"1821. The cost of these bells was as follows:- "Mar. 15 S "To Mr. Mears' account for a peal o qrs. 19 lbs., @ 16d. ... "To ten new clappers ... "Net cost of Bells £701 5 8" These bells were first rung 20th December, 1821, and were formally opened on the Easter Monday following. Up to 1752 there seem to have been four bells. By his will, dated 21st July, 1501, William Greybern, first provost of Rotherham College, left 6s. 8d. to the bells at Rotherham Church. In 1704 the great bell was recast by Samuel Smith, of York, at a cost, including various expenses, of £49 16s. 3d. In 1752 a tenor, weighing 24 cwt., and treble were cast by Hilton, of Wath. The old bells were last rung on 19th February, 1821. THORPE SALVIN (St. Peter). Three bells. [I W TM RM 1595 H (38) The initials RPMS on the tenor may be those of Sir Roger Portington, of Barnby Don, and Mary Sandford, daughter of Hercy Sandford, of Thorpe Salvin, who were married at Thorpe Salvin about the date of the bell, and are buried in this church (Hunter, i, 310). THROAPHAM (St. John). One bell. S: TAYLOR. CHVRCHWARDEN 2. 3. 4. 5. (lower) (lower) IOHANNES: RERESBY: BARONETTVS: PRÆSES CIVITATIS : EBORVM SVB REGIBVS CAROLO ET: IACOBO SECVNDIS : PRIMAM : HANC : POSVIT : CAMPANAM : 14 APRILIS 1687 ihe (3) Gloria in Excelsis Deo 1609 [GH (almost exactly (27) but a slight difference in the G) (16) ANOD MO LXXX VI (a shield, with a plain St. Andrew's Cross) (6) (18) (Head of King, with a palm branch on his right (53)) Sancte Leonarde Ora Por Nobls Adeum (See Plate xiii) The John Reresby commemorated by the second bell was afterwards the first baronet, created in 1642, and was an ardent Royalist. He died in 1646. The John Reresby, the donor of the treble bell, was son of the above, born 14th April, 1634, so it will be noted that he gave this bell on his birthday. He was an important personage, and governor of York at the Revolution of 1688. He died 16th May, 1689 (Hunter, ii, 39, 40. Cartwright's Reresby Memoirs). The last word of the inscription on the tenor is curious Latinity. It is probably intended for "ad Deum," and though such a construction would be inadmissible in classical Latin, it may be found in the Vulgate (Acts viii, 24). A bell at Worsborough has “Voco ad deum." A bell is rung at Thrybergh at 11 a.m. every Shrove Tuesday. On all weekdays except Shrove Tuesday a bell is rung at noon, and on Sundays until recently a bell was rung at 9 a.m. (See Canon Bennett's articles on these bells in Rotherham Advertiser, 10th August, 1895, and Yorkshire Weekly Post, 29th August, 1896.) TODWICK (All Saints). Three bells. In tolling the death-bell they finish with-for a male nine and for a female seven strokes on each of the bells. At the Survey of 1552 there were three bells in this steeple. At the Survey of 1552 there were "iij belles of one accord" here. In 1886 I was told that a bell was formerly rung daily at 5 a.m. and 8 p.m., but was then rung at 6 a.m., noon, and 8 p.m. In ringing the death-bell they finish with nine strokes for a man, seven for a woman, and five for a child. 3. (Lion's head) *S* (18) (Bishop's head) TRINITATE (Lion's head) (Dragon) SACRA (Dragon) (Fleur de lis) FIAT (Fleur de lis) HE (Dragon) (Bishop's head) CAMPANA (Dragon) (Lion's head) BEATA The character of this inscription is similar to that on a bell at South Somercotes, in Lincolnshire, the date of which is said to be 1423 (see North's Church Bells of Lincolnshire) (see Plate xv). In ringing the death-bell here they conclude with- WHISTON (St. Mary Magdalene). Three bells. I. 2. (65) Sancte Petre Ora Pro Nobis (64) (59) (65) Vor Agustini Sonet En Aure Dei (64) In ringing the death-bell here they end with nine strokes for a man, seven for a woman, and five for a child. WICKERSLEY (St. Alban). Three bells. I. 2. 3. Ehe ex dono dni Johis Elcok RC (56) Possibly John Elcoke, Rector of Wickersley, from 1438 to 1491 (Hunter, i, 279). Up to about 1867 a bell was rung here on weekdays at 6 a.m., noon, and 6 p.m., and on Saturdays also at 7 p.m., after which the day of the month was struck. The 7 p.m. bell on Saturdays survives. (d) Deanery of Wath. ADWICK-ON-DEARNE (St. John Baptist). Two bells. At the Survey of 1552 there were two small bells here. 3. SOLI DEO GLORIA PAX HOMINIBVS AS WC FECIT 1662 (4) several times. R B (2) several times. FILI DEI MISERERE MEI 1628 IR The treble bell is rung at 8 a.m. on Sundays. Death-bell-Three threes for a male. BOLTON-ON-DEARNE (St. Andrew). Four bells. sce anthoni o pn (33) ihon clerkson GH I MARIA OPN I. SOLI DEO GLORIA 1649 40 in. dia. On the floor of the bell-chamber was in 1891 a bell 11 inches diameter, with canons broken off. It had only “ihe” (3) A bell was At the Survey of 1552 there were three bells here. formerly rung daily at noon, and at 8 a.m. on Sundays, but in 1891 only the latter survived. The death-bell indication is given by three strokes for a male and two for a female. DARFIELD (All Saints). Six bells. (lower) 3. (36) 4. R W E W IC CHVRCHS JSS) (1) tampana Bene Sonet Antonius Monet (36) In Multis Annis Resonet Campana Johis For capitals similar to those on 3 and 4 see Cawthorne (post). 5. W DAY I SCALES T SLACK I STEPHENSON : I CHURCH 1750 (lower) 6. I LUDLAM A WALKER.. FOUNDERS 43 in. dia. ALL MEN THAT HEARE MY MOVRNFVLL SOVND REPENT (Weight, 19 cwt.) 1613 Rev. Randolph Marriott was rector from 1732 to 1782, and rebuilt the Vicarage. See his epitaph in Hunter, ii, 116. Hunter states that the second bell was given by Mr. Eaton, the rector, who died in 1704. There was a tradition that the third and fourth bells were brought here from Beauchief Abbey. Thomas Wykerslay, by his will dated 10th July, 1434, and proved in the same year, bequeathed "Pro Magna campana facienda de minima ibidem (ie. ecclesia mea de Derfield) XX marcas" (Test. Ebor., v, 247). On the bell frames is cut, "These bells hung by James Harrison of Barrow in Lincolnshire 1741," and on a copper-plate attached to the frames is : Up to about 1865 a bell was rung daily at noon, but in 1891 I found the only extra bell was rung at 8 a.m. on Sundays. |