[Bell Historians] Re: Vandalls?

[gareth@charollais.co.uk [bellhistorians]]

So leaving aside the word 'vandalls' or whatever it might be, can anyone enlighten me about the purpose of fitting stays to the wheels and why they would have been needed. Are we talking about strengthening ties between the headstock and the wheel? Were they a normal feature of bellhanging at this time? Would they have been more necessary on quarter or half wheels, for instance? 

 Yours, in ignorance

 

 Gareth
 

 PS I notice, incidentally, that there is another payment of viij d in the same year for 'stayes for the fowrth bell'. There is also other work to the triple and great bells, all of which the parish paid for.
 

 PPS Just on the Roman v Arabic point, it is 1630 that marks the transition in the GSM churchwarden accounts (at least the published version, which I'm sure will be accurate on that point). 1630 all the main entries are Roman numerals. 1631 they are all Arabic.
 

 

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