Notes on the Bells of the Ancient Churches of the West Riding of Yorkshire
BY J. Eyre Poppleton File 02
Articles published from 1903 to 1905, covering Diocese of Ripon, Archdeaconry of Craven, Deaneries of Craven (North), Craven (West), Bradford, Clapham, Masham, Boroughbrige, Knaresborough, Leeds, Otley, Ripon, Wetherby and Whitkirk. Diocese of Wakefield, Archdeaconry of Halifax, Deaneries of Bristal, Halifax, Huddersfield, Silkstone and Wakefield. Diocese of Southwell, Archdeaconry of Nottingham, Deanery of Bawtry. Diocese of Manchester, Archdeaconry of Manchester, Deanery of Ashton-under-Lyne. Archdeaconry of Blackburn, Deanery of Whalley. Notes on Founders.
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By J. EYRE POPPLETON.
( Co11ti11ued /ro111 page 32.)
II. D IO CES E O F RI PO N.
ARCHDEACONRY OF CRAVEN.
( Tlte fignns in brackets throttgh.out tltese notes refer to the illustrations.)
(a) Deanery of Craven (North). ARNCLIFFE (St. Oswald). Three bells. r. ~ XDE.7W.8.E_ : :ID®J@i:5IC : @J@i:..5..V5IC..®. [J. BURNSALL (St. Wilfrid). Six bells. On each: DALTON OF YORK FECIT 1790 CONISTON-WITH-KILNSEY (St. Mary). Two bells. I. Nil. 20 in. dia. 2. 1887 ~2 in. di~. t ' > x w ...... <( ..J 0..... PLATE XVI I. 75. 74. 79 80. PLATE XVlll. 8 r. ,, "-f- 86. x x · lU I <( _J CL x x UJ f <( _] Q_ BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 103 These were given by Miss Blake, of Rylstone, as a Jubilee offering. There are two old bells in the church, which bave- I. ~ <61) @r..fr.I_.Lfi::@J5.)0LK : :IBE.15.!iBE. : .ITLFrJ.. :L'"lIE. 16 in. dia. 2. ~ ANNO REGN! RGIS CAROLI NRI SGD! 16 ANNO DOMIN! 1664 (lower) THO WARDE WILL TENNANT CHVRCHWARDENS GARGRAVE (St. Andrew). Eight bells. l. ON EARTH THE BELLS DO RING 2 . IN HEAVEN THE ANGELS SING 3· GLORY TO GOD 4. ON EARTH PEACE 5· GOOD WILL TO MEN 6. Hujus sci Petri 37in.dia. 7. LAYS DEO 1747 FRN. YATES VICAR ROB. DVRDEN RICH. SHACKLETON CHA. ATKINSON ROB. MARKENDALE WIL. AIRTON !NO. CLOVGH ANT. TOMLINSON CHVRCHWARDENS 39 in. dia. 8. VT TVBA SIC SONITV DOMIN! CONDVCO COHORTES I 703 W T I R R G H R W T W H R R CHVRCHW AR DENS (<) 43 in. dia. Tbe first and second bells were cast by Messrs. Warner in 1880, and tbe next four by tbem in 187 5. The inscription on the sixth is the same as that upon a pre-Reformation bell, which, having become cracked, was taken down in r 8 7 5. GIGGLESWICK (St. Alkelda). Six bells. These were cast by Messrs. Mears in 1850, at the expense of Mary Long Dawson and Elizabeth Hutton Dawson, of Halton Gill and Marshfield. I. FORTITUDE 4. CHARITY. 2. TEMPERANCE 5· HOPE 3· JUSTICE 6. FAITH Each has also the founders' name and the date. HALTON GILL (St. John Baptist). One bell. GLORIA IN ALTISSIMIS DEO 1690 lower 18 in. dia. VOL. XYII. N 194· THE YORKSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL JOURNAL. HORTON-IN-RIBBLESDALE (St. Oswald). Three bells. l & 2. GEO. DALTON YORK FECIT 1776. 3. ffn llncunl:Jitate i:ioni $Onabo tibi llihtr 1614 w o (3>J HUBBERHOLME (St. Michael). One bell. ~ IHESVS EE OVR SPEED 1601 (lower) w o (3 2 ) Royal Arms (See Plate xiv.) KETTLEWELL (St. Mary). Three bells. These are by Messrs. Mears, and were given about I 860 by Miss Dawson, of Settle, in place of the one bell then in use. KIRBY MALHAM (St. James). Three bells. I. ~ GOD EE OVR SPEED BOTH NOW AND EVER 16J7 w o (68) without Ro 39 in. dia. 2 . SOL! DEO GLORIA DALTON FECIT YORK J785 41~ in. dia. 3· GOD SAVE OVR CHVRCH OVR QVEEN AND REALME JOSIAS LAMBERT ESQVIRE i6oz w o (3 2 ) Royal Arms (See Plate xiv.) 46 in . clia. This last is said to be the largest bell in the diocese of Ripon, except the tenor in the Minster Tower. The death-bell is tolled for a time, and then, as a distinguishing finish, four strokes are given for a man, three for a woman, and two for a child. LINTON (St. Michael). One bell. GLORIA IN ALTISSIMIS DEO 1692 LONG PRESTON (St. Mary). Three bells. I. E DONO I KNOWLES IN 1630 LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT J762 (Weight, 6 cwt.) 2. LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT 1762 (Weight, 9 cwt.) 3· MR . IEREH. HARRISON VICAR LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT r762 (Weight, l 2 cwt.) These were all rehung by Messrs. Malla by in I 887. RYLSTONE (St. Peter).· Three bells. T. 3C@ <3 <® ::® 3Io JP.IT®JP.i BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 19.') 2. S©E'. @J,'l_;B,El3ICE.Jilli ®:Fl],'l_ [:-@:El® :-@..®;ED l'.s 3· GLORIA IN EXSELSIS DEO CW \Vil 1658 w (lower) IS Each bell has on the rim: RECAST BY C & G MEARS LONDON 1853 These three bells replace three which bore the same (principal) inscriptions, which hung in the tower until the church was rebuilt in 1852. The inscription on the first was misread by the Rev. William Cary, formerly Incumbent of Bolton Abbey, into "J.N. God us ayde," the motto of the Nortons of Rylstone. Dr. Cary communicated this to the poet Wordsworth, and it is referred to by him in "The White Doe of Rylstone," Canto vii :- "When the bells of Rylstone played Their Sabbath music 'God us ayde,' That was the sound they seemed to speak, Inscriptive legend which, I ween, May on those holy bells be seen." Wordsworth adds a note (Edition 1837, vol. iv, p. 113) :-"On one of the bells of Rylstone Church, which seems coeval with the building of the tower, is the cypher, 'J. N.,' for John Norton, and the motto, 'God us ayde.'" Dr. Fowler first exposed the error in Notes and Queries (zllth November, 1868), and a reproduction of a rubbing, taken by Dr. Fowler from the actual inscription, afterwards appeared in the Reliquary (vol. x, Plate 7). (See Plate xvi.) It will be noticed that the shield or trade mark (3•) occurs also at Crofton, near Wakefield, with a similar inscription, and at Kellington (with a cross in chief) with quite a different one, but no two of these three instances have the same lettering. (b) Deanery of Craven (South). BINGLEY (All Saints). Eight bells. I. MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON (lower) THIS AND THE TENOR BELL ADDED AND THE PEAL REHUNG AT THE COST OF WALTER DUNLOP ESQRE 1874 28~ in. dia. (Weight, 4 cwt. 3 qrs. 19 lbs.) 196 THE YORKSHIRE ARCHMOLOGICAL JOURNAL. 2. THOMAS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1828 29 in. dia. (Weight, 5 cwt. 2 qrs. 8 lhs.) 3· I F YOU HAYE A JUDICIOUS EAR YOU LL OWN MY VOICE IS SWEET AND CLEAR 30§ in. CHURCH WARDENS 42 in. dia. (Weight, 12 cwt. l qr. 19 lbs.) Tenor. MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1873 (lower) RING OUT THE DARKNESS OF THE LAND RING IN THE CHRIST THAT IS TO BE 45 in. dia. (Weight, 15 cwt. 3 qrs. 24 lbs.) The tenor of Pack & Chapman's ring weighed 11 ~ cwt., and had- THIS PEAL WAS RAISED IN I 77 3 JOHNSON ATKINSON BUSFIELD ESQR WAS THE PRINCIPAL BENEFACTOR In 1828 this bell was cracked. Up to 1824 a bell was rung on weekdays at eight p.m., and after long discontinuance the custom has been revived in recent years. The ·Pancake Bell is still rung here. BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 197 KEIGHLEY (St. Andrew). Six bells. These are by Messrs. Lester, Pack & Chapman, circa 176 r-81. The tenor weighs I4 cwt. Up to about 1850 a bell was rung every weeknight at eight o'clock. KILDWICK (St. Andrew). Six bells. I. REV. M'· DEHANE VICAR 2. ROBERT SPENCER JOHN BOOTH WILLIAM LEE FRANCIS STIRK CHURCHWARDENS 3· JOHN WATSON 4. WILLIAM COCKSHOTT 5· SAMUEL SLACK 6. PETER SMITH (Weight, 10 cwt.) On each, in addition:- PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECERUNT I]8o Churchwardens' Accounts :- £ s. d. 1746. September r. To Thos. \Vitherop, the Sexton, for his half-year's wages for looking to the clock and bells, and ringing night and morn 0 IO 0 (Gray's Airedale, p. 208.) SILSDEN (St. James). Six bells. These are by Messrs. Warner & Co., and bear only the name of the founders and the date, 1895. They were dedicated by the Bishop of Richmond 4th August, 1895. Up to that year there was one bell, which bore nothing but the date 1659, and is said to have been the dinner-bell at Skipton Castle. In connection with this story it is notable that Silsden Church was built by Thomas, sixth Earl of Thanet and eighteenth Baron de Clifford (Lord of Skipton ), in r 7 l 2. The old bell was last rung as the noon bell on 9th January, i 895. (c) Deanery of Craven (West). BARNOLDSWICK (St. Mary). Three bells. I. PEACE AND GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD 28 in. dia. (Weight, circa 5 cwt.) 2. RENDER THEREFORE UNTO CtESAR THE THINGS WHICH ARE [ C/ESARS AND TO GOD THE THINGS WHICH ARE GOIJS 29 in. dia. 3· WILLIAM DRAKE CHVRCHWARDEN 31 in . dia. (Weight, circa 8 cwt.) 198 THE YORKSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL JOURNAL. BOLTON-BY-BOLLAND (St. Peter and St. Paul). Three bells. 5 r. ~ (3 ) .%ce 11Jnule orn pro nlabu$ bemici pub$£!! et [nmrgnrete roMorteln) %ue z. ~ (36) .%re ]ol)iZ !rnptista orn pro nf11bus iol) f$ pub$£!! [militi0 et grnci r con%orte $U£ 3· CVM SONO BVSTA MORI CVM PVLPITA V! VERE E Sell"} (s) [DISCE 1749 { Ebor The first and second bells bear also a small figure of the Blessed Virgin and Child, about 2 in. x 1 in., very indistinctly cast. There is a tradition that Nos. r and 2 came from Saw ley Abbey, and there is an undated entry in the Parish Register : "The Great Bell in the Parish Church of Bolton was given by Edward King, Esqr., th en Vice-Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster," but it was told me at Gisburne that one of the bells from that church was taken to Bolton (possibly bought by Mr. K ing) in r818, when Gisburne obtained six new bells. Sir John Pudsey (eldest son of Sir Ralph Pudsey and Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Tunstall, of Scargill, knight) in 3 Edward IV married Grace, daughter of Lawrence Hamerton, of Hamerton, and had issue. H enry Pudsey, his eldest son, married ( r) Margaret, daughter of Sir John Conyers, of Hornby Castle, knight. She died in 1 500, and is buried with her husband (who died in r509) at Bolton. Their son, Henry Pudsey, who was living in r 5 r r, married Margaret, daughter of Roger Tempest, of Broughton. (Foster's Pedigrees, ii. ) At the time of a funeral a p~al is rung here from the time the fun eral is sighted till it reaches the church. BRACEWELL (St. Michael). One bel l. GLORIA IN ALTISSIMIS DEO IJI8 (lower) I E. Sell"·} (s) !O WILKINSON CHVRCH l Eboc C H llROWN WARDENS There have ev idently been three bells originally, and two at a comparatively recent date. BROUGHTON-IN-CRAVEN (All Saints). Three bells. I. ~ BONVM EST CELEBRARE IEHOVA r663 2 GLORI A IN ALTISSIMO DEO IJ I3 (a) The first sy\laL!e of thb word is reprcsentc 3· lfn lincuntJitate ,Soni oSumibu l!ri11i m~e mulcc'tline [1J ocis I< l 6 ls >I:< >I:< (lower) w 0 (68) RO CARLTON-IN-SKIPTON (St. Mary). Three bells. I. SOL! DEO SIT LAVS ET GLORIA 1615 (lower) w. o. (68) without R . o. 2 . G MEARS FOUNDER LONDON 185°9 3· WHEN I DOE RING GODS PRAYSES SING 1656 AS (Weight, 8 cwt.) (lower) w. c. (,3) The second bell is a medi::eval bell, recast. It formerly had- >!:< .S©€r VJI:.ER®@ VJI:.ER®JI::®.V [®:ERM :@:ER® ::@@)» )I.S GISBURNE (St. Mary). Six bells. On each- T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1818 In addition, on- 4. THESE BELLS WERE ORDERED BY JOHN EARNSHAW 5· THE KING THE CHVRCH ,& LIBERTY 6. REV0 ROBERT KNOWLES MINISTER JOHN IlARLOW HENRY WILKINSON JOHN MOORE RO BERT WOF!NDALE CHURCHWARDENS John Earnshaw was a Clitheroe man. Robert Knowles was vicar 1793 to 1822. Up to 1818 there were three bells here, of which Mears got two, and the third is said to have been sent to the neighbouring church of Bolton (q.v. ). I t may be the present tenor at Bolton. Formerly the third bell was rung at seven a.m. and eight p.m. in summer and seven a.m. and six p.rn. in winter. This was discontinued about r888, but the then Lady Ribblesdale and others protested, and the bell is now ru ng at seven a.rn. and eight p.rn. all the year round. A bell is rung at eleven a. rn. on Shrove Tuesday. For a death the tenor is rung for a short time, and then- For a man, three strokes each on th ird, fourth, and fifth bells. woman, five boy, th ree first, second, and third bells. girl, five ,, GRINDLETON. One bell. This, I am informed, 1s a small bell , without inscription, which was formerl y a mill bell. 200 THE YORKSHIRE ARCHAWLOGICAL JOURNAL. MARTON-IN-CRAVEN (St. Peter). Three bells. J. lln llnrun"tlitnte .Soni .Sonnbo ([(bi mile. (lower) 1635 2 & 3. G. MEARS FOUNDER LONDON 1859 (Weight of tenor, 4~ cwt.) GREAT MITTON (St. Michael). Six bells. I. J TAYLOR & CO LOUGHBOROUGH 1872 2. RO. PARKER THO \VALMESLEY RIC. ~JAYSON JOHN EMETT \VIL HALL CHURCH WARDENS 1726 (>) 3· GOD SAVE HIS CHVRCH 1624 4. SYR. LAWRENCE SPEYKE VICAR R. \V. H. M. (G9) 1567 5· IE SKIPTON (Holy Trinity). Six bells. On each LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT Also- I. VENITE EXULTEMUS DOMI1'0 I7 59 2. (incised) FRAS. ATKINSON CH. WARDEN FOR BARDEN [WELBURY HOWGATE FOR HALTON 1759 3· JN° CHIPPINDALE FOR EllSTBY • GEO. DEMAINE [FOR HAZLEWOOD . 1759 4. W'1 MYERS CH. WARDEN FOR DRAUGHTON . [w>t ATKINSON FOR EMBSAY 1759 5· HENRY ATKINSON & THOS. BOOTH CH. WARDENS [FOR STIRTON CUM THORLEY I 759 6. (incised) WALTER PRIEST, VICAR. HUGH TILLETSON [& W" CHIPPINDALE & THO. l!EELIS [ CHURCHWARDENS 1759 (Weight, 18 cwt. 2 qrs. 24 lbs.) In 1628 Francis, Earl of Cumberland, gave "the litle bell," with wood for its frame. Gent, in his History of Ripou (page 40), states that the five bells which hung in the tower at the time of the Civil War were seized as prize of war. £200 was paid to redeem them, but only four were sent back, and these hung in the tower Lill I7 59. Timothy Crowther, who was parish clerk about the middle of last century, tried to persuade the churchwardens to get a new ring of BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 201 bells, but could only induce them at that time to afford new clappers. It is said that Crowther intentionally procured clappers so much too heavy as to crack such of the bells as were whole, and thus neces sitate a new ring; hence the item in the churchwardens' accounts : "1757· May 9. Paid at the Visitation with the present't touching the bells being out of repair, 6s. 6d." At a vestry meeting held on 2yd September, 1759, it was resolved to have the existing bells exchanged or melted down with other metal into a ring of six new bells, the tenor to be 18 cwt., and it was agreed to raise the cost and expenses to be incurred by subscription and assessment. The little bell was sold to the churchwardens of Rilstone for £15, and the others were taken and allowed for by Messrs. Pack & Chapman. Messrs. Pack & Chapman received £zo3 i9s. 6d. for work and additional metal. Mr. James Harrison, of Barton, hung the bells, and received £37 los. 9d., besides £ro 2s. paid for clappers and other iron work, and £ I4 for wood for the new frames. Carriage and other expenses brought the total cost of the new bells and their fittings up to £z93 17s. 3d. £157 r9s. was raised by subscriptions, including £so from the Earl of Thanet and £zo from the Duke of Devonshire, and £ 135 r8s. 3d. was raised by sale of the old metal and by assessment. (See Dawson's History o.f Skipton, pp. 161-4.) Up to about fifty years ago the bells were always rung on 29th May and 5th November. Formerly a bell was rung daily at noon and at five p.m. In 1880 I found a bell rung at noon and at eight p.m., and after the latter the day of the month was struck upon the bell. SLAIDBURN (St. Andrew). Six bells. These are by Thomas Mears in 1843, with a tenor, weighing rst cwt. Formerly there were- r. THOMAS DUGDALE JOHN WEBSTER JOHN GUY [JOHN TOWNSON CHURCHWARDENS 2 . SERVAVIT ME CUM SERMONE 3· IN DOMINO CONFIDO 1567 In 1 889 a bell was rung here daily at eight p.m. THORNTON-IN-CRAVEN (St. Mary). Four bells . .!. J. SHAW SON & C0 · FOUNDERS IJRADFORD (lower) GIV[<; PEACE I N OUR TIME . 0 . LORD RECAST JUNE 1887 202 THE YORKSHIRE ARCHA<:OLOGICAL JOURNAL. 2. K P IMPRIMIS VENERARE DEU~I H liNRY RICHARDSON A. M. [RECTOR JOHN WILCOCK STEPHEN BAN ISTER JOHN (lower) HARGREAVES CHURCHWARDENS LESTER & PACK FECIT l 7 59 (incised) 6 . 2 . 12 (possibly the weight) 3· >I< (36) QJ:ampana $CS \!ntoniu~ 4. \!be gni plma lms ternm The first bell formerly had, according to Whittaker's Craven, an inscription similar to that on the present second. Whittaker also gives the in scription on another bell, which he makes No. 3 :- YENITE AD PRECES YEN ITE AD CONCIONES LESTER & PACK I7 59 When I was in the tower in 1889 there was the appearance of there having at one time been six bells. The Rev. Henry Richardson was rector 1735-78, and has a monument in the church. On the tower is carved the date of its building, a'no D'm MCccccx, and this may very well be the date of the present third and fourth bells. TOSSIDE (St. Bartholomew). One bell. I am informed that this is a small bell, without inscription. WADDINGTON (St. Helen). Six bells. 1, &2, ~', } PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FE( IT 1774 4 6. ROW SMITH MINISTER JOHN PYE RICH. CURTIS GEO. [HORNER JOHN HARGREAVES CH. WARDENS PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT 1774 (d) Deanery of Bradford. BRADFORD (St. Peter). Ten bells. J. LOVE JS THE FUI.FILLING OI' THE LAii' C,\ST IN T HE YEAR OF OUR REDE~IPTION 1846 2. FOR WHATEVER IS NOT OF FA ITH JS SIN J . TAYLOR FECIT A.D. 1846 3· BUT THEY HAD ALL THINGS IN COMMON ]. TAYLOR FECIT A.D. 1846 ~' 5, l JOHN TAYLOR & SON FOUNDERS LOUGHDOJZOUGH 8 & 9· I A.D. 1846 BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSfURE. 