. The church bells of Rutland: their inscriptions, traditions, and peculiar uses; with chapters on bells and bell founders. 34. 8 78 The Founders of the Rutland Bells. of the Stamford foundry being an offshoot of the older oneat Nottingham ; perhaps the first Tobye or Tobias Norrisser\-ed his apprenticeship at the latter place. HenryOldfield, whose bells acquired a good reputation, is said tohave died in 1615 ; if so his successor George Oldfield must have used his stamp (fig. 7) forsome years afterwards, as it appears upon the NorthLuffenham bell, which was not cast until i6ig. GeorgeOldfield
. The church bells of Rutland: their inscriptions, traditions, and peculiar uses; with chapters on bells and bell founders. 34. 8 78 The Founders of the Rutland Bells. of the Stamford foundry being an offshoot of the older oneat Nottingham ; perhaps the first Tobye or Tobias Norrisser\-ed his apprenticeship at the latter place. HenryOldfield, whose bells acquired a good reputation, is said tohave died in 1615 ; if so his successor George Oldfield must have used his stamp (fig. 7) forsome years afterwards, as it appears upon the NorthLuffenham bell, which was not cast until i6ig. GeorgeOldfields mark appears upon bells in Leicestershire (thereare none of his now in Rutland) from 1620 to 1673. The 3rd, 4th, and 6th bells at Ashwell, dated 1708, arefrom the Nottingham foundry—they bear the band ornament(fig. 40) used there—cast probably by a member of theOldfield family.
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