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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Wasn't doubting the source or the weight -=
just=20
suggesting that 27-2-13 may not have been a very accurate weighing by moder=
n=20
standards / comparable with the present weight of the bell. It would =
be=20
interesting to know what it weighed when M&S received it for tuning in=
=20
1960.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Good to have full details of the contract =
etc,=20
though - thanks, Anne</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>CP</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>Fro=
m:</B>=20
<A href=3D"mailto:zen16073@z..." title=3Dzen16073@z...>A Willis=
</A>=20
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
href=3D"mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com"=20
title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com>bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</A>=
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 28, 2003 8:=
15=20
AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Bell Historians] hea=
vy=20
tenors</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV align=3Dleft class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3DT=
ahoma=20
size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Chris Pickford [<A=
=20
href=3D"mailto:c.j.pickford@t...">mailto:c.j.pickford@t...<=
/A>]<BR><B>Sent:</B>=20
28 October 2003 23:40<BR><B>To:</B> <A=20
href=3D"mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogrou=
ps.com</A><BR><B>Subject:</B>=20
Re: [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=
=20
church records at the time the bell was installed in 1737. The bells we=
re=20
rehung by Bowell in 1914 and the canons may have been removed them. Mea=
rs=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 churchw=
ardens'=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"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><=
FONT=20
color=3D#000000><B style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font=
-size: 10.0pt">1737</SPAN></U></B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font=
-size: 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-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font=
-size: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000>Mem<SUP>orandum</SUP> November 2<SUP>nd</SUP> 1737. The=
new=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-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font=
-size: 10.0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> &=
nbsp; &nbs=
p; =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"> &=
nbsp; =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-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font=
-size: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000>tower; weight<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>27<SPAN=20
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-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font=
-size: 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-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font=
-size: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000>The agreement for casting this bell was made on the sec=
ond day=20
of July 1737, between Abel Rudhall and<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPA=
N></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font=
-size: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp; </SPA=
N><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp; </SPA=
N><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp; </SPA=
N><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp; </SPA=
N><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp; </SPA=
N><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> </=
SPAN><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 color=3D#000000 face=3D"Times Ne=
w Roman"=20
size=3D3> =20
</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>new<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN><=
/P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal=20
style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font=
-size: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000>John French Churchwarden, after the following articles:=
Abel=20
Rudhall to deliver the<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20
</SPAN>bell at Bristol, sound and tuneable, at fourteen Pence and three=
=20
farthings for every Pound weight; to ?new clapper the new bell and to h=
ave=20
the old clapper; to find and pay a man to hang up the new Bell in the T=
ower,=20
the Parishioners finding the material for the doing of it; And to warre=
nt=20
the bell sound and good for Twelve Months and one Day after the same sh=
all=20
be hung up in the tower. John French to deliver the old bell at Bristol=
, at=20
twelve Pence for every Pound weight, and to pay the s<SUP>d</SUP><SPAN=
=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Abel Rudhall the Difference o=
f 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=20
style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font=
-size: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp; =20
</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal=20
style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font=
-size: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> &=
nbsp; &nbs=
p; =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=20
style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font=
-size: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp; =20
</SPAN><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &=
nbsp;=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"> &=
nbsp;=20
</SPAN><U><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>140:15:0</U><o:p></o:p><=
/FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal=20
style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font=
-size: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp; =20
</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp; =20
</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp; =20
</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp; =20
</SPAN><SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>49 : 6:=20
9<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal=20
style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font=
-size: 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"> &n=
bsp; =20
</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp; =20
</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp; =20
</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp; =20
</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp; =20
</SPAN><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &=
nbsp;=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=20
style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font=
-size: 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"> &n=
bsp; </SPA=
N><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp; </SPA=
N><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp; </SPA=
N><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">=
=20
</SPAN>6<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal=20
style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font=
-size: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000>Expences in going to Gloucester to se the Bell w<SUP>d<=
/SUP>=20
and settle the conditions of<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal=20
style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font=
-size: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>=
sending=20
it to Warm<SUP>r<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp;  =
; </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp;  =
; </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp;  =
; </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp;  =
; </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &n=
bsp; </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=20
style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font=
-size: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000>For help to draw up the Tenor<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &n=
bsp; </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp; </SPA=
N><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp; </SPA=
N><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp; </SPA=
N><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp; </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">=
=20
</SPAN>-<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal=20
style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 14.2pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font=
-size: 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"> &n=
bsp; </SPA=
N><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp; </SPA=
N><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> </=
SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> &=
nbsp; </SPAN>1<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>3<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P=
>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><=
SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font=
-size: 10.0pt"><FONT=20
color=3D#000000>Mr Rudhall for casting the Tenor Bell<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> &n=
bsp;</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp;  =
; </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp;  =
; </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> &n=
bsp; </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>49<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">=
=20
</SPAN>6<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>9</FONT></SPAN>=
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></SPAN><=
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