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<tt>Of particular interest is the 7th at Droitwich, St Andrew, also inscrib=
ed
as</tt><br>
<tt>above. It was cast in 1645 by John Martin, of Worcester, during the Civ=
il</tt><br>
<tt>War and at a time when, according to Walters (Church Bells of</tt><br>
<tt>Worcestershire) "..there being hardly another existing bell in Eng=
land
cast</tt><br>
<tt>in that year."</tt><br>
<br>
<tt>David Beacham</tt><br style=3D'mso-special-character:line-break'>
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<![endif]></span></font><font size=3D2 color=3D"#993366" face=3D"Courier Ne=
w"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-font-family=
:"Courier New";
color:#993366;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3DEmailStyle20><font size=3D2 color=3D"#99=
3366"
face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font=
-family:
Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'>When I was researching for my
MPhil I examined the existing records of bells cast during the period `634-=
1664
in five of the counties then in the Diocese of Lincoln (Lincoln, Hertfordsh=
ire,
Leicester, Bedford and Buckingham.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>I have appended the following summary for those who might be interes=
ted
:<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3DEmailStyle20><font size=3D2 color=3D"#99=
3366"
face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font=
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Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbs=
p;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3DEmailStyle20><font size=3D2 color=3D"#99=
3366"
face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font=
-family:
Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'>1634 22; 1635 16; 1636 30; 163=
7 19<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3DEmailStyle20><font size=3D2 color=3D"#99=
3366"
face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font=
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Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbs=
p;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3DEmailStyle20><font size=3D2 color=3D"#99=
3366"
face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font=
-family:
Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'>The first Bishop’s War (=
1638)<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3DEmailStyle20><font size=3D2 color=3D"#99=
3366"
face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font=
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Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'>1638 20; 1639 9<o:p></o:p></sp=
an></font></span></p>
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face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font=
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p;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3DEmailStyle20><font size=3D2 color=3D"#99=
3366"
face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font=
-family:
Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'>The second Bishop’s War =
(1640)<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3DEmailStyle20><font size=3D2 color=3D"#99=
3366"
face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font=
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Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'>1640 8<o:p></o:p></span></font=
></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3DEmailStyle20><font size=3D2 color=3D"#99=
3366"
face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font=
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3DEmailStyle20><font size=3D2 color=3D"#99=
3366"
face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font=
-family:
Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'>The Grand Remonstrance (1641)<=
o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3DEmailStyle20><font size=3D2 color=3D"#99=
3366"
face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font=
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Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'>1`641 8<o:p></o:p></span></fon=
t></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt'><span class=3DEmai=
lStyle20><font
size=3D2 color=3D"#993366" face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso=
-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'>First Civil=
War
(1642-1645)<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt'><span class=3DEmai=
lStyle20><font
size=3D2 color=3D"#993366" face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso=
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'>1642 5; 164=
3 1;
1644 1; 1645 0; 1646 0; 1647 1<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt'><span class=3DEmai=
lStyle20><font
size=3D2 color=3D"#993366" face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso=
-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'>Second Civi=
l
War (1648)<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt'><span class=3DEmai=
lStyle20><font
size=3D2 color=3D"#993366" face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso=
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'>1648 2<o:p>=
</o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt'><span class=3DEmai=
lStyle20><font
size=3D2 color=3D"#993366" face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso=
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'>Execution o=
f
the King (1649)<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt'><span class=3DEmai=
lStyle20><font
size=3D2 color=3D"#993366" face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso=
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'>1649 5; 165=
0 1;
1651 5; 1652 12.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt'><span class=3DEmai=
lStyle20><font
size=3D2 color=3D"#993366" face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso=
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'>Cromwell
appointed Protector (1653)<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt'><span class=3DEmai=
lStyle20><font
size=3D2 color=3D"#993366" face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso=
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'>1653 7; 165=
4 20;
1655 9; 1656 16; 1657 5<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt'><span class=3DEmai=
lStyle20><font
size=3D2 color=3D"#993366" face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso=
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'>Death of
Cromwell (1658)<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt'><span class=3DEmai=
lStyle20><font
size=3D2 color=3D"#993366" face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso=
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'>1658 16; 16=
59 4<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt'><span class=3DEmai=
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size=3D2 color=3D"#993366" face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso=
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'>Restoration=
of
the Monarchy (1660)<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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1
11; 1662 15; 1663 15; 1664 15.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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<tt>----- Original Message -----</tt><br>
<tt>From: "john.ketteringham" <john.ketteringham@n...&=
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<tt>To: "Bellhistorians@Yahoogroups.Com (E-mail)"</tt><br>
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<tt>Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 9:33 AM</tt><br>
<tt>Subject: [Bell Historians] RE: Research Project</tt><br>
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<tt>> When Toby Norris of Stamford cast the tenor for All Saints
Church</tt><br>
<tt>Holbeach</tt><br>
<tt>> be included the Royal Arms in the inscription.
Presumably he realised</tt><br>
<tt>> that this way of expressing his Royalist sympathies would be hidde=
n
from</tt><br>
<tt>> view once the bell was hung in the tower!! Does
anyone know of similar</tt><br>
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