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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Inspection of the inscription in CBCambs reveals that they have
badge [81]. This is the same as CBLincs [2].<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The inscription at Swayfield, Lincs (2<sup>nd</sup> of 3)
has  [2] and  includes   ….. TOBIE NORRIS CAST ME…<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'>There similar bells at Pinchbeck, Deeping St James to mention
but 2 more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'>Good enough??<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>George<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Richard Smith<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 08 September 2010 23:19<br>
<b>To:</b> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Bell Historians] Toby Norris I<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p><br>
I've been trying to organise my notes on Cambridge towers <br>
and come up with a slight concern about the attribution of <br>
two bells. They are the tenor of three at All Saints and <br>
the single bell at Little St Mary, cast in 1606 and 1608 <br>
respectively. They both have the inscription "non sono <br>
animabus mortuorum sed auribus viventium" (with various u/v <br>
variations). The 1617 tenor at Meldreth -- surely a <br>
candidate for the world's most rung bell -- also has that <br>
inscription, as does the 1613 tenor of three at Swayfield, <br>
Lincs.<br>
<br>
Raven's Cambridgeshire (for the three Cambs bells) or <br>
North's Lincolnshire (for the Lincs bell), John <br>
Ketteringham's Lincolnshire Bells & Bellfounder [p.290-1], <br>
and George Dawson's NBR spreadsheets all attribute these <br>
bells to Toby Norris I. This attribution is plausible in <br>
that the dates fit, Stamford is not too far from Cambridge, <br>
and there is unassailable evidence that his son, Thomas, <br>
produced bells for Cambridge.<br>
<br>
However, I'm concerned that this attribution is based on a <br>
circular argument. In each case, the argument seems to be <br>
that the inscription is a favourite inscription of his and <br>
the others offered as evidence that it is a favourite. But <br>
is there any other evidence to tie any of them to Norris? <br>
For example, are there any bells out there with "Tobie <br>
Norris me fecit" appended to that inscription? And does <br>
anyone have a database of inscriptions that would enable <br>
them to check for any instances of that inscription by <br>
founders other than Toby Norris?<br>
<br>
RAS<o:p></o:p></p>

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