[Bell Historians] Seventeenth-century Bells and mortars for sale

['Paul Cubitt' revpcubitt@btinternet.com [bellhistorians]]

I have been aware of the Brend bell – there certainly was one in a reclamation yard outside Norwich and I wonder if one came from there.  When I was notified of this bell I contacted all the churches with 1624 Brend bells 3 or 4 years ago and all confirmed their bells were still in their towers.

The mystery of where they came from remains.

Paul Cubitt

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The 1624 bells by Brend that are recorded in bell books are 3 at Badingham, Coltishall, Marlingford, Weston Longville, all diameters are known and none are 76 cm, I haven't got diameters for Fishley, Hoveton, Westwick or Yelverton possibly one of these if the bell came from a church?, of course it may not have done, a bit difficult with the 1619 bell without a diameter.

David Sloman

On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 8:11 PM 'Chris Pickford' c.j.pickford.t21 at btinternet.com [bellhistorians] <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com> wrote:

    
  Has anyone managed to work out where these bells were from?



  Chris Pickford



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  Probably other people have noticed, but Bonhams have two Brend bells, 1619 and 1624, for sale at Oxford on .  There are also two mortars, one said to be possibly by Bartlett of Whitechapel.  They are all described as of 'leaded bronze', and the second bell, diameter 76 cm, is called 'extremely large'.

  The auction is at https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25421 and the lots are 19 and 20 (bells) and 571 and 574 (mortars).  There is also a small 'pilgrim's' bell in lot 75 with a Lombardic inscription CAMPANA THOME but the auctioneers are non-commital about date and pilgrim badges are often nineteenth-century forgeries.

  Mark



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