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<DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DTah=
oma=20
size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Chris Pickford=20
[mailto:c.j.pickford@t...]<BR><B>Sent:</B> 28 October 2003=20
23:40<BR><B>To:</B> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:=
=20
[Bell Historians] heavy tenors<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2>I rather suspect an exaggerated=20
contemporary weight at Warminster - the weight 27-2-13 coming from the ch=
urch=20
records at the time the bell was installed in 1737. The bells were rehung=
by=20
Bowell in 1914 and the canons may have been removed them. Mears &=20
Stainbank rehung and retuned them in 1960<BR><SPAN=20
class=3D536540816-28102003><FONT color=3D#0000ff>[A=20
Willis] </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D536540816-28102003></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D536540816-28102003><=
FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff>The weight is in a copy of the contract, in the churchwar=
dens'=20
accounts, so I would hope it was correct</FONT> <FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff>.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D536540816-28102003>Anne Willis</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D536540816-28102003></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D536540816-28102003>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FO=
NT=20
color=3D#000000><B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-s=
ize: 10.0pt">1737</SPAN></U></B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-s=
ize: 10.0pt"><?xml:namespace=20
prefix =3D o ns =3D "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"=20
/><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-s=
ize: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000>Mem<SUP>orandum</SUP> November 2<SUP>nd</SUP> 1737. The n=
ew=20
Tenor Bell cast by Abel Rudhall at Gloucester was hung up in=20
the<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-s=
ize: 10.0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> &nb=
sp; =
=20
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">c<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>qrs<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>lb<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> &nb=
sp; =20
</SPAN>lb<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-s=
ize: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000>tower; weight<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> &nbs=
p; =20
</SPAN>27<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>13<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>or<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20
</SPAN>3093<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-s=
ize: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-s=
ize: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000>The agreement for casting this bell was made on the secon=
d day=20
of July 1737, between Abel Rudhall and<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>=
</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-s=
ize: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>=
<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>=
<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>=
<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>=
<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>=
<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> </SP=
AN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> <FONT face=3DArial><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D536540816-28102003> </SPAN><SPAN=20
class=3D536540816-28102003> <FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" color=3D#=
000000=20
size=3D3> =20
</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>new<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P=
>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15=
0%"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-s=
ize: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000>John French Churchwarden, after the following articles: A=
bel=20
Rudhall to deliver the<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SP=
AN>bell=20
at Bristol, sound and tuneable, at fourteen Pence and three farthings for=
=20
every Pound weight; to ?new clapper the new bell and to have the old clap=
per;=20
to find and pay a man to hang up the new Bell in the Tower, the Parishion=
ers=20
finding the material for the doing of it; And to warrent the bell sound a=
nd=20
good for Twelve Months and one Day after the same shall be hung up in the=
=20
tower. John French to deliver the old bell at Bristol, at twelve Pence fo=
r=20
every Pound weight, and to pay the s<SUP>d</SUP><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Abel Rudhall the Difference of =
the=20
Acct at the Expiration of the twelve months and one day mentioned=20
above.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15=
0%"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-s=
ize: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; =20
</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15=
0%"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-s=
ize: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> &nb=
sp; =
=20
</SPAN>New bell w<SUP>d</SUP> 3093 at 14=BE<SUP>d</SUP> per lb <SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>=
=A3190:1:=20
9<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15=
0%"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-s=
ize: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; =20
</SPAN><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &nb=
sp;=20
</SPAN><SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Old Bell w<SUP>d</=
SUP>=20
2815 at 12<SUP>d</SUP> per lb<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> &nb=
sp;=20
</SPAN><U><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>140:15:0</U><o:p></o:p></F=
ONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15=
0%"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-s=
ize: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; =20
</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; =20
</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; =20
</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; =20
</SPAN><SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>49 : 6:=20
9<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15=
0%"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-s=
ize: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =20
</SPAN>Disbursed<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; =20
</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; =20
</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; =20
</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; =20
</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; =20
</SPAN><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &nb=
sp;=20
</SPAN>=A3<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>s<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>d<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15=
0%"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-s=
ize: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000>Paid for help in taking down the Tenor Bell<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>=
<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>=
<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>=
<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&n=
bsp;=20
</SPAN>6<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15=
0%"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-s=
ize: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000>Expences in going to Gloucester to se the Bell w<SUP>d</S=
UP> and=20
settle the conditions of<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15=
0%"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-s=
ize: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>se=
nding=20
it to Warm<SUP>r<SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN=
><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; &=
nbsp; </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; &=
nbsp; </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; &=
nbsp; </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; &=
nbsp; </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SUP>12<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>-<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15=
0%"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-s=
ize: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000>For help to draw up the Tenor<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>=
<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>=
<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>=
<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&n=
bsp;=20
</SPAN>-<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15=
0%"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-s=
ize: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000>John Butler the Bell Hanger for Expedition<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>=
<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN>=
<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> </SP=
AN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> &nb=
sp; </SPAN>1<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>3<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SP=
AN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-s=
ize: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000>Mr Rudhall for casting the Tenor Bell<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &nbs=
p;</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; &=
nbsp; </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; &=
nbsp; </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &nbs=
p; </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>49<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&n=
bsp;=20
</SPAN>6<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>9</FONT></SPAN><S=
PAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></SPAN></F=
ONT></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>