[Bell Historians] Interpretation of iij prche belles

[Richard Smith]

ronald7364 wrote:

> Can anyone please translate the phrase ' iij prche belles' 
> which appears in a report of Edward VI's commissioners 
> about Brigham Church in 1552 - in particular, why 'iij' 
> and what does 'prche' mean?

In 'The Bells of Brigham, Cockermouth, Crossthwaite, 
Distington, and Holm Cultham', published in Transactions of 
the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archæological 
Society, pt 2, vol xiv, pp 275-334 (1897), the Rev H 
Whitehead assumes that 'prche' is short for 'parish'.  See 
the foot of p.280 in particular.

RAS