[Bell Historians] RE: Research Project

[Neil Skelton]

Stockton, Wiltshire (4): Both treble and second by John Lott 1660 have a
large Royal Arms on the waist.

Upton Lovell, Wiltshire (3): The treble, by Richard Purdue 1619, has the
Prince of Wales feathers in a framed panel on the waist.

Neil Skelton.

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From: "A Willis" <zen16073 at z...>
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Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 9:51 AM
Subject: RE: [Bell Historians] RE: Research Project


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> When Toby Norris of Stamford cast the tenor for All Saints Church
Holbeach
> be included the Royal Arms in the inscription. Presumably he realised
> that this way of expressing his Royalist sympathies would be hidden from
> view once the bell was hung in the tower!! Does anyone know of similar
> instances?
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> John Lott I of Warminster cast the 5/6 (now 9/10) for Edington in 1647
with
> the Royal Arms.
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> A leaflet on the 10 bells suugests that this may not reflect his own
> sympathies, but those of Lady Anne Beachamp who is said to have held
secret
> Royalist meetings at her home next to the church.
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> A 1648 bell by Lott for Erlestoke, the next church along the road, has no
> such ornament.
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> Anne Willis
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