<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpff701095yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div data-test-id="message-view-body" class="ydpab68c181I_52qC ydpab68c181D_FY ydpab68c181W_6D6F" style="width: 941.162px;"><div class="ydpab68c181msg-body ydpab68c181P_wpofO ydpab68c181mq_AS" data-test-id="message-view-body-content"><div class="ydpab68c181jb_0 ydpab68c181X_6MGW ydpab68c181N_6Fd5"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thank you for the feedback, here are some answers and more questions.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The tower is in St. Helen's church, Little Eversden.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The old wooden frame with only 4 bells was deemed un-safe around 1953.<br></div><div>The actual date that 4 bells were installed is not currently known.<br></div></div></div></div><div>There could have been 4 bells in the frame in 1641, but there is no evidence for 5.<br><br></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I believe records show 3 bells in St. Helen's in the 1552, and then 4 bells in 1869.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">However, the 4th youngest bell is dated 1756, which suggests an earlier date for 4.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Numbers, name and date are in an isolated spot, and survived relatively untouched.<br>The name is in old fashioned script but I believe it is Willyam F. Battell. <br></div></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">(A Will in national archives for this name dated 1651 shows a wealthy, local man)</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I have lots of photos, but although the inscription is well 'carved', they are not great.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Regarding the sequences, could they be the number of lead between calls for touches?</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This isn't good for a 4-bell method with lead lengths of 8.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">But it might work for a 4 bell principle with lead length of 6.<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I've found Erin and Badbury as examples of minimus principles but don't know their origin.<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Were any minimus principle methods widely known in the 1640's? </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Tony</div></div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div></div></div><div class="ydpab68c181jb_0 ydpab68c181X_6MGW ydpab68c181N_6Fd5"></div></div><div class="ydpab68c181H_7jIs ydpab68c181D_F ydpab68c181ab_C ydpab68c181Q_69H5 ydpab68c181E_36RhU" data-test-id="toolbar-hover-area"><div class="ydpab68c181D_F ydpab68c181W_6D6F ydpab68c181r_BN ydpab68c181gl_C" data-test-id="card-toolbar" style="width: 969.162px;"></div></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>