 x 3 for male, 3 x 2 for female. Three bells chimed for Sunday services. One bell tolled for vestry meetings. CHILWORTH. See St. Martha's. CHIPSTEAD. St. Margaret. 1. ) lOHN HODSON MADE ME 1658 OVR HOPE IS IN THE 2. 1 LORD W H 3. THE REV" JNo GRIFFITHS RECTOR MESS'^s SIMON ROSE & ELIAS LEW CH.WARDENS W" MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1785 4. 0uxt (i^pie is in fI|E tar> 1607 R E 5. OVRE HOPE IS IN THE LORD 1595 R E (Diameter of treble 28 in., of tenor 40 in.) T. R. E. In the steple iiij belles. The Chttrch Bells of Sttrrey. 145 CHOBHAM. St. Laurence. 1. H C VICAR R C W B CHVRCHWARDENS 1684 W E 2. xsvixt ^ Ijajre ^ is ^ in ^ i\\t ^ ItJtt^e 1597 ^ RE 3. ^atwfa + (No. 199) f^tx^tx^X^ O (coin) ©tta O (coin) ^rKJ Ji^0lri0 U (No. 197). 4. Same as No. 2. 5. :3^n ^ XxpViSM, ^ anti ^ atrirettrtft^ ^ f rp. «)1(> Ixrxttr ^ 00tr tj* ft^att^ ^ Jte ^ « M 1610 R E Clock bell. 1833. (Diameter of treble 28 in., of tenor 38 in.) No. 3 by William Culverden. See p. 90. T. R. E. Item iiij belles whereof the best waies ix^ and the rest one under anoither according to the rate. Item j sance bell. Death knell. " Tellers " as usual. No fixed time for tolling. Bells rung at 8 a.m. on Sundays and at 6 a.m. on Christmas Day and Easter Day, and for all services. Bell rung for Vestry meetings. District church : Valley End, St. Saviour. Modern church and modern bell. CHURT. See Frensham. CLAN DON (EAST). Dedication unknown. r. + Hancfc JExjma CE)r~n O (coin). 2. GVLIELMVS ELDRIDGE ME FECIT 1679 3. THO : WELLS lAMES GREETHURST CH : WARDENS R. PHELPS FECIT 1737 (Diameter of treble 30 in., of tenor 37 J in.) Cross on treble Plate XII. ; foundry stamp Fig. 181. See p. 84. T. R. E. Item iij bells in the steple v^ iiij'^ and iijc. Death knell at 8 a.m. on day after death. Bell tolled for an hour, and " tellers " at finish. Three single strokes for a child, 3x2 for a woman, 3 X 3 for a man. U 146 The Church Bells of Surrey. CLANDON (WEST). Dedication unknown. 1. At Propper times my Uoice II Raies unto my Bennifactor Praise R O THOMAS LESTER MADE ME 1741 2. THOMAS LESTER OF LONDON MADE MEE R O 1741. 4. ImEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1875 On No. 3. RING OUT the false „ „ 4. RING IN THE TRUE „ „ 5. MY TONGUE SHALL SING OF THY RIGHTEOUSNESS 6. THOMAS LESTER OF LONDON MADE US ALL R O 1741 (Diameter of treble 31 J in., of tenor 46J in.) The former 3, 4, and 5 were also by Lester, and dated 1741. T. R. E. ' Item iij bells yc iiij^ iijc with a saunce bell. Death knell. After usual " tellers," bell rung for half an hour. Tenor for adults, treble for children. Bell rung at 9 a.m. on Sundays. Chimed for Sunday services. " Toll in " bell before service. Peals on Easter Day and Christmas Day, and on Coronation and Queen's Birth days ; 5th November (at night) ; and at midnight of old year a half muffled peal. CLAPHAM. Holy Trinity. 1. THOMAS JANAWAY FECIT 1776 2. MUSICA EST MENTIS MEDICINA THO^ JANAWAY FECIT 1776 3. INTACTUM SILEO PERCUTE DULCE CANO THO^ JANA- WAY FECIT 1776 4. lOHN COLLICK & DANIEL DE S^ LEU CHURCHWARDENS 1776 THO« JANAWAY FECIT (Diameter of treble 30 in., of tenor 43J in.) T. R. E. Item in the steple ij smalle belles. Item one hande bell. Item a sacryng bell. The Church Bells of Surrey. 147 District churches in this parish : St. Paul (on site of former parish church). I. C. & G. MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1848 All Saints, three bells. Ascension (Balham Hill). Christ Church. St. James, three bells. St. John the Evangelist. St. Peter. St. Saviour. St. Stephen. All modern churches and modern bells. CLEYGATE. See Ditton (Thames). COBHAM. St. Andrew. 1. GVLIELMVS ELDRIDGE ME FECIT 1687 2. Ts SWAIN MADE ME 1767 SUTTON PORTER R CHEESMORE CHURCHWARDENS. 4. J Same as on No. i. 5. PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT— JN^ JACKMAN & WM STENNING CHURCHWARDENS 1773 (Diameter of treble 25 in., of tenor 34 J in.) T. R. E. iij belles in the steple. District church in this parish : Hatchford, St. Matthew. Modern church and modern bell. COLDH ARBOUR. See Dorking. COMPTON. St. Nicholas. 1. GLORIA V DEO ^ IN ^ EXCELSIS ^ 1634 ^ B ^ E 2. BRYANVS ELDRIDGE ME FECIT 1660 148 The Church Bells of Surrey. , I Churchwardens 3. C & G HEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1845 T Mangles W M Wight; (Diameter of treble 28 in., of tenor 32 in.) T. R. E. Item iij bells in the stepull the best bye estimacion \^ and the residew under after the rate. Item one hand bell. Death knell. 8.30 to 9 on morning after death, after " tellers " of 3 x 3 or 3x2. For children under ten the treble is used. Sunday use. Two bells chimed at 8 a.m., eighteen strokes each. For services all three chimed for fifteen minutes, then tenor tolled for five minutes. Tenor tolled for Vestry meetings — fifty strokes. COULSDON. St. John the Evangelist. ] lOHN HODSON MADE ME 1675 CH j^THOMS WOOD lASPER WOOD CHVRCHWARDENS. (Diameter of treble 29 J in., of tenor 39J in.) T. R. E. belles in the steple. Death knell rung, but no " tellers." Bells chimed for half an hour before Sunday services ; tenor chimed alone for the last five minutes. Sermon bell discontinued about twenty years ago. Bells rung on Easter Day, Christmas Eve, and last night of year. District churches in this parish : Ken LEY, All Saints. PuRLEY, Christ Church. Modern churches with modern bells. CRANLEIGH. St. Nicholas. I. lAMES WHITEHEAD GAVE THIS BELL 1709 W E FECIT T}ie Church Bells of Surrey. 149 2. GLORIA # DEO •# IN 4^ EXCELSIS -f- FF •#• RT •# 1638 BE 3. G. MEARS & CO FOUNDERS LONDON 1862 4. PRAI8 GOD 1599 AW Q (coin). 5. Same as No. 2. 6. BRYANVS ^ ELDRIDGE ^ ME ^ FECIT 1660 (Diameter of treble 32I- in., of tenor 47 in.) T. R. E. Item iiij belles hanging in the steple the best waieth xvij<^ and the reaste one under anoither according to the rate. The 3rd, prior to recasting, was inscribed — 6ur Iiup]^. t0in flic totr R E 1605 CROWHURST. St. George. * I Quite plain. 3. THO^ MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1795 (Diameter of treble 25 in., of tenor 31 in.) T. R. E. Item iij belles in the steple. Death knell for half an hour at either sunset or sunrise after death. Sunday use. The two smaller bells chimed for five minutes at 8 a.m., the tenor tolled for five minutes at 9 a.m. For services, bells chimed for five minutes at thirty, fifteen, and five minutes before commencement. CROYDON. St. John the Baptist. A peal of eight by Taylors, of Loughborough, put up since the fire. The old bells were by Thomas Lester, and dated 1738-9, the 8th having been recast by Thomas Mears in 1836. T. R. E. Fyve belles in the steple and a saunce bell. At Holy Trinity Hospital in this town the chapel bell bears simply the date 1753, but the clock bell bears the following curious inscription : + OREMVS PRO BONO STATV DECANI ET CAPITVLI ECCLE- SIE CATHEDRALIS BEATE S. MARIE DE LINCOLNE TOMAS DALYSON MILES FIRMARIVS HVIVS MANERII DE GRETWEL ME FIERI FECIT ^VARTO APRILIS ANNO DM 161 1 150 The Church Bells of Surrey, There is a fleur-de-lis between each word. It is curious how this bell got here. The Sir Thomas Dalyson mentioned was, I take it, the 2nd baronet of that name, and was slain at Naseby in 1645. District churches in this parish : Croydon, St. James. St. Peter (four bells). St. Andrew. Christ Church. St. Saviour. St. Matthew. St. Michael and All Angels. Addiscombe, St. Mary Magdalene. Norwood (Upper), All Saints. St. John the Evangelist. Norwood (South), St. Mark. Selhurst, Holy Trinity. Shirley, St. John the Evangelist (two bells). Thornton Heath, St. Paul. Woodside, St. Luke. All modern churches with modern bells. DENMARK HILL. See Lambeth. DITTON (LONG). St. Mary. I. C & G MEARS. FOUNDERS LONDON 1851 Unhung at present (Sept. 1883). T. R. E. iij belles in the steple and iij hand belles. Manning and Bray (about 1800) state, "there are four bells, but not one is hung." DITTON (THAMES). St. Nicholas. 1. THO SWAIM 1753 E HOPKINS I MOl^DAY CHURCH- WARDENS 2. THO SWAm MADE ME 1753 I MOMGER VESTRY CLARK The Church Bells of Surrey. 151 3. THO SWAIPI MADE ME 1753 CHARLES GARDMER W^^ RADFORD 4. THO SWAM MADE ME 1753 lOHPl DEAl^ 5. THO^ SWAIN MADE ME FESET 1754 WR SIMMONDS MR HEWETT 6. THOMAS SWAm MADE US ALL 1753 E HOPKIMS I MOMDAY CHURCHWARDENS (Diameter of treble 25I in., of tenor 36 in.) There is a place for a seventh bell. T. R. E. iij belles in the steple. Bells rung at 8 a.m. on Sundays. District church in this parish : Cleygate, Holy Trinity. Modern church with modern bell. DORKING. St. Martin. 1. THOMAS MEARS OF LONDON FOUNDER 1837 W- Snape Fuller ) Churchwardens John Rudge ) 2. GVLIELMVS FEmVICKE ARMIG ME DEDIT R PHELPS FECIT 1709 3. M«s MARGARET FEHWICKE BENEFACTOR R PHELPS MADE ME 1709 4. I0H1>I HOLLIER lOHPl VIWAY BENEFACTORS RICHARD PHELPS MADE ME 1709 5. lOHN WILNER MADE ME 1626 6. THOMAS MEARS FOUNDER LONDON Revd James Joyce Vicar James Dewdney 1 ^ o :; ^ V Churchwardens 1842 John Bartlett j 7. T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1827 Revd Geo^ Feachem MA Vicar John Marshall ) ^ T ,Tr > Churchwardens A d 1827 James White J ' 152 The Church Bells of Stirrey. 8. THE REV« M« PHILLIP WALTON VICAR EDWARD ANSELL RICHARD ROSE CHURCHWARDENS ROBERT CATLIN FECIT 1746 (Diameter of treble 29 J in., of tenor 51 in.) T. R. E. Item v belles in the steple the best by estymacion xvi<= and the resydew under after the rate. Item a chyme. Item a saunce bell. Item iiij hand belles. According to Rose's " Recollections of Old Dorking," published in 1878, the "pancake" bell was rung here between 11 o'clock and noon on Shrove Tuesday fifty years ago ; but the author does not state whether the custom still obtains, and I have been unable to get further information. District churches in this parish : Dorking, St. Paul. CoLDHARBOUR, Christ Church. HoLMWOOD, St. Mary Magdalene. St. John the Evangelist. Westcott, Holy Trinity. All modern churches with modern bells. DULWICH COLLEGE CHAPEL. 1. 1816. 2. MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1866 3. THE GIFT OF M« lOB BROCKET PREACHER & FELLOW OF THIS COLLEDGE 1705 SK 1739 4. (Same as No. 2.) 5. WILLIAM LAND MADE ME 1633 (Diameter of treble 21 in., of tenor 26 in.) DUNSFOLD. St. Mary. 1. 0wr litype if in X\\t HT^rJrc 1621 FG DN RE 2. + ntulfic '^ anic «$» rccwncf «$» tampana «J» ixJiianic WK 1583 The CJmrch Bells of Surrey. 153 3. BRYAN VS ELDRIDGE ME FECIT 1649 (Diameter of treble 31 J in., of tenor 38 J in.) No. 2 is by William Knight of Reading. See p. 93. It is badly cracked. T. R. E. Item iij great belles in the steple. EFFINGHAM. St. Laurence. I. J TAYLOR & Co FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH 1880 (Diameter 28 in.) Before recasting it was inscribed W E 1679. T. R. E. iiij belles in the steple and a sacring bell. In Manning and Bray's time there was *'only one hung; two lie on tlie ground." EG HAM. St. John the Baptist. T. O PRAISE THE LORD OUR GOD IN THIS BLEST PLACE 2. O COME LET US WORSHIP & FALL DOWN & KNEEL BEFORE THE LORD OUR MAKER 3. TREW JEGON J KEATES H BRUMBRIDGE C C WETTON 4. THIS PEAL OF BELLS WAS PURCHASED BY SUBSCRIPTIONS & ORDERS TO BE MADE BY T BURTON & J ROBINSON C" WARDENS & R GATES 5. THIS CHURCH WAS REBUILT & THE FIRST STONE LAI° APRIL 9 181 7 BY L° VlS-r BULKLEY W H Freemantle E W Edgell Bn Torin J Reid G Gostling Lay Rector The Rev^ T Bisse The Rev^ J W Gostling Vicar & T Burton & J Robinson C« Wardens. 6. O LORD GOD FORGIVE US OUR SINS LORD HAVE MERCY UPON US CHRIST HAVE MERCY UPON US IN THE HOUR OF DEATH & IN THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT GOOD LORD DELIVER US AMEN In addition to the above each bell bears — T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1819 (Diameter of treble 29 J in., of tenor 42 in.) X 154 T^^^^ Church Bells of Surrey, T. R. E. Item iiij belies the greate bell waing xij^ the third bell waing x*^ the second bell waing viij<^ the iiij^^ bell waing vj*^. Death knell usually rung on day of death, but not after 2 p.m. Usual tellers of 3 x 3 and 3 x 2. A small bell rung at 7 a.m. and 8 am. on Sundays. Bells chimed (some- times rung) for services. A bell rung at i p.m. when service is concluded. A bell rung for Vestry meetings. District churches : Englefield Green, St. Jude. Virginia Water, Christ Church. Modern churches with modern bells. ELSTEAD. St. James. ^' It WARNER i& SONS LONDON 3. CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LONDON Rev^ T R Charlesworth Incumbent G Woods ) church Wardens 1864 A Harris J (Diameters respectively 21, 23, and 25 in.) Prior to 1864 there were two bells only — one by Bryan Eldridge, dated 1653, and one by Richard Phelps, dated 17 17. T. R. E. Item iij belles in the steple waing bie extimacion the best iiij'^ the second bell iijc and the third bell ij'^ di hundrid. In the "Surrey Archaeological Collections" (Vol. II., pp. 43-44) is a memo- randum of the following entry from the Churchwardens' Account Book here. " payd for nue casting the bell &: for thurteene pound of metall mor then shee wayed when shee was caried away 3//. 