[Bell Historians] Mrs Mary Cole, Bellhanger

[Chris Pickford]

Mary Cole - more likely just the widow, collecting dues owed to late 
husband. William died the previous autumn:

"Tuesday Morning Mr. William Cole, a noted Church Bell-hanger in 
Fore-street, went into the Castle Tavern at Cripplegate, and call'd for a 
Glass of Wine, seemingly in perfect Health, and when the Drawer brought the 
Wine, he found him dead in a Chair in the Kitchen." (various London papers 
Thurs. 2 October 1735 - from "Order & Disorder")

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