Baldrick - was Tuning forks

[La Greenall]

What is/was a "baldric" please, in relation to church bells? I've found
a mention of one in my local churchwardens' accounts for 1626, and
beyond adapting the standard dictionary definition of an ornate belt
worn over one shoulder, I wonder what it could refer to?

The entry:

"Item for iiii keyes and a boult for the baldricke for the fourth
Bell... 0-1-0"

Cheers, Lawrence, Waltham Abbey.

Don't suppose clappers were once called blackadders were they?


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> From: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com 
> [mailto:bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Bickerton, Roderic K (SELEX) (UK)
> Sent: 19 April 2006 08:35
> To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Bell Historians] SG/WI - was Tuning forks
> 
> 
> 
> Clapper indentation is a different issue and is much more 
> dependent on the way the ball hits the bell than the material.
> the old baldric...

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