13^." Death knell rung for an hour at 8 a.m. on day after death. Tellers 3x3 for man, 3 X 2 for woman, 3 x i for child. Largest bell used for men, middle for women, treble for children. One bell rung for Vestry meetings. ENGLEFIELD GREEN. See Egham. The Church Bells of Surrey. 155 EPSOM. St. Martin. 1. MUSICA EST MENTIS MEDICINA THOMAS JANAWAY OF CHELSEA FECIT 1781 2. ALLTHOUGH I AM BUT SMALL I WILL BEE HEARD ABOVE THEM ALL 3. JOHN STURT lOHN CARTER CHURCH WARDENS S K 1737 "^•Jr PHELPS MADE ME 1714 6. lOHN WORSFOLD JOHN WEAKLY CHURCH WARDENS THO^ SWAIN MADE ME 1769 7. M« Wm HOARE JOSHUA OULSNAM CHURCHWARDENS RICHARD PHELPS MADE ME 1733 8. SAMUEL KNIGHT MADE ME 1737 (Diameter of treble 28 J in., of tenor 44 in.) T. R. E. iiij belles in the steple and a hand bell. ^ District church, Christ Church. A modern church with modern bell. ESHER. St. George. (Old church dismantled and only used for funerals.) I. JOHN WARNER & SON FOUNDERS LONDON 1799 (Diameter 18 in.) Christ Church (new parish church). I to 6. C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1853 T. R. E. iij belles in the steple and a hand bell. There was here, according to Aubrey, a bell which was fabled to have been brought from San Domingo by Sir Francis Drake. It bore no inscription. This is probably an error ; it was much more likely to have been given to the church by a Mr. Francis Drake who owned the Manor in James I.'s time. (Brayley's "Surrey," Vol. IL, p. 452.) EWELL. St. Mary.' 1. At Proper Times my Voice I Will Raise And Sound to my Bene- factors Praise 2. Lester & Pack of London Fecit 156 The Church Bells of Surrey, 3. Our Voices Shall With Joyful Sound Make Hills And Valleys Echo Round 4. T Mears of London Fecit 1830 Alex" Baillie Vicar J^"^^A^°^=^ I Church Wardens Edw^ Neale 3 5. To Honour Both of God And King Our Voices Shall in Consort Ring 6. The Rev^ Ja^ Hallifax DD Vicar of Ewell W^' Jubb & Jn^ Stent Ch Wardens H Kitchen Jun^ & J Allingham Overseers Nos. I, 3, 5 and 6 have, in addition, on the waist — Lester & Pack of London Fecit 1767 (iTiameter of treble 29 in., of tenor 43 in.) T. R. E. iiij belles in the steple and a saunce bell. It was formerly the custom to chime for a few minutes at 7 and 8 a.m. on Sundays and Christmas Day. The earlier chiming was discontinued about fifteen, the later one about seven years ago. District church : KiNGSwoOD, St. Andrew. Modern church; a peal of six bells by C. and G. Mears, dated 1852. EWHURST. SS. Peter and Paul. ^' I THOMAS MEARS FOUNDER LONDON 1839 3. + (PI. XH.) Hanrf^ "^tXxt ©x~U (No. 181) Q (coin) 4. + (PI. XH.) B^xU, ^EixyftanntsE ©ra :pi:t^ JUxy&isj D (No. 181) X) (No. 183) O (coin) ^' I WILLIAM ELDRIDGE MADE MEE 1671 I H T M (Diameter of treble 26 in., of tenor 40 in.) For an account of Nos. 3 and 4 see pp. 85 and 86. T. R. E. Inprimis iiij belles in the steple with a lyttill saunce bell. Death knell as soon as death is known. Usual " tellers," 3X3 and 3x2. Treble bell used for infants, tenor for adults, an intermediate one for young people under twenty. Sundays, one bell tolled at 8 a.m., three bells chimed for services, with a five-minutes' " toll in " on one bell. The Church Bells of Sicrrey. 157 FARLEY. St. Mary. I. lOHN HODSON MADE ME 1663 IM ID CW (Diameter 29 in.) T. R. E. Item iij belles in the steple. Item a sacryng bell. FARNHAM. St. Andrew. Clock bell, quite plain. 1. R PHELPS LON FECIT 1723 DEUS BENEDICAT FUNDA- TORIBUS MEIS 2. R PHELPS FECIT 1723 DEUS LAUDETUR IN CYMBALIS BENE SONANTIBUS ^' i RICHARD PHELPS MADE ME 1723 4. ) 5. T Mears of London Fecit 1820 6. MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1869 7. R PHELPS LONDINI FECIT The R° M^^ Ia Ford vie I^ Thorn W^' Smyther Hen Fish W^' Spreadborough ch chwardens 1723 8. T Mears of London Fecit 1830 Rev° Henry Warren Vicar John Knight ^ George Miller/ ^ „ , T- > Church Wardens 1830 Tho^ Falkner I ^ RiCH° Crump J (Diameter of treble 29 in., of tenor 50 in.) No. 7 badly cracked. Before 1869 No. 6 was inscribed — R PHELPS LONDINI FECIT 1735 T. R. E. Item v great belles and a sance bell. District churches : Farnham, St James. Hale, St. John the Evangelist. TiLFORD, All Saints. Wrecclesham, St. Peter (two bells). Modern churches with modern bells. 158 The Church Bells of Surrey, FELBRIDGE. See Godstone. FETCHAM. Dedication unknown. 1. WILLIAM ELDRIDGE MADE MEE 1665 2. R0licxttu0 nt0t nte^ f^nf 1588 U (No. 201). 3. W L 1613 (Diameter of treble 29 in., of tenor 33 in.) T. R. E. iij belles in the steple and a sacring bell. Death knell as soon after death as it is known. No " tellers." An early chime at 8 a.m. on Sundays. Bells only chimed for services, ring- ing being impracticable at present, owing to the state of the tower. FRENSHAM. St. Mary. 1. ROBERT CATLIN FECIT 1745 2. I AS SECOND WILL RING 3. I AS THIRD WILL SING 4. 1658 5. I AS TENAR HVM ALL ROVND I N I H 1627 (Diameter of treble 28J in., of tenor 39J in.) Nos. 2, 3 and 5 are by Ellis Knight, of Reading. See p. 95. T. R. E. Item iiij belles and a sance bell. Death knell an hour after death, when possible. The bells are first " crossed," each bell being sounded three times for a male and twice for a female in the following order : First, treble bell ; second, 3rd bell ; third, 2nd bell ; fourth, 4th bell ; and then the tenor is tolled. Second bell rung for five minutes at 8 a.m. on Sundays. Bells chimed and rung alternately for services, ringing in with treble. Bells rung at dawn on Christmas Morning. Years ago the choir used to sing hymns at the same time on the top of the church tower. Bells rung on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Queen's Birthday, and last night of year. District churches : Churt, St. John the Evangelist. Shottermill, St. Stephen. The Chttrch Btlls of Surrey. 159 FRIMLEY. St. Peter. Priest's bell. 'I AV roughly scratched on waist. ? W E upside down. I. CAST BY J WARNER & SONS LONDON 1654 THIS BELL WAS RECAST AT THE EXPENSE OF JOHN HOLLINGS CHURCH WARDEN 1 87 2 (Diameter 28 in.) Previously to recasting it had been inscribed — BRYANVS ELDRIDGE ME FECIT 1654 District church : YoRKTOWN, St. Michael. GATTON. St. Andrew. Clock bell : Thomas Mears of London Founder 1834 I. W E 1665 (Diameter 23 in.) T. R. E. j bell in the steple and a small hand bell. GIPSY HILL. See Lambeth. GODALMING. SS. Peter and Paul. I. THOMAS MEARS FOUNDER LONDON THIS BELL WAS RECAST AT THE EXPENCE OF THE Right Hon^ Viscount Midleton A D 1839 Rev° John G Bull A B Vicar Wm Clarke } ^^ c i Church Wardens R° Stovold Sub Auspice R. Stedman 2. Tho^ Mears of London Fecit The Gift of N Godbold Esqi^ 179; 3. THOMAS LESTER LONDINI FECIT 1740 i6o The Church Bells of Surrey, 4. THQs LESTER MADE ME 1746 5. RECAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LONDON 1874 6. T LESTER MADE ME M'^ HENRY PAGE ^ M« THOMAS THATCHER C" WARDENS 1746 7. THOs SWAINE MADE MEE 1772 lOHN LINTOTT EDMOND BAXTER CHURCHWARDENS 8. C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON RECAST 1849 (Diameter of treble 30 in., of tenor 51 in.) No. 5, before recasting, bore the same inscription as No. 6. The old sanctus bell is now used at the Cemetery Chapel. It bears — NM TU CH W R P FECIT 1724 T. R. E. Item v bells in the steple the best by estymacion xxc and so under after the rate. Item a sauncte bell. District churches : BusBRiDGE, St. John the Baptist. Shackleford, St. Mary. GODSTONE. St. Nicholas. 1. (By Taylor & Co. No rubbing.) 2. THIS BELL PUT UP BY SUBSCRIPTION IN Y^ YEAR 1777 W^ MEARS & 0° LONDON FECIT 3. TO HONOUR BOTH OF GOD & KING OUR VOICES SHALL IN CONSORT RING W" MEARS & Co LONDON FECIT 1777 4. AT PROPER TIMES OUR VOICES WE WILL RAISE IN SOUNDING TO OUR BENEFACTORS PRAISE W" MEARS & QP LONDON FECIT 1777 5. WHILST THUS WE JOIN IN CHEARFULL SOUND MAY LOVE & LOYALTY ABOUND W^' MEARS & QP LONDON FECIT 1777 6. MESSRS GEO WERRY & HENRY ROSE CH. WARDENS 1777 MEARS & Co LONDON FECIT (Diameter of treble 27 in., of tenor 37 in.) The Church Bells of Stcrrey. i6i T. R. E. Item thre belles in the steple. Item V lytyell belles. A later return gives, Item in the steple iij belles and a procession bell. District churches : Blindley Heath, St. John the Evangelist Felbridge, St. John the Divine. Modern churches with modern bells. GRAFHAM. See Bramley. GUILDFORD. Holy Trinity CAST BY LESTER & PACK HUNG BY THE PARISHIONERS. PETER FLUTTER GENT GAVE ME MDCCLXIX LESTER PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECERUNT PETER FLUTTER GENT GAVE ME AND WHEN MAYOR LAID THE FIRST STONE OF THIS CHURCH 1748 RECAST BY PACK & CHAPMAN 1779 (Diameter of treble 32 in., of tenor 52 J in.) T. R. E. Item iiij bells in the stepill. Item one saunctes bell. M^. One bell sold syns the former inventory weing xix*^ di after thre pens the pounde sum xxvj^^ vj^ St. Mary. 2. ItHOMAS LESTER & THO^ PACK FECIT 1754 4. THOMAS LESTER & THO^ PACK OF LONDON FECIT 1754 5. IN« CARTON CARPENTER CH WARDEN 1754 THO^ LESTER & T PACK FECIT 1 62 The Church Bells of Surrey, 6. W'^' LOCKWOOD BARGE MASTER CH WARDEN 1754 THO^ LESTER & THQs PACK MADE US ALL (Diameter of treble 30 in., of tenor 44J in.) T. R. E. Item iiij belles in the steple and a saunctes bell. yi^. Solde since the former inventory . . . one bell weying xiiijc di at iij'i the pounde, sum of the bell xx^^ vj^ St. Nicholas. A peal of eight by Taylor and Co., replacing a peal of the same number, by Richard Phelps, dated, five in 1725, two in 1726, and one in 1736. T. R. E. Item iiij bells the best by estymation xiijc and so under after the rate. Item a saunce bell. Death knell. " Tellers," 3x3 and 3 x 2 as usual. Tenor bell used for adults, a smaller one for children ; rung immediately after Matins at 8 a.m. Sunday use : a peal before Celebration at 8, and before Matins and Even- song. Ringing in for five minutes on tenor. Also for services on Saints' Days and Dedication Festival. HALE. See Farnham. HAM. St. Andrew. 1. T MEARS OF* LONDON FECIT 1832 2. T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1831 3. T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1832 Presented by Lieutenant General William Eden FOR Ham Chapel Surry 1831 (Diameter of treble 21 J in., of tenor 31^ in.) The Church Bells of Surrey, 163 HAMBLEDON. St. Peter. I. W E 1705 (Diameter 23J in.) T. R. E. Item ij belles in the steple. There had been sold inter alia "a sacryng bell." HASCOMBE. St. Peter. 2. 3- >J WARNER & SONS CRESCENT FOUNDRY LONDON 4- 5- Dated in 1854 and subsequent years. No measurements. T. R. E. No return. Death knell, as soon after death as may be, but never after sunset. "Tellers" as usual — 3 x 3 and 3x2. Tenor used for adults, a smaller bell for children. Occasionally a muffled peal after Funeral Service. A full peal rung from 7 to 8 a.m. on Easter Day and Christmas Day. Peal rung on last night of year. HASLEMERE. St. Bartholomew. -HEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1882 MEARS h STALNBANK FOUNDERS LONDON " PEACE AND GOOD NEIGHBOUR HOOD " Sanders Etheridge MA Rector Henry E Vale ) Churchwardens Henry Steptoe J 1882 (Diameter of treble 26^ in., of tenor 37 in.) There had previously been a peal of five, by Richard Phelps, in 17 10, four 164 The Church Bells of Surrey. of which, however, had been recast— the 2nd by Phelps in 1726, the tenor by him in 1731, the 3rd by Pack and Chapman in 1776, and the 4th by Thomas Mears in 1799. T. R. E. Item iij belles in the steple. HATCHFORD, See Cobham. HEADLEY. St. Mary. I. + (No. 168) ^aiwfa J^afrina ©ra :PrJir UatJ&i^ + (No. 168) U (No. 169) (Diameter 32 in.) There are also a set of eight " cup " bells for chiming, by Messrs. Gillett and Bland. T. R. E. ij belles in the steple and a hand bell. HERNE HILL. See Lambeth. HERS HAM. See Walton-on-Thames. HOLMBURY. See Sheire. HOOK. See Kingston-on-Thames. HORLEY. St. Bartholomew. 1. THOMAS MEARS FOUNDER LONDON 1839 2. 1839 ^' J- Thomas Mears of London Fecit 18 12 5. Henry AND John Shove Gave The Original 3° Bell 1673 James P Brazier John Newnham Church Wardens 6. T Mears of London Fecit 181 2 7. Same as on Nos. 3 and 4. The Church Bells of Surrey, 165 8. T Mears of London Fecit James P Brazier John Newnham Church Wardens 181 2 (Diameter of treble 25 in., of tenor 41^ in.) T. R. E. In the staple iiij belles and iiij hand belles. HORNE. St. Mary. 1. Quite plain. 2. WILLIAM ELDRIDGE MADE MEE 1663 IR RM 3- lOHM WAYLETT MADE ME 17 18 (Diameter of treble 26 in., of tenor 29J in.) The inscription of No. 3 is on the waist. T. R. E. Item iij belles. HORSELL. St. Mary the Virgin. 1. R C 1741 2. ROBERT CATLIN FECIT 1741 3. PROSPERITY TO THE PARISH OF HORSELL R C FECIT 1741 4. HEALTH AND PROSPERITY TO ALL OUR BENEFACTORS R C FECIT 1741 5. ROBERT CATLIN CAST AND HUNG US ALL ANNO DOMINI 1741 6. Robert Catlin Fecit 1741 Henry Roake William Collyer Church Wardens (Diameter of treble 27 in., of tenor 39 in.) T. R. E. Item iij belles in the steple the best bie extymacion xiiij<= the second xij^ the third xc Item j saunce bell Item ij sackring belles Death knell at 10 a.m. on day following death. " Tellers " as usual, 3x3 and 3x2. Tenor used for adults, 4th for youth, 2nd for child. Tolled for forty-five minutes. Fourth and fifth bells chimed at 8 a.m. on Sundays. Bells tolled, chimed and tolled for Sunday, Advent, and Lenten services. Peals on 5th November and last night of year. Treble bell rung for Vestry meetings. 