203 6. }. TAYLOR & SON FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH LATE OF OXFORD AND ST. NEOTS 7. THE MOST HIGH DWELLETH NOT IN TEMPLES MADE [WITH HANDS A.D. 1846 8. THIS PEAL OF TEN BJ<: LLS WEIGHING 5 TONS 5 CWTS WAS [CAST BY JOHN TAYLOR & SON OF LOUGHBOROUGH l A.D. 1846 BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION WILLIAM SCORESBY D.D. F.R.S. VICAR W"' PEARSON AND EDWARD HAWKSWORTH PARRATT CHURCHWARDENS 4 ft. dia. The weights of the bells are as fo llows:- Cwt. qrs. lbs. Cwt. qrs. lbs. (r) 5 3 0 (6) 8 (2) 5 3 l J (7) IO 0 21 (3) 6 4 (8) 10 l 15 (4) 6 0 (9) 17 l 14 (S) 6 6 ( 10) 27 0 14 - ---- 104 It is notable, in view of the recent controversy about musical pitch, that when these bells were agreed for it was specified that they were to be in "that most noble and magnificent key, C s!tarp "; but according to present pitch they are in the key of C natural. According to the churchwardens' accounts there were four bells only in 1666. In 1715 these were, with additional metal, cast into six, at a cost of £ 200. In l 750 two more bells were added. The ring however does not seem to have been satisfactory, for in 17 50 certain exchanges were made with other churches in Leeds or the neighbourhood, at a cost of £50. In 1846 the eight were recast, with additional metal, into the present ten, at a cost of over £ 500, raised by subscription. They were opened on 3rd September, 1846. Up to 1840 it was customary to ring a bell daily at five a.m. and eight p.rn., but in that year the vestry put an end to the custom. Formerly a tune was played on the bells every four hours, viz. at four, eight, and twelve. The bells were at one time rung all through .the night previous to Bradford Fair, as a guide to drovers and others making their way thither. In their 1683 accounts the churchwardens cha;-ge:- £ d. "In candles for ye Ringers ringing at ye Income (incoming) of S. Andrews ffaire oo oo l " 204 THE YORKSHllZE ARCH1EOLOGICAL JOURNAL. CALVERLEY (St. \Vilfrid). Eight bells. At the Survey of 1552 there were three bells here. The present bells were cast by Messrs. George Mears & Co. in 1862, at a cost of £202, raised by subscription. Up to 1745 there were only three bells. I.C.G. 6 Edw. VI 1if' l r. On 3rd July, r 745, at a meeting held in the vestry of the Parish Church, it was agreed that the existing three bells should be new cast and converted into six, and that the Rev. Mr. Dodgson, vicar, Thomas Clapham, and Samuel Popplewell should be empowered to contract with Messrs. Edward and John Sellars, of York, for the executing of the said work, and that such assessment should be from time to time raised as should be sufficient to satisfy the said Edward and John Sellars for the performance ·of the same, provided such assessment so to be raised do not in the whole exceed the sum of eighty guineas. ( Yorks!zire Magazine, iii, 480.) By September, r 745, the recasting had been effected. Sir Walter Calverley in his Note Book (Yorkshire Diaries, Surtees Society, lxxii, p. r48) gives particulars as follows: - New Bells at Calverley. Account of the Charge, 7th September, r745. d. To three old bells recasting, 32 cwt. o qrs. 17 lbs., at 20/i. per ton 32 3 0 To additional mettal to make six bells, 1 r cwt. r qr. 2 lbs., at 14d. per 1b. 74 4 0 To exchange of clappers, &c. 2 10 0 To six bells h~u1ging . 24 0 0 ------£132 I7 0 Which was paid as under to one Edward Sellars, a Bell Founder m York, the 8th November, 1745. £ d. Sir Walter Calverley gave towards the charge of the above bells 20 o o The Rev. Mr. Dodgson, Vicar of Calverley, gave. ro o o The Parish of Calverley, by the Churchwardens... 102 l 7 o £132 I7 0 N.B. Sir \Valterley Calverley, besides giving 20/i., lent the churchwardens the remainder of the money without interest, which is now all paid rn. N. B. In the year l 7 48 the above bells cost rehanging the sum of twelve or thirteen pounds, paid to Harrison, of which sum Sir Walter Calverley paid and gave in timber seven or eight pounds. BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 205 HA WORTH (St. Michael). Six bells. 6. THESE BELLS WERE RA ISED BY SUBSCRIPTION REY. P. BRONTE A. B. INCUMBENT MR GEO. FEATHER } MR JAS. LAMBERT CHURCHWARDENS C. & G. MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON i845 These bells were first rung in the tower on r oth March, 1846. The weights are as follows :- Cwt. qrs. lbs. (I) 2 ft. 4 in. dia., Key F 4 3 6 (2) ,, 4~ Eb 4 3 20 (3) " 7t Db 5 3 (4) ,, 9t c 0 9 (5) 3 ,, Bb 9 0 19 (6) 3 ,, 4 Ao I I 2 27 In ringing the death-bell here the tenor is used for a man, the fourth bell for a woman, and the second for a child. IDLE. One bell. The one bell is by Messrs. Shaw, of Bradford. The bell formerly hanging in the old chapel, erected in i630, is at the mission room, in a quite inaccessible position, but does not appear to have any mark or lettering on it. LOW MOOR (Holy Trinity). Eight bells. These were cast in i856. There is one of the former bells m the basement of the tower, which bears- ESQVIER W R(b) R R(c) NP T G I S T R(d) SW (lower) MINISTER CHVRCH I F I S IS WARDENS ARCHDEACONRY OF RICHMOND. (a) Deanery of Clapham. BENTHAM (St. John Baptist). Seven bells. There were formerly three bells. These were taken down in i877 and photographs taken of them as they stood in the church- (b) William Rookes, of Royds Hall. (a') Tempest Rookes, another brother. (<) Robert Rookes or Richard Rnokes, (See perligree of this family in Whittaker's brother of the last. Hist01y of Leeds. ) 206 THE YORKSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL JOURNAL. yard. The treble had apparently no inscription. Of the second bell only the word "MORI" and the date "r 7 33" is to be made out. The tenor sti ll survives, and is hung in the church porch. It is tolled at funerals. It has- ~ 67 l 15 CHAPEL-LE-DALE (St. Mary). One bell. A SEWARD LANCASTER 18 in. dia. This bell was cast about 1877. CLAPHAM (St. James). Three bells. r. VENITE EXVL'l'EMVS DOMINO 1720 SS (<) (lower) Ebor 2. ~ (7,) l 594 (73) TIME DEVM NOSCE TE IPSVM RESPICE FIN EM 3. MY CRACK IS CVRED NOW ALOVDE I CRY COME PRAY REPENT HEARE BELEEVE LEARNE TO DYE C P (lower) w c <'3) five times w c «l s s FECIT 1662 (Weight, 30 cwt.) No. 2 is from stamps I have not found elsewhere,: possibly a Lancashire founder, DENT (St. Andrew). Six bells. On each- W" MEARS OF LONDON FEC!T 1787 (Weight of tenor, 8 cwt.) There is an old story that once, when Sedbergh and Dent were each having a new ring of bells, by mistake of the waggoners the Dent bells were taken to Sedbergh and the Sedbergh ones got to Dent. The old bells at Sedbergh (q.v.), however, were certainly not all of the same date, but 160 to 200 years older than the present bells at Dent. BELLS IN THE W EST R IDING OF YORKSHIRE . 207 GARSDALE (St. John Baptist). Two bells. One of the bells came from the old church, rebuilt in 1860, a nd the other is said to have been procured at the rebuilding. Neither bell has any mark or inscription. I NGLETON (St. Mary). Stx bell s. These are steel bells, E. Reipe's patent, cast by Naylor, Vicars and Co. in l86r. There were formerly three bells, which were sold to raise funds for the present ring. The old bells had- r. BE IT KNOWN TO ALL MEN THAT ME SE THOMAS STAFFORD OF PENRITH MADE ME ANO DON! 1630 RF 2. T.P '. ESQ: T.B '. CVRATE '. T.W '. H.C '. R.F '. C.W: ;::~~~S : J.R: CLARK'. C.B: T.R: I W: C.I '. I.R'. T.B'. 0.S'. P.P: qt9'. I. G'. I. M : C.0: 3· SOL! DEO GLORIA PAX HOMJNIBVS 1779 The new bells cost £ 358 rzs. 8d. SEDBERGH (St. Andrew). E ight bells. r. >I< llBeo gratias qui lJelJit nobis 1Jictoriam >I< (lower) 'll. :!llfl. Qlr. 'B et in p.m. ll\.oberti 3!!erhcrti @nick U!J pmoclJifle 1Jicadi 1883- 1887 lJlJ . uxor tjui.> 1897 2 . >I< 3!!orn fugit, ora, labora >I< (lower) 1897 3. >I< 1)lcr singulo$ lJics benelJic;:mus \[e >I< (lower) 1897 4. >I< S5urnum QI:orlJa. 3!!ah emus fill li!hmt >I< (lower) 1897 5. >I< :j,l}unc bimttti$ scrlrnm tuum mne in pace >I< (lower) l 897 6. II< QI:oncipien$ r pia 1Jirgo coetum nga >I< (lower) lIDen\Jo monffata 1897 7. >I< QI:oelorum rte plflceat tibi rex sonu$ [$le >I< (lowe r) mmuo teconffata 1897 8. >I< iJ;/flrr rnmpana i.>flcra fiat \[rinitflte beata ~ (lower) liilenbo reconffata 1897 Each of these bells has also Messrs. Taylors' mark, a bell surrounded wi th a circle, bearing ">I< John >I< Taylor >I< and Co >I< L oughborough," with an Agnus Dei above. To fill up the principal line of each inscription a beautiful ornament is used, blackberries and 208 THE YORKSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL JOURNAL. their leaves on the first four bells, and vine leaves with grapes on the other four. According to a brass plate in the church, these bells were given in memory of the Rev. R. H. Quick, a former vicar, by his widow. The third bell is rung for the daily service, the fourth for the H oly Communion, and the fifth as a passing bell. There were formerly three bells, of which excellent photographs were taken before they were broken up. These had- r. ([;e!ornm xte µInceat tilJi rex sonmi iote «6) «8) 2. ([;oncipien$ xµia birgo relum i:ega (,6) (,8) 3. J!!er ([;amµanf! .Sacra Fiat Ql:rinitate 13eata <1 6) (1 8) H (6) ::> (1) The "C" in No. 2 is (tg) right side up, and the "C" in No. 3 is (7) right side up. On No. 2 was a figure of the Blessed Virgin similar to that on the Rouclyffe Bell at Cowthorpe. (See Plate xx.) THORNTON-IN-LONSDALE (St. Oswald). Three bells. 1. 1!ilulcebine Uocis ([;antFtbo m:uo Noe 167 r (lower) w s (74) 2. Jin frnmnbitate $oni $onabo tibi bru 1635 (lower) w s (74l 30 in. dia. (This bell was cracked about l 8 54, and now lies unhung 111 the intermediate stage of the tower.) 3. VT TVBA SIC SONITV DOMIN! CONDVCO COHORTES 1722 1 (lower) < ) A bell was formerly rung every Sunday at eight a.m., but the custom is now discontinued. In ringing the death-bell it is customary to sou nd sixty strokes each on the first and third bells. If the ringing is for a male the strokes are given on the tenor bell first, if for a female on the treble bell first. (b) Deanery of Masham. KIRKBY MALZEARD (St. Andrew). Six bells. l & 2. CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SON LONDON (lower) KIRKBY MALZEARD 1866 ERECTED 1866 BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS 3· IESVS BE OVR SPEED r622 (lower) W R 34 in. dia. 4· IESVS BE OVR SPEED 1609 (3z) 37 in. dia. BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 209 5. GOD SAVE OVR CHVRCH 1609 (3z) 40 in . dia. 6. ALL ~ ! EN THAT HEARS MY DOLEFULL SOUND REPENT BEFORE DEATH YOU CON FOUND (lower) GEOE TH!RKILL Cl!. WARDEN LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT 1768 44 in. dia. This bell bears the figures of two short-handled picks or hammers, VOL. XVI!. 0 210 THE YORKSHJRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL JOURNAL. It., to Will. Walker, for 9 pounde of Bras iiijs. Thos. 15 vjs. John Beckwith, for bringing mettall from Yorke ijs. Gi lb. Anderson, for l 2 pounde of Bras iiijs. Sym. Woodhouse, ij pounde & a halfe iiijs. xd. ,, ,, Mar. ffoster, for bands nailes to the Bells iiijs. ijd. Christ. Toppon, for one litle Bell (probably a hand bell melted up) xs. ,, for j hide of woode iiijd. for riving of woode in the spring xd. Antho : Gaines wife, for woode iiijd. Sume disbursed about the bells, xijli. ixs. viijd. In 1609-10 three of the great bells were recast by Mr. Oldfield, he being paid £38 for his work. The wording of the accounts seems to imply that there were more than three great bells in the tower, and in 1616 four bell wheels were paid for. The tenor, second, and third bells were those recast by Oldfield in l 609, the tenor being dealt with at one time and the two smaller bells at another. These latter still remain. The tenor seems to have been recast in l 768. The. accounts do not state where Oldfield set up his furnace, &c., but it could not have been far off, as the item, "Itm., for bringing the bells to the furnaces and for ll'eighing them," is only ijs. In l6z2 "the litel bell," which seems to have escaped in 1609, was taken to Thirs~ and recast there, in pursuance of an agreement previously entered into with William Oldfield. The negotiation seems to have been thirsty work :- It., to the bell !founder in earnest xijd. ,, spent in drinke when \Villm. Oldfield was heare xijd. ,, spent in ale "·hen the bargaine was mad for casting the bell xijd. In 1623 Oldfield was paid £6 l4s. for the recasting. This church is said to have received four bells out of the twelve taken from the Trinitarian Priory at Knaresborough (q.11.). From 6th April to l Ith October they ring the second bell here on weekdays at seven a.m. and five p.111. MIDDLESMOOR (St. Chad). Six bells. J. TO C.\LL THE FOLKS TO CHURCH IN Tlo!E \VE CHIME 2. PEACE: ON EARTH GOOD WILL TO MEN 3· DE JOYFUL UNTO THE LORD . f.. PRAISE GOD 0='1 HlGH BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 21 1 5· LOVE ONE ANOTHER 6. IN MEMORY OF SIMON HORNER MERCHANT OF HULL NATIVE OF THIS PLACE BORN l] 35 DIED l 829 AGED 94 REMEMBER THE SABATH DAY CAST BY WILLIAM BLEWS & SONS BIRMINGHAM i868 This ring weighs 2 tons r l cwt., and was presented by Mrs. Barkworth in furtherance of the wishes of her uncle, Mr. Simon Horner, of Hull, at a cost of upwards of £500. The Homers are a very old family in this district. I t was particularly requested by the donor that the bells should be rung every Saturday evening. The ring was opened IIth June, 1868. (Ripon Gazette, 12th June, 1868.) ARCHDEACONRY OF RIPON. (a ) Deanery of Boroughbridge. ALDBOROUGH (St. Andrew). Six bell s. J. TO HONOUR GOD AND KING IN MELODY WE RING (lower) THO' MEARS LATE LESTER PACK & CHAPMAN [OF LONDON FECIT l 790 2. I CALL THE PEOPLE I ADORN THE FESTIVAL 1784 (lower) DALTON FECIT YORK 3· CHAPMAN & MEARS 01•' LONDON FECERUNT 1782 4. i.1' <6'l <15) .Sancte m:o ma ®rn '@ro jilo bifS (16) 5. Jo}! (6') (16) .Sit :J», omm momir.i 16enel:Jictum (75) 6. 1i4 (77) IESVS BE OVR SPEED ANNO DOil!IN I 1627 36 in. clia. The ded ication of No. 4 is, I think, unique in the Riding. May the bell have been given by Thomas Myton, who was vicar of Aldborough in 1380? Between each word on No. 6 is a stop like that on the Thorparch bell. (See Plate xiv.) Mark Smithson, Esq., by will dated 12 M;:.y, 1787, gave money sufficient to purchase £3,333 6s. 8d. Three per Cent. Consols to the vicar and two churchwardens of the town of 1\ldborough upon trust as to the dividends (inter a!ia) as to £10 thereof for the ringers of the town to ring a peal on Thursday evenin gs 1'.n d Sundays. ( Clwrif)' Commissioners' Report, West Riding.) 212 nrn YORKSHIRE ARCHA':OLOGICAL JOURNAL. Up to about 1880 a bell was rung nightly at seven, and on Sundays at seven and eight a. m. Also a bell was rung daily during Lent at ten a.m. and four p.rn. Of these only the eight a.111. bell on Sundays is now rung. ALLERTON MAU LEVERER (St. Martin). Three be1ls. 1. No inscription. 2. IESVS BE OVR SPEED I 6z 7 3· GLORIA IN ALTISS IMIS DEO R ICARDVS MA LLllVERER MILES ET BARONETTVS A0 r666 GRATIA RE l'VNDIT BOROUGHBRIDGE (St. J ames). Six bells. r. Psalm cv. 4 "Seek " 2 . Psalm cv. 4 "The Lord '' 3. Psalm cv. 4 "Seek" 4. Psalm cv. 4 "His strength " 5. Psalm cv. 4 "His Face" 6. Psalm cv. 4 " Evermore" This peal of 6 Bells given by Angell a G. Burdett Coutts A.D. 1870 in memory of her Father being elected Member of Parliament fo r Boroughbridge 1796 These inscriptions are all on the waists of the bells. On the shoulder of each is- Mears & Stainbank Founders London r 870 There were fo rmerly three bells here- r. .Sancti ]acobi mrntis pmi!J us 11ileu il aulli nos r 5_s7 2 . ]!Jesus be ottr spellc r598 3. Dated 1609, and bearing the Tancred crest-an olive tree fructed. These we re recast· in 1842, and another added by subscription. DUNS FORTH (St. Mary). Two bell s. I. GLORIA IN ALTISSIMIS DEO 167 I 2. >I< fa.C:©. @~ €CfrlliJ_~ @C©.fi.L~i (i.e ...SliJ_lft ®WJ~\- :m'.@J1'.&:©.Fr.I..) 18 in . dia. G OLDSBROUGH (S t. Mary). Three bells. 1. >I< .ff::@.::®:.8..ELRI..S ::@-©:hErJ:.S : @f\:- [..H.:©::®:8.@JiJ_ ::@:®,.® :© .®;EJ:S [®ro:mx:mi.'-'x:.s ®B.a 26 in. dia. BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YO RKSHmE. 2rn 2. (line i) ~ lifel::.C-"t® ::@0.(J;).).[:11in_ ,U(MO [ @'@@"@MO ; ~T)fc j[MO (line ii) ~ lilf'!Jft],i;I_ : :®@® : :@).[6{.E!fo.l. [X..i>@_.S' H@:©.WIIE:-<@:l.S : Er.Si ~El€> [l'B@:@.JC®':-.@.,S_ : :®®QQ)[:-.@]fo,l_ . [Ji@) J~i_i}J_Jf.). (line iii) :@.li : l..~:c~©E : @)[1lil:.o:®€B!ID. [:8.J:®' liE:-®3£ : ®'®Jlf.::®5f . ~l'B-®::E®':m [R@:@T§fil : ::®JIC!ID.€C®3L5..!ID. 28 in . dia. >!< IHC >!< DOil!INVS RICHARDVS GOLDESBVRCH l\IILES Xlll [FECIT ISTAill 30 in . dia. A very rough, rectangular lettering, about r ! in. high. See (7 8)_ I am informed that there were at least eiglzt Richard Goldesburghs between 1295 and 1479, and I cannot find that anyone of them had a wife named Johanna or Joan. HUNSINGORE (St. John Baptist). Six bells. I. GLORY TO COD IN THE HIGHEST 2. PEACE ON E ARTH 3· GOOD WILL TOWARDS MEN 4· WE PRAISE THEE 5· WE BLESS T HEE 6. WE WORSHIP THEE MARTON-CUM-GRAFTON (Christ Church). One bell. ~ ©A,U©.y> A:-.@A .S-.Prl . :@.€1~3£ [JIC®:m'..fal.:-.@:©.3£.S €B"Ji'W A6€B'Jill.:JC.S-:i;fil@ This bell is hung in a bell-cot on the vestry. The inscription is very indistinct in " Lom bardic" capitals, reversed. The bell is very long waisted, and is 18 in. high, 18 in. diameter at the rim, 8~ in. at the shoulder, and the sou nd bow is 1 ~ in. thick. NUN MONCKTON (St. Mary). Three bells. I. 1!Jc m Ja:r'l.5E: & 5E::Tu: 2. ~ REPENT LEST YE PERISH 3· C MEARS & c° FOUNDERS LONDON ~ R ECAST 1863 >!< REV" E CREENHOW INCUMBENT ISAAC CRAWHALL E SQ" LORD OF THE MANOR AND JOHN BINNS CHURCHWARL>EN ~ i!Jc ~ 21'1 THE YORKSJ-IIRE ARCl-IAWLOGICAL JOURNAL. OUSEBURN, GREAT (St. Mary). Two bells. I. CVM VOCO VEEN! PRECARE GEO CASS } CHVRCH GEO BARBER WARDENS i75o 2 . FVNERA DEPLORO POPVLVM VOCO FESTA DECORO 1738 JOHN WALKER } CHVRCH WIT... WILCOCK VICAR ROB. PICK WARDENS Both have- OUSEBURN, LITTLE (Holy Trinity). Two bells. I. GLORIA IN ALTISS!MIS DEO I 676 (lower) I P I B CHVRCHWARDENS SS(<) Eber 2. >I< ,@'J?.i.:®-..® W<'ff JC® ~fi!.J?.i.Ji1 X0!H~ [®:R..A W:R..® :&<® El:~ 33 in. dia. An article on these bells appear~d in the Ric!z111011d and Ripon Chronicle of 1 8th September, 18 5 8. There were formerly three bells. The treble is now missing, and the story is that it was taken to Great Ouseburn. The present tenor is said to have been brought from Fountains Abbey, to which the church was attached. \VHIXLEY (Ascension). Six bells. I. SOLi DEO GLORIA (lower) DALTON FECIT YORK 2. GLORIA IN ALTISSIMIS DEO i667 (lower) I B MINISTER T D T T CHVRCH5 WA ROEN 3. (Seven impressions of a coin.) 4. LAUDA DEUM VERUM PIEBEM VOCO CONSECRO VESTA 1861 5· WILLIAM VALENTINE MA VICAR JOHN BAILEY HENRY PRICE CHURCHWARDENS 6. THE GOVERNORS OF TANCRED HOSPITAL GAVE THIS BELL 1861 [AT THE VICARS EARNEST REQUEST (Weight, 6t cwt.) The above inscriptions on Nos. 4, 5, and 6 are on the waist. On the shoulder of each is- c MEARS & co FOUNDERS LONDON DELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORJ<:SHJRE. 