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The Church Bells of Buckinghamshire The Church Bells of Buckinghamshire BY A. H. Cocks File 07 : Part III (cont’d), Inscriptions Grove to Loughton Pages 394 to 461 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 Purchased from ebay store retromedia 394 THE CHURCH BELLS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. GROVE. {Dedication unknown.) Single. AUTHOViy CHANDLER MADE ME 1676 (22$) ; tiny new wheel, the church having (P. 227.) Straps nailed ; central pair keyed trouble been lately restored. Hangs outside in an open cot; and I had some carrying a ladder to and from the church, and getting up by the roof—there being no way up inside. July, 1637, Grove pva. 2 Bells. 1714, one bell. HADDENHAM. S. Mary. 1. J: BRIANT HERTFORD FECIT 1809. THO IM ALLOWD TO BE BUT SMALL, MY TONE IS HEARD ABOVE THEM al (30J) 2. John briant Hertford fecit i8 9 -^ (3°i) 3. ± John briant Hertford fecit I809 (321) 4. * John briant Hertford fecit is 09 ± (34) 5. John briant Hertford fecit 1809 ± (35$) 6. (3H) 4. john briant hertford fecit 18 9 4 ^. 7. ± John briant Hertford fecit is 09 Joseph francklin esqr benefactor w richmond solicitor (44) 8. 4- J TO THE CHURCH THE LIVING CALL ± AND TO THE GRAVE DO SUMMON ALL + % t ± ^ f j£ John briant Hertford fecit is 09 ± edward hedges & john franceling church wardens (48i) )((= a double triangle, or six-point star ; ± = a Calvary cross ; t = a zto$& fitch'ee. (P. 106.) 7 : Joseph Francklin, Esq., only son and heir of George Francklin, Esq, and Mary, his wife, was born 7th March, 1774. The rectorial estate of Haddenham was granted to him on lease, in succession to his father, by the Dean and Chapter of Rochester, in 1798, and renewed in 1805 ; High Sheriff of Bucks in 1803; died 30th November, 1814. After his decease, a lease was granted to George Francklin, and after him to John Francklin, who was born in 1803 ; the John Franckling whose name appears on the tenor, was probably of a different family. W. Richmond was not a lawyer, but ''solicitor" simply intimates that he took the hat round, and was largely instrumental in getting the old ring of five, recast into the present eight. He was a ringer ; and was grandfather of the present sexton; and in 1806 was churchwarden with Edward Hedges, whose name appears Purchased from ebay store retromedia HADDENHAM —HAMBLEDEN. 395 on the tenor. The latter was of Scotsgrove Hill, in this parish ; he died 5th May, 1&33' aged sixty-one, and was buried here.* 23 July, 1552, Haddenrim Impmis iiij belle <Sr» a litle bell hanginge in the fteple &* a clocke It ij handbelle S's July, 1637, 5 : Bells & Bell A Clock A feat at the Bellfry dore incroching into the Isle. 1 7 14, 5 bells (sanctus not mentioned). HAL TON. S. Michael. *- ± J:BBIANT HEBTFOBD FECIT 1815. ± (29I) 2 3- ' (3o|, 3*i) + d:BBIANT •$• HEETFOED FECIT 1814. Jfc 4- ± sie John dashwood king benefactoe. ± J: BEIANT BIEETFOED FECIT 1 8 14. (35^) e 23 July, 1552, Haulton It iij bells yn y fteple &> one fanct3 bell &• a farcrnge bell. 1 7 14, 4 bells. " Lipscomb, II., 224 : The Church was entirely rebuilt in a very elegant manner in 1813, at the expense of Sir John Dashwood King, Bart. Patron and Lord of the Manor." ..." In the tower are four bells, recast from three in the old church." The treble was perhaps added as an after-thought, and may not be a portion of the old bells. Sir J. D. King, born 1754, Lord of the Manors of West Wycombe and Halton, M.P. for Bishop's Castle, Salop, succeeded to the properties on the death of his father (of the same name) in December, 1793'. The advowson and Manor of Halton were purchased by the elder Sir John's father, Sir Francis Dashwood, Bart, from the Fermors, about i72o.t The ornaments on the bells are the same as the first two at Haddenham. All rehung by Warner (?) about 1883, or 1884. HAMBLEDEN. S. Mary. 1. GEORQIUS RE^ At D* 1724 Dt IONES RX LANE CH* W* Rt Phelps made me <fc *jfc $? FEARE GOD 1634 3 GEORGE DEAME GAVE THIS BELL S634 4. JOHN WARNER & 80NS CRESCENT FOUNDRY LONDON 1857 (On Waist, Royal Arms, and underneath :) patent * Pedigree of the family of Hedges, in History of Thame Church (p. 651), by the Rev. F. G. Lee, D.D., F.S.A. f Lipscomb, II., 221, 222. — Purchased from ebay store retromedia 396 THE CHURCH BELLS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. 5- >cx> Pack & Chapman of London Fecit 177 8 <j>oc {Same pattern all round underneath.