1 66 The Church Bells of Surrey, HORSLEY, EAST. St. Martin. 1. BRYAN ELDRIDGE MADE MEE 1648 2. HB RD WILLIAM ELDRIDGE MADE ME 1703 TE 3. + (No. 165) ^\i ^^)imtxi T^x^vxxMx ^tnt^xtXyxvx + (No. 168) U (No. 169). 4. Same as No. 2. (Diameter of treble 30 in., of tenor 39J in.) T. R. E. Item iiijo"^ bells in the steple the best by estymacion x^ and so under after that rate. Item a saunce bell. HORSLEY, WEST. St. Mary. 1. BRYAN ELDRIDGE MADE MEE 1645 2. GVLIELMVS ELDRIDGE ME FECIT 1687 3. Sxtua« ^Xtxt^^t Matt^ Witt 162 1. On Nos. I and 3 the figure of a heart between each word. (Diameter of treble 35 in., of tenor 40 in.) No. 3 badly broken. T. R. E. Item four gret bells in the steple the best by estymacion xiiij<= the rest under after the rate. Item a sacring bell and a corse bell. HORSLEYDOWN. St. John the Evangelist. Chapman & Mears of London Fecerunt 1783 Jo^ Cox Esq Iames Whien & Richard Thornton Churchwardens CHAPMAN & MEARS OF LONDON FECERUNT 1783 The Church Bells of Surrey, 167 g i The Gift of S^ Rich° Hotham K^ & Natha^ Pol^hill Esq^ Repre- * < SENTATIVES IN PARLIAMENT FOR THIS BOROUGH ^* ( CHAPMAN & HEARS OF LONDON FECERUNT 1783 10. The Gift of Tho^ Hoggarth Esq« to this Parish of St John southwarck Wm Mears of London Fecit 1784 (Diameter of treble 26 in., of tenor 48 in.) Bells packed in two tiers in the most cramped belfry I was ever in. District church : St. Mark. Modern church with modern bell. KEN LEY. See Coulsdon. KENNINGTON. See Lambeth and Newington. KEW. St. Ann. 1. 1838 2. THOMAS MEARS FOUNDER LONDON 1838 3. THOMAS MEARS WHITECHAPEL FOUNDRY 1838 (Diameters i6|^, 20 J, and 24 in. respectively.) KINGSTON-ON-THAMES. All Saints. RC 1748 INTACTUM SILEO PERCUTE DULCE CANO THOMAS MEARS FOUNDER LONDON 1841 ROBERT CATLIN FECIT 1750 WILLIAM BLEWS AND SONS FOUNDERS BIRMINGHAM 1873 T Mears of London Fecit 1826 On No. 5. Richard Carter Vestry Clerk „ „ 6. James Fricker John French Bayleffs „ „ 7. Sam^ Allenby William Pamphilon Church Wardens 1 68 The Church Bells of Surrey. 8. THE 8 OLD BELLS RECAST & 2 NEW TREBBLES ADDED TO MAKE X BY SUBSCRIPTIONS— S LONDON S BELCHIER COLLECTORS 1748 9. HEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON RECAST 1879 10. T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1830 (Diameter of treble 27 in., of tenor 57 in.) Former 4 was by Catlin, dated 1751. Former 9 by T. Mears, dated 1808. T. R. E. Fyve great belles in the steple a sauns bell and a chyme for the belles. At the chapel of St. Mary Magdalene (now the Grammar School) ; Two small belles and sacering bell. For the following excerpts from the Kingston town accounts I am indebted to Major Heales, F.S.A. : ijj". ix^. xx^. \]d. ixd. xxd. 1503 for a rope for the chym 1509 paid for trussyng of y^ Curfrey bell mete & drink e for Carpenters for same 2 days makyng iron work for same... borde for flooring of loft over bell makyng 4^^ bell clapper 14^. 1525 Timber for the ringing loft G^/Sd 1523 Paid for y^ Exchange of the i]^^ bell xxxvijj". paid for brede & ale at ye takyng down & hangyng upp viijV. paid to Edmond Raynold for a day helpyng up of ye said bell paid for careyng of y^ said bell to y« bell founders & fro the bell founders to y^ wat' & for cranyng paid to poule for jren worke & for a bell Clap mendyng ... paid to thorns sexton for trussyng of ye said bell ... paid for half a hyde of White lether paid for mendyng of y« Bawdryk of ye littell bell ... paid to Thomas Sexton for a new bell whele for y« ijde bell 1529 Reed of Ser Willm Woodale for ryngyng Toward the Cast^ of the bell 32^/2^^ ijV. xij^. viij^. ip. i]s. ijs. i\}S. y. ob. iijs. \\\]d. The Church Bells of Surrey, 169 Paid for Ryngyng at the co'myng of Syr Willfn woodall ... ... ... ... ... ... viij^. To the bell founder for Castyng of the thredde bell xliijj. iiij^. makyng of a Clapper of y^ same bell ijj". iiij^. for Traynyng & Carryage of y^ same bell x^. paid for the makyng of the Obligacion ... ... \]d. 27 Hen. VIII. (1535 and 6). One of the bells fell : there are charges for mending floor, 2nd and 3rd bells re- cast at Reading, 15 cwt. aaid \ and 12 lb. old metal. 1 56 1 Castyng of the bell & for the mettill putting to it . . ,Vf\ ms. for o'^ Dynner at Meydenhedd when we carried the bell to be cast v^. viij^. o"" sopper at Reading ys. or Dynner at Reading on the morrowe ... ... \]s. viij^. o'^ horse meate at Reding ... ... ... ... vjV. o*" baytyng at Stanes co'myng homeward ... ... i\]s, for Drynke at the founders ... ... ... ... y]s. Dryn\e for the Carpenters that made the bell whele y]d. to William Mose for Carrying of the bell to Reading xiijj-. 1563 for a rope for y^ saunce bell viijV. 1566 pd the beyll fouder for castyng the for' beyll w^ wyed vj c. xlij li. for she was cast, p^ hym ... ...iij//. y.s. \d. pd. for metyll to the said byll xiijf. viijV. all other charges xxj. xd. 1570 Paid to the Ryngars the ferst daye of y^ chaunge of the qvenes Rayne \]s. \i\)d. To the Ryngars at the command of M"-. Baylies when word was brovght that y^ erll of northumber- land was takene xx^. To the Ryngars the ferst tyme the quene whent in to bare felld v xijV. 1 5 7 1 Ryngars at the qvens comyng ... ... ... ijV. at her ferst goyng in to bare feld xix^. second time — goyeng to Ottland sevi times : to Horsle : when her bott came by : Martten 1574 Paid to Warthell for ringynge of the day bell ... xiijV. iiij^. Ringers 19 Jan. when Queen came to town i2d. 170 The Chtirch Bells of Surrey, 1587-8 Great bell sent to London and recast in this year: P^ ^3 . 3 . 4 1 65 1 Pd for ringing the Curfew 30s/- District churches in this parish : St. John the Evangelist. St. John the Baptist, Kingston Vale. St. Paul, Kingston Hill. St. Mark, Surbiton (four bells). St. Andrew „ St. Matthew „ Christ Church ,, • St. Peter, Norbiton. St. Paul, Hook. Modern churches with modern bells. LAMBETH. St. Mary. 1. THESE 8 BELLS & FRAMES & ALL APPURTENANCES WERE NEW MADE & A CONSIDERABLE WEIGHT OF METAL ADDED TO THE OLD BELLS AD 1723 THE COST NEAR 250 POUNDS WAS DEFRAYED BY THE GIFTS OF MANY GENTLEMEN & OTHER INHABITANTS OF THIS PARISH SIT DEUS PROPITIUS ILLIS 2. R PHELPS MADE ME 1723 3. NEW MADE WITH THE OTHER 7 BELLS 1723 R PHELPS FECIT CAST 1672 BOYDEN CUPER W" PHILLIPS CH W 4- 5- 6. C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1848 7. NEW MADE WITH THE OTHER BELLS 1723 R P FECIT CAST IN 1714 EDM GIBSON DD RECT lA WARNER IN" PAGE PET COURTHOPE THEN CH W 8. (Same as on No. 6.) (Diameter of treble 28^ in., of tenor 47 in.) T. R. E. Item a sauns bell. Item V great belles in the steple. !" |r PHELPS FECIT 1723 The Church Bells of Sicrrey. 1 7 1 I am indebted to Mr. Tyssen for the following extracts from the Church- wardens' account books of this parish : — 1514-15 Inprimis for a bellroppe xix^. Item ffor the fastening of iij belles yHver lowsse in the stoks & a stei to the gret bell... ... iijj-. Item for the naylying off a steie to the grett bell xii at 6J pr pound ..; 141. District churches in this parish : All Saints, Lower Marsh. Emmanuel. St. Andrew. St. John, Waterloo Road (8 bells). 2 A 178 The Church Bells of Surrey St. Mary-the-less. St. Thomas. Holy Trinity. St. Peter, Vauxhall. St. Philip, Kennington. St. James „ St. Mark „ (2 bells). St. John the Divine, Kennington All Saints, Kennington. All Saints, South Lambeth. St. Ann St. Augustine St. Barnabas St. Silas St. Stephen St. Andrew, Stockwell. All modern churches with modern St. Michael, Stockwell. Christ Church, Brixton. St. Catherine St. John St. Jude St. Matthew „ (2 bells). St. Paul St. Saviour St. Paul, Heme Hill. St. Saviour „ St. Matthew, Denmark Hill. St. Mathias, Tulse Hill. Holy Trinity „ St. Luke, Lower Norwood (2 bells). Christ Church, Gipsey Hill. St. Jude „ bells. LETHERHEAD. SS. Mary and Nicholas. 2. CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LONDON IN DEO GLORIAM ATM 1877 CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LONDON IN MEMORY OF HIS DEAR WIFE ELIZABETH TWO TREBLE BELLS WERE GIVEN BY ARTHUR T MILLER 1877 T Mears of London Fecit 1816 [recast BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LONDON 1877 Same as No. 3. The Church Bells of Surrey. 179 10. Richard Ellis Thomas Billing Church Wardens 18 16. T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT (Diameter of treble 28 J in., of tenor 49 J in.) T. R. E. iij belles in the steple. Nos. 4, 5 and 6 were, previously to recasting, byT. Mears, and dated 1792. LEIGH. St. Bartholomew the Great. 1. LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT 1756 2. GVLIEMVS ELDHIDGE ME FECIT 1687. 3. GLORIA DEO IN EXCELSIS i6£8 B E 4. J WARNER & SONS CRESCENT FOUNDRY LONDON 1855 (Diameter of treble 26J in., of tenor 33 in.) No. 3 has a fleur-de-lis as " stop " between each word. T. R. E. In the steple iiij belles, iij sacring bells. Death knell, either on day of death or the following morning. It is the custom to toll for a few minutes after the grave has been dug. A bell rung at 8 a.m. on Sundays and Christmas Day. LIMPSFIELD. SS. Peter and Paul. ^' I CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LONDON 1877 2. J 3. .Bancfa fEler^arefa ©xta 3?>Jt0 JHulris □ (No. 189) T H O (coin) 4. Sr^an Cltrrietr^^ Wt^^ Wit^ 16 19 5. + (No. 165) j:m. mt'&::^w%B ^^jujfi^eh i?iejg©- 6. -f (Plate XIII.) Hunt 3?ixysa T^xxX^^X^ X^Cluntrt X^Elaitia '^^caia (Diameter of treble 30 in., of tenor 44 in.) No. 4 has a heart for stop between each word ; No. 5, a fleur-de-lis (No. 164). Nos. 5 and 6 have been recast, with former inscriptions reproduced. For account of these two bells and No. 3, see pp. 81 and 89. T. R. E. Item in the stypell ffower grete bells. Death knell usually rung at either 9.30 a.m. or 3.30 p.m. Tellers, 2i^c> for a man, 3 x 2 for a woman or child. Bells chimed on Sundays at 7 a.m. in summer (only), at 8 a.m. always, and tenor bell tolled at 9 a.m. Ringing on Queen's Accession and Birthdays, and on New Year's Day. i8o The Church Bells of Surrey, LINGFIELD. SS. Peter and Paul. I. \ ^' ( BRYAN ELDRIDGE MADE MEE 1648 ^' \ r RC CK 4- / I RC CK FC 5. RICHARD CONSTABLE CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT CHVRCH- WARDENS 1648 FRANCIS COLLIN B E (Diameter of treble 33 in., of tenor 44 in.) T. R. E. Item in the stiple ffower greate belles and a litell bell LONG CROSS. See Chertsey. LOWFIELD HEATH. See Charlwood. LYNE. See Chertsey. MALDEN. St. John. 1. R PHELPS M BARNITT DD VICAR BENI BROWNE THO THOMPSON CH WARDENS 1711 2. Quite plain. (Diameter 27^ in. and 29 J in. respectively.) On the headstock of the larger bell the following is incised T. R. E. ij great belles and iij hand belles. District church : Christ Church, New Maiden. Modern church with modern bell. 1688 WB. GB. The Church Bells of Surrey. i8i MERROW. St. John. 1. BRYANVS ELDRIDGE ME FECIT 1650 2. 0utt InrpB t» in l\\t Ix^x^ RE 3. 3:xrriattttC0 ®ff ^^mttBtt ®tita U (No. 186) O (No. 187) U (No. 188) (Diameter of treble 29 J in., of tenor 33 J in.) No. 2 has a curious stop between each word — a kind of " true lover's knot " set up on end. No. 3 badly cracked. For account, see p. 87. T. R. E. Item iij belles in the steple. MERSTHAM. St. Katherine. 1. BRYANVS ELDRIDGE ME FECIT 1657 2. + (No. 165) ^antta Jiat^riita ©ra )Pr^0 ^XJ&ta 3. R0b]exttiy3S + mul + ntc + fecif + 1597 O 4. Pack & Chapman of London Fecit — Nich^ Feldwick & Jn^ East LAND Church Wardens 1774 5. BRYAM ELDRIDGE MADE MEE 1640 NICHOLAS BEST RICHARD SHARP CHVRCH WARDENS (Diameter of treble 31 in., of tenor 43 J in.) For account of No. 2 see p. 81. No. 5 has a fleur-de-lis stop between each word ; No. 3 has Mot's usua circular medallion. T. R. E. In the steple v belles a saincs bell and a hand bell. Death knell as soon as possible after death, but not after sunset. Treble bell for children, tenor for adults. Usual tellers (3x3 and 3x2) at end of tolling. Sundays, at 8 a.m., the istand 2nd are chimed for five minutes and then the treble tolled for the same space of time. Bells chimed for service, " ringing in " on tenor. Ringing on Queen's Birthday and Coronation Day, and on 5 th November. Tenor rung for five minutes at 11 o'clock on 25 th March for Vestry meeting. 1 82 The Church Bells of Surrey, MERTON. St. Mary. 1. Thomas Mears of London Fecit 1803 2. + (No. 184) ^antfa X^argar^fa ®ra ^ra Jf^tr&i^ u (Royal Arms) + (No. 185) 3. Sruatt ^Xtsr^m. Matr:^ Witt 1621 (Diameter of treble 30 in., of tenor 35 in.) No. 3 has a heart for stop between each word. For No. 2 see p. 80. T. R. E. Item in the steple iij belles. MICKLEHAM. St. Michael. 