215 (b) Deanery of Knaresborough. BURTON LEONARD (St. Leonard). One bell. VOCO . VEN! . PRECARE. CORRICE . DISCE • ~iO RI . I 7 I I COPGROVE (St. Michael). One bell. This was given by the late Squire of Copgrove Hall about 1840. " Depositions from York Castle. "January 14th, 1654-5. Before Martin Iles, Alderman, and Francis Allanson, of Leeds. "Thomas Baxter, of Copgrove, saith that on or about the 24tb day of December last (being the Lord's Day) hee, being clerk of the church of Copgrnve and having the keyes of the church doore, missed a Bell which he verily beeleeveth at that tyme or at some tyme the weeke beefore was stollen out of the Eaid church steeple, in regard he then found the said church doore unlocte and the lock bended, which the Sunday beefore he had lockt. Having informacon that a bell was to be sould at Leeds, and mistrusting it to be the stollen bell, he repaired thither, and coming to the howse of one Francis Powell there, to whom he heard the bell was sould, found there severall peeces .of a bell which he verily beeleeveth was parte of the same bell soe stollen; in regard the smith lately beefore lyeing a band of iron upon th e said bell, some parte thereof was broken of thereby, which he, bringing alonge with him and joyueing and com pareing the same with the other peeces in Powell's possession, found it just to supply and fill upp th e place out of which it was broken, and as he verily beeleeveth the words 'Michael! th'archangell' was engraven upon the said bell. "[Note :-The bell at Copgrove Church is stolen. The buyer says that he purchased the pieces of Robert Sawrey and Elizabeth Watson, at 4d. per pound. Watson denies this, and says that the fragments were boL1ght at Bolton or Tickhill Castle. Subsequently the woman confesses that the proper name of Sawry is Barnard Bumpus, that he is her father-in·law, and that she heard him say the beil was stolen from Copgrove.)" (Surtees Society, xl, 67 .) FARNHAM (St. Oswald). Three bells. 1. (incised) THE REV 0 TH05 COLLINS VICAR ] WOOD CH WARDEN 1774 (raised) PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FJ<:CIT 2 . IESVS BE OV E SPEED I 6 3 I 3· FILI DE! MISERERE MEI 1631 The death-bell is rung with twelve strokes for a man, nine for a woman, and six for a child. 216 THE YORKSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL JOURNAL. HAMPSTHWAITE (St. Thomas of Canterbury). Three bells. I. DEO GLOR IA 17 38 EDWARD BAINBRIDGE VICAR IONA: HVTCHINSON l HEN: RANSOM j CHVRCHWARDENS f sef!ec} With a band of bell ornarnent l 1'boc sirnilar to (1> . 2. C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1857 3· C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1857 (incised) GI VEN TO THE PARISH OF HAMPSTH\VA!l"E BY 5 [u!LTON JOSEPH WILTON ESQUIRE il!AY l T 1857 There were formerly two bells, bearing the inscriptions:- r. SOL! DEO GLORIA 1626 2. TO GOD THAT DOTH DISPOSE ALL THINGS TO Hlill ALL GLORY AND PRAISE WE RING 1620 SOL! DEO GLORIA \V 0 These were the second and tenor respectively, and being cracked were taken down and cast into the present second bell. By a codicil to his will, proved at York 5 January, 1406, John Parker, Doctor of Medicine, states :- " Itern volo quod tres librae sterlingorurn assignatae in testamento rneo pro expensis funeralibus apud Ebor deli berentur v1cano de Harnsthwayt ad facturam campanarum ecclesiae parochialis de Hamsthwayt." (Test. Ebor., i, 343.) HARROGATE (Christ Church). Three bells. I & 2. T MEARS OF LOND(JN FEC!T 1831 3. TAYLOR & c 0 BELL FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH 1874 KIRK HAMMERTON (St. John Baptist). Two bells. I. VOCO VEN! PRECARE qo8 (•) 20 in. dia. 2. CAMPANA SANCTI QVINTINI 1667 (lower) R V R A CHVRCH5 WARDEN 24 in. dia.. The tenor bell here is, I think, the only instance I have rnet with of a pre-Reformation inscription being copied by a seventeenth century founder. Can it have any allusion to the St. Quintin family of Harpham E. R.? BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 217 KNARESBOROUGH (St. John Baptist). Eight bells. I. OUR VOICES SHALL IN CONCERT RING TO HONOUR BOTH OF GOD AND KING (Weight, 5 cwt. 3 qrs.) 2. WHILST THUS WI!: JOIN IN CHEERFUL SOUND MAY LOVE AND LOYALTY ABOUND (Weight, 6 cwt. o qrs. 9 lbs.) 3. PEACE AND GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD (Weight, 6 cwt. 1 qr. 4 lbs.) 4. YE RINGERS ALL THAT PR IZE YOUR HEALTH AND HAPPI NESS BE SOBER MERRY WISE AND YOU'LL THE SAME POSSESS (Weight, 7 cwt. l qr. 4 lbs.) 5. IN WEDLOCK BANDS ALL YE WHO JOIN WITH HANDS [YOUR HEARTS UNITE SO SHALL OUR TUNEFUL TONGUES COMBINE TO LAUD [THE NUPTIAL RITE (Weight, 8 cwt.) 6. SUCH WOND'ROUS POWERS TO il!USic's GIVEN IT ELEVATES THE SOUL TO HEAVEN (Weight, ro cwt. o qrs. 20 lbs.) 7. IF YOU HAVE A JUDICIOUS EAR YOU'LL OWN MY YOICE IS SWEET AND CLEAR (Weight, 13 cwt. l qr.) 8. THE REV T COLLINS M.A. VICAR 1774 PROCUL ESTA PROFANI JOHN INMAN JOSEPH YOUNG CHURCHWARDENS (Weight, 19 cwt. 1 qr. II lbs.) On each bell is also- PACK & CHAPMAN FECIT 1774 These bells cost £462 3s., and the carriage from London £82 l is. 5d. further. £ 2 26 1os. was allowed for the four old bells, £102 l3s. 6d. was subscribed, and the balance, £215 10s. IId., was paid by the parish. Mr. Frank Buckland (Curiosities of National History, 3rd Series, i, 56) states that the Rev. J. E. Rarnskill told him that the four bells taken by the bellfounders in 1774 came from the Trinitarian Priory at Knaresborough. When the priory was dissolved it had twelve bells, which were shared between Spofforth, Kirby Malzeard, and Knaresborough. 218 THE YORKSHIRE ARCH.tEOLOGlCAL JOUIZNAL. NIDD (St. Paul). Five bells. On each- MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1867 On the tenor, in addition- THIS PEAL OF FI VE BELLS PRESENTED !3\' li;LIZABETH R/\WSON WHEN SHE REBU ILT THE CHURCH 1867 There were formerly two hells, but at the time of the rebuilding only one. RIPLEY lAll Saims). T hree l;ell s. SS(>) I. VENITE EXVLTEMVS JJ OMINO 1701 E bor 2. CRY ALO V!l REPENT 1640 SS (>) GLOR L\ IN SVPRE~l ! S DEO 3· 1717 Ebor W. HARDCASTLE ( CEO. WILSON .. CHVRCHWARDENS I WILLIAMSON 1 SOUTH STi\lNLEY (All Saints). 'J\rn bells. i. ~ l39J l~V €ff : @lfl_)~l 5Li?,I. G:.fiu~ Ei'Jckl.. [:@J0.:€llf.i!. M 2. ~ (39) @ fol..Gfilfol:@kI.:@fol. : .5fil:©.@~J[ : [W:Fl3I:©. I~fol. ~ r ~ STAVELEY (All Saints) . Three bells. These are steel bells, by Naylor, Vickers & Co., of Sheffi eld, and were hung in 1864, in place of two old metal bells, which were sold. THORNTHWAITE (St. Osythe). One small bell , wi thout mark or inscription; but apparently cast in this century-possibly in 1810, when the church was rebuilt. ( c) Deanery of Leeds. J\ DEL (St. John Baptist). Three bells. These were recast in i839 by T homas Mears, of London. The tenor weighs 4 cw t. ARMLEY (St. Bartholomew). One bell. ALDERMAN CALVERLEY CHUKCHWARDEN 1 7 So BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YOKKSHIRE. 21!) BEESTON (St. Mary). One bell. GLORIA lN ALTISSIMIS DEO 1764 (lower) .11 v,~;on} 15 in . dia. York BRAMLEY (St. Peter). Six bells. These were cast in r 86 3, by Messrs. John Warner & Sons. 5. CAST BY JOHN WARNER 1863 FOR BRAMLEY CHURCH SPIRE 6. THIS BELL AND CLOCK IS GIVEN TO THIS CHURCH BY [SARAH THE WIFE OF RICHARD NICHOLS ESQUIRE [BRAMLEY HILL TOP r863 (Weight, 12 cwt.) The five smaller bells were giv·en by John M. Sagar-Musgrave, of Red Hall, Shadwell, in memory of his uncle, Abraham Musgrave, of Bramley. In the Terrier of i809 is the item:- "One bell of sixteen inches, with this inscription, viz.: GLORI A IN ALTISSIMJS DEO 1686" CHAPEL ALLERTON (St. Matthew). Three bells. 1, 2 & 3. JOHN TAYLOR & SON BELLFOUNDE~S LOUGHBOROUGH [ 1854 FARNLEY (St. Michael). One bell. This I am informed was obtained new on the rebuilding of this church in 1885. HEADINGLEY (St. Michael). Six bells. l, 2 & 3. THOMAS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1797 4. J TAYLOR & co FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH 1865 5· THOMAS MEARS & SON OF LONDON FECIT r807 (With names of vicar and churchwardens.) 6. C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON RECAST 1832 (With names of vicar and churchwardens.) HOLBECK (St. Matthew). Eight .bells. These are by Messrs. J. Warner & Sons, and brought to the church on r6th September, 187 r. The tenor weighs 16 s;wt., and bears the inscription :- TH IS PEAL OF IJELLS WAS ERECTED BY J. E. WOODHOUSE AND ANN HIS WIFE TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PIOUS MEMORY OF JOHN WOODHOUSE OF WOODLANDS HALL WHO DIED A.D. 1871 HUNSLET (St. Mary). Eight bells. These bells were cast by Messrs. Warner in 1864. 220 THE YORKSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGlCAL JOURNAL. LEEDS (St. Peter). Thirteen hells. r. THE GWf OF IVILLIAol UEOR(;J.; AND SAMUEL SWTH (Key b.) 2. THESE BELLS WERE CAST l•'ROM A DESIGN OF l\1 1' \\' [ GAWKIWDUER OF LJmDS BEING THE FIRST l'EA L OF [ 13 BELLS CVER CAST IN TH IS KINGDOill (Key F#.) 2!l. THE GIFT OF JA~1ES RHODCS ESQ. OF KNOSTROP [,\NlJ HIS WIFE ~!ARIA (Key F#.) 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, } THO According to Thoresby (Ducatus Leodiensis, 2nd edition, pp. 40 and 58) the inscriptions on the old bells were as follows: Passing Bell. itll men tbflt (Jrnr lll!1 mournful! $0Utt'tl reµmt before 11ou !11 in groun'tl 1623 2. (lf)®EJ .SS:a1JE JilU G::m1Jli\G::~1® 8851 3. A cross floree, with "GOD" and the characters for Jesus and ilfary. 4. JESVS BE OVR SPEED 1652 5. GLOR IA IN ALT ISSIMIS DlW 167 I TIMOTHY BROOKE WILLIAill CALVERLl£Y 6. VENITE EXVLTEil!VS DOilIINO 1671 TIMOTHY BROOKE WILLIA"! CALVERLEY 7. DJW ET REGE SACRVM 1682 0. GLOR IA IN EXCELSIS DEO 1682 9· SOLi DEO GLOR IA I672 JO . SOLi DEO GLORIA PAX HOMINIBVS IJI2 Thoresby says that the passing bell was taken down in t 778, being out of tune and too h eavy, viz. 1,800 lbs., and that No. 6 was recast in the same year a s b eing too light. In 1778 was also recast No. ro. BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 221 LEEDS (St. John). Four bells. Three bells by Thomas Mears, drrted 183 7, rt nd rt bell, about 12 in. diameter, without inscription or mark. T horesby says that the in scription on the great bell, which was ordered by hi s father, on its bei ng recast., was- WHEN I THE LOVDEST RING THE FOVNDERS PRAISE I SING Which in scription went exactly round the bell, whilst that of Dr. Ant. de Weever (which Thoresby does not give) went twice round the second bell. ( D11mt11s Leodie11Sis, 2nd edition, p. 58.) LEEDS (Holy Trinity). Two bells. I. DEO GLOR IA 173 · · (This bell is about 15 in. diameter, and very much corroded.) 1 2. GLORIA I N ALTISSIMIS DEO 1728 { \~b~ ;"} 30 in. dia. (d ) Deanery of Otley. ADDINGHAM (St. Peter). Six bells. I. KIND HEAVEN INCREASE THE IR BOUNTEOUS ST ORE AND BLESS THEIR SOULS FOR I\VERMORE LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT 1759 2. WE TWO ARE HUNG WITHIN T HIS STEEPLE BY GI FT OF WELL DISPOSED PEOPLE L & P FECIT 3· OUR VO ICES SHALL WIT H JOYF UL SOUND MAKE HILLS AND VA LLEYS ECHO LESTER & PACK 1759 LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT IJ59· 6. W UELL H SPENCER & R LANE CHURCHWARDENS W WATSON ] THOMPSON CHURCHWARDENS (lower) REV W THOMPSON RECTOR 1759 REV W THOMPSON RECTOR 1891 RECAST HY J SHAW & c 0 OF llRADFORU 1891 Weights, &c.:- (i) 4}; cwt. Key E. (4) 6 cwt. Key B. (2) D. (sl 8 A. (3) 5\ c (6) TO (~. " '" " " 222 THE YORKSHIRE ARCH1EOLOGICAL JOURNAL. BAILDON (St. John). Two bells. T. LAYS DEO 1717 0 HVDSON f JsJL, } WARDEN ( Eboc ? , c s WOODS LEEDS r8o6 BARDEN TOWER CHAPEL. One small bell, about r8 in. dia. On rim- J. WARNER & SONS LONDON i864 BOLTON ABBEY (St. Mary and St. Cuthbert). One bell, about 2 ft. diameter. SS (<) VENITE EXVLTEMVS DOMINO r695 Ebor BRAMHOPE (Old Chapel). One bell. AD.r874 DENTON (St. Helen). One bell. Cawood & Son Leed s r8r2 FARNLEY NEAR OTLEY (All Saints). One bell, about 20 in. diameter. Without inscription, but appear ing to be of early eighteenth century make. FEWSTON (St. Michael). Four bells. On each- LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT 1808 GUISELEY (St. Oswald). Eight bells. 2 I, ' 3, 4, 5, \ C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1846 6, 7 & s. J S. (lower) w CLARK il!D VIC.~R J H F KENDALL CURATE W DOWNHAM CHURCHWARDEN (Weight, ro~ cwt.) HORSFORTH (St. Margaret). One small bell, without inscription Dr mark. ILKLEY (All Saints). Eight bells. I. JOHN TAYLOR & c° FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH r873 2. THIS l'EAL WAS CAST DY ) TAY LOR & SON OF LO UGHBOROUGH (lo11er) @.% JH!< l11SSJJS 1!3E @1JIR S1):)EJED BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 223 4· .ih!il)l-)N LEATHLEY (St. Oswald). Four bells. I. LESTER & PACK OF L0NDON FE\lT q6o (lower; incised) EDONO HENRICI HITCH DE LEATHLEY [ARMIGER ANNO DOMIN! ~!DCCLX 2. ~ OTLEY (All Saints). Eight bells. 2 r,5 &3,64,} CHAPMAN & MEARS OF LONDON FECERUNT 1781 7. JAMES SHAW SON & c° FOUNDERS BRADFORD A.D. r888 8. W" CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT l78r 6th June, 1748. Sir Walter Calverley subscribed and paid .£3 3s. towards the new bells at Otley Church, wh ich (excluding the old metal) cost .£230. ( Yorllsltire Diaries, Surtees Society, ii, 47.) This Sir Walter was the great-grandson of the Walter Calverley of the" Yorkshire Tragedy." He built Esholt Hall, and married Julia, daughter of Sir William Blackett. RA WOON (St. Peter). One bell. THE. GIFT. OF. FRAVNCIS. LATON. OF. RAWDEN . ESQVIER . 1661 Lower on the bell there is a founder's mark, having three bells, one and two, the upper one surmounted by a crown. These are encircled with an inscription, "THOMAS BARTLET MADE ME," and outside all is a circle of cable ornament. Francis Layton was the son of Francis Layton, of \Vest Layton and Kirkby Hill, by Anne, daughter of John Layton, of East Layton. He was one of the Masters of the J ewe! House to Charles I and Charles 11, and died 2yd August, 1662, aged 84. He was the founder of Rawdon Church, which was built by his eldest son Henry, and a graveyard, surrounded by a wall, was provided by his second son Thomas. An old stone over the tower door in the present (rebuilt) church has" T. L. 1706." In the Register of the mother parish church of Guiseley is the fo llowing note:-" Memorandli, on F riday, the second of May, 1684, John, Ld Archbishop of Yorke (Archbishop John Dolben), came from his primary visitation at Otley to Guiesley, and laid that night at ye Parsnage house, lY Will. Brearey, Archdeacon of ye East Riding, being then Rector of Guiesley, where the next day his Grace confirmed at morning and evening ·prayer about three bundrecl and fiity persons BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 225 of ye Parishes of Guiesley and Adelle. On Sunday ye fourth of May Hee consecrated ye chappell of Rawclen, and Preached there : In ye afternoon he consecrated ye Chappell Yard, and after evening prayer he confirmed several persons in that chappell. On Sunday (? Monday), ye fifth of May, he returned to his Graces Pallace at Bishopthorp, having laid three nights at ye parsonage of Guiesley." STAINBURN (St. Mary). One bell. ~ 1ss) IT®i1/~NN®.% QJ;Sbllr N®:Jjlf((!];N :Jjlf((!];1Jiilf£ (lower) ® 11\. l1r 14 in. dia. WESTON (All Saints). Two bells. r. (No inscription, but apparently a ve ry old bell, 19 in. in height and 16 in. diameter.) z. ~ i86J Qi::~iilf£1~~N~ (87) J3E~llr® 1s7) :fllfl\!ll\l!JE (87) (e) Deanery of Ripon. RTPON CATHEDRAL (St. Wilfrid). Ten bells. These are in the south-west tower, and have- 1. JOHN KEARSLEY crv : RIPON J\MABILIS OB: 1890 (lower) R KEARSLEY H c HICKERSTETH AND H KEARSLEY [D.D. IN Ml':MOR IAM (lower) J SHAW & c0 BRADFORD 2 . J SHAW & c0 BRADFORD 1891 (lower) ~ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF (ANN CROSS WHO DIED 1890 (This bell was given by Miss Cross, of Coneygarths.) 3, 5, 6 & 8. LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT 1761 (No. 8 has in cised on it, "1 z 2 I 5," its weight.) 4 & 7. CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LONDON 1866 (lower) PATENT 9· THE RIGHT REVD ROBERT DRUMMING ARCHilISHOP (lower) (i) A boar's head (Dean Wanley's crest), with the in scription- " F . WANLEY . DD , DEAN . OF . RIPPON'' (ii) A mitre. (iii) A hunting horn, with the letters "RIPPON" inter spersed (the arms of the city), with the inscription-" JOHN . TERRY . ESQ . MAYOR" VOL. XVI!. p 226 THE YORKSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL JOURNAL. IO. THr: REV" IN" DERING SUB DEACON GUL"5 LAMPLUGH H ENRY [ GOODR ICKE HUGH THO MAS JN° FOG(; C HRIS. DRIFFIELD (lower) AND JAS. WILKINSON PREBENDS LESTER & PACK Of LONDON F l ~CIT 1761 (lower) (i) The seal of the church, an Agnu s Dei. (ii) The arms of Aislabie of Studley. (iii) The arms of Lawrence of Kirkby Fleetham (Ar. a cross ragu!ly gu.). The weights of th e bells of Lester & Pack's ring wh ich still remain, vi ?. . 1 (3), 3 (5), 4 (6), 6 (8), 7 an d 8 (9 and ro), are as follows:- Cwt. qrs. lbs. Cwt. qrs . lb!>. ( [) 6 2 3 ( 6) 12 2 15 (3) 7 (7) 15 0 (4) 8 3 26 (8) r9 3 8 T he bells are now hung in an iron .fram e, but the old wooden frame fo rm erly had the inscription:- " Francis Wanley, D.D., Dean; James H arri so n, of Raisen in Lincolnshire, Bell Hanger; J ohn Hutchinson, Matthew Beckwith, and Thos. Fothergill, Agitators. 1762." Thomas Gent in his History of Rippon ( 17 33) gives th e following inscriptions as on the then bells:- !. OMNIS SPIR ITVS LAVDET DOMINVill HALLELVIAH JOHANNES [DRAKE ECCLESIJE COLLEGIATJE DE RIPON SVBDECANVS 1673 33 in. dia. 2 . ~ .%anrte l'fillilfrittr ®rn l ~ro ffeobis 36i in. clia. 3. ~ 1@istims et ffe_arbus lJicor IJOcor et 1Lco11arlJ11s rt terno [nnm ero ecclrnire sum11s orbine hero 36~ in. d ia. 4. GLORI A IN ALTISS! i\IIS DEO 1663 38 in. dia. 5. IACOBVS SM ITH EBORACENSIS FECIT 1663 42~ in. dia. As to the Rev. John Drake, Sub-clean, see llfemoria!s of Ripon, Surtees Society, ii , 282 . These bells were in tbe south-west tower. In the north-west tower was a large bell, 5 r in. diameter, said to have been brought from Fountains Abbey. It had- ~ ]. Jij . .%. ®rn m Archbishop Alexander Neville held the see 1~73-1388. BELLS IN THE WEST RIDJNG OF YOF.KSHIRE:. 