} WW W WW® 6. ^ <s>ra mtnlv ^>m ^>po ^oiis •& w , i ^TirjO ^©flPIfl e ( 4 i) A smaller size of the two ornaments on the treble (p. 98), is shown at the top of Plate XXI. 2 and 3 : by Ellis Knight (p. 127). Tenor: from the Wokingham Foundry, early in the fifteenth century (p. 51). The initial cross and capital letters are on Plates XV. and XVI. ; the square is the fig. stamp older Lion's Head, 32 ; the circular one is a groat. The five oldest bells are turned ; the first three have ; : lost their single canons the tenor has lost them all ; 4 has square canons. Death Knell : sometimes tolled on the day of the death, but generally on the morning following. Tellers : 3x3=3 male ; 2 x 3 = a female ; one of the smaller bells used for a child. Ringing at funerals occasionally, if requested. On Sundays, the bells are usually chimed for a quarter of an hour before the Services ; rung on first Sunday in the month, and occasionally on one of the other Sundays. Tenor generally alone for last three minutes. Ringing generally twice a week during winter months. Ringing on Christmas and New Year's Eves; on November 5th; on the Queen's Birthday; and on the great Church Festivals. Also for weddings when desired. Many thanks to the Rev. C. M. Wetherall, Rector ; and especially, both to him and to Mr. Jas. Lailey, of Colstrop, churchwarden, for the facilities afforded me for making extracts from the churchwardens' accounts. 18 July, 1552, hamulden Itm iij belle Thes pcelle folde for the reperacions of the churche &-» for the releffe of the pore w' the hole confent of the paryflhe ["in lent-wife twelmonyth]* Inprmis a bell. (From a second Indenture dated that year, the greater part of the inventory is torn off.) 14 Aug: 1637, 5 Bells . the fteeple is crackt in the ftone worke & wants pgeting ... & the foundacons of the Church & fteeple. 1714, 5 bells. Langley {Hist. Hund. Desborough, published 1797, p. 247) records that: The tower, which stood formerly between the church and chancel, was taken down in 1703, and in 1721 the present tower was built at the west end. There is a ring of bells, and on the fifth [i.e., the tenor] this inscription: ©ta nuntc pta pro noblS, j&ancta JUtaria. * Added in a different handwriting. Purchased from ebay store retromedia HAMBLEDEN. 397 That tower, as shown by the the churchwardens' accounts, must have been begun about 17 19, and been in a forward state, if not finished, by the autumn of 1720. The bulk of the bill for it was paid in 172 1. It was pulled down and rebuilt, and the bells rehung, in 1884, as a memorial of the late Rector, Canon W. H. Ridley. There is a tradition that some of these bells came from Fingest ; the most generally accepted version, here, being that, " once upon a time," in " the good old days," the Rectors of the two parishes played cards together for high stakes. Eventually, the Rector of Fingest, having lost all his available cash, staked the bells of his parish church, and again losing, the bells were transferred to Hambleden tower. Fingest (p. 387) at the present time only possesses one modern bell, the successor of two (according to the evidence of the frame), while marks in the tower walls seem to show that a larger number hung there at some previous time.* The present Rector of Hambleden, the Rev. C. M. Wetherall, believes it to be true that some of the bells here, originally belonged to Fingest, but does not credit the manner in which they are alleged to have been acquired. It seems obvious, from the documentary evidence above and below, that none of the five lower bells came from Fingest ; but we have no such evidence concerning the treble, dated 1724. It is quite within the bounds of possibility that this represents a bell from Fingest, recast, to be in tune with the ring of five, already here. As no charge appears in the churchwardens' accounts for casting, recasting, carriage, hanging, etc., it is further possible that two bells came from Fingest, and that the over-plus of metal paid all expenses. Moreover, in the accounts, under date April, 1747, is a charge "for a set of Bell rops and tinker." The latter word means " tinkler," one of the commonest names to this day for a saunce bell. The word recurs in the accounts until 1793. In 1637, neither parish possessed one. This might represent the change out of the second Fingest bell, after the payment of all expenses with the rest of the metal. All this is, however, the merest conjecture, and merely put forward as a possible explanation of the tradition, which, in more than one form, is so widely known, as to make it likely that it has some foundation in truth.
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