1. C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1850 2. BRYAMVS ELDREDGE ME FECIT 1624 i^mmj-W 1610 (Diameter of treble 26 in., of tenor 32 in.) On No. -2 a heart for stop between each word. T. R. E. iij belles in the steple a hand bell and a sacring bell. Death knell after usual " tellers " of 3 x 3 and 3x2. Two of the bells chimed at 8 a.m. on Sundays. Tenor used for sermon bell, rung at commencement of ringing for service ; Bells then chimed, and then "ringing in." Bell rung for Vestry meetings. MILFORD. See WiTLEY. MITCHAM. SS. Peter and Paul. T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1820 The Church Bells of Surrey, 1 8 J 6. MITCHAM CHURCH REBUILT AND THE 8 BELLS RECAST 1820. THE REV° S. D. MYERS AM. VICAR Tames Moore Esquire ) ^ ^ c h.ward ens On waist : W^^ Hood Hemans Esquire T Mears of London Fecit } 7. Same as Nos. i to 5. 8. Same as on waist of No. 6. (Diameter of treble 28J in., of tenor 45 in.) T. R. E. Item iiijor gret belles. Item on sauntes bell. Item solde to Henry Pyke a hande bell for ij^ iiijd. A traditional use of chiming for a few minutes at 8 a.m. has been discon- tinued for many years. District church : Christ Church. A modem church with modern bell. As this is being written I hear that a peal is in course of hanging. MORDEN. St. Laurence. 1. R. PHELPS FECIT 1717 PETER BATT ION AH LOUGEE CH W GEORGE KNAPP DD RECTOR 2. R GARTH 1604 W8 3. GLORIA DEO VA EXCELSIS 1637 B E (Diameter of treble 29} in., of tenor 36 in.) No. 3 has a fleur-de-lis as stop between each word. Founder's initials on No. 2 have evidently been produced by being roughly scratched inside the ' cope.' They may be W S or S W. T. R. E. Item iij belles. Item a sanctes bell. 1 84 The Church Bells of Surrey, MORTLAKE. St. Mary. 1. I TO THE Church the Living Call I was Recast by Subscription But to the Grave the Tenour all Pain & Cotterell Church- Wardens 1784 THO^ JANAWAY OF CHELSEA FECIT 2. THO^ LESTER OF LONDON MADE ME THEODORE ECCLES- TON ESQ^ 1746 3. MADE BY PHILIP WIGHTMAN 1694 4. 1694 PW 5. Same as on No. 3. 6. RECAST BY SUBSCRIPTION OF THE RINGERS R^ CATLIN FECIT 1 75 1 7. Same as on No. 3. 8. MADE BY PHILIP WIGHTMAN 1695 Clock bell, 1 7 1 2 (Diameter of treble 20J in., of tenor 43 in.) T. R. E. Item a sauns bell. * , ' Item in the steple iij belles. Death-knell twelve hours after death. Bell tolled for thirty minutes after usual * tellers ' of 3 x 3 or 3 x 2. Sundays, two bells chimed at 8 a.m. for three minutes and tolled two minutes. The 2nd bell is rung for five minutes. For services, bells chimed or rung for fifteen minutes, then tenor tolled for ten minutes. * Ringing in ' five minutes on treble. * Pancake' bell rung on Shrove Tuesday from 11.30 to 12. 6th bell used. 6th bell rung for an hour before Vestry meetings. Ringing on Easter Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day, and on the birthdays of the Queen and Prince of Wales. Several interesting accounts of change-ringing are recorded on tablets in the belfry. The jpeal is a very good one, although rather a ' scratch ' lot, and light in weight. The Church Bells of Surrey, 185 District church : East Sheen, Christ Church. Modern church and modern bell. MOULSEY (EAST). St. Mary. 1. a^utt ^^m t« tn fftc E0ltt» RE BP TA 1608 Wittml hu M^ect^ ^ Sfatn&anft xrf f tJittrtrn 187 1 2. Thos Martin & Ja^ Norman C«Wardens 1760— Lester & Pack of London Fecit 3. ERYAMVS ELDREDGE ME FECIT 1623 (Diameter of treble 29I in., of tenor 33I in.) No. 3 has a heart as stop between each word. T. R. E. ij belles hangyng yn the steple. A later return gives : iij belles in the steple. District church : St. Paul. Modern church and modern bell. MOULSEY (WEST). Dedication unknown. I. T Mears of London Fecit 1832 (Diameters respectively 32 and 34 in.) T. R. E. iij belles in the steple. Brayley's * Surrey' (1840) mentions three bells, and the pit for the other (treble) bell is still there. Local tradition affirms it to have gone to Walton- on-Thames. It probably did ; but only for water-carriage thence to London. Being cracked, it was most likely sold for old metal. Bells chimed at 8 a.m. on Sundays and Christmas Day. 2 B 1 86 The Church Bells of Surrey. NEWDIGATE. St. Peter. 2. 3" VtHOMAS hears of LONDON FECIT 1803 4. 5- 6. On No. I. James Broadwood Esq^ Gave 15 Pounds towards this Bell On No. 6. Thomas Wonham Jun« James Briggs ChurchWardens (Diameter of treble 25 in., of tenor 35^ in.) T. R. E. iiij belles in the steple and a saccring bell. NEWINGTON. St. Mary. ^' ItHOs hears of LONDON FECIT 1793 2. J ' (Churchwarden's names too corroded to be legible. 3. R. PHELPS FECIT 1721 (Diameter of treble 34 in., of tenor 40 J in.) Hy information as to these bells is imperfect. I am not sure whether they have (all or any of them) been removed to the new parish church. T. R. E. Item a sauns bell. Item in the steple iiij belles. Another return, ist Ed. VI. : Item paid this yere to the belfounder for trussing ye belle ... iij^. iiij^. „ payd for a new bawdrike and mending the old .. . ... xviij//. „ payd for ij bell roopes xviij^. District churches in this parish : St. Andrew. St. Gabriel. St. Hatthew. Holy Trinity (8 bells). All Saints. The Church Bells of Surrey. 187 St. Agnes, Kennington Park. All Souls, Grosvenor Park. St. John, Walworth. St. Mark „ St. Paul „ St. Peter „ (8 bells). St. Stephen „ NORBITON. See Kingston-on-Thames. NUTFIELD. SS. Peter and Paul. 1. T JANAWAY FECIT 1779 JM ME MA AE 2. RA IG CHVRCHWARDENS 1663 WE 3. THC^ MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1793 4. C «&: G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1848 Richard Hall William Russe \ Churchwardens LL J '1 g , WILLIAM ELDRIDGE MADE MEE 1662 (Diameter of treble 27 J in., of tenor 40 in.) T. R. E. In the steple iiij belles a sauns bell and a hand bell. GARWOOD. St. John the Baptist. • I. 1824. (Diameter, 13 in.) ' Here were three bells belonging to this chapel, but it being very much ruinated and ready to fall in the year 1709, two neighbouring gentlemen (viz., Mr. Gough and Mr. Haynes) sold them, and with the purchase-money and an addition of about ;£8 of their own, have supported it with buttresses.' — Aubrey. OATLAND'S PARK. See Walton-on-Thames. The Church Bells of Surrey. OCKHAM. All Saints. i On waist : THE REV« JOHN HOADLY DD RECTOR ^•J THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE KING PATRON 1719 ^" ( On sound bow : RECAST BY C & G MEARS 1850 ^'Ir. PHELPS FECIT 1719 5. JAMES DALLEN & RICH° BONSEY CHURCHWARDENS 181 1 T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT (Diameter of treble 26 in., of tenor 34 in.) T. R. E. Item iiij bells in the steple. Item iij littell small bells. Item a saunce bell. OCKLEY. St. Margaret. I. THE GIFT OF lOHM EVERSHED ESQVIRE 1701 RICHARD PHELPS FECIT 1710 ^•VR PHELPS 1701 FECIT 5.) 6. THESE SIX BELLS WERE MADE 1701 DAVID WORSFOLD HENRY PALMER CHVRCHWARDENS BY RICHARD PHELPS (Diameter of treble 30 in., of tenor 44 in.) T. R. E. Item iiij bells the best by estymacion xij^ and the resydew under after the rate. Item ij lyttell sacring bells. District church : St. John. Modern church with modern bell. OTTERS HAW. See Chertsey. OUT WOOD. See Bletchingley. The Church Bells of Surrey, 189 bXTEAD. St. Mary the Virgin. 2. Ir PHELPS FECIT 1729 3.) 4. RICARDUS PHELPS ME FECIT 1729. AB OMNI FULGURE DEFENDA NOS DOMINE 5. Good Folks with one Accord we Call to hear Gods Word we Honour to the King & Ioy to Brides do Sing We Triumphs Loudly Tell & Ring your Last Farewell R. P. F^ 1729 (Diameter of treble 29^ in., of tenor 41 J in.) T. R. E. iiij belles in the steple. 4th Ed. VI. Sold unto one Thomas Taxford founder one sauns bell poz xl^b ij procession belles poz xvji^ ^^\^]^ ^s much other latten as weied in all together clxxxij^^^ for the sume of Ivijs ixd. The inscription on the 4th bell refers to a bad storm in July, 17 19, when the church was struck by lightning and the bells destroyed. Death-knell as soon as possible after death. Bell tolled for an hour after usual *' tellers " of 3 x 3 or 3 x 2. Ringing on Easter Day, Whit Sunday, and Christmas Day, Queen's Birth- day, Coronation Day, November 5th, and on l^st night of year. PENGE. See Battersea. PEPERHARROW. St. Nicholas. 1. W E MADE MEE 1694. 2. R PHELPS FECIT 17 13 ROBERT HOLDSWORTH MA RECTOR lOHN SMYTH CH:WARDEN 3. + ^tytt(x X^ntgljf Matic Mtt 1603 (Diameter of treble 23 in., of tenor 29 in.) T. R. E. Item iij bells in the steple. 190 The Church Bells of Surrey. PETERSHAM. St. Peter. I. IBrKan (iltntBtr^j^ IHatrc Wit^ 1620. (Diameter 23J in.) There is a row of fleurs-de-lis round the crown of the bell, and a heart " stop " between each word. T. R. E. iij belles in the steple. PIRBRIGHT. St. Michael. -T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1822 T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT THIS PEAL OF BELLS WERE THE GIFT OF HENRY HALSEY ESQ-^ 1822 (Diameter of treble 30 in., of tenor 42 in.) The three old bells which the above peal replaced are stated to be at Henley Park. T. R. E. Item iiij bells in the steple. Item a broken saunce bell. Death-knell as soon as convenient after death. Treble for children ; tenor for adults. A short peal at 8 a.m. on Sundays. A short peal on two bells for Vestry meetings. An admirable set of belfry rules is in use here. PUTTENHAM. St. John. No information as to inscriptions. On my visit the belfry was locked and the key unattainable, the clerk — in common with nearly the whole of the parishioners — having gone hop-picking. Letters since asking for particulars have been unanswered. The Church Bells of Surrey, 1 9 1 The peal is a new one within the last two or three years, replacing a peal of five by Thomas Lester of London, dated 1739-40. T. R. E. Item iiij bells in the steple and a saunce bell weyeing by esty- macion in all xxxviij^. PUTNEY. St. Mary the Virgin. 'THOMAS HEARS OF LONDON FOUNDER 1836 SIX OLD BELLS WERE RECAST AND TWO TREBLE BELLS ADDED AD 1836 THOMAS MEARS OF LONDON FOUNDER (Diameter of treble 28 in., of tenor 46 in.) T. R. E. Item in the steple v belles. In a later return : Fyve belles in the steple and a saunce bell. District churches : All Saints. St. John the Evangelist. St. Stephen. Holy Trinity, Roehampton. Modern churches with modern bells. PYRFORD. St. Nicholas. I. Quite plain. 2. SVV8 Hcvvo v'^a'^iaoiE (Diameter respectively 2^% and 30 in.) For an account of No. 2 see p. 107. T. R. E. Item ij sackring belles. Item ij belles in the steple of j*^ di. Death-knell at 8 a.m. day after death. No "tellers." 192 The Church Bells of Surrey, RAN MORE. See Great Bookham. REDHILL. See Reigate. REIGATE. St. Mary Magdalene. 1. RECAST 1786 AT THE EXPENCE OF THE HON^^^ JOHN SOMERS. T Mears of London Fecit 181 i Richard Barnes Gent Through whose Exertions 2. AND THE LIBERAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE PARISH- IONERS 1784 3. WE EIGHT WERE CAST TO SUPPLY THE PLACE OF SIX R PATRICK FOUNDER 1784 4. THE GIFT OF RICHARD LADBROKE ESQ« & OTHERS 1784 R PATRICK FOUNDER 5. THE GIFT OF EDW° LEEDS & WILL^^ BELLINGHAM ESQUIRES THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BOROUGH IN PARLIAMENT 1784 R. PATRICK FOUNDER 6. THE GIFT OF THE EARL OF HARDAVICKE ROBERT PATRICK OF LONDON FOUNDER 1784 7. THE GIFT OF CHARLES LORD SOMMERS LORD OF THE MANOR ROBERT PATRICK OF LONDON FOUNDER 1784 8. THE REV" JEOFFRY SNELSON MA VICAR THO^ BODLE & JOHN BURT CHURCHWARDENS ROB^ PATRICK OF LONDON FOUNDER 1784 (Diameter of treble 31 in., of tenor 49 in.) Tenor weighs a few pounds under 20 cwt. T. R. E. In the steple iiij belles and ij hand belles. The Church Bells of Surrey. 193 District churches : St. Mark. St. John the Evangelist, Redhill. St. Matthew, Redhill. Emmanuel, Sidlow. St. Luke, South Park. Modern churches with modern bells. RICHMOND. St. Mary Magdalene. ::( EX DONO GULIELMI GARDINER GENEROSI ANNO 1740 R C FECIT 3. CHARLES SCOTT STEPHEN ANDREWS CH. WARDENS R C FECIT 1740 4. SAMVELL MOODY MOSES BODDICOT CHVRCHWARDENS 1680 Lambert made me Weake not fit to Ring BvT Bartlet amongst the rest hath made me Sing O 5. R CATLIN FECIT 1742 ^' llAMES BARTLET MADE MEE 1680 '■^ o 8. PERCIVAL HART & THO^ ALLEN CHWARDENS 1760 LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT Clock bell. MATHEW MOODEY THOMAS ELING CHVRCH- WARDENS 1683 MATHEW WALKER WH IQB (Diameter of treble 28 J in., of tenor 46-I- in. Tenor weighs i8| cwt.) Belfry a perfect pattern of neatness and cleanliness. T. R. E. Thre belles in the steple and a saunce bell. District churches : Christ Church. Holy Trinity, St. John the Divine. St. Luke. St. Mathias. Modern churches and modern hells. 2 C 194 ^^^ Church Bells of Stcrrey. RIPLEY. Dedication unknown. 