227 I n a cupola at the north-west angle of the central tower ("St. Wilfred's Steeple," as Ge11t calls it) was a hell 25 in. diameter, bearing- VOCO VEN! PRECARI·: A fragment of this bell remains in the Minster vestry. It is said that this fragment, which bore the elate ( r )7 ro, was shown at an exhibition as a portion of an eight!t century bell; but someone wl10 saw it, and knew that the cupola bell had been recently broken up, found by experiment that the fragment had been part of it. The bells described by Gent were taken clown in I]Gr, and recast by Lester & Pack into a ring of eight, weighing altogether 4 tons and 3 lbs. The recasting cost £557 r rs. rrd., towards which the Corporation contributed £so. Nos. 3 and 5 of this ring, now represented by the two bells by Messrs. Warner, hacl- 3· Ll'STER & PACK OF LON DON FECIT I 76 l 5· LESTER & PACK FECIT I]6I JOHN HUTCHINSO)I [ALDERMAN MATTttw BCCK\VITH THO' FOTHCRG!LL (lower) (i) The arms of Beckwith (an antelope proper; in the mouth, a br:rnch-motto, "Coram viris sincerarn "). Beckwith was Mayor of Ripon 1755-67. (ii) The arms of H utchinson (?) (a head dishevelled). Hutchinson was Mayor of Ripon four times. On a board still remaining in the ringing chamber is- " Orders made and agreed upon th e second day of Febrnary, Ill the year of our Lord r 764, by the Society of Ringers, and to be observed by strangers and others that enter this belfry. "Every person refusing to keep his hat off after having been requested by any member so to do, shall forfeit sixpence. Every person making a bell sou nd with hat or spur on shall forfeit sixpence. Every person swearing, giving the lie, offering to lay wagers, guilty of any other abusive or indecent language, or behaving himself in any disorderly manner, shall forfeit one shilling. "Every person guilty of the malicious and unwarrantable practice of spoiling or besmearing th e prrinting, cutting or marking the wood or plastering of this belfry, or otherwise obliterating or defacing any part thereof, shall forfeit two shillings and sixpence. "And lastly, all the above forfeitures for every time such respective offence may be committed shall be immediately paid to the President or Treasurer for the time being of the :;aid Soci ety, or in his absence 228 THE YORKSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL JOURNAL. to such member thereof here present then to be appointed to receive the same, and it is earnestly requested by the said Society that all persons here assembled would be very still and keep stri ct silence whilst they are ringing." . A list of the members of the said Society anno Dorn ini 1764 : Thomas Hunter, Verger; Thomas Dowson, Thomas Fothergill, John Gilbertson, Thomas White, Robert Askwith, Jos. Turkington, John Orton, Edward H arrison, Matthew Thirlwall. In the Ripon Fabric Rolls are to be found many entries with regard to the bells, particularly as to the "Lady" bell referred to above as formerly hanging in the north.west towe r. The third bell appears to have been recast in l 540, at a cost of £8, by (;eorge Heathecott, of Chesterfield (to whom we may assign marks (u) and <2 1l), as appears by the following memorandum (ilf,;inoria!s of Ripon, iii, p. 289) :- " Thys by!! mayd the xv day of August, ye yere of or lord god Mccccc and xl , wytnessz y' s,. Rawlynge Sysgyswyche cham'lane of ye collegge churche of Rypon, haythe delyu9yd unto Mast•· Crystofer Drngley, p'sedentt, and Mast,. Marmaduke Bradley, p'bend, of ye sayrnc churche, iiij pownd of good yt1glysche money in full contentacyon and paymentt of eyghtt pounds for the castyng new of on bell callyd ye thyrde bell, as ys specyfyed in a payre of lndenturs rnayd by twyxtt ye p'esedentt and ye chapytor of ye on p'tye, and George Heathecott, of Chestrfeld, belfoundr, of y0 oyr p'tye. "p» me, Cristoferii p,. me, M,.rnaduc!i Bradley, Dragley. rnanu p» ppia & noie sig. % "Summa iiijli." It seems to have been the custom to ring four bells at funerals, as John Arnclif, who died in 1478, by his will left a legacy: 0 " Sacristae pro pulsacione iiij ,. carnpanarurn in die sepulturae ejus scilicet prout consutudo est." RIPON (Holy Trinity). One bell. FEARE GOD 1594 I W <"h-. 34 in. dia. This church was erected and endowed in 1827 as a chapel of ease to the Minster, but where this bell came from I have not d iscovered. RIPON (Hospital of St. Mary J\Iagdalene). There is no mention of any bell in the inventories of the goods of this hospital in 1306, 1329, and 1335, but there appears afterwards to have been a bell, with- " $um '.Ego ptthmtn ·:l!.\ osa muntii iiorntR" BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE . 229 Uean Waddilove, who was appointed to th e mastership of the hospital in I 792, is said to have appropriated this bell, and to have substituted a wooden bell, which still remains in a chest in the old chapel. (Baring Gould, Yorkshire Oddities, ii, p. 96.) RIPON (Hospital of St. J ohn Baptist). The chapel of this hospital formerly had a bell, with-· CAMPANELLA HOSPITALIS S JOHANNIS JVXTA Rll'ON 1663 I W M 0 There is no mention of any bell in the inventory taken in 1370 of the goods of this hospital. ,\LDFIELD. One bell. GEORGE DALTON YOIU< FECIT 177 5 18 in. dia. There is no room in the present turret for another bell , but on the schoolhouse is a bell, about 15 in. diameter, with- GLORI A JN AJ.TISS IMIS DEO i 669 PATELEY (St. Cuthbert). Seven hells. In May, i893, six bells, supplied by Charles Carr, of Smethwick, Birmingham, were hung in this church tower. The tenor weighs r 2 ~ cwt., is in the key of G fl at, and. bears th e in scription- T O THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF [GEORGE H H ARKER A.D. 1893 BLESSED ARE THE PU RE JN HEART These bell s were give n by Mr. and ]Vfrs. Harker, of Barefield, in memory of their eldest so n, George Hodgson Harker, wh o died Stil January, 1892 . T hey were dedicated and first rung on 27 th May, 1893. T here is in the vestry a bell which formerly hung in the old church tower. It has- ~ (79) .Sanrtf IT J1'! Qi; ISo) l9rtre J( Jl;/ Qi; SKELTON (St. H elen). One bell. About 14 in. diameter, without founder's mark or inscription, but ~ppa rentl y from a York foundry about 1750. WINKSLEY (S t. Cuthbert and St. Oswald). One bell. Small and wi thout inscription. 2:rn THE YORKSHIRE ARCH.iEOLOGICAL JOURNAL. (f) Deanery of Wetherby. BARDSEY (All Saints). Three bells. I. IN IVCVNDI TAT E SON I SONABO TIBI DOMINE 1671 I : H CHVRCHS (lower) WARDEN 2. LAVS DEO w: ANDl COLLINGHAM (St. Oswald). Three bells. I. GLORIA IN ALT ISS IMIS DEO 1731 2. GLORIA IN ALTISS!ill!S DEO 1679 SS (<) RD R S CHV~CH5 Ebor WA ROEN 3· SOLi DEO GLORIA PAX HOMINIBVS !NET 1650 we HB COWTHORPE (St. Michael). Three bells. I. Da?ton } 1757 { York 16 in. dia. 2. * MY . SOVND . THE. MEANE . YET. DOTH . ASPIRE . TO . SOVND . MENS . HARTS . AND . RAISE . THEill . HIRE . 1622. R. K. w 0 [ (e) Rev. John Fentiman, instituted (Ii) The Blessed Virgin and Child. 22 March, I66r; afterwards vicar of Irby. (i) Arms of Hammerton :-Arg. (/) Ou r Lord in glory. !ta11tmers, 2 and I, sa. (g) Arms of Rouclyff : - rl1g. Oil a dievrou between I It rte liuns' !teads erased (j) Probably a founder's mark. (Sec gu. a mullet or pierced of tlie second. Plate xix.) BELJ~S IN THE WEST H.TDTNG OF YO!UCSTTTRE. 2:31 rebuild Cowthorpe Church, and by August, r 458, it was r..:.idy fo r consecration. This bell may therefore be taken as of the latter date, and is the earliest Emdish inscription I have found. Further particulars as to Sir Bryan, and a full account of his most interesting memorial brass in Cowthorpe Church, will be found in the Yorkshire Arcltmo!ogica! Journal, xv, ro. HAREWOOD (All Saints). Four bells. r. (1 6) (,.) :ni<61ec @'Miunpana :El eata ,Sacra lJEl i:initnte [:F{iat :Bi (6) (18) -® <1> (1sl (9) (21J 36 in . dia. 2. SO L! DEO GLORIA PAX HOMINlllVS I 66 I (lower) T p MINISTER I I R \V A D \~AH;~~~~s 381: in. db. 3· D.\LTON OF YORK FOUNDER I 778 42 in. dia. 4. (Clock bell on tower roof.) LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT I7 59 KIRK DEIGHTON (All Saints). Six bells. These are by Messrs. Taylor & Co., of Loughborough, and were cast in 1863. They weigh 40 cw t 2 qrs. 20 lbs. The three old bell s taken down in r 863 had no inscriptions, but only "small crosses, &c.," as I am told. They weighed 5 cwt. 2 qrs. 10 lbs., 6 cwt. 3 qrs. 23 lbs., and 9 cwt. 3 qrs. 20 lbs. respectively. KIRKBY OVERBLOW (All Saints). Three bells. L IESVS BE OVR SPEED 1634 2. PACK & CHAl'MAN OF LONDON FECIT 1769 3· ~ GOD IS ~ IY D1': f<1':N DER I 598 PANNAL (St. Robert). , Three bells. L TE DEVM LAVDA ~ IV S 1703 l ~~/ 1 > 0 GLORJA DEO IN EXCELSIS 1669 (4) 3· DEVS SVPER OM NIA HO NORANDVS 1669 (<) CHVRCH (lower) B B I C \VARDF.NS This church is said to have received three bells from Fountain s Abbey, but of course not any of the above three. Sl'OFFORTH (All Saints). Four bells. I. VENITE EXVLTEMVS DOMINO CHVRCJJ 1693 N : T WAIUJl!N (lower) SS (1) Ebor 232 THE YOKKSHIRE ARCHAWLOGICAL JOURNAL. 2. (lt;elorum xte piRceat tibi rcx $onu$ i~He (lower) ( >8) 3· ~ (77) GOD SAVE OVR CHVRCH r609 2 (lower) w L I w T B GA R w 0 (3 ) 4, ffi (77) NON FORMAM 'PECTAS DOMINO SED SUPLICE FLECTAS [CLAMITO TE TEMPLUM QUOD VENERERE DEUM [WW W I L W T B WR R Il R E CA R l 609 In the moulding of this bell at least three sorts of letters were used-plain Roman, English text, and a sort of hybrid; and many of the letters are upside down. By his will, dated 6th July, 1521, James Holyngley bequeathed- " To the byeng of a grete bell at Spofford vjs. viijd." (Test. Ebor., v, 249.) When the Trinitarian Priory at Knaresborough was dissolved it rs said to have had twelve bells, of which four were given to Spofforth. The death-oell is here rung, ending with 8 strokes for a man, 9 for a woman, and IO for a child. (g) Deanery of \Vhitkirk. BARWICK-IN-ELMET (All Saints). Three bells. The old bells had-- r. jfnc tlbi 1Saptista sit ut nmptabili$ i$ta (With a head, probably of St. John Baptist.) (Weight, 8 cwt. r qr. 26 lbs.) Possibly this was a similar bell to No. I at Kirk Fenton. 2. VENITE EXVLTEMVS DOMINO I668 (Weight, II cwt. 3 qrs. I9 lbs.) 3· lin ]umnl:Jitntc soni $Otmbo tibi Elne rt in llulcelline 2 [liods tuo niie I 604 w. o. (3 ) «> (Weight, l 5 cwt.) N os. I and 2 were recast in 1844 by Messrs. Mears, and now weigh 8 cwt. o qrs. 6 lbs. and I2 cwt. r qr. I4 lbs. respectively. GARFORTH (St. Mary). Three bells. I. GLORIA IN ALT!SSIMIS DEO 1760 CHARLES RECTOJ{ RICH. DAWSON } CHVRCH WIGHTON DAY SCHOLES WARDENS s!fiec } { Ebor 2 . ROB: HARRISON RAN: DAWSON VOCO VEN! PRECARE l7I6 (lower) i'L~c «> twice BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 233 3. TH05 MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1794 30 in. dia. In ringing the death-bell it is customary here to give very elaborate differences, as follows :- ___,___ Uelb .__ Minute Age. bell rung. First. Second. Third. Under ro 5 minutes, followed by strokes on io to 30 IO 9 30 ,, 60 IS 9 I I Above 60 20 9 II I3 KIP PAX (St. Mary). Three bells. I. FlLl DE! MIS ERE MEI I 6 38 2. SOL! DEO GLORIA I 6 38 3· SOL! DEO GLORIA I636 It is the custom here to ring a peal on 29th May. In ringing the death-bell, after tolling tbe tenor bell, the bells are strnck as follows :- First bell. Second bel l. Tenor. For a person under I4 years. .. 5 strokes strokes 9 strokes For one over that age 9 II METHLEY (St. Oswald). Three bells. I. JAMES HARRISON OF BARTON ON HUMBER rnuNDER r8I3 2&3. I813 At the Survey of r552 there were three bells. There is a tradition that when, in the early part of the seven teenth century, the Savile family removed from Stainland to Methley, the bells from Stainland chapel were also removed to Methley. ROTHWELL (Holy Trinity). Eight bells. In 1837 six bells were procured from Mr. John Taylor, of Oxford. After a few months' use the tenor was cracked, and in I838 it was recast and the trebles added. The tenor now bears the inscription TO SPEAK WITH MELLOW TON!' ANO Nt:VER SWEAR JOHN TAYLOR TAUGHT US WITH A FATHERS CARE TONGUES SCREWS AND CLAPPt:RS KEEP WELL IN PLACE THEN FOR AN AGE SOUND WELL IN GRACE The weights of the bells are :- Cwt. qrs. lbs. Cwt. qrs. lb::;. (r) 5 3 6 (s) 6 3 7 (2) 6 0 27 (6) 7 7 (3) 6 0 8 ( 7) 9 I IS (4) 6 5 (8) I3 7 61 3 234 THE YOl{KSHIRE ARCHAWLOGICAL JOURNAL. SWILLINGTON (St. Mary). Three bell s. 1. INVOCO DEV;\! I 7 32 RIC H PIUNCE WlL CREEN CllVl~CH E Scllcc f (5) WARDENS { Ebor 1 38 in. dia. 2 2 . SOLi UEO GLORIA l'.\X HOillI N!JlVS ! S (2 ) 1656 IS (e) AS I S ( ) (lower) w c <2Jl twice 39 in. dia. 3· WHb:N I lJOJ~ R ING COlJS PRAYSES SING WHEN l DOE T OVL PRAY (lower) HEART AND SOVL 1656 w L I I T w CH VRCH5 H R(k) l\IINISTER As FEC IT WARDEN 42 in. dia. A bell is rung here on Sundays at eight a.m., except on Easter Day. On Easter Day and Christmas Day the bell is rung at six a.m. In ringing the death-bell they end with three threes for a man and three twos for a woman. THORNER (St. P eter). Six bells. These were cast in 1 864 by Messrs. Taylor, of Lough borough. The tenor is 6 ft. 7 in. 111 circumference, and the bells weigh as fo llows :- Cwt. qrs. !bs. Cwt. qrs. lb:'. (1) 4 3 l4 (-t ) 6 2 12 (2) 5 9 (5) 20 (3) 6 0 25 (6) IC 2 0 41 0 24 The three bells here prior to l 864 bad- ---- r. ~ :IDA~mtJ:.@;~€l ~ €Ll?.I.a!~ §I,&,~ [l:@~fiJ.)t.i!)[.S 2. TE DEnI LAVDAMVS E. . . . VICAR 1685 EI TC CHVRCll \\ ' Ah:t>Jc::\~ SOLi DEO GLOR IA TT HW CHVRCH 3· WARDENS WHITKIRK (St. Mary). Three bells. On each- THOMAS ~ mARS 01' LONDON FECIT 1803 By her will , dated . Ioth J uly, 1454, a nd pro1·ed the sa me year at York, Lady J ohanna Womhwell , daughter of Si r William Fitzwilliam, of Sprotborougb, and second wife of Thomas Wombwell, of Wornbwell , but described in her will as a widow, late of Whitkirk, bequeathed "facturae campanarum de Whitekirk, x\s." (Test. Ebor. , ii, 177.) (k) Henry !Zobinson, died abuut 1663. BELLS I N THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 235 In r654 there seem to have been three be lls, and in that year the tenor was recast, and all rehung. I tems in the Churchwardens' Accounts, supplied by the late Mr. W. C. Lutis, are as follows Charges in going to Doncaster to the bellfounder (probably William Cuerdon, who was at this time working at York, &c., with Abraham Smith, but two years later was carrying on business alone at D~rn caster, and died there in r678) VS. vjd. Charges when the bellfounders came to Whitkirk, and divers neighbours met them, to agree the articles about casting the bell IXS. Charges about hiring the carriage of the bell to York js. Payed to the bellfounder for casting th e bell xl/I. iijs. iii jd. For carrying the bell to York and bringing it back again xvi ijs. iiijd. Charges upon ourselves, our horses, in going to York, upon the bellfounders and their workmen there, and upon the draught men there and in the way xixs. ij d. Charges upon the workmen and neighbours about taking down and drawing up the bell xvs. iiijd. Charges for getting, bringing, and carrying again the ropes, pullies, and takles, to take clown and draw up the bell again with ijs. iiijd. To Will'm Strickland and his men for their work about all the bells and putting them all in frame j!i. vjs. Payee! to Henry ...... for all the ironwork about the bells and steeple jli. ixs. ijd. Payed more to Strickland and his man for fastening the great bell in the ...... and for mending the wheels, and for laying the lower chamber floor again iiijs. xd. More to the Clark for drawing articles between the bell founders and us about casting the great bell... js. (For a sample of "articles" see South Kirkby, diocese of York.) The rehanging does not seem to have been satisfactory, for it required attention the following year- ;[, s. d. " Paid to Will'm Strickland for mending ye hanging of the bells and for mending the wheels and for cotterills and ffortoches and other iron work . . . o 6 " 236 THE YORKSHIRE ARCH1EOLOGICAL JOURNAL. In 1682 the middle bell was recast- " pd for taking downe, carrying to Yorke, casting, bringing againe, and banging the midle bell, with charges at seu'al times about the same .. . l 8 2" On l2th January, 1763, it was ordered that two sufficient oak beams be put under the floor of the steeple next below the framing of the bells to support the said floor, and a new sole tree under the great bell, and also a new upright post in the same sole, and the whole framing to be stayed and amended at as small expense as may he, at the discretion of the churchwardens, and that Henry Atkinson the younger be employed for working the said reparation. In 1780 John Hardwick, of Colton, agreed to rehang the great bell in wood, brass, and iron for £ 2 l 2s. 6d., "to be referred to Mr. Smeaton, if necessary," Mr. Smeaton being the great engineer of Eddystone Lighthouse fame, then resident in the parish. On 25th July, 1802, two of the old bells being broken, it was resolved to have three new ones. The old bells weighed 3 l cwt. 2 qrs. 20 lbs., and £ 17 3 l9s. ld. was allowed by Mr. Mears for the metal. The new (present) bells weighed 24 cwt. 2 qrs. 5 lbs., and at is. 5d. per lb. cost £ 192 l4s. 9d., in addition to £3 8s. 9d. for clappers and £ 10 l 6s. 5d. for carriage and other expenses. Total, £206 l9s. IId. Amongst the disbursements entered in the Churchwardens' Accounts are the following:- £ d. 1653-4. pc1 to the Ringers for ringing upon ye 5th of November o 5 o p By J. EYRE POPPLETON. (Continued from p,zge 236.) I I I. D IOCES E OF WAKEFIEL D. ARCHDEACONRY OF HALIFAX. (T!te figures i1t brackets tli1w1g-hont t!tese notes rifer to the i!lustr.itions.) (a ) Deanery of lSirstal. BIRSTAL (St. Peter). Eight bells. I, 4 & 7. WILLIAM DOBSON DOWNHAM NORFOLK FEC!l' 1819 2. FEAR GOD & HONOUR THE KING 3· THE LORD TO PRAISE MY VOICE J'LL RA ISE S· 0 SING PRAISES UNTO THE LORD FOR HE IS GRACIOUS 6. OUR VOICES SHALL WITH JOYFULL SOUND MAKE HILLS AND VALLEYS ECHO - ROUND 8. PACK & CHAPMAN LONDON FECIT l 77 l (Weight, i9 cwt.) There were previously six bells, of which the present tenor is one. CLECKHEATON (White Chapel). One bell, about 18 in . diameter, now in the intermediate stage of the steeple, unhung. It has only the date 1766. I n the bell chamber are eight of Harrington's "tubular bells." HARTSHEAD (St. Peter). Three bells. SS {r) I. GLORIA IN ALTISSIMIS DEO J?OO Ebor 2. TE DEVM LAVDAMVS I]Ol BEN: POLLARD VIC: Et~,(,) 3· FILI DE! MISERfCRE ~JEI 1627 BELLS' IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 435 The old rhyme went- " Hartshead cum Clifton Two crakt bells and a snipt nn." Nos. 2 and 3 were badly cracked when I saw them in 1880. MIRFIELD (St. Mary). Ten bells. l to 9· J TAYLOR & c° FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH 10. JOHN TAYLOR & C° FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH The former ring of bells is now at Thornhill. Under the will of Joseph Lee, of Shillbank, Mirfield, who died tn 1851, £300 was left to the vicar and churchwardens, the interest to be paid to the ringers for ringi ng three muffled peals every year. A peal on May l6th, being the anniversary of the death of the testator's brother-in-law, Francis Heaton; a peal on May 3oth, being the anni versary of the testator's death; and a peal on September r 3th, being the anniversary of the death of the testator's brother, Thomas Lee. Joseph Lee also bequeathed £3,ooo towards building the tower and supplying the present ring of bells. Up to about 1879 a bell was rung daily at eight p.rn. on week days and at seven and eight a.m. on Sundays, but now the only "extra" bell is at seven a.m. on Sundays. In ringing the death-bell, after ringing a short time three threes are struck for a man and three twos for a woman, and then a number of strokes corresponding to the age of the deceased are struck. TONG (St. James). Six bells. I. THOMAS MEARS FOUNDER LONDON 1841 2. SOL! DEO GLORIA 1730 3· E DONO POPVLI VILLIE TONG 1730 4. INVOCO DEVM l 730 5· GLORIA IN ALTISSIMIS DEO 1730 6. HIC CAMPANARVM CONCENTVS E DONO [ DO~IINI GEORGIJ TEMPEST BARONET! l 730 The five larger bells have each {EJ1 ~~~e'l· (s) For the death-bell they raise the bell, and then give for a man three threes and for a woman three twos, and then strike the age. Up to about 187 5 a bell was rung every Sunday at seven a.m. By deed, dated 26 June, 1739, Sir George Tempest granted lands (inter a!ia) to pay £1 per annum to such five persons as should be ringers of the bells of Tong Chapel equally between them ( C/1arity Commissioners' Report, West Riding, page 352). 