The church bells of Kent: their inscriptions, founders, uses, and traditions . Fig. 32. Fig. 33. The letters S and P are crowned, the V may be a reversedN ; Fig. ^?^ occuVs elsewhere in his bells—on one at Wimble-don, Surrey, for instance. I thought when I first saw therubbing that part of the inscription must have been filed orchiselled off, but I have ascertained by personal inspectionthat this is not the case. I shall be glad if any one can redeme the riddle. The Boughton Aluph bell, dedicated to has nothing peculiar about it. Chronolo(^ical Account. 51 Culverdens bell-founding care
The church bells of Kent: their inscriptions, founders, uses, and traditions . Fig. 32. Fig. 33. The letters S and P are crowned, the V may be a reversedN ; Fig. ^?^ occuVs elsewhere in his bells—on one at Wimble-don, Surrey, for instance. I thought when I first saw therubbing that part of the inscription must have been filed orchiselled off, but I have ascertained by personal inspectionthat this is not the case. I shall be glad if any one can redeme the riddle. The Boughton Aluph bell, dedicated to has nothing peculiar about it. Chronolo(^ical Account. 51 Culverdens bell-founding career was very brief. His will,dated 29th September, 1522, and proved 2nd June, 1523, isprinted by Dr. Raven in the Church Bells of Cambridge-shire, 2nd ed., p. 44. From it we find that his foundry wasin Houndsditch, and that he had sold his premises (leasehold ofthe Priory of the Holy Trinity) and all his trade implementsto one Thomas Lawrence of London, bell-maker. It is to benoted, also, that among the witnesses to the will occurs JohnTynny, who is generally supposed to
Size: 1390px × 1798px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectbells, bookyear1887
