<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">On the website of St Faith's Church, Havant, Hants <www.stfaith.com/bell ringers> there is a statement to the effect that, on 11 January 1806 a 2-hour peal was rung for the funeral of Lord Nelson. </div><div style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br></div><div style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Searching for the origin of this statement, I found in the </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Hampshire Telegraph </span> for January 13th page 3, the following:</div><div style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; font-style: italic; white-space: pre;"> </span><span><span style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; font-style: italic;">The inhabitants of Havant, who, on the day of Lord Nelson's funeral in London, paid their last tributes of affection to his lordship by a solemn peal of half muffles bells which rung for two hours.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.600000381469727px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-style: italic;"><span><span style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; font-style: italic;"><br></span></span></div><div
style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.600000381469727px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span><span style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px;">As no minutes were given to the time of the ringing, could this be taken as a full length peal, one that is not in the 'Felstead' records? There were six bells at that time.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.600000381469727px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-style: normal;"><span><span style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px;"><br></span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.600000381469727px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-style: normal;"><span><span style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size:
13.600000381469727px;">AAJB</span></span></div></div></body></html>