1. Quite plain. (Diameter 23 J in.) ROEHAMPTON. See Putney. ROTHERHITHE. St. Mary. ^' It LESTER MADE ME 1748 2. J 4. It L 1748 6. M« ROB^ SANDERS & M« lA^ PEW CH : WARDENS T LESTER MADE US ALL 1748 7. THOMAS LESTER MADE US ALL TOBIAS BENTON HANGED US ALL 1748 8. T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1831 The Rev» Jn° Short Hewitt Rector William Skeggs ) ^ ,,, ^ } Church Wardens William Gibbs ) Sanctus bell. No rubbing. (Diameter of treble 27 in., of tenor 44 J in.) T. R. E. Item foure belles waying by estymacion vijc weight. Another return : Item ij belles in the steple. M^ Ther was sold . . . ij belles of cccc iij q'^ xiij^^ weight at xxxs the c ... ... ... ... ... ... vij'^ x It appears from the first return that these " twoo belles " were sold in July, 155 1, to one " Androwe Sayre of London Soope Maker." The Church Bells of Surrey, 195 District churches : All Saints. Christ Church. Holy Trinity. St. Barnabas. St. Paul. Modern churches with modern bells. ST. MARTHA'S (or CHILWORTH). A small modern bell (inaccessible), placed here at the Restoration in 1849. T. R. E. Item j bell hanging in the steple. Item j hanging bell at the place. This last description is somewhat vague. Qy. a sanctus bell hanging on the rood loft or screen. SANDERSTEAD. All Saints. PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT 1771 :;} (Diameters 27 and 29 in. respectively.) T. R. E. Item ij belles in the steple. Item j brokyn bell for procession. (In a later inventory called a " brokin saunce bell.") I SEALE. Dedication unknown. CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LONDON 1873 3-' 4. THOMAS LESTER OF LONDON MADE ME 1/44 5. i0ur f|0p^ t0in fl|e Ix^tts 1608 RE 6. (Same as Nos. i to 3.) ' (Diameter of treble 26 in., of tenor 36 in.) No. 6, before recasting, bore the cross (Plate XIL), and foundry stamp (No. 181) alone, without inscription. See p. 84. T. R. E. Item iij belles and one sance belL Sd, 196 TAe Church Bells of Surrey. The following entries from the Churchwardens' accounts of this parish are copied from the "Surrey Archaeological Collections," vol. ii., pp. 29-31: — 1588 paid^to Ihon lure for kepinge the belles ... ... 12^. 1589 for a new bell rope 14^. 1590 for a new bell rope and nails ... ... ... 12^. 1591 for two new bell ropes 22//. for ringing when her Majesty came to Farnham ... 12^. to John Turner for ringing ... ... ... ... 2d» expenses upon the coronation day in drinke to the ringers for iron about the bells ... ... ... ... 3^. 1592 for iron work about the bells ... ... ... 2d, for three new bell ropes 3.?. 8^. 1593 to the Carpenter for mendinge the bells three dales worke 3"^- ^^' iron worke and nails ... ... ... ... 14^. for charges at the mendinge of the bells in bread & drinke 10^. 1594 for a cleet that mended the stocke of the little bell 2d. for three new bell ropes 2s. 6d. for mending of the goodgin of ye lyttle bell ... 2d. for whitt Lether at Farnam Fayre to mend the bels baudreks id. . to a carpinter for one days work mending the bells against the coronation daye 10^. for breade & drinke for the ringers the coronation day at night 6^. 1596 for a new bell rope 12^. for ringers on the coronation day iij men ixd a pesse 2s. 3^. 1597 New bell rope i4^- for mending a bell rope 4^* for soap to dress the bells id. 1599 for thonglether & mending the ropes 12^. 1602 to ringers upon the coronation day 2s. for two new ropes & a rope for the " sante " bell... 2s. 6d. 1603 for mending the clapper of the great bell 2s. for drinke for the ringers on the coronation day ... 5^. The Church Bells of Surrey. 197 1604 to the smith for iron work about the bells 16^/. for ringeng for the King & grese for the bell roppes 5^. 1606 pd to the Bell founder for new castinge of the bells & all charges belonginge thereunto as smyth's work & carpinters & such like ... ... ... v//. \s. \\d. 1607 Laide out at Okengam when wee caried the bells... ixj. y]d. At Okeingame when the bell was cast xjV. for carrying & recarrying the bells xj. pd to the bellfounder for raetall yt he put into the bell xiijii at vjd a pound vjV. y]d. These last entries have reference, no doubt, to the present No. 5, dated 1608, and are of importance, as showing that Richard Eldridge was still cast- ing at Wokingham in that year. District church : ToNGHAM, St. Paul. Modern church and modern bell. SELHURST. See Croydon. SEND. St. Mary. 1. RICHARD PHELPS MADE THESE FIVE BELLS FOR SEI^ID A D 1711 2. RICHARD PHELPS MADE ME 171 1 3. THOMAS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1803 (Diameter of No. i, 29J in., of No. 3, 37J in.) The remains of a peal of five, of which treble and tenor are gone j the pits remain. T. R. E. Item iiij bells in the steple. (Entry erased in MS.) Sold — ij small sacring bells. Four bells in Manning and Bray's time. SHACKLEFORD. See Godalming. 198 The Chttrch Bells of Surrey. SHALFORD. St. Mary. JOHN WARNER FOUNDER OF LONDON 1789 On No. I. THY GLORY LORD WE WILL RESOUND „ „ 2. TO ALL THE LISTENING NATIONS ROUND „ „ 3. AND WITH OUR TONGUES „ „ 4. OUR VOICES RAISE „ „ 5. TO THEE O GOD 6. CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LONDON 1866 (Diameter of treble 31 J in., of tenor 44J in.) Prior to recasting No. 6 was inscribed like the other five, with the remainder of the verse, "in songs of praise." T. R. E. Item viij belles whereof the greatest conteyneth xvj*^ the second xiijc the third xij*^ the iiij^^ x<= the v^^ viij^ the vj^® vj'^ the vij*^^ iiij*^ the viij^^ ij^ five in Shallforth of the greatest and iij in Brameley. Item a lettill bell callid a sawnce bell conteynyng bie extymacion xxv^b weight. Before 1789 there was here, according to Manning and Bray, a peal of five from the Eldridges' foundry at Wokingham or Horsham. They were inscribed as follows, probably in black letter : LORD PLEAD MY CAUSE AGAINST MY FOES T -r^ o T^ » I CONFOUND THEIR FORCE AND MIGHT 1613 . J B & R A< '^ •' ^ FIGHT ON MY PART. AGAINST MY FOES THAT SEEK WITH ME TO FIGHT GLORIA DEO IN EXCELSIS 1636 R E & J W SHAMLEY GREEN. See Wonersh. SHEIRE. St. James. 1. RICHARD PHELPS MADE ME 17 12 lOHPl RVSSEL BENE- FACTOR 2. R PHELPS FECIT 1712 TR HMIDIBIBTB RIHGERS OF THIS PARRISH The Church Bells of Surrey. 199 ^•) 4. V RICHARD PHELPS MADE ME 171 2 6. R PHELPS FECIT 17 12 THOMAS DVMCOMB DD RECTOR RICHARD COE lOHl^ WAKEFORD CHVRCHWARDEMS (Diameter of treble 30 in., of tenor 46 in.) T. R. E. Inprimis v belles the beste bie estimacion xvij*^ the next xiij^ and so after the rate. Item j littill saunce bell. According to the Churchwardens' accounts, the bells were new cast in 1590, but the bellfounder did his work so ill that a suit was instituted against him in which they expended ;£'4 2s. Death-knell " as usual for sex and age." Ringing only " on special occasions, as Christmas Day, last day of old year, etc." " Chimed every Sunday." District church in this parish : HoLMBURY, St. Mary. A peal of five small bells by Lewis and Co. of Brixton. SHIRLEY. See Croydon. SHOTTERMILL. See Frensham. SIDLOW. See Reigate. SOUTHWARK. St. Saviour. ^;}sK 1735 I. 2. 3. SAMUEL KNIGHT FECIT 1735 4. S K 1735 200 The Church Bells of Surrey, 5. MAY LOUE & UNITY BE WITHOUT LIMITATION S KNIGHT FECIT 1735 6. THIS PEAL OF TWELEF BELLS BEGUN TO BE CAST IN ANNO DOM. 1734 & COMPLEATED IN AD 1735 7. SAMUEL KNIGHT FECIT 1734 8. lAMES & ELIZx\BETH GARDNER { Samuel Knight Performd right well I ^ j. ( When he Recast Me Dowsabell . i 9. lOHN KENT THO^ GARDNER lOHN PILLON HENRY FARMER FRANCES HALL CHARLES WHARTON CHURCHWARDENS 1735 10. C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON RECAST BY SUBSCRIPTION AD 1844 Reverend W Curling & Reverend S Benson Chaplains W. Waters J. Drewitt R. Downs T ^ ^Wardens J. Glover J. Sutton J. Monnery 11. John Smith Bell Warden William Denbigh Great Account. James Parsley General Poor. John Jepson College Warden. James Beadman Newcomens. Edward Sandell Young Sprat & Jackson. T Mears of London Fecit 1820 12. SAMUEL KNIGHT FECIT 1734 Remainder of (long) inscription illegible, being covered by an iron band gudgeon. (Diameter of treble 29 in., of tenor 66 in.) A very grand peal — of beautiful tone. T. R. E. Item vj belles hanginge in the steple with a litill bell. Item the belles weer bought of Kinge Henry the viij*^ for the said churche. Brayley states (on what authority I know not) that " in the time of Prior Werke worth [a.d. 1424] there were seven bells respectively named Augustine, Maria, Stephen, Anna Maria, St. Lawrence, Vincent and St. Nicholas. Sub- sequently in the same year this prior caused other bells to be cast of greater weight, and added an eighth, and altered some of their names, which then The Church Bells of Surrey: 201 ranged thus : St. Trinity, Mary, Augustine, St. Lawrence, Gabriel, All Saints, St. John the Evangelist and Christ." In Aubrey's time {circci 1700) there were eight bells, and he notes that the 4th bore the date MCCCCXCIV. and that the 5th had the following in- scription : Consonat ecce pia campana vocata Maria Quam Prior Henricus Wentworth sibi fecit araicam. I think we must take both these accounts as probably founded on fact, but as also decidedly inaccurate in detail. The dedication of a bell to " Anna Maria " is simply ludicrous (possibly " Anna Mater Mariae " may be meant, but I have never seen or heard of a bell so inscribed in England). One would feel inclined to say the same of St. Trinity, were it not for the bell at Chiddingfold in this county. St. Olave. 2. >C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1844 3- * Sanctus bell, M^ NICHOLAS FLOWER CHURCHWARDEN 17 19 (Diameter of treble 29J in., of tenor 47 J in.) T. R. E. Item fyve greate belles hanginge in the steple. Prior to 17 19 there were six bells. In that year they were recast and augmented to eight. On 19th August, 1843, the church was destroyed by fire, and the bells melted. St. George the Martyr. AR 1718 PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD 1718 AR PROSPERITY TO ALL OVR BENEFACTORS AR GOD PRESERVE THIS CHVRCH AR 1718 PROSPERITY TO THIS PLACE AR 17 18 M^ WILLIAM BRIDGER CHVRCHWARDEN 17 18 AR ABR. RUDHALL OF GLOVCESTER BELLFOVNDER 17 18 2 D 202 The Church Bells of Surrey, 8. THE LIVEING I TO CHVRCH DO CALL & TO THE GRAVE DO SUMON ALL Sanctus bell, THE REV° J COOKSEY RECTOR W" HILL CH WARDEN APRIL 1738. RICHARD PHELPS. T LESTER FECIT My Voice at Proper Times I'le Raise and Sound to my Subscribers Praise (Diameter of treble 27 in., of tenor 44 in.) St. Thomas. . 1. No rubbing. 2. THOMAS MEARS FOUNDER LONDON 1843 (Respective diameters, 30 J and 35 in.) Aubrey (with doubtful correctness) mentions five bells here. Christ Church. !* 1 1 AMES BARTLET ME XIDSJ 1700 Q ^* ' ' B FECIT 1700 3. ' 4. 5- 6. 7. ROBERT CATLIN FECIT 1741 8. JOHN WARNER & SON FOUNDERS LONDON 1796 GILBERT HANDASYDE & JAMES WEBBER CHURCHWARDENS Sanctus bell, ROBERT CATLIN FECIT 1742 (Diameter of treble 28 in., of tenor 47 in.) Other Southwark churches are : All Hallows. St. Jude. St. Alphege. St. Paul. St. Mary Magdalene. St. Peter. St. Michael. St. Stephen. All modern churches with modern bells. The Church Bells of Surrey, 203 STOKE-BY-GUILDFORD. St. John the Evangelist, 2- J-Srsan €Krtt^t>0B iHairc Wl^ 1620 3- (Diameter of treble 28 in., of tenor 34J in.) A heart for stop between each word. T. R. E. Item ij gret bells in the steple weying both by estymacion xvjc. Item ij small bells and a corse bell. M<*. Sold a broken bell price vj^^ viij^ vj'^. STOKE D'ABERNON. St. Mary. 1. W E 1687 2. J WARNER & SONS LONDON 1866 3. + (No. 170). I J S (Nos. 171 and 171^) (Diameters 19 J, 21, and 22 in. respectively.) See p. 83 for mention of No. 3 bell. T. R. E. ij belles in the steple. STREATHAM. St. Leonard., RAIS° BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION 1785 W»» MEARS OF ^' ( LONDON FECIT 4. 5- 6. THE GIFT OF HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF BEDFORD 1785 Messrs Jno Smith & Henry Marston Churchwardens W" Mears OF London Fecit (Diameter of treble 30 in., of tenor 43 in.) T. R. E. Item in the steple iij belles. M"^. That there was stollen out of the Churche a sacring bell. 204 The Church Bells of Stirrey District churches in the parish : Christ Church. Immanuel (8 bells). St. Anselm. St. Peter (2 bells). Magdalene Hospital Chapel. St. Mary, Balham. St. John the Divine, Balham. Holy Trinity, Upper Tooting. All modern churches with modem bells. SURBITON. See Kingston. SUTTON. St. Nicholas. ^* I THOMAS MEARS FOUNDER LONDON 1841 (Respective dianjeters, 29 and 45 in.) T. R. E, Inprimis iij belles. Item a lyttle belle callyd the sanfctus bell. District churches : Christ Church. All Saints, Benhilton. Modern churches with modern bells. All Saints has, I believe, a peal of six. TANDRIDGE. St. Peter. ^' \ MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1870 2. J 3. THOMAS MEARS & SON OF LONDON FECIT 1808 4. THOMAS LESTER OF LONDON MADE ME 1744 The Church Bells of Surrey, 205 5. W«MEARS & QP LONDON FECIT 1777 (Diameter of treble 22 J in., of tenor 27J in.) T. R. E. Item in the steple iij belles and one hand bell. Death knell as soon as possible after death. Tellers, 2,y^2> oi" 3 ^ 2, as usual. Tenor used for adults, and smaller bell for children. Sundays : bells sometimes chimed and sometimes rung for services. Sermon bell rung at 9 a.m. for about five minutes. TATSFIELD. Dedication unknown. 