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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Bells by John Wallis in a reasonable geographical proximity to Newchurch include the two below, which suggest he was working on contracts in the general vicinity during that year and could well have worked for Newchurch:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Arreton: 5<sup>th</sup> of 6 = 1589<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Portchester: 3rd of 3 = 1589.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>There are some drawn examples of John Wallis’s lettering in Hampshire Church Bells (Colchester) – Page 44 – Plate 82.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Perhaps someone on the Island could take and share a photograph of the inscription on Arreton 5<sup>th</sup> which (according to Colchester) has the same “ANNO 1589” inscription as Newchurch 5<sup>th</sup> (albeit with the date characters in the correct order)??<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Phil<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A6A6A6'>Phil Watts<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:red'>Bells Advisor, Winchester Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:red'>Tel: 023 8025 2015 E-mail: <a href="mailto:pag.watts@btinternet.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>pag.watts@btinternet.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Bell-historians <bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tim Jackson<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 2, 2023 10:54 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Bell Historians' <bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bell Historians] Bell-historians Digest, Vol 44, Issue 1<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Bell-historians [<a href="mailto:bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk">mailto:bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kye Leaver via Bell-historians<br><b>Sent:</b> 01 September 2023 18:24<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk">bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a><br><b>Cc:</b> Kye Leaver<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bell Historians] Bell-historians Digest, Vol 44, Issue 1</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Attached are the dates off bells by RB and John Wallis: <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>1605: Robert Beconsall bell from Gatcombe, Isle of Wight (tenor)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>1583: Chichester Cathedral<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Kye Leaver.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, 1 Sept 2023, 17:43 , <<a href="mailto:bell-historians-request@lists.ringingworld.co.uk">bell-historians-request@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><p class=MsoNormal>Send Bell-historians mailing list submissions to<br> <a href="mailto:bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk" target="_blank">bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> <a 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All Saints, Newchurch, Isle of Wight - seeking founder of<br> bell cast in 1589 (Catherine and Jonathan Lewis)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2023 14:48:18 +0000<br>From: Catherine and Jonathan Lewis <<a href="mailto:lewisce26the@hotmail.co.uk" target="_blank">lewisce26the@hotmail.co.uk</a>><br>To: "<a href="mailto:bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk" target="_blank">bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a>"<br> <<a href="mailto:bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk" target="_blank">bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a>><br>Subject: [Bell Historians] All Saints, Newchurch, Isle of Wight -<br> seeking founder of bell cast in 1589<br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:DU0P190MB1707A0659BCA94B484359AC08DE4A@DU0P190MB1707.EURP190.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM" target="_blank">DU0P190MB1707A0659BCA94B484359AC08DE4A@DU0P190MB1707.EURP190.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM</a>><br><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br><br>Dear All,<br><br>I am researching a bell in our tower that was dated 5189 and possibly is linked to a bell in another local church with the same date and similar lettering. I have a tracing of the letters for both bells and suggestions as to the founder but thought I would contact you as well as do some local research. 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