436 THE YORKSHIRE ARCHlEOLOGICAL JOURNAL. (b) Deanery of Dewsbury. ARDSLEY (WEST) (St. Mary). Three bells. r. No inscription. 2. GLORIA IN EXCELS IS DEO I 7 I 3 E\~,I>) 3. TE DEU ~! LAUD AM US 17 I 3 E\~/ THE REQUIEM OF THE LATE THREE BELLS OF BATLEY CHURCH, TWO OF WHICH WERE INTRODUCED INTO THE TOWER IN THE 17rn CENTURY, AND THE THIRD OR LAST IN THE r8TH CENTURY, AND WERE TAKEN DOWN IN THE 19TH CENTURY AT THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1851, BEARING THE FOLLOWING RESPECTIVE DATES AND I NSCRIPTIONS, VIZ.:- UPON THE MIDDLE HELL- " THO: DEI GHTON G.O. 1658" LARGEST BELL- " 1684 GLORIA IN ALTISS!MIS DEO" "RIC. MANN CHURCHWARDEN" LAST AND LEAST BELL- " DALTON OF YORK FECIT 1791" "TO FATHER SON AND HOLY GHOST ETERNAL GLORY RAISE" AUTHOR OF THE FOLLOWING LINES, ~IR . LUKE BLAKELEY, OF UPPER BATLEY, THIRD OF THAT NAME IN THE FAMILY, AND NEPHEW OF MR LUKE BLAKELEY OF THE SAME PLACE, WHO DIED JANUARY 17rn IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1836 AND WAS INTERRED IN BATLEY CHURCH· YARD- ONE HUNDRED YEAIZS, YEA ALMOST TWO, WE'VE HUNG IN THAT TURRET GREY; AND MANY CHANGES HA VE WE SEEN AS TIME HAS FLED AWAY. WE'VE SEEN THE BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM GAY, WE'VE CHIMED THEIR JOY TO TELL, ALAS, BEFORE THE DAY H AS CLOSED WE'VE TOLLED THE FUNERAL KNELL. WE'VE MERRILY RUNG FOR VICTORIES GAINED, O'RE BRITAIN'S ENEMIES, THEN n!OURNED FOR THE BRAVE WHO BLED TO GAIN THOSE VICTORIES. BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 437 WE'VE HIGHLY LAUDED POMP AND POWER, THEN CALLED ON MEN TO PRAY, A REQUIEM RUNG WITH WEEPING AND SAD, THEN REVELLED WITH THE GAY. WE'VE SEEN THE SCOURGE OF EVIL WAR APPROACH WHERE WE HAVE STOOD, WE'VE SEEN OPPRESSION'S CRUEL HAND REEKING WITH KINDRED BLOOD. OUR SOLEMN TOLLING FOR THE DEAD TELLS ON THE MOURNER'S EAR, THEN THE BEREAVED AND ACHING HEART FEELS DESOLATE AND DREAR. DIRGES WE'VE RUNG FOR KINGS AND QUEENS AS THEY TO THE TOMB WENT DOWN, THEN JOYFULLY WELCOMED THE HEIR WHO CAME TO 'WEAR THE CROWN. WE SAW THE STAR OF BRUNSWICK RISE AND BEA1f UPON OUR STRAND; WE SEE ITS FULL REFULGENT RAY ILLUMINE THIS HAPPY LAND. VICTORIA THE SCEPTRE S WAYS, AND BRIGHT HER VIRTUES SHI NE; LONG MAY SHE LIVE, LONG MAY SHE REIGN, BEST OF HER ROYAL LINE. WE JOYFULLY HAILED HER NATAL DAY, WE HAILED HER TO THE :rHRONE; WE BLITHELY HAILED HER NUPTIAL HOUR; FOR HER WE NE'RE SHALL MOAN. WE'RE TAKEN FROM THE TURRET GREY WHERE WE FOR LONG HA VE HUNG, LIKE WORN OUT LUMBER THROWN AWAY, FOR EVER MUTE EACH TONGUE. AND NOW OUR CHANGES ALL ARE RUNG HERE ENDS OUR DYING SONG, OUR LAST, OUR FINAL PEAL IS DONE, l'ARE\VELL1 FAREWELL, DING DONG, 438 THE YORKSHIRE ARCH~OLOGTCAL JOURNAL. The present bells have- I. C. & G. MEARS FOUNDERS 185r (lower) REV. ANDREW CASSELS VICAR JOSEPH JUBB CHURCH JOHN GLEDHILL WARDENS JOHN WHITTAKER HORNBY 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6. C. & G. MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON (lower) REV. ANDREW CASSELS VICAR JOSEPH JUBB CHURCH JOHN GLEDHILL i WARDENS JOHN WHITTAKER HORNBY J The Terrier of 177 7 records three bells only. In 1833 it was customary to ring a bell at eight p.m., for which the clerk was allowed ros .. per annum. DEWSBURY (All Saints). Eight bells. I. I MEAN TO MAKE IT UNDERSTOOD THAT THOUGH I'M LITTLE YET I'M GOOD 2. LET BROTHERLY LOVE CONTINUE 3· RING RING YE BELLS AND SWEETLY TELL THAT CHRIST HATH CONQUERED DEATH AND HELL 4. OUR VOICES SHALL WITH JOYFULL SOUND MAKE HILL AND VALLEY ECHO ROUND 5. WITH LOVING VOICE I CALL TO CHURCH AND PRAYER AND BID THE LIVING FOR THE GRAVE PREPARE 6. SO TEACH US TO NUMBER OUR DAYS THAT WR MAY APPLY OUR HEARTS UNTO WISDOM 7. GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO 8. I SHALL BE HERE IF I AM TREATED JUST WHEN THEY ARI' MOULDERING IN THE DUST CHARLES STAPLETON l CYRUS PORRnT CHURCHWARDENS BENJAMIN MARSDEN FRANCIS M FEARNSIDE REv E. W. ISAAC M.A. VICAR FREDERICK FIRTH MAYOR (Weight, 14 cwt. 2 qr. 14 lb.) This ring is by Messrs. John Warner & Sons, and was cast in 187 5 out of the metal of the old bells, with some addition. The old bells were last rung on 31st December, 1874, and the present BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 439 ones were brought into the town with great ceremony on l3th ·March, 1875. The old ring weighed 64 cwt., and the new one 66 cwt. The casting, &c., cost about £125. The old bells had inscriptions as follows:- 0 1. PURCHASED llY SUBSCRi rTION REV ] DUCKWORTH [M.A. VICAR 1828 (on sound bow) EXALTABO TE DOMINE QUONIAM SUSCEPISTI ME [NEC DELECTASTI INIMICOS MEOS SUPER ME 2. WILLIAM DOBSON FOUNDER DOWNHAM NORFOLK 1828 3. IOHES MYRGATROYD ARM IOHES TVRNER ARM CW 1725 VENITE EXVLTEMVS (After the date is a small shield, about an inch square, with three bells, two and one.) 4. THO BOWMAN VIC 1725 LET BROTHERLY LOVE CONTINVE 5· LIETISTI (sic) ME IOVA~I LAVDEMVS 1725 6. SACRIS ABSIT DISCORDIA LOCIS l 742 WIL" IlO\V~L\N VICAR IOHN DVTTERFIELD WIL" HVTCHINSON BENN SPEIGHT !OS TAYLOR IOS HAIGH with frieze of bells like(>) 5seWe,}(Ebm 7. C/ETVM PIORVM SON ITV CONVOCO 1725 8. \V DOBSON FECIT l 8 20 THOS STAPLETON R 0 WARD Rn OLDROYD ]OS STOCKS B HALLAS AN D JOHN FOZZARD CH. WDNS I. C. G. 6 Eel. VI. 's"· 10. A former tenor here was called "Black Tom of Soothill," and is said to have been an expiatory gift by Sir Thomas Soothill, about 1765, for the murder of a boy, whom he threw into the Forge Dam. For many years the custom here has been to toll what is known as "the Devil's Knell" immediately after midnight every Christmas morning. Immediately the clock has struck midnight the tenor bell is raised and tolled for an hour, then settled, and four fours struck on it. There is then struck on the bell a number of strokes corresponding to the year of our Lord. The four fours are the particular knell for the Devil. For ordinary persons the death knell is three twos for a child, two threes and a two for a woman, and three threes for a man. The custom of ringing "the Devil's Knell" is said to have fallen into disuse for some years prior to the getting of the new bells in 1828. 440 THE YORKSHIRE ARCHlEOLOGICAL JOURNAL. In Helmore and Neale's book of Christmas Carols, published in 1853, is a carol on the subject, by Dr. J . M. Neale:- Toll ! toll ! because there ends to-night An empire old and vast, An empire of unquestioned right O'er present and o'er past. Toll ! Stretching wide from east to west, Ruling over every breast, Each nation, tongue, and cast. Toll ! toll ! because a monarch dies Whose tyrant statutes ran From polar snows to tropic skies, From Greenland to Japan. Toll! Crowded cities, lonely glens, Oceans, mountains, shores and fens, All owned him lord of man. Toll ! toll ! because that monarch fought Right fiercely for his own, And utmost craft and valour brought, And all its dim unknown. Joy ! joy ! because a babe is born Who after many a toil The scorner's pride shall laugh to scorn, And work the toiler's foil. Joy! God as man the earth hath trod, Therefore man shall be as God, And reap the spoiler's spoil. FLOCKTON (St. James the Great). One hell. DEO GLORIA FLOCKTON lJ5l Se~er} with frieze of bells like <» { Ebor 18 in. dia. MIDDLESTOWN (St. Luke). One bell. JESVS BE OVR SPEED A (4) S (4) W C (4) FECIT 1662 I S (•) 29 in. dia. This bell was formerly in Thornhill Tower, and was sent here when Thornhill got the Mirfield bells. MORLEY (Old Chapel). One bell. GLORIA DEi 1693 See Wonnacott's Histo1y of Morley. BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 441 THORNHILL (St. Michael). Six bells. I. DO CHARITY WHILE YOU LIVE i 725 (lower) EDW. HIRST DONER THO HARDY YIC 2. FOR WHEN YOU ARE DEAD YOU DO NOT HING [10: HEDDERLY (lower) EDW. HIRST DONER 3· M COOKSON VICAR I WEBSTER I JACKSON [CHURCHWARDENS 1786 THO HILTON 4. ISMAY VICAR T LEDGARD YAL SHEARD [CHYRCHWARDENS 1778 (lower) T HILTON WATH 5· JOSE PH ISMAY VICAR GEORGE WEBSTER [GEORGE FRANCE CHURCH WARDENS (lower) THO HILTON OF WATH ~·ouNDER 1775 6. C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON 1852 (lower) RALPH MAUDE VICAR W JACKSON JUNR } CHURCHWARDENS PETER THORNTON (Weight, 16~ cwt. These bells were formerly at Mirfield, and were given to this church when Mirfield obtained a new ring in 1877. The Rev. Matthew Cookson was vicar of Mirfield from 1778 to 1803, and the Rev. Joseph I srn'ay from 1739 to 1778. Up to 1869 Thornhill had three bells, which had- I. IESVS BE OVR SPEED A (4) S (4) W C (4) FECIT 1662 I S (,) 2. SOLi DEO GLORIA 1634 3. GLORIA IN EXC ELSIS DEO 1686 CHVRCH SS }(t) T S RW WARDENS { Ebor The first of these is now at Middlestown; the second and third were sold and broken up. (c) Deanery of Halifax. COLEY (St. John). One bell. This has neither inscription nor mark, but is apparently an eighteenth century bell. CROSS STONE (St. Paul). One bell, by Messrs. Mears, dated 1835. VOL. XVI!. PD 442 THE YORKSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL JOURNAL. ELLAND (St. Mary). Eight bells. These were cast by William Dobson, of Downham Market, about i825. The tenor weighs i6 cwt. HALIFAX (St. John Baptist). Fourteen bells. Prayer-bell. EDMVND STANDARIN AND HENERY [ WHITTAKER cHvRc 11 s i 7,,0 0 { ss l «) WARDEN Eborl I & 2. C. & G. MEARS LONDON I857 3 & 4. CAST I814 RECAST C & G MEARS LONDON I857 5· THE GIFT OF A E ROYSTON OF WEST PARADE HALIFAX A.D. I857 ROYSTONS NOBLE GIFT TO FUTURE AGES I'LL PROCLAIM 6. MORTALS WITH US YOUR VOICES RAISE AND SHOUT ABROAD jF:HOVAS PRAISE 7 . WITH SWEETEST VOICES WE WILL SING AND LOUDLY CRY GOD SAVE OUR KING 8. LET PARKERS LIBERAL DEEDS BE KNOWN TO FUTURE AGES YET UNBORN 9. YE RINGERS WHO WOULD HAPPY BF: IN CONCORD LIVE AND UN !TY ro. WHEN BRITONS ARE WITH LAURELS CROWNED WE'LL MAKE THE HILLS AND VALES RESOUND I I. THESE BELLS RECAST IN I 787 DY SUBSCRIPTION I 2. ATTEND YE SONS FOR WORSHIP BENT YOUR PRAYERS PUT UP YOUR SINS LAMENT I 3· ALL YE WHO HEAR MY MOURNFULL SOUND REPENT BEFORE YE LIE IN GROUND THOMAS HOLDEN AND WILLIAM BIRKEY CHURCHWARDENS Nos. 6 to i3 have, in addition- w & T MEARS LATE LESTER PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON [FEcrr i787 T he eight bells of q87 cost £350 and the metal of their pre decessors, the prayer-bell alone surviving. The centenary of the opening of these bells was celebrated by merry peals and a supper to the ringers on IIth October, i887. According to Watson (pages ·359-60) the old bells had- 1. JUBILATE DEO VOS (Cast about 1600.) 2 . DEO GLORIA i722 3· POPVLYM voco DEnr LAVDARE I 720 BELLS IN THE WEST RIDJ~G OF YORKSHIRE. 443 4 · THO 13VRTON VICAR GLORIA IN ALTISSIMIS DEO GEO LODGE & !OS MELLIN CHVRCHWARDENS 5· GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO 6. GERO NOMEN SANCT (sic) !OHANNIS D r 599 F 7· THOMAS FOVRNESS OF HALIFAX THE FIRST FOVNDER [OF THIS BELL 1472 RECAST 1639 8. ALL YOV ·THAT HEAR MY MOVRNFVLL SOVND REPENT BEFORE YOV LYE IN GROVND STANCLIFF 1691 The tower of Halifax Church was built between 1450 and 1470. In 1457 William Heter, draper, of Halifax, left 6s. Sd. to the fabric of the Tower of Halifax Church, and in 1459 John Saville, of Copley, gave £ l towards the tower and bells. The church wardens' accounts and notes in the registers give the following information about the bells. The Rev. Christopher Ashbourne (vicar 1569-73) lent the little bell to the Lacies of Brearley Hall, but it was fetched back to the church in December, 1626. It would seem likely that Ashbourne sold or pawned the bell, as Whittaker says he defaced and sold mnch of the housing belonging to the vicarage. These Lacies were a base branch of the great Norman family. In 1660-1 the treble hell was "cassen new." In 1669-70 one of the bells (either No. 4 or No. 5) was recast in Halifax by an itinerant founder, whose name is not mentioned. On 1st April, 1691, Samuel Smith recast the tenor bell, called Stankcliff, at his foundry at York, and it was found to weigh 2 2 cwt. I qr. I7 lb. The Rev. Thomas Burton, commemorated on the fourth of the old bells, was vicar from l 7 l 2 to l 73 r. The "D F" on the sixth bell may refer to Dr. John Favour (who was vicar from r593 to 1623) or to some of his family. In 1670, and possibly much later, a bell was rung here at eight p.m. Churchwardens of that date had a funny way of putting things- " To Thomas Butterfield for six pound of candles to ringe the Eight a Clock Bell w'" £0 1s. od." HEPTONSTALL (St. Thomas). Six bells. I. GIVEN BY CONTRIBVTION q88 (lower) DALTON OF YORK FEC!T 2. SVM DECORI. ECCLESIIE PINVS Sl!:V [ MONTIBVS ALTIS .3 !IVC PROPER/\TE MEA VOCE SONANTE VIRI 444 THE YORKSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL JOURNAL. 4. VOX MIHI SACRA DAT EST MANIBVS [ME TANGITI (sic) CA STIS q48 {s,fferl Ehor 5· C/ELORVM SANCTIS LIM!NA SACRE PAENT (sic) 1748 6. J OHN WAT SON YORK (lower) THOMAS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT r8o+ I. C. G. 6 Sd. VI. '-gQ. p. 8. ILLINGWORTH (St. Mary). One bell. DANIEL CHAPLE E I GLORIA IN ALTISSIMTS DEO 1737 MITCHE L \VARDEN Sell er - l Ebor J with frieze of bells like ( LIGHTCLIFFE (St. Matthew). Eight bells. r to 6. .GnEfAES & SWAJi::@)»J?,I_)§flK [J~H~>~Jfi!X&>ECFl.S J!Tu®Jfi!X&>®ln. 1875 5 (lower). W:m'.€3' ®TFlW ®::R J3.n>'12W K)R::O [EE€B'X&> :m'.Ef:©lRV A:@:® :rti'."®:®J:~ [El:~J!Tu@' ·y €[email protected] 6 (lower). ®J:BU-1 GB .GQAEK [n>A Ul1f S©::@ ErS® ®B "JM"®®:© [SJ:-® €3' X~J:~~6EJ:ti'.®J!Tufil€B' []?,I_,::@, I 87 5 (Weight, 10 cwt.) 7. .G©.€3' K:S,.S & ElJEC.5-J::ffl.:SA:@K [H@~ : @::®€B'ES J!Tu®:@::®®:@ (lower) AJ!TuJi:@'@' .s· ®~J:'.iiJ:A S~lJE'Jii.€B'JR [J@cK:@:@ )M'AJ@cE.€B'E ®R [@E01.M :@€B'SW .fi.L:©. 1875 (Weight, 17 cwt) 8 . .@€B'AE.S & .SlJECAJ::@:IBKlf.tK [R®-©:::@::@€lX'{.S' ~©):ffI~®Jfl. (lower) A@:Ift@'S X3fl'J.@®1JEC @®JnJr~OC. [:© EfJ!Tu€B' ©lJEC K €3':© J:W:m'. [RJr:J!TuJ:_H.@'@I(ff ®Er®EGJr:J: [,Gn€B' ~ J."ll:.@KJlf! M>®fill:Jfll: [J!TuA~E>E..O .FlE. E®:IftA ~El.8 :-@Eff)R [K""©:) ~t.S..S ErAm :@A:&M.m BELLS IN THE WEST RIDiNG OF YORKSHIRE. 445 [:P®.5~@J~lJB. 19@.. ®:.GQ. J~.i:AV [.:®A~E. S®::B>Ab@JS A:@:@@ [~Ah'@:re31CS ,Gft::@®©®JffitS!\~,~-w [hi'@:)IC'@:.5 © €f €f@" ©Y&:.E)~531C.AE'. [VI©Jfo.: CFlT®:E ®€ff® :Fl. ®'31C'@:S. [;I'.BAE>®re ,aQ.J?I_. (Weight, 20 cwt. ) LUDDENDEN (St. Mary). One bell. GLORIA IN ALTISSIMIS DEO l 718 SS l (>) { Ebo,f RASTRICK (St. Matthew). One bell. Nothing but the date 1765. About 18 in. dia. In 1602, when the church was restored, Mr. Ramsden lent a small bell. In l 606 he as) RIPPONDEN (St. Bartholomew). Eight bells. I. GIFT OF ROBERT HOLT OF RIPPONDEN 2. BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION ELKANAH HOYLE GENEROSUS } { 3· ME FIERI 1715 ELKANAH HOYLE BRISCOMBE FECIT REFICI 1870 · OF BRIGHOUSE 4. BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION 5. GIFT OF G. B. HADWEN ESQ. OF KEBROYD I N SOYLAND 6. BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION 7· GIFT OF H. SAVILLE ESQ . OF RUFFORD ABBEY 8. BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION REV. JAMES SANDERS M.A. INCUMBENT F. E. RAWSON C. W. SHAW R. HOLT G. LUMB [ & W. MELLOR. CHURCHWARDENS These are by Messrs. Blews, oi Birmingham. There were previously four bells, which according to Watson (Halifax, page 426) had- I. THE GIFT OF ELKANAH HOYLE GENT. A. R. l7I5 2. VENITE EXVLTEMVS DOMINO I 708 {E~~,} GLOR IA DEO PAX HOMIN!llVS 1708 { SS } 3· Ebo, 4. 0 MAY THEIR SOVLS IN HEAVEN DWELL WHO MADi,: THE LEAST A TENOR !JELL 4J,6 THE YORKSHIRE ARCH.1EOLOGICAL JOURNAL. RISHWORTH. At the old church is a bell, about rS in . diameter, without mark or inscription. SOUTHOWRAM (St. Anne). One bell. I 82 5 18 in. dia. SOWERBY (St. Peter). Eight bells. I. EXCHANGED FOR THE OLD BELL 2. BY ASSESSMENT 3· GIFT OF JOSEPH PRIESTLEY 4. GIFT OF MARTHA STANSFELD 5· GIFT OF ANN STANSFELD 6. GIFT OF GEORGE STANSFELD 7. BY SUBSCRIPTION 8. GIFT OF SUSAN STANSr'ELD (also on each) 1781 W" CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT SOWERBY BRIDGE (Christ Church). Eight bells. Eight of Naylor, Vickers & Co.'s steel bells; formerly one bell, by Messrs. Taylor & Co. ARCHDEACONRY OF HUDDERSFIELD. (a) Deanery of Huddersfield. ALMONDBURY (All Saints). Eight bells. I & 2. MEARS & STAINB.-\NK FOUNDERS LONDON 1873 3· SOLi DEO GLORIA WILLIAM WOOD CHVRCHWARDEI\' 4· LAVDATE DOMINY,\ ! CV ilIBALIS SONOR!S [1: A: HAIGH 1716 5. TE DEVM LAVDAMVS WW I K \;:\\~~~~S 1716 <.:HVRCH 6. VENITE EXVLTEMVS DOMINO 1680 WN WARDEN [3 to 6 have each E~~,<>J] 7. ~ <3 6) J!i!uims s:>ci petri (37) SS(<) 8. GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO 167 5 Ebor CHURCH [EH MN WARDENS (Weight, 15 cwt.) BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 4'17 Extracts from Churchwardens' Accounts :- £ d. 1699 July 17th. pd Henry Kaye for ringing five of the clock five months ten days 0 5 0 1116-17 Spent when ye bells were hung in beer and bread o lo 0 1716-17 June ,3t1i. Wm Beaumont for Bell frames 4 10 0 M' Smith, of York 94 6 6 Iron work for bells 9 0 For fetching z new Bells from Wakefield 4 HOLMFIRTH (Holy Trinity). Six bells. Each bell has- W" MEARS LATE LESTER PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON [FECIT 1186 The tenor weighs 10 cwt. I.C.G. 'if. I'· 8. HONLEY (St. Mary). Two bells. r. J. TAYLOR & c0 LOUGHBOROUGH 1885 2. ] . TAYLOR & c0 llELLFOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH 1885 (lower) TO THE GLORY OF GOD THIS BELL WAS ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS OF HONLEY AUGUST 1885 At the cemetery 1s a bell formerly at the church, which has nothing but with a band of bell-ornament similar to <». {s~fi"}Ebor This bell was recast in l 7 53. HUDDERSFIELD (St. Peter). Ten bells. l & 2. THOMAS MEARS OF LONDON FOUNDER 3 to ro. T. MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1815 (lower) 1. REGIA PATRIA PROPINQUIS 2. CAMPANULJE II JERE CONL. EMPT. 1836 3· VENITE EXULTEMUS DOMINO 4. TE DEUM LAUDAMUS 5· JUBILATE DEO 6. GLORIA DEO IN EX LIS 7· CANTATE DOMINO 8. PATRI FIL!O & SPIRITUI SANCTO 9· LAUDATE DOMINUM 10. BEAT! QUISONUM JUCUNDUM NORUNT THESE BELLS WERE PURCHASED llY SUllSCRIPTION PROMOTED & CONDUCTED BY GODFREY BERRY 1815 448 THE YORKSHIRE ARCHAWLOGICAL JOURNAL. KIRK.BURTON (St. John Baptist). Eight bells. I & 2. MEARS & STAINBANK ··ouNDERS LONDON 1 877 RICHARD COLLINS VICAR CHARLES HEY . } CHURCHWARDENS WILLIAM CARTER GEISSLER 3, 4 & 5· C & G MEARS FOUNDERS LONDON r849 6. IESVS BE OVR SPEED 1656 A S (lower) AB WH TA I G T H CHVRCH WAR PENS [also (') several times. 