The church bells of Kent: their inscriptions, founders, uses, and traditions . he will ofWilliam Powdrell, citizen and bell-maker, who died in 1438 ;the latter turns up in the will of Richard Hille, founder,dated in 1440 ; but as Richard was still only an apprenticeat his masters death, while Robert was a journeyman twoyears earlier, I think the last-named is the most likely tohave been the R. C. we are in search of. Perhaps before thisbook goes to press I may find something in the Hustings rolls Chronological Account. 33 to solve the difficulty. If not, Robert and Richard are bothpretty men,
The church bells of Kent: their inscriptions, founders, uses, and traditions . he will ofWilliam Powdrell, citizen and bell-maker, who died in 1438 ;the latter turns up in the will of Richard Hille, founder,dated in 1440 ; but as Richard was still only an apprenticeat his masters death, while Robert was a journeyman twoyears earlier, I think the last-named is the most likely tohave been the R. C. we are in search of. Perhaps before thisbook goes to press I may find something in the Hustings rolls Chronological Account. 33 to solve the difficulty. If not, Robert and Richard are bothpretty men, and I leave my readers to choose whichever theylike. The next group is one of four bells : Burmarsh ... ... ... 3rd ... ... ... ^rd St. MarysStone in Oxney and they are clearly connected with the last two groups, forthey have the same initial cross and capital letters, while theblack letter smalls are identical with the larger of the twosets used by Walgrave. They have, however, distinguishingmarks in the following stamps (Figs, 17 and 18). Bells from Treble^rd.
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