1. VALENTINE HAYWARD CHVRCH WARDEN 1701 2. THOMAS HEARS FOUNDER LONDON 1838 (Diameters respectively 24 and 28 in.) T. R. E. Item ij belles in the steple. A later inventory gives iij small belles in the steple. THORNTON HEATH. See Croydon. THORPE. St. Mary. 1. HEMRY SPEMSER ESQR HEMRY BRUMBRIDGE CHURRCH- WARDEMS THO SWAIM MADE ME 1753 2. DAVID IRI8H R F CHVRCH WARDENS W E MADE MEE 1693 3. THE REV° M« W^ CROCKER VICAR ROGER SECRY W^ SLARK CHURCHWARDENS RICHARD PHELPS FECIT 1725 (Diameter of treble 31 in., of tenor 35 J in.) Tenor badly cracked. T. R. E. Item iij belles the best waing viij hondred the rest under after the rate. 2o6 , The Church Bells of Surrey. THURSLEY. St. Michael. 1. R P FECIT 1 7 15 lOHN STILLWELL FRANCIS lACKMAN CH. WARDENS 2. An inscription of some fourteen (Jr fifteen black letter minuscules, placed about four inches apart ; quite illegible, one letter s being the only one free from doubt. 3. 1828 (Diameter of treble 24 in., of tenor 29 in.) T. R. E. Item iij belles in the steple the best by estymacion vj hundreth and so under after the rate. Item a saunctes bell waying di<^. . Item ij littell bells. Death knell rung at 8 a.m. Usual tellers of 3 x 3 or 3 x 2. Bells rung at 8 a.m. on Sundays. TILFORD. See Farnham. TITSEY. St. James. 1. RI RK IT IP 1640 BE RECAST TITSEY 1882 gillett bland & Co BELL FOUNDERS CROYDON 2. CAST BY GILLETT BLAND & C^ CROYDON E S G RECTOR E T Ich . ___ Wardens P S TITSEY 1882 CAST BY GILLETT BLAND & C° BELL FOUNDERS & CLOCK MANUFACTURERS CROYDON LONDON E S GARNIER RECTOR " come for all things E TrIMEN ) ^ *' ARE NOW READY" > Churchwardens P Shinner J TITSEY 1882 (Diameter of treble 23 in., of tenor 39 in.) T. R. E. Item ij belles in the steple. Item a saccring. bell. The Chwxh Bells of Surrey, 207 TONGHAM. See Seale. TOOTING (LOWER). St. Nicholas. I. M B MADE ME 1705 (Measurement not taken.) T. R. E. Item iij small belles hanging in the steple. TOOTING (UPPER). See Streatham. VIRGINIA WATER. See Egham. WALLINGTON. See Beddington. WALTON-ON-THAMES. St. Mary. I. THE GIFT OF lOHN PALMER ESQ« HIGH SHERIFF OF THIS COVNTY 1726 1608 3. (0ur !|0p^ is in l\is, IxsTS^t 1606 RE 4. -f (Plate VIII.) ^n X^uttta Jinnta ^^t^t}XitX igTampana 3E0l|anni0 + (No. 191) 5. Willi^Imua caxtt^tf nt^ f^cti 16 10 6. lOHN TAYLOR THOMAS I AMES CHVRCH WARDENS 1651 BRYANVS ELDRIDGE ME FECIT (Diameter of treble 33 in., of tenor 49J in.) No. 3 probably cast at Wokingham. See p. in. No. 4, cracked. For account of this bell and its handsome crowned capitals, see p. 89. T. R. E. iiij belles in the steple and a sauns bell and a handbell. District churches : Hersham, Holy Trinity. Oatlands Park, St. Mary. Modern churches with modern bells. 2o8 The Church Bells of Surrey, WALTON-ON-THE-HILL. St. Peter. 1. WILLIAM ELDRIDGE MADE MEE 1681 2. Quite plain. 3. R0&cxttu0 + tntrf + m^ + f^cif + 1591 O (Diameter of treble 27 in., of tenor 33 in.) T. R. E. iij belles in the steple. WALWORTH. See Newington. WAN BOROUGH. St. Bartholomew. One bell. No rubbing. Church restored in 1861, after two centuries' disuse and desecration, WANDSWORTH. All Saints. THOMAS MEARS FOUNDER LONDON 1842 Sanctus Bell. THOMAS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1803 (Diameter of treble 27 in., of tenor — in.) T. R. E. Item iij belles in the steple and a sauns bell. District churches in this parish : Holy Trinity. St. Michael. St. Ann. St. Mary Magdalene. St. Barnabas. St. Mary, Summers Town. St. Faith. St. Paul, Wimbledon Park. All modern churches with modern bells. The Church Bells of Surrey. 209 WARLINGHAM. All Saints. I. Quite plain. (Diameter 26 J in.) T. R. E. ij belles in the steple and ij procession bells. Another return. Item in the steple ij belles M^ that ther was sold . . . ij small belles and certain latten for iijs WESTCOTT. See Dorking. WEYBRIDGE. St. Nicholas. A new peal of eight, by Taylors, of Loughborough, given to the church in 1875, superseding a ring of three, inscribed as under. 1. R M 1597 2. THOs HEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1798 1614 T. R. E. ij belles in the steple and a sauns bell. Death knell as soon as possible after death. " Tellers " as usual, 3 x 3 or 3x2. A small bell used for children. Bells chimed at 8 a.m. on Sundays, and for services. Rung for services on Great Festivals. Ringing on chief Church Festivals, on day of dedication of bells, and Queen's and Prince of Wales' Birthdays, and at midnight on Christmas Eve. A half muffled peal before, and an open peal after midnight service on last night of year. District church : St. Michael and All Angels. Modern church with modern bell. 2 E 2IO The Church Bells of Surrey, WIMBLEDON. St. Mary. 1. A GIFT TO THE CHURCH WIMBLEDON FROM JAMES EDWARD BOWLES WILSON JULY 1876 2. UNTO YOU OH MEN I CALL A GIFT TO THE CHURCH 1867 3. MY VOICE IS TO THE SONS OF MEN A GIFT TO THE CHURCH 1867 MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 4. U -^^^J^-WBrn 'Y'^ WM^ :Ei©m®©- AN 157 5. + (No. 199) Hattcfie O (coin) JBartlnJlmniec O (coin)ij (No. 200) X} (No. 197) 6. RICHARD PHELPS MADE ME 1715 (Diameter of tenor 35 in.) T. R. E. Item a hand bell — a sackering bell. Item a sauns bell. Item iij belles in the steple. No. 4 is by Robert Mot. See p. 92. No. 5, by William Culverden. See p. 90. District churches : Christ Church. Emmanuel. Holy Trinity. St. John Baptist. St. Mark. Modern churches with modern bells. WINDLESHAM. St. John the Baptist. I. RECAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LONDON 1875 Priest's Bell. W E 1686 (Diameter 34 J in. and 14 J in. respectively.) The larger bell,^ before recasting, bore the inscription : THO^ SWAIN MADE ME 1776 lOHN DRAPER lOHN TAYLER CHURCH WARDENS T. R. E. Item iiij littell bells in the tower. The Church Bells of Surrey. 211 WIS LEY. Dedication unknown. I. W E 1663 (Diameter 14 J in.) \ Church Wardens 1842 WITLEY. All Saints. 1. BRYAN ELDRIDGE MADE MEE 1648 2. r0ur fitrp^ is in \\\t Itrr^ 1604 R E 3. Same as No. i. 4. WILLIAM ELDRIDGE MADE MEE 1670 5. THOMAS MEARS FOUNDER LONDON REV° I CHANDLER VICAR C Chanell D ROTHWELL PRAISE THE LORD (Diameter of treble 30 in., of tenor 42I in.) No. 2 has a curious kind of true-lovers' knot as stop between each word. T. R. E. Item iij bells in the steple the best by estimacion x'= and so under after the rate. District church : MiLFORD, St. John. A modern church with modern bell. WOKING. St. Peter. 2. WILLIAM ELDRIDGE MADE MEE 1684 R B I F 3- ' 4. IF 1766 5. WILLIAM ELDRIDGE MADE MEE 1684 R B IF CHVRCH- WARDENS 6. W E 1684 lOHN MEREST VICAR RICHARD BIRD lOHN FREELAND CHVRCHWARDENS (Diameter of treble 3i|- in., of tenor 47 J in.) No. 6, badly cracked. 2 12 The Church Bells of Surrey, No. 4 is a maiden bell, cast in the village by an itinerant founder. I think it is a matter of doubt whether the initials (which, with the date, are incised on the bell) are those of the founder. • T. R. E. Item v gret bells in the stepull. Item iiij littell small bells. Item a saunce bell. According to an old tradition, first recorded by Aubrey, and (of course) copied by all successive writers, the 3rd bell here was brought from Newark Abbey at the dissolution, and was inscribed — In Multis Annis Resonet Campana Johannis. If Aubrey visited Woking prior to 1684, this bell may well have been the 3rd of the then peal of five — the 4th of the present peal, recast in 1766. At Sutton Place in this parish was a small bell inscribed — PIERRE BAVDE MA FAIECTE + L D + 1530 This is now hung in the (R. C.) chapel lately erected in the park. The following extracts from the Churchwardens' accounts of this parish have been kindly supplied me by Mr. E. Harrow Ryde : An account of the Disbursements of the year 1684. By Richard Bird, one of the Churchwardens. John Mathew going for Udal ... ... ... ... ... o i o Paid unto John Davy for drink when the Bells wear carried away 006 Laid out at Chersey when we waied the Bells ... ... ... o 5 o Gin Eldrige Men 006 Gin Udals Men 006 Laid out when we fetcht the Bells from Chersey o 4 8 Gin Udals Men 006 Paid at Tho: Simans for bear that Thomas Heward Had ... o o 6 Paid unto Henery Bedford for Drink when the Bells weare hanged 026 Laid out upon Chobham Ringers o 7 o Paid unto Udal for hanging the Bells and newmaking the Staires 12 26 When I paid Laid out o o 6 The Church Bells of Surrey. 21 £ O O 20 o o o Laid out with Eldrige Paid unto Procter Lee Paid unto Eldrige towards casting the Bells When I paid him Laid out ... Paid unto Henery Burt for beating the hoal in the Steepel Paid unto William Chouney for helping of him ... Paid unto William Harvest for going to Udal o Paid for a set of Bell ropes an one odd one ... ... ... i Paid Goody Davy for Udals Diet o Paid Eldrige moore towards casting the Bells 12 Laid out when we paid him o Paid Mr. Young for oyle o Paid unto Henery Bedford for drink on the Kings Crownasion day ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... o Paid Goodman Harvest for one dayes jorney for earring part of the Bells o Paid more unto Goodman Harvest for three an thirty foot of board o Paid unto him for Lether for the Batricke o For my owne part earring the Bells o Paid unto James Read for tiles an Lime for the Church o Paid Will Bird one the 29 of May for beare for the Ringers ... o Paid unto James Lee for mending the bells wheals o Paid Joseph Love for five bell ropes o s. I 2 o 3 2 I I 4 II I 4 2 5 3 5 3 14 o 10 William Gunner Thomas Edwards Henery Wells Robert Giles... Richard Whithall Henery Denyer Uncollected. ' * Qy. subscriptions towards the recasting. 2 10^ 6^ 1 14 2 o 2 3 4 o 8 loj 214 '^^^ Church Bells of Surrey, Endorsement. £ s. d. 32 15 6 20 12 15 6 65 II 56 9 II Bell founder paid by — Hewlands acct Ri: Bird in acct more paid him By agreement ofmettall ' WOLDINGHAM. Dedication unknown. I. 1832. (Diameter 18 in.) T. R. E. Item ij belles in the steple. Item ij small belles. Two later inventories mention only the two bells in the steeple. WONERSH. St. John. I. THOMAS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1804 The Gift of the Vj Hone'-e Lord Grantley 3- >R PHELPS FECIT 1727 4- 5- 6. RICHARD PHELPS MADE ME 1727 Messieures Iohn Carring- HAM Henry Denyer Iames Weale Mark Frost Church- Wardens (Diameter of treble 29J in., of tenor 42 in.) T. R. E. Item iiij belles whereof j is under the other in order the greatest by estimacion waing xvjc. - Item j saunce bell waing liiij'^. Item j leche bell with a holly water pott. District church : Shamley Green, Christ Church. Modern church and modern bell. The Church Bells of Surrey. 2 1 5 WOODMANSTERNE. St. Peter. 1. BRYANVS ELDRIDGE ME FECIT 1661 2. I AMES BAGLEY FECIT 17 17 Roger Eastland Chvrchwarden (Diameter 25 and 28 in. respectively.) T. R. E. Item ij small belles in the steple. WOODSIDE. See Croydon. WORPLESDON. St. Mary. 1. T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1826 Added by Subscription 1826 2. R PHELPS FECIT 1726 3. THO« MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1804 \ Same as No. 2. 5- ) 6. T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1826 ReVj, W Roberts Rector W„ Collins ) _ T- " ^_ ^ Churchwardens John King J (Diameter of treble 33 in., of tenor 48 in.) T. R. E. Item v bells in the steple. The accompt of the Church Money {inter alia) : Item for new casting the third bell which was broken . . . iiij//. Item for mettall that went in wast ... ... ... ... xj. Item for carieng home the bell from Reding and to Reding xs. For making a new stocke for the bell iij^. m]d. Item for the clapper and other iren worke vj. \]d. WOTTON. St. John the Evangelist. I. + (No. 160) &^j^ ^^mmm^ ^'%m^ ^^i® m^(^l^lLB ^X^(^& XII J^^BliJ^ + + (No. 162) + O + (No. 163) 2 1 6 The Church Bells of Surrey, 2. + (No. i6o) -%&M^-^M^^B m^n3-BW% m:^^^m 3. ?0ur ft^pie t0 in X\^t Iwxt^ 1602 R E (Diameter of treble 25 in., of tenor 29J in.) No. I has incised upon the crown I x I x I. For account of Nos. i and 2 see p. 79. Stop between each word, No. 161. T. R. E. Item iij belles the best by estymacion iiij'^ and the resydew under after that rate. WRECCLESHAM. See Farnham. WYKE. See Ash.. YORKTOWN. See Frimley. PLATE ] LETTERING. CROSS ^ STOP OF MICHAEL WYMBISH PLATE 11. LETTERING CROSS 5. STOP USED BY RICHARD WYMBISH ON BELL AT GORING. PLATE in. LETTERING ACROSS USED BY RICHARD WYMBISH ON BELL AT GREAT BRADLEY PLATE IV. LETTERING, CROSS L STOP USED BY WALTER WYMBISH AND JOHN ALEYN. PLATE V LETTERING CROSS k STOP USED BY GEOFFREY OF EDELMETON PLATE VI. CROSS k LETTERING OF fETERDE WESTON I WILLIAM REVEL. PLATE VII. LETTERING 4 MEDALLION USED BY RICHARD WYMBISH, WILLIAM SCHEP i WILLIAM REVEL. ^_v=^ » LETTERING CROSS L STOP USED BY STEPHEN NORTON PLATE IX LETTERING ^ CROSS USED BY ROBERT RIDER PLATE X, LETTERING 4 CROSS USED BY WILLIAM ROfFORDE 4 HENRY (?) DERBY PLATE Xr 148 49 150 151 152 153 154 155 ^^;:iiii. 156 157 158 159 LETTERING ON OLD BELLS AT CHALDON ^ BISLEX SURREY. PLATE XII. LETTERING g. CROSS FROM AN OLD BELL AT CHERTSEY. PLATE XIII, CROSS II CAPITALS ON BELL AT LIMPSFIELD, PLATE m. ffli " ill ll l llll ll lH I I!lll l ll ll l