The church bells of Kent: their inscriptions, founders, uses, and traditions . three daughters and two sons, James and Thomas; theformer succeeded him at the bell-foundry, the latter went intoa cognate line of business, that of the simple founder.* Thebooks of the Founders Company record his apprenticeship toEdward Swayne for eight years, from 22nd February, 1660. * Founders and bell-founders must not be confused ; the former werecongregated in and about Lothbury; the latter inside and outside Bartlett (the elder), carrying on business outside the City, did notneed to, and proba
The church bells of Kent: their inscriptions, founders, uses, and traditions . three daughters and two sons, James and Thomas; theformer succeeded him at the bell-foundry, the latter went intoa cognate line of business, that of the simple founder.* Thebooks of the Founders Company record his apprenticeship toEdward Swayne for eight years, from 22nd February, 1660. * Founders and bell-founders must not be confused ; the former werecongregated in and about Lothbury; the latter inside and outside Bartlett (the elder), carrying on business outside the City, did notneed to, and probably did not, belong to any of the City Companies, certainlynot to the Founders. 96 Chronological Accoiint. James Bartlett succeeded to the Whitechapel business in1676, and carried it on till the close of the century, dying inJanuar)\ 1701. He had less opposition than his two pre-decessors, and is consequently much better represented. TheUlcombe foundry had come to an end before his day, and theHodsons foundry — at all events in his later days — wasevidently on the Fig. 44. James Bartlett was a member of the Founders Company ;I cannot find the entry of his first admission, but he servedthe offices of under warden in [691-2, auditor in 1693-4,and upper warden 1695-6. The last entry concerning him isin 1698, when he paid a fine for not serving as master in histurn. The fine is only a small one (^4), so that he probablyhad good reasons for declining the honour, probably old ageor ill-health, or both. His foundry-stamp is Fig. 44. Chronological Account. 97 There is a complete ring of five by him at Milton by Sittin^ ; Hadlow and Sittingbourne have six each, to whichtwo smaller bells have since been added ; East Mailing hasfive, with also a later treble added or recast. Odd bells atBoLighton Monchelsea, Bredgar, Lenham, West Mailing, , Rochester, and Wychling make his lot up to twenty-eight. Dates range from 1681 to 1700. He died withoutissue and intest
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