7. RECAST 1877 MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1849 RICHARD COLLINS VICAR WILLIAM CARTER GEISSLER CHURCHWARDEN 8. REV. BEN]. HUTCHINSON VICAR JAMES HARRISON FOUNDER BARTON BENJ. COCKER ISAAC DICKINSON JOHN NOBLES GEORGE [BROADBENT SYDNEY MOREHOUSE RICH. BOOTHROYD [ADAM HIRST & GEORGE HINCHCLIFFE [CHURCHWARDENS 1830 (Weight, 13 cwt.) No. 7 had formerly GLORIA IN ALTISSIMIS DEO 1749 I.C.G. 6 Ed. VI. lj. p. 8. KIRKHEATON (St. John Baptist). Six bel ls. I to J. T. MEARS OF LONDON FECIT r819 4. THOMAS MEARS & SON OF LONDON FECIT r805 5· THIS PEAL WERE CAST r805 JOHN OLDROYD TH05 [THORNTON OF WHITLEY C"WARDENS OF KIRKHEATON [ W" COWGILL RICH° CASTLE OF LEPTON JOHN WILDE [TH05 ARMITAGE THOMAS MEARS & SON OF LONDON FECIT 6. JOHN STEAD JOHN STANCLIFFE C"WARDENS OF KIRKHEATON [JOHN° NEW!llLL JAMES WILSON D0 OF DALTON RICHARD [BEAUMONT JOSEPH STOCKS D0 OF WHITLEY UPPER [JAMES HOLDSWORTH JOHN LEE Do OF LEPTON T MEARS OF LO NDON FECIT 1819 MARSDEN (St. Bartholomew). One bell. This is by Messrs. Taylor, and has JOSEPH CROWTHER D.D. 1895. BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 449 There was in the old church a bell which was sold with the church, when the new church was built in 1895, to Mr. Francis Goodall, of Marsden. He sold it to Messrs. George Haigh & Son, of Slaithwaite, for a mi ll bell. I am informed that it bears no inscription or date, and is thought to have been a mill bell before it went to Marsden. MELTHAM (St. Barthoiomew). Ten bells. I. IESVS OF NAZARETH THE TRUMPET OF GOD W & J TAYLOR FECERUNT 1835 (Weight, 6 cwt. l qr. 5 lb.) 2 . AS IN ADAM ALL DIE SO IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE \V & ] TAYLOR OXFORD 1835 (Weight, 6 cwt. o qr. 21 lb.) 3· HOLINESS TO THE LORD TAYLOR FECIT OXFORD (Weight, 6 cwt. 3 qr. 4 lb.) 4. CALL A SOLEMN ASSEMBLY TAYLOR FOUNDER OXFORD 1835 (Weight, 7 cwt. 3 qr.) 5· A VOICE FRO ~ ! THE TEMPLE A VOICE FROM THE LORD REV. LEWIS JONES MINISTER 1835 (Weight, 9 cwt. 2 qr. 28 lb.) 6. MORTALS WITH US YOUR VOICES RAISE TO SOUND ABROAD JEHOvAS PRAISE THE GIFT OF ED~lUND SHAW GENT" LINGARDS TAYLOR FECIT OXFORD 1835 (Weight, 13 cwt. l qr. lo lb.) These were first rung 6th April, 1836. There have since been pro vided four more, by Messrs. Taylor & Co., the tenor weighing 16 cwt. The old chapel, built in 1650, had formerly one bell of q8 lb. in a bell-cot in the gable. It is said to have come originally from Almondbury, and bore the date 1736. SCAMMONDEN (St. Bartholome\\'). One bell. Recast l>y Messrs. Warner. B. SYKES CHURCHWARDEN H COLLINS VICAR 1891 The old bell had- C WOODHEAD I HOYLE CHURCHWARDENS 450 THE YORKSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL JOURNAL SLAITHWAITE (St. James). One bell. WALKER & CO 1160 36 in. dia. This, I think, is not Walk er, the bellfounder, who was never, as far as I can ascertain, in business on his own account, and not at all till about 1184. The Walkers were an influential family 111 Slaithwaite in the eighteenth century. On 28th September, 1720, Mrs. Dorothy Walker, wife of Dr. Walker, of Slaithwaite, gave a paten to this church (Hulbert, page 65). WHITLEY BEAUMONT. One bell. GLORIA I N ALTISSJMIS DEO 1685 E~~}') t6 in. dia. This is now used as a dinner-bell, but probably came from the chapel, which was pulled down in 1702. (b) Deanery of Silkstone. BARNSLEY (St. Mary). Eight bells. In r 622 there appear to have been six bells. In r 7 30 one of these seems to have been unfit for use, as in the Churchwardens' Accounts the usual payment for ringing on 29th May and 5th November falls from six shillings to live, and in the year named is the item- £ d . A !re from ye Bell founder 00 00 06 After this the whole ring of bells seems to have fallen out of repair, and for some years prior to 1737 no entries as to the bells appear in the Churchwardens' Accounts. In the latter year, however, the following interesting items occur:- £ s. d. My Charges Twise to Yorke 0 12 0 Spent with the Bell Hanger from Darbesr. 0 0 Spent with the Linkonshire man (Harrison) 0 3 0 For rearing the Bell Frame .. . 0 6 Spent at Taking down the Old Bell 0 6 For letters from M" Sellar 0 4 6 Paid M" Harreson fo r Hanging the Be ls 25 0 0 pd for Wood for the clapers 0 9 pd Joss Swallow for going to York 0 0 pd to M" Sellor 72 5 IO pd M' Harrison for the great Bell I II 6 BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. '151 From these entries it wou lJ appear that one new bell was pro vided and the whole ring rehung. Further troubles soon however arose, as in I 7 39 the fourth bell had to be taken up and mended, and in I 741 one of the bells had to be recast, at an expense of over ten pounds. From this time to 1769 a good deal of money had to be spent in repairs, and in the latter year arrangements were made with Thomas Pack, of Whi.techapel Foundry, to supply an entirely new ring, and to take the old bells in part payment. Pack's bill was as follows :- The Parish of Barnsley. Oct. 13, 1769. Bot. of Thos. Pack. To a peal of Bells, viz.: Cwt. qc. lb. To the Tribble wt. 6 0 10 Second 6 2 IO Third ... 7 0 25 Fourth 9 0 IO Fifth II 0 IO Tenn or I4 0 16 ,(, d . Cwt. qc. lb. c. 55 0 25 @ 13d. per lb. 328 19 Six clappers, 1 I 9 @ 9d. p. lb. 5 II 9 Cash pd Wharfage & Sufferance 6 0 Dec. 19. Cash pd Freight from Hull of old Bells 5 0 Do. pd charges at Hull Ditto I IO 0 Do. pd Wharfage Landing & Loading, &c. 6 £340 I4 4 Per contra. C'. Dec. 13. By cash order'd to the Ringers £0 12 0 Cwt. qr. lb. . Dec. 19. By 1't old Bell ... wt. 4 3 27 nd 2 do. 5 6 3"1 do. 6 4th do. 0 15 5th do. 8 - 3 21 Tennor do. 14 6 c. 47 I 26 gross Old Iron Stapples wt. o 8 Neat 47 o 18 @ rnd. 220 8 2 20 I 3 8 Ballance ... £ 120 0 8 ~ rn 3 months ... £60. 452 THE YORKSH1RE ARCHJEOLOGICAL JOURNAL These bells were hung by one. Samuel Turner, at a cost of £J6. In 1772 it was arranged that the then firm of Pack & Chapman should supply two small bells to make the ring into eight. The estimate, including clappers, wheels, &c., was £11 3s. 4d., but it was afterwards arranged that the bells should be fit ted with wheels and hung by Turner, and Pack & Chapman's actual bill was as fo llows:- 1773 r8 Jany. Cwt. qr. IL. To one trible Bell 5 D IS one ditto £ d. ID 2 17 at 13d. 64 12 5 2 Clappers ... D I r3t at 9d. I ID rr! To cash paid Wharfage shiping & Sufferance D 5 9 £66 9 rt For the fittin g and hanging of these bells Turner charged £ 9. The bells above mentioned st'll hang in the tower, and have- I & 2. PACK & CHAPMAN LO~DON FECIT 177 2 3· LESTER & PACK OF LONDON FECIT SERVE THEE THE LORD IN FEAR 4, 5, 6 & 7. PACK & CHAP~IAN OF LONDON FECIT 1769 8. ~ PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT JOHN MENCE MINISTER JOHN GRAY C H-WARDEN 1769 In the eighteenth century a bell was formerly rung every week day at five a.rn. and eight p.m., except on Saturdays, when the latter was rung at seven p.m. Up to 1872 th is custom was kept up, except that the early bell was altered to six a. m. BRETTON WEST. Three bell s. SS (>) I & 3· EX DON! GULIELMI WENTWORTH BARONETTI 1731 Ebor 2. EX DON! GULIELMI WENTWORTH BARONETTI 1731 CAWTHORNE (All Saints). Six bells. I. J: TAYLOR & c 0 OF LOUGHBOROUGH FECERUNT 30 in. dia. 2. J: TAYLOR & C0 FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH 1859 31 in. dia. 3· JOI-IN TAYLOR & c 0 ~-ouNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH A: D0 1859 32 in. dia. 4. .GID.:I:@ .m'.A.B..hiE.S (See Plate XX.) (lower) ~ {36) 33 in . dia. BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 453 5. ~ (rn) ib C (3) ~ (rn) fb C (3) 36 in. dia. 6. ~ FILI DEi MISERERE MEI 1620 39 in. dia. (Weight, 8~ cwt.) The three smaller bells were given by the late Mrs. W. T. S. Stanhope, and were first rung on 6th October, 1859. Up to about 1876 a bell was rung at six a.m., noon, and eight p.m. on weekdays, but in the Terrier of 1809 it is stated that "There is due to the Sexton ...... for ringing a bell at five o'clock in the morning and eight o'clock at night £1 ros. annually." (Pratt, page 137.) At the Survey of 1552 there were four bells, then valued at £15. CUMBERWORTH (St. Nicholas). Three bells. r. Cawood & Son Leeds 1816 14 in. dia. 2. POPVLVM VOCO AD DEVM (lower) T. HILTON OF \VATH FOVNDER r8o8 18 in. dia. 3· JAMES HARRISON FOUNDER BARTON 1830 30 in. dia. DARTON (All Saints). Six bells. r, 2 & 5· LESTER PACK & CHAPMAN LONDON q69 3· LESTER & PACK I 769 4. LESTER & PACK LONDON 1769 6. LESTER PACK & CHAPMAN 1769 REV. JOS. LEECH (a) MINISTER JOHN TAYLOR JOSH. ROBRICK & JOS. HOBSON [CHURCH-WARDENS (Weight, 10 cwt.) DENBY (St. John). One bell. THE GIFT OF DAME MARY BEAVMONT ELDEST DAVGHTER OF [GEORGE BVRDETT OF DENBY HALL ESQVIRE 1678 lb~c(') 25 m. dia. (lower) The coat of arms and crest of Burdet of Denby [three times. The arms are: Paly of six, ar. and sa., over all a bend gu!es, engrailed with three martlets. Crest : On a tower a bird, with wings displayed. Lady Mary Beaumont was the daughter and second child of George Burdett by his first wife Sarah, daughter of Edward Brown, of Creswick. She married (1) Richard Pilkington, (2) Sir Thomas Beaumont, of Whitley, and died his widow in 1682. (Hunter, ii, page 35 r.) (a ) He was son of a former vicar of the same name, and was instituted 1746, and died nth March, 1770. 454. THE YORKSHIRE ARCHA':OLOGICAL J OURNAL. EMLEY (St. Michael). Three bells. !. MR EMSALL RECTOR I DYSON W LODGE R. GILL CH URCHWARDENS 1786 T H I LTON OF \VATH FOUNDER IESVS IlE OVR SPEED 1630 (lower) <•5) (2') r1'!'. <•1) ..® <•9) I.C.G. 6 Ed. VI. '.,0. p. 8. HIGH HOYLAND (All Saints). Six bells. I. T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1822 2. INCIPE MUSA PRIOR 1745 3· CANAMVS DOMI NO 1745 4. TE DEV~! LAUDAMUS 1745 5· GLORIA I N ALTISSIMIS DEO 1745 6. CUM SONO BUSTA MORI CUM PULPITA VI VERE DISCE 1745 (lower) THO DAWSON(a)} RECTORS THO MALBON JOHN BURTON CURATE (b) JOH N SWA I NE } CHURCHWARDENS MAT WHITE All the bells have with frieze of bells similar to {seTier}Ebor _ _,_ <». {E (5) The tenor has also another band , with EborSeller) ) ·-r-" PENISTONE (St. J ohn Baptist). Six bells. !. TE DEVM LAVDAMVS 1713 (lower) E~~' «l twice; also a coat of arms, as follows, twice :- Per pale, in dexter five fusils i11 Jesse, in c!tief tlzree bears' heads couped (Bosville, of Gunthwaite); in sinister, per pale, a fess over all; in sinister, c!ti'ef two crosses pattee, iu dexter base one of tlz e last (Wheatley, of Royston). 2. YENITE : EXULTEMUS : DOMENO : I : LUDLAM : FOUNDER : ROTHERHAM : 17 5 6 : 3· ~ (rn) (33) ~ (10) @:) :r~ (u) (33) ~ (rn) 4. ~ (39) :pto\£fl£ (51) 1JiTfl0 (B>) Jll!l (B3) qu05l (57) COltUOCO (B3) [sancta <83) maria (83) 1s3J (on th e lip) (a) Ttiomas Dawson was rector as (b) John l3nrton was curate as early as early as T 733- 17 37, i1.nd was afterwards rector. BELLS IX THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSIIIRE. 455 S· ~<"> JC::agyg ;ffi@" <®V:El .8:F>6~6 [:EQ (<7) _® (<9) (>s) 6. >!<<"> l:E_gyg ::m:s. ®V:El g:F>E.~E [:Di (<7) .® (,9) William Bosville, of Gunthwaite, near Penistone, who died 6th June, 1724, aged 41, and was buried at Penistone, married Bridgett, daughter of John Wheatley, of Roystone, in this county, a younger son of John Wheatley, of Woolley. She was buried at Penistone 7th January, 1766 (Hunter, ii, page 346). In 1884 a bell was rung here at eight a.m. daily. Will, dated 2nd October, r 5 24, and proved in the same year, of William Greve, of Pennystone: "I will that my feoffes make astate of iij ' iiij" of the lands of Percival! Heliwell to Sir William Benson for the terme of his lif excepte he have a service in any place that he may lyve conveniently oon, and the said Sir William shall every yere cause a mynnyng to be rongyn and offre i" at messe, and pay the clerke his duytie." (Test. Ebor., v, page 188.) SILKSTONE (All Saints). Six bells. I. CANTATE DOMINO CANTICVM NOVVM I7 18 (lower) E~~,«> 2. LAVDATE DOMINVM CYMBALIS SONORIS I718 3· SOLi DEO GLORIA l 638 4. VEN I TE EXVLTEMVS DOMINO 1674 SS(>) (lower) Ebor 5· FILI DEi MISERERE MEI 1626 6. ~(rn) ihc<» i h c (3) (1 ow er) R H (,6) STAINBROUGH (St. James). One bell. I 700. 18 in. dia. (c) Deanery of Wakefield. ARDSLEY (EAST) (St. Michael). Eight bells. These bells were designed by Mr. W. N. Cox, and cast by Messrs. Llewellins & James, of Bristol. I. S,. MATTHEW. THIS BELL IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF [THE LATE WILLIAM WORDSWORTH JUNR OF DLACKGATE [DONOR OF £loo TO THE FUND !'OR REBUILDING THIS [CHURCH 456 THE YORKSHIRE ARCH1EOLOG1CAL JOURNAL. 2. ST MARK. THIS BELL IS DEDICATED TO KATE AND AUGUSTA [HILL OF E'ARLS COURT HOUSE LONDON WHO RAISED [MONEY FOR ITS ERECTION A.D. l 883. 3· S TLUKE. THIS BELL IS DEDICATED TO HENRY LONGBOTTOM [OF TINGLEY HALL DONOR OF £100 TO THE FUND FOR [REBUILDING THIS CHVRCH A.D. 1883. 4. ST JOHN. THIS BELL IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN [DANIEL ll.A. CANTAB. VICAR OF THIS CHURCH FROM 1844 [TO 187 5 AND MARY ANN HIS WIFE AND PRESENTED TO [THI~ CHURCH BY THEIR SON CHARLES ECKERSLEY [DANIEL A.D. 1883. 5· ST JUDE. THIS BELL IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE [LATE CATHERINE AND DINAH DEALTRY LADIES OF (THE MANOR AND DONORS OF £100 TO THE FUND FOR [REBVILUING THIS CHURCH A.D. 1883. 6. ST JAMES. THIS BELL IS DEDICATED TO MARY HAGUE OF [CROW NEST DEWSBURY WHO WAS A GREAT BENEFAC [TRESS TO THIS CHURCH 1883. 7. ST PAUL. THIS BELL IS DEDICATED TO ADELINE LOUISA MARIA [COUNTESS OF CARDIGAN DE LANCASTRE PATRONESS OF [THIS LIVING AN.D DONOR OF £roo TO THIS CHVRCH [A.D. 1883. 8. ST PETER. THIS BELL IS DEDICATED TO GEORGE TERRY DONOR [ OF £ 100 TO THE FUND FOR REBYILDING THIS [ CHURCH A.D. 1883. Weights: (1) 5 cwt. 2 qr. (5) ro cwt. r qr. (2) 5 ,, 3 ,, (6) II 3 ,, (3) 6 3 ,, (7) I5 ,, 2 (4) Io (8) 20 CROFTON. Three bells. r. tn gol:l 1~ al quol:l gabnel (3>) 2. nbe maria grnda plmR (3>) (On these two bells (3>) has not the cross above the shield.) 2 3. VENITE EXVLTEMVS DOMINO(>) I663 ( ) (lower) I W R A \;AH;~;:s At the Survey of 1552 there were three bells here. Fox in his History of Pontefract, page 277, gives as the inscription on an old tombstone in All Saints' Church, Pontefract- 1n gol:l c. ~· nlf BELLS IN THE WE!:>T RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 457 This is preceded by a sword, wilh a shield on each side of the lower part of the blade. The shields bore the representation of an animal resembling a rabbit. The inscription on the stone was much perished, but could be made out- orn tc pro anima .. !Jogij ...... "En HORBURY (St. Peter and St. Leonard). Six bells. On each- THOMAS l\IE ,\RS OF LONDON FECIT 1792 6 (incised). EX DONO JOHANNIS CARR ARCHITECT! By his will, dated 8th February, r 509, William Amyas, of Horbury left" To the belles of Horbury Chirche, xx'." (Test. Ebor., v, r 8.) The "Devil's knell" was formerly tolled here on Christmas Eve (see Dewsbury). For the epitaph, &c., of John Carr, who designed the church, see Whitaker's L eeds, page 297. KIRK.THORPE (see \Vannfield). SANDAL MAGNA !St. Helen) . Six bells. r, 2, 3 & 4· T MEARS OF LONlJON FECIT 1812 5. T MEARS OF LONDON r812 6. T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT WILLIAM BROWN VICAR [ ROBERT CROWDER THO' !LLINGWORTH ELIAS WRIGHT [DAVID WOOD THOS BARRACLOVGH I DYSON CH VRCH- [WARDENS SAN DAL MAGNA r 8 r2 WEIGHT. DIAMETER. KEY. WEIGHT. D IAMETER. KEY. Cwt. qr. lb. ft . in . Cwt. qr. lb. ft. in. (I) 5 2 22 2 5~ E (4) 3 26 2 I I B (2) 6 7t D (5) 9 3 24 3 A (3) 6 3 21 9t c (6) r3 0 0 3 6 G A tradition exists that these bells came from Wakefield Parish Church, but this may refer not to these, but to the four which were here prior to the getting of the 1 S12 ring. For the death-bell No. 5 is raised and rung for a· few minutes, then lowered, and tolled three threes for a male, and two fours for a female. WAKEFIELD (All Saints' Cathedral). Twelve bells. I. MEARS & STA! NBANK WHITECHAPET. FOUNDRY LONDON THE GIFT OF MARTIN ST EIVAWr ~ L\. LLM Ll'.:T OUR SONG o~- PRAISE ASCJ<:NDING PJ-<:AL IN ECHOS NF:Vf'R ENDTNG VOL. XV !!. J•; E 458 THE YORKSHIRE ARCHAWLOGICAL JOURNAL. 2. MEARS & STAINBANK WH ITECHAPEL FOUNDRY LONDON THE GIFT OF ALDERMAN BENJAMIN WATSON J.P. APRIL I6 I892 ADESTE FIDELES 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8. T. MEARS OF LONDON FECIT I8I6 9, Io& II. THOMAS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT I8I6 Tenor. WAKEFIELD PARISH CHURCH A.D. I8I6 THE REV 0 S SHARP M.A. VICAR T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT S. STATTER } KIRKGATE I. DIXON I. LODGE t WESTGATE I BINGLEY) S TENGATT } NORTHGATE G WESTERMAN J HARRISON } THE PARISH W HAMPSHIRE CHURCHWARDENS Weights: Cwt. qr. lb. Cwt, qc. lb. (3 J I IO (8) II 2 4 (4) 7 0 8 (9) I3 2 26 (5 l 8 0 6 (ro) I6 0 IS (6) 8 0 6 (I I ) 2I I 14 (7) 9 0 I8 (I 2) 3I 0 9 Total I33 4 The ten bells of the original ring were opened 2oth January, I817. Nos. I and 2 were first rung on 25th October, I892. In I 5 5 2 there were five large and one small bell, with one little bell in the towe r. In I 586 a new bell was cast, as also in IS89, 1595, and 1602. In I639 the bells were rehung by Thomas Taylor, the wood for the frames being brought from Haw Park, near Walton. In 1704 a new bell was procured from Samuel Smith, of York. The bells were rehung by James Harrison, of Barrow, in I 739. In I 778 the bells were handed over to Pack and Chapman, who were paid £I 24 6s. 9d. in addition, and provided a ring of eight new ones, cast in 1180, the tenor weighing 24 cwt. The chimes formerly played at four and nine a.m and p.m. and noon. The machinery was put up by George Goodall, of Tadcaster, in 1195, at a cost of £I55· Up to I859 two notes (C and G) were given at the quarters by the old quarter-jacks, but at the latter date Mr. J. C. D. Charlesworth gave the present Cambridge chimes. Formerly a bell was rung on weekdays at six a.m. for five minutes, BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 459 followed by a number of strokes corresponding to the day of the month ; at eight a.m. for five minutes, followed by eight strokes; and at eight p.m. Every saint's day two bells were rung at eight a.m. Up to about 1885 the six and eight a.m. bells were rung every weekday, but now only the latter. The chimes now go every three hours. The old tunes were- Sunday Psalm, "Sheldon." Monday "Grarnachree." Tuesday "Sandie o'er the Lea." Wednesday "See the conquering hero comes." Thursday A march. Friday "The Miller of Mansfield." Saturday "God Save the Queen." At the Survey of 1552 there were "fyve grette Belles, one ly tle bell in ...... clok Howse, one other bell called ...... " WAKEFIELD (St. John). Three bells. r, z & 3. THOMAS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT I 794 WAKEFIELD (Bridge Chantry). One bell. No inscription or mark. In r549 the chapel had two bells, weighing 62 l lb., a nd valued at £6 4s. 4d. In 1555 H enry Savile, Crown Surveyor, mentions two bells lately belonging to the Chapel of St. Swithin. ( Yorkshire Archmological Journal, xi, 162.) W ARMFIELD (St. Peter). Three bells. I. ~ (zo) GOD SAVE THE CHVRCH 29 in . dia. 2. ~ (77) ALL GLOR! TO GOD ALONE (lower) w 1612 o 31 in. dia. 3. ~<39 ) .Tu ..?l.'