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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks to those who have replied so far. I
have inspected the bell personally, and checked all current references,
including Bliss & Sharpe’s Gloucestershire and John Scott’s writings on the
Exeter foundry.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Andrew Bull<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>HENRY TAYSOM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 03 January 2011 02:38<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Bell Historians]
Horton Glos old tenor</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sorry, as a PS to my mail, I should have mentioned
that this was the only inscription on the bell. It is possible that Ms Mary
Bliss could shed some light as to why Robert Norton of Exeter was considered
by herself and the very knowledgeable Frederick Sharpe to be the likely
founder. Is the Inscription an element of his "modus
operandi"?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>Henry Taysom<br>
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style='font-style:italic'><H.Taysom@r5sNQOBNMo-JLhMmZkQvMGs8hWlHX1-4oDgeisSfW7KIktjZcRvi3Ix4iKNJ6qxnbSkUlBoL8fdp8whBPIfH7g.yahoo.invalid></span></i></span></b>
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From: HENRY TAYSOM <H.Taysom@r5sNQOBNMo-JLhMmZkQvMGs8hWlHX1-4oDgeisSfW7KIktjZcRvi3Ix4iKNJ6qxnbSkUlBoL8fdp8whBPIfH7g.yahoo.invalid><br>
Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Horton Glos old tenor<br>
To: bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<br>
Date: Monday, 3 January, 2011, 1:05<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>If it is of any help, the inscription on the old
Tenor is as follows:-<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>CONFIRMAT NOS TRINITAS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>SANCTA IN CARITATE PERFECTA<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Henry Taysom<br>
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--- On <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sat, 1/1/11, a_m_bull <i><span
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From: a_m_bull <a_m_bull@aEtHzQTO_mc1fubEvWoSAOfxZXtbaLlfIB2EWomBOwQSe-0F8H1Q9hEa8jx3J0LUTeWXonmumB1dkB_W2Q.yahoo.invalid><br>
Subject: [Bell Historians] Horton Glos old tenor<br>
To: bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<br>
Date: Saturday, 1 January, 2011, 19:57<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Does anyone know if
the founder of the old tenor at Horton, Gloucestershire, has been
positively identified? Bliss & Sharpe strongly suggest that it is by
Robert Norton of Exeter, but stated that this awaited verification by John
Scott. Did this ever happen?<br>
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Many thanks,<br>
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Andrew Bull<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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