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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Quote from George Elphick's Sussex Bells &=
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Belfries pp 43-5:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>'Johanna Hille, Richard's (d 1440) wife, w=
as a most=20
remarkable woman. She not only became a bellfounder and carried on he=
r=20
husband's business, but again occupied the position during her second widow=
hood,=20
as well as being mother-in-law to another founder. Two deeds are pres=
erved=20
at Faversham Church, Kent, which mention her as Johanna Hille of London, wi=
dow=20
in 1441 when she made them five new bells; and as Johanna Sturdy of London,=
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widow in 1459, when she supplied them with a new tenor weighing 35-cwt.&nbs=
p;=20
The fact that we have two widows bearing the same Christian name eighteen y=
ears=20
apart, and two groups of bells bearing the same lozenge, indicative of=20
womanhood, gives strong evidence for assigning these bells to the same=20
person.... </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>'She used her husband's (i.e. Richard Hill=
e's)=20
cross, letter moulds and her own lozenge, which, by its varying grounds, wa=
s=20
cast in wax. (He gives seven remaining bells from her first=20
widowhood). Assuming that her bells bear the same relationship in bel=
ls=20
per year as her late husband's, she probably married John Sturdy about=20
1443.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>'Johanna Sturdy (as she now was) must have=
been=20
very active during her second widowhood, for, if we accept the date of 1458=
for=20
her husband's (John Sturdy's) death, it only leaves her a few years to cast=
her=20
second group of 14 bells that have been traced. We know that she must=
have=20
been dead by 1465, for her son-in-law, Henry Jordan (also a bellfounder) ma=
kes=20
mention of her in his will of 1468 as being buried with her first husband.&=
nbsp;=20
Her bells are exacctly the same as John Sturdy's with the addition of her=20
lozenge'.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>You can read 19th-century accounts by Tyss=
en and=20
Stahlschmidt in CB Sussex, Surrey Bells & London Bellfounders and CB=20
Kent. Whatever they say, you can be pretty certain that George Elphic=
k's=20
summary is accurate.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DLC</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 26, 2003 10=
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PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians]=20
Castlethorpe</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>Hello all!<BR><BR>Just got back from ringing....joy of=
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joy's!!!!!!<BR><BR>I have just rcvd a phone call from a chap who is a chu=
rch=20
warden @ <BR>Castlethorpe. He has been contacted by a chap names Ad=
rian=20
Hughes. <BR>He is a TV producer, and wants to visit, film crew in t=
ow,=20
tomorrow. <BR>Time to plan in the diary then.<BR><BR>Castlethorpe h=
as=20
one bell cast by a lady named Joan Hill/Sterdy, with <BR>a resonably mord=
ern=20
Whitechapel frame tucked in the corner of a tower.<BR><BR>I know very lit=
tle=20
about the bell and our Joan.<BR><BR>My problem is this.........<BR><BR>I =
need=20
to give this chap as much info as I can, and any other bells <BR>cast by =
here=20
in the local area. This is were it gets hard work. I <BR>acnn=
ot=20
log on tomorrow, so I need all the info tonight. I have no <BR>idea=
were=20
to look. <BR><BR>Please help.<BR><BR>If you read this in the mornin=
g and=20
may have some info reasonably <BR>early in the day, please could you forw=
ard=20
to <BR>scott.ayres@v... I think......or was it=20
com?????<BR><BR>Many thanks all, and sorry to intrude like this after a l=
ong=20
period <BR>of silence.<BR><BR>Scotty<BR><BR></TT><BR><BR><TT>This=20
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