@::Fl,E.:.@JJBl:'®:S : «» l:@J:~'DB.S [ : «» ::®E. :IBE.:Fl::®E. .S'fll- y : «» [fi.I_IBE.Jfo.I...S' : «» J3_o ; <«> ::@X ; «» ,G©_ o (sic) 34 in. dia. (Note the incompleteness of the date.) John de Berdesay was Abbot of Kirkstall, and died in 1313. By bis will, dated l5th December, 1474, William Bradford, of Warm field, left, "For the making of the Bells at Wannfield, c'." (Test. Ebor., iv, I08.) 460 THE YORKSHIRE ARCHMOLOGICAL JOURNAL. W OOLLEY (St. Peter). Three bells. I. MEARS & STAJNBANK FOUNDERS 1871 2 . ~ (77) IESVS IlE OVR SPEED (lower) w 1612 0 3· ~ (36) t1ii$ tlCfltlJU$ mllollrnf mfl e$ 'IB~ IE~.S .. . The inscription, &c., on this bell is much broken in casting, and almost illegible; 34 in. diameter; we ight, 7 cwt. Richard Woodrove, Esq., purchased Woolley Hall from Robert Rilston, 5 Henry VII (148 9), and the Woodroves appear to have been Lords of the Manor at this time. In the reign of Henry VIII Sir Richard Woodrove enclosed Woolley Park. He was the son of J ohn Woodrove, of Woolley, and married (1) Jane, daughter of Sir Nicholas Wortley, and ( 2) Beatrix, daughter of Thomas Fitzwilliam, of Mablethorpe. (I-Izmter, ii, 387; Yorkshire Archceological Journal, xii, 3.) There was a Richard Woodrove who about 1580 married a co-heiress of Thomas, Earl of Northumberland, who was beheaded in 15 72. From the character of the b ell, I take it this latter is the man commemorated on the tenor. IV. DIOCESE OF SOUTH WELL. ARCHDEACONRY OF NOTTINGHA ~!. Deanery of Bawtry. AUSTERFIELD (St. Heler:i). Two bells. r. No inscription. 2. R. B. 1761 BAWTRY (St. Nicholas). Six bells. I. TAYLOR & c° FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH 1873 2. DANIEL HEDDERLY CAST US FIVE ANNO: DO ~ ! : 1720 3, 4 & 5. No inscription or mark. 6. GLORY TO GOD ON HIGH PROSPER IT Y TO OUR BENEFACTORS (\\'eight, 12 cwt. ) BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 461 V. DIOCESE OF MANCHESTER. ARCHDEACONRY OF M.\NCHESTER. (a) Deanery of Ashton-under-Lyne. SADDLEWORTH (St. Chad). Eight bells. 1 to 6. PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT 1781 & 8. MEARS & STAINBANK FOUNDERS LONDON 1884 (The tenor weighs l l cwt.) The death-bell "'as formerly rung with- Nine woman. Six child. ARCHDEACONRY OF BLACKBURN. (b ) Deanery of Whalley. WHITE WELL. One small bell, without mark or inscription. The church was rebuilt in 1817, and the bell inay well be of that date. TOLLING THE DEVIL'S KNELL AT DEWSBURY. With reference to Mr. Poppleton's notes on this subject (see page 439 of this volume), I should like to say that the present custom of tolling the knell is as Mr. Poppleton describes it. This custom has been practised only for a few years last past. Formerly the practice was, that after the raising of the bell and after the tolling of the "four fours" the bell was immediately tolled a number of tim es, which corresponded with the number of years from Christ's birth, the theory being that the devil died when Christ was born. There was no intermediate tolling for an hour or any other period. I have been in the bell chamber more than once during the tolling of the knell. There was not a Sir Thomas Soothill, of Soothill, in 1765. The last male of the family, so far as I know, was Michael, son of Sir Thomas Soothill, who was living in the third year of Queen 462 THE YORKSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL JOURNAL. Elizabeth, but died without issue some time afterwards, when the Soothill estate passed through his sister Elizabeth to the Saviles, she having married Sir Henry Savile, of Thornhill. See volume xv of this Journal, 2 r 2n. Scatcherd in his History of Morley, 2nd e.dition, page 107, reports a somewhat similar tradition with regard to Wood church. There is a pleasant reference to the bells of Dewsbury in the Quarterly Review, vol. xcv, page 318, September, 1854, where it is said that "the musical bells of Dewsbury are famous, even beyond Yorkshire, as England's sweetest melody." I think they are also mentioned in The Bell: its Origin, History, and Uses, by the Rev. Alfred Gatty, but I am not able at present to refer to the book. There was also a good article by Mr. W. W. Yates on the bells of Dewsbury in the Dewsbury Reporter newspaper a few years ago. It is No. xvii of a series of articles on Dewsbury Parish Church. S. J. CHADWICK. NOTES ON THE FOUNDERS OF BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. Bv J. EYFE POPPLETON. (Continued from Vol. xv ii, page 462.) WITH reference to an account of the Church Bells of the Wes t Riding which has recently appeared in our Journal (vol. xvi, 46; vol. xvii, 1, 192, 434), an index showing where the marks, &c., illustrated may be found and a few notes on the fou nders who worked in Yorkshire, or whose work is or was to be found there, may be interesting. · In the Archceological Journal (vo l. I, p. 193) Mr. R . C. Hope printed a list of English bellfounders from 1150 to 1893, with notes as to the location of their foundries and the dates of their work. In the Report for 1898 of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society will be found an account by Mr. George Benson of the York founders. From these, with additions suggested by my own researches, I give a list of the founders who either carried on business in Yorkshire or whose work I have found 111 the West Riding. Adam, Friar Doncaster 1335-49 Aughton, Henry de York 1384 Aughton, Henry de 1491 Annington, Ric. 1515 Aphowell, Christopher 1557 Asby, Thomas ... 1485 Bagaley 1687 Bartlett, Anthony London 1647- 76 Bee, Gilbert York 1513 Belyetter, Robert1 1280 Bellingham, Francis 1579 Bett, Thomas Leicester ... 1520-38 Bery, John York 1461 Blakey, Ric. 1501 Blews, William, & Sons ... Birmingham 1868-76 Bonyne, Gyliseus York .. . 1365-74 1 i.e. FoLerl the Bell yelter, or Bell Founder. Billiter Street in London was originally Bellyetter Street. BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 89 Baus, John York 1354 Bowler, Augustus Wath-on-Dearne 1626-48 Brock, Richard ... 1569 Carr, Charles Smethwick 1893 Carverd, Caverd, or Calvert, Christopher (?) York 1545 Carved, William ...... 1548 Carved or Calverd, Thos. 1551 Carverd, Christopher ... 1548 Carvert, William ... 1551 Cawood & Son ... Leeds 1812-16 Chapman, William Whitechapel, London 1781-2 Chapman & Mears London 1781-4 Clifton, J obn ,; 1633-9 Colsale, John de 1409 Copgrave, John de York 1140 Copgrave, William de 1297 Cuerdon, William Doncaster 1652- 78 Dalton, George ... York 17 52-89 Dalton, C. & R. 1783-91 Dalton, Robert 1789 Danyell, J obn London 1468 Dawson, William York 1514 Dobson, William Downham Market 1806- 42 Doe, Gilbert York 1515 Esch by, John 1505 Fourness, Thomas Halifax 1472 Gerveaux, John .. York 1400 Harrison, James ... Barton and Barrow 1766-1835 Heathcote, George (i) 1490- r541 Heathcote, George (ii) York 1540- 58 Heathcote, George (iii) . Chesterfield 1603-20 Heathcote, Ralph dd. I 525 Hedderley, Daniel Bawtry, &c. 1714-59 Hedderley, John Derby 17 25-31 Hilton, Thomas . \Vath-on-Dearne (?) 1774-r808 Roton, William de York 1297-1300 Roton, William de 1409-45 Roton, John de 1455-73 Boulden, W. & T. 17 51 Jordan, Henry ... London 1442-68 90 THE YORKSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL JOURNAL. King, William York Kirk, George Thillis Kirkham, John de 1371 Lee, George Wath-on-Dearne (?) 1613- 15 Lester & Pack London 1749-69 Lester, Pack & Chapman q61-81 Llewellyn & Jarnes Bristol ... 1868-83 Lonsdale, Thomas York ... 1432 Lowesse, John ... 1474 Lowesse, T. 1485 Ludlam, Joseph ... Rotherham 1733-60 Ludlam & Walker 1750 Lyons, Thomas . , . York 1577 Mallaby, Thomas Mash am 1860-82 Mallaby, T., & Sons ... 1903 Marshall, John .. . York 1385 Mears, William .. . London q84-1806 Mears, W. & T...... q87-91 Mears, Thomas .. . 1791-1804 Mears, Thos., & Son 1805-9 Mears, Thomas ...... 1810-44 Mears, C. & G. . .. 1844-60 Mears, George 1859 Mears, George, & Co. 1861 iVIears & Stainbank 1866-77 Mellour, Richard Nottingham 1488-1508 Metcalfe, Francis York Naylor, Vickers & Co. Sheffield ... Ogleby, Robert ... York qoo-68 Oldfield, Henry (i) Nottingham l 545-90 Oldfield, Henry (ii) Nottingham & York l 590-1620 Oldfield, George (i) 1614-80 Oldfield, George (ii) 1660 Oldfield, George (iii) q40 Oldfield, Hugh dd. 1672 Oldfield, Rowland ... 1615 Oldfield, William DoncasterandYork 1601-46 Pack, Thomas London 1769 Pack & Chapman q69-82 Palmer, Thomas 1687 Pette, Richard Potter, John York 1359-80 BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 91 Powdrell, William Quarnbie (or Quernbie), Robert ... 1593 Richardson, Richard York ... 1504 R ichardson, James 1515 Rofford, John London 1360 Ryche, Thomas .. . York 1537 Seller, William .. . 1635-87 Seller, Ed ward ( i) 1669-1724 Seller, Edward (ii) " 1724-64 Seller, Edward & John ... 1745 Seller, S. 17 l 7 Seward, A. Lancaster 1875 Shaw, James, & Son Bradford ... 1848-92 Smith, Abraham ... York 1652-9 Smith, James ... 1656-63 Sm ith, Samuel (i) 1662-1709 Smith, Samuel (ii) 1709-31 Smith (S.) & Cuerton (\V.) " 1662 Smith (Abm.) & Cuerton Smith, William ... 1553-1662 Sowerby, Thomas de 1380 Stafford, John de Leice-ster ... 1366-71 Stafford, Thomas Penrith 1630 Stainbank, Robert London ... 1865-8 Stokcsley, William York 1340 Taylor, John, & Co. Loughborough 1832- 50 Taylor, John, & Son Taylor, William (trading as J. Taylor & Co.) ... Loughborough 1903 Taylor, William & John Oxford 1825-39 Tenand, John York 1508-16 Thwaites, William . .. 15 l 2 Towthorpe, Friar Wm. de 1308 Tunnoc, Richard 1320-30 Walker (A.) & Ludlam (J.) 1750 Walker & Co .... 1760 Walker & Hilton 1784 Wallis, John Salisbury ... 1594 92 THE YORKSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL JOURNAL. Warner, John, & Sons ... London ... Warner, John, & Sons, Limited Watson, John York Whitehead, James 1730 Wood, C. S. Leeds 1806 The work of many of these founders I have not been able to identify, but the following notes may be useful. The places named in bracket;; after each name are those at which work has been done by that founder. Bagaley-(Sheffield, S. Peter). Bartlett, Anthony-(Rawdon). Be!!i11gha111, Francis-(Donca;;ter). Bett, Thomas-(see mark 12 in following index). Blews, Wm., & Sons- (Middlesmoor, Ripponden). Brock, Richard-(Ecclesfield). Carr, Charles-(Pateley Bridge). Cawood & 5011-(Cumberworth, Denton). Chapman, \Villiam-(Otley, Sowerby). Bells by this man alone are very rare. The Whitechapel Foundry was started about r 5 70. William Yare was working there in 1619. H e was succeeded by Thomas Bartlett; John Clifton follow ed; then Anthony Bartlett, son of Thomas, who was in turn followed by James son of Anthony. The latter was working in 1676. He was succeeded at this foundry by the. following:- Phelps, Richard 1701-38 Lester, Thomas 17 38-49 Lester & Pack (Thomas) ... l7 54-69 Lester, Pack & Chapman (William) ... 1769- 81 Chapman, William 1781-2 Chapman & Mears (William) 1782-4 :\ llfears- (Aldborough, Otley). BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 93 Co/sale, John de- (Kellington). Mr. Walters gives me a list of seventeen bel ls by this founder in the midland counties, and thinks, from their distribution, that Leicester was probably the situation of the foundry. Cuerdon, William. This founder used mark 23. He was buried at Doncaster in 167 8. (See note on Abraham Smith.) D,zfton, George-(Ainnyn, Aldborough, Aldfield, Batley, Beeston, Bilbrough, Brayton, Bolton Percy, Burnsa11, Cowthorµe, Harewood, Healaugb, Heptonstall, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Lotberton, Newton I\yme, Whixley). Dalton, C. & R.-(Tadcaster). Danye!l-(marks 59, 62, and 64). Dobson, Williarn-(Birstal, Dewsbury, Elbnd, Liversedge). Foumess, Thomas- (Halifax). Harrison, James-(Castleford, Cumberworth, Drax, Firbeck, Kirk- 1.iurton, Methley, Tickhill). An interesting account of the Harrisons, who had foundries at Barton and Barrow, on the Lincolnshire side of the Humber, will be found in Mr. North's Church Bells of Lincolnshire, p. 60. It appears that Henry Harrison (i), who was a native of Foulby (par. Wragby), went to Barrow as a carpenter and parish clerk in 1697. He had a son, James (i) (1697- 1766), who was a bell founder, and also a much more distinguished son, John, the inven'.or of the chronometer. James (i) had two sons, Henry, born in 17 32, and J arnes (ii), born in l 738. Henry (ii) had five sons, John (1763-84), Henry (iii), Francis, William, and James (iii). The last named died in 1835. The Barrow foundry was at work at least as early as 1753, under James (i). His son, Henry (ii), was in business with him in 1764. Henry (ii) opened a foundry at Barton in 1770. William Harrison left Barton, and died in Liverpool, but bells cast by him are to be found (e.g. Burgh, Lincolnshire, 1820). James (iii) was at work at Barrow in 1788, but developed the Barton foundry, and worked there 1789-1833. After his death, in 1835, the foundry was sold and discontinued. The Harrisons did a large amount of bell hanging as apart from their foundry business. J arnes (i) did work of the kind at Barnsley in 17 37, and at Darfield and Wath-on-Dearne rn i74i. Heathcote, Ralph-( marks ro, l 3, 24, 26, and 28). Heathcote, George-(Ripon Cathedral- marks 27 and 33). Mr. North (Churc!t Bells of Lincolnshire, p. 82) says the original Ralph Heathcote was a brazier. Ralph (ii) was a bellfounder, and died in 1525; George Heathcote, son of Ralph (i), was also a founder, and died in 1558. Some other f0t1nder, possibly a George (iii), must, 94 THE YORKSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL JOURNAL. however, have used Heathcote's stamps after his death, as we have at Badsworth a bell, dated 1582, bearing the G H mark 27 ; and at Thrybergh a bell, dated r 609, bearing mark 2 7 and the I b c (3), which with the Ii< (10) seems to have been used by Ralph (see Szilcsto11e) as well as by George. At Owston is a bell with G R (29), together with marks 3 and ro. The mark 29 may originally have been used by Giles Rew, a Kent founder ( r 584- 92 ), but afterwards acquired by George Heathcote (ii i). Hedderley, Daniel-(Bawtry, Doncaster, Edlington, Skelbrooke, South Kirkby, Sheffield S. Peter, Tankersley). Hedder!ey, John-(Thornhill). Hilton, Thomas-(Aston, Bradfield, Conisborough, Cumberworth, Darfield, Doncaster; Emley, Ravenfield, Rotherham, South Kirkby, Swinton, Thornhill, Thurnscoe, Wickersley, Wombwell, Worsborough). Hou/den, W. & T.-(Wortley, near Sheffield) . .forda11, Henry-( marks 75 and 76). Lester & Pack-(Addingham, Barnsley, Darton, Fewston, Hare wood, Leathley, Long Preston, Ripon Cathedral, Skipton, Thornton in-Craven). (See note under Chapman.) Lester, Pack & C/1apma11-(Darton, Keighley, Waddington). Llewellyn &~ .fames-(East Ardsley). Ludlam,' Joseph-(Ackworth , Felkirk, Hoyland Nether, Penistone, Ravenfield). Ludlam (Jos.) & Walker ( A.) - (Darfield, Ecclesfield, Throapham). Mallaby, Thomas } The principal business of this firm is Mallaby, Thomas, & Sons. bell-hanging, of which they have done a large amount of work in the Riding. They also supply bells, but do not, I think, cast them themselves. Mears, C. & G.-(Batley, Guiseley, Halifax, Hampsthwaite, Haworth, Headingley, Hook, Kirkburton, Swinton, Thornhill, Raw- marsh). Mears, George-(Calverley, Carle.ton-in -Craven, Marton-in-Craven, Nun Monkton, Sheffield S. Peter). Mears, G. & Co.-(Whixley). JJfears, Thomas (i)-(Aldborough, Garforth, Headingley, Hepton stall, Horbury, Kirk Fenton, Kirkheaton, Saddleworth, Sheffield S. Peter, Wakefield S. John, Whitkirk). Mears, Thomas (ii)-(Adel, Attercliffe, Arncliffe, Barwick-in -Elmet, Bingley, Bishopthorpe, Cross Stone, Doncaster, Ecclesall, Gisburn, Haddlesey, Handsworth, Harrogate Christ Church, Holmfirtb, High 1 This man had n foundry near the Grammar School in Rotherhnm . BELLS IN THF: WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 95 Hoyland, Huddersfield, Kirkheaton, Leeds S. Peter, Leeds S. John, Mitton, Rotherham, Sandal Magna, Selby, Sheffield S. Peter, Slaidburn, Tong, Treeton, Wakefield Cathedral, Wighill). JJ1ears, Thomas, & Son-(Ecclesfield, Headingley, Kirkheaton, Leeds S. Peter). Mears, William-(Dent, Holmfirth, Wragby). Mears, W. & T.