BRADFIELD (St. Nicholas). Six bells. I THIS PEAL WAS CAST BY JOHN TAYLOR & SON OF 6. (lower) (Weight, 8 cwt. 2 qr. 25 lb.) JOHN TAYLOR & SON FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH LATE OF At the Survey of 1552 there were three bells here, which in 1847, when the present ring was cast, were represented by: I. Cast by T Hilton of Wath 1794 Mr. Eastwood (Ecclesfield, page 464) quotes from the Wilson MSS. (1743-44) :— "The clerk, Jonas Rich, says the bells at Bradfield "hanged formerly in the corners of the steeple, and "one large frame in the middle for the great bell, "which was carried to Ecclesfield, with a promise to "give another in lieu of it, which never was performed." A bell is rung daily at noon. ECCLESFIELD (St. Mary). Nine bells. I, 2, ( MEARS & SONS BELLFOUNDERS LONDON 3 & 4 7. (22) Hac Campana Sacra Fiat Trinitate Beata (16) Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 were cast in 1845 out of two old ones, with new metal to the value of £70 11s. 7d. The treble weighs 4 cwt. 3 qr. 22 lb. There is a small bell called "Tom Tinkler." It is mentioned in the churchwardens' accounts for 1587 as "the lyttle Santys bell," and bears the arms of Wombwell of Thundercliffe, viz.: Azure, three demilions, rampant, erased erminois. Crest (out of a mural coronet): Gules, a demi-lion, rampant, as in the field. John Parker, of Ecclesfield, by his will dated 26th February, 1552, and proved at York 27th April, 1555, bequeathed "to the church at "Egglesfield xx towards the buying of two bells, to be paid at such "time as the parishioners shall fortune to buy and pay for the said "bells and not else." Sir William Everingham, priest at Ecclesfield, by his will (proved 17th November, 1556) bequeathed : "To the buying of a fourth bell vjs & viijd." William Hyde, of Birley, by his will (proved 26th September, 1558) gave "to the byng of ij bells vis viijd.” The parishioners, encouraged by these bequests, set about obtaining some new bells, and employed one Richard Brock. The result was not altogether satisfactory, as I find in the churchwardens' accounts (Eastwood, page 180):: "Accompts that Richard Brock is charged withal and hath In 1578, however, a new bell was bought, the expenditure being spread over two years, Peter Fearnley, Thos. Bullos, Wm. Parker, and Rich. Birkes each advancing xxs. In 1581-2 one bell was cast, made tuneable, and sold to the churchwardens, by Henry Oldfield, of Nottingham. The bell weighed 1,630 lb. In 1583 a bell was recast at a cost of £9 5s., with 271 lb. of new metal, at 6d. per pound, £6 15s. 6d. It appears from another entry in the same year that one of the old bells had become useless, for money was paid for taking it down, and the churchwardens having borrowed £3 6s. 8d. from Nicholas Sheirclyffe, tanner, agreed, in default of payment by a certain day, to let him have "the vacant bell in the churche" for £8. In 1584 they, however, debit themselves with the sum of £9 for one bell sold. In 1595 a bell was recast at a cost, with additional metal, of £8 195. The carriage of the bell from Nottingham cost £2 (Eastwood, page 220). No. 7 is either this bell or the one cast in 1581. In 1639 Sir Francis Foljambe, of Aldwark, gave a new bell to the church. A bell is rung daily, except Saturdays and Sundays, at six a.m., noon, and eight p.m. On Saturdays the evening bell is rung at seven p.m. instead of eight p.m., and after the ringing a number of strokes corresponding to the day of the month is struck on the bell. On Sundays a bell is rung at seven and eight a.m. On Shrove Tuesday the seventh bell is rung at eleven a.m., and on Easter Monday the tenor is tolled to call the parishioners to the vestry meeting. In tolling the death-bell, five strokes are given to denote the death of a man, seven that of a woman, and nine that of a child. At the Survey of 1552 there were three bells here. There is a tradition that the second bell was brought here from Worsbrough Church. A bell is rung at eight a.m. on Sundays, Christmas Day, and Good Friday. In ringing the death-bell here it is customary to give nine strokes for a man, six for a woman, and three for a child. WORTLEY (St. Leonard). Eight bells. There is now a ring of eight bells, cast by Messrs. John Warner On the tenor bell is the following inscription: TO THE PRAISE AND GLORY OF GOD AND FOR THE CON- O PRAISE GOD IN HIS HOLINESS PRAISE HIM UPON THE WELL-TUNED CYMBALS LET EVERY THING THAT HATH BREATH PRAISE THE LORD O, YE SPIRITS AND SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS BLESS YE THE LORD; PRAISE HIM AND MAGNIFY HIM FOR EVER CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LTD LONDON There was formerly a bell, 24 in. diameter, which had on one side : : (c) Deanery of Rotherham. ANSTON (St. James). Six bells. At the Survey of 1552 there were two bells and a Sanctus bell here. In 1877 there were three bells, the oldest of which (the second) is said to have been brought from Newark. One of these former bells is said to have had— WHEN ERE YOU HEAR MY MOURNFUL SOUND REPENT BEFORE YOU LYE IN GROUND The present ones have on each J. TAYLOR & CO FOUNDERS LOUGHBOROUGH 1871 And the tenor has in addition— TO THE PRAISE AND GLORY OF THE TRIUNE GOD AND IN [GRATEFUL AND HUMBLE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HIS Until about 1870 a bell was rung here daily, from May Day to Michaelmas at 4 a.m., noon, and 6 p.m.; and from Michaelmas to May Day at 5 a.m., noon, and 8 p.m. For the death-bell they ring three threes for a male and three twos for a female on one of the bells. At the Survey of 1552 there were three bells here. Formerly a bell was rung here at 6 a.m. and noon on weekdays, and 7 a.m. on Sundays. Now only the latter is rung. ¡ William Mason, Rector 1755 to 1797 (see his epitaph in Hunter, ii, p. 170). |