[Bell Historians] Anthony Bond

[Susan & Christopher Dalton]

> Can anyone identify the towers where the bells with these inscriptions are?
>
> From W C Lukis’s papers in the Guernsey Museum, probably from the 1850s
>
> Firstly, one bell
>
> top line in inscription band: T
> 2nd line: TH
> lower down, perhaps on waist:
> cross ANTHONY BOND MADE ME 1615.

[This bell is or was at Lincoln's Inn chapel, London. C D]
>
> Secondly, five bells
>
> 1 IN EXCELSIS DEO 1666 GLORIA
> 2 GEORGE WRIGHT ROBERT BANCKES CHYRCH WARDENS 1666
> 3 DEO 1621 GLORIA IN EXCLSVS
> 4 JOHN CHESWYW JOHN CARTWRIGHT CHVRCHWARDENS 1610
> 5 IN VITA 1621 WC DEUS EST VIA VERITAS ET
>
> Tenor 3’5” 2¾” thick.

[Not sure at the moment - needs a bit more research.]

I think it is still safe to say that Anthony Bond was itinerant. Apart from
this one in London, all his bells are or were on the Isle of Wight or in
west Hampshire or east Dorset. This, coupled with a reference in Wimborne
Minster accounts, suggests that he came from the Isle of Wight - not perhaps
the easiest of places from which to conduct a bellfounding business.

C D