-(Halifax). Mears &> Stainba11k-(Aberford, Almondbury, Bingley, Borough bridge, Giggleswick, Hazlewood, Kettlewell, Kirkburton, Letwell, Lightcliffe, Nidd, Rawmarsh, Saddleworth, Wakefield Cathedral, Woolley). Me/lour, Richard. He was Mayor of Nottingham' in i506. Some of the bells bearing the mark i8 may be his, as he is said to have used this mark. Most of them, however, are by the Oldfields, who succeeded Mellour at the Nottingham foundry. (See also note in index as to mark 50.) Naylor, Vickers &> Co. - (East Hardwick, Ingleton, Rawcliffe, Sowerby Bridge, Staveley). The bells this firm cast were made from steel. Oldfield, Henry. Mr. North (Church Bells of Lincolnshire, p. io2) says Richard Mellour had a so n, Robert, who succeeded him at the Nottingham foundry. Robert died about l 526, leaving a daughter, who married Humphrey Quarnbie. Their son Robert succeeded to the foundry, and took Henry Oldfield (ii) into partnership shortly before 1593· This Henry Oldfield was the son of Henry Oldfield (i), who was carrying on a bellfounding business in Long Row, Notting ham, in i574-5. To Henry (i i) may be ascribed the marks 6 and 7 and 17 and 19, th e reversed C (7 and i9) being, as I suppose, made to do duty for an 0. Mr. Walters, however, suggests that the C does duty for a D, and is the initial of Henry Dand, or Danne, Robert Quarnbie's father-in-law, who was a bellfounder, and is known to have done work with Henry Oldfield for Shrewsbury Abbey Church in I 59 r. It is notable that I have never found the H C with the mark 38, undoubtedly Henry Oldfield's. The C's are often used their proper way up as capitals, but I have not found an inscription with either a capital D or 0 of this fount. Besides mark 38, the Oldfields used i8, which had been used by the Mellours, and 9, i4, i5, i6, 20, 2 l, 22, and 34. It is suggested by Mr. North that Henry (i) may have migrated to Nottingham from Yorkshire, as many of the stamps used at the Nottingham foundry were originally used by a fifteenth century founder, probably at York. Henry (ii) had th ree sons, George (i), Richard, and Robert, all engaged in bell- 96 THE YORKSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL JOURN AL. founding. George (i) died in r68o, his son, George (i i), who was also a bellfounder, having died in r66o. Ali ce, daughter of George (i), married Hugh Oldfield, and had a son, George (iii) (1671-1741), who was also a founder, and had a son, George (iv). Oldfield, Hugh-(Badsworth, Braithwell, Harthill). He used mark 25 . Oldfield, George (i)-(Batley, Edlington, Hickleton, Loversall, Todwick). It is remarkable that these bells all bear the Warmfield is however, though from the same stamps, not from the stamps used for the York bell. The lettering on the other bells named, except that at Marston, is identical in character with that on the York bell; the lettering on the Marston bell is quite different to any of the others. I may say that I am not quite sure of the cross on the Goldsborough bell, as I have only a rubbing, but the character of the lettering seems to mark it as Potter's. Powdre!l, William-( marks 62, 7 5, and 76). Quarnbie, Robert- ( mark 20 ). Rofford, John de-(mark 8, and possibly 53). Seifer, William. He had a foundry in Jubbergate, York. He used mark 74, of which there seem to be several varieti es. Mr. Harper Gaythorpe, of Barrow·in-Furness, writes to me that this mark, or one very like it, is found on bells dated from I 662 to r 77 r. Mr. Hope gives the date of William Seller as 1662-87, but doubtless the mark was used by the successive occupiers of the foundry after William's death. Indeed, it is a common thing to find a mark employed a hundred years after the death of the original user. Mr. Ga ythorpe classifies the variations of the mark as follows :- ( r) The form found in Lincolnshire, with W. S. only. (2) A similar mark, found with dates 1683-7 and bearing the initials W. S., accompanied by those of H. W., which latter, Mr. Benson suggests, are those of an assistant or apprentice. (3) W. S., accompanied by a rose and a bell. This mark has a square base, and is to be found on a bell at Eskdale in Cumberland. (4) W. S., accompanied by a rose and a bell, with the design enclosed in a pointed shield (74). This mark is of a later date, as it will be noticed that the only examples I have found are dated 1735 and 1771. Seifer, Edward (i). This man succeeded William Seller at the Jubbergate foundry. In 1703-4 he served as Sheriff of York. He used mark 5, and did work at Baildon, Bracewell, and Rufforth, besides the places mentioned in the index. Both he and Edward Seller (ii) used a band of ornament similar to ( r), used by Samuel Smith (post), but with { SE~~;} instead of {Et~,}. Edward (i) died in I 724, and was buried at the church of S. Sampson in York. Seifer, Edward (ii). He was the son of Edward (i), and carried on the foundry. He also was Sheriff of York (1731-2), and used mark 5 and the modified form of ( 1 ) . Besides the places men tioned in the index, he did work at Acaster Malbis, Bolton-by Bolland, Calverley, Dewsbury, Flockton, Garforth, Great Ouseburn, VOL. XVIIL G 98 THE YORKSHIRE ARCH..£0LOGICAL JOURNAL. Hampsthwaite, Heptonstall, Honley, Illingworth, Leeds Holy Trinity, Long Marston, Mexborough, Selby, and Sherburn-in-Elmet. Seller, John. In 1745 this man was working with Edward (ii), and contracted with the churchwardens for some work at Calverley. Seward, A. This man cast a bell for Chapel-le-Dale in 1875. Slzaw, James, & Son-(Addingham, Idle, Otley, Ripon Cathedral, Thorne, Thornton-in-Craven). Smith, Abraham--;-( Carleton-in-Cm ven, Barn bro ugh, Kirkburton, Wistow, Whitgift, Whitkirk). He worked with William Cuerdon at a foundry on Toft Green, York. I find his initials in conjunction with Cuerdon's from 1020 to 1662 at Bolton Percy, Middlestown, Swillington, and Wistow. Smith used the mark 4, as did also James Smith. Both Abraham and J ames Smith appear to have worked with Cuerdon on one of th e bells at Swillingtoo in 1656. Smit/1, James- (Rylstone, Ripon Cathedral). H e was probably a son of Abraham Smith, and worked with him. He used as a mark his initials (2), and also mark 4. Mr. Benson says he used Cuerdon's mark ( 23). Smith, Samuel (i)-(Halifax, Rotherham, Sheffield S. Peter, Wake field Cathedral). This man also had a foundry on Toft Green, York, and he and his son Samuel Smith (ii) did a very extensive business, as is evidenced by the frequency with which their mark ( 1 ), with or wi thout the beautiful band of bell ornament, is still to be found. Mr. Denson says he has inscriptions from 182 bells cast at this fo1Jndry, and doubtless I have come across many of which he has not heard. Samuel (i) was probably a son of James Smith, and also worked with Cuerdon, as I find a bell at Clapham, dated 1662, with mark 23, followed by SS FECIT. Samuel (i) died in April, 1 709, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Micklegate. He bequeathed his foundry to his sons Samuel and James. Smith, Samuel (ii). A son of the last named. He used the same mark ( 1) as his father, and a large number of his bell s are still to be seen in the West Riding. (See index under mark r.) H e died in August, 1731, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Mick!egate. He bequeathed the foundry to his brother, who seems to have disposed of the business. Staftord, John de- (Arncliffe). Stai11bm1k, Robert--(Sheffield S. Peter). Stafford, T.-(Ingleton). Taylor, William & John-(Meltham, Pontefract S. Giles, Rothwell). TaJ•lor, John, & Son- (Allerton (near Leeds), Bradfield, Bradford S. Peter, Ilkley). Taylor, John, & Co.- (Adwick-le-Street, Anston, Bawtry, Bentham, Bolsterstone, Burghwallis, Darrington, Harrogate Christ Church, BELLS IN THE WEST RlDlNG OF YORKSHIRE. 99 Hatfield, Headingley, Honley, Hooton Pagnel, Ilkley, Kirk Deighton, Marsden, Mexborough, Mirfield, l\.1itton, Pontefract S. Giles, Pontefract All Saints, Roystone, Sedbergh, Thorner, Treeton, Womersley). Towt!1orpe, William de. This man was a monk, and cast a beautiful mortar for the Infirmary of the Abbey of St. Mary at York. This mortar is now in the Museum of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society at York. Twwoc, Richard. He was a bailiff of York in r 320, and repre sented the city in the Parliament held at Lincoln in r327. He died in r 330, and is commemorated by a painted window behind the nave organ in York Minster, within a few feet, Mr. Benson says, of his grave. A description of this window, as given in Murray's Handbook of the Nortlter11 Cat!1edrals, is worth reprinting here :- "The second bay of the north aisle (of the nave) contains a very remarkable window, which is said traditionally to have been presented by the Guild of Bellfounders, but which, judging from the subjects of its lower li ghts, seems to have been the especial gift of Richard Tunnoc, who may have been the warden of the guild. He was certainly a person of considerable importance, since he had been lord mayor (?) before his death in r 330. In the lower right hand light of the window is shown the casting of a bell. A man blows the furnace with a pair of double bellows, on the top of which a boy is standing, pressing alternately with each foot, and supporting himself on a bar fixed above. On the opposite side of the furnace another figure, apparently Tunnoc himself, opens the furnace door with a long bent poker. The metal is seen flowing into the mould of the bell. The left hand light shows the bell fixed in a lathe to be finished. One man turns the handle of the windlass, and Tunnoc himself applies a long turning tool pressed tightly again st his shoulder. His name appears above. There are bells in the borders of the side lights and in other parts." FValker, A. Working with Thomas Hilton, this man cast bells at Darfield, Ecclesfield, and Throapham. \V orking with Joseph Ludlam, he cast bells at Aston and Thurnscoe. Walker & Co.-(Slaithwaite). Wallis, John-(Ripon Holy Trinity). /Varner, John, & Sons - (Ackworth, Acomb, Armthorpe, Barnby Don, Barden Tower, Bramham, Bramley, Ca_rnpsall, Copmanthorpe, Dewsbury, Doncaster, Felkirk, Fishlake, Gargrave, Harthill, Holbeck, Hllnsingore, Hunslet, K irkby Malzeard, Poppleton Upper, Ripon Cathedral, Rufforth, Ryther, Scammonden, Sherburn, Skelbrooke, Silsden, Wentworth, and Wortley near Sheffield). Watson, John-(Heptonstall). Woods, C. S.-(Baildon), I 00 THE YORKSHIRE ARCH1EOLOGICAL JOURNAL. INDEX OF PLACES WHERE THE MARKS ILLUSTRATED MAY BE FOUND. Plate IV. Skelbrooke. ,, VIII. Kellington (John de Colsale). XL Thorne. XII. Maltby. XIII. Thrybergh (Richard Pette). XIV. (a) Bolton Percy, Hubberholme, Kirkby Malham, Kirkby Wharfe, Roystone (William Oldfield). (b) Thorparch. XVI. Rylstone. XIX. Cowthorpe. xx. Cawthorne. Mark 1. (Samuel Smith I)-Adlingfleet, Almondbury, Arksey, Bads worth, Bardsey, Bolton Abbey, Braithwell, Brayton, Brotherton, Cawood, Clapham, Collingham, Darfield, Darrington, Fishlake, Gargrave, Halton Gill, Hartshead, Hatfield, Kirk Hammerton, Marston, Monk Fryston, Normanton, Ouseburn (Little), Pannal, Poppleton (Upper), Ripley, Ripponden, Rossington, Roystone, Silkstone, Spofforth, Thornhill, Thrybergh, \Vadworth, Womersley, Whitley Beaumont. (Samuel Smith II)-Aberford, Almondbury, Ardsley (West), Bardsey, l3retton (West), Garforth, Halifax, Kirk Fenton, Ledsham, Mexborough, Mitton, Penistone, Ripley, Selby, Silkstone, Stainton, Sykehouse, Thornton-in-Lonsdale, Warmsworth (no date), East Hard wick. 2 .. (James Smith)- Ackworth, Acomb, Arksey, Barnbrough, Crofton, Kirkburton, Middlestown, Monk Fryston, Owston, Pannal, Swillington, Thornhill, Whitgift, Wistow. 3. (Heathcote)-Badsworth, Bolton-on-Dearne, Cantley, Caw thorne, Harewood, Hooton Pagnel, Hooton Roberts, Nun Monkton, Owston, Penistone, Silkstone, Tankersley, Thrybergh, Wath-on-Dearne. 4. Ackworth, Barnbrough, Barwick-in-Elmet, Chpham, Crofton, Middlestown, Monk Fryston, Owston, Pannal, Thornhill, Whitgift, Wistow. 5. (Edward Seller)-Bolsterstone, High Hoyland, Ouseburn (Great), Swillington. BELLS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 101 Mark 6. (Henry Oldfield)- Adwick-le-Street, Cantley, Harewood, Pontefract (All Saints), Sedbergh, Thrybergh, Wors borough. 7. (Henry Oldfield)- Adwick-le-Street, Cantley, Harewood, Pontefract (All Saints), Sedbergh, Worsborough. 8. (John Rofford)- Darrington, Thrybergh (?). 9. (Henry Oldfield)- Harewood, Pontefract (All Saints). 10. (Ralph Heathcote)-Cantley, Cawthorne, Hooton Roberts, Owston, Penistone, Silkstone. I I. (George Heathcote)-Bolton-on - Dearne, Cantley, Mex- borough, Penistone. 12. (Thomas Bett)-Braithwell. lJ. (Ralph Heathcote)- Ackworth. 14. (Henry Oldfield)--Harewood, Pontefract (All Saints). 15. (Henry Oldfield)-Adwick-le-Street, Emley, Harewood, Penistone, Pontefract (All Saints). 16. (Henry Oldfield) - Badsworth, Barnbrough, Ecclesfield, Harewood, Hooton Pagnell, Kirk Smeaton, Loversall, Marr, Pontefract (All Saints), Sedbergh, Thrybergh, Wadworth, Wales, Worsborough. 17. (Henry Oldfield)-Ecclesfield, Emley, Loversall, Marr, Melton-on-the-Hill, Penistone, Pontefract (All Saints). 18. (Ric. Mellour and Henry Oldfield)-Badsworth, Barnby Don, Ecclesfield, Fishlake, Harewood, Hooton Pagnell, Kirk Smeaton, Loversall, Marr, Pontefract (All Saints), Sedbergh, Spofforth, Stainton, Thrybergh, \Vadworth, Wales, Worsborough. 19. (Henry Oldfield) - Adwick-le-Street, Ecc!esfield, Emley, Loversall, Marr, Melton-on-the-Hill, Penistone. 20. (Robert Quarnbie & He1iry Oldfield)-Brodsworth, Warm field. 2 I. (Henry Oldfield)-Adwick - le - Street, Emley, Harewood, Melton-on-the-Hill, Pontefract (All Saints). 22. (Henry Oldfield)-Adwick-le-Street, Cantley, Ecclesfield, Emley, Kellington, Kirk Smeaton, Loversall, Melton-on the-Hill, Penistone, Pontefract (All Saints), Wistow. 23. (William Cuerdon)-Arksey, Clapham, Hickleton, Owston, Rossington, Swillington. 24. (Ralph Heathcote)- Ackworth, Hooton Pagnell, Owston. 25 . (Hugh Oldfield)-Badsworth, Braithwell, Harthill. 26. (Ralph Heathcote)-Owston, Silkstone, Tankersley. 102 THE YO!ZKSHIRE ARCH1£0LOGICAL J OURNAL. Mark 27. (George Heathcote)--Badsworth, Bolton-on-Dearne, Cantley, Mexborvugh, Thrybergh, Wath-on-Dearne. 28. (Ralph Heathcote) -Hooton Pagnell. 29. Owston. 30. Ackworth. 3 r. Ackworth, Crofton, Kelli ngton. 32. (Will iam Oldfield)-Barwick. in . Elmet, Bilton - in· Ainsty, Bolton Percy, Horton -in -Ribblesdale, Hu bberholme, Kirkby Malham, Kirkby Malzeard, Kirkby Wharfe, Leathley, Spofforth, Roystone. 33. Ack worth, Bolton -on- Dearne, Cantley, Lough ton, Mex- borough, Penistone, Whiston. 3+· (Henry Oldfield)-Hemsworth, Hooton Pagnell, Rawmarsh. 35. Kirk Bramwith. 36. Almondbury, Bolton-by-Bolland, Brotherton, Caw thorne, Darfield, Darrington, Featherstone, Felkirk, Ledsharn, Melton-on-the-Hil i, Owston, Roystone, Thorpe Salvin, Thornton-in-Craven, Walton, Woolley. 37. Almondbury, Walton. 38. (Henry Oldfield)-Cantley, Handsworth, Kellington, Marr, Thorpe Salvin, Wistow. 39. (John Potter) - Conistone - with - Kilnsey, Goldsborougb, Hemsworth, Marston (Long), Penistone, South Stainley, Warm field. 40. Walton. 4 1. (John Potter)-Hemsworth, \Varmfield . 42 Lo 49. (Wi ll ia m Oldfie ld)- Bolton Percy. 50. Brayton. (A nother form' of this mark has the letters H. 0. left and ri ght of the central cross. It may have been one of Mellour's marks, afterwards adopted by Henry Oldfield.) 5 J. Kirk Fenton, Peniston e. 52. (Richard Pette)- Cawood. 53. Thrybergh. 54. Kirk Fenton. 55. (Richard l'ette)-Benlham, Cawood, Hooton Roberts, Leathley, Pateley Bridge. 56. \Vickersley. BELLS IN THE vVEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 103 Mark 57· Kirk Fenton, Penistone. 58 Thorparch. ,, 59· (John Danyell)--Saxton, Whiston. 60. Saxton. 6 I. Airmyn. 62. (John Danyell and Henry Jordan ?)-Aldborough, Saxton. ,, 63. Ai rrn yn. ,, 64-5. (John Danyell)-Saxton, Whiston. 66. (John de Stafford)- Arncliffe. ,, 67. (John Potter)- Conistone-witli-Kilnsey. 68. (William at1d Rowland Oldfield)-Broughton-in-Cleveland. (With W. 0. only)-Arncliffe, Carleton-in-Cleveland, Cow thorpe, Kirkby Malharn. ,, 69-70. Mitton. 7 r. Leathley. 72-3. Clapham. ,, 74. (William Smith)-Thornton-in-Lonsdale. 75-6. (Henry Jordan)-Aldborough. 77. Aldborough, Spofforth, \Varmfield, IVoolley. 78. Goldsborough. 79-80. (Richard Pette)-Pateley Bridge. 8 1. Kirkby Malzeard. 82-3. Penistone. 84. (Thomas Innocent)-Leathley. ,, 85. Stainburn. ,, 86 - 7. Westow. 104 THE YORKSHIRE ARCH. ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA. I have as far as I know copied the inscriptions as they are upon the bells, and if the Latin is ungrammatical or wrongly spelled, the reader must blame the bellfounders and their instructors. One printer's error, however, I know that I have overlooked several times, namely Incunditate for Iucunditate. It only remains for me to thank the many kind friends who have in all sorts of ways helped me in this work. Aldborough-vol. xvii, p. 21r. 4 and 5 are by Henry Jordan (1440-70), so could riot have been given by Thomas Myton. Arnc!ijfe- vol. xvii, p. 192. This bell is by John de Stafford. Barnby Don-vol. xvi, p. 59. Dr. Fairbank says that there was no such bell as 1 (old) when he saw the bells in the early eighties. He says there was a late sixteenth century bell, with a rose (? I 6) on the shoulder, S.S., two crosses, and a shield with a cross and two crowns (? 15). I cannot say where I got the material for my note as to these old bells, hut think it was from a Sheffield architect, who had the restoration of the church in hand in 1887. Bolton-by-Bolland -vol. xvii, p. 198. I am informed that an abbreviation, sometimes more like a 9 than a 2, is commonly found rn ancient MSS. for con. Boroughbrzdge-vol. xvi, p. 2 12. Angella should be Angela. Com'stone-witlz-Kzlnsey-vol. xvi, p. 193. S GD I should be SC DI. Dewsbury-vol. xvii, p. 439. Mr. William Brown tells me the Soothill family became extinct long hefore 1765. East Hardwick-vol. xvi, p. 70. The new bells are as follows :- ( 1 ) C# 22 in. dia., 179 lbs., presented by Miss Lord, Oldham. (2) B 24 255 ,, Haigh, Milnsbridge. (3) A 26 308 ,, Rhodes, Castleford. Fewston - vol. xvii, p. 222. This date must be wrong, but I cannot visit the place at present to correct. Headingley-vol. xvii, p. 194. The date of 6 should be 1852. Humittgore-vol. xvii, p. 2 1 3. These bells are by Messrs. Warner. Kettlewell-vol. xvii, p. 194· The date of these bells should be 1849. Kezghley- vol. xvii, p. 197· These bells were cast in 1760. Ripon (Holy Triniry)-vol. xvii, p. 228. This bell would seem to be by John Wallis, of Salisbury. Sedbergh-vol. xvii, p. 208. 3 (old): Viat should be Fiat. Wakefield Cat!zedral- vol. xvii, p. 458. James Harrison was work ing at Barton, not Barrow, in l 7 39. Whixley-vol. xvii, p. 214. PIEBEM should be PLEBEM. Wzi:kersley-vol. xvii, p. 27 . (1) This date must be wrong; possibly 1759. This document is provided for you by The Whiting Society of Ringers visit www.whitingsociety.org.uk for the full range of publications and articles about bells and change ringing For more sections of this book, and for more digitised old ringing books, from the home page, scroll down and navigate via the link to “Old Ringing Books”J which may represent the tool with which bells were tuned by chipping the sound bow. Mr. R. C. H ope, of Scarborough, has furn ished me with extensive extracts from the churchwardens' accounts, &c., of this parish, com mencing with the year r 5 7 6. In 1591 one of the bells was recast in the church itself. The items in the accounts are as fo llows:- Imp. for casti ng the Bell iijli. vijs. To \Vil!. Ripley, for that layde out aboute the bell casting xljs. vd. It., for l board 4 yards long vijd. ,, woode for drying the rnold xijd. flags for his fornaces viijs. ,, j pounde of Bee waxe xd. ,, drinke at takeing downe the Bell xi iijd. ,, 2 planks ijs. vjd. ,, to Cudbert ffisher, for going to Yorke to buy mettall. iijs. iiijd. ,, cleeving of woode viijd. ,, I gall on of ale at the drying of the moeld vd. ,, ale & breade at the bell casting xixd. ,, ale & brede & ale for draweing the bell into the step le iijs. ijd. ,, to ffran . Braythwaite, for iij daies worke about hanging the Bell ijs. vjd. ,, for goi ng to Rippon to fetch one cable iiijd. ,, to Vincent Outhwaite, for paveing the Church where th e bell was casten ijs. ,, bearing of horse dung to the bell casting iijs. iiijd. Pewter for the bell vijs. iiijd. ,, payde to John Burnet, that borrowed about the bell casting .. xxs. to ffabian H eywoode, for the like XS . Cud. ffisher xs. for leading woode ijs. ,, ,, Will. Man, for 30 pounde of Bras xs.