l llll lll l lil il!l lll l l l l llll I I IIIIHI I H III I IIII II III I I I I I IIIII IIII I I II IIIIIIl l l l llll i in i i ii iMi i i i ini ii i iiff ||li ll lll lll l l llll l l l lllllll l lll |lli ! f ! l l ! IIMI || | || ll lll ll ll l| i || l ll! ll ll l li]i | iiiiiii^ nillllllllllllllll|||!!!!!!!ll!l||li||||||||||||||||||||i!i|||||llllllll!lllf LETTERING USED BY WILLIAM CARTER. PLATE XV LETTERS ON BELL AT PYRFORa SURREY. INDEX. Names in Italics are those of Bell-Founders, Actual or Probable. A W, 93, no, 149 Abbotsham, Devon, 46, 47 Abinger, 125 Abyndone, Stephen de, 13 Adam le potter, 72 Addington, 97 Addiscombe, 150 Addlestone, 112, 143 Albury, 126 Aldgate Street, 3, 32 Aldgate Ward, 2, 14 Aldham, Essex, 47 Alegate, John de, 7 2 A legate J Robert de, n, 73 A legate, William de, 11, 13, 14, 15, 7: Aleyn, John, 10, 73 Alfold, 112, 119, 124, 125, 126 Allen, ThQS., 193 AUenby, Samk, 167 Allingham, I., 156 Alwoldus, Campanarius, 37, 72 Amiens, John of, t^T, 72 Ampton, Suffolk, 35 Andrew, Ja^., 156 Andrews, Steph"., 193 Anerley, 131 Angersleigh, Somerset, 86 Ansell, Edwd., 152 2 F Appulton, Richd , 61 Appledram, Sussex, 16 Ash, 105, 127 Ashtead, 10 1, 128 Askeby, Walter, 43 Asshwy, Richard, 4 Auernia, Adam de, 5 Bagley, Henry, 99, 100 „ James, 99, 215 „ Matthew, 99, 207 Bagshot, 128 Baillie, Alex''., 156 Balham, 204 Ball, Edwd, T16 Banstead, 91, 92, 95, 119, 128 Barby dor, John, 73 Barnes, 92, 96, 129 „ Richd., 192 Barnewell, John, 61 Barnitt, M., 180 Bartholomew, Tho^, 117 Bart let, Anthony, 97, 98 „ /a'w^.f, 97,98,99,102,193,202 „ Thomas, 97, 98 Bartlett, John, 151 Barton, Walter, 177 Basse, John, 44 2l8 Sitrrey Bells and Batt, Peter, 183 Battersea, loi, 130 Baude^ Pierre^ 212 Baxter, Edmond, 160 Beadman, James, 200 Beddington, 131 Bedfont (West), Midd^, loi, 120 Bedford, Duke of, 203 Bedford, Henry, 212, 213 Beeding, Sussex, 17, 20 Belamy, Symonde, 61 Belchier, S., 168 "Belcroft," 134 Bell, Mark, 130 Bellfounders' Quarter, 2, 3 Bellingham, Will"^., 192 *' Bellmakers' Guild," 48 Bellyetere (Billiter) Lane, 3, 32, 60, 61, 67, 70, 71 Bene diet us ^ Campafiarius, 3» 72 Benson, S., 200 Bentley (Little), Essex, 92 Benton, Tobias, 194 Berdefeld, Johanna, 50 Berechurch, Essex, 9 Berfaire, Rob^, 43 Bermondsey, 131 Berryman, James, 142 „ Richard, 142 Best, Nicholas, 181 Betchworth, 87, 92, 97, 103, 107, 132 Bettoine, WilK de, 4 Bhyss, John, 136 Billericay, Essex, 11 Billing, Thos., 179 Billiter, Rich^., 138 Bird, Rich^., 211, 212, 214 ,, Will'"., 213 Birde, Rich^., 61 Bisley, 78, loi, 132 Bisse, T., 153 Blacket, Henry, 140 Blakeloft, Marg'. atte, 12 Blakesdale, Adam de, 9 Blake wood, Tho\, 171 Bletchingley, loi, 133 B lews and Sons, 107, 132, 167 Blightman, Jane, 116 Blindley Heath, 161 Blithe, Peter de, 73 „ Eo¥. de, 74 Blount, John le, 4, 6 Boddicott, Moses, 193 Bodle, Tho^, 192 Bolney, Sussex, 116 Bolter, W"., 50 Bonde, John le, 6 Bonsey, Rich^i., 188 Bookham, Great, 135 „ Little, 135 Borden, Kent, 96 Botelir, Salamon le, 4 Boule, Henry le, 4 Box, Hamon, 5 Bracket, Miles, 172 Bradenham, Bucks, 6 Bradley (Great), Suffolk, 8 Bramley, 102, 135, 198 Braugthwaite, Tho^., 171 Bray, Berks, 109 Brazier, James P., 164, 165 Braziers' Company, 31, 37 Breton, John le, 4, 5 Brewers' Company, 48 Brid,John, 45, 47, 74 Bridger, WilK, 201 Bridgestrete, 65 Brightlingsea, Essex, 47 Bristouwe, WilK de, 14 Brixton, 178 Broad wood, James, 186 Brochtone, Walter de^ 14, 73 Brocket, Job, 152 Brockham Green, 132 Bromer, John, 60, 61 Brookes, WilK., 139 Brown, WilK, 140 Browne, Benj"., 180 Brumbridge, H., 153, 205 Buckland, 136 London Bell- Founders. 219 Buhs, John, 5 Bulkley, Viscount, 153 Bull, J. G., 159 Burford, Robert, 32, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 47» 74, 83 „ William, 3[, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 74, 81, Zz Burford, Ellen de, 40 „ James de, 38 „ Johanna de, 39, 40, 41 „ John de, 37, 38 „ Katherine de, 38 „ Margaret de, 38, 44 „ Thomas de, 38 Burgoyne, Tho^, 69 Burham, Kent, 8, 9, 19, 102 Burley, Simon de, 45 Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk, 35 Burstow, '^d, 105, 136 Burt, Henry, 213 „ John, 192 Burton, T., 153 Burveyn, John, 61 Bury, Adam de, 22 „ John, 61 Busbridge, 160 Butterfield, John, 116 Byfleet, 124. 137 Bykenore, Tho^. de, 6 Byxle, Walter, 74 Calf, Tho^, 52, 53 Camberwell, 106, 137 Cambridge, St. Botolph, 58 „ St. Edmund, 96 Camden, John, 130 Campanarius, Alwoldus, 37, 72 ,, Benedictus, 3 Cantebregge, Tho^. de, 14 Cantebrigia, Ralph de, 17 Canterbury, Holy Cross, 27 Cantuar, Walter de, 5 Capel, III, 138 Caidou7i, Simon, 24, 74 Carpenter, George, 144 Carringham, John, 214 Carshalton, 107, 139 Carter, John, 155 „ Richard, 167 „ William, 128 Carter, Joseph, 94, 95, 97, 207 „ William, 92, 94, 95, 97, 128, 177, 182, 185, 207, 209 Caterham, 96, 139 Catlin, Robert, 100, loi, 121, 152,158, 165, 167, 168, 184, 193, 202 Cator, W. A. B., 139 Caustone, Aubin de, 6 Caxton, Alice, 29 „ Thomas de, 25, 29 Chacombe, Northants, 99 Chaldon, 77, 140 Chale (Isle of Wight), 17 Chalton, John de, 28 Chamber ley n, Philip, 24, 74 „ Williavi, 50, 69, 71 „ Isabella, 50 Chandler, J., 211 Chanell, C, 211 Chapman and Mears, 104, 166, 167 „ William, 104 Chapman, Edward, 116 „ James, 119 „ Richard, 114 Charlesworth, T. R., 154 Charlwood, loi, 119, 140 Cheam, 124, 141 Cheesmore, R., 147 Chellington, Beds., 58 Chelsea, loi Chelsham, 8t, 141 Chepe, Adam de, 72 Chertsey, 78, 79, ^z^ 91, 124, 142, 212 Chertsey Foundry, 109 et seq., 127 Chessington, 143 Chiddingfold, 84, 85, 100, in, 144 Chilworth, 144, 195 Chippenham, Cambs., 35 Chipstead, 96, 105, in, 144 220 Surrey Bells and Chiselborough, Somerset, 27 Chobham, 90, iii, 124, 145, 212 Chouney, Will'"., 213 Churt, 158 Clandon (East), 84, 103, 145 „ (West), 103, 124, 125, 146 Clapham, loi, 146 Clarke, WilK, 159 Clayton, Rob*., 133 Clerk^ William le^ Hj 73 Cleygate, 151 Clifton^ Joh7i^ I 'J "J Cobham, loi, 147 Coe, Richd. , 199 Colchester, St. Nicholas, 55 Coldharbour, 152 Cole, John, no Collick, John, 146 Collin, Francis, 180 Collins, WilK, 215 Collyer, Will"'., 165 Compton, 124, 147 Constable, Rich^. , 180 Cooksey, J., 202 Copyn, Tho^, 25, 29 Corbett, J. R., 132 Corn, John, 34 Cornhill, 2, 3 Cornwaleys, John, 45 Cornwall, Edmund, Earl of, 8 Cosyn, William^ 20, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 36, 73 Cosyn, Edmund, 28 „ Johanna, 28, 29, 30 Cosyne's Lane, 28 Cotterell, 184 Coulsdon, 97, 148 Courthope, Peter, 170 Coutts, A. Burdett, 142 Cowper, 134 Cox, Jo^, 166 Cranham, Essex, 58 Cranleigh, 93, no, in, 148 Cressingham, J., 139 Qrcswell^ Richard J 50, 55 Cringleford, Norfolk, 47 Crocker, William, 205 Crosbie, John, 56 Crouchman^ Thomas^ 21, 24, 25, 73 Crowhurst, 124, 125, 149 Croydon, 103, 149 Crump, Richard, 157 Culver den J William^ 90, 145, 210 Cuper, B., 170 "Curfew" Bell, 124, 143, 168, 170 Curling, W., 200 Curties, Tho^, 139 Cusuna, Algarus, 27 Dallen, Ja^, 188 Dalston, Tho^, 69 Dalton, Rob^, 129 Dalyson, Tho^., 149 Damlett, Hugh, 69 Danyell {Founder), ^^j 2>'j Darbie, Michael ^ 99 Dauid, John, 23, 24, 29 „ Matilda, 23 „ Thomas, 23 Davis, Edw^., 26 Davy, Goody, 213 „ John, 212 Dean, John, 151 "Death Knell," 124 Denbigh, W™. , 200 Denyer, Henry, 213, 214 Derby, Henry, 30, 35, 36, 37, 40, 74 Derby, Mary, 30, 36, 40 Derlyngton, Reignold, 61 „ Robert, 60 Derman, Nich^, 29 Dewdney, Ja^, 151 Ditton, Thames, loi, 125, 150 „ Long, 150 Dobson, W"K, 106, 137 Donstaple, John de, 5 Dorking, 96, loc, 124, 151 Douere, Henry de, 17 Dovercourt, Essex, 93 Downham, Norfolk, 106 London Bell- Founders, 221 Downs, R., 200 Drake, Francis, 155 Draper, John, 210 Drayton (West), Midd^., 120 Drewitt, J., 200 Dudley, Edw^. , Lord, 128 Dulwich, 138 „ College, 96, 100, 152 Duncomb, Tho^, 199 Dunsfold, 93, III, 152 Eastland, John, 181 Roger, 215 Eccles, Eliz'K, 119 Eccleston, Theo, 184 Ede, C, 132 Edelmeton^ Geoffry of, 10, 11, 72 Eden, W"^., 162 Edgell, E. W., 153 Edmead, W'"., 142 Edwards, Tho^., 213 Effingham, 153 Egham, 153 Eldridge (Family), 99, 109, et seq. „ Barbara 118, 120, 121 Eldridge, Bryan, iii, 112, 113, it 4, 121, 126, 128, 144, 147, 149, 153, 154, 159) 166, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 185, 190, 203, 206, 207, 211, 215 Eldridge, John, 115, 120, 121 Eldridge, Richard, 91, 109, no, in, 112, 120, 121, 138, 144, 145, 149, 152, 181, 185, 195, 197, 198, 207, 211, 216 Eldridge, Tho^., 109, 119, 121, 140, 166 Eldridge, Will^., 113, 115, 116, 117, 119, 120, 121, 125, 126, 127, 129, 132, 135. 136, 140, 142, 144, 1*45. 147, 148, 153, 156, 158, 159, 163, 165, 166, 179, 1S7, 189, 203, 205, 208, 2IOj 211, 212, 213 Eling, Thos., 193 Ellis, Rich^., 179 Elstead, 154 Englefield Green, 154 Episwych, WilK, 33, 34 ^ Epsom, 100, lOT, 102, 155 Esher, 106, 155 Essex, Richd. de, 18 Eston, WilK, 61 Etheridge, S., 163 Evershed, John, 188 Ewell, 104, 125, 155 Ewhurst, 84, 85, 86, 124, 125, 156 Eyton, Rob^, 135 Fairstead, Essex, 16 Falkner, Tho^., 157 Farley, 157 Farmer, Henry, 200 Farnham, 102, 157 Faversham, Kent, 51, 52, 53 Feachem, George, 151 Felbridge, 161 Feldwick, Nich^., 181 Fenwicke, Margaret, 151 „ William, 151 Fetcham, 91, 96, 124, 125, 158 Ffaunte, 71 Ftorest, Gyles, 130 Ffoule, Anthony, 172 Ffreeman, 175 Ffreman, Will"^., 60, 61 Ffalbourne, Tho^, 62 Ffyncham, Laurence, 60 Fideham, Adam de, 4 Finch, William, 128 Finchingfield, Walter de, 4 Fish, Henry, 157 Fisher, Tho^., 141 Fishmongers' Company, 56, 59, 60, et seq. Fleetestrete, 61, 65, 68 Flint, Edward, 140 Flower, Nich^., 201 Flutter, Peter, 161 Ford, James, 157 „ Sussex, 31 222 Surrey Bells and Forest Hill, 138 Founder^ William, 45, 46, 74 Founders' Company, 31, 37, 65, 68, 71, '^d, 94, 97, 98, 99, 102, io6 Freeland, John, 211 Freemantle, W. H., 153 French, John, 167 Frensham, 95, 100, 124, 125, 158 Fricker, James, 167 Frimley, 159 Frost, Mark, 214 Fuller, Walter le, 5 „ W. S., 151 Gainford, Yorkshire, 25 Garboldisham, Norfolk, 18 Gardiner, Will™., 193 Gardner, Charles, 151 „ Eliz^K, 200 „ James, 200 „ Thomas, 200 Gamier, E. S., 206 Garth, R., 96, 183 Garton, John, 161 Gates, R., 153 Gatton, 159 Gelman, Thos., 136 Geoffrey le Porter , 6, 10, 11, 72 Gibbs, WilK, 194 Gibson, Edm., 170 Giles, Robert, 213 Gillett and Co., 106, 107, 164, 206 Glaston, Rutland, 50 Gloucester, 100 Glover, J., 200 Godalming, loi, 103, 159 Godard, Tho^., 14 Godbold, N., 159 Godstone, 104, t6o Goldsmyth, Ralph, 12 Goring, Oxon, 8 Goroway {or Galaway), Vincent, 94 Gostling, G., 153 » J. W., 153 Gough, 187 Grafham, 136 Grantley, Lord, 214 Graye, Christopher, 97, 132 Greethurst, James, 145 Grene, John, 61 Grenewych, Will'"., 29 Griffiths, John, 144 Grithe, John, 61 Grocers' Company, 38 Guildford, 102, 103, 104, 106, 161, 162 Gunner, WilK, 213 HN, 129 Hadham, John de, 10, 14, 15, 73 „ WiW*". de, 72 Hakeney, Stephen de, 6 Hale, 157 „ Agnes atte, 32 Hall, Fra^., 200 „ Richard, 115, 187 Hallifax, James, 156 Hallingbury, Adam de, 5 Halsey, Henry, 190 Halsted, John, 43 Ham, 162 Hambledon, 163 Hamond, John, 175 Hampton, WilK, 61 Handasyde, Gilbert, 202 Harding, John, 130 Hardwicke, Earl of, 192 Harmondsworth, Midd^., loi, 120 Harpham, WilK, 172 Harris, A., 154 Harrison, John, 128 Harrys, Thomas, Z2> Hart, Percival, 193 Hartley, Kent, 31 Harvest, WilK, 213 Hascombe, 124, 163 Haslemere, 102, 163 Hassingham, Norfolk, 26 Hastier, Rich^., 143 Hatchford, 147 L ondon Bell-Fo under s. 223 Hatfeld^ Simon de^ 25, 74 Hatfilde, John, 129 Haward^ Thos., 74 Hayes, Will'"., 60 Haynes, 187 Hay ward, Valentine, 205 Headley, 55, 82, 164 Heath, John, 141 Heckfield. Hants, 26 Hedelee, Nicholas de, 5 Hemans, W. H., 183 Herford, Robert de^ i4) 73 Herlawe^ Peter de^ 73 Herring, W. A., 142 Hersham, 207 Het, Roger, 50 Heth, Agnes, 51 Reward, Tho^., 212 Hewett, 151 Hewitt, J. S., 194 Hewland, 214 H ey war d^ John ^ 28, 29, 74 Hickman, Tho^., 88 Hickson, George, 141 Hill, Will'"., 202 mile, Johanna, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 63, 64, 67, 68, d>2, mile, Richard, 49, 53, 54, 55, 63, 64, 67, 68, 83 Hoadley, John, 188 Hoare, Willi"., 155 Hodson, Christopher, 97, 125, 148 „ John, 96, 97, 98, 99, 139, 140, 144, 148, 157 Hoggarth, Tho^., 167 Holdsworth, Rob'., 189 Holle, John, 61 Hollier, John, 151 Hollings, John, 159 Hollo way, Edw^., 172 Holmbury, 106, 199 Holmwood, 152 Holy Trinity Priory, 3, 7, 20, 24, 29 Honilane, Ralph de, 6 Hook, 170 Hopkins, E., 150, 151 Horley, 164 Home, 100, 165 Horsell, 100. 