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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I did quite a lot of research on Lichfield for a
couple of RW articles back in the mid 1980s, the main one being:</FONT></DIV>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: 0in"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt">“Bishop Hacket, Richard Keene and the
Bells of Lichfield Cathedral (1670-1688)” in <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Ringing World</I> 1 June 1984 pp.461, 468-71
and 8 June 1984 pp.493-4</SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-GB style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>I don't
have the text electronically - this was long ago in the days of typewriters and
carbon paper! It won't add much on the mediaeval bells, but it does tell
the rather interesting story of Bishop Hacket (a College Youth in the 1640s) and
the restoration of the Cathedral after extensive damage in the Civil War. The
installation of a heavy ring of six was completed at the very end of Hacket's
life</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: 0in"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2>The other
article <SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">“Lichfield
Bells, and the Society of Loyal Youths in the City of <?xml:namespace prefix =
st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Lichfield</st1:City></st1:place> (1686-90)” in <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Ringing World</I> 27 May 1983 pp.423-4 deals
with the installation of the Bagley ten in 1688 and the surviving documentation
regarding early ringing there under the Loyal Youths.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-GB style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just
mentioning these in case they are of interest.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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