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1552 |
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Record of 5 bells and a sanctus. [1] |
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1553 |
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Record of expenditure for four baldricks for the bells. [2] |
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1554 |
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Record of the purchase of a little bell weighing 2 cwt 48 lbs for £4.6d. [3] |
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1556 |
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Record of the mending of the thrid bell that was "loosse in the stoke". [4] |
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1567 |
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Record of a payment for a rope for the saunce bell. [7] |
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1568 |
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A bell was recast using new additional metal at a cost of £3.6.6. [5] |
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1578 |
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Record of a payment "for tyles to mende the church whear the saintes bell did hange" of 24s. [6] |
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1624 |
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Record of payments for hanging the bells. [8] |
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1666 |
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The church and bells were destroyed by the Great Fire. There is a record of money received for the old lead and bell metal as well as of a new bell being cast. [9] |
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1693 |
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Record of 1 bell in inventory of 10th Nov. |
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1704 |
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The bell was recast by Newton and Peele for £24.15.0 (paid 6th Oct). |
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1708 |
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Record of 1 bell. |
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1887 |
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The church was pulled down when the parish was united with St Vedast, Foster Lane. The bell was transferred to St Vedast and hung dead in the SW corner of its timber frame. |
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1941 |
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St Vedast church was bombed and the bells were damaged. The Friday St bell was scrapped for its metal. |
| [1] |
Item in the stepell five belles. Item a saunce bell at the quyer dore (Edwardian Inventory, 1552) |
| [2] |
(Churchwardens accounts, 1553-4) |
| [3] |
(Churchwardens accounts, 1554-5) |
| [4] |
(Churchwardens accounts, 1556-7) |
| [7] |
(Churchwardens accounts, 1567-8) |
| [5] |
(Churchwardens accounts, 1568-9) |
| [6] |
(Churchwardens accounts, 1578-9) |
| [8] |
(Churchwardens accounts, 1624-5) |
| [9] |
Record that £2.17.0 was received for old lead and belmettell. They also paid the bell founder "for new casting and adding metell to our great bell as appears by acquittance, £9.13.0. (Churchwardens accounts, 1666-7) |
Photo: GSB Collection