124, 125, 165 Horsham, Sussex, 93, 109, no, in, IT2, 198 Horsley (East), 55, 82, 119, 166 „ (West), 112, 166 Horsleydown, 104, 166 Hotham, Richd. , 167 Howyill, Hugh, 71 Hull, John, 98 mdl. Will"'., 96, 98, 144, 193 Hurley, Berks, 69 /. D., Z(i I. R, 108, 211 I- S., 53, '^z^ 203 Ifield, Sussex, 112 Irish, David, 205 Ironmongers' Company, 37 Iseldon. Rob*., 24 Jackman, Francis, 206 John, 147 James, Tho^, 207 Janaway, Tho^., loi, 128, 130, 133, 140, 146, 155, 184, 187 Jegon, Trew, 153 Jennyns, Oliver, 114 Jepson, John, 200 Johnson, James, 175 Richd., 71 Jordan, Giles, 56, 57, 59, 6^, 67, 68, 88 Jordan, Henry, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, et seq., ^^, 107 Jordan, John, 56 „ Johanna, 56, 60, 61^^ 67, 68 „ Margaret, 57, 63, 67, 68 „ Richd., ii5 Joyce, James, 151 Jubb, W"^., 156 Jure, John, 196 224 Surrey Bells and Keates, J., 153 Kelseye, Robert de, 18 Kelyck, John, 134 Kenley, 148 Kennington, 178 Kenrick, Matthew, 133 Kensit, G. R., 132 Kent, John, 61, 200 Kew, 167 Killick, John, 141 King (Chief Justice), 188 „ John, 215 King's College, Cambridge, 58, 88 Kingston-by -Lewes, Sussex, 10 Kingston-on-Thames, 100, 107, 167 Kings wood, 156 Kitchen, H., 156 Knapp, Geo., 183 Knight^ Ellis ^ 95) 15S „ Henry, 94, 189 „ Samuel, 94, 100, 119, 144, 155) 199) 200 K7iight, William, 93, 94, 152, 153 Knight, Christ^, 180 John, 157 Kyrkeby, Roger de, 17, 22, 24, 25, 73 Ladbroke, Richd, 192 Lambert {W"K), 97, 193 Lambeth, 102, 170 Land, W"., 96, 129, 131, 152, 158 Lane, L/enry in the, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 73 Ljine, William in the, 14, 15, 16, 73 Lane, Juliana in the, 15 „ Robert in the, 31 Langford, Essex, 55 Langhor?!, John, 41, 74 Law, "VV"., 138 Layer de la Haye, Essex, 54, 55 Leadenhall, 3 „ Street, 2, 32, 71 Lee, Henry, 143 „ James, 213 „ John atte, 32, 33 Lee, Procter, 213 Leeds, Edw'^., 192 Leigh, 125, 179 Lester a7id Pack, 103, 104, 129, 142, 155) 156, 161, 162, 179, 185, 193 Lester, Pack and Chapman, 128, 161 „ Tho'., loi, 103, 104, 132, 141, 146, 149, 159, 160, 184, 191, 194, 195, 202, 204 Letherhead, 178 Lew, Elias, 144 Lewis and Co., 106, 199 Limpsfield, 81, 88, 89, 107, 112, 124, .125, 179 Lincoln, 149 John de, 31 Lindfield, Sussex, no Lingfield, 114, 180 Lintott, John, 160 Lock wood, W""., 162 London, S., 168 „ Tho^,43 Londone, John, 52 Long Cross, 143 Longfield, Kent, 26 Lor chon, Robert y 6, 11, 72 Lorchon, Alice, 11, 12 „ Cristine, 11 „ John, 12 „ Johanna, 12 „ Thomas, 12 Lorchyn, Beatrice, 62 „ John, 62 Loughborough, 56, 106 Lougee, Jonah, 183 Love, Jos^., 213 Lowfield Heath, 140 Lu, Peter le, 5 Lucas, John, 174 Ludlow, Henry, 136 Lumbard, Will'"., 29, 30 Lymstrete, 3, 32 Lyne, 143 Lyngton, Hugh, 129 Lyon, Richd., 62 London Be II- Founders. 225 Magdalen College, Oxford, 47 Maidstone, Kent, 27 Maiden, 99, 180, 181 Mailing (South), Sussex, 98 Mangles, T., 148 Mantel f Adam^ 73 Maplesden, John, 27 March, John, 140 Marche,atie{prdeMarchia), Gilbert, 72 „ „ /oh?t, II, 13. 14, 73 Marshall, John, 151 Marston, Henry, 203 Martin, Tho^., 185 Marttyne, WilK, 135 "Mass "Bell, 125 Mathew, John, 212 " Matins " Bell, 124 May, Will'"., 5 Mazener, W"^. le, 4 Mazerer, John le, 6 MearSy Charles, 105 „ George, 105, 142, 149 „ Thomas, 105, 127, 128, 130, 131J i35j 138, i39> 140, 141, 149. i5^j 153, 156, i57> i59j 162, 164, 165, 167, 168, 178, 179, 182, 183, 185, 186, 187, 188, 190, 191, 192, 194, 197, 200, 202, 204, 205, 208, 209, 211, 214, 215 Mears, William, 104, 105, 126, 136, 144, 160, 203, 205 Mears, C. and G., 137, 138, 147, 148, 150J i55> 156, 160, 170, 181, 187, 188, 200, 201 Mears and Stainbank, 125, 144, 146, 152, 157) 163, 168, 185, 204, 210 Mee, Simon, 6 Merest, John, 211 Merrow, 87, in, 181 Merstham, 81, 91, 124, 125, 134, 181 Merton, d>6, 112, 182 Michael le potter, 4 Mickleham, 95, 112, 124, 125, 181 Middletone, Alan de, 7 2 G Midleton, Viscount, 159 Milford, 21 1 Miller, Arthur T., 178 „ George, 157 Millett, Tho^, 117 Mitcham, 125, 182 Miter, Henry le, 14, 15 Monday, J., 150, 151 Monger, J., 150 Monnery, J., 200 Moody, Mathew, 193 ,, Samuel, 193 Moore, James, 183 Morden, 96, 183 Mortlake, 98, 100, loi, 124, 125, 184 Mose, William, 169 Mot, Robert, 91, 92, 93, 94, 98, 128, 13O) 132, 142, 158, 173) 174, i75» 176, 181, 208, 209, 210 Moulsey, East, 112, 185 West, 95, 125, 185 Muhant, Adam de, 6 Murcoks, Richd. , 38 Myers, S. D., 183 Neale, Edvyd. , 156 New Houghton, Norfolk, 35 New York, 141 Newark Abbey, 212 Newdigate, 105, 186 Newett, Daniel, 128 Newington, 186 Newman, Edmond, 60 Newnham, John, 164, 165 Newton, Cha^., 139 Ninfield, Sussex, 47 Norbiton, 170 Norman, James, 185 Northampton, WilK, 61 Norton, Stephen, 26, 27, 54, 55, 80, 89 Nortone, Will™., 52 Norwich (All Saints), 47 „ (St. Laurence), 25 226 Surrey Bells and Norwood, 150, 178 Nunhead, 138 Nutfield, 1 01, 134, 187 Oakwood, 187 Occley, Rob*., 139 Ockham, 188 Ockley, 102, 103, 188 Oldefyshestrete, 64, 65 Oliver, C, 107, 139 „ Sarah, loi Onslow, Arthur, 142 Ottershaw, 143 Oulsnam, Joshua, 155 Outwood, 135 Oxted, 102, 189 Pack and Chapman, 104, 141, 147, i6i, 164, 181, 195 Pack, Thojfias, 103 Page, Henry, 160 „ John, 170 Pain, 184 Palmer, Henry, 188 „ John, 207 Pamphilon, WilK, 167 *' Pancake" Bell, 124, 152, 184 Pannell, George, 127 Parker, Henry, 45 Parkes, 175 Parsley, James, 200 "Passing" Bell, 124 Patrick, Robert, i o i , 192 Paul le Potter, 5, 725 Pearson, Samuel, 141 Peckham, 138 Peleter, Richd. le, 1 1 Penge, 131 Peperharrow, 94, 189 Perers, Alice, 40, 41 Petche, John, 24 Petersham, 112, 190 Pew, James, 194 Phelps, Richard, 102, 103, 119, 128, . i3i» 132, 135. 136, i37» 141, 142, i45> iSi> 154, 155. 157, 162, 164, 170, 180, 183, 186, 188, 197, 198, 199, 202, 205, 206, 210, 214, 215 Phillips, WilK, 170 Pickon, John, 141 Piggesworth, Will™, 51 Pillon, John, 200 Pinnion, WilK, T28 Pinny, John, 151 Pirbright, 190 Piryton, Tho^., 74 Plot, John, 46 Poland, John, 5 1 Pollhill, Nathi., 167 Pool, Hugh, 69 Porter, Stanier, 140 „ Sutton, 147 Portsoken, 2, 3, 17, 19, 24 Poughkeepsie, 141 Poul, John, 73 Pulberghe, Tho^., 74 Purcas, Thos., 176 Purley, 148 Putney, 191 Puttenham, 103, 190 Pycot, Nichs., 5 Pyke, Henry, 183 Pyrford, 107, 191 QuiviL, Peter de, Bishop of Exeter, 8 R Z, 85, 86 Radford, WilK, 151 Radley, John, 133 Rafford, Philip de, 36 Ranmore, 135 Raughtone, Alice de, 24 „ Matilda de, 23, 24 Raughtone, Robert de, 13, 14, 22, 23, 73 Raughtone, William de, 14, 20, 22, 25^27 Rawreth, Essex, 9 Raynold, Edmond, 168 Read, James, 213 London Bell- Founders. 227 Reading, 80, 86, 91, 93, 94, 95, 99, 100, 109, 169, 215 Redhill, 193 Reid, J., 153 Reigate, 102, 192 Revel^ William, 9, 16, 19, 24, 25, 26, 74 Rhodes, Thos., 130 Richmond, 97, 100, 193 Rider, Alice, 34 „ Christine, 33, 34 „ Katherine, 34 „ John, 34 Rider, Robert, 31, 32, 33, 73 Ripley, 194 Ripton, John, 39 Roake, Henry, 165 Roberts, W., 215 Robinson, J., 153 Roehampton, 191 Rofe, Willn^., 136 Rofforde, William, 34, 35, 36, 74 Rokeslee, Adam de, 5 Romayne, Margaret, 38 „ Roesia, 38 „ Thomas, 4, 38 Romeneye, Agnes de, 20, 21 „ Osbert de, 21 Romeneye, John de, 17, 19, 20, 27, 73 Rose, Henry, 160 „ Richard, 152 „ Simon, 144 „ William, 139 „ Thomas atte, 24, 25 „ or Rous-de-Bury, Roger, 74 Rotherhithe, 103, 194 Roth well, D., 211 Rougham, Matilda de, 23 Rous, Alan /,^2 „ Nicholas le, 13, 73 „ Roger le, 11, 12, 13, 73 „ William le, 13, 72 Rowdham, Norfolk, 26 Rudge, John, 151 Rudhall, Abraham, 100, 201 Rufford, John, 36, 40 Russe,John, 21 „ Robert, 74 Russel, John, 198 Russell, WilK, 187 S W,^6 St. Andrew, Holborn, too „ „ Undershaft (or upon Corn- hill), 3, II, 12, 13, 32, 2,^ St. Augustine Papey, 15 „ Botolph, Aldgate, 3, 13, 18,20,21, 23, 24, 27, 29, 36, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 50, 57, 60, 62, 63, 65, 68, 70 St. Bride, Fleet Street, 61, 65, 68 „ Giles, Cripplegate, 65 „ Katherine, Creechurch, 18, 60, 61, 65, 67, 68 St. Leu, Daniel de, 146 ,, Martha's, 195 „ Mary, Abchurch, 44 „ „ Axe, 3, 15 „ Nicholas, Cole Abbey, 64 „ Olave, Jewry, 50 „ Peter, Cornhill, 12, 36 „ Thomas Apostle, 38 Salo77ion le potter, 14, 73 Sanders, Robert, 194 Sandersted, 195 Saunders, John, 54, 86 Sayre, Andrew, 194 Scawen, Thomas, 142 Schep, Susanna, 18 Schep, Gilbert, 18, 73 „ William, 9, 18, 19, 26, 73 Scorche7iill, John, 74 Scott, Charles, 193 Seale, 84, no, in, 195 Searle, J., 139 Secheford, Henry de, 14 Secry, Roger, 205 Selhurst, 150 Seman, Mark, 38 Semern, Barthol^, 60 Send, 197 228 Surrey Bells and *' Sermon" Bell, 125 Sexton, ThQs., 168 Seynter, Beneit le, 3, 72 Shackleford, 160 Shalford, 106, iii, 136, 198 Shamley Green, 214 Sharp, Richard, 181 Sheen, East, 185 Sheire, 102, 198 Shinner, P., 206 Shirley, 150 Shorter, Annes, 135 „ Thomas, 134 Shottermill, 158 Shove, H. and J., 164 Shropham, Norfolk, 41 Sidlow, 193 Simans, Tho^, 212 Simmonds, 151 Simmons, Edw'^., 133 Skeggs, Will"^., 194 Skynner, 71 Slapton, Northants, 9, 19 Slark, WilK, 205 Slinfold, Sussex, no Smith, John, 200, 203 Smyth, Anthony, 144 „ Edward, 138 „ John, 189 „ Philip, 171 „ Robert, 61 „ William, 53, 171 Smythe, Tho^,, 129, 130 Smyther, WilK, 157 Snave, Kent, 27 Snelson, Jeoffrey, 192 Somers, John, 192 Sommers, Lord, 192 Sopere, Aleyn le, 13 Southease, Sussex, 10 South wark, Christ Church, 98, 100, 202 South wark, St. George, 100, 103, 201 „ „ 01av€, 201 „ „ Saviour, 100, 199 Southwark, St. Thomas, 202 Sparkes, Richard, 136 Spenser, Henry, 205 Spreadborough, WilK, 157 Sprot, Alex^., 45 Siainbank, 105 Stanesby, Johti, 60 Stanford, Kent, 26 „ WilK, 114 Stedman, James, 132 R., 159 Steel, John, 133 Stenning, William, 147 Stent, John, 156 Steptoe, Henry, 163 Stillwell, James, 135 „ John, 206 Stockwell, 178 Stoke by Guildford, 112, 203 „ d'Abernon, 55, 83, 203 „ John, 43 Stovold, R., 159 Stowe, John de^ 10, 73 Stowting, Kent, 16 Streatham, 105, 203 Street, Tho^., 136 Stroweston, John, 33 Sturdy, Johanna, 52, 53, 54, 83 Sturt, John, 155 Suffolch, Alan ^(?, 72 „ Will"K de, 72 Suffolk, Tho^ de, 4 Summers' Town, 208 Surbiton, 170 Surlingham, Norfolk, 47 Sutton, 204 „ at Hone, Kent, 26 „ J., 200 Suthwynde, WilK, 61 Swain, Richd, 118, 121 Swain, Thomas, loi, 120, 121, 132, 147, 150, 151, 155, 160, 205, 210 Syngler, John, 51 Tandridge, 104, 105, 124, 125, 204 London Bell- Founders. 229 Tarring Neville, Sussex, 59 Tatsfield, 205 Tayler, John, 210 Taylor a?id Co. y 106, 149, 153, 209 Taylor, John, 207 Taxford, Tho^, 189 Taxsted, Tho^., 139 "Tellers," 124 Thamystrete, 65 Tharpe, Rich^i., 174 Thatcher, Tho^, 160 Thompson, Thos., 180 Thorn, Jno., 157 Thornbury, Will™., 52 Thornton Heath, 150 Thornton, Richd. , 166 Wm, 128 Thorpe, loi, 205 Thursley, 89, 124, 125, 206 Tilbury (East and West), 44 Tilford, 157 Till, L. W., 142 Titsey, 107, 206 Tolham (Little), Essex, 54, 55 Tongham, 197 Tonni, Stephen, 96 Tooting, Lower, 99, 207 „ Upper, 204 Torin, B^^., 153 Trimen, E., 206 TotenhamyJoJm de, 72 Turk, Tho^, 138 Turke, WilK, 60 Turner, John, 196 Tylehurst, Berks, 100 Tyler, Ralph, 20 Tyler, John, 140 Udall, 212 Ufford^ Philip de, 35, 36, 72 Ulffe, John, 51, 52 Vale, H. E., 163 Valley End, 145 62, Virginia Water, 154 WS, 96, 183 Wakeford, John, 199 Walderne, Rich^., 60 Walgraue, John, 46 Walker, Mathew, 193 Wallingford, Berks, 8 Wallington, 131 Walter the potter, 10, 72 Waltham (Great), Essex, 16 Walton, Philip, 152, 176, 177 on Thames, 55, 89, 95, in, 185, 207 Walton-on-the-Hill, 91, 208 Walworth, 187 Wan borough, 208 Wandsworth, 208 Ward, Dudley, 128 Warlingham, 209 Warner, J. A., 170 Warner and Sons, 106, 107, 136, 137, 13S, 141, 154, i55> i59j 160, 178, i79> i95» 19S, 202, 203, 210 Warren, Henry, 157 Washington, Sussex, 17, 20 Waterer, Robert, 142 Waters, W., 200 Watlington, Norfolk, 54 Waylett, John, 100, 165 AVeale, James, 214 Weakly, John, 155 Webber, James, 202 Welbeloved, Edw^., 114 Welleford, Rob^. de, 6 Welles, William, 94 Wellis, William, 51 Wells, Henry, 213 „ Thomas, 145 Werry, George, 160 West, John, 51, 53 Westcott, 152 Westmill, Herts, 34 Weston, John, 127 „ Matilda de, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24 230 Surrey Bells and London Bell- Founders, Weston, WilK Me, 38 Weston^ Peter de^ 15, 16, 17, 19, 22, 24, 25, 26, 38, 73 Weston J Thomas de, 18, 19, 73 Wetton, C. C, 153 Weybridge, 92, 95, 209 Wharton, Charles, 200 Whattman, Tho^, 134 Wheatley, John, 133 Whien, James, 166 White, James, 151 Whitechapel Foundry, 91, 94, 97, 99, loi, 102, 103, 104, 105, 173 Whitehead, James, 148 Whithall, Richd, 213 Whithed, William, 43 Whithede, Tho^., 172 Whitwell (Isle of Wight), 16 Wight, W. M., 148 Wighiman^ Philip, 98, 184 „ William^ 99 William Founder, 45, 46, 74 Wilnor, Henry, 96 „ John, 96, 151 Wilson, J. E. B., 210 Wimbledon, 90, 92, 208, 210 Windlesham, loi, 210 Windsor, 99 Winkfield, Berks, 109 Winslo, Roger, 174 Wirlee, Adam de, 4, 5, 6 „ Margaret de, 4, 5, 6 Wise, Henry, 140 Wisley, 211 Witley, III, 21 1 Wodewall, John, 50 Woking, 108, 211 Wokingham, Berks, 91, 109, no, in, 120, 197, 198, 207 Woldingham, 214 Wolf, Peter le, 5 Wonersh, 102, 214 Wonham, Tho^, 186 Wood, Jasper, 148 „ Tho^, 148 Woodale, William, 168, 169 Woodmansterne, 99, 114, 215 Woods, G., 154 Woodside, 150 Worplesdon, 102, 215 Worsfold, David, 188 John, 155 Wotton, 79, III, 215 Wottone, John, 51 Wrecclesham, 157 Wright, Rob'., 134 Wydmerpole, Tho^., 69, 70 Wyke, 127 Wymbish, Hilditha de, 7 Wymbish, Michael de, 4, 5, 6, 72 „ Ralph de, 4, 9, 72 ,, Richard de, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, II, 17, 18, 19, 26, 72, 78, 133 Wymbish, Walter, 4, 9, 10, 73 Yapton (Sussex), 17, 20 Yeowell, WilK, 142 Yorke, Johti, 172, 176 Yorktown, 159 Young, 213 „ E. S., 200 THE END. Elliot Stock, Paternoster Row, London. 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